Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1943 — Page 8
‘Ordnance Chief Says Allies ‘Have Them Backed Off Board.
; LOS ANGELES, April 22: w. PD. —The axis already is outclassed in war weapons and has no surprises left, Maj. Gen. Levin. H. Campbell Jr, head of U. S. army ‘ordnance, said today.
On the other hand, the United|
States is preparing surprises of its own in the way of new weapons, hich are mow being groomed’ for Use in combat, Campbell said. “I think we've got them backed Off the board,” he said. Many of their touted weapons are incomparably inferior to the U. S. product, he said, citing in particular the recently sensationalized German “tiger” tank, a 62-ton monster, “We knew about that tank eight months ago, but we weren't worried because our engineers knew that we could stop it. - We did.” The American “bazooka” gun is
unmatched by anything the enemy] has, and it would take at least 10}
BECAUSE OF THE ELASTIC HINGES ON THEIR JAWS, ABLE TO SWALLOW PREY. LOR TIMES THAN THE NORMAL DIAMETER. OF THEIR THROAT. ~~
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1S NAMED FOR THE GOD OF MAR, AND, FITTINGLY, ITS TWO MOONS ARE NAMED DE/MOS AND PHOBOS, MEANING . “OREAD” AND “TERROR.”
1152 Tickets Available for Purchasers of U. S. Securities.
Tickets for the Cole Brothers circus will go on sale today in exchange for war bonds at local
banks, department stores, and the bond both in the Claypool. hotel. - Starting off the bond ticket sales, the William H. Block & Co. purchased $50,000 in bonds and requested that the circus tickets be given to men at Billings general hospital. Fred Nichols, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce bond drive committee which is sponsoring the ticket sales, announced that 1152 circus tickets will be available. For each performance 16 seats will be offered for $1000 bond purchases, 16 for $500 bond purchases, 48 each for $100 and $50 bonds, and 64 seats for $25 bonds. The circus opens next Thursday and will run through May 2. Bond purchasers may exchange the certj-
booth in L. Strauss & Co.
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personnel board. He will assume his new duties tomorrow.
director = administers the merit system law in the state institutions, public welfare, employment security and state health departments.
of State Personnel Tomorrow|
Dudley A. Smith, former Indianapolis newspaperman who has held several jobs with the state and federal government since 1933, has been named director of the state personnel division by the new state
E | agency that distributed federal sur- ‘ Iplus commodities, and then, in Feb-
The personnel §
Dudley Smith The personel. board fixed his salary at $5000 annually, the minimum provided by law. Mr. Smith succeeds W. Leonard
omes Chie
control of the state government in 1933. In 1936, he took a position as information director of the state wglfare department and in that position became an employee under the original state merit system. He later became head of the unemployment relief commission, the
ruary, 1942; became state salvage director for the war production board. He resigned that position to become director of information for the food production administration in Washington a few weeks ago. He lost that position in the shakeup when Chester €. Davis was named food tsar. During his newspaper career, he worked on papers in his home town of New Castle, in Kokomo and Indianapolis. He is 45, married and ‘the father of three children, He
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‘EISENHOWER COMMUNIQUE ; x (Issued April 22) ~»
On the 1st 1st Sry Font Suring the | the night of April 20-2 Bosom 10h ies ue mosh ere was heavy with enemy tanks aad’ int BIA Ot by the first light the enemy were Wwithdrawing, having suffered Sevsigeranie casualties. The stemy smploved between 60 and 80 tanks in action and at least five battalions of German infantry, We destroyed 25 German tanks, including two Mark Vis, and captured about prisoners of war. On the 8th: army front, two major counter-attacks against our new positions were repulsed by massed artillery fire with very heavy loss to the enemy. Our posi tions were generally improved wre all gains firmly held. A small section of our light coastal forces on trol near Bizerte on the night
of of the enemy craft, after which, badly hit and on fire, she retired urder cover of smoke. More of the enemy were hit before they retired to cover their damaged consort. Our lght forces, which. were also HSS ns tI attacked by enemy night fighters, returned to their base with no casualties. On the night of April 20-21, light naval forces sank a small enemy supply ship northwest of Sieh:
IR On the night of April 20-21, light bombers of the ctical air force attacked enemy air flelds and positions, and fighters
the -old personnel board by an act of the last legislature. Miss Shirley Collier, former secretary to Mr, Johnson, has been serving as acting personnel director during the
Johnson who was ousted along with |lives at 4838 N. Hlinois st.
