Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1943 — Page 20

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MONTHS REMAIN

FOR BURMA PUSH

After That Monsoons Will ‘Convert Area Into Morass

And Handicap Allies; Japs Send in Reinforcements, Build Air Fields. 3 4

“By AT

STEELE

CHUNGKING, Jan. 6.—Little more than four months| remain before monsoon weather, with its torrential rains, | its dripping clouds, its tricky winds and its sticky mud,

cldses in on Bu

That is all the time that the allies have left in which to launch their Burma offensive with any hope of decent fight:

ing conditions. © After May, for a period of five months, fighting in Burma will be possible only under the world’s worst handicaps, weather and terrain. Japanese defensive preparations . give plenty of evidence that the Japs fully realize . the critical importance of the next four months. .. They have reinforced their Burma garrison to a strength of five r six divisions (one Jap division numbers about 20,000 men) and have intensified patrol activity Mr. Steele along the India-China frontier. They are extremely busy with the improvement of existing airdromes and the construction of new ones in the jungles of northern and western Burma. Allied pilots flying over these fields say they are of good, all-weather construction and well supplied with cunningly hidden bays for packed aircraft. For some reason, however, the Japs have been unwilling to risk any large number of planes in the Burma sector. American and British aircraft, which have pounded Burma objectives almost daily for the last month, have encountered only negligible opposition. Should a big show develop, the Japs could bring in more planes quickly over their network of airfields from Thailand, if they have them to spare.

Two Offensive Possibilities

The allies have two offensive possibilities. - One would be an allyout operation for the recovery of Burma's entire area—a move Which would involve large-scale maneuvers on land, in the air and on the sea. Naval and ‘air control of the Bay of Bengal would be a requisite. It is most unlikely that the seaport of Rangoon could be captured without such support. Moreover, to maintain a line of sea communications to Rangoon, the allies would be faced with the necessity of seizing and holding the Andaman islands, screening Rangoon, and probably- some point on the western coast of the Malayan peninsula. 2 Second Choice Limited

Whether the African campaign

can be concluded quickly enough to}

spare sufficient planes and ships to make such a major operation possible before He of the monsoon, is an o question. The second allied choice, of which the Akyab drive is a small sample, Is limited land operations involving the recapture of only a sufficiently large part of Burma's area to relieve pressure on the air route to China and to open up some kind of overland supply line to this coun-

If the allies possessed northern Burma, it would be feasible within a short time to establish road and river connections between India and upper portion of “the Burma ad. 3 - Military action on this scale is possible within the scope of the allies’ present resources.

111 CALLED TO COURT FOR JAN. 1 ABSENCE

SYDNEY, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—The Australian government today summoned 111 workers to appear in special courts Saturday for having , been absent from their war pro- - duction jobs New Year's day. Hundreds more are expected to ~ be summoned. More than 37,000 absented themselves. Penalty on conviction is a fine not exceeding $300 or six months imprisonment, or both.

_ELECTROPLATERS TO MEET TONIGHT

H. H. Blouch of the Cleveland laboratory of the electroplating division of E. I, du Pont de Nemours and Co. will address the Indianapolis branch of the American Electro- _ platers’ society at a dinner meeting at 6 p. m. today at the Riley hotel. His subject be “Electroplating During and After the War.”

INDIANA STAMP CLUB ~ WILL HEAR VESTAL

~The Indiana Stamp club will hear - Allen P. Vestal, its past president and local attorney, speak tomorrow at 8 p. m. in the Hotel Antlers, His subject will be “Precancels.” J. Ban Goodwin is club president,

