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Nine Out of 10 Forget What Phone Dial Looks Like.

By Science Service NEW YORK, May 3. — Don't look now, but can you remember what your telephone dial looks like? Draw from memory the telephone dial. If it is accurate, you are one person in 10. Busy New Yorkers dialing 20 times a day flunked this psychological test in this ratio, Dr. Martin Scheerer of City college, New York, told the Eastern Psycho-

logical association meeting here this morning. (Don’t read further until you have finished your dial drawing.) Nearly half the college students tested by Dr. Scheerer included in their reproductions of the dial the fetter Q, which is actually not on the dial. More than half were wrong in giving the color of the numbers (red is the color). Only 20 per cent were mistaken about the color of the letters (they are black). Seven out of 10 knew a most frequently dialed telephone number, but only about five out of a hundred could make use of that knowledge in placing specific numbers or letters correctly. Recalling a familiar object like the telephone dial is not based on specific itemized retention, Dr. Scheerer concluded. but rather on general factors of reconstruction and Orgs nj atin,

COUNTY BOND SALES EXCEED 50 MILLIONS

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‘Local Men Studying in

Army Air Force Classes At Big Spring, Tex.

Three future army bombardiers {have started training at the army lair forces bombardier school, Springs, Tex. All local men, they are Jack B.| Orlopp. son of Mr. and Mrs. | Richard N. Orlopp, 3238 Guilford | ave.; John E. Maguire, whose par|ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Maguire, ! {live at 903 N. Oxford st, and Ken- | |neth B. McCoy, whose wife lives lat 5300 Julian ave. | Cadet Orlopp is a former mem{ber of the Technical high school]

BOMB SCHOOL

All Knew Gas Supply Inadequate to Reach Safety, Writes Capt. Watson; Doolittle Cheered on Safe Take-off.

Here's what it was like to bomb Tokyo! This is the first of two Studying to be sub-chasing crew |

stories, written for NEA Service, in which Buffalo-born, 27-year-old Capt. Harold F. Watson describes his hazardous experience as pilot of

Japan.

Big gne of the 16 American bombers that struck terror into the heart of |

By CAPT. HAROLD F. WATSON WE SAT UP playing cards aboard the Hornet most

of the night of April 17, 1942.

nonchalant.

Everybody tried to act

Even back at Eglin field, Fla.,, we had guessed that

the secret mission for which we were training—

“to bomb

basketball team and a Tech Sr industrial sections of a foreign country” —would take us

He was fermerly employed fat the American Mills, hosiery wholesalers. A brother, Pvt. Wayne R. Orlopp, is stationed at Camp i Claiborne, La. Cadet Maguire was employed by ithe International Harvester Co.| before his enlistment in 1941, and is a graduate of Technical high school. He has two brothers in service, Lt. Thomas A. in the ar-| mored service and James, a pilot in advanced training. | Cadet McCoy, ,attended DePauw university where he received letiters in baseball and track. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Before he entered service he was a timber buver for a Georgia concern.

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pushed the sales total in the sec-!

end war loan campaign to far

above $30,000,000 for county. Quota for the county was only $34,060,000 | William C. Griffith, county cochairman, said that the total might exceed $51,000,000 or one and onehalf times the quota. The state also exceeded its $125,000.000 quota by $35,000,000. The vigorous campaign was C. Pullian,

response to the praised by Eugene state executive chairman, who said that Indiana had gone “over the top” first and theu offered a challenge to other Official totals will be announced later by the Federal Reserve bank in Chicago.

V- GARDENER HURT WHEN HORSE BOLTS

Herman Hartman. 71, received a broken right leg yesterday while at work in his victorv garden near the Belt railroad shops at Kentucky ave. and Stock st As he ran through the plot in an attempt to catch his horse. the animal suddeniv spun aroung and a chain it was dagging struck Mr Hartman's leg. He struggled for two fore he could reach the shops and ask for aid taken to City hospital

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VANDALS SMASH WINDOW Vandals late last night smashed 2 window valued at between $200 and $300 at the Skinner Radio Ce. 1001 N. Meridian st. Nothing was taken, company officials said.

