Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1943 — Page 15

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Queer Things Army Can Do IN ONE GUN crew I ran onto there is a cannoneer who used to be a photographer for Harris & Ewing in Washington, back in the days when . Francis J.

perfect example of the queer things the army can do,

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

A BOY ABOUT 13 got on the S. Meridian trackless trolley Monday evening and handed the operator a dime, then started to walk on back in the car. “Here's your change, buddy,” the operator called to him. The boy, a bit embarrassed, said: “Aw you just keep the ; ; pennies.” The operator didn't argue about. it. First time we ever heard of tipping the streetcar operator. . . ."Sam Mueller of the

streetcar with a companion yesterday and as they reached the sidewalk they simultaneously saw a dollar bill. Both reached, but Sam got there first. But then the Christmas spirit got him and he gave his companion 50 cents of it. ; xd . + . Gertrude Groebel, the C. of C. ” ; receptionist, threw her jaw out of r day. (No, she wasn’t talking—merely 'o make matters worse, she started coughthe jaw was out of place. Her sister masw and it plopped back into place. A very mishap, says Gertrude. . , . Robert Tristram C. of C. freight and traffic department, is in New York. . . . One of our friends who much drinking, but at least was flattered he was approached by a bootd offered a case of honded liquor for $90. be the standard price for the market prod « +» « Our item about Wade 's longing for some salted lake fish, such as in brine, and his unsuccessful search

ployment service. he can’t obtain any anchovies in brine, a delicacy he learned to like back East,

Sand for the Cat

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rassment of a young wife who ordered a yard of sand for her cat The reason this was sent to me is ob-

In Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.It is not mere Mondaymorning quarterbacking for the Truman committee to be scrutinizing the army’s expensive oil project in western Canada. In wartime the army and navy are given almost unlimited funds and discretion. A postbp mortem is the only:way we have

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C. of C. got off the N. Illinois -

weeks later did we feel safe about holding the Ha-

PFC. FRANK HELMS, from Newburg, W. Va. is

and married and has a 2-year-old baby at home.

p on everything, and comment to He calls this Italian campaign a “mudaneer-

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mond Wilson of North Pit : cannoneer, the one who closes the breech and pulls the lanyard. He is about the only one of the crew who doesn’t play poker. He says he'd rather waste his money some other way. He is only 20. It’s an odd thing about both these boys hating the gun, for they seem to be almost the two most conscientious ones in the crew.

vious when I tell you that this incident actually hap-

actually ordered TWO yards of sand for the cat's box and I came home one evening from work to find a mountain of sand in the driveway, We had to hire a man to shovel it away. I have told this story many times so I wonder if the young bride in your story is my wife—nine years ago-—or if another one made the same error. Anyway it's a good story—and true, Am having an Interesting time but am looking for-

ward to the day I return home again. It has been|, = oo polancists rather than rea year since my last visit.” This was a different case, flecting Pranco’s views, were simply Lt. Ayres, but the victim probably will be happy to venting thelr personal anger at know she’s not the only one that made that mistake. | 5,010. American activity which appears to have reduced the Falanage’s influence in Spain.

Help—Weé're Lost!

THREE MEN wearing civvies—they probably were

in their late twenties—walked into the Wabash st.|fact that other Falangists recently service men’s center Monday night and timidly asked |attacked the British consulate in for help. They were lost. The men said they had Saragossa. The Spanish governbeen brought here from East Chicago. to enlist in|ment issued an apology but Britain the navy and the man who brought them here put rejected it as unsatisfactory, conthem in a red brick building for the night. They|tending Spain sought to divorce decided to see a bit of the town—and then couldn't | herself from responsibility for the remember where they had left their belongings, All action of Falangists. London mainthey remembered was that the place was run by a|tained that the Spanish govern The embarrassed fellows blushed | ment must be responsible since the as they related their plight. Mary Aikman, volunteer | Falange was the only official party switchboard operator, got busy and made some calls, [in the country.

man named “Pop.”

and eventually found the boys had strayed from the Catholic USO on Georgia st. They were given ex-

plicit instructions how to get there, and a little later | lieved, will take the same position phoned the SMC that they had arrived safely, . . .|but it appeared the move would be Guy JWathuriotit ‘at Diamond Chain has printed | chiefly aimed at encouraging a more orien for bulletin board use at|liberal regime under Franco. There the plant. The postérs have pictures of tanks, cannon, |have been indications recently that blimps, ships, ditch diggers, etc., and the following|the Falange is becoming increasingquote from Ernie Pyle’s column of Oct. 3, 1943: “The |ly unpopular,

up some

can’ machines for lives and that if we can|of yielding to pressure by loosening plague and smother the enemy with an unbearable [Some of his more stringent, decrees, weight of machinery in these next few months, hun | Controls of the press have been dreds of thousands of our young men whose ex-|abated and on Monday he decreed pectancy was small can some day walk again through |the release of about 8000 political their own front doors.”

