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ce would have none of : ! En thing left to do | “Was go plead with the provost ‘marshal himself. “You're just wasting your time,” several officers told them. “The colonel is a tough egg. You won't # get your jeep back, he'll probably Ww you out ‘of the office besides.” to have the jeep, so they decided to 1 in his den, They asked if I would ust to bolster up their courage. Bo we marched around to the provost’s office. A ; line of army culprits was standing in queue be the colonel’s desk, and it took about an hour for us to work up to him. ~~ For once T had plenty of courage, as T wasn't in_Wolved in any way, and was merely a spectator, you might say. But Chuck and Chris were having the shakes. Finally the colonel looked up at us, as if to say “Well, what, you swine?” And then he got up, came around the desk, and headed straight for me, with his hand out and a big smile on his face. “Hello,” he said. “Haven't seen you since we met at Dakar last spring.”

He Was Another Hoosier

WE SHOOK hands and exchanged pleasantries. What trouble are “you in?” he asked. I said, “Oh, I'm personally innocent of all things, but I've taken up associating with criminals.” I introduced the other boys and explained their mess. “What's the number of your jeep?” he asked. They hold him, “Sergeant,” thé colonel said, ‘get this jeep out of

.... ALL THE RESTAURANTS in Martinsville were Jammed Saturday noon with fans headed for the 1. U.-Purdue game at Bloomington and, as usual in such vases, it was next to impossible to get waited on. However, the situation didn't stump Walker Winslow, municipal airport superintendent, when he and three friends walked ‘into the Black & White restaurant, the attention of one of the two or. three waitresses, Walker just ¢ stepped behind the counter and took over. He fixed ham sandwiches — using portions of ham that were quite generous — and served each of his friends a sandwich and a bottle of beer. He stood behind the counter while eating his own sandwich. Afterward, he reached in his pocket, got the right change, walked - over ‘tothe -cash:-register and rang up the ~money. --None-of the help paid any -attention.to him. . . The sight of a man driving a horse and buggy bought grins and wisecracks from a crowd of men and women .waiting for a streetcar at 34th and Illinois the other day. The man grinned back and then, turning west toward Crown Hill, remarked: "RR may be slow but it's better than waiting on" a eteqr.”

Sig es Suk

A WALL ON THE outside of Steeg’s pharmacy at 34th and Central bears several signs reminiscent of the: recent city “championship football” & between

gam . Bhortridge and Tech. One sign reads: “Sighted Tech,

sank same.” . Two small boys, 8 or 9, weré in the Glad drug store at 30th and Talbott the other day

Nation.

. WASHINGTON, Nov, 23.—Conversion back to elvilian work can begin gradually, and some signs

already have appeared. Limited manufacture of washing machines, refrigerators and electric irons is being authorized. Only a small portion of the demand can be met, but some conversion is possible. “For instance, there is an abundance of secondary aluminum, or scrap material not acceptable .for airplanes. It normally ‘goes into pots and pans. Some aluminum utensil factories can be reopened: without incon. venience to war production. Even the manpower problem ~ begins to seem less forbidding. —Charles E. Wilson, of WPB, has done a neat piece of work here to

: break up P hmariling of manpower. He is doing this by

Sorcing contractors off a cost-plus-fee basis. By now most of them know what their unit cost is and Wilson is forcing more and more of the conAractors to sell to the government at a stated price per unit article. Under cost-plus-fee basis, the manufacturer rounded up as much labor as he could lay his

| hands on, always trying to protect himself against

future turnover. If he held more men than he really:

_ ‘needed it was charged to government cost. But when -

he is selling his products at a. fixed price per unit,

| he wants to cut his labor costs because they come out

ot his hide instead of the government's.

“Auto Manufacture May Brighten ¥ “THAT CHANGE or the threat of it, is causing

, $0me of the big manpower centers to scale down their

future requirements heavily.