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LEFT: Pvt. Rolin E. Ball entered service Nov. 11, 1942 and volun-| teered for the paratroop corps. He Is now in training at Camp Toccoa. | Ga. Pvt. Ball is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ball, R. R. 20, Box 556 N. He is a former employee of the Continental Baking Co. and at-| tended Decatur Central high school. RIGHT: Pvt. Robert N. Lowry has graduated from ga school for paratroopers at Ft. Benning Ga.

and has been transferred to a post

in Alabama. Pvt. Lowry is the son of Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Dugan, 1433 W. Market st, and was formerly emploved by the Ball Park Wrecking Co. He entered service March 19, 1942, and received his training at Ft. Wood. Mo. = = = Third officer Grace A. Smith, daughter of Mrs. John D. Smith. 2131 S. New Jersey st. has been ransferred to Ft. Devens, Mass. from Ft. Des Moines Lt. Smith, who was formerly chief operator of communications at Cur-tiss-Wright Corp. will comprise part! of the personnel which is operating the 4th WAAC training center at Ft. Devens. She has been assigned to work with new enrollees. ® » > Another Indianapolis man, graduate of the AAFS tank department, has joined the ranks of skilled mechanics ready for combat duty. He is Pvt. Lon J. Kuboske, son of Mrs. Katherine E. Kuboske, 3867 Central ave. Pvt. Kuboske has received training which will help keep the verious tanks, from track to turret, ready for action.

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to Tokyo. And Col.

when we were two days out at sea.

Doolittle had confirmed our guess

But you could feel a growing ten-

sion just the same as Saturday approached. Our 16 B-25's had been loaded with gasoline and th&ir four 500-

pound bombs on Friday. what the navy calls the

And we pilots had spent most of the day in “ready room,”

in case an emergency should

force us to take off before the scheduled time of dusk the following

day. ment,

We were up an hour before dawn on Saturday. engineer came down to tell me that, in the final found some bad plugs in my right engine and that he

in some new ones. He had all the plugs out of the front bank when the emergency we were prepared for happened. I was sitting in my when the boatswain's loudspeak=said: “Army ships. Army

quarters

and a voice man your crews, man your ships. Ld =” ”

Sees Jap Ship Shelled

I GRABBED my helmet, goggles and cigarets, and ran up the ladder. hatch. I saw on the port side the silhouette of a ship on the horiThere was a curtain of water around it, and as the mist settled I could see black smoke, One of our destroyers had just laid down four shells.

By this time most of the crew | There | was what vou might call a well- | bardier, | on them, but we had strict orders

members were on deck.

ordered excitement, but no confusion. You'd pass somebody and

pat him on the back, shake hands

quickly. I hurried to my ship and found that the plugs hadn't been put in vet. But the engineer and his buddy now had five other extra crew members helping them. It was a question of either getting the ship ready on time or rolling it over the side so that the ship behind it could get on the runwav. We were 800 miles from Tokyo when the task force sighted and sank the enemy ship, the 400 miles we had planned on. Col. Doolittle had figured the gasoline to the last pint and had concluded that 600 miles was the absolute maximum distance from which we could bomb Tokyo and then reach unoccupied China. We talked the situation over quickly and there was no question in anybody's mind as to what we should do, even though none of us ever expected to get to China. Col. Doolittle tock off about 8:20 a. m. We had made some noise when we learned definitely that we were headed for Tokyo.

But the yells thén were nothing | like the roar tha. went up when |

he got his ship down the runway and safely into the air. You could hear that cheer above the din of all the motors warming up.

