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‘toughest they had in a long time.

. Russian war,

1500 U. S., 1000 R. A. F. ‘Planes Spread. New “Havoc on Reich. (Continued From Page One)

and Focke Wulfs swarmed a hole in the clouds like of a hollow log and fought running battle

in line; Leerie ‘Smith Yates, 23, and LaRayner Smith Zimmerman, 18, are married. Pfc. Birthl H. Smith, 19, is an army engineer in New Caledonia.

15; Denzil, 12; Evert, 11; Travy Lee and Lyda Dee, twins, 10; Calvin Lester, 9; Dathan, 8; Joseph, 7; Shirley Jane, 6; James,

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jeep of the aviation world. A Carry-all At the front it is used to carry ‘|bombs, rush Wounded to hospitals and ferry officers about from point to point. It lands or takes off at about 30 miles an hour from flelds|g or highways and flies comfortably at about the speed of a modern pas-{-

—Lt. L. G. Kirkpatrick Reported Missing. (Continued From Page One) off the east coast of the United Mr. and Mrs. Robin J. Taylor

received the navy departiient notification about _ i

The rest of the lineup is: Kemul,

fighters rotted them. 2, and Sharon, 1. / their son’s death At another city nearly 100 planes| «we're so proud of our chil- Monday; just 8 senger car on a good road. 8 Iuah! dren the dl-year-sid mo J er their own of anti- t ) 3 and gave the Fortresses a tense few Sa ye just Mike a reunion all The letter, the villages which dot this thickly

“The attack was the most suicidal I have ever seen,” said 2d Lt. Tom Dexter of Washington, D. C,, pilot of the Fortress Little Brat. “Swarms of them flew right through their own fire and attacked us head-on. Many of them even tried to ram us, and we had to take violent evasive action.” Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of U. S. strategic air forces over Europe, apparently gratified with the results of sustained attacks on German aircraft factories, now was trying to destroy the Luftwaffe

aground. An authoritative source said the 8th air force heavy bombers fanned out over Germany “like a railway traffic pattern” and picked out specialized targets. . Luftwaffe Fights Back In contrast with yesterday's attack on Berlin, when the Germans refused aerial battle in defense of what the airmen call the “big city,” they showed fight today. At least one force absorbed a quick saturation attack by about 50 Messercshmitts and Focke Wulfs just before it reached its target. On the other hand, some formations reported they did not see a single German fighter on the entire trip. Improving weather over Germany left ragged patches of clear sky over the air fields at which the Fortress and Liberator bombardiers "aimed visually. In many recent attacks they have been forced to use the overcast bombing technique, employing secret ‘aiming devices.

RUSSIANS STORM BLACK SEA PORT

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ened the Rumanian city of Iasi, where Marshal Fritz von Mannstein was reported to have established his headquarters, The closing of the assault arc on Nikolaev, at the mouth of the Bug river and last major Black sea port east of Odessa, followed the toppling of Pervomaisk to the northwest, where field reports said a “huge” German evacuation column was cut off and smashed up. {The British radio reported that an entire German convoy of ‘17 ships putting out from Nikolaev was sunk by Russian artillery fire and bombs 8 few days ago, according to C. B. 8) Steadily widening and deepening their bridgehead across the Dniester river, Marshal Ivan 8. Konev's flying columns smashed through enemy rear guard resistance and broke up German groups rallying for an attempt to stem one of the most amazing Soviet advances of the

Nudushita, 34 miles northeast of the Prut river and 17 miles north of the key escape railway junction! of Balti, was seized by the Soviets! yesterday. To the west, other Rus-| sian units advanced to within 20 miles of the Prut.

REPORT RUMANIA CHIEF IS. ‘ON SPOT’

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minister of industry; Bela Jurczek, minister of agriculture and supplies, and Antal Kunder, minister of trade and transport. The Hungarian minister to Sweden, Dr. Antal Ullein-Reviczky, announced at Stockholm that he would not recognize the new Hungarian government. He telegraphed the foreign ministry at Budapest that “I do not recognize any situation created by force, in the belief it is my duty to fight against any intruders until my country’s constitution and liberty are restored.” Bern dispatches estimated that the Magyar army consisted of at least 30,000 well-equipped and wellarmed men at the time of the occupation, although it was believed _the Germans were able to bring them under control by severing contacts between the various army units, .

