Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1943 — Page 11

Hoosier Vagabond

. A FORWARD AIRDROME IN FRENCH NORTH AFRICA (By Wireless). —This airdrome is full.-of stories about freakish escapes from death, as all airdromes are. But the strangest story I know is that of an airplane and its whole crew that disappeared in midair. This was a veteran flying: fortress crew. “héroes Europe. ‘th a planes were flying close side. The pjlots of the other planes had their eyes on this one. And suddenly it disappeared right before their eyes. : . What happened is a matter of conjecture. But it seems very likely that anh anti-aircraft shell made a direct hit on the plane’s bomb load, setting off its own bombs, end that the whole plane blew to tiny bits instantly and just vanished. : : Nothing was ever seen except a little cloud of black smoke where the plane had been. Then the two other ships were flying on alone. One airman happened to be taking a picture at ‘the very moment of. the disappearance. The film shows two plangs and a puff of smoke between.

“Your Number Is Just Up’

- A DIRECT HIT setting off a plane's own bombs has never happened before in the American or British forces. * I think it*must have happened to the Germans, however, for I remember a British artillery ‘officer, telling: me two years ago of a high-flying German bomber disappearing in a flash while he was. looking at it through field glasses. ! Fellow fliers of this ill-fated American crew were naturally pretty blue over the accident. But, as they

‘WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 1943

‘By Ernie Pyle

say, when anything as freakish as that gets you your number is just up, regardless. And they go on with the war as usual. When the boys, tell you about it they say: « “Well, at least they never knew what happened to them, it was so quick.” : ” The dearth of women, especially American women, is one of the greatest trials our soldiers overseas have to go through. There are thousands of men there, but only one woman has ever set» foot on this vast airdrome. That was Margaret Bourke-White. 3 A sergeant who is a cook in one of the kitchens here was telling me: : : “You know how we're always cussing and carrying on with each other. Well, the other day Miss BourkeWhite walked through the kitchen all of a sudden. I guess we weren't saying anything bad at the time, but we just hadn’t seen an American girl in so long that we all blushed.”

The General’s Marmalade

I'VE MET HER, incidentally, for the first time, here in this remote desert spot. She is pleasant and good-looking, with prematurely graying hair. She makes quite a sight in army trousers and wool-lined leather flying jacket. The commanding general here is an exceptionally nice guy. We eat breakfast at his table, although usually we take our other meals out at some field mess, eating out of mess kits. ‘ At any rate, we have marmalade for breakfast, and when the general doesn’t eat with us I take his marmalade off his plate and eat it myself. The morning I met Miss Bourke-White, she up and asked the general if She could have his marmalade. I told her I'd been in the habit of eating it. And she said: “Your work and mine are so different nobody could ever imagine us as competitors, but from now on we’ll be bitter rivals for the general’s marmalade.”

, Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

.- JOHN HANO, manager of Bastian, Bros. Co., is telling about seeing an army officer in the Lincoln Monday evehing with three stars on his shoulders— obviously a lieutenant general. That's pretty near tops, in the army, and Mr. Hano wondered who the ! officer was. He asked a bellboy, who replied politely: “He's Gen. Nuisance, sir.” Thinking he was being ribbed, Mr. Hano asked again and received assurance that was what the bellboy had been told. “Maybe you mean Lieut. Gen., Knudsen,” Mr. Hano suggested. “Oh, yes; that’s it,” the bellboy agreed. And that’s who it was. . . . Henry Starks of the Water company’s accounting force enlisted in the air corps as a cadet last September and has been worrying ever since whether he'd ever be called. Yesterday, he got notice to report tomorrow. The army moves fast when it finally gets started. . An item in the column Monday referred to the “Central trolley” stopping “at 18th and Talbot.” Comments a reader: “When I've seen that, I've seen everything.” P. S. We meant the Pennsylvania trolley.

Economical Uncle Sam

A READER phones (from a pay station, too, to call our startled attention to the fact that the government finally has started economizing. Instead of using scrateh-pads for figuring, the big battery of clerks on hand in the internal revenue offices to help income taxpayers uses the backs of old envelopes and other scraps of paper. It's a nice gesture, Mr. Will Smith, / even if it is difficult to detect the results in our tax total. . . . Mort: Asher, manager of the Marchant Calculating Machine Co. is being ,ribbed by his friends about his “knitting.” It seems he was playing cards at the Columbia club recently. The end of his cigar picked up a wad of chewing gum which was in an ash tray. The heat from the cigar ash melted the gum, and it fell off on his clothing. He used both

hands in frying to get the gum off his clothing, and got the fingers of both hands all gummed up. The maneuvers he went through in trying to rid his fingers of the gum, his friends say, resembled “knitting seven balls of yarn at once.” :

Our Bortsch Dept.

