Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1943 — Page 13

cook, first class, and likes it. He used to fountain in the Triangle Cafe out here we live, then worked for the Rainbow

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

A SOLDIER got aboard a Central bus at 38th st. the other evening carrying two unwrapped boxes of Lux, tied together. Feminine necks craned, and and there was a buzz of whispering. And we to know that at least one woman had diffia culty restraining herself from askgC ing him where he got it, thén jumping off the bus to try her own luck. . . . Marybelle Neal of WIBC reports that the operator of a packed INinois-Fairground streetcar looked at the crowd uf standees the other evening, and then, over, asked a woman if she wouldn't like to share His seat. She would—and did—and said she “just always wanted to drive a streetcar” . . , Gosh, don’t know how we'd get out a column without the street railway. . . . Here's anDorothy Darling of Block's was en route to the . nursery, 529 Fletcher ave, aboard a Shelby streetcar the and the car got in the market, it stopped There in the street right in front of the 100 pounds. of

toes and

_ of these, you can have them.” No one piped up. . . . ITS | nur

‘One Way to Get a Seat | HOLD YOUR HATS—here's another streetcar

- something that sounded like: “I want a seat, mamma.” © The mother hushed the child but he wouldn't be still.

In Washington

« WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Only on rare occasions

_ does the Speaker of the House leave his chair and

viously was moved to say something very close to his

‘His words and the attention which he commanded of the wellfilled chamber and the rising applause as he concluded all testified to Speaker Rayburn’s earnestness, What was the heart of the message that the Speaker was somioved to deliver? It was that representatives elevate themselves leaders and not merely fol-

suggested returned

imp

of the war. 2 - Representatives Lose Independence "THIS IS an attempt to restore members of

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basis of I-don’t-know-anything-about-art-but--what-~1

~like. in the soldier balloting was the startling head of an’ old Arab; second was a picture of a young

beach, fourth was a head of Christ. My favorite picture was a sketch of President Roosevelt which looked no more like him than I do. T think the guy who drew it ought to be given $25 just for trying. J

Finally, a man in the seat beside which the woman and child were standing got up and gave the woman his seat. She took the child on her lap. He repeated his former remark, this time pointing to the window. “Oh, you want to see out the window! I thought you wanted a seat,” said the mother. The man who had given up his seat just glowered. Tricked by an infant, . « +» Dr. Abram E. Cory, the Disciples of Christ elder statesmen, gave a talk at the Third Christian church "last week which made newspaper copy. The Times’ story on the event was on page 13 Dec, 8. The head on the story was: “RAPS ‘BIG 3'5' LACK OF PRAYER.” In smaller type was: “Rev. Cory Cites Mention of Cocktails at Parleys.” Well, Dr. Cory got quick action on his complaint about the lack of prayer. The following day—Dec. 9—on page 19 of ~The Times was another story. The head on this story was: “FP. D. R. SETS ASIDE DAY FOR PRAYER.” Many of Dr. Cory’s friends have been calling to congratulate him.

NOT About Streetcars :

A WOMAN walked into a North side rationing board to see about getting more canning sugar. A volunteer worker asked if she had her rationing books with her. The woman began fumbling in her purse and pulling out ration book after ration book. “Why, how many children have you?” asked the amazed volunteer. “Ten.” The volunteer involuntarily exclaimed: “Oh, how horrible.” You could have heard a pin drop in the place. The mother drew herself up and with a lot of dignity said, quietly: “I have always been very proud of them.” . , . John W, (Jack) x 1 of the Radell Corp., was passing the Marilyn furs shop the other evening and saw a group of folks looking in the window and smiling. Jack looked, and smiled, too. In the window was a wax mannikin, stylishly garbed but slightly deformed. Her left arm was where her right should be, and vice Yerss, yith the result her thumbs pointed out, of in. .

but only because the store wasn’t opén. the door merely said: “Closed today.”

