Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1943 — Page 13

~Pusiness firm than a destructive army.

for the remark about her obedience.” It was signed: B. Small. , . . Mrs. Geneva Stout, manager of Blotk's ‘tea room, has received a letter from Pvt. F. C. (John‘ny) Espiritu, a Filipino who worked at the store seven

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‘NORTHERN TUNISIA (By Wireless) —Now we i have left Central Tunisia behind us. We are in ~ the north now, Americans as well as British, and the | end of the long Tunisian trail is in sight. Surely the | kill cannot now be long delayed. Except in the air, the American troops are playing a rather minor | part in this final act. In the air we are all-out, and great formations of American planes are overhead constantly. But on the ground it is the British 8th and | 1st armies who are giving Rommel | the main squeeze. The troops have been so dis.tributed for” this last phase that the Americans and the Frencin are holding only a small slice of - the quarter-circle that is penning the Germans into the Tunis corner. True, we will do some hard fighting, but the bulk of the knockout ‘blow on the ground will be British. You at home will be wrong if you try to make anyHine sinister out of that, for it’s the way it should , a8 I tried to tell you once before.

‘Friendly, Cocky and Confident’

THE BRITISH have more troops, and more experienced troops, in Tunisia than we have. We had sort of divided the load earlier, but with the arrival of the 8th army the affair has become predominantly British. Since Montgomery has chased Rommel all the way from Egypt in one of the great military achievements of history, it is only right that the British should have'the kill. The 8th army’s organization for continuous movement is so perfect that it seems more like a bigIts men are brown-skinned and white-eyebrowea from che

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

A MINOR EMERGENCY aboard one of Uncle

_. Sam’s mighty warships, the cruiser U. S. S. Montpelier,

has been relieved by an Indianapolis man, John A. Strack, salesman for Indianapolis Brewing. Mr. Strack received a letter from his son-in-law, Morris B. Hancock of New York asking him to see if he could find an alarm clock here. Morris said there wasn’t a one available in New York, and that his brother-in-law, the son of Capt. Leighton Wood, skipper of the Montpelier, had appealed to him to find one. The captain wanted it to “awaken him in the morning.” Mr. Strack couldn’t find one in a store, but he had an extra one, almost new, which he wrapped up and mailed to the captain yesterday. . . . Pfc. Bob Akin, U. S.

“marines, was due here today for a brief furlough with

the E. Park Akins, He wrote home that he expected to be treated respectfully “now that I'm a one stripe general.” Meaning his Pfc. stripe. He’ll have to leave Sunday, the day before the marriage of his sister, Eloise, to Ensign Thomas Kibler.

A Letter From Johnny

SOME TIME AGO we had a note from one of our

‘readers wondering what had become of the excep‘tionally obedient black and white setter that useq to i take a stroll around the statehouse lawn with her ' policeman master. A postcard reports that the setter ‘sends greetings and: “She is now holding forth at

10th and Delaware—vicinity. She also sends thanks:

ears as a cook. Johnny, who is in Co. I, Filipino

- }.infantry, at Camp Cooke, Cal., sends greetings to the

store employees and appreciation for their kind deeds, and comments: “I hardly know what to write since

India

WASHINGTON, April 21 Reports are that William Phillips, former ambassador to Italy, now President Roosevelt's envoy to India, is coming home with out seeing Mohandas K. Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru. or other congress party leaders presently in prison for stirring up revolt against Britain. In this country the influential India League of America, through its president, Sirdar J. J. Singh, and others, both Indian and American, is doing what it can to induce President Roosevelt to appeal directly to Prime Minister Churchill to make possible a meeting between Mr. (Phillips and Mr. Ganchi. | ~ Mr. Phillips, it is said, is returning to report to the president. Gian circles insist he cannot make a full report unless he at least talks with the mahatma

beforehand. - Unquestionably both the president and Mr. Phillips

"are strictly within diplomatic usage in steering clear

of revolutionary elements within the realm of a ‘friendly country. One nation isn’t supposed to meddle in any way in the internal affairs of another.