FROM ELWOOD, Robert L. DeHority writes to inquire “just what is a jar of bortsch?” We referred last Saturday to*our profile subject, Mrs. J. A. Goodman, keeping “jars of bortsch” on hand for. guests. Well, sir, Mr. DeHority, “bortsch” is something that no

.one—not even Mr. Webster—is sure how to spell.

Our dictionary refers to it as “bortsch, borsht, borsch and borshch,” and gives the following definition: “A little Russian ragout or soup of several ingredients, colored with red beet juice, fermented or fresh.” In case you wonder what a ragout is, Webster says: “Ragout—a dish made of pieces of meat stewed with vegetables and highly seasoned.” We weren't sure, either. . , . The cold weather hagn’t stopped operation of the infantile paralysis fund-raising booths around town. The women operating the loud speakers now sit in cars to keep out the breeze. It would be a hardhearted cop that would put a sticker on their cars.

"Bill Metz Home

A CORRESPONDENT advises us that spring must be coming. He reports seeing “Fall creek filled with mallard ducks Monday between College and Central, and about 30 of them still there yesterday morning.” Might be a bunch. of addled mallards heading north, and again they might be a part of the creek’s regular inhabitants. There’s one flock of ducks that stays in that vicinity, another flock up around the 30th st. bridge. . . . Second Lieut. Bill Metz, formerly of The Times’ advertising department, is home on a week’s leave. He’s en route from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., to Salt Lake City, Utah. . . . L. Ward Farrar, former manager of Loew’s theater here, and Orville Crouch, formerly his assistant and more re-

. cently manager of Loew's at Dayton, have been pro-

moted to warrant officers in the air service command ab Patterson Field, O. :

S FAVORED If PEDESTRIAN LAW'S ABUSES

Traffic Toll.

The strict enforcement of regulations affecting pedestrians and the penalizing of certain violdtors by fines is being urged by the Chamber of Commerce Safety council in its 1943 program designed to cut the heavy pedestrian traffic toll in Indianapolis.

the new city administration, the council also asks for a six-weeks’ campaign to publicize the pedestrian regulations and to educate the public to the vital need of complying with these provisions. This, the council proposes, should precede the stricter enforcement phase of the safety campaign.

Urge New Engineer

Other outstanding recommendations include: 1. The early appointment of a new city traffic engineer to insure continued progress in the engineering phase of traffic regulation, 2. Assignment of both county and city prosecutors to full time duty in handling of important traffic violations. 3. Assignment of squad cars and all policemen to traffic enforcement. 4. Use of technical assistance irom traffic experts. : 5. A continuous safety drive. In citing the need for action, the council pointed out that in 1942, Indianapolis set an all time high in traffic deaths—a total of 86, of whom 58 were pedestrians.

Laws Unenforced

“Pedestrian laws.are supposedly in effect, yet the police do not enforce them,” the council said. “Either they do not know of the regulations or they have not been told to strictly enforce them. “Unless we have better patrolling of the streets nothing will be accomplished. This is not for the purpose of making a record of traffic arrests, but to prevent deaths and injuries by - preventing accidents which cause them. “No city can possibly employ enough policemen constantly to patrol every mile of its streets. Indianapolis is no -exception, but we have plenty of officers to make it uncomfortable for traffic law violators. : “Many of our sister cities have shown that this traffic job can be done and by relatively simple methods. We are encourged by your (the new city administration) policy to date and we promise you our sincere support.” ..* Reports Incomplete In, asking for the attention of county and city prosecutors in handling the important traffic violations, the council said investigation showed reports by police officers on cases.coming up in city traffic court have been incomplete because the

In recommendations, urged upon |

Opens Tour Here

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Benjamin Kaufman

The national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Benjamin Kaufman, will arrive at municipal aire port this afternoon to begin a tour of local post inspections. At 5:15 p. m. he will speak over WISH. A dinner will follow at the Lincoln hotel. i] With organizations joining hands, V. M. “Army” Armstrong, past national vice commander of the American Legion, will preside at a meeting in Beth-El temple at 8:30 p. m. Comm. Kaufman will speak and the session will be followed by open discussion. : At 3 p. m. tomorrow he will be interviewed by Gilbert Forbes over station WFBM.