Impressions

Man Who Guarded Seven Presidents

Leaves Memories.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 6 (U, P.).—Richard L. (Dick) Jervis, chief of the White House secret service under seven presidents, left his own observations on the lives ‘of each chief executive he served, it was disclosed today. Jervis, who died yesterday, developed a high regard for each of the seven men he was charged with protecting. He characterized Franklin D. Roosevelt. as the president with the “happiest, gayest disposition of them all.” President Hoover, Jervis commented in the sketches, was the “most studious” Coolidge “strange-; ly enough, had the greatest sense of humor”; Harding was “a good man who has been cruelly slandered”; Wilson was “the most regal of all—he made kings look like commoners”; Taft was “the greatest traveler,” and Theodore Roosevelt was a man who “loved a good clean fight—he was truly a great American.” n ” 2 JERVIS’ CAREER with the government secret service began 44 years ago, when he started investigating land fraud cases in the West when he was 23. Chief of the White House secret service with the beginning of the Theodore Roosevelt administration, Jervis left the service in 1935. Since 1937 he had been in charge of the treasury secret service in San Diego.

EXPECT CHILE TO BREAK WITH AXIS

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 6. (U. P). —Informed quarters believed today that Chile would soon break diplomatic relations with the axis. Argentina then would be the only

nation in the western hemisphere still maintaining relations.

SANTIAGO, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—Minister of Interior Raul Morales holds a press conference today and was expected to discuss Chile’s future relations with the axis.

L |layed)—Steady nerves and native

U. S. marines on Guadalcanal nicknamed this diminutive native boy who acted as water boy, “Gunga Din.” He was on a’ recent Jay]

action against the Japanese.

Too Many 'Hits' on Pinball Result in Owner's Arrest

A tavern manager whose pinball machine was too generous with the customers became the first victim of the police department's newly announced ‘“crack-down” on gambling today. Patrolmen Rex Waggoner and Horace Eller worked in shifts to conduct the “raid.” ; Officer Waggoner said he entered the Big-4 Tavern at 2502 N. Sher-

man dr. shortly after midnight and

saw a man win two “free games” on the pinball machine. Then Officer Eller walked in just as another customer “hit” the machine for three more, he reported. Then the two policemen arrested

James Dine, 2917 E. 10th si., on a charge of violating the state slot

machine act. He was to appear in Municipal court today.

STUDY IS BEGUN OF INDIANS MIRAGLES

BERN, Jdn. 6 (U. P.).—The holy congregation of rites has recognized the heroism. and virtues of Catherine Tekawitha, an American Indian who died in the United States in 1680, and will proceed with examination of miracles, a Vatican City dispatch reported yesterday. Monsignor Carnici read the decree of recognition at a meeting of the congregation with His Holiness Pope Pius XII in his private library. The examination will be the last step toward beautification of the Mohawk . Indian, expected . during 1943, Carlo Cardinal Salotti, prefect of the congregation, will act as relator of the Tekawitha cause.

WHAT CIGAR

Says Russians Ask More P-39s

BUFFALO, N. Y,, Jan. 6 (U.P.. —The outstanding success of Alli-son-motored Airacobra fighter planes on the Russian front was revealed today by Col. Peter S. Kiselev, 37-year-old holder of the Red Star award, who says the Russian air forces want more and more of the craft. Visiting the Bell Aircraft Corp. manufacturer of the cannoncarrying plane, the officer told how Russian-flown Airacobras dowhed 39 German aircraft during a 30-day period on one fighting sector. The bag included a number of Messerschmitt 109-F's. Only one P-39 was lost.

A member of the Red air force

since he was 19, Col. Kiselev came to this country a fortnight ago.

TE GIVES SMOKERS WHAT THEY WANT

They Don't Like Darkness Or Dash and Nerve of ; Yanks, British. :

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN | Copyright. 1 by The Jndianagois Times

'MEDJEZ-EL-BAD, a 2 Det dash have made the British and American troops masters of the Tu-. nisian no-man’s-land by night. The Germans do not even try to contest that mastery on most occasions when allied fighting patrols go far in behind the German lines to look for trouble. They simply sit in their well-prepared positions behind their guns and wait for us to come to them.