My ship was the ninth to go. |

They were still working furiously

on the engine, and gave it the just as the plane |

final touches ahead of ours taxied into takeoff position. = = =

Tough Takeoff

I PROBABLY should have thought of something memorable or dramatic while I waited for the signal that would start us for Tokyo. But I only had one thought in mind: I had to release the two brakes absolutely evenly. With a tricycle landing gear it's easy to angle off if you don't release your brakes exactly together. You can't afford not to in getting a B-25 off a carrier. My right wing cleared the ship's “island” superstructure by four feet, while the left wing hung two or three feet out over the water. None of us had ever taken oft from a carrier before, but we had been given the routine instruction. The waves were running

Col. Doolittle had personally inspected every ship and its equip-

At brepkfast the «©ckup, he had ‘as going to put

| tiring, ing to dodge the crests of the big | { waves, and keeping a lookout for

whistle

east. | came in sight we climbed above | | a light ground haze for a better

Just as I came out of the | { With our bombs | was quite slow. cellent target, and we were very

instead of | | a tank far

! utes.”

| more speed.

was try-

the rest of the way in. It nerve-wearing fiying,

enemy ships. We approached Tokyo from the As the outline of the island

look.

More and more surface craft

| appeared, and people waved at

and smaller wave back. load of speed

sampans We didn't tremendous our

us from boats,

and gasoline,

much on edge.

Outside Tokvo we passed over | | an bombers were lined up and pur- |

airfield where twin-engine suit planes were warming up on the runways. Bissell, our bom-

wanted to drop an egg

to stick to our specified targets. Shortly afterward we saw a formation of five planes and thought we were in for it. But they turned out to be training ships,

About 20 miles east of Tokyo |

| bay the AA batteries started fir-

ing at us. The flak was very heavy, but very inaccurate. They seemed slow in getting the range. I dropped to 2000 feet and deviated the course up and down, and

{| to right and left.

By then I could see our target, tory, very clearly. The gunner was whooping and hollering, and Parker, the co-pilct, would let out a war whoop and a volley of Texas cuss words every time the flak got close. I didn’t have the time to holler. -I had my hands full of airplane. I checked with the bombardier on air speed and altitude, and asked him if he had seen the target. “I haven't been lecoking at anvthing else for the last 10 ininBissell yelled back on the interphone.

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Saw Bombs Hit

WE WERE getting considerably I lined up the target with the nose and made a run for it. I told Bissell to open the bomb bay door, then flew straight and level at 1500 feet. As each bomb dropped a light flashed in the cockpit. After the fourth light I knew the door was shut, and I kicked the ship up and then did a sort of wingover

| down to the ground. As we turned

I saw two bombs hit. Scott. the rear gunner, had watched all four explode on the target. Scott yelled that tracers were coming by the tail. A pursuit plane apparently had dived at us as we came up, and was now below us. Scott got a line on him and let go with his two 30's when the pursuit was about 500 feet above us. He rolled over on his wing and disappeared. but we never knew if we got him.

NEXT: Grimmer after the osIbIng:

COMPLETE TRAINING

Four Indianapolis men completed training at the medical replacement training center clerical school, Camp Grant, Ill

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The men! are Pvts. Theodore W. Black, 438 N./

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ables :

Raiders Went to Tokyo Fully Prepared to Die |

FOUR LOCAL MEN One s Overseas IN NAVY SCHOOL

‘Study Sub ub Chasing at Miami Training Center.

. 1 nN Four Indianapolis men are NOW ;porpedoman Kasey

LEFT: In action, somewhere overseas, is Torpedoman 3-¢c Walter Richard Kasey, son of Mr. and Murs. Marion T. Phillips, a gunners Boyd Kasey, 1548 Barth ave.