Gandhi Threatened Revolt

_ | HOWEVER, IN the case of Mr. Phillips and Mr. Gandhi, many feel that an exception might be made. The ties between Britain and America are particularly close. Mr. Phillips is the eyes and ears of the president. And doubtless the president would very much ‘like to hear from Mr. Phillips, upon his return, not an incomplete and more or less one-sided recital, ‘but tHe whole story of the Anglo-Indian quarrel. True, Mr. Gandhi has spoken and written a great deal on his side of the controversy. Much of this is already a matter of official record for Mr. Phillips, the president, and, for that matter, the world to peruse. On its face, too, it seems pretty categorical. On the eve of what looked like certain Japanese invasion last year, he demanded an “immediate end”

‘My Day, .

FT. WORTH, Texas, Tuesday —I have received a Jetter with a statement in it which I think all. of us, who are citizens of this country, should consider carefully. This letter comes from an individual who i an employee | in a state institution, and it describes conditions which exist in one particular state. I would not write about it for the country at large, L unless I realized that such conditions exist in almost every state ‘ ‘and city. This is the paragraph: “I am an American. I feel I Rr

way Germany's brutal way of life : ‘an American ’ cannot obtain or retain a position without su some individual for political rea“sons, T think 1 ls sbout time to do something |

about 1t,” job, has been

agents reports.

By William Philip Sims

‘When it comes to the. point that

desert sun. Most of them are in shorts, and they are a healthy-looking lot. Their spirit is like a tonic. The spirit of our own troops is good, but these boys from the burning sands are throbbing with the | vitality of conquerors.

They, are friendly, cocky and confident. They've :

been three years in the desert, and now they wear the | expression of victory on their faces. We envy them, and are proud of them. This north country is entirely differént from the semi-desert where we Americans spent the winter. Up | here the land is fertile. and everything is’ violently | green.

Green Fields Turning Red

NORTHERN TUNISIA is all hills and valleys. There are no trees at all, but now in spring the earth is solidly covered with deep green—pastures and freshly growing fields of grain. Small wild flowers spatter the countryside. There are winding gravel roads. everywhere, and many roads of fine macadam. Villages are perched on the hillsides, and some of thenr look like picture] postcards. This is all so different from the Tunisia we've known that all of us, driving up suddenly one sunny afternoon into this clean cool greenness, felt like ‘holding out our arms and saying: “This is the country we love.” Yet this peaceful green is. gradually turning red with blood. The roads are packed with brown-painted convoys, and the trailers sprout long rifle barrels. The incredibly blue sky with: its big white clouds is streaked with war planes in great throbbing formations. And soon the whole. northeastern corner of Tunisia will roar and rage with a violence utterly out of character with a landscape so rich in nature’s kindness. The only thing. we can say in behalf of ourselves is that the human race even in the process of defiling ‘beauty still has the capacity to *PPiasiaie it.

I don’t know much army life yet, but I can assure you that it’s great to be in the army when you know what you are fighting for.” And Johnny really -does know. His father and mother are inthe Philippines, under Jap control. And the last he heard of his brothers, they were fighting in the Philippines.

It Was.a Dirty Trick

PAUL DUDDY is still mad—and justifiably so. Paul, who works for the light company, takes his victory gardening seriously. Last Saturday he got down on his hands and knees and very carefully -set out four dozen sturdy cabbage plants in his garden out in University Heights, Then he went in the house. Fifteen minutes later he heard a noise and looked out in time to see four neighborhood kids running away after pulling up every one of the cabbage plants he had labored so carefully to set out. We’d be mad, too, Paul. That's downright sabotage. , . . Myrtle Salmon who works at the water company offices has received from her cousin, Roy Salmon, who's somewhere over in Egypt, a large lapel button with some hieroglyphics on it. Roy sent a note saying that the hieroglyphics spelled “Myrtle Salmon—in Egyptian.”