BLAST ATTACK

Bill 128 as a Step Backward.

sonnel in the penal institutions. * Charles W, Jones,

common knowledge. ¥ Third Reading Tomorrow

ON MERIT LAW

Association Brands House

The battle between merit system supporters and members of the legislature backing the present house bill 128 flared up again yesterday when the Merit System association branded the bill as a step backward. The measure would abolish the present parole system and outlaw the merit plan of employing per-

association ‘chairman, pointed out that public indignation would be aroused when the provisions of the bill became

e Indianapolis Ti

OF HIGHWAYS

Decline in Revenues Would Be Offset by Revision

In Roads Funds. °

By WILLIAM R. CRABB A plan to keep Indiana's highways in good condition despite declining revenues during the war has been worked out by senate finance leaders and the senate roads com-

| mittee.

Machinery for the proposal will be ‘set in motion this week with the introduction of legislation by Senator Floyd Garrott, Republican chairman” of the budget committee, and Senator Albert Ferris, chairman of the senate finance committee. | 1 It would: } SET UP a truck weight tax based probably on the length of the truck rather than on the tire size. ‘- ELIMINATE the diversion o $1,250,000 each ‘year from highway receipts to the general fund.

Increase Maintenance

GIVE THE HIGHWAY department $5,700,000 a year for mainte-

nance, an increase of $1,200,000 over|

the annual allotment for this purpose. RECOGNIZE that “new construction” will be impossible during the war period. CONTINUE the $12,200,000 annual

allotment tor counties and the $3,-

000,000 to cities and towns from gas-

oline tax funds. PROVIDE that if receipts are under present estimates, the cities and towns and the counties and the highway commission would pro-rate the loss. Plan Amendment$

The truck weight tax would be included in an amendment to the motor vehicles act. ‘Amendments also would have to be drafted to climinate the $1,250,000 diversion to the general funq which is in the present law. | The “proviso” for less distribution to the cities and counties in case of below-estimated revenues also would require an amendment to the present law. The budget bill, which is to be introduced in a few days, will provide for a total of $6,200,000 a year for the highway department, to which would be added the $1,250,000 which would have been diverted to the general fund and $4,500,000 surplus in the highway account from the

reading in the house tomorrow with the association’s 13 state-wide civie |. . and social organizations giving the section devoted to personnel of institutions their full stamp of disapproval.

‘issued by Mr. Jdnes is as follows:

feels: that H.B. understood by the public. two important phasés, one dealing with the parole. of prisoners and the other relative to personnel ap-’

The bill is scheduled for third pr

The statement of the association

“The Merit System association 128 is not well It has

esent biennium. : | The surplus probably will be di-

vided so that half will be available the first year of the next biennium and the rest the second year.

LILLY CITATION T0 BE TONIGHT

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_. TOUGH SLEDDING for the state fair board’s bill to give the board full control of the state fair is presaged by Lieut. Gov. Charles J

Dawson’s statement that he will oppose the measure. :

Thus, it is expected that even if the bill passes the house, where

Vit is at present, it will not get any place in the senate where tenant governor is-the presiding officer. x

The argument over control of the fair, jn a nutshell, is this: ‘Shall dgricultural groups control the state fair completely or shall the state, through the governor and the. lieutenant governor, retain control of the multi-million dollar property. Mr. Dawson says that he feels that the state “by all means” should keep control and that the fair should not be placed in the hands of what he terms “the tightest closed corporation in the state.” ; The argument of the fair board members, who aré elected by the various breeders’ association, is that control should be taken from the hands of the “politicians.” They claim that the fair had its greatest growth in the days prior to the McNutt administration

in the fair board. Under the present setup, the governor and the lieutenant governor, acting as his agent, have ultimate control of the fair through their control of the fair‘grounds property. The state fair board now has only the power to hold a fair and thus has to comply with the wishes of the lieutenant governor because the board has to use the buildings to hold

the fair.