For instance, in Southern California, war manunow fix their future manpower requirements fewer than formerly. Boeing Aircraft rewas offered several hundred men more than it employ. On the whole, WPB people believe t requirements for manpower by Feb. 1 will be

“After vainly trying to get

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aren’t any bargain . A Which takes us back to a remark a passenger made on the clipper coming home a couple of months ago. My socks are always tumbled halfway down to my ankles, because they are too righ and heavy to wear garters with, so I just let them sprawl. A naval lieutenant had been sitting for three days across the aisle from me, where he couldn't help but

stare at my socks. Finally, on the third afternoon, when we'd all had time to get friendly and fresh with each other, he said: “You know, I've spent the whole trip trying to)

figure it out. Are those G. I. socks going up, or long

underwear coming down?"

Post-war Reunion Planned:

A’'FRIEND in the 1st infantry division has written me #7 a post-war reunion plan that he and some of his fellow officers +have.- A code has been worked out, so they'll all know when and-whera to meet: Membership in the reunion group will bé open only to men who have been officers in the 1st quartermaster company of the lst infantry division at any time between March 17, 1942, and the end of the war. The reunion is to be held on the first 17th of March after the war ends. It is to be at 1700 hours (5 p. m.) on the 17th floor of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, and headquarters will be in room 1717. Maj. Harlan W. Hendrick wrote me about it. Al few people who have associated with the 1st division have been invited as guests. They've been lenient enough to include me. I think the best plan would be for me to go up to room 1717 right now, and just wait for them,

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum", =e |

debating heatedly how to spend the two nickels they

‘Spokesman Tells Senate’ Post-War Committee © of Bangers, *

By E. A EVANS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

policy committee today had before

hard hit by war, Is in danger of greater trouble afterward. It came from the committee for economic development through Lou Holland, president of a Kansas City engraving company, former chairman of the smaller war plants corporation and now head of the CED's committee on special problems of small business, Here's the gist. of his statement: More than 2,100,000 firms, each | with fewer than 100 workers, val vided nearly half of the country's business employment before the) war, 3

Cites New Tdeas w= oe

of post-war production and employ-

had. One lad wanted music, the other a drink. They finally compromised. One bought a Pepsi-Cola and| started drinking. The other put his nickel in the juke box which started playing “Pistol Packin’ Mama.” The musically inclined lad kept one ear on the juke box and the other on the soft drink bottle. As soon as the bottle was exactly half empty, he took it over ‘and finished" while ~ thé" ‘other lad “concentrated “on music. .

_Hogging the News

GOVERNOR. SCHRICKER has made the news: papers as far away as India asa result of his winning a hog from the governor of Nebraska. Mrs. Henry 8, Bray has received from her husband, Capt. | ‘Bray, an air force intelligence officer in India, a copy of the CBI Roundup with a story about the hog, It's a United Press story about a 5-year-old boy writing to ask if he could have the hog so he could raise, some little pigs. Mrs. Bray is living with her parents, Mer, and Mrs. Fred C. Gauss, while her hiisband is in] the service. —CBI Roundup—stands for China, Burma, India Roundup. . Capt. Henry F. (Bud) Ostrom, son of | the Republican county chairman, has been transferred | from England to Ireland. - He's with a fighter squadron, . Cpl. Carl. Dort; & former C. of C. re-

Neb., where nal Fwith & ‘heavy bombard-| "ment processing "Also home for a few days are Pfc. Han Weng, The Times’ photographer, and his wife, Ensign: *Eieanor Welling of the WAVES. | “We watched “and he didn’t “salute her-onve;-despite: “the fact she's .his- superior officer. He's in photo-| graphic “school on Long Island, while she’s with a ashington,

naval research laboratory near W

By Raymond Clapper

Even though we have a bottleneck in trucks, because of shortages of some parts, the prospect of resuming automobile manufacture may brighten up more quickly than had been expected. The industry, or some of its leaders, ure crowding Problems. —

Washington hard to get going. But. thus far the brakes are held on. Ohe important reason is that engineering skill would be diverted from war work, even though old models were resumed from existing dies. But it may come along. For a year or two production, when resumed, will be basically of vld models for which no new machines need be made, The second year probably would see somewhat improved models. In the third year the big changes would appear using radically different designs, taking advantage of cheap aluminum and the alloys ‘which will*be plentiful.

