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oi WASHINGTON, April 8.—Gen.” Eisenhower's re- . parted request to Gen. Charles de Gaulle to postpone his visit: to North Africa is not expected to stand for Tong. Otherwise the lid will almost certainly be Blown off that same little teapot in which a tempest

has been raging ever since the.

Americans landed at Casablanca. As recently as four days ago I was assured by Fighting French spokesmen in this country that their leader, Gen. de Gaulle, was not expected to leave London for ‘two or three weeks. When I asked why, the reply was that Gen. Catroux, who has been conducting negotiations between Gen. de Gaulle and Gen. Giraud, would probably go to London before de Gaulle went to Africa. Now Fighting French spokesmen in London are saying that, but for Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. de Gaulle would ‘be on his way. They declare that Gen. de Gaulle has been living “literally out of a suitcase” for days; that the imposed delay may have a “serious”

- effect. - And so on,

Probably Dictated by Necessity " MANY POINTS remain to be clarified before full

agreement is reached between Gen. de Gaulle and

Gen. Giraud. Gen de Gaulle still objects to certain officials in Gen. Giraud’s entourage, and Gen. Giraud

‘ is said to feel the same way about certain officials

attached to Gen. de Gaulle, Also it appears that the precise formula whereby the two leaders~will share responsibility throughout the French empire has yet to be found. Any slip-up now most likely “would be blamed entirely on Gen. Eisenhower, the American state department and the president. © It can be said, however, that whatever the reason behind the postponement, the British are in complete agreement on it. London and Washington have both

Inside Indianapol

THE FOLKS down in St. Louis need a little educating, we've decided after reading a story on page one of the April 2 St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The story, called to our attention by J. W. Gammon, relates a ruckus that arose when a man got on a St. Louis streetcar via the side door and ignored the motorman’s suggestion he go to the front of the car and pay his fare. The motorman then called the fare-dodging ' passenger a “Hoosier” and the passenger, possibly not knowing that the term referred to a resident of Indiana, proceeded to show his resentment by shoving the motorman through the car window, causing a severe gash on the motorman’s head. The two combatants wound up in the court of. City Judge Joseph Grellner who fined the bandaged motorman $100 and turned the passenger loose. The “If somebody called

¢ me a ‘Hoosier’ I believe I'd shove his head through

- & window, too.” Nuts to Missouri, too, judge.

Around the Town

-AMONG THOSE who will miss Uncle Sam's sailors when they move out of the Butler fieldhouse are two young girls living on Rookwood ave.—Lois Hinesly, 15, and Betty Lou Poland, 13. The girls watched the sailors practice signaling by wig-wagging flags last year and became so interested they got busy and. learned how to do it. They became so proficient they even excell some of the gobs with whom they “chat” long distance almost every day. . . . Jim Strickland calls our attention to the perfect V the boulevard lighting on Meridian st. makes when you stand at 38th st.. looking north. The, lights on both sides of the street seem to come together in the distance. . . . To reinforce their ranks which have been badly depleted by the selective service, the local Junior C. of C. members have elected to membership Maj.

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‘other governments for general discussion. . heard Dr. Henry White, who prepared the plan, dis-

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. WASHINGTON, April 8.—When I read how so many college students don’t know who was president of the United States during the civil war, I lose my nerve about trying to write this column on the subject of the proposed international stabilization fund. If college students don’t know any more than that, what can be expected of less fortunate persons? So why write this stuff at all? Why try to pass on information about matters that are important? Why not let the government run things and not annoy the public with dispatches? If college students think William James was a bank robber, then why try to put information into the newspapers? I heard Secretary Morgenthau answer questions for an hour about the international stabilization fund that he has tentatively. offered to. I also

cuss it at ‘some length. -

How It Would Work in Jugoslavia

SECRETARY MORGENTHAU said that this plan, and discussion of it, would spur new hope among ‘oppressed countries. ‘For instance Jugoslavia, broke, oppressed, fighting in the hills, with only a small dab of gold, could never hope to get going alone after the war. But the people of Jugoslavia will hear of this plan and they will take new heart. Secretary Morgenthau said they will know, when they hear about this stabilization plan, that the united nations are working out plans so that oppressed peoples can re-establish their trade when their Nazi op) are defeated. 3 We will hope that the people uf Jugoslavia will

