Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1943 — Page 15

oosier Vagabond

FORWARD TUNISIAN AIRDROME.—Evefy-

g around a fighter-bomber airdrome is important, :

know" of nothing more important than the rer ho fo

pa section. ’ ; = v8 vastly different. from airplane shops or garages : back home, where nothing more than a little: inconvenience results

from the long lay-up of a plane s

8 Or car. Out ‘here ‘there are just so many planes. With us and Germany * teeter-tottering for air su-

: one is as precious as though it were made of gold. Every plane out of action is temporarily the ' same as a plane ‘destroyed. 2 It is the job of!the repair secs "tion to take tke shot-up planes get them ,back into the air a little faster than umanly possible. And ‘that ‘is what they are

aj. Charles :E. Coverley. of Palo Alto, Cal. ickname is “Erk” and he was one ‘of my fellow tgav[S from sEngland. is right arm is a quiet mechanical genius named wa ter Goodwin; of Grove City, Pa—a regular army eant, just promoted on the field to warrant offiI The men worship him and. every officer on the field accepts his judgment on plane damage as final.

250 Master Craftsmen

E REPAIR SECTION operates under a theory that seems outlandish after.coming from the peacetime business world. Its motto is to give away everything it can. stead of hoarding their supplies: and yelling that they're snowed under with work; they go around the field accepting every job imaginable, fulfilling every pilot's request, donating from their: precious small stock of spare parts to any line mechanic that asks for something. For only by doing it that way do Planes get back in the air a few hours sooner,

.over the huge field, and get things rolling.

a Be

rolling— :

Fighting Again mn u Three Days

TWO DAYS LATER 1 checked on their progress, Five of those wrecked planes were ready for mis-} sions by that first evening. Three more were delivered the following day. On the third day four more were just about finished. That makes 12. The other|" two had been turned into salvage, for spare parts. Under peacetime conditions at Home, it would have taken perhaps two months even in the finest shops to get all those planes in the air. But here they were fighting again within three days. You can do the impossible when you have to. This field operates with a dearth of spare . parts, as probably do all our fields at the far ends of the earth. So the field provides its own spare parts by scrapping the most badly damaged planes, and using the good parts that are left. This happens to ahout one of every 15 planes that are shot up. These condemned planes are towed to

the engineering section, and there ‘they gradually dis-|

appear. Finally they are . skeletons — immobile, pathetic skeletons,. picked bare by the scavenging mechanics, i” :

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

OW THAT the army has moved in with the navy at (the Butler fieldhouse, ‘residents of the vicinity have come to the following weighty conclusions: (1) The soldiers are much snappier than the sailors When it comes to marching and (2) they sing more— : and louder—than the sailors. In fact, to the neighbors, it seems they're marching and singing all the time. They go through all sorts of intricate marching maneuvers to zig-zag: around cars and - even small boys on bicycles. Their favorite songs seem fo be the army. air corps song—atb the top of their lungs, “Remember: Pearl Harbor,” ‘and “Around her neck she wore a yellow: ribbon.”. . .. . Speaking of marching, the boys get out as early: : as 6 a. m. and now and then they rewarded by an interesting sight or two. For ce, they usually slow their pace and the comcommander orders, “eyes right”. as they pass rtain house on Sunset ave. You see, several young ladies occupy an upstairs room there, and apparently unaware of their morning audience, the girls dress with the lights’ on and without bothering to pull the dow shades down.

Ini Person—Not a Movie

N ROUTE HOME last Friday from a business trip to New York, Miss Marietta Gregg, a buyer for Block’s, was seated at one of those tables for two in the railroad diner. A waiter brought a man and seated him opposite Miss Gregg. About to take a bite of food, Miss Gregg took a look at him, put her fork back on her plate and confusedly asked: “Are—are you who .I think you are?” The dining companion smiled and said he was. “Cary Grant?” she asked unbelievingly. “That's right,” he replied. And he was. He even paid for her lunch and bought her a couple of cocktails. She hasn’t gotten over the yet. . . . The Times had a story Tuesday to the effect that Easter this year is falling on the latest ible date—April 25th—that it won't recur again d this century and that the last time it hap‘pened was 1868. Mrs. James A. Dehn, 31 N. Ewing-st., called to tell us we were ali wet (only she was more pel te about it). She says she was born on Good

