Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1943 — Page 15

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. “Min Barrows “sitivities to the transition from a . war zone to a land of surface peace and material comforts, Sweden is in the midst of joyous pre-Christmas festivities such

“can know, Reflexes conditioned by a year of London blackouts and "scaled-cat” raids and austerity simply cannot assimilate such & change. It is not until you are in a taxi, rolling along the Drottningholmsvagen, that the full impact strikes the consciousness, You think all of a sudden: Good Jord, these are lamps actually shining from windows . . . these are arclights along the streets . . . this is peace.

Forget Many Things

AND THEN you realize that you had almost forgotten many many things—the glare of automobile ' headlights on a distant hillside, : the comforting sign of a little family around a fireside, as glimpsed from the sidewalk, the glitter of flashing neon signs, the amazing spectacle of people able to see where they're going at night, the taste of fresh milk and ice cream and juicy steaks. You had almost forgotten, and the fact that you had almost forgotten, suddenly brings a chill of nostalgia and uneasiness. If is partly that kind of homesickness that so many millions of enforced wanderers will know this Christmas and it is partly the inability to shake off war-bred reflexes. » . .

All Like a Dream

YOU GATHER with newspaper - colleagués—Ed Shanke, Jack Fleischer, Ossian Goulding and John Scott in the royal dining room of the Grand hotel, one. of _..the most attractive restaurants in all Europe. And still ‘you're in a

Tall, slender women in evening dress and men in dinner coats! Music and laughter, free from the whine of air raid sirens! Not one uniform in sight!

as few spots in the whole world

I have witnessed many a strange sight since the war began but that awakening in Stockholm:on the morning of the longest night of the year gets top place. One of these lovely apparitions in white wore a headdress of lighted candles, and another bore a tray laden with tiny cakes and cups of warm brandy and wine,

. which the Swedes call clugg. They

paraded around the room singing “Santa Lucia,” followed by the discreet presence of one of the hotel executives,

. ” Borer bent se Old Swedish Custom

IT 18 AN old Swedish custom dating back to pagan days—the festival of the lights, celebrating the end of the short days. The Swedes call it the Lucia festival and it takes place in almost every home throughout the land. The sensation of awakening unexpectedly amid such a ceremony is about the same as if it were heaven in & Nordic setting, with blond angels bearing nectar. London was never like this.

New York Mayor's Raid Fear Fades

‘NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (U. P.).— Mayor F. H. LaGuardia today decided the prospect of an enemy air raid here is sufficiently remote to allow the return of 82 priceless paintings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “I won't say Hitler isn't coming over, but he can’t come with enough aim at the pictures and ‘hit the mark,” said the mayor, At the museum, Director Francis Henry Taylor said that the

| museum “for some time” has been

bringing back paintings which

- were stored in a secret place after

Pearl Harbor,

- {sign up for a government-financ education along. the lines of the]

service men after the war would:

President's proposed

program. ] Odom said a pending bill, which! would set up state agencies to furs} nish the President with lists of acs credited institutions at which veters|

ans might seudy failed to centralize the activity in ministration. “We do not feel that we can conscientiously give our approval to the pill as it now stands,” Odom testi“We feel it ignores gi

with previously authorized veterans’ compensations.” Billion Annually He estimated that an education program for 1,000,000 men “would mean an outlay of approximately $1,000,000,000 per year.” “Present benefits exceed that figure now,” he said. “We think some attempt should be made to adjust

the proposed educational assistance

to be given a man with the com pensation which he might be receiving for service disabilities or other government obligations under the veterans administration.” Chairman Elbert ID. Thomas (D. Utah) said he objected to anything which would set the veteran aside as a veteran, as distinguished from

other students,

Educators Heard :

“If you place the veteran under control of one specific’ agency and|*

make him feel that he is not just like everyone else,” Thomas said, “you are going to create a feeling; which will be the first step toward regimentation.” Dr. Guy E. Snavely, executive 'di-| rector of the Association of American colleges; Dr. Walter C. Eells, executive secretary of the Anrerican Association of Jupior colleges, Dr. H. Aldous Dixon, president of Weber Junior college of Ogden, Utah, urged that administration of the veterans’ education program be placed under the U. 8S. office of

‘education.

