Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1943 — Page 15

Vs ’ Your Health

Tetanus Infection Danger

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wound is one that is characterized by a small external opening and relatively great depth. Unlike ordinary i wounds, it does # not drain easi- : ly, and calls’ for different : treatment from that usually employed. In any wound, § a blood serum j forms that may be a fine culture medium . for harmful bac- ~ Dr. Masters teria, and must drain out of the . wound. In a punctured wound, the break in the skin usually has i appearance of an innocent \ little incision—and is is this small opening that is the chief danger. | [The deeper tract beneath is likely to become infected, and the important drainage is prohibited by the small and quickly soiled opening. { : The latter misleading feature must be corrected, for infected particles of dirt and rust may be deposited beneath the skin. ‘Most punctured wounds, especially those due to nails, are in danger of being contaminated with tetanus, and it has become axiomatic treatment to give a prophylactic dose of tetanus antitoxin in such cases. Correction of the matter of drainage may be accomplished by | cutting away the skin at the site | ofl penetration. This last may be

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By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Punctured wounds,are of particular interest just now, because of their prevalence on the field of battle. source, along with“shrapnel and other splinters and explosives. ; But the punctured wound is almost as common in civilian life as it is in warfare, and comes from a score of sharp objects like spikes, nails, pins, needles, etc.—in fact, any pointed instrument. A punctured

in War-Time

tured Wounds

Rifle bullets are their chief

done by holding a flexible sterile razor blade in. such a manner as to curve. the blade sharply, and then to use the acute angle for gently peeling away the superficial skin. Or, the edge of the incision may be held with a splinter forceps, and a small crater cut away with the apex at the point of penetration. Either means will prevent the skin from healing over too quickly. The popular method of probing a punctured wound, laying it open, injecting an antiseptic solution and using some form of drain is painful to an unnecessary degree, and ultimately harmful. Any particulate matter on the surface should be removed, but probing is almost sure to pave the way for infection, and should not be attempted. The wound may properly be cleansed with soap and water or mild tincture of iodine. The affected part or member should. be soaked in warm water or have a warm boric \acid dressing applied to it. It should not be given use until it is covered by a sterile dressing. : After first aid of this type, the most remote possibility of tetanus should be eliminated by the antitoxin. Under professional care, many types ‘of penetrating wounds are treated by completely dissecting the surrounding tissue and sewing the fresh sterile edges together.

Victory Gardening—

Fertilizer Is Scarce Now, but "Know How"

(This is the second of three articles on garden care prepared by the U. 8. Department of Agriculture. It is suggested that you: clip each installment and save it for future use.)

‘With supplies of fertilizer limited, victory gardeners are interested + In knowing how far they should go with side dressings during the grow-

ing season.

Garden specialists say the leafy green vegetables, important to

nealthful diets for their vitamins ority on your stock o nitrogen to produce vigorous green leaves that are tender and nutritious. ! : »S0, the leafy green vegetables, particularly cabbage, spinach, chard and lettuce, should get three side dressings at the rate of about a pound’ and a half to a hundred feet of row. Use it in the way to get the most out of it. Scoop out a shallow tench on each side of the plants gnd about two or three inches away from them. Apply the fertilizer and level off the trench with the rake. Make the first application when the plants are three or four inches high, the second when they are half grown, and the third just before they reach maturity. Naturally each application will be very light. If you wish to give tomatoes, pole beans or any of your vegetables besides the green leafy ones some additional plant food, one application should be sufficient. if your garden soil was well prepared and fertilized to begin with. Apply it when the plants are about half grown.

NEXT: How to water the garden.