Washington

ASHINGTON, March 11.—Most of the comment _ here is that Ambassador Standley’s remarks at Moscow were unfortunate. Acting Secretary of State Welles said the ambassador spoke without Washingio] ’s prior knowledge. The incident very much disturbs this government because of discussions that may take place before long concerning the United States, *Great Britain and Moscow. As it is, the stmosphere is not too good so far as the United States and Russia are concerned. Ambassador Litvinoff, the Soviet representative here; is withdrawmore and more into seclusion. + I doh’t mean to say that there is any acute trouble. But when thle vice president of the United States gets up in public meeting 1 warns as Mr. Wallace did at Delaware, O., this week, that there will be another war if we doublecross Russia, there is something wrong with the relations between us. You don’t talk about such. t s when feeling is all right.

Incident Actually Trivial

| ONVERSATIONS ARE planned to try to clear up any possible cause of this drifting apart of the . United States and our Soviet ally. t is unfortundte to inject into such a delicate situation the petty controversy over whether the : iang are showing enough appreciation of our help. ~The fact that there is an underlying uneasiness here seoncerning. Russian high policy adds additional exive power to the incident, which is actually a

“doubt as 5% Whether Admiral Stanley way in eter

y Day

SVOCHES

at) oil Scouts dinner as sighs. Tt00k tre Highs fra n. to Rochester, N, Y.

, N. ¥., Wednesday. —After speaking

‘Here the various youth gr ups have formed themselves into a council similar

Friday, April 23, 1886, which made Easter fall on April 25 that year. Mrs. Dehn is right. The figure was transposed. 4

Only One Shirker

RALPH IULA, who is in the painting and decorating business and lives in NeWark Village—a mile south of Carmel on road 431—read our item about the “king size” egg laid by one of Mrs. Icie Switzer’s

“hens and wasn’t too greatly impressed. Ralph says

it must have been just a double yolk egg, and that

his hens “lay them quite often.” He's pretty proud

of his’ 21° hens.. Last Saturday they laid 20 eggs— only one shirker in the flock.. That's darned near perfect. . . . Vedder Gard, Indiana Bell's public relations director, who used to be a top-notch athlete at I U-—captain of the baseball team—takes pride in keeping himself in good physical trim. It’s been Juany years since he was in school, but he still can kick his foot above his head—heel and all—without 1 g over backward. . . . Double feature. at.the Sheridan theater today: “George Washington Slept Here”—“Between Us Girls.”

Around the Town

THE NUMBERS racket seems to be picking up despite the _heat on gambling in general in recent weeks. More and more phone ‘calls are being received

‘by the ‘financial = editor from folks wanting to

know the daily bark clearings. As a matter of policy, the paper doesn’t give out™this information by phone. . The Purity Bakery was. just installing expensive equipment: for marking loaves of bread indicating where to slice, when the order came through permitting bakeries to slice bread again. The marking

machinery had to be set aside. ... . Indianapolis is|

making a good impression -on out-of-town service men, judging from a letter received by one of our agents. The: letter is from Ralph R. Robinson, RM3c, now at Cohoes, N.'Y. He writes: “A new bunch ‘arrived last week from Indianapolis and is’ what. they

all say: ‘If they only had the people of Indianapolis

in Washington, D. C—!’ I know that you Hoosiers have made a lasting impression with the rest of the

country. You ought to. feel proud ‘of yourselves... .

