Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1943 — Page 15
THURSDAY, JULY 1,
1943
The Indianapolis Times
SECOND SECTION
Hoosier Vagabond
NORTH AFRICA (By before in these columns,
Wireless) —As I have said the army is almost without exception good to correspondents at the front, I have never been treated uncivily, and usually officers and men will go out of their way to help you. I remember one instance when another correspondent and I were making a trip of several hundred miles in a jeep with half the windshield missing. Riding behind a glassless windshield gets pretty rugged, even in good weather. All along the way we would drop into motor pools and ordnance depots, trying to get some glass. But there simply wasn't any, Then one day we happened to : stop at a small camp merely to inquire the way to a nearby airdrome, And the officer in charge asked out of a clear sky if we would like to have our windshield fixed. We said we sure would, but there wasn't any glass. He said: “Maybe we can find some. Since you're staying all night at the airdrome, just forget about it. I'll find your jeep where you leave it, and we'll fix it.” And sure enough, a couple of hours later here came the officer and two men with a nice piece of glass. They had cut it from the windshield of a recked Flying Fortress, and it made a much better windshield than the original. There was no reason for them to do it at all except that they were just nice people,
Four Men, a Single Thought
THE OTHER DAY at one of the airdromes I got to talking with a young fellow who is ohe of four brothers in service. This young man f{s
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Sgt. Ray Swim, who used to work in Denver, but whose real home is Grand Junetion, Cojo, where his father is a farmer. Ray's three brothers are also sergeants, to wit, Sgt. Ralph, at
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
A CERTAIN Red Cab driver here is a devolee of Mark Twain, Chet Long, petty officer 1-c. reports he climbed in a cab at union station and the driver regaled him with quotes from Twain all the way to the Federal building. . , . A candy counter clerk at Kresge's dime store has figured out a way to save her voice. Yesterday she was wearing a homemade cardboard sign pinned to her dress. It's message: “No gun today. . . In a certain department store, reports one of our agents, a woman asked for a half vard of yardgoods. The young clerk turned to another clerk and asked: “Say. kid, how many inches are there in a half yard” Informed, she commented: “Gee, I must try to remember that.” , . . In Tuesday's column we were able to give the names
of only two of the three soldiers that helped save:
electric fan at the third was
a fag from destruction in an Press club. Since then we've learned the S. Sgt. Connie Toffolo, 824 N. Oakland.
A Nice Draft Board
THE MILLENIUM has arrived. We received a jetter yesterday from a recent draftee asking us to “say a kind word” for the draft board that inducted him. He's Pvt. Bill Guitteau, formerly of 3510 N. Pennsylvania, now with the army engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Referring to draft board 3. and in particular to its clerk. Miss Ethel Guenther, Bill writes: “For though and courteous treatinent, vou can't beat them, and in view of the poor publicity most boards receive I would like to see a board which jes to lielp its men receive some credit.” bow. board 3 and Miss Guenther. , , . The cold wave has put a crimp in sun bathing downtown roofs. . . . The sudden downmessed up the Hi Sailor broadcast it of the Federal building. The rain much warning, and the navy boys microphone and wires and dash
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July 1 — Announcement of a he Soviet Union and Poland perhaps even something approximating a settlement—is expected shortly, according to united nations circles here and in London. For months President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill have been doing their utmost to mend the rift. The president's letter to Marshal Stalin, and the marshals reply, are believed to have touched upon this issue, and not without some success. The Russo-Polish quarrel is deeper and more dangerous than appears on the surface. The crisis broke on April 26 with the sudden violence of a tropical storm. And while the immediate cause was several thousand bodies of Polish officers buried in a common grave in a Russian forest, behind the Nazi lines, the real cause was infinitely more serious. It involved nothing less than the honesty of the war aims of the united nations, The current Soviet-Polish differences date back o September, 1939, when Russia and Germany together invaded Poland and signed a treaty partition ing her between them—a treaty which the Polish government-in-exile, of course, refused to recognize,
Poland Shakes Hands
LATER, HOWEVER, the two countries patched up their differences. When Germany attacked Russia in June, 1941, Poland quickly agreed to shake hands with her powerful neighbor and make common cause ageinst the Nazis. At that time Moscow repudiated the treaty of 1939, thus apparently abandoning her claims to Polish territory. But still another right-about-face took place in
My Day
WASHINGTON, June 30.—Is one allowed these days to breathe a sigh of gratitude when the temperature becomes a little cooler? You may not mind warm weather, but when I find my dress sticking to my back, and I drip on to the letters I am writing, I find it somewhat inconvenient. Therefore, I really am very grateful to find the temperature today quite bearable and even invigorating in the early morning hours. Last night I went to the inauguration of the new president of the Women’s National Press club, Mis. Elizabeth May Craig. Our dinner was very good, but care had been taken to have as few items of food which are on the vation list, as possible, Every hotel is having problems with rd to adequate service, and so for the great majority of the guests, the dinner was 'ved buffet style. No one seemed to mind, and on $e whole I
thought we we got through more rapidly usual.
