Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1943 — Page 15
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IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, when Corp. Nikolin came k, he said just five words: “German tanks are in Sbeitla.” Brother, I had that tent down and my jeep packed ‘wprld-record time. But still the final order to : move didn’t e. Everybody was ready, so we¥just stood around in . the darkness, waiting. - The empty holes, and the cactus paich where the tents had been, looked funny inthe moonlight. Then, suddenly, a giant flame scorched up into the dark eastern sky. We had: set off our gasoline dump. In ‘a minute red flares ‘began to shoot out from the glow ~that was the ammunition dump. We knew then it was all over at Sheitla. ‘All that ammunition’ t had traveled so far, at such expense and at so uch human toil—here it was, shooting off impotently nto the sky, like a Fourth of July celebration. Shells exploded continuously. It sounded like a terrific bat-
‘raging. ‘We watched, talking little, walking around fo p warm,
ever Slept Soun ler
: AFTER A COUPLE of hours the evacuation order hadn’t come. So I pulled my bedrell off the Jeep, unrolled it on the ground beside the front heels, crawled in and pulled the mackinaw over my
By Ernie Pole )
Beat 10 kien the ‘scaliouiating 206% 0 my 7ace 1 never slept sounder in my life than during the next three hours. When I awakened, it was just dawn. ‘Trucks were rolling past the edge of our cactus patch. The continuous line headed out toward the highway. It seemed that we had started the withdrawal. Such things as kitchen trucks and supply trains went first. Our combat teams were holding this side of Sbeitla, | ‘80 there really was plenty of time so far. But we expected a terrific battle to develop right under our chins during the forenoon. The outlook seemed dark. A major I knew came past. He said:
“Why don’t you and IT go to the toilet right now|
—we won’t have another chance today.” So we went,
Lattle Opposition in Retreat
WITH FULL DAYLIGHT came the planes, just as , we expected. But they were our planes this time. They kept coming all forenoon, and all day: We had the sky today. : Finally, it became obvious that our withdrawal ‘was going to be accomplished without too much opposition from the Germans. The major and I would see another sunset after all. Then word came that hard fighting was going on at Feriana, 45 miles west. So I started. the jeep, waved a last good-by’ downvalley at Sbeitla, and slipped into the slow stream of vehicles headed west. The day was miserably dark and cold. Just as I started it began to hail, Yes, hail in Africa—even the skies 5 pelting x us in our retreat.
nside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
- JOHN R. FERREE, Bell telephone engineer, walked to his office Tuesday triumphantly bearing a beauful four-pound swiss steak. He unwrapped it and showed it around to his envious fellow workers, and ntioned the store where he bought it. Miss Ray Demaree looked at it a moment, then, without a word of comment, put on her hat and coat and departed. She returned a little later with a four-pound beef roast. And that almost broke up work for the day. (P.S. We forgot to ask the name of the market.) . . . The heat op gambling has driven some of the long-established lotteries to cover. It’s hinted that one outfit has moved its records to Ft. Wayne and is doing its drawing there, and that another has gone to Lebanon. , . . A letter addressed simply: “AWOL, ‘Circle Tower building,” was delivered by the mailman ‘fo the OWI (office of war information) and that’s ‘who it was for. It even started out; “Dear AWOL.” The letter was in regard to broadcasting Messages ‘to marines overseas.”