They have some nice service men’s centers here but nothing - like Indianapolis, not even the Stage Door Canteen!” :

By, Raymond Clapper

charging the Soviet govetnment with deception, or whether he was trying to suggest in a helpful way ‘that the Russians could speed up our: help if they would butter us a little more. I am not sure, from reading the dispatches, in just what spirit ‘Ambassador Standley spoke, Perhaps he was inept in trying to be helpful. Most of the dispatches represented Ambassador Standley as practically charging that the Soviet government had withheld information in order: to make the. Russian people think they were pulling themselves by their own bootstraps. “On the other hand, the New York Times correspondent in Moscow, Ralph Parker, sent a dispatch which was buried by his paper but which puts a considerably different light, and a softer light, on Admiral - Standley’s remarks.

Our Goal Is Defeat of Nazis

THE TIMES correspondent gave “the: impression that Admiral Standley was not rebuking Mdscow: but

was arguing for more publicity as. a good way to

further American sentiment, especially in congress, for more lend-lease to Russia. Anyway it is much ado unnecessarily. State department information is that our statements about the volume of Russian lend-lease material have been printed in Pravda, U. S.'S. R. official newspaper.

So it is possible that Admiral Standley was not| weeks were being blamed by the

charging Russia with deceit but was trying as best he could in his bluff sailorman way to tip off. the Russians as to how to help their case. In any event, what does it matter wheter we get as many bouquets as we think we deserve? ‘Thousands of Russian men are dying to kill Germans.

Relieved; ‘Kosher Cuts Available. ‘To Indianapolis beef-eaters:

helpings for two more. Weeks ‘at least. After that OPA officials and | deal: ers hope for some alleviation of the acute shortage here, although they're unable to predict with any

furnish relief: (1) Spring and warmer weather

should speed shipment of live stock from farms to packers; packers, %recently closed down by

their quotas, may be allowed to re-

price ceilings on wholesale beef may encourage some large packers, now

facilities to civilian production, “ ‘Kosher Meat Available

kosher meats for almost a month,

OPA granted the Hoosier abattoir, exclusive slaughterers of kosher beef in the state, a temporary quota revision enabling the firm to place

market each week. W. H. Snyder, chief enforcement officer of OPA, said state rabbis had

of orthodox Jews with a view to-

pound and a half of meat a week. The Hoosier abattoir, located -at 621 W. Ray st., was- closed down by OPA order last month after the

firm had killed over its quota for|

the first two rationing periods by more than 2000 head. :

To Seek Solution Solutions to the nation’s’ meat problems are to be discussed in a

Meat Institute, Mr. Snyder said, -

After a close-down by the OPA here of more than 70 Indiana

slaughter houses charged with over-|

killing their beef quotas, Indianap-

since the start of the war. Panicbuying was the aftermath in many neighborhoods. OPA Attorney Snyder said no Te-| adjustment ‘of slaughter quotas in the state was anticipated. List Plans . Officials say that any one of the following suggested plans would prove extremely beneficial for the country’s meat situation, but none was willing to discuss their’ possible adoption: 1. Government reclamation of one. or two entirely beefless weeks in order to allow producers to res stock ‘empty markets. :2. Federal assumption of control over all live stock production and

| distribution, as is the case in Great

Britain. 3. A blanket revision upwards of all beef-killing quojas, after allowing: for present supplies to the ‘armed. forces . and lend-lease pro-

gram. ‘Robert Stokes, OPA live stock expert, doubted whether adoption of the third policy would provide dnything but temporary 1elief to meathungry consumers. Demands of the lend-lease program and the army, navy and marine corps are so huge, he said, that practically all higher grades of beef are going fo them. He accused some state farmers of sending under-age heef to markets, despite a government on such practices, Farmers. — unable to resist selling stock at the present skyrocketing market prices, he said, and as a result are neglecting to reserve some of their tattle and beef for a more equal distribution throughout the remainder of the year,

‘Everyone’ Blamed Meanwhile, the long, ‘meatless OPA on the people . . . by meat

packers and live stock men on the OPA . . . and by the people on any-~

That's what we want—the ‘defeat of the German| Mr.

army. Jv’ 113 SPIIOHALS tor 14 10 eomplalir if we dons get enough Patgon the ack, .