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By William Philip Simms
By Ernie Pyle
Sgt. William, at Ft. Logan, somewhere in Australia. Ray was He
Lowry field, Denver; Denver, and Sgt. Orville, Now we go back to the spring of 1942. then in the hombardier school at Midland, Tex. got a few days’ leave and decided to go home. When he got off the train at Grand Junction he bumped into one of the other brothers, who had also, just arrived from camp unannounced. They shook hands and walked around the corner, and there was a third brother. And before they got | out of town, damned if they didn't pick up the fourth brother, who had also arrived home unexpectedly. So there they were—neither of the four had known the others were coming, their parents hadn't known | any of them were coming, and it was the first time the whole family had been together in five years. And to top it all off, it happened on Mother's day.
Good Trick if He Can Do It
IF THERE IS one single scene that could be described as typifying North Africa to the American soldier, it’s the sight of a ragged Arab standing along the roadside holding up an egg between his thumb and forefinger, trying to sell it. Apropos of this, Bill Stoneman of The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News and Drew Middleton of the New York Times were riding along one day and Bill remarked that he supposed the most difficult feat in Africa would be to reverse the process and sell an egg to an Arab. Drew said, “Oh, I don’t know,” and the bet was on. Drew bet 200 francs he'd sell an egg to an Arab before Sept. 1. No tricks will be allowed. It has to be a legitimate sale, although Drew is permitted to sell as cheaply as he wishes. So now you see him, | every time he goes out into the country, jumping out of his car at frequent intervals, rushing over to al bunch of Arabs, holding out his egg and starting his pleading sales talk of “Oeuf, deux francs.” The Arabs just turn and walk away. Drew admits privately that he has slight hope of! winning his bet. It's harder than selling coals in| Newcastle,
inside the building. The worst problem was to keep the program going as though there were no rain, because it's forbidden to discuss the weather over the radio. Finds Purse and Owner DICK SIEMANTEL, 1514 N. Gladstone, found a purse on the sidewalk near his home the other day. There was some small change in the purse, also a slip of paper indicating it belonged to Bob Riley, 10, of 1305 N. Gladstone. Mr. Siemantel decided he'd take the purse to the boy's home the next day as he had to make a trip up north right then. On the way home he picked up three boys who had been at a golf course, And, strangely enough; one of the lads turned out to be—yep, you've guessed right— Bob Riler. Quite a coincidence. , , , Leaders in the campaign to recruit nurses for the armed forces are pleased with the response being shown. But there's still room for improvement. . Add signs of ihe times: The number of feminine voices you hear in listening to police radio broadcasts from various cities,
Doggoie Those WAACs
THE BOYS out at Ft. Harrison were tickled when the first contingent of WAACs arrived. Now, some of the fellows aren't so sure they approve of WAACSs. Before the ladies arrived, the headquarters and M. P. section almost never had drill. Since then. it has had drill every morning, And inspection every Saturday, too. You see, the company captain is afraid the gals may show up better in drill than his men, and that would be most embarrassing. . . I. U. medical students were inducted into the army Saturday for part-time military training while finishing their medic courses, and they've been getting a rough idea of army life since then, A VERY rough idea. The sergeant in charge of training them is a tough old bird. Over the week-end he had then digging ditches, chopping trees, etc. And Tuesday. he drilled them so long they missed dinner, and what would have been the first steak for most of them in a couple of months,
the Kremlin's Polish policy. Soviet spokesmen began to talk not only of annexing the three Baltic states of Lithuania. tvia and Estonia, and parts of Finland and Bessarabia, but of taking a large slice of Poland as well. Naturally, the Polish government-in-exile headed by Gen. Sikorski took vigorous exception. The case of Poland, therefore, became the test of the allied conscience. Were the united nations sincere of were they not when they signed the Atlantic charter pledging them against territorial aggrandizement?