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DAVIES SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY

Funeral services for Thomas Davies, 1252 W. Washington st., who died yesterday, will be held in the Harry W. Moore peace chapel at 10 a. m. Saturday. Burial will be at ‘Floral Park cemetery. Mr. Davies was born in WilkesBarre Pa., Feb. 25, 1890, and had been a resident of Indianapolis for about 18 years. He was ap employee of the Inland Container Corp. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary F. Davies, and by one daughter, Mrs. Doris May Fox of Jeffersonville, Ind. Three grandchildren also survive. :

HARRY LARIMER, CARTOONIST, DIES

FT. WAYNE, Ind., June 3 (U.P.). —Harry E. Larimer, 62, cartoonist

FRANKLIN MURDERER ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL

FRANKLIN, Ind. June 3 (U. P.). William B. Dickinson, 43, convicted for the second degree murder - of his 25-year-old wife, Dorothy, sought a new trial in Johnson circuit court today to escape serving 8 life sentence in state prison. Judge Grant Rogers set June 19 as the date for hearing of Dickingon’s motion to set aside the conviction on the grounds that five legal errors had been made at the 1 which ended May 4. Dickinson s been in prison at Michigan City since May 15. ; "Dickinson was convicted of shooting his estranged wife to death during a struggle at a filling station here last Dec. 17. He was a former resident of Palestine, Ill.

JCALIFORNIA FIGHTS ‘CHILD DELINQUENCY

1.08 ANGELES, June 3 (U. P.).— Wartime juvenile delinquency and sex offenses, California’s most “distressing problem in a generation,” brought demands today for organized community and state programs to keep children off the streets. Delinquency has increased rapidly throughout the state since Pearl Harbor, a six months’ survey for the state attorney general's office disclosed..| The increase was largely in the 8 to 18-year-old bracket, Robert A. Neeb Jr., who headed the survey, reported. “Teen age children who are the

mothers of tomorrow are adrift in our cities, living in open violation

of law and decency,” he said. - rt ———————

STATE ENGINEERS ELECT OFFICERS

The Indiana section of the Society of Automotive Engineers recently elected officers for the 19431944 term. : : | elected were Roy W. Paton,

Rif oo Asxperimental engineer for the Per-

fect Circle Co. of Hagerstown, Ind, chairman; C. H. Wallerich, presi_dént of the C. H. Wallerich Co., 950 N. Meridian st. Indianapolis, vice chairman; Clifford M. Rigsbee, work room superintendent for L. 8. Ayres & Co., Indianapolis, vice chairman; Robert y { ’ vice “4 t of

for the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel since 1912, died yesterday at his home after a year’s illness. Larimer was stricken a year ago with what doctors said was a general nervous collapse, but had been recovering recently. Larimer was born: in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1881 and began his newspaper work on the Cedar Rapids Gazette. From there he went to Terre Haute, Ind, where he worked as a cartoonist before joining the staff of the old Ft. Wayne News. That, paper merged with the Ft. Wayne Sentinel and Larimer became cartoonist for the NewsSentinel. He had never studied drawing. In his youth he also was a topnotch semi-pro baseball player and once was offered a contract by the

Chicago White Sox of the America league.

HORACE HEIDT GIVES STOUT FIELD TREAT

About 3000 soldiers and their guests were entertained from 8 to 9:20 p. m, yesterday by Horace Heidt and his orchestra in one of the hangars at Stout field. Following the show there was a dance with music by the 367th army air force swing band. Governor Schricker and Mayor Tyndall were guests of Gen. Fred 8. Borum and

NEW BLOWS BY

Rabaul, Key Jap Defense Base, May Be Next Goal for U. S.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.). —The apparént lack. of aggressive

activity on the part of the U. 8S. Pacific fleet recently led military observers to speculate today over the possibility that it is preparing for a powerful blow against one or mdre Japanese strongholds.

new American offensive in the Pacific is about due and that when it comes it will be directed at some point north of Australia and south of Hawaii. Some of them feel that an attempt will be made to take Rabaul, ori New Britain island, kev point in Japan’s southwest Pacific island defense system. There .is one school of though here that believes the United States for the present will pass up a drive to retake Kiska, main Japanese base in the Aleutiagps. Such an operation would involve a force of considerable magnitude, since Kiska is strongly defended. However, these observers contend, it no longer has any great worth to the enemy now that its usefulness has been neutralized by the loss of Attu and the frequent aerial bombardment from nearby American air bases.

