Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1943 — Page 3

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the earliest relic from its home port | 'P: What with goats. and other types of impediments aboard, the start on the road to Rome from the quayside at Tangiers was haphazard, to say the least. Time means no more to Moslems than to goats; so, as the only non-|from the greatly expanded field. Moslem non-goat passenger, I just

of Valencia.

had to wait,

Bend Jeep and Neapolitan Bote)

Inside the Rock,

light batteries, and more gun em-|

placements. This went on so long | Naples. [that IT wound up sleeping at the pecause this

| this.

We flew close along the montaing Having

scattered my

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jump

daylight hours were consumed, on intermediate field, and then on ro| field rations and a friend who is

arrival at Algeciras, by Spanish in-| Algiers.

comb look like a rake. everything except clip the goats.

the Spanish military.

on a 50-mile tour of back-country

Spain.

from Tangier to Gibraltar. Once arrived, and in the hands — —

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in a hurry today. “(ive Life” e _promated hy’ the In . er hen en or | 1° The twa planes) panabin fy Seouts for more’ me She KNEW from hearsay and spectors whose customs and cur-|MUCh greater than homebodies prob-| when he wore one bar. Bu 5- | were NKankin's “Present Arms” army, show, Mura NT rency control makes a fine- a al ably realize. Our soldiers and sailors| covered that the friend was all I Art victims. and heater. £30 pm f = observation that he . They did| Te finding the Mediterranean a needed where I was going. he termed his ex. "Mer Palice. registration noon unl 4 opened certain gifts first. |very big place. For example, when| After flying low the Amt. | PO mes ® pom Dream heater and Caiva {our forces landed in Algiers, and can coast, and circling occasion- | - | ’ o Dramatic club, dance, Indianapolis Ath NT ' Gibraltar lay across the harbor. pommel stood at the Nile, the ally to have a look. we made the | Som st pigs ike Artie club, Fp om SHE KNEW that she couldn't But the harbor had been closed by spacial separation was as if we had long jump over the sea to the | i” et N i — awyers poariation © ind x Aj \ 354 ~~ possibly quess wrong onSo in the swhrmed the bank of the Hudson Italian mainland, our only beach- | 8 . Ee ¢ ay wion hotel. noon | 7g “auality''—she knew that only automobile available—an Eng-| iver while the Fox panted on the head to the. continent of Europe.! one pst mn Ipdianapolis Wellesley club, Indianap . Wy qu YaaTshaptnew lish Morris runabout—I rattled off plains around Denver, We went over Salerno where the, Borkingiup.) Athletic club. 1 p m A 4 7 NN \ would be THERE regardless. As for Naples, it is a thousand beaches still show the marks of na Phe gapgplanes BIRTHS ', \ A A v/ Thus it took a full day to miles from Gibraltar, and Algiers historic fight, and then over, Pave Rankin were part of a Girt oT { JS SHE WASN'T make the 30-mile, erow-flight trip is less than half way. Algiers is Vesuvius. (which is a counterpoint | fight of 60. in- = cer Doon F |. oo ) A (\y BUS S i 600 miles behind the front. of Gibraltar at the end of this first | Sudieg i bombers and | Bers, Het Gr a, Tin —~—— ( ALWAYS SURE of the size On the second evening, T »t salient on the road to Rome. + [that had come to attack” marine S000" Goh Siapies aio - / \ . me seme forces on Bougainville Moses, Ne 2 Wethingtan” a ( her Mr. Man required. / Two Zeros tried to stop Rankin Chi or oe ! Ha 3 M \ as he started in. rea a. / A She tried so earnestly to * “They were after mv blood and John, Clea Ke vi Methods \ / /f } 's he ht I knew it. I had to wiggle like a a AN convey ° us a man s neignt, ! worm to get away.” wet /] IY | weight. circumference Shaking the Zeros, the marine vt Method / A and other leading details... | T' S Oo N E -D-AY N EARE R VICTORY | pilot took off after a flight of eight . BY ! ( Che d 4 9% h 9 | or 10 dive-bombers, which, for the | | | he ! ‘ arming y: time being, “... were quietly mind- g;ed Ruby Dislima vt &t Fra a | \ ! often with Dramatic little ing their own business. a i \ qestures . but not always Opened Fire Too Soon TT A | | \ in a way that we could “The very last Jap in the forma- toss? Mario HH \ translate to a certainty. tion,” he said, “was my first taper Welter Mui ita Ml { | | I let go at him with every one of tohn Wilma Tuk ' \ / { my guns. He burst into flames an Hoscoe. Anna Weisenberger, at Me | \ | began slipping downward like a ETE \ | skyrocket in slow motion.” Ctarles A Cra DEA rhs I i 30 In ca: N you at } In the meantime, Rankin had Fmma Bilen buanso 60 ato) something that just passed completely over the fir 1 aro Web, 74 at Lon a 3 doesn't fit the body