imate 3-c, son of Mrs. Leona E.| RIGHT: Walter A. Vonnegut Phillips, 1630 College ave, is a vet-| was commissioned a second lieueran of the raid on Pearl harbor, tenant navigator, April 17. He {graduated from the air force adthe Coral sea battle and the Solo- | vanced flying school, Mather field, mon islands, and is going back for Cal. more, Lt. Vonnegut is the son of the The other men are Joy C. Gilles-| late Walter Vonnegut and Marjorie Potts Vonnegut and grandson of pie, husband of Mrs. Mabel Gilles-|rjements Vonnegut Jr. and Alfred pie, 1808 N. Easy st, and Walker R.|F. Potts. He made his home with Hodson, son of Mrs. Lydia Todd,| his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. 3910 N. Keystone ave. both ma- | Daniel I. Glossbrenner, Rainbow chinist’'s mates 2-c¢, and Robert I.|Farm, Oaklandon. Kemp, chief motor machinists | He attended Culver high school mate, husband of Mrs. Sallie Louise and Butler and Purdue universities Kemp, 6199 Burlington ave, {and has now been assigned to the as 4 2 [heavy bombardment unit, Pyote | field, Tex.

Lt. Vonnegut

{men at the navy subchaser training | center, Miami, Fla.

Completes Photo Course

Aux. Ruth McDuff, a former resident of Indianapolis, was graduated from the AAFTTC phtog- | raphy school, Lowry field, Colo, recently and will be sent to work | as a laboratory technician or at-| tached to a mapping squadron. Aux. McDuff graduated from | Shortridge high school and attended Indiana university extension classes here. She was employed in the phtographic darkroom for public relations at "Ft. Des Moines before going to Lowry field. Her husband, S. Sgt. Robert W. MeDuf, is Serving Overseas.

Eugene E. Ritter, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Ritter, 1235 W. 34th st.

Pfc. J. Comer Pvt, G. Comer

LEFT: Pfc. James D. Comer, son lof Mr. .and Mrs. Fleming Comer, | Coatesville, and grandson of Mus. Sophie Comer, 1322 Lexington ave, ‘is a paratrooper with the U. Ss. © { forces overseas. Pfc. Comer has {been in service two years. | RIGHT: Pvt. Gerald C. Comer, is stationed at Camp Lee, Va. He is the son of Mrs. Sophie Comer and a former employee of the Indianapolis Glove Co. Pvt. Comer

College, Miss, and has been commissioned a second lieutenant in| the transportation corps.

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has graduated from OCS at State second WAAC

Frances M. Pool, 2825 Forest Mary G. Reynolds, 2023 N. Elva A, Spratt, 2511 Park ave.;

se. MONDAY, MAY 8 1043 y ave. t ave. Biddle, 1527 College ave.; . | 471 N. State ave. y [226 N. Randolph st. Second Lt. Robert H., Boemler,

json of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. | Boemler, 3130 Park ave, has res ported to the army air forees navi= gation school, San Marcos, Tex., for - pilot duty. He has been stationed at the Lubbock army flying school, Lubbock, Tex.

Large Contingent Accepted For Service in the Armed Forces.

The following registrants have been accepted for service in the

armed forces through selective serv-

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Harry Reynolds, 204 N. Capitol; Delmmore Wegener, 2015 E. Michigan; Cletus Walker, 516 8. Temple; Earl Spreckelson, 2049 N. Tempie; Richard Doyle, 1146 English; Frank Prinz, 264 Leeds; Victor Rensberger, 6160 Primrose; Robert Jenkins, 1419 N. Kealing; Elijah Jennings, 1928 Adam: Gus Zernicke, 1321 N. Meridian; James Marvel, 10 N. Eastern: Clarence Fear, Hartsville; John Jones, 234 N.|& Walcott; Joy Franklin, 928 N. Oakland; Robert Quillen, 28 N. Keystone; Morris Wallace, 446 Shelb*, Anthony Sergi, 227 8. Arsenal; Albert follis, 348 8. Hamilton; | § Edward Cass, 1426 English: Anthony , 1456 Bates: William Rusher, 423 8S. Randolph; John Wells, 1202 Southeastern; Carl ischer, 237 Hendricks: Russell Funke, 314 8S. Temple; Ralph Coffin, 1427 Deloss; Robert Ellis, 1034 E. Market; George Wuest, 557 N. Hamilton; Glenna Cissell, 920 N. Oakland; Jessee Tremain, 834 N. Keystone: Harry Allen, 2356 English: Millard Sills Jr, 461 S. Keystone; Karl Stroh, 531 E. Dr., Woodruff; Donald Archer, 1733 Prospect. Lester Weiss Jr. 1244 E. Washington; Melvin Hadley, 131 8S. McKim: Ray Virgin, 20 N. Oriental; Ravmond Strattan, 507 Bell; Gene Roberts, 541 N. Dorman; William Lloyd Hiatt,

