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IN ITALY, March

philosophy - political idealism as he is in de-

Wireless) —You know Lt. Rudolf ©. von Ripper, the soldier-artist about whom we were writing yesfinish him up today. . Von Rippet E is a soldier of fortune, ins

at or

Von Ripper is as much home discussing

scribing the best way to take cover from a machine gun. He is meticulous in his personal appearance, yet doesn't seem to care whether he sleeps between satin sheets or in the “mud of the battlefield.

Quite a Guy

Right now Lt. Von Ripper has & nice little room on the top floor

of an apartment building in Naples taken over by the army. Here a “huge drawing board, doing water colors and pen-and-ink sketches of war. He sleeps on a cot in the same room. Around the walls are tacked doz-

for a long time,

the front with his old outfit, Whenever he does, he's out in front getting shot at before you can say scat. He's quite a guy. It is hard to reconcile the artist with the soldier in Von Ripper, - yet he is obviously professional at both. It may be that being a fine soldier makes him a better artist. His long experience at warfare has made him as as a fox. You can't conceive of his being rattled in a tight spot, and he seems to have been born without the normal sense of fear that inhabits most of mankind. : Von Ripper is s0 calm and so bold in battle that he has become a legend at the front. High officers ask his advice in planning attack. He will volunteer for anything. Being wounded four times hasnt touched his nerve in the slightest. In fact, he became so notorious as an audacious patrol leader that his division finally forbade his going on patrol unless by specific per-

Confused Sentry

ONE NIGHT Von Ripper was returning from patrol and was stopped by an itchy-fingered sentry who called, “Who goes there?” The answer came’ back in a heavily German accent, “Lt. Von Ripper.” He was wearing lieutenant bars, but his dog tag showed him to be a sergeant. It took an hour to get it straightened out. yi sentries would have shot first and then

vestigated. : Out of this background as .a proven fighting man,

Von Ripper is painting the war, He has produced

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

THE GAS COMPANY {s getting ready to conduct an advertising campaign calling attention to the fact domestic coke now is available. For a year or so, the

* WPB ordered all coke to go to steel foundries. This

order was modified in December, permitting some : coke, for an undetermined period, to go to domestic consumers. Regardless of what fuel he uses, the wise consumer will fill his coal bin “as early this summer as possible, in view of the talk of possible fuel Discussing

‘Tyndall other day that someone checked up on the ages of the crew of men sent out there to free clogged sewers. He said it was found the ages of the crew averaged 67 years. , . . Martha Hensel sends us a copy of & chain letter she received and which she did not send on, despite the threat that “the one who breaks this chain will have bad luck.” She writes: “Personally, 1 think luck comes to those who work hard for it, and not by any mere chance, The mails are overloaded now and manpower is short. Why add to the postal workers’ burden with things like this?” We ‘agree 100 per cent. . .. Wilson Humphries of the American States Insurance Co, phones us to praise a bus operator who stopped his bus at Meridfan and North sts. about 11:40 a. m. Friday and picked up some bottles that had fallen off a' truck and broken a few minutes earlier. It “was Central bus 384.

Third Largest Lake

THE WATER COMPANY'S Oaklandon reservoir— Indiana's third largest lake—is full again, as the result of recent rains, and water now is flowing over the dam. It was filled after its completion a year ago, and then in September the level was dropped four feet for repairs. Because of the rainless fall and winter, the lake didn’t fill again until this month.

The only larger lakes in the state are (1) Wawasee

and (2) Maxinkuckee. The reservoir holds seven billion gallons of water, enough—if it all could be used —to supply the city’s water requirements. for five average months. The total consumption here from all sources (wells, the White river and Fall creek) was a little over 16 billion gallons. . . «+ The Century

My Day

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA, SUNDAY. ~The first evening in Natal, a reception was held

This picture, called “Self-Portrait In 1943 Italian Landscape,” was drawn by Lt, Rudolf von Ripper about whom Ernie Pyle wrote Saturday and today. It shows Von Ripper and another wounded man being led downhill by a chortling skeleton representing inevitable death, Ernie says you get to seeing things like that when you're a soldier

more than a hundred pictures already. His work goes to the war department in Washington, but he hopes an arrangement might be made whereby a book

of his war drawings could be published. 1 believe that Von Ripper, like most of us over

here, has finally become more interested in the personal, human side of war than in the abstract

ideals for which wars are fought.