Reconversion Task Explosive

IF GERMANY collapses, we can go quickly into automobile production. There will be no real trouble with tires because passenger car tires use little crude rubber in contrast to truck and airplane tires. Gasoline may continue a limiting factor in some sections due to transportation difficulty, but in other areas new cars could be put to use. New cars are soon to be needed to replace those now used in necessary transportation which are going off the road rapidly now because of age. Fundamentally, we Have produced already the average 20- tori ‘per man of so-called capital goods for 11 million men. From now on the produgtion job will rapidly become one of replacement of equipment and manufacture of new or changed weapons. That is not literally true of everything—such as airplanes— but it is as respects the broad picture. ~The tack of reconversion is a much more sensi“tive and explosive job than the original conversion in war producition. Enormous political issues may become involved in it. One manufacturer will be selected to continue with war production and another allowed to get back to his civilian customers. The basis on which such choices are made are bound to to be subject of intense controversy and bitterness, particularly as much of this will come during a political campaign year.

By Eleanor Roosevelt :

Incidentally, the name of the paper |

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PARTY PLANNED FOR

ment can’t be achieved. | Healthy small enterprises are the greatest laboratory for developing new ideas and products and are

“essential to preservation of a reel

society.” . In 1042, for the. first time In many |vears, far more firms went out of busines than entered business. Business deaths exceeded business {births by 67,000, and the figure [seni likely to be almost doubled 1043. Menace Business

Such problems as cancellation of war contracts are especially menacing to small business, Larger corporations will have relatively better working capital and |credit™ positions, “but many -thou{sands of small manufacturers won't ibe able, to reconvert to civilian {production -if their resources . are tied up by delays in contract settiements. J | “Congress should act quickly to in= ot ARREST br OE funds, _ Falliige. could mean even: | more rapid corporate concentration after the war. :

URGES CODNCIL ON “RACIAL PROBLEMS

Racial discrimination, both at home and abroad, has come to"the front as the biggest issue of the war, | Roger N. Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties union, sald yesterday in discussing race

Mr. Baldwin was here to address a group of Negro leaders called together by the local branch of the National “Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. Baldwin said that, as yet, the country has drawn up no adejuate defense against the Jap and German claims that the U. 8. is a “phony” democracy because equal rights are not accorded Facial minorities. In Indianapolis Mr. Baldwin urged the -formation of an interracial council, composed of business, labor, religious and Negro leaders, to work at breaking down racial discrimination, Defending the civil rights of Japanese Americans, the director of the union stated that the intern- | ment of American citizens because they are of Japanese ancestry is the “greatest single blot” on the country’s record of respecting civil

rights. The union is at present involved | in court cases in behalf of racial minorities under the direction of a special committee on race diserimination, headed by Author Pearl 8S. Buck.

NEW GAS DRY SPELL REPORTED IN EAST

WASHINGTON, Nov, 23 (U. P.)— A new gasoline “dry spell” was reported to be general throughout the

THE MWPHEETERS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.4 h Members of the senate's post-war,

them a warning that small business, |

{fornia and stayed there.

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Occupational therapy through recreation is George O'Rourke, Ft,

Wayne, discharged as a corporal jig-saw puzzle at the U. Spring road.

HERE ON HOLIDAY

War Industries to Ignore ‘Thanksgiving; Banks Join Observance.

Business and some war plants, | including Allison's, will halt. as the | city observes its second wartime Thanksgiving. Because of the added cash most |

| people are jingling, holiday tables |

-will be bountiful, but there will be a limited supply of the traditional] turkey. will take its place. Many. service: men and women! stationed here and others who will]

come into the city on leaves Thurs- |

day night will be dined and entertained in private homes through | arrangements by the service men's centers, . Offices to Close

City, county, state and federal ofMces, banks, schools-and nearly all slores® will be closed. It's a twoday holiday «for the schools, will remain closed Friday. A holiday sghedule will be maintained at the postoffice. Ail de-| partments will be closed with the chron Uf {ie parte pov Win -

‘dows Wit will be open from 8 a. mi. | pio

to 10 p.m: to receive parcel post and registered mail, There will be delivery of special delivery hail and perishable parcels. The regular holiday collection will be made and the reguar dispatch to and from Ft. Harrison will be maintained.