322 N. Hamilton Also selected were: James Furman, 1265 Naomi: Lennart Hanson, 424 N. Oakland; Joses Oldham, 1244 E. Washington; James Brooks, 2236'> E. Michigan: Robert Davis, {3131 Park; Marshall, 580 E. Dr | Woodruff: Fred Yeaman Jr., 1316 N.| Chester, Charles Braughton, 1827 College: Richard Boston, 2324 N. Delaware; Donald Reamer, 593 W. Dr. Woodruff; Louis Muelieh 3906 E. Michigan; William Brill, N. Meridian; Elwood Ellis, 1312 8S. Stinson McAtee, 226 N. Rural: BRaughman, 13d Palk; Elmer | | Graves, 9 . Walcott; John Chestnut, 1314 8S. East: George Driskell, | 820 N. Keystone: Frank Rogers. 1215 E. | { Michigan; Theodore Walker, 1011 W. 29th; | Elis Stiles, 516 N. Hamilton; Roy Clark, | 347 E. Michigan; Morris Poland, 707 8. | | Keystone; Thomas Lloyd, 315 N. Hamil-| | ton. Horace Graver, {\. Hamilton; | |

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WAACs Go to Florida

Seven Indianapolis members of | the WAACs stationed at Ft. Hayes, { Columbus, O., have been ordered to] active duty and will report to the | training center, | | Daytona Beach, Fla, on May 6. They are: Helen M. McGuire, 2035 BE. Maryland st.:

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Gets Yeoman Rating

| Advancement to the rating of { yeoman 3-¢ and an assignment to {active duty at the bureau of cen- | sorship, Washington. has been re-| |ceived by Ruth Loretta Baukat, & { member of the WAVES and daugh- | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baukat, | 1130 Bradbury st. | Yeoman Baukat was graduated from the U. S. naval training school 'at Milledgeville, Ga., April 17. She {enlisted in the navy Nov. 20, 1942, land was sent to Hunter college for | | indoctrinal training. | She is a graduate of Technical high school and formerly was employed in a secretarial capacity at the International Machine Tool | Corp. | Aux. 1-¢c Mable B. Hammer, now serving as a chauffeur at Ft. Mason, | Cel, has recently been promoted | { from auxiliary. She is the sister of Esther J. Brooks, 1122 W. 20th st. | and a former employee of the Methodist hospital. She entered the WAACs Aug. 28, 1942,

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At Storekeeper School

Keeping the navy's fighting forces well stocked with necessary supplies is the job that four Indianapolis bluejackets are learning in the naval training school for store- | keepers at naval armory, Toledo, O. The local trainees are Yovan | Stiko, 2140's N. Talbot ave.; Jack E. | Peasley. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peasley, 1603 Central ave.; Harold L. Schwartz, son of Mr. and Mrs George Schwartz, 2122 Linden st. |and Kenneth A. Corns. i n ” »

Now qualified to replace physi-| | cians in supply, personnel, training and other administrative jobs in| the medical administrative corps of the army are three Indianapolis men who have recently received their goid bars at MRTC officer candidate school, Camp Barkley, | Tex. The newly commissioned second lieutenants are Glenn L. Wiese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis OC. Wiese, 3540 N, Meridian st.; Wallace S. Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sims, 731 Terrace ave, anél Irving A. Iverson, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Harold Iverson, 1209 N. Emerison ave.

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