Air Arm Strengthened

Both President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill have said that the bulk of America’s armed forces are now concentrated on the Pacific war front. There is no question that the Pacific fleet has been vastly strengthened ‘during the pdst six months, especially its aif arm. This will make it possible to carry on the war more intensively and deeper into Japanese defenses. 2 One possible explanation for the comparative inactivity of the Pacific fleet is that it may be marking time until the task of establishing American bases close to the Japanese defense perimeter is completed. The occupation of Funafuti in the-Ellice islands, the Russell islands in the Solomons, and perhaps the conquest f Attu, are all part of that stragy. There undoubtedly are other islands taken over by our forces which have not been disclosed.

Pants, Billfold And $36 Away!

LOUISVILLE, June 3 (U. P.).— “Pants away!” The cry of the bombardier re-

leasing his deadly cargo took on a new significance when Lt. Clifford H. Rees of Bowman field accidentally bombed Louisville with a pair of unattached trousers yesterday. His spare pair of “officer’s pinks” fell through an open bomb bay door while Rees was over Louisville on a routine flight from Bowman field to Knollwood, N. C. There were no casualties. Two youths, found the trousers with Rees’ wallet containing $36 and returned them to Bowman field.

WPB NEEDS MORE COPPER AND BRASS

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P). —The war production board is now working on a plan to collect copper, brass and bronze articles which have no sentimental or useful value, yet are not technically termed as scrap. . Paul C. Cabot, director of the WPB salvage division, told the senate public buildings committee today that earlier nation-wide scrap drives had exhausted sources of copper-bearing scrap in the American homes. He said it was necessary to go beyond merely scrap items in order to supply the needed tonnage to war industries. Such items, Cabot said, would include old but operating metal lamps which have been laid away because they are out of style and other metal articles no longer being used yet retaining some value in their present form. .

Communiques

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 400 NORTH PACIFIC 1. On June 1, on Attu island, U. 8S. army troops combed scattered areas and by noon had eliminated minor groups of Japanese troops encountered. 2. It ‘is further reported that the known Japanese dead on Attu island total 1791. This figure does not includé the unknown number killed by artillery fire and bombs. Such casualties were either cremated or buried by the Japanese. 3. On June 1 formations of army Mitchell (North American B-25) and Ventura (Vega B-34) medium bombers, Lightning (Lockheed P-38) and Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) fighters bombed and strafed Kiska. Hits were. scored on the Japanese main camp area, runway and gun emplacements. A number of, Canadians piloting Warhawks participated. : SOUTH PACIFIC 4, During the evening of May 31 Liberator (Consolidated) heavy bombers attacked Japanese installations at Tinputs harbor and Numa Numa harbor on the northeast coast of Bougainville island. Numerous large fires were started. In ad, dition, two small Japanese vessels o Tinputs were bombed. One of these ves-

Col. Reed Landis.

sels was damaged and beached.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.) — Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today that thus far 17,083 U. 8S. soldiers have officially been listed as prisoners of war. Ga Of these, 11,307 are held by Japan, 3312 by Germany and 2464 by Italy. Stimson said the war department has beén advised that food packages sent to American prisoners in Germany ‘and Italy are reaching them fairly consistently. Advices to the war department ‘indicate that the basic diet of American solders in German prison camps is largely potatoes, cabbage, AC [

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11,307 Yanks Are Prisoners Of Japs: Germans Hold 3312

containing meat, prunes, liver der, concentrated orange juice, powdered coffee, sugar, oleomarger-

The boxes—which ‘also contain soap and cigarets—are packed by volunteer Red Cross workers in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. The war department has a special fund of $2,000,000 to pay the food and labor costs involved. Next of kin also may send packages every 60 days. If Japanese consent is obtained, the war department will send sup-

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NAVY EXPECTED

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Pantelleria, pinpoint island commanding the strait between Sicily and Tunisia, has been pummeled practically off the map by allied bombers and warships. This midMediterranean isle may be the first European soil invaded.

CHINESE RETAKE TWO KEY TOWNS

Continue Mopping Up Operations as Japanese Drive Is Checked.