SIMMS: HULL CHEERS PEOPLE OF EUROPE

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eral Interpretation on the part of some and apparent acquiescence on the part of others, silence that seemed to give consent. And while the Moscow and Teh-

ran meetings gave rise to new|g.

hopes, the promise did not seem to

materialize. * The little peoples of Amarin "| Indianapolis Business and Professional Women

Europe suffered a letdown, Meanwhile, Nazi propaganda has been taking full advantage of the situation, For years Goebbels had been telling Nazi victims that the allies did not intend to live up to . their promises, but he was such a notorious liar nobody believed him. Now: he keeps on saying, I told you .s0. . German morale, I was told, is higher than it was six months ‘ago. Then the people were pretty low. Now . thanks to Goebbels’

came from a “small family” of only seven, are among thé grocer's favorite customers on Saturday night.

for one meal but the table usually is loaded with home-made cornbread or biscuits for substi‘tutes. A case of milk . . . 12 quarts home every other day and a gallon of buttermilk, every day. Six

grocery list. Ration points are

ted section of the Ukraine,

signed. hy. Sesfes it was possible to

said that “unfavorable weather

Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who both reconstruct somethe Nazi army in this section. | The village of Mankovka, about 15 miles north of Uman, was the place where the Germans first broke. It was here that the final outcome was determined. Te

6 Quarts Milk Daily A loaf of bread hardly is enough

poor visibility and

Joseph Taylor greatly hampered rescue attempts.” x AE

Pierced Line Three days earlier Marshal Ivan S. Konev's troops, in the wake of an intense concentration of artillery fire, pierced the German defense lines, which had been located some 15 miles farther north. Some Soviet assault units ‘suffered as much as 25 per cent casualties in killed and wounded in the first stages of the fighting. The Germans retired doggedly in good order, prepared to hold Mankovka.

When the letter arrived, Master Mechanic 1-¢ Michael Dean Taylor, the Taylor's elder son, was home on his first leave since joining the navy'in January, 1940. Signalman Taylor, who was 19, was born in Indianapolis and graduated from Cathedral high school. He enlisted in the navy in March, 1042, taking his training at San Diego, Cal. When the fatal collision occurred, he had been on the subchaser about two months. Besides his parents and brother,

. + is delivered to the

dozen eggs a week also are on the

no worry, however. They are

of them” Mrs. Smith said. “I |a sister, Mrs. George Novossiltzelf usually bake three cakes at a ___ of Washington, Early. on the maging of Marek time or else just make one in a EY Survives, His|8 Russian infantry advanced jong big, long pan.” father retireq|both sides of he an leads to MankoV Tom north. Thares 3 big gas stove in the from the Indian. Their movement was no secret atm

apolis police department three years ago. Mechanic Taylor, who is 23, also was graduated from Cathedral

all. It was simply slogging on foot through mud with a minimum of motorized transport. The Soviet T-34 tank proved its gdaptability. Its high clearance, broad treads and powerful axle condi w and enlisted galiale Xt through rg the navy in Jan- an Michael Taylor 1940. He has >}. : uary, 1949, We As the infantry advanced from|y been on convoy duty in the Atlantic), .~ 4 two columns of and has seen much action, including the invasion of Sicily. f J » = LT. L. GENE KIRKPATRICK, pilot of a Flying Fortress, has been missing in action over Germany since Feb. 25. : sian Stormovik planes, which the Son of Mr. and Mrs, L. 8. Kirk- Germans call the “Black Death” patrick, he entered the service in attacked in waves of nine to 18 to August, 1942, and 4 |pour a four-hour merciless fire into went overseas in . the concentrations in the village.

And right next to the stove is a restaurant-style steam table to |% keep the food hot until the “come | and get it" call. : Chicken and gravy, biscuits and fried “taters” are favorites of the children. And they all go for the more than $2 worth of pork chops that it takes to go around for one

meal. kovka, cutting the roads to

Teaches Sunday School Besides doing the cooking, Mother Smith takes care of her eight-room house, sews, cans more than 1000 cans of fruit and

mans least expected them.

. . a half-day's labor . . . and | January, 1944. He Machines Friday is for ironing . . . all day. ry Cripple let them figure out which be- |the air forces, Lt. ‘this pounding. Much German longs to which,” she’ said. Three | Kirkpatrick was lequipment was crippled there,

boys are one size and three the other and can wear the same clothes. Sometimes they get into

employed at the Commerc { al Credit Co. and }

With the equipment they could still use the Germans hastily tried

some good fights picking out their {was graduated § to defend the southern edge of the outfits.” ~ ltrom Warren Latin village. But Mrs. Smith took the old (Central high ;o ginpatrick It was here, officers said, that the saying of her grandfather to |school in 1939. He dleshent. of “bewlidetjuitt speared heart. She believes that you al-- the Universi f Ken- [among EL I y attended iy.» only road to the was under

fire from both sides by Soviet tanks. They fought a brief engagement, then fled, leaving Mankovka’s streets lined with abandoned transport. South they rushed, toward the

patrick, is stationed with a clublittle helpers” even before they |mobile unit of the American Red go to school. Cross in England.