By Raymond Clapper

congressman who a few years ago voted for the Townsend old age pension plan, although at the sane time "he told his banker he was against. it and regarded it as unsound. ’ To hit somewhere. between those two extremes is about as much as we can hope for. Senators and representatives will never, and should never, be divorced from the interests of their people. Yet their opportunities for learning more about the interests of the country as a whole, their opportunities in mingling with members from other sections to develop a broader and more balanced viewpoint, should have a chance to be felt. / Why should a man chosen by a state or a dis of several hundred thousand people, shrivel at Washington to the role of a terrorized messenger boy for a pressure minority? be

Everything in One Basket

~ UNDER BRITISH parliamentary practice, a member, if out of step with majority sentiment of his con-

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weighed intellectually while the soldiers chose |

meeting, Jan. 30, pt church. ,

FIDELITY REVIEW

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H uge Loads Carried | To Far Flung War-Bases,

By MAX B. COOK

Scrippe-Howard

Aviation Editor a

SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, Dec. 18. —A match flared in the dusk at this undisclosed air base of the army air forces air transport command, lighting up the grinning features of uniformed men. Their shadows were grotesquely silhouetted on the

surrounding palms and th

ick jungle growth, as the

‘match set fire to a circle of kerosene on the ground.

Within the circle of fire its poisonous, pronged tail

darted a scorpion, noted for and its habit of hiding in

hanging garments, awaiting its opportunity to sting—

badly. here in the jungle.

The scorpion is a hated and dreaded thing out

As the fire burned hotly, the scorpion suddenly stif-

fened.

Its pronged tail curled rapidly up over its

elongated back. Then the stinger plunged into the back

of the scorpion’s head. As it died, a shout went up— another scorpion had committed hara-kiri. This is the scorpion’s habit when faced by defeat or death. Far out over the Pacific is another scorpion. A global ring of steel and fire is tightening about it, supplied by the fast-flying “pox cars” of the air transport

command, daily flying over more

than 100,000 miles of air routes. This scorpion is Japan and the boys of the A. T. C. down here in the jungle predict that this scorpion, too, ‘will be compelled to commit hara-Kirl.

And a ring of fire it is, for air

transport command is operating daily over all oceans and all continents, flying in supplies and men to support the blazing guns on all fronts, Its “wings” as they are called, include European, North Atlantic, Caribbean, South Atlantic, African. Middle East, Pacific, Alaskan and others.

Mixed Cargoes

INCLUDED IN men, blood plasma, plane parts, heavy trucks, tires, guns, medicine and thousands of items usu= ally badly needed-—and fast—on the fighting fronts. A. T. C. also is flying many types of combat stiips to all fronts and vital parts from factory to plane plants. Mail is a vital war cargo. Through A. T. C. men on far-flung fronts are serviced speedily and morale imThis jungle base is a part of the domestic transportation division of A. T: C. which is headed by Col. George F. Brewer, : The domestic division operates all A. T. C. routes in the United

cargoes Aare

MINISTERS ELECT

~ ALLIANCE LEADERS

The Rev. John Alexander, pastor

of the Greater Bethel A. M. E. church, has been elected president of the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance,

Other officers are the Rev. J. T.

Highbaugh, pastor of the Samaritan Baptist church, vice president; the Rev. Henry W. Lewis, recording secretary of the National Baptist convention, secretary; and the Rev.

‘0. A. Calhoun, pastor of the Greater

Installation services will be held Jan, 18 dt the Mt. Zion Baptist

Phillips Memorial temple,

in a testimonial

the Mt. Zion

__INDUCT OFFICERS

"airline pilot

States and from Brownsville, Tex., south to the Canal Zone, We are-riding -some—of these routes to ascertain some of the things that lie in store for postwar global air transportation as a result of this daring wartime pioneering by the armed forces. Pioneers of the early settler days and the famed rallroad pioneers who followed them would be thrilled could they observe at close hand the terrific obstacles overcome and battles won in establishing and flying these routes, This “banana route’ ‘down over

Central America is typical of the .

