Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1943 — Page 8

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PAGE 8 . YANKEE FORCES WELL DEPLOYED!

Two Armies and 10 Air, Forces Listed Among |

Overseas Units.

WASHINGTON, May 20 (U.P) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill's’ § reminder that “the major part” of American forces now are deployed in the Pacific reinforced a belief 3 here today that the United States will bear the heavy burden of the war against Japan. Churchill referred to the army, navy and marine forces as a whole —not simply to the U. S army.} § There never has been any question that 2a major part of the U. S. fleet and of the marine corps has been, assigned to the Pacific, and ob-| servers believed that this out-| weighed the numerical superiority | of army troops in the European and | African theaters over those sta-| tioned in the Pacific. | Two Armies Overseas | Disposition of military forces is largely secret, but these factors are’ known: The United States has two armies overseas—the 5th army in North, Africa and the 6th army in the’ Southwest Pacific. There are 10 U. S. army air forces overseas, of which six are deployed against the) Japanese—the 5th, Tth and 13th in| the Southwest and South Pacific and Hawaii; the 10th in India, 11th] in Alaska and 14th in China. Against the axis in Europe there are the 8th air force in Britain, the oth in the Middle East and the 12th in North Africa. The 6th is in the Caribbean. American ground forces known to be deployed against Europe, in addition to the 5th army, include the 24 corps of four divisions which | fought in Tunisia; certain troops in Britain, Northern Ireland and Iceland, and certain supply forces

in the Middle East, Many of the em : Shosl American ground forces in North BUNKER HILL, Ind, May 20.—

Africa came from the large con- Under the directon of Cmdr. Morton | centration previously established in T. Seligman, commanding officer of Britain. the Bunker Hill naval air station, more than 400 sailors from the station are on duty day and night assisting police and relief organiza-

(Official photo from Bunker Hill nayal air station)

The flooded Chesapeake & Ohio railroad yards at Peru, shown above, have been ordered abandoned by the federal government.

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LOS ANGELES. May 20 (U. Pp). hantly at the disappearing train. | Ellen Tuck French Astor became an

Glen Robertson, 19, Compton, Cal. ADVISES DRAFT BOARDS was set free on a drunkenness| oOUTH BEND. Ind. May 21 (u. official resident of Nevada today. charge. Justice of the Peace Guy] The wife of John Jacob Astor III has been in the state six weeks to-

) . Nn Gambel said Robertson was “living | ©" ~=Col. Robinson: Hitchcock, In on borrowed time, anyway.” | diana selective service director, has | Robertson, pursuing a girl, stag-|advised local draft boards to “use day. That residence makes her |gered and fell on the Union Pacific common sense” in selection of men; eligible to file suit for divorce, Rob-

400 Sailors on Constant Duty in Flooded Districts.

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The engine and 40 cars thundered |gemands for manpower are at a the suit “probably” would be filed over him. critical stage. later today.

Island Units Unknown

In the Pacific, besides the 6th

ROME HUB HUNGRY HORDES

Northern Cities Unable to Feed Stream of Home-

less Refugees.

By VICTOR GORDON LENNOX

LONDON, May 20.—A picture of Rome as a crossroads for hordes of

fleeing Italians, horrified by prospects of further allied air raids, is provided by reports from various sources today. Frantic thousands from southern Italy continuously pour into the Eternal City, it is said, while Romans, terrified by R.A. F, leaflets listing the capital as one of the cities on the Anglo-American bombing program, are scurrying northward in hopes of finding safety. This flow of refugee traffic means additional grave problems for Italy's already harassed authorities who must house and feed the evacuees and at the same time prevent highway and railway congestion.

Rome Has the Jitters

Rome is believed to be so constituted geographically, that no part of it can be regarded as safe against air attack. The leaflets dropped by R.A. F.| craft as they zoomed over Rome, are reported to have demanded Italy's immediate and unconditional surrender, and to have contained a list of the towns which will be bombed if Italians continue to resist.

tracks before an oncoming train. |for the armed forces now that army|ert Z. Hawkins, her attorney, said |

army, there is an army corps in the Solomons, and substantial ground forces in Hawaii. Alaska, the Aleutians and numerous other Pacific islands. The island garrisons represent in the aggregate an important unknown factor. Some weeks ago it was disclosed that U. S. army forces overseas numbered 1.500.000. The figure now | is approaching 2.000.000. i

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TECH POSTPONES FETE The annual Supreme day exercises at Technical high school. scheduled for tomorrow morning, were postponed until Monday morning, because of the soggy condition of the campus. -

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tions m the vast flooded area around the station. i Cmdr. Seligman has ordered 50 per cent of all personnel to stand by for emergencies, after offering full co-operation and assistance Monday when rising waters endangered cities in this part of the state.