CHUNGKING, June 3 (U. P.).— Chinese forces mopping up ‘defeated Japanese units south of the Yangtze river in western Hupeh province have recaptured Changyang and Chihkiang, key points below Ichang, a Chinese military spokesman said today. The troops which entered Chihkiang, 25 miles southeast of the major enemy base at Ichang, reached the Yangtze shore, the spokesman said, and were menacing Japanese river transport into Central China which was opened only two weeks ago. The seizure of the towns, taken by the Japanese in their recent drive westward through Central China, was completed early yesterday. Occupation of Changyang placed the Chinese only 15 miles southwest of Ichang and marked the regaining of nearly 1500 square miles won by the Japanese in their offensive which was broken early this week.

5 CITY ROTC UNITS HONORED BY ARMY

The army has awarded a rating of honor to ROTC units in five Indianapolis public high schools, according to a telegram received by Superintendent DeWitt S. Morgan from Col, A. L. Fuller, chief of the ROTC section, 5th service command, Columbus, O. The units at Technical, Shortridge, Manual, Crispus Attucks and Washington high schools were inspected recently by army officers.

NAPOLI

FRANCO'S ROLE “IN TANGIER HIT

Allies Put Pressure on Him For a More Friendly Attitude.

LONDON, June 3 (U. P.).—Pressure on Spain’s Generalissimo FPrancisco Franco for a friendlier and more pro-allied attitude is believed to be increasing steadily. This pressure may have some connection with increased monarchist activity on behalf of Don Juan, pretender to the Spanish throne. There are some who think that this activity may reach its climax within a few weeks. The British government is believed to be increasingly loath to permit Franco to continue conditions such as those in Tangier. Tangier, still theoretically an international zone, was taken over by the Spaniards at a time when allied fortunes were at a low ebb.

Resentment Aroused

~~ Whether formal representations have been made to Franco demanding re-establishment’ of international control of Tangier is not known, but a sudden flurry of dispatches from Tangier in the British press suggests one is forthcoming if not already delivered. These dispatches uniformly emphasize that the Germans have not yet been cleared from Africa as long as they are allowed to operate from Spanish Morocco and Tangier. They also point out that the Spaniards are making mass arrests, particularly among the Moorish population. Other incidents involving Spanish control of communications and mails have aroused allied resentment.. A boycott of the Spanish government cultural exhibition in Tangier this week has been declared by all allied representatives thare.

Situation Changed

The allied clearance of Tunisia radically changed the military position regarding Spanish Morocco. The allies need no longer fear a possible blow from the rear by large numbers of Spain’s best troops concentrated there as there are sufficient allied troops available to deal with anything of that nature. The allies apparently feel that the time has come for Franco to recognize the changed military situation. Spain’s general public, it is said, was impressed by the African victory and hardly any Spaniards now believe that the axis can win the war. It is felt that Franco still favors the axis in many small wavs al-| though it generally is agreed that he is working to keep Spain neutral. In this connection, it has been pointed out that he probably would not be able to retain his power without the aid which the Americans and British permit in the form of oil, gasoline and foodstuffs. There are many who think that the time has come for him to recognize these factors.

2 AXIS SHIPS SUNK CIAOR, June 3 (U. P.).—Two small sailing vessels were sunk while at anchor in an island harbor in the Aegean sea by R. A. F. longrange fighters and a third was damaged by cannon fite and abandoned by her crew, an R. A. F. communique announced today.

around a mine entrance and said, work!”

pail.