He says that in his paintings he is trying to take the apple-sauce out of war, trying to eliminate the heroics with which war is too often presented. From what I've seen of the work of other artists, Von Ripper is not alone in this sincerity. It's hard to be close enough to war to paint it, and still consider

it heroic,

Dead Men Look Awful

VON RIPPER's dead men look awful, as dead men do. Live soldiers in foxholes have that spooky stare of exhaustion. His landscapes are sad and pitifully

torn

: now what the general allied ob1| jectives are in Burma for the present

His sketches aren't photographic at all. They are

Landing of Glider Forces Linked With Clearing India-China Road.

in the middle we are fighting a serious defensive battle, and in. the south we are doing slightly better than holding our own. But it is at least pretty obvious

fensive during this dry season. The central and southern parts of | Burma, where most of Burma's natural wealth, the bulk" of its population and nearly all its bigger cities are concentrated, cannot be invaded on a major scale until greater striking power is alloted to this theater,

Operations Limited

Although the recent airborne landing of allied troops were sepctacular, dramatic and in considerable force, you must assume that the scope of its operations was confined to northern Burma. r If Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell’s Chinese, Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Americans and the airborne British commandos landed by Col

These three complete

Philip, G. Cochran's aerial circus are successful in seizing and holding northern Burma, we will possess

a DEPENDENT PAY ume coe vent "| CALLED UNEQUAL

China can be cleared of Japs before the monsoon is highly problematical. While the rains will make mili-

tary operations very difficult, they will not halt road construction.

Springer Wants Benefits

MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1944

$7,000,000 Aircraft Displa

sometimes ditsorted and grotesque, and often he goes into pen-and-irk fantasy. He has given me one of these, labeled “SelfPortrait in Italy,” which shows himself and another

the bony arms of a chortling skeleton representing ultimate and inevitable death. ; You get to seeing ‘things like that when you're a soldier for a long time.

brate its 11th birthday April 1. The club's primary mission is to buy glasses for underprivileged children in Indianapolis, It has provided more than 2400 pairs in 10 years, with the co-operation of health . Member-

df the Inside Indianapolis item about her and, having a 48-hour pass, went to Sheffield to visit her.

Our Private Mail

you might enjoy a letter we received from Sam Tyndall concerning the plight of Vern Boxell. They're both former membérs of The Times staff and now director and assistant director, respectively, of Cur-tiss-Wright propeller division public relations. We quote: “Boxell forgot to keep checking on his oil tank at home—you know Boxell. So last Saturday night he went home prepared to entertain some neighbors, when the furnace stopped. There was a 30-mile wind, and the thermometer reached 20 above, and was skidding. He tried everywhere for oil, but no luck. He then called the neighbors and disinvited them, but when they heard he had a bottle, they came, anyway. Then he changed into work clothes and chopped wood for the fireplace for three solid hours. end of three hours, he was down to the legs of the ping pong table, He described them as of the finest solid hardwood-—oak he thought, maybe. But they burned like (censored). I collected electric heaters and rushed them to the scene, as the house dropped to 48 degrees. He would plug in the heater and while still hot run from room to room

bt still no oil.” There's more, but thatll give ea.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

group of young men, and I was very happy when| po!