Caledonian Reunion

| CPL. FRANCIS KEATING, who used to work at Hume’s market, 16th near Delaware, and his old schoolmate, Sgt. Robert McManus, had a nice twoday reunion recently on the island of New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific, according to word received by Cpl. Keating's mother, Mrs. Catherine Keating, 2540 N. Delaware. It was the first time the two pals had ‘met in: 2% months. . . .

night saw a cloud of smoke puffing up above a high counter. “Call the fire department,” she shouted. But it wasn’t a firé; It was merely Lt. Benny Howard of engine house 4 smoking one of his black cigars. . . . Yoo hoo, kids—only seven more weeks of school. The 1pst day is June 9. Hooray,

of British rule, with “open revolt” in India as the alternative. | He said he saw “no difference” between the axis and the allies, and objected to American aid because, he said, it “amounts in the end to American influence, if not American rule, being added to the Brit He favored meeting the Japs with folded arms. | “I must adhere,” he said, “to my faith in the most debased human nature” not to molest an Indian that refuses to fight.

May Have Changed His Mind

NEVERTHELESS, THERE are reports that Mr. Gandhi may have something new to offer. He has changed his mind before and he may do so again. The British viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, has said that if the prisoner has, in fact, changed his mind the British are perfectly willing to listen. But congress party circles say the British will not allow the mahatma to receive visitors, thus making things difficult. It is not difficult, however, to understand the

British position. They are fighting for their lives.!'

The Japs are still at the gates of India. Gandhi

tried to work a squeeze-play on them to force them|

out of India at a time when, had it succeeded, it might have spelled disaster for the United nations as a whole, including India. Gandhi lost that play and the British do not feel called upon to give him another chance now by permitting conferences between him and his lieutenants in prison. Given such privileges, he could run a 1evolt from jail, as well as from anywhere else. |. But Mr. Phillips is not Nehru or Azad or even Rajagopalachari. He is merely Mr. Roosevelt's reporter. He is in India to learn all he can, and if the British are sincere about Sir Stafford Cripps’ independence propesal being still open—and I believe they are—India is bound to be one of the most important post-war issues with which not only Britain but the world will have to contend It would not do any harm, therefore, if Mr. Phillips talked with Mr. Gandhi. : /

By Eleanor Roosevelt

training. - The position is not in jeopardy because of inefficiency or lack of willingness to work. It is in jeopardy because all positions held under civil service, and even those which ‘are thus safeguarded, Be sometimes. tampered with and used for personal en I see many reasons why candidates for office should put before the voters their qualifications in the most persuasive manner possible. Naturally, if fundamental changes in policy take place in government, unless you can persuade men working in the new program that these policies must be carried out, some of them will resign or have to be changed to other work. Requiring individuals, however, who are doing small technical jobs, =e any citizen, to vote in a specified way or lose his job, seems to me a crippling of efficien a curtailing of the American right to make u own mind as to what you believe in and cordingly. | This type of procedure in either | from the fact that we give too much all groups of people and allow: them

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Union of All Creeds, Colors Symbolizes ‘Democracy

In Action.’ By THEO WILSON

The children’s ward at City hospital functioned as usual , , . and that was one way Indianapolis “celebrated” Adolf’s anniversary. For everything about the children’s ward symbolizes “democracy in action.” Every day it is living proof of what we are fighting for and what a democracy can foster. And on Hitler's birthday especially it was a good thing to know it was operating as usual, as it can only in.a progressive ety in a democratic land.