Last night we combed one place after another where the boches could have placed a patrol to intercept us on our trip with a small British fighting patrol into * their |’

territory. | Fight Only Briefly

were two miles or more in the rear of their forward positions that we ran into any Then, th gave us a snappy reception but after a few bursts of machine-gun fire, rifle shots and grenades, it was all over, They refused to follow up what was a great opportunity for anybody with the guts and skill to fight at night. : We were astonished to- find ourselves getting away scot free down a slope which was as exposed as he Sahara. They Fear Darkness

'|going to work in the shipyards

We found it was only when we|

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. : ; by } . ip J are made Without Endors SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 @. P PHONE FOR A LOAN —M | —Residents of the Pacific €aa drew their belts hter today ° what. appeared to a prolol ic; |diet of fish and meat substitute :. Butchers, their shelves: bre closed their markets and talke( o

from. an hour to. thiee hours. in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Neither : city had butter and eggs were scarce. In Seattle, butter was being rationed a quarter of a pound to the customer. There was a limited supply of veal and pork, but no ham or bacon, Portland processors estimated a meat supply 25 per cént of normal. Horse meat was available in generous quantities. Dairy products and root veg tables were not to be had.| x

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Hollywood movie stars joined i: seeking turkey, fish and other 1.0 stitutes. Studio commissaries se x turkey, chicken, fancy shrimp ang lobsters.

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RInTED ure

Alice Faye ‘buys a turkey roasts it. After a meal, she has :0 roast turkey, then turkey a la | in: "TO ALCATRAZ ‘ROCK’ cold cuts of turkey and turkey soup. Jack Oakie is keeping his ws. CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (U. P)—The line down with spaghetti. justice department disclosed today Betty Grable dines out and {:¢; that Basil (The Owl Banghart, her chances. machine gunner for the old Touhy George Montgomery said he “ vic; 8ang, who boasts that no jail can to get invited out.” hold him because six haven't, was For Dorothy Lamour, it’s ékccs: en route to federal prison, the souffle with occasionally an ei s:f; “Tock” at Alcatraz. French toast without egg for Banghart escaped from Joliet, II, riety. prison with Roger (The Terrible)

Fred urray, who relishe; Touhy and five others Oct. 9 and

steaks, has‘ developed a taste wa scaptured by the FBI 81 days macaroni and cheese. later along with Touhy and one of

Paulette Goddard has been nour- the other escapees. ishing her curves on soup from | | MOTHERS HAIL

bones of a meal of roast beef. ERNIGHT :

Butter and eggs are unavai COLD MISERY

in most of the coast’s poptiot “| Cold’s coughing, LC A ® E

areas and canned goods are diay ‘nasal congestion, ' and back relieved by warming, comfort-

pearing. Food processors Patio the sto: age 'on war swollen populat on | | muscle aches in chest pv | ING, two-way action of Penetro, the salve with the base of old-fashioned mutton suet, which was Grandma's stand-by.

BANGHART ON WAY

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Quotas for meat and butter ec: Demand Penetro. 25¢, doubie supply 35¢.

TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES.

The fact that they didn’t follow up with men can be explained only by the fact that the Germans really do not like to fight in the darknes?® Night shyness on their part does not necessarily mean cowardice, according to normal standards. It may be sensible for them not to shoot men around in strange mountains looking for trouble. The advantage we gain from our trips lies largely in its psychological effect on the Germans. It shows them they are up against men who fear nothing and certainly keeps them guessing. After a big patrol has been behind their lines, they are unable

without a beautiful chance of being blown sky high.

ALLEN SPEAKS AT GREAT LAKES BASE

Times Special CHICAGO, Jan. 6. — Rowland Allen, personnel director of L. S. Ayres & Co., Indianapolis, spoke Monday at graduation services held at the Great Lakes Naval Training station service school for 753 bluejackets and 24 marines. Mr. Allen reminded the men that they were receiving. training that “can’t be beat” and that it will equip them fo come back and help build a new world. He quoted from the Atlantic Charter and said that such training as applied will mean “that all men in all lands may live out their lives in freedom from want and freedom from fear.” He was introduced by Capt. Frank J. Lowry, commanding officer at the station.

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