the waited. youth. sommiliee, at. whisk there, wilt helt informal discussion concerning their own organizaSion 4. Sie ove. ViesibiiSs for Lefulnesh. rus 3 to 4:15, here is 10: be’ a igencral Sissussion ot

accused the OPA of

Shortage May Then Be| PR hh | HOME FRONT FOR

By ANN FRANCE WILSON. r 4% Times Special Write: WASHINGTON, March 11—You. may. ‘expéct ‘WEB. to” issue new limitation orders covering ¢tyles.of women's ani men's clothes. - Stricter regulations are in the rnaking. ; 0 It is expected that new orders. will: further cut’ frills ‘and | extras and may possibly cut out entirely “swing”,

srl

‘Prepare to endure meager meat|

assurance. Three eventualities may possibly

(2) some] OPA on grounds they overkilled| open; (3) an anticipated lifting of |

killing largely for army, navy and| lend-lease, to open: more of their

This week, Indiana's Jewish pop-| ulation, without a local source of |

was afforded temporary relief. The|

40,000 pounds of kosher cuts on the |

been asked to survey the meat needs} |

wards eventually providing each] | consumer. with a minimum of a}:

general conference soon ‘in Chicago betweén . government ‘officials and | representatives of the American}

olis in the last two weeks under-| went its’ most severe meat shortage

body from Hitler to the . corner |

other material wasting styles. WPB is getting tired of - denying that clothing’ will be rationed. Every time . they ‘say it isn’t so, a fresh rush of buying begins, So the department's spokesmen have about decided to button their lips in the hope that the public will forget, t the ‘whole “But now the. stores themselves are going to take -g crack at stopping consum-. “ers from over-buying clothes. Their advertisements will advise you that unless you really need a suit you should .. not buy: it. ‘Also stores may cut down on time payments

the-moment purchase. & a =»

Test Your Anti-Freeze -from being made.

whether the anti-freeze floats cn

is also harmful to your motor. »

Handbags Affected handbags as well.

Odds and Ends ' “Production of heavier gauge

:to replace Platinum Tg, which

and make it impossible ‘for tho panic buyer to return: ‘a :SpUE~ol- :

Maybe you're not sure whether. the anti-freeze in your car or +truck is of the injurious kind. that the WPB has now prohibited

. If you aren’t, you can try one of these ‘methods: Drain some radiator fluid into a glass container. and notice

solution has a distilled oil base and is injurious to your car. Or boil a small amount of the. drained liquid in a clean can. If a crystalline coating or white solittion is left in the tin, this solution

It may be that the limitation order prohibiting the use of leather in handbags may be extendad o prohibit the use of cloth

Since WPB has found it yiecessary to. cut off {rouser cuffs it seems likely that handbag manufacturers will b¢ forbidden: to make new bags to match your new tweed suit or other woolen outfit. may also ie that; the fashion of ming ouf matching: hats with woolen clothes also will be discouraged:

‘of wire fencing: for farm use has been liberalized. . . 12,522,540 pairs of used silk and nylon stockings have been salvaged for war use. ... Palladium wedding rings are now dn the market

skirts and

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top of the water. If it does, the

barbed. wire and @dditional style . A total of

80 Janger may be ‘made.

_installment for future use. ‘Home gardeners and: solentisis

| agree that the tomato is the most,

important. of all garden’ vegetables. Easy to grow in most soils,’ the plant can- be trained upward so that little space will be used. ' New gardeners will find it hard to -decide between the many varieties offered. For a practical solution of - the current food problem}. the gardener will pass up the small fruited- and fancy types and plant the common varieties. Amorg dependable types are marglobe, bonny best, Pritchard, Rutgers and earliana. These varieties bear deep red, round fruit, and require about 70-to 80 days from the| time the plants are set into the garden until the harvest begins, The. Glant Variety Ponderosa, beefsteak and oxheart are three varieties of the giant tomatoes. The fruits from these plants| ¥: require a week to 10 days longer| growing period. They often grow to weigh two or more pounds and give a tremendous crop. While fine for table ‘use, they are not the n | Pest for juice. Care should be taken not to set tomato plants too shallow and too inches should be set so that only four inches remain above the soil line,” advises A. A. Irwin, assistant county agricultural agent. May 15 is the -average frost-free planting) 8 date for central Indiana.