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Revive Book Issue

THE FREE TEXTBOOK situation, dormant since the early days of the session, is beginning to show. new signs of life. . Some Republican leaders are

should be passed “to show the public that we keep our platform pledges.” : And Rep. Robert Heller (D. Decatur), Democratic minority leader, says that the Democrats, who also had a free textbook plank in their platform, will demand that a free textbook bill be brought” out of committee to be ‘voted upon, if the education committee does not repori one out. “What was good enough for the voters before the election is good enough for them now,” he said. ‘The free textbook bills of both parties have been shelved by education committees in both houses, up-to-date, a number of members feeling that free textbooks are not needed in this time of pros-

sentiment evidently is changing. ” » ”

Givens a Lobbyis

REPUBLIC STATE Treasurer James is one of the most active lobbyists in the state senate these days. He is lobbying against the bill introduced by Sen-

when the fair control was vested .

saying that a free textbook bill

perity. But now some of that:

the lieu

Goes to Tyson

The former publicity director at DePauw university, Lieut. Floyd Russell Alexander, has been appointed public relations offi cer at Camp Tyson, Tenn. He also is editor of the camp’s weekly newspaper, “The Gas Bag.” Camp Tyson is the only barrage balloon training center operated by the army. ?

SEEK FUND FOR TRUANT OFFICER

State Superintendent Back: Bill for Better School

Attendance.

A bill to re-create the position of state attendance officer was in= troduced yesterday in the house by Reps. Nelle B. Downey (R. Indianapolis) and Clara Van Coons (R. Crawfordsville). : The position has been virtually abolished by the last two legisla= tures. The 1939 session produced an_ appropriation of only $150 for the office, while the 1941 legislature further dropped the emount to $100 a year. The original 1921 law) pro= vided $3000, and the proposed meas= ure sets the salary at $3200 and provides for an overall appropriation of $4000. The bill Is sponsored by Dr. Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction, who feels that the need for a unified system. of school attendance en=forcement is imperative. = :

Parents at Fault

“I think it is sound not only from an educational standpoint but also from a financial one. Attendance

ator Samuel Johnson (R. Anderson) which would take the patron-age-heavy motor vehicle license

‘E’ Awards for War Service To Go to Company and

pointments and salaries. The latter part puts personnel powers in the hands of the. superintendents of the four penal institutions.

prosecutors’ offices were unable to prepare their cases to the extent of securing verdicts with the desired

Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Even Mrs. Roosevelt and her rewspaper column’ are joining jn the argument over the size of the army. / : It is an interesting but hot very profitable argument because only the high command plus a few top men in war agencies have the combined information to make a sound decision, Can you decide by a public argument how many tanks. we should have? . Then how can a public argument decide how many soldiers we should have? Actually all programs change from time to time. We have slowed down ‘on several items of war equipment. Something else became more important, or some ; materials were short and we 1 Deeded to economize, or war experience showed tanks not as useful as tank killers, for instance. Likewise there is no sacred, fixed, magic number for the size of the army. Undersecretary of War Patterson says it is vital to have 7,500,000 men in the army by Jan. 1, 1944. We now have about 5,500,000, of ‘whom 20 per cent or 1,100,000 are overseas, Secretary Patterson says. But conditions over the next year may require an 4 Up or down in that 7% million, just as they have changed production schedules in the last year. At least we hope the army is going to do it that way and not freeze in spite of hell and high water on any magic number. :

One Purpose—To Win the War

-WE. DON'T NEED more men than we can send * abroad—plus allowances for internal security, replacements and training. The army can have but one purpose, to win the war as quickly as possible. Or as Lend-Lease. Administrator Stettinius says, the basic war strategy of the united nations is to combine all

My Day

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—This has been a curiously varied day. It began at 10:30 this morning with

& group of young paratroopers up from Ft. Bragg, N. C. They have completed their period of preparation and will soon be off to parts unknown, so I was ? ; especially glad to greet them and have them here. I wish them godspeed whereyer they go. After my talk with them, I met with a committee of three, which is already organizing a sunrise service for Easter Sunday—a service which they tell me will take place at 6:17 a. m. The Knights of Pythias have a service also on that morning in the Arlington je Memorial ampitheatre, which I altf ways try to attend, so this would ; ; simply mean starting quite a bit Sleariier. After their visit, I had another appointment and then walked over to the Willard hotel to meet a’ group of some 80 boys who have taken the Rangers training. They were demonstrating it for the benefit

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their material and manpower resources in such a way as will achieve the maximum possible impact upon the enemy in the shortest possible time, > : The army cannot best serve the purpose of the quickest victory by asking for more men than it can use and thereby wasting manpower that might be more usefully engaged in building escort ships or growing food. i Neither can William Jeffers, rubber administrator, best serve the purpose of the quickest victory by insisting on priority for all of his rubber program regardless of the delay this might cause to escort ships or to high octane-gasoline production. The only useful service that the various committees of congress can perform in their several investigations of the size of the army is to double-check the army's estimates and make sure they stand up under all the questions that can be thrown against them.