“Rumor Department
CURRENT RUMOR is that Col. Walter 8. Drysale, who is soon to be replaced as commandant of Ft. Harrison, {is going to China in an important post d will be closely -associated with Generdlissimo Kai-shek. Further, rumor has it that he is
fiy to: China on the same plane as Mme. Chiang, th whom he has been acquainted 20 years. The onel has served twice in China, once as military ttache to ‘the American embassy, and later as exPiof American troops in China. . . , We rday about the coincidence in the num‘ber of Fletcher Trust Co. names drawn by the jury commissioners last week. We listed the wives of four ce presidents, together with four bank employees. we learn of some more. They include Carl DalJohn Kirch and Joseph Young of the bank’s loan : ‘department; George A Miller, assistant cashier; Wil-
ashington
~~ WASHINGTON, March 4—An expert is someone . who makes things sound complicated. Experts make the organization of victory seem so complicated that they discounage people into thinking that perhaps a such a difficult task better not be attempted. : Of course the questions are complicated. Every question that comes before the supreme court is complicited, But the court itself is a simple, broadly inspired institution that anybody can understand. It exists to handle complicated border-line. questions. .. Likewise, it is precisely because post-war affairs are so complicated that we need an organization, such as a continuing conference of the united nations, to deal with them. The fact that the questions pre inc, with much to be said on both sides, is exfly the reason for having an international instituiol to handle them—not a reason against it. As pgident Eric Johnston of the U. S. Chamber of mmerce says, tomorrow’s world will be an inter‘national ‘world.
‘Remember Poland?
wr YOU DON'T have something like a united nafons. organization, you will have anarchy, with every n. trying to chisel out its own place just as pier Sikorski of Poland is running from London ‘and back and bickering with Moscow, trying to muscle out a safe place for Poland after the war. Of; ‘course’ it is complicated, with little nations the big powers against each other and with
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hie powers intent on strategic frontiers regardless
the little fellows. ‘But .are these issues to be fought out by propaand pressure and power politics under condi-onis-of ‘anarchy where international blackmail is a jeomition weapon? Or is'not the 8 fab that these prob-
cu to very eae tou th cb gre i
the counfry, Jestioularly during
But the regulations require them to pu
liam T. Johnson, manager of the Fletcher building, and Mrs. Johnson (she used to work at the bank). That's 14 jurors out of the bank’s organization, enough to form an._all-Fletcher. jury, with two spares.
Ladies in Slacks
FLIGHT NURSES, the newest thing in the army air corps, are known out at Stout field as “the ladies in slacks.” They wear gray-blue slacks and blouses. on skirts promptly at 5 p. m. So it’s nothing to see one of them at the field wearing slacks and carrying a skirt over her arm, ready for the 5 p. m. curfew... . It’s the rage among the small fry to wear military uniforms. ‘They usually start out as majors, or at least lieutenants, and quickly advance to four-star generals. One of the exceptions is Technical Sergt. Robert Lewis Ketcherside, 6-year-old son of Master Sergt. B. F. Ketcherside, out at Stout field. The youngster, better known
as “Tug,” got his uniform right after Pearl Harbor. |
He advanced to technical sergeant about as fast as his mother could sew stripes on his sleeves, but there he was stymied. He complains that his dad blocks his promotion in order to outrank him. He’s preity lucky at that, though, as he’s one of the few kids in town that gets to go. out to the field and inspect the warplanes and hangars occasionally.
Feed the Birds ol
A BIRD LOVER calls and asks us to remind you folks not to let our feathered friends starve, now that -some of them have started coming back from the south. Sweep off a space in the back yard and put out some bread crumbs or cracked grain, he suggests. The cardinals particularly enjoy sunflower seeds and will come to your window sill to get them. , .. With the thermometer at 1 below zero yesterday morning,
the school traffic patrol boy at 42d and Graceland}
was singing: “I'm dreaming of a white Easter.” i... One of our agents reports. seeing a tall army sergeant leading a young son toward the state house in the zero weather yesterday. It was Sergt. Albert J. Beveridge Jr., attending to his duties as, a state senator ‘while home on furlough, and at! the Sane time giving his son a preview of the working of our democracy.
By Raymond Clapper
lems are complete, with much justice on both sides, strong reason for trying to place them inside an organization with technical facilities and ‘deliberas tive processes? Suppese; supreme court cases were fought out in political campaigns instead of inside the courtroom? We should remember that it was the issue of Poland’s territory that set off this war.