Jonas Ingram gave me the opportunity .their decorations. There was a moment

a point where I could just hand them -the medals without actually pinning: them on. These ceremonies are not only interesting, but very moving, and the playing of the “Star Spangled Banner” takes on a special significance at an occa-

the battle of continental Asia. This bold and audacious feat has| in pair, also given the Japs their first big To iron out this inequity and to . place world war I widows on a par| club of the Christian Men Builders class will cele-| 4; tpegter, just at a time when | with those of this war, Rep. Ray- |

demonstration American military co-operation in

Tokyo propagandists were having a

achieved by Col. Cochran and his| flying circus of aerial daredevils was more than the most sanguine of Anglo-American planners had dared hope for.

initial landings before the Japanese discovered the was Sgt. J. Safford. The sergeant received a copy location of the alr-dropped forces and seven days before Jap reconnaissance planes located our principal air strip laid out in the fastnesses of the Burmese jungle by the glider-borne American IF YOU DON'T MIND reading other people's mail, neers.

yw eal) about

More Surprises Due The impressive numbers of Brit-

ish jungle fighters landed deep behind the Japanese lines in Burma by American-mannped gliders and planes (as officially divulged Saturday) have presented the Japanese ‘enemy with an ugly foretaste of

of close Anglo-

The completeness of the

It was several days after the approximate

engi-

Supplies Keep Moving By that time virtually the en-

tire British force, plus hundreds of mules and many tons of equipment, had been landed and were on the move through the forest

towards their objectives in the!

Japanese rear.

Since then the Japs have been

strafing and bombing frequently in|nead of one family is in the armed

an effort to disorganized the movement of American supply planes

coming and going in a steady g;00 per month under the allowance

stream. To reach the landing points deep in the Burmese interior, the first contingent of American engineers and three British protecting forces were towed in gliders several hundred miles across two sprawling mountain ranges over the heads of a big Jap army on the BurmaIndia frontier and across a considerable - area of the central Burmese plain. Then they were cut loose and had to make landings in jungle clear-

rounding trees. ‘ Within 12 hours after the first gliders touched the ground the first airstrip was ready and men and supplies were being landed in transrts. How this airborne operation compared in size with similar operations , Sicily and the southwest not definitely known here, t in point of number of men and of equipment carried, it probably ranks right up among the. biggest of them. If was doubtless the t-range glider assault in

SHE STAMPS INCOME TAX FORM .‘GOODBY’

Nicholas has just one more story

the recent income tax

A Denver woman sent in her payment. of $80.57 by check. On the the red imprint of her

a war wife becomes a widow, her husband being killed in battle, Unother surprises in store for him in!cle Sam immediately cuts the cash allowance for her children almost

mond S. Springer (R. Ind) will infield day with reports of “hopeless troduce a bill, he announced today. disagreement” between Lord Mountbatten and Lt. Gen. Stilwell. receive a family allowance of $50 surprise per month, plus $30 for the first child and $20 for each additional one. Should the husband die in the

same. The lower rates for children

In Two Wars to Be on

Same Basis.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, March 20.—When

Wives of servicemen in this war

service, the allowance for the first child is reduced to $15 and for additional children $13 each. The $50 allotment for the widow remains the

are those provided for the family of veterans of .world war I. A world war 1 widow receives $50, as does the present wife or widow.

Would Treat All Alike

Mr. Springer suggests that a postwar program be worked out so that families of veterans of all wars be treated alike. He is a past commander of the Indiana department of the American Legion. “Take two American families living side by side,” Mr. Springer said, illustrating his point. “In each family there is a wife and two dependent children. The

services and his dependents are receiving family allowances totaling

and allotment act of 1942. “The other family are dependents of a deceased world war I veteran, and under veteran's laws they receive a total pension of $78 per month. “My bill will provide for increasing benefits to dependent children of deceased world war I veterans to an amount equivalent to those allotted present servicemen. “It also will provide that in case

to receive the same amount of benefits they have been provided during the period of their father’s service.”

THREE FOUND DEAD IN PARKED AUTO

Two soldiers and a girl were found |

dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in an automobile parked on road 211 near Elizabeth yesterday. They, were identified by state police as Henry Fisher of New Albany; Carl Nation and Pauline Heig, 17, of near Georgetown. A third soldier, Alex Dulmapoff of Kerman, Cal. remained unconscious today in a New. Albany hospital.