On Constant Duty

Details of men are being sent out regularly to relieve exhausted men on duty. Twenty-four men, most of whom sacrificed liberty hours, were sent into Peru, under the command of Lt. N. C. Brewer, USNR, to assist local officials. Other groups reported to Kokomo and Logansport. Members of the station's seaman guard have been on constant duty in the flood areas since Tuesday afternoon. Sailors sent to Marion at the request of the mayor piled sand bags on the levee, patroluled the flooded in boats, patched holes in dikes, stood guard on abandoned buildings and cars and assisted

evacuees. Aid in Evacuations

Working in co-operation with] army men in jeeps, the sailors at] Loganspert evacuated many persons | from areas where rescue boats | could not proceed. i Several humorous incidents have | helped ease the strain of the long | hours on the naval men. In Logansport a woman rushed into the naval relief headquarters seeking | aid in evacuating her husband from | their flooded home. Traveling in|

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an amphibious jeep, sailors found the man asleep, and when awakened. he refused to leave. Finally he ignored the sailors and drove his model T to evacuation headquarters ! After four unsuccessful attempts!’ to evacuate a woman from her home, sailors managed on the fifth try to persuade her to ciimb in their boat. Then she insisted on going back to retrieve her cat, which she handed to a sailor. The cat scratched its rescuer who instinctively threw it into the air. | Two sailors had to hold the indignant woman in the boat. The fate of the cat is unknown. At Peru, sailors wading through water found a man sleeping soundly in his bedroom on a watersoaked mattress. Awakened and advised to evacuate. the man walked out safe and dry. He had been sleeping with his boots on. Cmdr. Seligman is former exec-| utive officer of the U. 8S. S. Lex-| |ington, aircraft carrier lost in the Coral sea battle, and has been] twice awarded the navy cross for { heroism. i

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glory in the strength to do them.

Of course, there are somber notes, too: “I can now say I truly know what it means to be under fire”. ..“I lost a good pal, but I know he was proud to go as he did”. .."I am out of the hospital, I am not down, I will not worry, because it will do no good.”

And loneliness, because even heroes get homesick: “My thoughts are with you very often”. ..“Say hello to the boys I used to work with”. ..“There are times when one gets lonesome, but then on second thought it’s better to be in action on foreign soil than on our own”. ..“To feel that we are still part of the Company is the best possible boost to our morale.”

These letters make us proud. At the same time, they greatly increase our sense of obligation and gratitude. We owe the Harvester men in our Country’s service the very best we are capable of in our war production.

But we owe them much more than that!

TT poys who used to work beside us at the machines and benches and desks helped write this advertisement. . . . They are scattered now throughout the world—fighting our fight But they write to us—from England and Africa and the South Pacific, from Alaska and the training camps en route. They write from all the fighting fronts—and their letters compose our message.

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“Ts country is so far north,” writes a swell guy who left one of our plants to go with the Army Engineers, “that I have to push the North Star away from my door before I can get out. We get our water from the Big Dipper.” That is typical of the high-hearted good humor of their letters—the humor that in all times and places has characterized the hardy, gallant men who do the tough and dangerous jobs for mankind . . . and

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From as far north as Florence,

reports say, come complaints from|

{local authorities who, already hard put to provide sufficient fod and | shelter for their own, are at a loss to care for the influx of refugees. | Repercussions

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Ruhr disaster, wrought by royal wi

force Lancaster bombers Sunday (night, threatened indirectly to be felt in Italy which may suffer loss of its German coal supplies. Destruction of the great Mohne'

I1uU mines which unloosed a third of a billion tons of water, deprived 4,500,000 Germans of water reserves, rendered numerous thousands homeless and disrupted vital war industry, has also upset river, canal and rail transportation. As a result Germany, unable to move out Ruhr coal, may well have to draw from Silesia most of the coal which normally is delivered to Italy. Italy counts of 1,000,000 tons of coal a month from Germany and already reports are that Italy anticipates a serious shortage. POSTPONE HARRISON SCHOOL Acting Adj. Gen, William P, Weimar said today that the scheduled Indiank state guard officers’ training school at Ft. Harrison has

been postponed indefinitely because the corps is needed to combat floods.

Extension of

“&00D TURN DAY"

Important Notice to Housewives! )

It was impossible to make all of the scheduled "Good Turn Day" collections yesterday as flood relief conditions took 75%, of our available manpower. We will make all pickups as quickly as possible and will continue daily through all of next week. . . « Thanks ever so much for your consideration in this matter.

Indianapolis Goodwill Industries

(Phone, Market 9466)

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Men cannot live by material things alone. In time of war, especially, we must reckon with the things of the spirit. Our boys need our letters, our interest, our devotion.

They do not ask much. One letter speaks for all: “To know that those we left behind have not forgotten, is all we ask.” We can-

not give them less.

Whoever you are, you have a loved one

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or a friend fighting your fight somewhere

on a far-away front. Write him today— write him often—~write him cheerful, en-

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