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continued their offensive sweeps and Ji trols over the forward areas. e enemy aircraft were shot down during the day. On the night of April 20-21, four enemy aircraft were destroyed.
A U T0 M 0 i | i E STO L E N : From. sll these operat ions, four of our
filed stub for a circus ticket at a}
interim.
Appointment of Mr. Smith was decided upon at a meeting of the
MARTINEZ, Cal. (U. P.).—Fire Chief Fred Kaiser feels as badly as a king might feel if some petty
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A protictiveitinist for cars i is claimed to prolong the paint life has the purpose of making the finish hard, non-porous, and non: britttle.
Did Stomach Ulcer Pains Make Jack Spratt Eat No Fat?
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personnel board yesterday at the thief ‘stole his throne
t 3 ). Columbia club. The fleld of 35 ap-| oe UOC, BM ENe Someone} '} ©
On Apr Bons ps night, Liberator (Consolidat-
SHOULD YOU HOLD YOUR UMBRELLA DIRECTLY OVER YOUR HEAD, OR
Sub-committees appointed by Mr. Nichols are sales, Lowell Craig,
_ the heaviest tanks.
The Japanese = 25-caliber rifle, ?
. often cited as an example of in_genuity, is overrated, he said. It is ‘true that a man can carry mores|. 25-caliber ammunition than of a ~ heavier caliber, but “when men are hit by our guns, they are knocked gown and they stay down.” In addition, the American car- ~ bine, a light, rapid-fire, deadly-ac-
curate weapon, is more than a
match for the Jap 25. In combination with the Garand rifle, the carbine is unbeatable, Campbell said. American ~tanks now in the Tu“.nisian war theaters are the world’s best, he said. German technicians ‘and engineers are “pretty good,” but ours are better and much father - advanced.
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By LT. THOMAS HARMON
(As Released by the Antilles Air Task Force, USAAF)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 21
(Delayed) (U, P.).—I had been fly-
ing for nearly two hours through
heavy rain and turbulence. Then I spotted an opening .in the clouds and started to spiral down to fly contact beneath the overcast. . At thé end of the second turn,
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there was a sudden sharp crack
Bolo Knife Helped Harmon Cut-Way Through Jungle
(Here is Lt. Thomas Harmon's own story of the crash of his plane in the jungles of Dutch Guiana and his week’s trek through dense undergrowth to an American base. Two other members of the plane’s crew were killed and the others have been reported missing. Harmon, former Michigan football star, was due to reach Miami, Fla., by plane today.)
from the right wing and the right engine quit. I opened up the good
| engine, then cut both throttles, but
the ship would not come out of that spiral. The dive became steeper and the bank increased. I yelled at the crew
(2d Lt. E. J. Wolf of Philadelphia,
to bail out and away went Lt. Wolf navigator), then Lt. Wieting (2d Lt. Frederick Wieting of Lansing, Mich., co-pilot), and I think Sgt. Coss (8S. Sgt. R. B, Coss of Chicago, radio man),
Instruments went Crazy
I couldn’t see the others, but just then the ship snapped into a lefthand spin and all the instruments went crazy and the altimeter read 1500 feet, so I went out there. I grabbed for the ripcord, missed,
grabbed again and yanked it. The
next thing I knew I was hanging in a ‘tree and’20’ yards (away my
%| ship had crashed and was burning.
I managed to.climb down the tree, but I couldn’t get near the ship until it had cooled off. Almost everything was destroyed but I salvaged a pair of pants, some shoes, & parachute, a jungle kit that was smashed up but still
{| good and a few beaten up cans of
iil east toward the coast, i| jungle kit compass.
water. : Found His Lighter
I had a bolo knife in my kit and I found a Very pistol. I.also found my cigaret lighter, which still seemed to be working. I put on
il the pants and tied the other things
up in a bundle and started due using the
The jungle was terrible. There were no trails. The undergrowth was thick. The country was hilly and every little valley was swampy. I cut my way through with a bolo knife and stopped for breath on the top of each hill. It rained and
rained.