PASTORS’ SON DROWNS

- ELKHART, Harlan V. Elliott, 16, son of Rev. and Mrs. Wilson B. Elliott, joint pastors of-the Elkhart Free Methodist church, drowned yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool. Attendants said the youth had broken

gun assemblies, as well as three complete airplanes the P-40 War-! hawk, P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-38 Lightning, it is believed to- be the largest exhibit of its kind in the country.

three large circus tents. t

p. m. to 10 p. m. Friday, from 10] a. m. to 10 p. m. Saturday and from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

Cook will be climaxed with a civic) dipner next Tuesday night at the Scottish Rite cathedral, at which the name of Municipal airport will be changed officially to H. Weir Cook airport.

memorial committee, headed by Lt. Col. Walker W. Winslow, head of

, March 20 (U. P).—]

9253

: ’ Se : y to Honor Weir Cook .

The exhibit, which will close at 10 p. m. next Tuesday, is sponsored by the army air forces materiel command. . :

lanes will he on exhibit at the World War Memorial plaza from Friday until next Tuesday night. At the top is the Curtiss-Wright P140 Warhawk, center is Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt and at the bottem is the P-38 Lighning.

Three Deird ly Fiabling Planes Will Be at Memorial Plaza

Seven million dollars worth of aircraft and aircraft accessories will go on exhibit Friday at the World War Memorial plaza in connection with the ceremonies honoring Col. H. Weir Cook, noted aviator who lost his life in the Southwest Pacific last March 24.

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PAY FORMULA REVISION SEEN

Statement by Cautious New Deal Friend Reveals

‘Time Has Come.

By FRED W. PERKINS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 20.—Most potent recent sign that the Roosevelt administration is likely soon to move toward an upping of the wartime wage-control standard, the little steel formula, is in a statement by Senator Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah) that “now it appears the time has come.” * Almost any other member of congress could say the same thing and have it charged up to political expediency. But not so in the case of Senator Thomas of Utah because

Including parachutes, fuselages,

4 %¥ Housed in Tents The exhibit will be housed under!

The exhibit will be open from 8|

The ceremonies in honor of Col.

Handling details is the Weir Cook

the Municipal airport. Tickets for the dinner may be obtained from the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. The public is invited.

SPEBSQSA Will Sing at Claypool

The SPEBSQSA, organized by 45 barbershop singers yesterday, will meet again to sing oldfashioned favorites next Monday night at the Claypool hotel. The Society for the Preserva- | tion and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing America chose Helman E. Weeks president; August J. Sieloff, vice president; Joseph B. McCurdy, secretary, and Gilbert E. Ryan, treasurer. The singers emphasized they would carefully avoid “Sweet Adeline” because it is associated with saloons, but would harmonize on other old favorites. Membership is open t> any man who likes to sing old songs.

rear porch.

The

ered it.

DETAIL FOR TODAY STUKAS

family.

about $5000.

a strange and horrible zest. Some soldiers” believe they are organized by some: diabolical leader and sent in squadrons to strafe | poor G.1's. Stukas grow to unbelievable size and it's rumored

edna

the

4 INJURED, 26 * FLEE FIRE HERE

The Flames From Gas Heater management, was founded on a

Over Score Escape

Twenty-six other persons lived in the building, including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunt, owners of the apartment, but none of them was injured. The fire is believed to have been] started by a gas heater in a firstfloor bedroom occupied by Mrs. Delma Kronemeyer, daughter of the Hunts, and Miss Betty Lou Wright, who were not at home. hanging too close to the heater are believed to have ignited. flames spread rapidly through the room before persons living in other.apartments discov-

he is a combination of congressional {caution and fealty to the party in | power and in addition, he is chairman of the committee on education {and labor. | As head ot that committee Sen‘ator Thomas has been for several years the custodian of the refrig{erator to which the senate has regularly consigned bills dealing with regulation of labor unions, after their passage by the more impetuous house of representatives. Only one measure escaped that |icing-up ‘procedure. It was the Connally-Smith bill. The sponsors of that legislation used a familiar congressional trick by making the preamble read in such a way that it had to be referred to another committee.