innumerable other global routes which are performing a tremendous war task under the able leadership of Maj. Gen. Harold L. George and his deputy chief, Brig. Gen. C. R. Smith, formerly president of American Airlines, Inc. They head up all divisions of army air forces air transport command. » . ” ‘NO AIRPORT and no runway could be seen from the air as our twin-motored C-53 A. T. C. transport glided down and circled this spot. The C53 is the peacetime DC3, now in use by most airlines, modified with larger doors to facilitate cargo loading. _It had left Brownsville, on the lowermost tip of the Lone Star state in early morning darkness. And it had taken on gas somewhere in Mexico as stars twin‘kled in a clear sky. It had flown over extinct volcanoes, mountains, jungle and colorful Latin American cities,

Capt. Wilson Stone, veteran now serving with A. T. C, had no radio “beam” to guide him en_ route. The sun

Tomorrow’s Job—

4 By E. A. EVANS Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

done with the government-owned

war plants, In the other world war the gov-

billions for the buildings, machines and equipment of some 1600 plants, and = that investment represents

church, labout one-fifth of the nation’s en-

tire productive capital.

and

ane

the biggest post-war problems

like, and most of '

ile

C78 (Cessna Transport) Twin-engine, low-wing, §-seat

cabin monoplane used for trans portation of officers and admin. istrative personnel of the A. A. FP. Speed 181 mph. ceiling : 23,000 feet, range 750 miles,

C53 SKYTROOPER (Douglas Transport) — Twin engine, landbased transport with wood floor and folding benches to carry 28 fully equipped troops, Fitted with tow cleat on tall for towing gliders. Does 230 mph, ceiling is

23.000 feet,

) FE 2 yo Rg aa TE C54 SKYMASTER (Douglas Transport) -- Four-engine, passenger and cargo transport with interior hoist for loading pure poses. Carries 42 persons, or 54 hospital ltters, or light tank, or heavy truck. Cargo capacity is 14,000 pounds,

~port)=T win - engine,

had suddenly burst in full flery glory over a mountain peak, revealing no landing places below but a beautiful countryside in a small Central American nation far north of here. Laden with blue-striped boxes bound - overseas, huge bomber tires, airplane engine parts and other war materials, the plane was overloaded from the standpoint of peacetime And most of them along this and other A. T. C. routes are now fly. ing loads which In pre-war days were considered impossible. Despite this, Capt. Stone pointed out, not one bad accident had marred months of daily flying. Because of the heavy loads, A. T. C. pilots “fly them in" instead of “setting them down.” It's much like landing a “hot” pursuit ship at 100-plus miles per hour, » » .

Caches for Fighters

AS THE PLANE glided lower, we rose from our seat amidst boxes of supplies and looked below. Nothing like a runway was in sight, Forced landing, we thought, as a chill spun along our spine. Suddenly a long grassy length of runway appeared, slitting the jungle growth, Capt. Stone t the plane down fast smoothly. As its wheels hit the turf, caches holding

speedy, well-camoufiaged fighter.

interceptors flashed into sight, well hidden beneath the edges of

the jungle. And here were build - ings, barracks, a dispensary, the.

ever-present PX, a large onestory mess hall, and neat walks through the jungle. A group of

regulations.

BER 13, 1043

s Blaze New Air Ti

C7 CARAVAN (Curtiss Trans. low « stall speed “workhorse” for short runs of 600-700 miles, the Caravan is built of plywood and other nonstrategic - materials; lands and

takes off from small fields.

C6 COMMANDO Transport) ~Twin engine, stream« lined, large mid-wing monoplane which will carry 40 paratroopers, artillery, tractors, or scout cars,

and 1s equipped to tow gliders, Hits 254 mph, 27,000 feet ceiling.

(Curtiss

C87 LIBERATOR EXPRESS {Consolidated Transport) — Four engine transport version of B24 Liberator, with loaded weight of 29 tons, 3000-mile range, over 300 m.p.h. speed; 30,000 feet ceiling, Carries 20 passengers and 5 crew, over 6 tons cargo.

C69 CONSTELLATION heed Transport) — Four-engine transport, Carries 57, crew of 5. Speed over 300 mph. range 4000 miles. The world’s most powers ful, and America's largest land based cargo plane,

C47 SKYTRAIN (Douglas Transport) — Twin engine 15 ton transport with large, low door for loading of cargo, metal floor, and reinforced landing gear.

