Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1943 — Page 5

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15% OF HOMES

IN GABES RUINED

British Take City Without Firing a Shot but Find

Huge Damage.

By NED RUSSELL United Press Staff Correspondent

~~ GABES, Tunisia, Marck: 30 (De-|% . layed) —Tired and. dusty soldiers

of the British 8th army swam in

the Mediterranean and sun-bathed

on soft white sands with pretty French girls today while behind them lay the bomb-shattered city of Gabes, which they had occupied without firing a shot. The city had been heavily damaged by British and American bombers pounding Marshal Erwin Rommel’s communications, but the population welcomed the British soldiers with hugs and kisses. Gabes’ population of nearly 2000 French and 6000 Arabs had suffered greatly in recent months during the German occupation. Local people with whom this correspondent talked on a tour of the town’s white stucco buildings said the

Nazis grabbed most of the avail-

able food, ripped doors and wooden roofs off homes for fuel and blew up bridges in and near tke city as they withdrew northward early Fyesterday. During a tour of the ‘city the correspondent didn’t see a single window intact and estimated that

% probably 75 per cent of the homes

and buildings had been made uninhabitable by air raids. . The 8th army's tanks, Bren gun carriers and trucks reached the beach this afternoon and the men

. who have driven them through the

throat-parching dust storms of the|X desert plunged into the surf and

- made friends with the local bathing

beauties—the first white women they had seen since leaving Tripoli more than two months ago. The blond 19-year-old daughter of a local air raid precautions chief, synning herself on the beach, said that Gabes had undergone an air raid Sunday night just before the axis troops started to evacuate -the city. “We are convinced,” “she said, “that German planes bombed us— not British or American—because they wanted us to hate you when you arrived.”

G-Girls check

still pay only

This map shows the allied .drives from two sides of the axis Tunisian bridgehead, aimed at wiping out Marshal Erwin Rommel’s

Afrika Korps: Rommel’s

Communiques

EISENHOWER COMMUNIQUE (Issued Friday, April 2)

The Tunisia front was generally quieter yesterday. Our patrols were very active over the whole front. In the north, our troops continued to push northward and eastward beyond Sed Jenane. AR On the night of March 31-April 1, our bombers attacked the docks at Bizerte. Yesterday a large force of medium and light bombers attacked El Maou airfield at Sfax with good results, Ta airfields at La Fauconnerie and Djem were attacked by formations of light bombers and fires were left burning. Air operations in northern Tunisia were restricted by weather but fighter sweeps were maintained over the sector from Fondouk to El Guettar, and attacks were made on enemy vehicles. | Nine enemy aircraft were destroyed during all these operations and four of our aircraft are missing.

HONOR NEW O. E. §. OFFICERS A reception for new officers will be held by North Park chapter 404 O. E. 8S, at its stated meeting at 7:45 p/m. Tuesday at the Masonic temple, 30th and Clifton sts.

Mrs. Myrtle Klutney is worthy matron and Elmer Keifer, Worthy patron.

ration values

PON to spend from now till June” said one of these smart Governmentoffice girls to our shoe rationing reporter. “But I practically live in my suits. So I need a Better shoe, that will stand hard, everydayservice and still be pretty enough for dates. I know Thom McAns will give me the wear, and I find they’ve a wonderful selection of dressy-tailored’styles. So that’s where my’ coupon L is going.”

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Pe Pe Ration*Styles! Pumps; -oxfords, stepins;. patents, calfskins, Scbardines; high, low heels; some_high colo rs

The map also shows how allied planes ar¢ bombing supply ports in Sardinia and Sicily.

CITY EXTRA $500

From 86th street to the South side is a long haul, but apparently not long enough for the ODT. Unless the works bosrd receives a special exemption from an ODT drder banning civilian stipments by tank car of less than 200 miles, it may have to pay $500 more for cne thousand tons of asphalt. The Highway Co. of Zionsville, with a refinery at 86ih st. has offered to supply the asphalt for $1560. ] However, the ODT c¢rder leaves the North side refinery without facilities to transport asphalt from one end of the town to another. Second lowest bid of $1610 was submitted by the Shell Oil refinery at Roxanna, Ill, mor¢ than 200 miles away. The works board may be forced to accept this offer. Board officials explain that asphalt must be shipped in heated tank cars. Tank trucks do not have heating apparatus, they say.