I didn’t make over a half-mile before dark the first day and I
#| spent the night the best way I
could on a high spot. My matches were soaked and the lighter wouldn't Fake the wet wood burn. The next day I ate a couple of | ctrrcrin bars and started out {again. All my drinking water had leaked out of the battered cans and from then on I drank from the swamps. I followed a couple of streams for a while but they turned
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south and I went on'east. The jungle was full of lizards and birds and I saw a few big crocodiles but no other animals. ’
Swam Several Miles
That night I heard an animal that sounded like a dog barking. I couldn't find him. This went on for four days until I came out of the jungle and found a large swamp ahead. I got to a small empty hut on an island and spent the night there, Next day I waded and swam several miles to a dry ridge. My flying suit had shrunk to my knees and the trousers were out. But. finally through the swamp I saw smoke and found two native huts. The natives didn’t speak Eng-
chairman, William -Williams, John Bocelais, Gilbert Bishop, Harold Baker, Ben Weaver, Ralph Hamill, Dave Baker, Walker Downing, Sam Bradford, Izz Katz, Art Rehling, Richard Layton and George Applegate; tickets, Walter Myers and Nerme McClellan, and publicity, Harry F. Miedema Jr.
A total of $100,000 in war bonds has been purchased by J. G. Sinclair, division manager of the Shell Oil Co., as a part of the company’s nation-wide subscription, of $12,000,000 in the second war loan drive.
EAT MORE VEGETABLES England is using one-third more fresh vegetables now than before the war, much of which are being
raised in home gardens.
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plicants for the position had been picked Mr. Smith from that group.
with the public administration service in Chicago. The personnel director, under the new merit system law, is subject to ouster at will of the personnel board. Before the law was changed |
the holding of a public hearing. graduate of Indiana university. He
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arro He attempted then to use his narrowed to five and the board|,.yaie car, only to find it had two gainville island. Bac R e then applied observation of results. er-up was Rober. Stover, g,, th and Oakland ne a An
formerly chief personnel examiner| j.nartmen do their bes out a in the personnel division and Dow ge arts gis to o the t to get island, in the Gilbert isiand group.
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ed) heavy bombers bombed Japanese installations in Numa Numa harbor, Bou-
A large force of army bombers carried aylight bombing attack on Nauru
ite % plavy anti-aircraft fire and denn ter planes, much damage | was done Ry installations. U, 8. pilots shot down flve and possibly seven 210 ght All U. 8. PACIFIC:
planes returned.
IN BABY’S NAME a “instaiiations at Kiska were at-
TURLOCK, Cal. (U. P.).—With a planes. : by the last legislature, the per- son born to Mr, and Mrs. Robert L nd Warhawk (Curtiss sonnel director could not be ousted| Abraham on Lincoln’s birthday, ous altitudes was carried out: in conjunc without the filing of charges and!they decided that the fortuitous cir-| tion -with bombing. cumstance should be fittingly reMr, Smith, a Democrat, is a|corded in a permanent manner. However, such a name as Abraspent 15 years in newspaper work ham Lincoln Abraham seemed a lit-| Alaska that when Swan Lake near before taking a public relations job|tle too much, and they compromised Sitka, froze over in January, 1940, with the state public service com-|{on Robert Lincoln Abraham Jr. for|school was dismissed so the chilmission when the Democrats gained!the youngster’s' name.
10 times by formations of ar my Liberator heavy bombers, Mitchell medium bombers and Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) fighters carried out these raids. Strafing from vari-
Hits were scored on the ruaway and camp area.
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lage where there was some sort of an official who spoke a little English. : He gave me.one of his uniforms and we got away in a little outrigger canoe about 2 o'clock in the morning. Eventually we landed and went down a small path which finally wound up at a base of the Antilles air task force,
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