My Day

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Wednesday. — After a oan Junch at the Kaiser shipyards on Monday, hich I was proudly told no rationed food was Miss Thompson and I went off with Mayor y of ‘Portland, ‘and Mrs. David Honeyman. We visited the Red Cross blood donors station, the Red Cross workrooms, ‘the induction center—which is one of the most complete set-ups of its kind in the 'country—and, finally, a service men’s club, where I cut a large and beautifully dec‘orated cake. We. were at the airport a little ghead of time for our plane and I'had a chance to talk to a young 8 friend who had been going around “with us all day, but to whom 1 hed barely had a chance to say He is in She army and now happens to in the recruiting station in Portland. reached San Francisco, my son, John,

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_ African Tempest ‘By Wn. Philip Simms &,

diplomatic and’ military LA on the spot, and these are in constant consultation, While the state department disclaimed any foreknowledge of the step, it is taken for granted here that it was dictated purely by military necessity. It is pointed out that any time in all' the five months since the A. E. F. landed in Africa, Gen. de Gaulle’s visit would probably have been more convenient than now.

Flareup Might Wreck Allies

IN TUNIS, American, British and French troops|

are fighting for their lives. The decisive battle for

North Africa is on. On its outcome depends the allied}.

invasion of Europe and the liberation of France. "Political trouble behind the lines at this moment would jeopardize victory. Of the 16,000,000 or more inhabitants of Algerhs, Tunisia and Morocco, hardly more than a million are French. . The rest are mostly Arabs and other Moslem peoples. These natives do not necessarily love the French or their Occidental allies. Among them are many

fifth-columnists, planted “by the axis. This is par-|

ticularly true in key places.

And on the allies’ flank: is Spanish Morocco. There|-

as Spain’s former foreign minister, Dr. Fernando de Los Rios, told me recently, is an army of Moors,| Falangists and Nazis, waiting for a favorable opportunity to strike. At least 95 per cent of the French hate Hitler and all his works, whether they live in France or North Africa. But there is no blinking the fact that there is bitter feeling between ‘French factions. Any serious political demonstrations astride the 1500-mile line of communications between Tunisia and the Atlantic seaboard might well wreck the allies in North Africa and with them the last hope of France.

Copy from Ernie Pyle has been delayed in transit. His daily column will be resumed in a day or two.

1S By Lowell Nussbaum

Lytle Freehafer, who happens to be director of mobilization for the state selective service. Maybe he’ll just mobilize the whole bunch.

Sand Box Garden

THE SAND BOXES at’ school 28 (931 Fletcher ave.) have “gone to war.’ The sand in which the

younger children used to play has been dumped out|

by Custodian Harry Strong and now he’s raising tomato plants in the boxes so. the kids can have plants for their gardens. . . . Excerpt from a letter written by a mother whose 18-year-old has just returned to the army after a furlough: “The house is now straightened up—his fuzzy-wuzzy house slippers and corduroy robe again put away; the records back in the cabinet; the apple cores out of the ash frays, and all in all, the house looks disgustingly neat-and clean.” , . . Our pet peeve of the moment: Those heelless: shoes the girls. wear and which go clomp, clomp, scuff, scuff as they walk down the sidewalk.

Animal Department ;

L. M. COOK, 3636 N. Dearborn st., has a cat that knows how to catch mice with a minimum of effort— but a maximum of risk. Someone set fire to dead grass in a field near the“cat’s home Tuesday night and it had a fleld day fiMiping in and out of the flames, catching and eating field mice routed by the fire. The cat’s only casualty was the singeing of his tail and whiskers.-, . . One of our friends is trying to find the owner of a lost dog. It’s a brown, coachmarked pointer that spent Monday and Tuesday on E. 59th st.—between College and .Indianola—seeking its owner. The dog ran up to every pedestrian it saw, sniffed them hopefully, then continued its search, A number of times 1t climbed on busses with people, and it narrowly avoided being run over by cars countless times. The dog wore a collar without any identification, and very definitely is someone’s pet. We'll be glad to hear from the owner and tell him where to find the dog. :

By Raymond Clapper

be more responsive to the information about the international stabilization fund than the American college students were to questions in the New York Times Sunday. ; The international stabilization fund is not a bank. It won't lend money. It is not a post-war rehabilitation development corporation. It is not going to lend money to rebuild dams on the Danube. This is a proposition to restore gold as a yardstick for trade all over the world. It is a proposition to prevent weak countries from ruining themselves and everybody else by depreciating their currency as the Germans did after the last war. It is a proposition to make it possible for each nation, no matter how small and weak, to find a place in world trade.