Thomas Scholarly Figure

Senator Thomas is a scholarly figure, whose policy on. labor matters is “wait and see.” He is a firm believer in the theory that if you wait long enough everything will work out all right. : Hence, his repression of legisla- \ tion tending to make changes in the labor situation. Hence, also, the significance of his belief that the time has arrived to work out a new formula “to help wages meet increased living costs.” The Utah senator was co-chair man of President Roosevelt's 1941 industry-labor conference, just after Pearl Harbor, which set up the war labor board as a successor to the national defense mediation board. The latter had just been wrecked through running into trouble with labor organizations.

Spread Through Frame | Apartment House.

Four of six persons, forced to escape from second and third story, windows, were injured yesterday as| flames swept through the interior of a frame apartment building at 1227-1229 Bellefontaine st. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clayton, and | their 4-year-old son, Jimmie Clayton, were slightly burned before they fled out a second story window.and Miss Edith Vibbert, 21, was injured when she dropped from a rear window to the roof of a porch. None of them was seriously hurt. Two others, Raymond Gregory, 19, and Daniel Gregory, 23, jumped out of a third story window but landed unhurt on the roof of the

Clothes

Mr. Clayton said he smelled smoke .and went downstairs to investigate. Discovering the flames spreading toward -the front stairway, he- said he rushed back upstairs to get his

Escape Through Window

Before they could get back down the stairway, flames blocked the way and they went out the window to the roof of the front porch, where firemen rescued them. Others living on the second and third floors were rescued from windows’ and down a rear stairway after | it had been cleared of smoke. Damage. to the building was estimated by Mr. and Mrs. Hunt at

WOUNDED MAN GOES (ON TRIAL IN" THEFT!

Robert Hagger, 25, of 727 Park ave, who recovered recently from a bullet wound in the dbdomen, went on trial today before a jury

that some of them bring in the Dec. 204 when the latter caught mail, one to a a. When [Hagger and two other men in the a soldier puts up his’ mosquito |office of the C. D. Kenny factory netting, one ingenious stuka in- |at 1017 E..19th st. : § variably manages to get through | Mr. Evans and killed Carl just when the soldier is almost | Schuster, “asleep, comes a battle of ; nerves a

WLB, with some dissent from

| basis of equal representation for labor, management and the public. In return for this equal voice, representatives of the American Federation of Labor and the C. 1 O. pledged themselves to countenance no strikes in wartime.

Attacked by Labor

The war labor board, on July 16, 1942, gave birth to the little steel ’ formula, which assumed that workers were entitled to 15 per cent more pay than-on Jan. 1, 1841. This was based on a finding by the U. S. bus reau of labor statistics that the cost of living had risen 15 per cent in that period. The formula was opposed by the WILB ldbor members, and they have been attacking it ever since. A particularly vigorous attack is on at present, and will not be weakened by the views of Senator Thomas. The current attack is twopronged. The A. F. of L. members on the labor board recently repeated their demand for a formula revision and were voted down by the public and management members. | ‘The C. IL O. attack has its spearhead in the demand of the United Steel Workers for a raise of 17 cents in basic hourly pay. This obviously would wreck the formula, because the formula is based on present steel wages. The bureau of labor statistics figures now show a living-cost rise of 23 per cent, but the unionists assert it actually is twice that. WLB is due today to decide whether it will receive arguments on the 17-cents demand, or will bar them on the ground that the matter of setting up a new standard is for congress to determine.

EX-ENVOY FOUND IN DAZE

LOS ANGELES, March 20 (U. P.)—Edwin L. Neville, 60, identified as a former minister to Thailand and one-time counselor to the U. 8. embassy in Japan, today was found wandering about a city street un able to recall his name or ad until an old friend identified him.

HOLD EVERYTHING