Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1943 — Page 10

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. 22d annual charter day celebration. It was presented to J. M.

gan Street Methodist church.

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~ 15.—The 83d division will hold its

; division commander.

‘are invited to witness a full day of _ athletics events, military demonstrations, a parade and a huge

AR VETERANS “MAY LEAD VOTE

Labor ) Leaders Warned of

Powerful Non-Union Soldier Group.

Times Special WASHINGTON, June 15 —With some observers concluding that the Connally-Smith anti-strike bill got such decisive majorities in the senate and house because of the rising power of -the “soldier vote,” organ-

ized labor leaders may need to give | :

thought to the power likely to be wielded in other directions by the waf veterans when eight or ten million step out of uniform after this conflict. These men and their close relatives will constitute, mathematically at least, the most powerful group that ever has emerged from any American war. Numerically, according to present indications, the global war veterans will be about equal to the present combined memberships of the A. F. of L, C. I. O.,, United Mine Workers, Railway brotherhoods and other union ‘organizations. Many of the veterans will be union men themselves, and their sympathies in legislative fights may be with the labor organizations. Sees Non-Union Vote The majority of the veterans, however, will not be union members when they re-enter civil life. And their voting power will be augmented by a large group of nonunion veterans of world war I, plus civilians not sympathetic with present objectives and practices of some labor groups. One likely point of conflict is the closed shop. The veterans will expect, and most authorities expect they will get, preference .in employment; and if closed shops stand in the way they may attempt to solve the difficulty by using their voting power to revive the present dermant movement to outlaw the closed shop. Without stating an attitude on the possible labor impact, Robert T. Merrill, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said today that “the potential economic and political strength” of whatever organization the global veterans decide to form, “when working in harmony with other veteran groups is ‘almost beyond comprehension.”

ARMY ANNOUNCES PROMOTION PLANS

WASHINGTON, June 15 (U. P).|sitting on the Anglo-American —Private soldiers assigned to thegpoard discussing the trade treaty advanced phase of the army spe-| with Sweden.

cialized training program will be

promoted to the grade of private|yy,ge son of President Roosevelt's first class, the war department an-|),io secretary and confidential ad-

nounced today. Enlisted men of higher grade will retain their grade and pay when so assigned. At the same time, it was an-

nounced that negotiation of con- European waters).

tracts with five more institutions for army specialized training has been authorized. These would bring the total of colleges and universities participating in the program by the end of July to 150.

10-CENT CANNING RAISE GETS 0. K.

WASHINGTON, June 15 (U. P.). —Economic Stabilization: Director Fred M. Vinson has authorized the war labor board to permit increases up to 10 cents an hour for employees in the food canning industry without obtaining his specific approval for each case. This order was issued Saturday, Vinson’s office said. Officials in his oflice explained that the order approves to WLB wage raises for canners already approved and involving about 150,000 workers. It gives WLB power to pass on future cases, within the 10-cent limit,

without bringing them to Vinson as | ™&

long as they involve only employees of the canning industry.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 59 GETS NEW CHARTER

A new charter was presented to Boy Scout troop 59 at its recent

Stovall, the institutional representative, by John McWethy, west district scout commissioner. Roscoe Conkle delivered an address of welcome to Troop 59 and Cub Pack 59 on behalf of the sponsoring institution, the West Michi-

A new service honor roll was dedicated, showing the names of four assistant scoutmasters in service. They are Robert Tucker, Curtis Clanmpitt, James Stovall Jr. and David Stevenson. It was announced that 75 ex-scouts from the troop are in service.

‘military and civilian groups.

Killed in Action

This is Pfc. Francis Roberts of the marines who was killed in action in the South Pacific last September. His mother, Mrs. O. E. Roberts, lives at 1447 Waldemere ave. Pfc. Roberts enlisted in the marines on Jan, 13, 1942, and took his recruit training at the marine base at Parris island, S. C

LONDON'S TALES OF WAR TOLD

Correspondent Mentions. Rushville Man in

News Bits.

By NAT A. BARROWS

LONDON, June 15. — Scattered bits from a correspondent who is still trying to adjust himself to the London blackout and “austerity” after the bright lights of neutral Sweden: COINCIDENCE—only a few days apart John A. Sullivan Jr, from Boston, OWI radio monitoring specialist and his former boss on the newspaper PM, Lt. Ralph Ingersol, U. S. army, both were bowled over in the blackout and hospitalized for minor injuries. London taxis in these days of relief from luftwaffe visits over the city proper are more dangerous than bombs. REUNION—Prof. Bruce Hopper of Harvard and his old friend Cass. Canfield, president of Harper's, are reliving their youthful walking trip across China and India. Hopper is| here as historian of the United States 8th air force, after a year in Sweden with the office of strategical services, and Canfield is

NEW ARRIVAL—Lt., Hartley

ciser, has just arrived to handle magazine publicity on the public reations staff of Adm. Harold R. Stark (Cmdr. U, S. naval forces in

NEW POST—Lt. Col. Thomas F. Whayne, Columbus, Ky. former chief of the medical intelligence branch of the preventative medicine division of the surgeon general’'s office in Washington, has just been appointed assistant military attache to the American embassy here. His job is newly created—facilitating the exchange of medical developments and views between British and American

RESCUE—Pilot Officer R. W. Thatcher, royal Canadian air force pilot from Rushville, Ind. is back | flying out of England because a! royal air force rescue plane was!

under the guns of the French coast near Les ‘Sept Iles, Brittany. and snatch him away from his rubber Rit. | PHILOSOPHICAL SIDELIGHTS - —“I guess it was fate, or maybe my number hadn't turned up, or ybe it was a gentle hint for me t go to church,” mused S. Sgt. ichard M. Cavanagh, Kansas City, 0., ball turret gunner in a Flying rtress when his safety-belt kept im from plunging through an accidentally opened door four miles from the earth.

CAP UNITS TO TRAIN OVER WEEK-END HERE

Civil air patrol units throughout the state are preparing for a twoday training maneuver to be held at Sky Patrol field Saturday aud Sunday. The mobilization order will be issued by Gov. Schricker. The feature of the session will be training personnel in emergency blocking of airports and precautions necessary in case of actual invasion to prevent landings of enemy planes. All units will be quartered at the field and mess will be served by the cooks and bakers school of Ft. Harrison.

H. Dale Summers is troopmaster.

Camp Atterbury's 83d Plans

First Field

: Times Special CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind, June

first fleld day tomorrow, according to Maj. Gen. Frank W. Milburn,

Friends and relatives of 83d men

dance in the sports arena. ‘Mass field ‘ days of this nature were introduced into the army recently to cultivate closer companamong the smaller units of large . Ab affords the soldiers an occasional ay of wholesome and stimulating

Day Tomorrow

tires and appearance of truck and driver), manual of arms and close order drill competition, rifle shooting, running the infiltration course and artillery gun crew competition. The athletic events include the three-legged race, the wheelbarrow race, the 100-yard dash, the 220yard dash and others. A softball and volleyball tournament for the division championship will be run off during the morning and afternoon. ere will be a baseball game between the Camp

from this vicinity. Late in the afternoon the 320th infantry regiment will pass in review in a military parade. Two dances conclude the day’s ace

able to land in the water, smack |

Atterbury nine and another team |

| tivities, for the enlisted men} d|in the sports vith 200 girl:

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