FARM LABOR CHIEF APPOINTED BY DAVIS

WASHINGTON, April 2 (U. P). —Food Administrator Chester C. Davis last night appointed Lieut. Col. Jay L. Taylor as deputy administrator in charge of farm labor, apparently assigning him the task of recruiting a land army of 3,500,000 to help. produce 1943 crops. Taylor was detailed fo the food administration from the army, where he has bcen serving as g.liason officer in the fiscal division of the services of supply at Ios Angeles. He assumes his new post at once. Taylor, 41, of Amarillo, Tex. is an experienced farmer, the food administr#tor said. He 'has raised livestock and major staple crops on his ranches in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

ELMER E. ROBISON DEAD HERE AT 57

Elmer E. Robison, 57-year-old lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died last night at his home, 661 E. 22d st. Mr. Robison was empl oyed by the Crown Products Co. and was a member of the Third Christian

church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Anna Robison; two daughters, Miss Demona Ruth “Robison and Mrs. Gene

JK. Shulaw of Indianapolis; two

sons, Pvt. Rush P. Robison of Camp Claiborne, La., and Elmer Robison Jr, an aviation studerit at Texas Tech college, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Krom of Indianapolis and Mrs. Herbert Hahn of Muncie, Funeral services will be held at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, and burial will be in Memorial Park.

Mrs. Mona P. Lundy

Mrs. Mona P. Lundy, 365 Grand ave.,. died at her homg yesterday. Mrs. Lundy, who was 57, had lived in Indianapolis about 35 years. She was a graduate of Methodist hospital training school for nurses and retired from the profession about 16 years ago. Survivors are the husband, John Lundy; a brother, Everett Phillips, Terre Haute; two sisters, Miss Maud Phillips and Miss Ora Phillips, Liston, Iowa. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Callahan funeral home at Terre Haute. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

ENTERTAIN FOR PARENTS

. Members of Bethel 4 Order of Job’s Daughters will entertain their parents at a dinner ta be held at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow. Inspection will follow at 8 p. m. Juanita Gray is honored queen and glso DeMolay “sweetheart” for 1943.

:| the provisions o

J statutory requirement that town-

0DT ORDER MAY GOST

DOUBT CAST ON ASSEMBLY ACTS

+ 1921, Say Lawyers in Comment on Suit.

By NOBLE REED Technically, the Indiana legislature has been unconstitutional for 16 years and all its laws might pos-| sibly be declared invalid if any one

legal project, it was disclosed to-|

day. The numerical apportionment of

% | the legislature by counties has beén'

frect violation of the state consti-! tution since the 1927 session, but, no one has attempted to do anything about it. | Can any law passed since 1927, actually be valid technically if the| legislature itself has. been sitting, unconstitutionally for eight ses-| sions?

maintained in

Test Suit Filed The question was raised by attor-, neys here today while delving into the complications surrounding the

ship assessors make an enumeration of all male citizens over 21 years of age. A suit was filed in circuit court yesterday by County Attorney Victor Jose Jr. in behalf of a taxpayer, demanding that local township assessors be enjoined from making the enumeration, due this year, on the ground it would be a useless expenditure of money because the list would not include women voters. The constitution was never changed to include women voters when the suffrage amendment was added to the constitution in 1920. “Therefore, the law providing for assessors to make the enumeration of male citizens only is unconstitutional and the work should be prevented by court order,” Mr. Jose said. Order Readjustment

Examining the state constitution it was found that the document provides specifieally that the legislature must reapportion its membership on the basis of enumeration of male citizens over the age of 21 every six years. The last reapportionment of the legislature was made in 1921. The next one was due in 1927 but nothing was done then, nor at any time since. Article 4, section 4 of the state constitution reads: “The general assembly shall, at! its second session after adoption of | this constitution, and every six] years thereafter cause an enumeration to be made of all male inhabitants. ; Article 4, section 5 reads:

“The | number of senators and representatives shall, at the session next fol-| lowing each period of making such! enumeration, be fixed by law and! apportioned among the . several! counties according to the number of male inhabitants over the age of 21 years.”

Fail to Legislate

County Attorney Jose contends that section 4 means the legislature should have passed a law every six years to “cause” the enumeration but that no such laws were passed. There is no dispute about section 5 which clearly ‘mandates the legislature to reapportion itself every Six years. - Just: who is to blame for the discrepancy has been disputed. 'Legislative leaders have blamed it on some county officials for failure to make any enumeration under the law while county officials are blaming the legislature for not giving them a law on enumeration that conforms with the constitution. At any rate, the constitution is Clearly violated by faiure to have any reapportionment for 16 years— if any one wanted to.push the issue. There’s a big headache, too, in the event the legislature or the courts should happen to declare the assembly invalid because if the legislature is unconstitutional, how can it function legally enough to pass a law to make itself legal? If you can figure that one, you're a wizard,

RESTRICT GANDHI VISITORS NEW DELHI, April 2 (U. P.).— The viceroy of India, the Marquess of Linlithgow, Has refused to permit non-party Indian leaders to visit Mohandas K. Gandhi, it was announced officially today.

PIMPLES DISAPPEARED OVER NIGHT

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No Apportionment Since |

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