When Charles Hartman, 51, Uniontown, Pa., approached strikers

“This is my job and I'm going to

No one stopped him and he and 15 others worked a sevenhour shift. Hartman's daughter, Beatrice (above), checks his lunch His son is in the air force in Africa.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.). —American forces on Attu Island, where all organized Japanese resistance has ceased, are “now within striking distance of Japanese territory,” Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson declared today. Stimson did not elaborate other than to admit that the distance to Japanese territory is fairly long. He declined to say whether the Attu landing . strip might be employed for aerial operations against Japanese territory. “All organized Japanese resistance has ceased,” Stimson said of

Attu, “except for a few isolated groups of the enemy garrison which are being annihilated.” He said the final decisive action came on May 28 and 29. On- the 28th American forces captured the heights overlooking Chi-

"Within Striking Distance,’ Stimson Says of Attu

chagof harbor. The following morning the Japanese infantry launched a desperate attack and penetrated American positions as far as an advanced command post. Thereupon American reserves went into action and crushed the Japanese attack. Stimson said success of the Attu operations in less than three weeks was due to the dogged fortitude of ground ‘troops assisted by naval gunfire, plus support by army and navy aircraft when the weather permitted. Stimson also said heavy losses have been inflicted on enemy bases in the Mediterranean as the result of the continuous pounding by allied air forces. “Allied shipping now moves almost unmolested from one end of the Mediterranéan to the other,” he said.

HALIFAX WILL SPEAK HERE ON JUNE 21

Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, will speak at a dinner meeting of the Indianapolis Executives club at 6:30 p. m. June 21 at the Célumbia club. He will speak at Purdue university at noon on June 21, Homer Capehart, president of the club, has appointed the organization's directors to membership on the arrangements committee. They are, John K. Ruckelshaus, chairman,

George H.“Lilly, Walter L. Shirley, Dr. William E. Bodenhamer, A. O. Evans, Dan W. Flickinger, Frank S. Langsenkamp Jr., F. E. Thornburgh and A. J. Wohlgemuth. ‘Club members and friends will attend the meeting.

BELGIAN MINE BLOWN UP LONDON, June 3 (U. P.).— Thirty patriots recently entered the Lambusart colliery in occupied Belgium, seized a large supply of dynamite for sabotage purposes and then blew up the colliery, Belgian sources said today.

SOVIET AR WAR TEMPO 100MS

Russian Planes, Anti-Air-craft Down 191 Germans In 24 Hours.

MOSCOW, June 3 (U. P.). — The air war over the Russian front rose to a scale unparalleled since the battle of Stalingrad today as ‘Soviet

_|planes and anti-aircraft batteries

shot down 191 planes in 24 hours, presaging the approach of ground battles that may decide the war in the East. The tempo of land fighting already was quickening and the mid-

'|day communique reported the Soviet

capture of three towns in a surprise attack west of Kursk and the killing of 2000 enemy troops in & fierce two-day battle that wiped out German gains on the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow.

“New Adventures” Seen

The official organ of the Russian navy, Red Fleet, warned that the Germans were preparing “new adventures” and Soviet observers asserted that the increased scale of

aerial fighting tas a sign that the preparatory period before the decisive land battles was nearing an end. Red fleet said the Germans were pushing reinforcements ashore by sea at all important harbors along the Baltic and Black seas despite heavy losses exacted by Soviet torpedo planes and coastal artillery, A large number of invasion barges, transports and patrol boats have been sunk by Soviet bombers in ate tacks on enemy convoys and bases. The Soviet bag of 191 planes yesterday boosted the toll of enemy aircraft so far this week to 278, compared to a loss of 37 Russian planes. Yesterday's total of enemy aircraft included 123 shot down during five mass raids on Kursk, Soviet-held bastion on the southcentral front. (A German communique asserted that German nes and anti-air-craft guns shot’ down 83 Soviet planes yesterday.)

Ethiopia Wants A Shot at Italy

LONDON, June 3 (U. P.).— Ethiopia would like to place a picked corps of its knife-carrying “commandos” at the head of an allied column invading Italy, Blatia Ayela Gabre, Eethiopian minister to London, said today. Gabre said commando - style fighting comes natural to the Ethiopian who “cuts his eye teeth on a spear and learns to undergo hardships at an early age.” “We Ethiopians have a strong wish to fight by the side of the allies anywhere, as our emperor has said many time, and we would like nothing better than to take part in the invasion of Italy,” he said. Ethiopia, he revealed, has a ‘regular army of about 10,000 men without tanks and planes. It could easily be expandéd to 100,000 men. British officers are teaching modern military methods

to the present army.

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