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MRS. HOLLAND TO SPEAK Mrs. Gordon Holland, returned missionary to China, will speak at the meeting of the Missionary society of Broadway Baptist church tomorrow at 22d st. and Broadway. Mrs. Charles Toliver, 2113

Nowland ave, is president.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (U. P). ~Edward E. Odom, veterans ad-| ministration counsel, predicted at a senate education committee hear-| ing yesterday that about 1,000,000

veterans ad}

and wholesome respect for the disease

Perpetual student Paul Moran signs up for his 15th straight year at DePsul university, Chicago. Looking on is fellow studént Irene Gandek, who was scarcely ready for kindergarten when he first enrolled. A North Daketa farmer nine months of the year, Moran spends the other three studying accounting,

INFLUENZA WAVE ON DECLINE HERE

Influenza in Indianapolis has passed its peak, but a record of approximately 40 deaths from pneu-| monia probably will be recorded this month, Dr. Herman G, Morgan of ths board of health said today. “Many teachers, pupils and war workers who were afflicted with the flu and colds are now back on the job,” he said. “But the wave is not over.” . Dr, Morgan said that if the weather would remain steady, cold or mild, the epidemic would" be killed. “The public has developed a

{and has taken ‘to bed,” he said, He expects several more waves of colds and flu before next summer. “The next biggest one will probably come in April,” he said.*

WEAR HEMPEN CLOTHING

SAN FRANCISCO.-Japan is reported to be making cloth for military uniforms from Manila hemp. The hemp is cut into very short pleces, treated with caustic soda, mixed with paper pulp, and twisted into a thread,

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In Connection With ~~ Army Canvas.

Saga of the Flying

Attorneys in the Baker-Lock-

{has featured a long parade of wit nesses called in connection with {federal charges that two Baker{Lockwood officials and two other {individuals conspired to defraud the {government of more than $1,000,000 in connection with the manufacturé lof canvas coverings for the army.

The trial was resumed yesterday after week-end recess. Ben OC

Christian, president of the Safeway Steel Products Co. of Milwaukee, described as a sub-contractor, was

called to testify concerning his firm's activities in fulfilling war contracts, Christian was named as a defendant in the government's action, along with W. L. Mellor, BakerLockwood president; Dahne W. Winebrenner, forlner Baker-Lock-wood sales manager, and Cornelius | Loose, a civilian employee of the | army air force at Wright Field, | Dayton, O, They, and the company itself, were indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this year, Attendants in the court of federal district judge John Caskie Collet -indicated that the defense was nearing the end of its list of witnessess to be called in refutation of the government's charges, and that the case may be concluded this week,

Soldiers Helping Postoffice Rush

CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (U, P.).— The Railway Express Co. faced with an abundance of parcels and a scarcity of help, revealed today that it had offered men in the army and navy a chance to pick up a little spare change, and had solved its Christmas rush manpower problem. Help-wanted posters in U. 8. 0. clubs drew a good response, officials said. “They can work any length of time they choose, since we pay théem each night when they quit,” the official said. Ernest J. Kruetgen, Chicago postmaster, said he probably would call on the army and navy when “the real flood of letters, boxes and parcels comes.” The only trouble there is that the post office department must call for volunteers to work without pay.

od manufacturing company war uds case today expressed belief | that the trial may be concluded by |

Our Wounded Behind i in Jung e

- By ‘GEORGE WELLER The Flying Dutchman, transSopyright. 196, The Bolle Times port plane carrying 23 U. 8. fight- ke by We : Chishg : ing men over the Owen Stanleys | ways, and I was SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, | New Guinea bad crashed. Four

Dee. 15 (Via Airmail) —After the four strongest of the survivors of the crash of the Flying Dutch‘man; taking their share of the food, had left us to seek help, we talked over the situation. We were just over the top of the range, and about 8500 feet up. We didn't dare explore the bush, There were trees 60 feet high. Go in 20 yards and you were lost. The trees were all covered with a Siwy green moss, - The out wo look didn't in-

of the strongest survivors had | been’ sent ‘for help; the vest of the men took stock of their slim | food rations and the terrorizing conditions of the jungle. George Weller continues the narrative of how these men fought off death.

on the 14th and found the bodies of the Co-pllot Sgt. Steven Pitch, of Etna, Pa, and the Mexican, «Margarito Padilla, “The plane was tilted at such an angle that we could not offer

and turned back to the “On the 21st we walked almost dark along the { with a sheer waterfall turning at” the end.