Agreement Vital to Unity
AGREEMENT between Poland and Russia at this time would probably be based on the understanding of July 30, 1941. That is to say, on the agreement which the countries entered into in London, and which was formally ratified and implemented in Moscow on Dec. 4, four months later. This document was signed by Marshal Stalin and] Gen. Sikorski. In article 1, “the government of the] Union of Soviet Socialist Republics recognizes the) Soviet-German treaties of 1939 as to territorial | changes in Poland as having lost their validity. | The effect of this, of course, was to make Poland's position vis-a-vis Russia precisely what it had been in August, 1939—that is to say before the outbreak of the war. In London, Foreign Minister Eden announced that Britain refused to recognize “any territorial changes which have been effected in| Peolang since August, 1939." The United States is on record to the same effect, Rapprochement between Russia and Poland would | remove the greatest menace not only to existing] allied unity but to the prospects of post-war collabora- | tion, without which, all hands agree, another would) war would be only a question of time, ——————
(Mr. Clapper did not write 2 column today.)
By Eleanor Roosevelt
Elmer Davis was the speaker of the evening. Both | he and I seemed not to be tempted to talk over long. | I finished in exactly the 10 minutes which were | allotted to me. I do not think any special time was, alloted Davis, but he acted as though he had a time | schedule too. His remarks were vigorous ané to the| point. He admonished us not to think that because we had won a few victories, that we had paid the) full price of victory as yet. I think he was suggesting that there is no reason why any of us should pat curselves on the back and feel that we can let up on any of our war activities or restrictions. This morning a young man came to see me to. talk about a high school organization, “The Student! Federalist,” which has been circulating petitions in favor of a world government after the close of the war. It is a very good thing, I think, that these youngsters are educating themselves in terms of world affairs. That does not mean, however, that I expect, them at present to have much effect upon the think- | ing of those who are actually working out possibilities for the future. The day will come, however, when| they will have worked up to positions where they will carry responsibility. Then this background of
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Of Popular Revolt In the Fascist Italy
XVI—-WOULD THE ITALIANS REVOLT?
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THE widespread antagonism to Musso- , we decided after prolonged discussion
and analysis of the matter, little chance of a popular up-
rising in Italy.
For one thing, the Italians had never shown them-
selves to be a revolutionary people by nature.
Contrary
to popular American conception, they did not impress us as hot-blooded or inclined to take the long chances such
as would be necessary
for a
revolt against Mussolini.
And between the OVRA and the Gestapo, it was nearly impossible for anti-Fascists to plan and carry out the over-
throw of the Duce.
The tentacles of the OVRA spread to every farm, vilage, and city block, obtaining its information mainly from local gossip, of which there has always been an abundance
in Italy.
It was almost impossible for a meeting of poten-
tial revolutionaries to take place anywhere in Italy without an OVRA agent getting to hear about it and then checking up as to whether it was a social gathering or something
more serious.
The OVRA seldom resorted to the terroris-
tic methods of the Gestapo, but in its haphazard Italian
way it was quite thorough. We saw an example of OVRA work when a Fascist acquaintance in good standing with the party went out to a musical cafe with an American friend of ours. After much winebibbing, the American wanted to sing and proceeded to render “Tipperary,” in which the Italian, being also far from sober, joined. Afterward, the Italian realized he had been rather indiscreet but did not worry about it as he had never been in the cafe before and was consequently not known to the management. Within a week, however, the OVRA had identified him and called him up for questioning. Sentenced to confino, he appealed to some of his influential friends, and the judgment was set aside. The OVRA, however, was conevinced that anyone who would sing a British war song in his cups was secretly pro-British and they kept watch on him. About two months later, they arrested him on some other pretext and this time he stayed arrested. » n ”
Gestapo Busy
ITALY WAS also full of Gestapo agents, ostensibly there to watch over Germans in Italy, but also keeping an eye on everything that went on. They worked independently of the OVRA, but when they discovered evidence against Italians they turned the information over to the Italian police, who made the arrests. All this constant watching precludes the hatching of any cone spiracies. On the other hand, an unplanned, spontaneous revolt is nearly impossible because of the absence of any popular leader. The two men who stood the best chance of igniting a spontaneous revolution have both died since the war began. They were Italo Balbo, who, though a Fascist, did hot see eye to ¢ eve With Mussolini
Following is the first of a series of articles specially prepared by two recreational experts and authors to suggest fun and relaxation at home for travelrestricted Americans, By MARY BREEN and ARTHUR LAWSON Times Special Writers THIS YEAR you probably are vacation at home. You can, anyway, and still have fun, Weeding the victory garden