Voting Power According to Gold

JUGOSLAVIA HAS only a little gold. She would have put some or all of it info the stabilization fund. She would put in some currency—in other words, some of her credit. On that Jugoslavia would be assigned a number of unitas—which are the proposed units of international trade and would be worth $10 gold—and with which she could trade anywhere. The international stabilization fund would thus make a deménstration of faith while requiring assets as well to the extent that they are available. Member countries would have voting aver in proportion to their subscriptions to the fund. No country .could have more than 25 per cent of total votes.. But on important decisions 80 per cent of the votes are required to act. So that the countries putting the most gold into the fund would be apt to hold a veto power-over the decisions. x That is stuck in there so we won't. be mistaken for saps while proposing a plan to helo the world back to normal international trade, through a regular trade and private finance channels.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

friend Miss Mayris Chaney came in also, so I felt my San Francisco visit began well. ° Admiral Woods called for me yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, just as I was finishing a half hour’s press conference. We started off promptly for OakKnoll hospital in Oakland. This naval hospital was only begun last year and, since I was there in the autumn, it has already doubled in size, I wonder if many people realize how many boys are coming home from this. war and facing cheerfully the loss of arms or legs, or other physical handicaps. I saw boys suffering from concussion, burns and innumerable other ailments. As I went through each ward I thought what wonderful spirit young America has. There is one boy who is going around making speeches to help sell bonds. He has lost. both

arms and- one leg. The other day he was fitted to a|

new leg, and as he walked into the ward a cheer went up from every one of the other hoys, which shows that indomitable courage wins respect. . \ © I lunched with the doctors’ mess and Shey. told me

Ed Kovell,- Alameda, Cal., works on a cargo vessel bound for the South Pacific,

trouble.

WASHINGTON HIGH PUPILS PLAN SHOW

Under the sponsorship of. the

junior class, the Washington high school variety show will present music comedy and a group of dance routines in the school auditorium at 3 p. m. April 15 and at 7:45 p. m. April 16.

Leon Pacala is general chairman. Assisting chairmen of the vaude-

ville are; Martha Brutcher, Norman Dunn, Tom Carpenter, Ruth Eckstein, Joan - Hail, ' John Jacobs, Frank Johnson, Eskell Jones, Rich-|; ard Miller, Patricia Newnum, Mar-

garet Phillips, Mary Sheffer, Betty Swick, Betty Unser, Charles Waggoner, Marilyn Wertz, Nancy Wagaman and Lois Ollman,

- Faculty assistants are: Louis

Rutan, Miss Mary. McBride, Miss Doris Boettjer, Sergt. J. E. Boric, Miss Corlie Jackson, ‘Miss ' Myrtle: ‘Johnson, Miss Mabel Loehr, Gertrude Lindley, Reinhart, Dean Smith, Allan Stacy, Miss Jean Wood, Miss La Von Whitmire, Mrs. Bess Wright, and pianist,” Mrs. Charlotte Masson,

Miss Miss Marjorie

RUSS OIL ROUTE OPENS MOSCOW, April 8 (U. P,) ~The

Caspian-Volga oil route has been reopened for the season with arrival

from Baku of tankers carrying

thousands of tons of aviation, trac-

tor snd industrial oils, a dispatch from Astrakhan reported yesterday.

Your Blood ls Needed

G quota for. Red Cross “Blood Plasma Center — 5400 donors. ; Donors: 50 far tris month Yesterday's quote—00. \Yesterday’s donors— “You can help meet the quota

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bulding,

Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles 1s the new deputy commander of U. S. forces in Europe.

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WAAG S, soldiers," civilians—they’re all riding bikes in gasoline-short Washington, D. C., these days. Here's : a busy band of cyclists enjoying spring weather wheel past the Lincoln Memorial.

A load of Yank bombs hurtle down on Rotterdam docks while another

flying fortress (arrow)

This odd-looking boat, which is powered by an airplane propeller and steered by a wind rudder, is used by the amy. for the rescues ‘of plane crash victims in swampy areas.

San Francisco mothers Yaby with victory gardens don’t worry about: their votngslers getting ‘into They bring the youngsters along, play pens and all, to the ® Sumunity plots and keep one eye on the children and one eye on planting."

comes over the target.

The new. Red Cross over-all hairdress is modeled by Mrs. Wil liam 8. Stitler of Arlington, Va.

