Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1943 — Page 7

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hat Americans were getting paint Tom the British, who provided what is officially known as “brown

€rt vehicles as camouflage. ‘Sgt. John McNabb said the jeep drivers “mostly think it’s pretty,

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T0 HEAR WARING

Legion Commander Will

Speak May 6 at The Coliseum.

Arrangements are being made to accommodate a erowd of 15,000 peo-

ple at the Coliseum May 6 when Roane Waring, national commander of the American Legion, will report on his observations of the war in North Africa. The appearance here of the national commander, whose talks on the Tunisian campaign have aroused the nation, will mark the opening of the Indiana Legion's campaign to sell $22,000,000 worth of war bonds in May. A special block of 4000 seats will be set aside for members of 11th district Legion posts. Other sections will be reserved for officers and men of Ft. Harrison, Camp Atterbury, Stout field, Billings General hospital, the naval armory and the Peru naval base. Workers in war plants and members of civilian defense units and other agencies aiding in the war effort also will have rescrvations. Homer E. Capehart is general chairman for the Waring rally and V. M. Armstrong, past national vice commander of the Legion, is vice chairman. They predict the Seales rally of the war in Indianapo

Communiques

EISENHOWER communique ’ A (Issued April 29)

S Eo wED yesterday on

FIGHTING the Tubigiag fro On 8t i 3 front, there was Very

active patrolling. Fierce fighting took place on the 1st army front, northeast of Medjez El Bab, where our forces made some advance and where the enemy launched two strong counter-attacks. The first was repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy in in tansy and tanks, but the second forced our leading troops to make a slight withdrawal. the south, French forces made further local gains. In the north, the American 2d corps made further progress and gained some {important ground.

YESTERDAY B-25 Mitchell medium bombers of the strategic air force, with an escort of P-38 Lightnings, attacked and scored direct hits on two ships in the Sicilian Straits; one of the vessels was left on fire. Seven of a formation of enemy fighters which attempted to prevent this attack were shot down. Kittyhawk

‘| fighter-bombers of the tactical air force,

with Spitfires as escorts, made attacks o8 shipping in the Gulf of Tunis; one vessel was seen to blow up and three others were left on fire. During this action Bye enemy aircraft yepe destroyed. bombers and fighter-bombers ight! tactical -air force continued their Of he on enemy positions and transport. Fires were started in the target areas and vehicles - were destroyed. , Fighters .maine tained patrols and sweeps over the forward areas, during the course of which five enemy ‘aircraft were shot down. One enemy aircraft was destroyed on the night of April 27-28. From all these operations two of our aircraft are missing.

RITES FOR COUPLE HELD COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., April 29 (U. P.).—Double funeral services were held today for Asia Basham, 49, farmer residing near Churubusco, and his wife, Anna Mae, 45, victims of a murder-suicide at their farm home Monday noon.

Roosevelt's Inspection

Tour Covered 20 States

By UNITED PRESS Président Roosevelt's war inspection” trip, his second, took him 7677 miles through 20 states and

into Mexico. * He left Washington April 13 and was gone 17 days. He saw the governors of 12 states —South Carolina, Alahama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas. OkKlahoma, Colorado, Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. He saw at least 200,000 soldiers and twice attended church . with them. The story of the first half of the president's. trip already has been told. Here is a brief outline of the second half: Corpus Christi, Tex., April 21—

after a dramatic air show at the].

naval air base and farewell to President Manuel Avila Camacho of Mexico, President Roosevelt headed west. Ft. Worth, Tex, April 22.—Spent a quiet day of relaxation at the Dutch Branch ranch of his son, Elliott, who is with the army air forces in Africa.

Colorado Springs, Colo., April 24. —Watched the army unlimber its

BOARD PASSES PAY INCREASE PROPOSAL

A proposal to increase salaries of city street and collection department employees by 5 cents an hour

was adopted today by the works board.

The pay hike will affect 400 laborteamsters and!

ers,’ truck drivets, mechanics, most of whom at pres¢nt make from 55 to 70 cents an hour. Old Dobbin also will get a break under the works board measure. Previously allotted 50 cents an hour for feed and upkeep, horses, used in collection teams, will receive an additional 10 cents an hour if the

recommendation is approved by city

council. . Works board secretary Ofto Abshier said the salary boost will require an appropriation of from $8000 to $10,000, most of which would be available from excess funds now held by the street department.