The Only Realistic Approach

THE SIZE of the army must be considered in connection with how many men and how much equipment we can send abroad. It must be considered in connection with our food and war production requirements. ; One-third of our tanks and combat planes went to our allies last year. Thus we are producing and shipping for other armies as well as our own. We must produce food not only for ourselves but for our allies. We are trying to increase food production above last year’s record and we are trying to do it with less manpower, The size of the army cannot be determined independently of such other considerations. We count on congressional investigations, not to tell the army what it must decide, but to be certain that there is complete clearance of information and that all considerations are taken into account. There must be balance, in manpower as well as in equipment, That is the only realistic approach to victory. a

By Eleanor Roosevelt

asked the boys what.they would like me to do for them, and before I knew. it, I found myself signing all their programs. One young man wanted me to be sure. that I understood that this particular group was composed of the best fighting men in the world and that no marines or paratroopers could do any beiter than they could. This spirit of pride in an organization is good, but I feel we can all be proud of the achievements of all branches. I hurried back to the White House to greet 32 ladies, who were lunching to hear Mrs. James Landis’ ‘Teport on what can be done in the line of recreation for government workers. One club house is already a going concern—a garage lent for the duration by Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, at 2118 Massachusetts ave. The radio and newspapers are preparing us all for some announcement of importance tonight, and so I shall be anxiously listening to my radio at 10 p. m. Some of the news I may know a little about but the greater part will be as much news to me as to every other citizen, and news has come to mean so much these days. I suppose, because one lives with -in mind, s for the day when news

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penalties for traffic violations. Along with recommendations for reducing traffic accidents, the safety council also suggested to city officials the following improvements in the fire prevention and protection setup: . 1. A satisfactory and equitable plan of giving protection to suburban areas should be worked out.’ 2. Relocation of certain fire alarm boxes should be made in relation to past usage and probable requirements. ; 3. Consideration should be given to installation of radio equipment on all cars. Favor Cut in Speed 4. Reduce speed of all apparatus when responding to alarms to a maximum speed of 35 miles an hour. 5. Provision should be made for attendance at firemen’s. schools; supplying of technical reference material, etc. 2 6. Fire prevention division should be improved by: Delegation of more duties by the chief officer. Assignment of additional number of competent men. Provisions of fire prevention code should be carried out more completely in respect to both enforcement and internal administration.

URGES GOOD CARE OF -SEGURITY CARDS

‘Care of social security number cards was urged today by Peter J. Van Geyt, manager of the local social security office. He pointed out that several million ¢ persons ‘with -old-age insurance accounts apply to the board each year for duplicates to replace those lost, destroyed, or so badly worn they cannot be read. ) . Mr."Van Geyt asked workers to sign the lower portion of original cards and keep them in a safe place. If the lower portion is presented to the Indianapolis office, he said, a new card can be issued immediately. However, if the lower portion of the card is lost and the worker has no record. of the social security number originally issued to him, he must obtain and fill out an application for a duplicate. The application should then be mailed or brought in person to the Indianapolis office, 307 N. Pennsylvania st. which forwards requests to the ‘central

Predict Protest Storm

pressure.

spoils system.

the present legislature.”

SEEKS FUND TO AID

duced in the house yesterday.

fight which

19317. ACCUSES SHIP FIRM

tenance Corp., Sword Line, Inc.

They Were

Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Senator Tydings (D. Md.) read to the senate the following letter written by U. S. Marine William

er at the Brewster airplane plant “in California: “Dear Jim: . “I am here on Guadalcanal; it’s a little different here to what it was working on the second floor. Remember how we used to hang

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many hours, and, Jim, many’s hour I regretted this. “We were trapped in a triangle

office for checking

“A long step toward good government was taken by the last ses.sion of the general assembly when it passed the merit law, removing the appointment of all state institutional employees from political

“H.B. 128 would put such personnel- appointments back to the old It is believed that when the public becomes aware of this, there will be a storm of protest against passage of H.B. 128 by

FREIGHT RATE FIGHT

An appropriation of $10,000 to help Indiana in its fight to block freight rates preferential to southern states is sought in a bill intro-

The bill, introduced by Rep. ‘Charles Ehlers (R. Indianapolis), would enable Governor Schricker to protect rights of Hoosier agriculture and industry in the freight rate southern governors have been waging before the interstate commerce commission since

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. P.). —Chairman Emory S. Land of the U. S. maritime commission, charged | today that there were grave irregularities in the operation and repair of vessels by the Marine Maina subsidiary of

+ Its Employees.