Policy Is Anti-Hitler Hitler, youll remember, doesn’t think the physically unfit should be allowed to drain the finances of the state. He thinks the mentally unfit should be liquidated. He draws distinctions between - color, and he draws lines between races. If you walked into the children’s ward here yesterday, or any other day, you'd see Negro ‘and white children talking to each other from adjoining beds. The nurses! would probably show you the “pet” of the ward, “Becky,” the tiny Negro 3-year-old, who has the biggest eyes and the biggest .smile-in the whole place. "Teacher Helps

You'd see the physically unfit, and

see the schoolroom where their teacher, Miss Kate Oliver, tries to help them, And you'd see the head nurse— the lovely, young, small Mrs, Yuri Matsumoto, who is an American of Japanese descent. Mrs. Matsumoto can get Alice to conga when no one else can. The child will put her hands on her hips, stand up in her crib, hum conga music and do the one-two-three bump of the conga line.

Letter From Soldier Then there's Gerald. He was

a long time more before he'll be allowed out. Hes 9, a pale, black-

One of our South side| haired youngster who couldn’t wait at a woman standing in Harris’ de-|to ‘tell his nurse about the letter - partment store at S. West and Morris sts." Mofday| he received from a soldier.

Mrs, Matsumoto wanted to hear Her husband, who is a Washington university graduate

dike herself, is serving in the army.

The “big girl” of the ward is Maxine, who is 10 and who can make the most noise, especially on the piano. There’s Barbara, 7, whose mother and father visited her when we were there, and Bobby, 6, whose leg was broken in an auto accident.

Teach at Bedside

There are many others, too. Their teacher comes to their beds if they

»| can’t walk. Otherwise, they take

their lessons 'in the decorated schoolroom. To while away the long hours in bed they are shown how to make given games to play, or wheeled out in the sun porch where there are shelves of books for them to read. And because children’s nurses always seem especially fond of children, they get more than just medical attention. Something like that doesn’t happen in Germany. today. We don’t know how the sick children of poor people in Germany celebrated their leader's birthday yesterday. But in Indianapolis it was just another day in the children’s ward . . with the kind of things happening that Americans take for granted, but will fight to retain.

SAFETY BOARD WAITS ‘ENTRAPMENT’ DATA

° Safety board action on court testimony involving a city detective in alleged entrapment tactics today was awaiting a police department report. Board President Will H. Remy said he expected full reports on the officer and his juvenile accuser from Detective Chief Jesse McMurtry and juvenile aid authorities. The investigator recently received citation from both the safety board and the FBI for “excellent” duty in solving burglaries, robberies and auto thefts. The 16-year-old youth, who told Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox that the officer had promised him immunity if he would engineer a “frame-up” robbery along with six members of a South side gang, has been slated nine times at police headquarters,

Your Blood Is Needed

April quota for Red Cross |

Yesterday was Htiler’'s' birthday.| -

the mentally unfit, too, and you'd |"

burned and has been in the hos-! pital for about three months and has |

live at 5840 N. New Jersey st.

ment said ‘Qittle men’ had to buy bonds this month.

MILLION-A-DAY

That’s the Pace as County And State Push Toward $125,000,000.

A million dollars worth a day. That’s the pace now being set by Marion county in war bond buying as the entire state came within striking distance of its $125,000,000 goal. Purchases in the county yesterday totaled $1,200,000, bringing the county total so far to $28,387,438 against a quota of $34,060,000. Since Saturday Hoosiers have bought $14,765,646 worth. That brings total purchases to $98,950,164.

Small Buying Active

What pleased the state war finance committee and leaders in this second war loan drive was that purchases of bonds in smaller denominations appear to have started. Reports from 102 units in the 92 counties indicated that about 20 per cent of the total purchases have been of 'E bonds, ranging from $18.75 upward. While leaders expect the state goal to be reached late this week, some counties are lagging behind and Eugene C. Pulliam, finance committee chairman, said later efforts will be made to put them over the top and share in the state's record.