. Twins Care for Babies = = =

o Rumania

and might well be described as the |potazh. They headed for it,

What they found there puzzled

Skimming along the highways at| Not only was trainload after train-{tank-turret level and circling OVET|;5a4 of almost new tanks captured, put the booty included an immense fuel dump and stores of ammunition thing of the disaster that overtook wired to be exploded but which the|siolen from the Ukrainian people.

Among the wreckage are smashed sewing machines,

Germans never touched off. The captured ammunition will suffice for some of the tanks. In ts, ts -and ns and even others Russian mobile repair crews ot Ee are There is a story told of one com= his command point, rather than virtually untouched. In the yard of what formerly was Uman’s prin-

cipal machine tractor station stands solid line of entirely new tank

stop to build fortifications. Meanwhile, alarm and uneasiness, approaching panic at the immediate front, had been spreading back|a through the German lines much more rapidly than the Russian ad vance itself.

umns began to move to the rear.

almost solid streams of Nazi transports, virtually nose to tailgate, that moved spasmodically along roads to the south through March 8 and 9, and of columns of cursing, sweating Germans trying to free themselves from 'the

they went in an effort to lighten their load.

mander, his Prussian military dignity completely through the town on a Soviet tractor.

German demolition squads had tanks swung wide around Man-ipoen up and burned the few principal buildings when, at 10 o'clock, and east and appearing suddenly| , yet signals flared along the whole south of the village, where the Ger-|y,

While this was going on the RUS-,uer the roads.

fire

| Virginia ave, along with his son,

Kemul, Denzil and Evert take turns mopping the floors, cleaning up the bathroom, making the beds and doing the dishes. The twins, Lyda and Travy,

them and clean them up. The three oldest boys can cook and even the little ones know how to fry eggs. Mr. Smith, who is 41, works at DeMoss .& Son, diemakers, 660

Slee. and daughter, Leerie. He's 1A-H in the army and would get quite a pay increase if the 38age limit was lifted and he donned the G. I. uniform. The Smiths have two granddaughters one 3 and the other 3 months old. “But I'd like to have just one more baby boy,” .the proud mother added. “Boys are rough and tough and I just love them.”

CONNALLY SEEN CHOICE

WASHINGTON, March 23 (U. P.) —~Chairman Tom Connally (D. Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, was reported the most probable choice today for chairmanship of the 1l1-man senate committee set up to investi-

take care of the babies, feed |

THE WAR DEPARTMENT today’ confirmed the previous report that Pvt. Raymond Montgomery, son of Mrs. Minnie Montgomery, 252 N. Addison st., was wounded in marine action. :

SECOND LT. ALBERT D. ROMANS, son of Mrs. Albert D. Romans, 424 N. Riley ave, today was listed by the war department as missing in action but since this news has been reported a guest of the Free Yugoslavian army. » ¥ ” TWELVE INDIANA men today are on the war and navy departments’ lists of soldiers and sailors missing in action. In the European theater the missing are Sgt. Richard L. Chelminiak, son of Mrs. Helene Chelminiak, South Bend: S. Sgt. Peter J. Piazza, husband of Mrs. Eva Mae Piazza, Hammond; and S. Sgt. Billie L. Ramsey, son of Eura E. Ramsey, F't. Wayne. Missing in the Mediterranean area are Pvt. Louis P. Auble, husband of Mrs. Mary L. Auble, Valparaiso; Pfc. Edward L. Burk, son of Mrs. Gertrude A. Burk, Union City; Pfc. Dennis B. Lambert, hus-

gate domestic and foreign oil policy.

EVENTS TODAY Red Cross annual fund campaigh. Easter seal campaign. Waste paper collection, at schools 32. 45 and 87

Scottish Rite initiation, night. lems lectures, Univer. sity building, 7:30 p.m.; Cleo Blackburn. superintendent Flanner House,

speaker, Johior Civie theater tryouts, Civic theater, pm.

EVENTS TOMORROW

Red Cross annual fund campaign. Easter seal campaign. Waste paper collection at schools 27. 29 and 56.

Fats Friday, pupils in the northwest section 3 of jin city and county bring fats ool.