| up: Its face was too

the roots of a tree we started down and reached the plain about

he uttered a prayer over them, “By the sixth day Sgt. Edward

went out I still couldn't walk.

| this soaking stuff for a half hour, wet to the thighs. Then we simply | pressed back the moss and ny. | down as we were,

"canteen from the lavatory and used il to bring water to the wounded,” George Kershner of

| a try to get away from the wreck { anyway, and I had spoken to Floyd Algust of Dorchester, 8. D. “We did our talking outside the | plane—whose open part we had Dayton, O., only surviving flier of | rigged crosswise with ropes and the crew of the Flying Dutchman, | vines like a lean-to—but we let | continued to tell his story. i the boys lying inside hear us. | I'hey had agreed that since we |

Mr. Weller

» It Broke Our Hearts

“IT HAD RAINED all that day and it rained that night in the

“The emergency warning set , was mostly destroyed: the folding Were so lost that two parties | plain of moss. It was'very cold. kite to haul up the aerial and so would have more chance of get- “By this time we were suffering ting through than one and agreed = most from salt fatigue, from

forth, But ‘the hydrogen cylinder and the halloon were still there, | and we filled the balloon, and attached thé aerial

sweating so much and not getting the salt replaced with food, We were getting so faint that we made hardly a mile and a half

we should leave, ”

~ » Marooned On Ledge

" » “ I QUIN . \ . N * _., | JON SUNDAY we started oul. the morning of the next day. ‘Our Matches Were Wet | “We took some of the Aussie | pig we crossed the mossy valley {emergency ratibn, That is dried “THE ATMOSPHERE was so fruit, perhaps Apricots. Fixing or | and climbed up the other sifle thin at this high altitude that the | peaches, which is compressed to- | Afali to a point about 2000 feet balloon would not even clear the | gether 50 tightly it loses identity | nhove, Jt. tops of the biggest trees. | as. fruit. : v ‘We had expected from this “Our matches were wet. Bul | “wo jad a dextrose tablet and | lookout to see something prog we whittled up all the loose wood | yw, chocolate bars. Also, 18 be liing_in_some direction. What from the wreck, unscrewed the | jn jive we divided one defense we Siw almost broke our hearts.

“In every direction there was nothing but a stormy sea of green i jungle, disordered peaks and vals | leys. There were mountains and

lens from a pair of binoculars and ued. it as a burning glass until a fire started.

biscuit Into 16 parts and tried to divide equally the two meat cans and canned cheese we'd found,

can of charred C ration, one Aussie emergency granulated ration, and about one-third cup of rice which we found in the ruins, all that was left of some infantryman's three-pound ration, “We sat aroliind walching the wounded eat this stew and feeling sort of mock-heroic about giving

set we crossed the biggest moun- | tain we'd seen. It was 50° steep you couldn't climb. “That first night we got marooned on a ledge 18 inches wide | and seven feet long. Two sat up | all night and two lay down, back | to back to keep warnr, At the

(« ‘ontinued tomorrow.) REPORT ON STASSEN ‘RETURNING DENIED

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15 (U. Py, Friends of Lt, Cmdr, Harold E |Stassen today denied an assertion

; first tinges of dawn we began to [hy Columnist Raymond Clapper ft up so that they could live | guy good weather, but it sted |that Stassen will be home in & few awhile longer, ' only until 10 o'clock when the weeks. . sn rainy mists closed in again | Cla N : 5 ) . Jlapper wrote in his Washington The Wounded Chaplain "no {column that “Stassen may be home

and indicated the former governor might

{in a short while,” [that

“ON MONDAY we began using our 50 precious feet of inch line

“ON THE FIFTH day the chaplain, Capt. Theodore W. Bar-

ron of Wenatchee, Wash, the | needed for crossing rivers to lower clarify his stand on the Republican only officer left alive after Lt, | ourselves from the ledges and [presidential nomination, for which George Vandevoort of Ports- | precipices, {he has been named by Minnesota

{and Nebraska delegations, Stassen’s family and friends said they had understood Stassen would be out of the country for a long While.

“We were working all the time through places where you could see that no human creature could ever have gone before, “On the fourth day we found

mouth, O., was killed, had grown much weaker. He was unable to move anymore. “A little party went into the

mossy green jungle some distance

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