FORTRESSES BLAST 98 AXIS VESSELS

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 21 (U, P.).—The sinking or damaging of 28 axis vessels by American flying fortresses at Palermo, Sicily’s largest city and industrial and shipping center, was disclosed today in aerial photographs. 2 In their concentrated lambasting of this axis supply port, the fortresses have sunk five merchant vessels, one destroyer, one other naval vessel and a mine layer, the photographs showed. Damaged ships include seven merchantmen, two escort vessels, a tanker and a repair ship. Inactive ships include four motor ferries, at least two of which were severely damaged; three barges, two of which were damaged, one submarine probably damaged and a merchantman, The railroad marshaling yards and roundhouse were damaged, and the double-track . railroad bridge over the Oreto river was hit in the

OHIO RISES STEADILY

CINCINNATI, O. April ‘21 (U.

«I'M VICKI SEITER and I'm § years old and I

“My mother told me the other day the govern-

“I'm a little man an’ I told her I gotta hurry up and save a lot more money so that I can buy a bond this month to help win this old war. “I ‘got five bonds already. An’ I sure am goin’ to try and buy another one before this month is over.”

a lot more war

Health Column

War Teaches Value of

PAGE FOR BONDS

Sulfa for Lacerations

By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS

A SUPERFICIAL wound, such as an abrasion or laceration of the skin, is chiefly important as a portal of entry for infection. Whoever undertakes the care of simple wounds like a cut finger, a needle puncture, or a “skinned knee,” must first avoid introducing infection and then try to eliminate any infection carried into the wound by -accident. The attendant should first wash his own hands carefully

several times with soap and water —highly effective as a disinfectant. . He may then apply rubbing alcohol, if available, to the cleansed hands. The hands should be left wet, unless sterile towels are available. - The wound should be washed also with soap and water, applied Dr. Masters freely, and then the same rubbing alcohol applied.

The popular antiseptics such as tincture of iodine or hydrogenperoxide are still standard treatment, but the great success the military forces have had with powdered sulfanilimide suggest that this new antiseptic should take priority in ordinary lacerations and abrasions occurring in civilian life also. It’s Inexpensive Mortality through infection in battle wounds has been cut to a fraction of that suffered in previous wars—thanks to the free, required use of sulfa-drugs. Every hospital is equipped with supplies of sulfanilimide, and its use is routine there. : It is not yet widespread in home use, but will become more and

more common as a topical application. The oral use of the sulfonamides must be restricted to those under the care of a physician. Sulfanilimide powder is inexpensive and obtainable in bulk or packeted in small envelopes suitable for a first aid kit in home use. The powder may be shaken directly onto the wound. It should be applied so that it gives a “frosted” appearance. The wound may then be covered with a sterile gauze bandage. Such readyprepared bandages should be a part of any first aid equipment or ‘medicine chest, but if they are not available, a freshly laundered handkerchief or towel will also serve relatively well, Avoid Infection The dressing should be kept in place ‘several days. Frequent changes of dressing simply increase the opportunity of introducing infection. It is obvious that if the wound becomes unusually painful or the adjacent region swollen and red, professional care should be sought. Ambrose Pare, the great French military surgeon, once said: “I dress them (wounds), and God cures them.” Had sulfanilimide been available to Pare, he might have claimed more credit for himself as physician!

Two Firemen Injured as Roof Of Burning Garage Caves In

Two firemen were hurt, one seriously, 18 persons were driven from their apartments and 14 motor vehicles were destroyed by fire late last night in a garage and apartment building at 746-50 Virginia ave. The blaze was discovered by 15-year-old Thomas. Elder, living in one of the apartments, who was awakened by the smell of smoke. He aroused his mother and sister and the three sounded the alarm.

Harold Bunch, 546 Virginia ave.

operator of the garage and owner of nine passenger cars which were destroyed, heard the fire trucks pass his home and looked to see where they were going. He didn’t think they stopped at his establishment and returned to bed, only to be summoned later by firemen

Roof Collapses When a roof in the rear part of the structure caved in, James Tobin, 30, of Pumper Co. 7 and Paul A. Linderman, 29, of Pumper Co. 17 were caught beneath it. Both are in City hospital, Tobin in a serious condition. i Battalion Chief William Clune, Lt.