By Raymond Clapper Spain neutral to prevent the war from reaching the Mediterranean gateway at Gibraltar. The axis has used all its pressures Spanish aid to the allies at a lsum, and Spain led f U. 8.-Spanish relations were last ain untrampled, any foreIn that period many things were done that at any | strained when Japan installed Jose [cast of a parallel between the fall Laurel as puppet head of the Phil- . ippines and Franco sent Laurel a|set of Franco completely disappears. We may have lucked into some- | message of congratulations. The| There is a parallel, however, beSpanish leader was strongly criti- tween this and other misconcepug that ppeHatan, She cized but it has since been said he tions of Franco's security. second only was forced to send the message narchist movement, for There has been some hesitation gtter Japanese hints at seizure of Tn him Stained from afar, takes on a quite different of the complexion within the country as well as here in Morocco, long reminds of Ttalian embassy announced SUPPOIt|cirded abroad as a monarchistic hotbed.

—Diplomatic quarters today foresaw no great change in U. 8. policy toward Spain as result of represen. tations to the Spanish government against the attack on the American consulate in Valencia by two memof a watch, Somebody bers of Generalissimo Francisco

priate” steps and it was believed the United States would press for strict action against the two extremists who broke into the consulate last Saturday, tore down press photographs from the wall and harangued visitors.

reported that the two men, veterans of the Spanish blue division which aided the Nazi fight against Russia, were immediately seized and jailed by Spanish police outside the consulate. The blue portedly has been withdrawn from the Russian front, at least in part, largely through Anglo-American insistence

said it would be unfair to assume that the presence of police outside the consulate reflected a general anti-American feeling since it was customary to guard foreign buildings throughout Europe.

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Party Power Wanes After Falangists Attack

~ Consulate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 32 (U. P).

The American consul at Valencia

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A state department spokesman

in Spain,

Some quarters here believed that

This theory was supported by the

Decrees Modified The United States, it was be-

Franco’ himself has shown signs

including many Re-

Allied policy has been to keep

to - keep

000,000 of Spanish assets

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in the Western Canadian | nito Mussolini's fall, the latter or- - dered them home, Franco, it was to f Opposed by Nelson, Ickes Spain. This And similar |

WILL TEST COURT REPORTERS

Competitive examinations

The examination is being held a

the | the request of the Indiana employ- |archist issue really is not disputed what {ment security division to establish

Atterbury.

tioned at Christmas furloughs, civillan organizations and cadettes will try to add a bright spot to the day of the men who remained. ceremonies are being arranged at the service men's centers, which are decorated by Christ« evergreen boughs and

mas trees, holly.

Saturday night,

Mussolini and the disintegration of fascism in Haly have left the government of Spain completely unruffled.

that the big event in Italy must be a very discouraging omen for the regime of Dictator Francisco Franco.

of Mussolini's fall is exactly the reverse. Noticing the results of the Italian policy; the outcome now is regarded In Spain as proof of the Spanish leadeérship's wisdom.

of Mussolini and an equivalent up-

and out of the army, this conclu. sion is clear: The so-called, prospective revolt of the generals will not. occur,

{which the generals are featured is not an anti-Franco movement.

strongly-declared monarchist than Franco himself. He represented his own position as a ee political pinnacle, and he always

U. $. PLAY ING: Indianapolis to Be Santa fo

Homes Here

Open Doors

For Holidays

By JOAN HIXON

Indianapolis will extend he: heart-felt hospitality and substitute for families of thousands of service men and women who will call this city home on Christmas, Celebrations -have been planned at the five service men's centers, Stout field, Ft. Harrison and Camp Many sailors from the naval armory will visit local homes for their holiday meals, and others will be served turkey at “the ship.” Only 10 per cent of the men sta= were given and many

each post

Elaborate

The celebration at

Stockings Hung

ing musicians will play and sing. Cadettes will be in charge of the with a gift for each man. Christmas night party at the Senate ave. branch. A formal dance|planned at Ft. Harrison to a backwill be followed by distribution of ground of Christmas carols that|laboratories are to sing In the WAC |Sloned officers’ clubs have foregone are being played over the address mess hall Christmas day. A Christ. Christmas A program of music and gifts will|system of the post chapel during|mas party for soldiers will he held them on New Year's eve. be the attraction at the Roberts the week. Park center, where the skating rink is always filled. A home-like atmosphere ac-|league began their Yuletide duties|celebrated by Chaplain Edward J. centuated by glowing yule logs in weeks ago by shopping for soldiers. Gracey, the fireplaces will prevail at the The Berean Sunday school class of Illinois st. center.

gifts,

The sleigh was loaned by Mrs

By HENRY J. TAYLOR Times Special Writer TANGIER, Dec. 22~The fall of

Observers abroad have reckoned

Actually, the impact on Franco

With Italy now a battleground

No Revolt Seen

That much is sure, The monarchist movement In

In all Spain there is not a more

never has

proclaimed that he is only pre-

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1043

the union station canteen began with its second birthday party today, when cakes were cut and refreshments night. Girl Scouts and the Mura served. The Stout field band played |chanters will carol. > for the birthday party.