CALIFORNIA-FLORIDA FEUD SPLITS COUPLE

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 23 (U, P.).— Lillian Bond, stage and screen actress, liked the weather in- CaliHer husband, Sydney A. Smith of Florida and New York, preferred Florida's sunshine and whispering palms and came here, So Smith sued his wife for divorce, it was learned today; and the debate the debate continues.

Some other bird or meat!

They

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after world war I, relaxes over a

S. Veterans Administration hospital, Cold.

For proper treatment In the rehibilitation of the sick And wounded

‘the atmosphre must be soothing. lounges with a book. was Btatisned.

OFFICES CLOSE Rehabilitation of the War Ss

Here Pvt. Edward Scott, Louisville,

It's a far ery from Newfoundland where he

SIX CHILDREN

Victims a Constant Study PERISH IN FIRE

But today the quarters are large, |

| In line with efforts over the country, the U. 8. Veterans Adininistration hospital, Cold Spring rd, TIeAVIDR “10 “ehmnmet unexplored in:

"sunlit and atry with views overlook-

s ing the, river, A soit course and. a

| attempts to rehabilitate the sick | formal garden.’

{and wounded of the nation’s wars. {have worked wonders on the men,

Hard at work on the veterans’ | cases is Miss. Viola Butts, director and occupational therapist. Stationed at her present post since 1032, Miss Butts has | aimed her plans toward a gradual, | {mild and soothing rehabilitation of | ithe mind and body. 4 Active therapeutic work began] | shortly after the present hospital was. completed and the recreational | {aspect of the cure has been the major portion of treatment, Origitially the quarters used a {the treatment were so cramped that | the room would be used for visita-

tional

{ tion, services with one crowding the other | out in | rapid succession,

DANVILLE. CLUB | HEARS CAPEHART

Times Special ~ DANVILLE, Nov. 23.—A retumn to

L { mutual confidence and Pi Se OTe Fathers “Was urged today | jiffer E. Capehart, Indianapolis

manufacturer and candidate for the G. O. P. senatorial nomination,

Lions club, “This Thanksgiving week is a good time for all of us to hark back to the early days of this republic when our forefathers were men of warm hearts and keen vision and knew they must work together in order to survive,” Mr. Capehart said. “That was the philosophy upon which this natiori was founded and built and that is the philospohy upon which we shall jeve most in the future. If we are to accomplish. our common purposes both in the war and in the peace which follows, there must be a greater measure of co-operation and team play between all of us than ever, "| before in o in our history.”

recrea-

in ‘an address betore the Danville]

“The soothing and sedative effects |

Miss Butts sald. “You see, every: thing we plan must be such as to cause no emotional tension, I dt | does, ii ruins our work.” In the lounge the men play checkers, gin rummy, work jig saw puz- | zles, read, listen to the radio and | the Tike. On the walls are hung | [beautiful paintings, dued motif. Each man seems to] have a favorite, “I've seen them] sit and study these for houts,” Miss | [Butts sald But that is not all, yor a . TAdeTH theater, equipped to take wheel

[ selected radio programs are on all

| through the day.

Charity Baskets Will Cost Points |

PERBONS RECEIVING

~ {John

lodges and’ spdhaar. gions, push 8 ree iE Sri tioned foods in the baskets, OPA announced today. James D. Strickland, OPA disJArict director, explained that ration points are equally distributed; therefore, “the - person in needy circumstances is just-as-rich in ration points” as the wealthy person,” he stated, Organizations desiring further information may inquire at the commercial food rationing board, 117 E. Vermont st.

“KISS-KILL"” GIRL FREED TRENTON, N. J, Nov, 23 (U. P). —After seven years in prison, Gladys Macknight, 25-year-old who murdered her mother after being caught kissing her boy friend in the kitchen, was paroled yesterday by the court of pardons on the recommendation of Clinton felormatory offic ols.

kets from churches, 7

all th a sii |

Thanksgiving and. Christmas bas- |

the zl “the 3 a 17- a -old daughter, or

‘Parents and Two Others: i "Escape as Chicago .