Must Find Substitute for War
YOU CAN'T TALK about abandoning force in this world. You can only offer an alternative to force, as the Shotwell commission: to study the organization of peace says in its third report, just issued. War has been used for exploitation and conquest. But it also has been used to maintain rights, to uphold principles on which civilization. advances. War has been used as the last resort by which a nation could settle its disputes, defend its rights, or remedy its wrongs. ; These are necessary functions, for which provision must be made in any society—as the Shotwell commission’s report emphasized. No nation can give up its right to make war, no matter how stupid or costly this method may be, until a substitute has been provided which can serve these purposes. Where do you start? You start by calling the united ‘nations. into continuing conference—not to set up permanent institutions, but to do emergency work on a small scale as 2 provisional body now. When the war ends, or as allied armies advance, the liberated territory will be in chaos. The united nations are pledged to restore order in the world. That is where they must begin—as a super-duper Red Cross. ' If the united nations can’t organize now to do this, they will never organize later to do any-
. thing.
If President Roosevelt said the word it would be done. No allied nation could stay out—not even Russia which has signed the united nations deciaras tion like everybody else.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
dead fish. Ho 1s spurstd oi to thought aiid cipresdil when people before him show’ that they are being
~ stimulated and are doing some thinking of their own.
I was entitled years ago fo membership in the}: fashion group because I helped a friend in an experi-
government's lend-lease
New Projects
Speed Ouiput Of Vital Motels
* First of a Series
"By DANIEL M. KIDNEY + Times Staff Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, .
March 4.—How an integrated - regional economy can make an exceptional contribution te the war is
being tested today by the
Tennessee valley authority. At. TVA headquarters here the °
entire emphasis long. has been
shifted to the war effort. Dams
‘are built, or their construction “abandoned, only with their immediate ‘contribution toward
“quickening the victory” uppermost in mind. The TVA power yardstick, cause of so much conflict in the early days of its conception, is largely useful now as a measure of what the kilowatts. can contribute to production of essentials for troops. ‘TVA Chairman David Lilienthal, working in his sunny offices here -or enjoying the peace and quiet of that new-type “company
“town,” Norris, talks of the direc-
tions taken to help win the war. “As I see this war,” Mr. Lilienthal says, “victory on the produc-
tion front lies largely with the
country which can best produce light metals and heavy minerals. In each of these fields TVA has great and growing capacity. “It is our electric energy which helps make possible the great aluminum production record in this valley. Aluminum well may determine the all-important mat‘ter of superior airpower,
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“INCREASING OUR electric power means stepping up production of both light metals and "Heavy minerals. That was why we were so insistent on: immediate construction of Douglas dam. It means more electric power in the shortest possible time. “By 1944 we expect to have an installed total capacity of 2 million kilowatts or more, and an annual production of at leeast 10 billion kilowatt-hours. “Admittedly the new dam (Douglas) will flood some of the finest farm land in the .Tennessee valley. But the power producHon a re than aks Ip for in winning Sul war. And. our- contribution to’ boosting food production, through demon-
WPA MATERIAL
GIVEN TO CITY
$35,000 Gift Contingent on|
Completing Adler St. Sewer.
The works board yesterday -accepted approximately $35,000 worth of sewer construction material offered the city by the state WPA. WPA engineers, representing John K. Jennings, state WPA administrator, said the materials would be available on April 15 on condition {they will be used to complete the Adler street unit of the Indianapolis sewer project. «. City Engineer Arthur B. Henry said only about 360 feet of sewer piping needed to be installed for completion: of the Adler street unit. ‘Work on the Adler street sewer, main southside line, will bring to a close the WPA’s $1,500,000 sewerage construction program begun three years ago, Some Not on Market Material granted the city includes ent, ‘pipe, floodgates, sheet piling ‘and lumber. : "Mr. Henry said much of this would be unobtainable from other sources at this time. = ~The - WPA engineers told the
works board that all leftover WPA material in the state would be
siored by April 14k the Indiana ny
olis: sewer project office’ ab 41 8. West st.
| "Many of the supplies. of the disthe
continued ' agency, said, would be
for Shipment overseas.
Offers 2 Horses.