BAER FIELD CHIEF CITED AGAIN TODAY

PT WAYNE, Ind, April 21 (U. P.).—The first formal parade and

was held today in connection with the awarding of two oak leaf clusters to Capt. Charles H. Christmas,

commander of -the troop carrier command at the air base. 1 The award will be worn with the! } (8

air medal presented several weeks

ago to Capt. Christmas by Mal.|

Gen. James H Doolittle for

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ON INCREASE IN DELINQUENCY

Lack of Proper Housing Worst Feature, Say Local Officials.

Evidence of rapidly increasing

problems incident to the handling of delinquent children in Indiane apolis has been disclosed in a series of incidents during the past week,

The most serious problem cone fronting authorities is lack of ade quate facilities to house them in detention.

Testimony in circuit court Tee -

vealed that three boys, all 15 or younger, were kept in the county jail with hardened, adult criminals for several weeks until arrange= ments could be made to move them elsewhere. Two of the detained boys, 13 and 14, were put in a dungeon at the jail, one boy testified.

Helpless, Says Petit

“There is nothing we can do about this present facilities at the jail” Sheriff Otto Petit said. “These boys were sent to me by juvenile court because they were too tough to be handled at the juvenile detention home with other, less violent children,” he said. “The first night they were in Jall, they stopped up all the plumbe ing by shoving their clothes into the toilet and they destroyed the light fixtures . . . we just don’ have proper facilities to handle dee linquent children . . , something should be done.”

Lack Sufficient Beds

Al G. Cooley, chief probation officer of juvenile court, said the present juvenile detention. home was far too inadequate to handle children properly.

“Many times we have several

. |more children for the detention

home than we have beds for them to sleep in and we can't permis them to be released until proper

condition with the =

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arrangements can be made for thelr

care in a private home,” Cooley said. He pointed out that court offi cials recently had to send some dee

linquent children out to the guare | L }

dians shome to stay with normal children to make room for the more severe cases. in the detention home,

Problems Pile Up

Detention housing problems piled on top of increasing numbers of neglected and delinquent children due. chiefly to, war. conditions and general unrest among adolescents, Authorities declared that deline quency among Indianapolis children has increased 20 per cent during the last two years, but that facilities and personnel to handle them have remained inadequate, “1f. the people of Indianapolis don’t wake up pretty. soon to the seriousness. of the ‘detention home

situation, we may run into some |

worse trouble,” Mr, Cooley said.

CHIEF BEEKER ASKS PROMOTIONS FOR 6

Police Chief Clifford Beeker yes terday recommended six promotions and five demotions in the police department to the safety board, bub action was postponed. Promotions asked were: Capt. William Miller to acting dee tective. inspector, Lt. John Ambuhl to acting captain, Acting Investi= gator John Willis to acting detective sergeant, Patrolman Philip DeBare

to acting sergeant, Sgt. Marion

VanSickles and Sgt. Charles Hodges to acting lieutenants. Demotions recommended: Deputy Inspector Herman Rademacher, to lieutenant (at his own request); Acting Detective Sgt. Ed Samuels

to acting investigator, acting Sth By

Wayne Bear to patrolman,

Harry Schley to sergeant and Li ol

Stewart Coleman to sergeant.

EASTER PARTY IN PARK

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ARRANGED FOR PUPILS |

More than 150 grade school chil dren are expected to attend the annual Easter party at the Chrise tian Park community center at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow. Mothers aiding members of the Young People’s club in making are rangements are Mrs. Roger Hues Mrs. Fred Zore and Mrs. Hen Ostrom Jr. Guests will includ Miss Gertrude V. Brown of

Jie bews ane sis Bane Gap

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HOLD EVERYTHING. review of the year at Baer field}