| will take up some of the sunny
hours, but you will be wise to pack the others with fun for the whole | family, giving the holiday spirit
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all have a real change from the work-a-day routine. The best way to do this is to
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about the German alliance, and the Duke of Aosta, who devoted himself to the army and held aloof from politics. Badoglio, the only prominent man who was publicly antiFascist and got away with it for a time, is too old and too cautious, He would never risk such an undertaking unless he had at least an 80 per cent chance of success, and that he will never have without an Anglo-Saxon invasion of Italy, The only kind of coup d'etat that would have a good chance of success in Italy would be a “palace revolution"-—that is, an agreement among the most prominent Fascists to remove Mussolini and put another Fascist in his place. The practical results would depend entirely on the character of the successor. The three likeliest men would be Farinacci, Grandi and Ciano, »n 5 ”
Castor Oil Genius
FARINACCI, who was castor-oil administrator in early days of Fascism, is not popular in Ttaly generally, but very strong in his own district of Cremona. In internal politics he is a Fascist extremist and in foreign policies violently pro-Ger-man, Ciano would probably never consent to such a coup d'etat unless Mussolini were genuinely failing in mind—more than usual. Being a very wealthy man, Ciano is inclined to be conservative in regard to domestic policies, while in the foreign field he is interested solely in extending the power and influence of Italy. In his social life he dislikes most Germans and likes most Anglo-Saxons, but this would not prevent his continuing the alliance with Germany if that might seem most profitable to Italy. Grandi is a mystery man so far as his views on Ralian for-
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ture “Vacationland.” Of course you can't squeeze a tennis court between the row of beans and peas, but there are many other fine games that can be fitted into the spare spaces in almost any backyard. Paint a hopscotch design on the walk to the back gate, or mark it out in the driveway you use so seldom these days. It is a child's game, but you can do a little limbering up of the old muscles by challenging Betsy and Johnny in a family championship. If you don't know the design and rules, Betsy does. For variety draw a bullboard design on the walk or porch, or make a board of plain pine lumber two-by-three feet. We are giving you the design here since it is basic for many other “tossing” and “rolling” games. Notice how the numbers add up to 15 in all directions. Bullboard can be played as competition between two players or two teams. Players take turns throwing three rings, one at a time. Play for a score of 100 or play 10 rounds. If you have drawn this bullboard design on the sidewalk you can use it for shuffieboard. Sprinkle a little sand on the walk to speed up discs’ sliding and slide one-by-one-inch discs toward the target either by throwing or by pushing with a stick or shuffieboard “shovel.” Each player is allowed three discs. Take turns, one disc at a time. This gives each player a chance to knock off the discs of the other player and thus tremendously increases the competition of the game. Against the wall of the garage or chickenhouse you might hang up a ring toss target. This is
Umberto, prince of Piedmont and heir to the throne. . . , Not sufficiently a leader to head a rebellion.,
eign policy are concerned. During the Ethiopian and Spanish wars, when he was Italian ambassador to London, he very ably presented and promoted the Fascist cause in many a rough-and-tumble conference of the powers. In the present war he has occupied a rather obscure position, but whether that was from choice or because he had incurred the displeasure of the duce is uncertain. In regard to Fascist internal policies he is known to be moderate. He is reputed to be both intellectual and a level-headed,
shrewd politician who has a large
following among thoughtful Italians. Perhaps Giuseppe Bottal, minister of education, should be mentioned as a possible “dark horse.” Too colorless to be a popular leader, he is a die-hard Fascist who spends a great deal of time and thought writing essays on the principles of fascism, Although not as violent as Farinacci is, he is almost as much of an extremist and, being something of a scholar, tries to co-ordinate sound principles of economics and statecraft with Fascist fantasies, merging the two into a logical-whimsical hodge-podge of political science. His bold criticisms of Fascist policies published in his own magazine sometimes made Italians gasp; but his comments were generally based on the fact that principles had been sacrificed to expediency and were never criticisms of fascism per se. It would be hard to predict what he would do if a freak of fate were ever to make him the head of Italy. ” ” ”
Position of Royal Family
A LIST of possible Italian revolutionary leaders would not be complete without mentioning the royal family. Both Americans and English vastly overestimate the personal standing and influence of the royal family in Italy. Not that the king is disliked—on the contrary, he is very popular—but he is regarded as a kindly, patriotic, but not too brilliant, old gentleman who could never in the world guide Italy through the dangerous shoals of contemporary history. The king enjoys the affection