House Burns.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23 (U, P) -8Six {children perished early today when flames, which while they iwere asleep, destroyed their home on a truck farm south of here. A seventh child leaped to safely from an upstairs window, and an telghth was saved “by —his— father, John Hoogenosiing, 48. The mother, Lollie, 38, ran to safety from the [burning frame house. Firemen were forced to restrain the griet-stricken father when he

spread

lunch, movies and church) | ehatr patients, is very popular and sought to re-enter the house and

save the other children,

The victims were Cornelius, 15; Jr, 14; William, 12; Joan, (0: Helen, 6, and’ Christian, 18 m mths. Mrs, Hoogenoning, whois expect... | ing another child, was hospitalized for shock, Hoogenoning was treat.

led for burns, } The .fire -started on a {leading to the second story 1 Jha the. eight children oA amen Kore c

who awoke screaming. * Bhe leaped from & "window and {the father ran upstairs from first” floor bedrodm “whieke he his. wife wore sleeping. He tossed his 3-year-old son, Carl, from a win. dow, but flames prevented him from rescuing the others, . & » . OMAHA, Neb, Nov. 23 (U. P.) Four of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorrance, Omaha, died in a fire which swept their home last night. The dead were Charles James, 7; Henry Jr, 5, Patricia, 4, and Elmer, 2. ‘ Donnajean, 10, saved herself, her brother, Ronald, 9, and Sharon, 7 months old. : The children were alone

In the | house. 3

How Long Can Japan Last? Little Men of Tokyo Tighten Belts, Hungrily Hope for Nippon's Successful Defense

By A. T. STEELE

AT A BASE IN INDIA. —Japan’s man-in-the street —alias Suzuki-San—is a little thinner, a little shabbier, a little grimmer and a little more conservative about the war's outcome than he was a year ago. He still believes Japan is impregnable behind its vast conquests, but he has just about given

Washington and London. A year ago, he was talking about the great offen‘sives to come, Now he is talk“ing about de-

successive reverse becomes a little more disturbing than the one be-

fore. The loss of Tunis was taken _

in stride. - Siclly's fall was a disappoint. ment but was passed over as being -of no vital importance. Italy's col= lapse, according to people who .. were in Japan at the time, was a severe body-blow to “Japanese faith in German invincibility. Even the glib assurance of Japanese leaders that Japan's posi tion was completely unaffected by this development did not take the sting out of this setback. . a = ” . SINCE ITALY went under and , the’ Germans began their huge[scale “planned withdrawal” in Russia, Japanese propaganda on “4he home front has had to take a more sober line. . The people are being told that while Japan is impregnable and certain of ultimate victory, a great deal of punishment and hardship ~ 1s in store for them before the war is won. Suzuki-San is being psychologreadied for the heavy bombmilitary reverses of t when they come too much of »

apanese. future with grim fatalism and are no means convinced that. ey

‘year's salary in advance and made this parting remark: “I hope you will remember me when the situation changes.” Life on the Japanese home front is becoming steadily more difficult, but the people submit with stoicism and docility. The strain on shipping to-main-tain the flow of materials to and from Japan's war industries has forced the government to limit its imports of food to the barest minimum, Rice, sugar, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, clothing and numerous other ~ fecessities are strictly rationed. Rice and fish, the two main staples of the Japanese diet, would be available in ample quantities if transport could be spared,

. » . BUT BURMA, with its big rice surplus, is too far away, and large numbers of fishing boats have been requisitioned for war purposes. Suzuki-San eats fish only three or four times a week,

He is limited to seven cents worth of meat and a couple of

countries - close. to Japan. China ~~ has been the chief sufferer. ;

consumption. The Japanese press made 8 lot of fuss over a distribution of rubber balls to Japanese children, That is the sole dividend that the Japanese public has drawn so far from its newly-won rubber empire, : If the Japanese public needs a laugh, it can always turn to the communiques. There, they may - read how the United States navy is being sunk for the second or third time. There, they may read how Japan's wild eagles “thunder= sunk” an American battleship or “plitz-sunk” an American cruiser. The communiques sometimes admit the loss of Japanese airplanes in battle, but rarely is ft admitted that they: were shot down, Every air communigue now ends with the words that such-or-such a number of Japanese airplanes “either crashed themselves against enemy objectives or failed to return.”

On second thought, perhaps the Japanese people, who are not