Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1943 — Page 5

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943

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In the Service— ‘Hoffmann Brothers, Once Privates, Are Now Captains

The Capts, Hoffmann, both of ar whom came up from the rank of private and attained their present rank in two years, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoffmann, 1800 S. High School rd. Capt. Edgar Frank (left) has returned to his post at Camp Crowder, Mo., after spending a leave with his parents. He entered the signal a corps on March 15, 1941, took basic, training and attended officers’ train-| ing school at Ft. Monmouth, N. J. {and son Gregory. A former mem9 was commissioned a captain at|Crowder, Mo. He is a member of | per of the national guard, the lieuamp Polk, La. about five months an armored division. tenant, now in the infantry, REO : | Capt. and Mrs. John Joe HOM-|tationed at Camp Lewis, Wash. Capt. John Joe joined the army mann and their daughter, Patricia) pf. Hinch enlisted in November, May 12, 1941, took basic training at|{Ann, reside at Leesville, La. Camp Pine, N. Y, officer's training] Both captains attended Ben Davis) army air corps troop carrier com at Ft. Monmouth, N. J., and was|high school and worked for their| and in the Pacific area.

made a captain on June 26 at Camp!father in the family’s business. 6 FROM HERE PFC. S. C. MERKLEY

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When Pfc. Sylvester C. Merkley finishes his present training he will be one of the specialists who keep the armored divisions rolling. He was enrolled this week in the armored force school at Ft. Knox, Ky. Pfe. Merkley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Merkley, 731 Woodlawn ave. ” = 1 ale > i LEFT: Three vears ago last! Apprentice seamen Robert Ww. (iomen st Great aks NT tii Gol Juteon F e | Fouts, son of C. B. Fouts, 4242 ColThey hope to earn thelr “sparks Sant RY re an uncas lege ave., and Herbert J. Schnapper, signifying the rating of radiomen joined the army. He has been gon of Irving Schnapper, 1 E. 36th {overseas for the last 13 months. A st, have been assigned to the navy | college training program at the University of Illinois. = 3

Cpl. Richard Lemuel Steeb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Steeb, 815 {Lincoln st., and Sgt. Maynard F. { Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville |S. Craig, New Augusta, were grad‘uated this week from the Ft. Knox,

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third class The men are: Kenneth R. Kinz, former Sides of Technical iE x ah .... (school, Cpl. Duncan is a graduate son of Myr and Mrs Albers Rina, of the Institute of Applied Science 913 E. Morris; Aubrey M. McBee, |ghere he studied fingerprinting. R. R. 4 Box 735; Miles J. Foster,! iis wife, Mrs. Martha Duncan, is son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Foster, saving with his parents, Mr. and 2851 N. Capitol; James T. Jones, son nfrs, James L. Duncan, 1101 W. of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Jones, R.| new York st. R. 6, Box 753 J; Eddie L. Beasley,| RIGHT: Sgt. Ward F. Monfort, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Beas- son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mon-| Ky, armored force school tank deley, 1121%; Bellefontaine, and Louis fort, 1604 Rembrandt st. is in the| partment. J. Buergler, son of Mr. and MrS.\army stationed at Brooks field, Tex., Pfc. James O. Palmer is visiting yy oseph F. Buergler, 36 S. West. : 8 =n. 2 'his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. - The promotion of John C. Prosch charles Ash, and his cousin, Miss from the rank of first lieutenant to nary Ash, 147 E. 30th st. The son captain has been announced re-|{of Mrs. Ruth Palmer, Pas Robles, | cently “somewhere in England.” | Colo., formerly of Zionsville, he is Capt. Prosch is the son of Mr. in training for the army personnel FOR BASIC TRAININ land Mrs. Ernest G. Prosch, 624 department at Washington and W. Drive, Woodruff Place. Jefferson college, Pa. The following men from Ft. Har- g = £5 Fg ££ HISOR hee Veen iy Ive camp) Pie. Nel fin 2 Ripney. Nhe IS| The following men have been na S aIning : {stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,! i" TO CAMP HAAN, CAL. Vistor R. is visiting his mother, Mrs. George | cams named. Prism ome }:Fara, 818 N. Oriental st.; Eqward Hatfield, 546 Concord st. To Camp ‘Wheeler. Ga: PVs. T. Barbee, 1921 Southeastern ave. fg § 56h 1204 E Ninth and Ralph R. Howe, 524 Bell st. rd | Robert B. Johnson, : TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS, Pvt Benjamin Pfaff, 123 S. Arling- | st.; Robert J. Bryant, 67 S. Gray ton ave., has been transferred from|st., and Richard G. South, 2426 S.

THREE MEN LEAVE

brother, Pfc. Floyd E. Hinch, met 6, Box 615; Norman Kenneth Akers,| Michigan recently. | 1429 Lawndale ave.; Arthur Gustar Smith, R. R. 19, Box 533; John They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. | Allard Jr, R. R. 2, Box 408; Floyd David White, 715 N. Pennsylvania Arch D. Hinch, 517 N. Riley ave. Bass Jr.,, R. R. 1; Robert Alan Clay-|st.; William Calvin Wildman, 5608

| 1942, and is now serving with the §

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10. Richard L. Bennett, 325 W.! Nr <t | Ft. Harrison to Camp Croft, S. C.| california st.