Women ' are aking over many duties on Britain’s home ! front,

including farm work. to become’ an able “land girl.”

Getting Along With British One of More

Vital Overseas Problems

(Last of a Series)

By A. T. STEELE

I yo an unpleasant fact, but. it ought to: be faced, that getting along with the British is one of our important overseas problems in this overséas war. With ‘equal ‘truth, it can be said that getting along with the Yanks is a British problem. In every country, I have visited where there are American and Brit=troops, I have found an all too fréquent undertone of -Anglo-Amer-icgn: ill feeling, .and nobody seems to be.doing much’ about it. + Fortunately, these family differences do not seem fo be having any marked ‘effect - on our ; joint ‘war effort. . : There: are plenty of fine friendships between Britons and Yanks. British and Amerigan genérals work together in the closest harmony.

NEW PRICE CEILING PUT ON NEWSPRINT

WASHINGTON, April 8 (U. P.).— The effect of rising pulpwood prices on newsprint, woodpulp, finished paper and paper products yesterday forced the OPA to issue specific dol-lars-and-cents maximum prices for pulpwood produced -in , four northeastern states. 0 Fixing of maximums in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and New

“| York brought the last of the major|

-by calling LI-1441 for on 2 : ou

When facing the common enemy, British and American. troops forget their prejudices and fight side by Side like brothers. One of the commonest sources of misunderstanding, of course, is the wide disparity in the pay scale of American and British troops. I once asked a British tommy in India how he got along with the Americans. “I'd like ’em fine,” he said plaintively, “if only they wouldn't run off with our girls. The girls won't have anything to do with us since the Americans hit town, Those Yankee blokes have more money and can show them a lot better time.” ; There are more deep-seated’ differences. One of them stems out of criticism - of British leadership and. British handling of the war. I have noticed, though, that Americans who have been up gt the

‘| front ‘and have fought alongside the

My, How Those Tubes Count Up!

HOOSIERS USE their share of |

toothpaste and shaving cream, ‘The OWI announced today that the collapsible tin tubes collected in Indiana during March amounted to 10,005 pounds. This brought Indiana’s total in tube-for-tube exchanges to 83,468 pounds since the . exchange . order went into effect.

CIVIL SERVICE JOBS

ARE OPEN IN CITY|

and Visa Versa

British, usually speak: highly of the fighting qualities of the British soldier. To some extent, of course, American feeling toward the British’ is

a reflection of the attitude of the

native populations of the countries in which they are stationed. India is basically anti-British. There strong undercurrents of anti-British feeling in Iran, Iraq and other midtle eastern countries. In China, too, though Britain is looked upon as an essential ally, there is'a great deal of, bitterness about British policy in East Asia. The Chinese are frankly sore about ‘the fall of Burma and about what they claim was Britain’s hesitation to play its full role in that colony’s. defense. A lot can be done to improve the state of affairs outlined in this article, and a lot should be done.

EUROPE IMPATIENT FOR. ALLIES’ ARRIVAL

LONDON, April 8 (U. P.).—Baron de Rothschild, who fled: from Cannes, France, with his wife and two

daughters after learning that the gestapo was trailing them, said yes-

terday that the conquered people on |

the ‘continent . vere: getting impatient. for for an allied invasion.

Above is a former chiropodist who's learning She drives a tractor as well,

DOG JOINS SERVICE, AVOIDS COURT IRE

MINNEAPOLIS, April 8 (U. P.) ~e The court reprimanded Bobo, a sade eyed St. Bernard dog, for such playe ful antics as placing his huge paws on the shoulders of pedestrians. Bu$

the judge freed’ him when he learned Bobo had passed his physie cal exam for military service. :. The big dog was haled into court with his owner, Harry Posch, on

&®| the complaints of residents of Oale

Knoll, a. Minneapolis suburb. Juse tice Thomas L. Bergin frowned, bu$ relented when he heard Bobo ‘was joining the army in the K-9 divie sion. “If Bobo wants to jump on peoe ple he can be trained to jump on our enemies,” the judge. said. “Case dismissed.”

OPPOSES BREEDING PETS NEW ‘YORK, ‘April 8 ‘(U. PP). The New York Daily News, in an

‘| editorial : captioned “Race Suicide

for Dogs,” suggested yesterday tha dog owners refrain ‘from breéding their pets this year because “those puppies would be only some more mouths to feed.”

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