— Growing Vegetables—No. 9 9 Tomato Plans. A To Grow in Most Soils | i:

This is the last in series of articles ‘on nine ‘vegelalles grown in Marion county. It is suggested that you clip ‘and save this

“Plants as tall as eight]

e oy.

easily

Purdue experts, " to wrap ‘a strip] of newspaper around the stem of each’ plant Just before placing it in the: ground. - - Allow the paper toil extend two inches above the ground. If manure ‘is available a small shovelful thorougtly mixed into the soil ‘under "each plant will pay dividends. . ‘Stake tomatoes ripen castles Alin unstaked and . roquire much less space. If viens are allowed to run on the ground, it is advisable to spread glass clippings, chicken litter| w or straw: around the plants to a depth of several: inches.

If .the soil is fertile it is best to remove most of lhe: sucker shoots

{from the plant wiekly or the plants

will be leggy and the strength of the plant will go into the vine. ‘Tomatoes are high in vitamin content, providing large amounts of vitamins A, B and C. One bushel of tomatoes, canned, will give approximately. wu quam 3 CA ‘canned tomato products for. paki consumption has béen predicted for next winter. This, with the value placed on tomatoes under t rationing, should make the plants a necessity for all victory. ea

-BIDDINGER TO SPEAK

“His experiences us Republican majority floor leader: dire. he recent

A cheap effective safety measure |

against cut worms, according to Cl

Advises St ip Tad Be = Gas Contaminated

Sec-| WASHINGTON, March 11 (UP). u —Even though civilians go in fori

re ve soti-gas Srip-teesizg, the amiy| Er y

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Batt or round half : slices

_|{ Center ch /| Sliced Boston butts

BALLR

‘Most graphic evidence of

ON PORK FIXED

Quotations On Ss On 28 Most Popular Cuts Take Effect April 1. Maxhnuin prices which: may be charged for the 28 most popular

cuts of pork after maximum price regulation 336 goes into effect April

|1 were announced today by Indiana

officials: of the office of price ad-

| ministration.

The prices are for class 1 and 2 stores which are ‘the ones sugwed to ‘charge the highest ceilings. In 0 words, no store may charge

; more than the prices shown.

“The 28° most common cuts were|: selected by Wayne E, Rice, regional OPA price speclalist. The ceiling prices are: Smoked Skinned Hams, Bode In |

Vole or. shank halt Butt or round half, center

_ Ready:to-Est Hams, Skinned, Bone In. Whole or shank : Contes.

| Canter ~45¢| Slibes h ame 3a Fresh os os or call whole 2380

‘picnics ‘or cali whole hams.. Sad

S10 Fresh Pork Loin"

5 Smoked Cknadian Bscon' Arges I NE Ge Toles +4620 he

tee pe

sgavRocoRRan

s Bae ‘spare sibs

These prices apply to all Indiana counties except Lake, Newton, Viarren and ‘ Benton ~which: are in zone V, Chicago area. The other 88 Indiana counties are in zone VI, with Kentucky and part ‘of Pannessee.

b JAPANESE SHIPS HIT BY U. S. BOMBS),

. McARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIA, March 11 (U. P)—~ Widspread aerial. attacks on Japanese shipping were reported -in Gen. McArthur’s communique today. ‘Six ships were damaged, at least two so severely they probably senk. Flying. Fortresses dropped 1000pound bombs near the mediumShed skips off Wewak Wednesday. A '5000-ton ship was severely damaged. Heavy clouds prevented the pilots observing the damage to the bombs in the warehouse area ashore. : A -B-24 Liberator, scored a direct hit on a 7000-ton merchantman off Bostong island near the southeast tip.of Celebes, with a heavy bomb. The ship was left in flames. An-| other B-24 bombed two other cargo ships off Boeroe island in the Banda sea ‘while patrol bombers strafed a ccstal vessel near Regola on Sermata ‘island, and bombed Saumlaki | in: the Tenimber-islands. ;

operators

{6 gues Sion the duration 2b

| Strangers Aided.