For Plug Tobacco E
_ DELAWARE, ‘0, March 4 (U. |
be diverted into the: _ g
This powerhouse for
phosphaites, certainly must be considered as outweighing the deficit. “It is electric power which makes ‘our phosphate production possible, and it is conversion of the phosphate production to war which permits us to provide the basis for incendiary bombs and smoke screens. “Flood control certainly must be considered a factor in saving crops, and that, of course, is one of the primary purposes of TVA: “In addition, the navigation of the Tennessee, made possible by a series of TVA dams and locks, already has lifted a considerable burden from our overloaded war
. transportation system.
: ” ” 8 . “IN MY OPINION it was the
integration": of all its facilities
which found TVA ' prepared to make a major contribution to total war. We are proud of that contributidh.” : TVA’s blue-star, incidentally,
modesty."
lists more than 8000" employees who = have entered - the armed. 7
services.
By VICTOR PETERSON
A gold skull with diamond eyes glared at us from back of the counter. Tiger teeth dangled below. A
hand fondled an elephant’s ear. The hand belongs to Henry L. Stenger. So does the elephant’s ear « «+ it’s a carrying case made by natives of the Belgian: Congo and given him ‘by an African missionary. The skull-belongs to him, too . . . a tie pin fashioned from ga five dollar gold piece. The tiger teeth form his watch chain, And it’s ‘hard to tell when you walk into the Indiana Typewriter & Supply Corp., 137 N. Meridian st.,, whether it is a curio shop,
Christm “toyland” or Still a ype:
writer shop. Toy Banks a Specialty
Mr. Stenger is president of the company ‘but spends. most of his time upstairs where he repairs machines brought in and pieces together broken bits of his varied collection. : Carved wooden “hillbilly” figures
fill a good part of the display. win-
dow and there are more mechanical penny banks in the showcases than office supplies. .
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sold at 50 cents to $1.50, Now we pay as high as $200 for ‘one,” he said.
every type of weapon used to kill uncivilized - to civilized man, Mr. Stenger draws out another weapon of torture.
er, - matchlocks, : wheel-locks, flintlocks and a gurkha knife with two little brother gurkhas.
inch blade and is used by a native tribe of India. On killing a person
; | with the big blade, one of the small
: democracy just Sompleted in record breaking ‘time on \ the French Broad river in upper East Ternessen, Bn Doulas dam. The dam was closed in 12 months and 19 days afler construction bogan. #
stration farms fertilized with TVA
- The other men wha direct policy for TVA in both war and peace are Harcourt A. Morgan, vice chairman of the board and former president of the University of Tennessee, and former 1. S. Senator James P. Pope, director. ~All are modest. meri. Their of-
“fices here, which occupy several
downtown ' buildings, reflect that The TVA directors’ offices have none of the ornate furnishings of many rien of similar or lesser responsibility at Washington. What they acconiplished in 1942 will be exceeded in 1943, all
- predict. The directors’ report on
the 942 program was not made public in detail becatise: “It might give aid, but certainly no comfort, to the enemy!” The report showed that at the ‘end of the fiscal year, last June, TVA had increased its generating capacity’ by almost one-third, to 1,340.500 kilowatts, ard was: producing more than 6-billion kilo-watt-hours annually. More than 0 per cent of this energy went
chemical isnt in the valley.
Tiger Teeth, Ancient Torture Weapons Among Prized Curios in Typewriter Shop
The - toy. banks run from one where William Tell shcots the apple off his son’s head with unerring
accuracy to Jonah tossing coppers}
into the whale’s moutli. But the banks aren’t idle curiosities. Every Sunday he takes a differerit one to his Stunday school class in Carthage. “lo encourage the giving of birthday money,” Mr. Stenger points out. : Some Cost $200 “I'am a little worried that some children are growing old fast . . . the number of birthauys they are having a year. “Collectors are just gs curious. as their curios. Originally these banks
When you think you have seen
There is the sling, a helmet crush-
‘Now a gurkha basa citFved. eight-
“By PHIL AULT: ile United Press Staff Correspondent
First Aid Stations af Front “Save Lives of Many Yanks
|marking on the top and sides”| Nelson . said. “Stretcher | bearers
"My. aid: station is. an armored . (Bait. track: carrying: the Red Coss
bring the men to mé, and 1 give
\ CONSTRUCTION oF eight dans for wartime power produc tion was started, and work on three continued with shortened wartime schedules. Four dams and a large steam-power plant enced operation. Five hunmiles of transmission lines
were added, increasing the het-
work by 10 per cent. The grid was extended north; so that. its interconnections with private power companies reached into
- meny states outside the valley.