TO GREENSBORO, N. C. Robert] Ba { To Ft. Knox, Ky.: Forrest E. Mi. Lee, 1169 Sharon ave | Jerome Vincent Williams, son of Withered, 1815 Southeastern ave. g 5 £2 'A. J. Williams of Beech Grove, is;

now ing Michi t 1Mamie 1. Owens, daughter of Mr.|10% attending Michican State co AFRICA PRODUCING and Mrs. Oral E. Owens, 250 N. . “V ; bi Tr Sat | LaSalle st, has finished "pgp: Instzustion ibn hy Sia, appoint MANY FOODSTUFFS §aining in the WAVES at Creal N, July 18 (Ui P.). on 111, and has been selected to| Bir int WASHING 10 er oF the GEite ecome & yeoman. | Selected for training as mechan-|—*reC HIOEN'ET, habilitati we has been enrolled in the ics in the aviation branch of the of foreign relief and reha FP naval training school for the wom- navy, three local men have been | mission to North hia, Sul ay en's reserve at Iowa State Teacher's enrolled at the naval air technical | that North Africa already is proollege. Cedar Falls, Towa training center, navy pier, Chi-|ducing surpluses of many foodColeg, Cetiay Pals : cago, Ill. | stuffs, thus relieving the shipping > 2 I The men are Howard L. Scott, son situation. He believed that by the Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Healey, 2424|0of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Scott,/end of the current crop year, it W. New York st, have returned |3340 E. Vermont st; Paul E. Pavey, Will be able to supply surpluses to from Ellington field, Tex. where|son of Mrs. Nola M. Pavey, 936 N.|the armed forces in the area. they visited their son, aviation | Hamilton ave, and Herman J.| One of the major needs has been Aradet John T. Healey, who is a|Hagist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her- | repair parts for the mechanized navigation student. man st 5. agricultural equipment and seeds ;: ine : I HA A | Ae.

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22 Indianapolis Men Report UNITEDNATIONS FOOD To Alabama Flying School DELEGATION NAMED

WASHINGTON, July 16 (U. P.).— Marshall Ducuth|

| ... | Assistant Secretary of State Dean ir Lester, 5505 Broadway: Robert Will-| reporte m ir have FEY JO,,te umy % |fred Meinzen, 1224 Laurel; Merle Acheson told the first plenary ses-

forces pre-flight school for pilots) 2 nneth Montgomery, 29 S. Addison sion of the united nations interim at Maxwell field, Ala, to begin the gt. Ralph Emerson Morrow, 5730 food commission today that all 44

third phase of their training as Carrollton ave.; Charles James! pilots. | Murray, 930 Parker ave.: James | Nations which sent delegates to the

Twenty-two Indianapolis men|N. Bancroft ave.;

They are: | Lewis Paton, 1616 Montcalm st.; Original Hot Springs food conference Raymond Edward Adams, R. R. Charles Velico Petranoff, 3367 W. in May have named delegates to the st.; Kenneth Butler|pew organization. The commission was established | to plan permanent machinery to combe, 4301 Park ave.; Witt William | University ave.; William Lewis wil- | | Hadley, 3117 Guilford ave.; Marshall liams, 1225 N. New Jersey st.; Don-|2

Lt. Hinch was visiting his wife Herman Hill, 1921 Lexington ave.; ald Lee Williamson, 24 N. Euclid|Z

Robert Sidell Huffman, 7959 White ave.,, and Joseph Edward Zainey,

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Bond Buyers to See Craft Displayed on Circle |

A Friday, July 30.

Pvt. Burke

{ Li. Blackmore | chasers are going to get a chance |: LEFT: In the army with the) to see a two-man Jap suicide subparachute infantry, Pvt. James H.|marine—minus the Japs. Burke Jr., has returned to Camp | ds Er ealng Ja are Mackall, = C. after spending & | Pearl harbor, will be displayed on furlough with his parents, Mr. and the south side of Monument circle Mrs. James H. Burke, 822 Jefferson from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. Friday, ave. July 30. Adults buying an $18.75 A former Technical high school | Z2F a revel Be a] student, Pvt. Burke has been ine admitted for a 95-cent war| — the army since last January. stamp. RIGHT: Lt. Mary Ford Black-{ The county’s war finance commore, dietition, was sworn into the| mittee announced today that the

meet the world’s nutrition problems. “We must pool our energies in the fight against hunger and drought just as we do against the axis,” Acheson said in an address of welcome. “And, just as strategic decisions for military campaigns must be made in common, so there must be agreement on strategy among allies in the age-old struggle for fuller, healthier life.” He said each nation recognized that it must accept the responsibility for seeing that its own people are adequately fed, and steps to this end will be determined by each nation for itself.