or civebomber and was on the tail of nevis ET . | J something that the second in the formation nl agqrieves the mind “I think 1 opened fire on him ALE VIE JE " Ll M43 Reoadmay, cere: ” ’ | ” please bring ‘em back! just. .a minute too soon,” he «i114 43 N. 1a \ : but as I moved closer my fire “4, a } closed in on him and pieces began CL We <Inc ncerely w want your flying off into space ! ' - “He started burning and I watched St. Gifts to make you merry him spin in circles into the ocean 22 E Towa | The remaining dive-bombers were | N JE i too far away by this time to caten, | We have made special to 1 stopped and took a long | ~ arrangements to facilitate breath ’ / \ EXCHANGES A June 1941 graduate of Purdue | - university, Rankin enlisted Aug 23 fy { 1941 and receited his wings Sept. 4 “ boi 2 7 ; 1642, After several months uty Fa ¢ H bag. ie A or 1 ar” ~- The desk Gn the Back in the United States he left for dd. co mere * First Floor—Straig ac overseas, This is his third tour in FORD OFFICIAL DEAD i You Are Welcome! combat, HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. Doc | : Rankin’s parents gre Mr. and 27 (U. P..—Harry Braunstein. 55 . Mrs. D. A. Rankin;of: Warsaw, and director of the Ford Motor Con 2 4 ’ i his wife, Mrs. Ann’ Rankin, resides Brazitian rubber plantation, died at INC THE MAN g STORE at 189 Schoolhouse road, Santa Bar- his; home yesterday following a . 3 . bara, Cal. long illness. — ri —————————— , STRAUSS SAYS— WE NOMINATE WITH APOL “TIME" ih . of 1: " : i Can we help it—if "everybody" wanted F ! ! 4 to buy gifts at the MAN'S STORE! ] v b * . . i by Can we help it—if the old impulse E to open certain gifts first— I | evere INTO such a sweeping epidemic—that we were almost swept ’ off our feet—almost overwhelmed —almost sunk! WE DON'T MIND TELLING YOU— that our collective faces were "red" many a time i during the holiday rush. Stocks here and there were now and then pretty much depleted— but we preferred to take a ''beafing''— rather than to take in certain merchandise—the scrapings of the market—ijust to have something to sell. At least— we DID TRY to uphold the standards of quality—with : I sis which this Institution is identified! oe $0 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND—why we desire : ‘a Special Word with those people who received from Santa Claus: ... v WAT CERTINTES | 1. (2.)—Strauss GIFT CERTIFICATES. | | OF COURSE... these are convertible any time you come into the store .. . but let us respectfully suggest that you wait a bit if you conveniently can... SPRING DOBBS Hats . . . will be here in : force about February | 5th. a The new goods generally, while trooping in every day .. . : will take possession of the store ... at about February |5th, THIS IS UNCLE SAM | You would thus have fine, full, fresh, unhandled stocks Said Marshal Stalin: “Without the U. S. and her machines to choose from. . . (Some of the new things will show the United Nations could never have won the war.” » post-war ingenuity . . . that you hear so much about). Tag But, as we said at the outset . . . this is merely a . . 2 ; suggestion. Come in when the spirit moves you . . . we'll > serve you with all that we have . . . with the best : ‘that we have + + « Thank ‘you so much, 1 | Tyg de { ST 3 d ! bi / i . . — _ — - EE _— es iL STRAUSS & 00. Inc. THE MA S STORE : yt RAMSAY S115 oe inay inga RER TORE | AX pee . / . ¥ ! wal, ER VICTORY L Coe

“PURDUE STAR

of the U, 8. army, things speeded!a hospitable general—a friend of I made a | many years—who helped brush night visit which took me up and] | aside this hitchhiker's problems by down innumerable inclines to all agreeing to take me with him on a levels of gun emplacements, search| flight to Italy in a converted bomber at dawn next morning. daylight, away we went non-stop fo| It was a big break for me 600-mile 8 First Lt. airport, and got an early take-off heavily bottle-neckeda for trips like marine fighter pilot of Warsaw,

luggage | while playing football at Purdue, | The balance of the N¢ar the Algerian shoreline to an|behind, all that I had by now was ghot down two Jap dive-bombers

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- ONE EVENTS TODAY : “Give Life," drive promoted by the In diananolis Boy Scputs for more blood donors for the Red Cross

DOWNS 2 JAPS. Hath fr

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Dave Rankin, Warsaws Ih nt ni paralysis fund rais. Fighter Pilot Wins Over

Junior Police, registration, from moon un-| . Nip Zeroes.

lL6p m, D theater and the Cal vary Baptist «¢} h i VELLA LAVELLA Dave W.

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Reientech elub, Canary Cottage, noon | Falie tennis tournament, Central Y, M | A, 9 A. ni, and swimming cal nival, 2 p.m |

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