A large ammonium - nitrate plant, with a newly constructed synthetic-ammonia“ plant to supply raw materials,’ was: placed in service to- produce an ingredient of high explosives. Another plant producing phosphatic fertilizers
was enlarged and equipped to pro-
duce elemental phosphorus for the chemical warfare service. . Completion of dams during the year brought the navigation chan‘nel of the Tennessee to four-fifths of its ultimate 650-mile length. Flood-control - storage reservoirs increased by two million acre-feet, bringing = total o six million. » CHEROKSE Dam ‘on the- ‘Hol
:ston river Osed only 16
Jas a a
ones is substituted and left in the liked the evidence.
ingly. But as far as storing them is concerned, it is another tale. He just tosses them about in cardboard boxes. A Japanese two-handed sword will crash down on an old matchlock. To pick something out he just shakes it until all other. pieces fall away. There is no system for anything and. Mr. ‘Stenger looks pleasantly surprised’ when he finds an object not seen for some time, Suddenly he turned and picked a cane off the large floor-stand fan, “A tippler’ s cane,” he explained: as he unscrewed the head and displayed a long thin flask. His cane collection is as exha
ing in number as everything.
he gathers, Sword and gun canes are in profusion. What he keeps in his store for his amusement seemed to us a small fortune in investment. But these apperently are strays only. He has an eight-room museum in ‘his home at Carthage and furnished 500 items for the Boy Scout Pioneer ‘Craft museum. He is' a charter
member . of . the. Ripley ‘Township |
Historical society. Mr. Stenger ‘has absolutely no
and not much more of the cost involved. “I giess it runs somewhere
sald. stora alone to us. 2 rifle and ‘a pair of old bones. :
POST-WAR PARLEYS
. cONgress—a . fastest dam-bu ding job-in his-
“cal repercussions.
body. Sherlock Holmes would have ?
Mr, Stenger fondles them all lov-| :
months affer its sitthorization by % record. But the
tory is being ¢one right now at Douglas on the: French Broad river—tributary to the Tennessee. Construction at Douglgs started in , 1042. The gates were * closed the dam began to hold water last Feb. 20. This’ was only 12 months and 19 days after = construction began — a. world’s record ‘or speed in dam-
building, Douglas dam is 161 feet
high and 1682 feet long. It will have a "useful storage capacity of 1,330,000: acre-feet. A lake 43.1 miles long will be created by if. The cost is $36,300,000. : - This dam brought some politiIts - construction was opposed by Senator Kenneth D. McKellar (D. Tenn.) ranking majority member ot he . senate SRpTOp: isilons commitiee.. Only Pearl liarbor, plus a direct. appeal by President Roosevelt, caused Senator McKellar to withdraw his opposition.
NEXT: The story’ of this solos sal construction Job.
[BAIN EXPLAINS
RECENT RULING
Denies De sision: ‘Means Seizures in Recent Raids Illegal.
Judge W. D. Bain of criminal court todsy sought to clarify what he described as a misunderstanding regarding his recent ruling on the validity of slot machine seizures. “He said the impression voiced by some attorneys that his ruling held ‘tas illegal the seizure: of all slot ma~ chines ‘without, a proper search rant. is erroneous. ‘ «My ruling ‘held; that selzire’ of a. gaming. mack ine. without a search
warrant and without an officer ac-
tually’ seeing’ ‘it played is illegal” ‘| Judge Bain-said. “An officer nay see a machine played and seize it legally without a search warrant under my: ruling.
‘But if the: oficer has a
search warrant he can legally, seize any gaming riachine whether he sees it played or not.” So
ides. of how many items: he has!
In tae neighborhood of $15,000,” hie| re “Looked like that much in the . WASE But then all we have is a “22” WA
OPENED BY ALLES 5555
it was revealed suterday that the —