other. The planes also dropped|

1 Neweomars--Hore Are he to Som "Quasars You Wart fo Know An . CallThe Times, = =" of Pil. onlin tswmte. Shs Wee. ans. Shims am entimatadl 30 | oweomers to Indianapotls each months: owt kaow’ about the

i Fhote Witt; gusstions on any phase af <ivie activity ae Invite tn, It them ‘ta The: Times Newoamer %

By SHERLEY. UHL _ Ral

1000 : city. sub-.

depattinent.):,

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1 New residents who, since their Srrival, have reieived 1 “Tm a stranger. here myself” for an answer, are well aware : | that they have plenty of company.

the city’s war growth is pro-

| vided by local census bureau: figures. showing that the In- ; dianapolis metropolitan district, .including all“ of Marion

IPRICE CEILING

nty; has annexed 85,000 to its population rolls since fo The county total now s at around 490,000 persons. ‘The population turnover: here actually is. greater than the figures indicate, since the slack left -by the : war “drainage on ‘the city’s ‘youth has been more than taken up by

newcomers.

“One OCD agency: desionad espe-

cially for unsettled: citizens is the ~

homes: registry and information bureau with headquarters adjoining the Washington st. entrance to the Claypool hotel, Staffed entirely by primly - uniformed volunteers, the bureau has placed an average of 500 - strangers a month. in rooms, apartments and “homes. fas : (Although hundreds of available accommodations: are on file, the

single rooms, with apartments and

: | homes ‘practically all occupied. -

i Rationing Boards

: You ‘may register for anything

ad | from sugar to ‘shoes at nine district tes | ration ‘boards in: the county. Their

locations are: Cenitral—War Memorial bullding;

2% | north—819 E, '63d st.;—east, 5436 E.

Washington st.; west—2623 W.Michigan st.; southwest—560 8. Meridian st.; southeast—1105 Prospect st. (Fountain Square Theater building); north central -No. pan ‘N. Illinois st.; ‘nerth. central No, 2—

“ol 113 W. 30th st.: northesstery--1034

College. ave,

Those who. have not. any ration books whats , 1 wait until March’ 15 fever apply-

ling ‘for: the book series.

Hoi to Handle Fais :

Because Indianapolis. As one of five cities in the country having garbage reduction ‘plants, housewives are asked to set out kitchen waste without paper or other wrapping. Such insolvent material, gar- ‘| bage officials say, would impede reduction of the city’s: leftovers. into valuable chemicals, fertilizer - and stock feed. Also taboo for garbage’ ‘containers are glass, “cans, boxes ‘and other fabricated material. Containers should not be laregr than 12. galIons in volume: Unfortunately, the reduction plant now is operating at about 60 per cent of capacity. Its 32 huge tanks were limited to low pressure. cooking only after state boiler inspectors had deemed corrosion in the’ huge receptacles as constituting a safety hazard. Bids on. contracts for complete renovation of the garbage reduction plant will be accepted in the near future and it is expected to be running at. full foree ‘again by fall of 1043. : At present housewives. may elther place their kitchen greases in with | their garbage, or sell the fats to their butchers. In either event, the waste will be channeled into the war effort. Glycerine dissolved from garbage goes into munitions ‘masufacturing, grease is sold to soap-makers and other ‘fatty acids contribue substantially: to. textile Production;

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TAXI FIRMS DEADLOCK |1ciea ange a west ON LICENSE TRANSFER {se Helgh * Differences over proposed repeal| Week. © lets, city ordinance was holding up| Very Iw so |transfer of 20 cab licenses from two| Shan a trajor taxi companies to Negro: cab Te

3 i today. RHA pa nz ts po Red Cab, Inc, and the United | “on his skin. He has|Taxicab Co., Inc. have offered to|

great. majority" of them are for ~