INVASION MAY BRING A FRENCH UPRISING

LONDON, April 29 (U. P).— Pierre Vienot, former French undersecretary for foreign affairs, today predicted a French uprising when an allied army invades the continent and said the people are ready to throw out the Vichy governmei®. Marshal Henri Philippe Petain is “finished,” said Vienot, who escaped recently from France, and hundreds of youths are hiding in the Haute-Savoie awaiting the day to break out in support of an allied

effort to éxpel the Nazis.

By JOHN B. McDERMOTT United Press Staff Correspondent MIAMI, Fila., April 29.—Twentyfive years ago today, a frightened American aviator sent his plane screaming into a dive, his guns spitting fire at a German fiighter aircraft which moments later became a blazing torch as it spun to earth. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker had scored his first "victory in the air. His face was grim, his fists clinched today as he recalled that memorable afternoon in 1918 over the scarred battlefields of the Toul sector. near the France-German «border. He was on a patrol mission with James Norman Hall, now a well-known author. “We were at 5000 or 6000 feet when I saw the German plane below,” Rickenbacker said. “I started to dive—turned open a burst from my 30-caliber machine guns —but I was too scared. I did just what all greemhorns do. I started shooting too.soon, “Then Hall dived. He missed, also. I swung around. I got him with my second burst. I saw him go out of control. Hall saw him -crash.” a no THE MAN who has flirted with death hundreds of times meditated a moment. Then he con-

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'Frightened’ Rick Shot Down His 1st Plane 25 Years Ago

“I never saw the crash. I was so damn scared that I headed for home as fast as I could go. We were about five or 10 miles over Germany.” The first fight was the most memorable in Rickenbacker’s career, After that, it got to be a business. He became America’s greatest ace with 26 enemy planes to his credit. Rickenbacker says the present ‘day American fliers are the greatest the world has ever known. * “When I compare what the kids are doing today with what we did —and they are doing it all over the world in all kinds of hell holes—I can say very frankly that this generation of youths is the most daring and courageous ever to fight for our country. “I think we have the best fight-. ing pilots in the world.” 2 ” ” THE FAMOUS ACE recalled with a smile how he and his buddies of the “old 94th” used to “play” by flying over German anti-aircraft guns “to get them to waste shells on us.” He said the ground batteries seldom could . shoot down a flier. But things are different now, he declared,®*with tremendous strides having been made in the development of guns, planes and other war implements. “You can't fly over anti-aircraft guns these days Just for fun.” Capt. Eddie is 52 years old. His life has been a series of escapes from death. He isn’t afraid to

~ die.” But he says he will “always

be ready to fight the old grim

big artillery with live shells and saw the new anti-tank “bazooka” in action at Camp Carson.

Denver, April 24.—Spent. the afternoon touring the Remington bullet factory, the army air installation at Lowry field and the army’s Pitzsimons general hospital. Ft. Riley, Kas. April 25.—Went to Easter church services with 15,000 men of the cavalry and lunched with 500 officer candidates.

Omaha, Neb. April 26—Toured the giant bomber assembly plant of the Glenn L. Martin Co., and saw speedy B-26 bombers being turned out at a rapid rate.

St. Louis, April 27—Reviewed 15,000 soldiers, who had been in the army less than a month, at Jefferson Barracks.

Evansville, Ind., April 27—Watched workers at the plant of Republic Aviation Corp. turning out P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes; after touring plant saw completed prod-

500 miles an hour.

armored forces training under live artillery fire as well as aerial bombing and strafing. Visited the crowded gold vaults of the United States depository.

Washington, April 29—Returned

ucts dive on his car at more than

Ft. Knox, Ky. April 28-—Watched

IES LAY DOWN LEAFLET BARRAGE MEDJEZ - EL - BAB, Tunisian Front, April 28 (Delayed) (U. P.).

—Allied propaganda leaflets calling on the German soldiers to surrender or die are being:fired from allied guns in shells that burst in the air over the German lines in Tunisia. About 135,000 leaflets were fired

22 ahd April 26 in addition to 57,500 leaflets dropped by allied planes earlier.

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