Will carry 28 fully equipped troops, or 3 jeeps, or 3 boxed aire plane engines. ;

C75 STRATOLINER . (Boeing Transport) — Four-engine transe port with pressure-sealed cabin for use in substratosphere. Car ries crew of 5. Speed 250 mph, range 2340 miles, gross weight

22% tons. Carries supplies and personnel.

natives were sweeping up dead leaves and debris, keeping sur‘rounding “ground immaculate. The jungle formed a perfect natural camouflage for this undisclosed base. Man had had nothing to do on that, : In charge of operations at this jungle base was T. Sgt. Walter J. Sullivan, a graduate of Elder high school, Cincinnati, He checks In the transports and supervises various base activities. Tall, bronzed and blue-eyed, the sergeant keeps the place alive with a perpetual grin, Leaning on the counter at the PX, “Bully” pointed with pride to signs posted about the walls, They read: “Child's Palm Vista" “The Biltmore” “You Are Now Entefing Scorpion Heights," “The Home of the Forgotten Men” and “Ten Thousand Vermin." “About that ‘forgotten men’ sign,” he sald, “that’s just a re minder to the top that being down here .too long is not too good. But we love it after a fashion, once we get used to it”

Enroute to U. S,

A ROAR of motors and another alr transport skimmed over the landing strip, braked to a stop, turned and taxied down to the operations shed, From it poured more than a dozen sailors and army men. All grinned happily. They were on the way back to the States from

posts in the Caribbean. *“And* “said one, “when I get into, Texas I'm gonna kiss that Texas lana. Boy, 1s it gonna be good!” “That,” remarked Sully, “is the way all of the buys come back home from. the Caribbean. It's a tough life, but they like it. Getting back to the States, though, seeing the faces of friends, walking through home - town streets, greeting the family — that's something else; it's super” But it isn't so tough down there as it used to be when it required several weeks by boat to return. The A. T. C. make it possible for a boy to get home in a day. : "en “JUST LIKE he lived In San Francisco apd was assigned to New York in the States" sald Bully. “Someone In the family

becomes {ll and the boy knows he Por

can get there plenty fast. It's a great feeling that was not there before A. T. C. began flying men and war materials to and'through the Caribbean. Later, on a tour of the base, we learned much of the problem of health, of battling malaria-laden mosquitoes, snakes and disease, Like the: pioneers of old, army medical corps has licked this problem, too, as their part in es« tablishing and keeping open A. T. C's global air routes,

NEXT~A clean bill of health in a malaria - infested Jungle

these, not being suited to peacefime ‘use, probably will be scrapped WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—One of [or closed and kept ready for emergencies. More joan another third is in aircraft and pbuilding faciliand bearing heavily on hopes for|likely to find peacetime uses in the high employment, is what shall be next few years. : : But the remainder, though less than a third of the total, represents some terrible potential headaches. The government, for in‘ernment. spent. about half a billion stance, owns more than half of the dollars on such plants. So far, in|country’s aluminum-producing ca[this one, it has spent over 15% (pacity, 92 per cent of the magne-

sium capacity, 10 per cent of steel capacity, almost half of capacity to make machine out more tons of synthetic ‘rubber

the the

in peacetime operation,

Sefitiment in congress undoubt=

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nt-Sized Ifalian Makes . |,

Government-owned War Plants Challenge Congress in Planning Peace-time Economy

edly Is against government opera tion of the plants in competition with private industries, and for giving small businesses the best possible opportunity to acquire them

or, perhaps, to operate them un-

der long leases, Whatever is done, congress will have to lay down the general policies. And until congress does that all business, large and small, will be handicapped in planning to provide future jobs.

English Women, 45-50, t0 Work

. Dec. 13 (U. P)~

you reach home.

COMMUNITY CENTER PLANS OPEN HOUSE

‘An open house program will be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday ab the South Side community center, Mrs. Bert McCammon will speak on ° “Community Co-operation’;

Miss Rosalyn Ludwig's Saicing .

class will perform, and there

dancing and singing, led by Mrs, Norma Koster, with Miss Ruth