At 8 p. m. today, Hoosier-born Brig. Gen. L. B. McAfee will present the army-navy “E” award to Eli Lilly & Co. in the Cadle tabernacle. The award is made to companies excelling in efforts aiding the progress of the war. J. K. Lilly, chairman of the board of directors, will accept for the plant. Choir to Give Concert

Presentation of “E” pins, the in-|

dividual honor for employees, will

|be made by Lieut. Comm. L. PF.

Brozo, third naval reserve area, naval armory. : Accepting on behalf. of the workers will be Donald Rugenstein, president of the Lilly employees activities committee, and Martha Walker, secretary of the organization. The Ft. Harrison band under the direction of Sergt. Earl Wellhaven will play before the ceremonies. The Lilly choir will sing several selections. :

FOUR MORE LOCAL “ GIRLS ENTER WAACS

Four more women from here have enlisted in the WAACs, the recruiting office announced today. They are Bessie O. Fleener, 2131 N. Talbot st.; Cary F. Gaines, 2445 N. Meridian st.; Emily E. Johnson, 2021 N. Pennsylvania st., and Della K. Schwartz, 2128 N. Pennsylvania

Smith to a former fellow work-

out between the toilet and the - first aid? Well, we sure wasted the

near Gona—65 of us—and if we’

st.

have been O. K. but, according “to word from Australia, we didn’t have enough bombers to reinforce our positions, so we had to take all the Japs gave us from three

sides. ' hi “There were 47 of our little group killed, and, Jim, let me tell you, if I was on the second floor now, I'd shoot dead every loafer that would hang around the toilets or that didn’t work. “The 47 that we lost were bet. - ‘ter than 10,000 of the wise guys - that go into Brewster's and do nothing but spill rumors and draw their pay. Boy, what a lesson I've learned! ¢ i 4 yway,’ 18 of us fought

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bureau from Republican Secretary of State Rue Alexander and give it to him. “I don’t want the auto license bureau,” Mr. Givens is telling the senators, and I hope the bill never comes out of committee.” Senator Johnson introduced the bill because he is irked at some license branch manager appointments made by Mr. Alexander. | No action has been taken by the | senate Judiciary A committee on the Johnson bill and ® probably none will be taken.

COLISEUM MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE

The house yesterday passed tinanimously ‘a bill to facilitate the building of a coliseum as part of an Indianapolis post-war construction program. :

. The measure, introduced by Rep.| .

Lloyd D. Claycombe (R. Indianapolis), provides that the board of trustees for such a coliseum ma# be appointed by the mayor, unter the original coliseum act. passed some years ago, the mayor was limited in his appointment of trustees to nominations by civic organizations. . . The limitation apparently has blocked the construction of the coliseum and the bill would eliminate this obstruction and pave the

program: the city may undertake.

Dear Jim: 'We Lost 47 on Guadalcanal- oe of Wise Guys’

300 marines. Out of 720 Japs we took two. prisoners. Seven hundred and eighteen will never say “banzai” again. . “I got hit and think I'm going to the hospital in Melbourne; and after that I may go back to New York. If I am discharged I will go back to Brewster's and work again on production—and will _considér it my life’s work. If I can only make the gang believe that work, work, and then more work is fieeded every hour of the day and night, so that we can lick our enemies. - “Jim, you know I was never much on preaching, but can’t those, guys ever get smart—and see that we're allin a tight pinch?

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way for any post-war. job-making

at school like attendance In any occupation is one of the most important things needed in our edu- « cational system,” he said. “Education is the American way. Education is the bulwark of democ= racy. You can’t educate people if they aren’t there to teach.” ahd The need for a state attendance officer has become acute in the last two or three years, Dr. Malan emphasized, due tb: the attitude on the part of many parents that it is patriotic to keep children out of : school so that they can “help win the war” and do their share in the defense effort. . “This is not an intelligent atti= tude,” he said, “because you can help the war effort much more ef= fectively if you keep children in school where they can receive training that striyes to make them good and intelligent American citizens.”

Lake Sullivan and the lagoons at South Grove and" Garfield .park will be open for skating for the third time this winter when super-. visors take over their stations at noon today. or . : Supervisors will .be on duty all afternoon as a half-day holiday has been granted grade school children. The usual fires and park benches will‘ be provided by the park board. : i Lake Sullivan, which “is lighted for night skating, will be open after

dark, :: “