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i the rado Springs, Colo. Lt. Blackmore, nearly $1,250,000 over the quota: who is the daughter of H. J. Black- | assigned to the county. more and Anauta, 2246 N. Alabama

Sides Afford View | st., graduated from Indiana uni- Tt Gir [3 versity where she specialized in he submarine display, sponsored

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school. which, combined with plate glass| = its operation. Waging a war of germs is im- sold only at AWVS bond booths | — The journal discussed a paper |Monday, according to Miss Frances ing the use of biological agents Coburn, publicity chairman: Miss| “The major military pests of | bution. smallpox, with influenza, the "IN DETROIT SUBURBS = i | “Popularly it is often assumed suburban transportation in the De- |= “However, fully virulent causaThe drivers, employed by Great = | into the bodies of unprotected hour for new drivers and 93 cents OBJECT OF SEARCH experienced drivers. year-old divorcee who eluded newsTetanus and yellow fever, Long Beach authorities searching Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, surcharge of disorderly conduct and week visit to medical installations | vaceous brunette failed to appear credited the results to the vaccinaTO SPEAK AT I. U. OY BOILING 23 and Time, will speak on “The How Cc Lb. Mr. Lydgate, who has been con- Xi A R } oO MN

was graduated from Shortridge high gr ge high! and trailer, surrounded by catwalks |= / at eye-height in its steel sides, |= Ww give an adequate view of the in-| = ar of Germs terior and permit explanation of |= » r Not Practical The AWVS has set its goal at|= $250,000 in war bond sales. The CHICAGO, July 16 (U. P)— |stamps to admit children will be practical, the journal of the |in the Claypool hotel lobby, Union American ; Medical Association | station and Victory field. said today. Ticket distribution will by Col. Leon A. Fox, who said |Rgelly, drive chairman. She will be there are praciany Jusurmoun assisted by Miss Margaret Wheeler, | == able technical difficulties prevent- | cq chairman; Mrs. Frances Carter| — as effective weapons of warfare.” | meter Schmitt | : pel) S , post card sales,|= Fos fo _Ofcer > the army jand Miss Ida Mae Shulse and Mrs. medical corps, wrote: { Pauline Glazebrook, poster distri-| the past have been the enteric —re Ee (pertaining to the intestines) fevers, typhus, bubonic plague and | STRIKE HALTS BUSES pneumonias, malaria, measles, mening and syphilis playing a DETROIT, July 16 (U. P.).—An|. minor role. unauthorized strike of 295 A. F. of | L. p i | £ that these diseases would be oy aan HH |= particularly effective military | i1oi¢ area, preventing thousands of = ‘weapons, war workers from getting to their | jobs on time. : tive agents cannot be prepared Joss ; In Jatee JUanites 4 ET hot Lakes Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc.,| € Introduced In adequale dOSeS |wa)keq out in protest against the! and non-immunized enemy pop- present wage scale of 83 cents an ulations.” an hour for experienced drivers. They reportedly seek pay scales of . =o J 3 FONDA S ACCUSER 81 and $1.10 an hour for new and LONG BEACH, cal, July 16 (.. TROOPS IN AFRICA P.) —Barbara Jean Thompson, 24-| FREE OF TETANUS papermen for 24 hours after she charged that Henry Fonda was the! ATLANTA, Ga. July 16 (U. P.). father of her month-old baby, had : : scourges of armies in previous wars, for her today with a warrant. ale completely absent from the Officers sought her for failing to North African American troops, appear for ftrial earpoear FL IRL ER Ly geon general of the army, revealed : here today. vagrancy. Deputy City Marshal ad Jack Bernard said the warrant was Rirk, just returned from a three. | issued July 23, 1942, when the cur. in Africa, said there had been no = : cases of the two diseases, and only |= Pe a peer posting $25¢ bond on two of typhus, neither fatal. He | = GALLUP POLL HEAD tions all soldiers are given, William A. Lydgate, editor of the! P C U L T R Gallup poll and formerly a member | ro] P E C i A b. sS of the staffs of Fortune magazine | CHICKENS and Why of Measuring Public Opin- | Large Selection of ion” at the Indiana university con- . rye Hens vocation Thursday at Bloomington. F Jers & nected with the Gallup poll since 1935, is in charge of formulating POULTRY CO. questions on which the poll's inter- 1026 S. MERIDIAN

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_\_ PAGE 5 HOOSIER, 5 OTHERS ON MISSING PLANE

SACRAMENTO, Ca(, July 16 (U, | P.) —~Mather field officiaNs last night | announced that a Lockheed Hudson navigation training plane with six men aboard has been missive since yesterday and is presumed to\ have crashed. The plane was last heard

om over Milford, Utah, at 10 a. mb terday and had a supply of gasoling to last only until 6 p. m, it was said. An aerial search is underway, Second Lt. Orion L. Lock, New Ale bany, Ind., was among those aboard,

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