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of the Italian people, but he himself is not without the taint of fascism. It was his refusal to allow martial law to be imposed which made the success of Mus-
solini’s march on Rome possible,
Also, there is good reason to believe he welcomed the march; he in company with many others was worried over the social unrest in Italy as manifested by the hundreds of strikes and the apparent inability of the governmenf ministers to deal with the situation. Many Italians who did not sub-
'seribe to the principles of fascism
welcomed Mussolini's accession (0 power as promising a strong, stable government, The heir to the throne, Ums= berto, Prince of Piedmont, also is not sufficiently a leader to head a rebellion. Handsome and hot=headed, as a young man he was restrained only by the urgings of his father from taking a publicly anti-Fascist stand, and he held aloof from the Fascist campaigns in Ethiopia and Spain. But the passing years appear to have cooled his ardor, as he is now co-operating with the Fascists and holds the post of inspector of infantry with the rank of full
general, ” ” ”
Huge 5th Column
HE WAS nominally in charge of the Italian offensive against France, which had as one of its objectives the recovery of French Savoy, the land from which his royal line, the House of Savoy, sprang. This objective was not attained. aa THE naming of Amadeo, Duke
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Hopscotch is a kids’ game.
simply a board about two feet square in which you have driven long nails six inches or so apart. Hang up by one corner and toss rubber or rope rings at the target, trying to leave them hanging on the hooks. Couftt the center hook as 25, the next row as 10, the outside row as 5 points. Play for a score of 100, or for 10 innings. For a more hilarious but less skillful game, set the score at 100. If you go beyond you have to start over again. If you are lucky enough to have some extra space in the front yard, you might set up a game of ring tennis, or deck tennis. Design your court to fit your space, but in no case make it larger than 20 by feet. Lay it
net across the center 5 feet, 8 inches high. This court is not exactly official but will do for our amateur game. You also will need a rope or rubber ring about seven inches in diameter. Open the game by tossing this ring over the net, Opponent tries to catch it and toss it back. Score as for tennis or as in badminton. No fair to hold the ring or feint with it. You can play singles or doubles. There are many more games you ean play in a tiny backyard or front lawn. Most require very little space or equipment, If you have an old croquet set you can use the balls for bowling-on-the« green—or you can mark a space in the lawn as if for shuffieppard
thrill to play.
of Spoleto, as King of Croatia was another outstanding example of co-operation between the House of Savoy and Mussolini. The royal family is now deflnitely committed to a policy of Italian imperialism, which means they are committed to fascism and must continue to support Il Duce. A royalist-led revolution, therefore, should be dismissed as not being within the range of practical possibilities. Yet the fact remains that there is a huge Anglo-American fifth column in Italy, many millions strong, a great potential source of aid to us if we can only find a way to use it. It would be a blunder not to try to harness it up, as to employ it might shorten the war and save the lives of many British and American soldiers. And these fifth columnists would be willing to work for us if we were to give them help, but they are not going to rise up and risk being Killed in a revolt that does not have at least a 75 per cent chance of success. How, then, can these potene tial allies be used, and what ine ducement do they need to work actively on our side? We believe our theory about this is a sound one because it makes allowance for the fundamental Italian avers sion of taking big risks.
NEXT-—C hances for Second Front in Italy.
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Your Vacation Can Be Fun Even If You Must Spend It at Home
his becomes exciting when you try to hit your opponent's balls and drive them from the target. You can play horseshoes in & narrow little space, or one-goal basketball against the side of the garage. Or, if you want to make some more elaborate play equip ment, this in itself can become a vacation hobby. Probably your local library has a book on how to make games, One of the very best of these small space games is box hockey. It is a rather silly-looking game —but a real
Production Lags, Somervell Says
NEW YORK, July 1 (U. P.).~= 1.t. Gen. Brehon Somervell, chief of the army service forces, said today that production lags in 1943 caused military strategy to be reduced 25 per cent “and even these lowered schedules are not being met.” “This constitutes a telling blow to our whole plan for supplying the army's requirements,” he said in the July issue of Mill and Fac« tory, a trade publication. Somervell blamed over-confi« dence, floods, critical labor short« ages, work stoppages and labor turnover for the drop in production. As a vesult of the reduced schedules, he said, “the army will not be fully equipped until well into 1944.”
RINGS MADE OF MOONS
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