1024 8. Tremont ave, complete a yuletide tree arrangement,

At the Wabash St, center, the This

lounge and writing rooms are gaily [visit the Fort to sing carols. decorated, and cots will be provided

Elaborate services have Carolers

Volunteer hostesses sponsored by and a men's chorus will sing. the Women's Overseas Service] Christmas eve masses will

gifts have gone to the service club midnight Christmas eve

Henry Taylor Reports After Interviewing Dictator Franco ~ That He Is Secure as He Guides Spain Toward Monarchy

There will be many scenes like this when servicemen's centers hold Christmas programs for men in uniform. Here, Mrs. Robert D. Robinson, a service center worker, and Seaman K. Wayne Robbins,

kitchen party and taffy pull was|dents at St. Agnes academy is on given last night at the service club. | display. afternoon, Girl Scouts will|conducted by Alden J. Ball

Santa Claus is due Friday after-{S8unday by Chaplain Walter On Christmas eve, filled socks{for 130 men Friday and Saturday {noon and will distribute gifts to the|Laetsch. Opl. Francis Hopper will will be given each guest, and stroll- | nights. Breakfast will be served| children of military personnel as-| give an organ recital, and Miss Jean Saturday and Sunday mornings, sembled at the service club. War|Richey will sing. ‘Isaving stamps are being mailed been | children of officers living elsewhere. from the Electronic

Friday night in the Service club, be [2:30 p. m. today in the post theater,

There - will be informal parties house in the auditorium will have The Jane John-{the Woodruff Place Baptist church and dances at the officer's and non- | continuous ‘entertainment. Marche son Burroughs choir will sing carols contributed wrapping paper, and|commissioned officers’ clubs during [ing carol groups will wander through early Christmas eve, followed by the over 4000 greeting cards have been |the rest of the week. arrival of Santa Claus in his sleigh. | dispersed for the colored company. Mark Hull and Harold Hull of Tree Decorated Zionsville, whose family has used it 80 years to deliver gifts to friends, A Christmas dance will be held|for distribution around the post, post chapel, which has been decoSupper will be/and a huge tree stands in the center | rated with holly and evergreens. served at the pantry shelf Sundayiof the floor of the main club. A

Stout field personnel will celebrate Christmas quietly with church services and turkey dinners. High mass/at 7 p. m. in the auditorium. Truck loads of decorations and will be celebrated for Uatholics at

in theithe green” was held today in the

A nativity scene made by stu-

Taylor: Tells of Talk With General

In an interesting communication to the editor of The Times, Corespondent Henry J. Taylor reveals that he recently had a two-hour conversation with the dictator of Spain—the first such reception granted a foreign newspaperman by Gen. Francisco Franco in seven years, Taylor was received at historic El Prado, the official, chateaulike country place 18 miles outside Madrid. The visit was informal in nature because Cen. Franco does not speak for publication. However, in their offitherecord talk — with the Spanish chief of protocol serving as interpreter— Taylor found the dictator “neither evasive nor touchy on the most pointed subJects.” y During their discus- den, Yraneq sion of the outlook for Spain, Taylor noted evidences of adjustments in the general's attitude toward other uations—a change best shown by his replacement of a pro-axis foreign minister with one who is friendly toward the allles. “He has a much greater familiarity with the United States and its problems than I would have imagined,” Taylor wrote. } Leaving Madrid, Taylor went to Tangier, Morocco. And now, from -there, he has sent the accompanying revealing estimate of the Spanish political situation, 7

Henry J. Taylor

from Spanish Morocco. In fact, the leading generals are all professional soldiers | unpopular everywhere, and resent being made to appear

bluntness. The next big revolution in Spain |Falange, Spain's only

’ : vd . There will be no palace. uprising, [roots” strengthening of ~ Spain's no coup by generals in Spain or Cortes, or parliament, on the other, Except for the welfare work it does in some sections, the Falange is

(United Press reports from Maas potential jall-keepers of their|qrig yesterday revealed that Franco commander. And they say so with nas ordered the dissolution of the typical, oath - bound, officer - like | palange party military. Jose Louls Arrese, minister-secretary of the

recognized will be a deflating of the irksome |party, said that the Falange has

Tomorrow’s Jobs—

By E. A. EVANS WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— “So|lowered, great is this country’s productive

Falange on one hand and a grass- reached maturity and consistency |!

Attainment of Production Peak Seen With Output Rate Cut

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Catholic services will be

Protestant services will be held

Children Party The officers’ and non-commise

parties, but will hold

A party for children of officers and enlisted men was to be held ag

Christmas day at Camp Atterbury will be family day, and the open

the hospital wards and halls. A vesper service will be held at 6 o'clock Christmas eve and a party

A ceremony of the “hinging of