Aireraft exhibit in connection with the dedication of Weir Cook field, at the War memorial. :

Indianapolis Speakers club, Hotel «-Wash- | Edward, ington, 7:30 p. m.

Indianapolis Matinee Musical, Ayres’ sudi-

torium, afternoon. 8 high school, play, Caled Mills hall, night. ple high school, play, school auditorium, 8:15 p. m

Davis high school, minstrel show, school anditorium, 8 p. ican Weld

m. mer ing society, Columbia club,

‘s club, World War memorial, 8

Delta Delta versity chapter, Block's auditorium, aft-

ernoon. Junior Civie theater tryouts, Civic theater,

4pm Marion Céunty Church School association, ird. Christian church, 6:30 p. m.

MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from official records in the county court bouse. The Times, therefore, 1s “i0t responsible for error in nam.s and addresses. : 2 brn.

gsaenen they Ub er may

Jacob Willlam Pittman, 37,

Delta sorority, Butler uni. ]

soma]

important east-west railroad, but the narrow crossing .there was a bottleneck. Like a dammed stream the German columns spread to either side and sank into the fields. What was not fired hy Soviet airplanes the Germans themselves put to the torch, then moved farther on. The Soviet tank column to the west of the road continued a parallel retreat, harrying the Germans at every step. But the column to the east of the

villey Pvt. Emmet C. Love, son of E. C. Love, New Haven; Pfc. James F. Mitchell, son of Mrs. Anna Mitchell, Terre Haute; Pfc. Harold J. Raasch, son of Mrs. Ida Raasch, Hobart; 2d Lt. Alfred E. Snyder, son of Alfred L. Snyder, Ft. Wayne, and T. Sgt. Robert D. Swan, husband of Mrs. Phyllis E. Swan, Oxford. Lt. (J. g) Charles William Quigle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Quigle, Wingate, is missing in naval action.

Pfc. Merlin H. Poe, son of Arthur Poe, Jeffersonville; Pfc. Philip A. Reeves, son of Mrs. Helen Reeves, Alexandria, and Seaman 1-¢ Thomas Ainsworth Rich, son of Jacob Rich, Anderson, have been wounded

band of Mrs. Iva A. Lambert, Stiles-

IN INDIANAPOLIS-EVENTS-VITALS

Leroy Trusty, 25, U. 8

, U. 8. army; Mary Joan Trusty, 23, R. R. 3, Linton, Ind. Luel Summerville Jr., 21, of 3792 E Raymond; Anna Marie Sallee, 21, Brownsburg, Ind. 3

Henry P. Blacker, 21, R. R. 1, Brownsburg, Ind.: Prieds Kathleen Herring, 18, of 301 8. Keystone. . - Claude Leo Derrickson, 37, of 300 Leeds: Ursula Alice Marine, 26. of 925 Cottage. Bruce Osborne Broadstreet, 27, R. R. 6. Crawfordsville, Ind.; Eleanor June King, 20. of 3548 Salem. Leland Eugene Devers, 22, U. 8. navy: Juanita Maxine Russell, 19, of 5140 E.

Michigan. : « Nathaniel Gardner, 45, of 361'z Indiana; Dorothy Parkie. 34, of 316% Indiana. Albert Ernest Henke Jr. 22, U. 8. navy Virginia Adair Yaple, 22, of 434 James Place, Chicago. IIL A—————

BIRTHS . Girls Delmar, Jane Harger, at St. cis. Robert, Mary Ottenbacher, at a Francis. Grace Roland, at St. Francis. Clarence, Maslin Talos, at St. Francis. Otis, Rose Winters, at St. Francis. William, Juanita Hite, at Coleman. Herman, Jane Jones, at Methodist. John, Betty Barmore, at Methodist. Stanley, Mariam Leisk, at Methodist. Lewis. Norma Todd, at Methodist. Dewitt. Janice Lusby, at Emhardt. Walter, Clara Perry. at 343 8. State.

Bt.

‘Hobart, Ruth Moore. at St. Francis. Herman. Reba Rollins, at St. Francis. James, Rubie Durlacher, at Coleman. es Sharp, at Methodist.

at Emhardt. Qarl Martha Starke t.

DEATHS . Thomas J. Southern. 81, at 804 N. Jefferson, al i Theresa M.. Frey, 87. at 520 E. Vermont, Herbert Atkinson, at 1253 Kentucky _ acute dilatation of heart. : Gladys Clark, 50, at 818 Waldemere, car-

‘lola R.

in action.

Robert Bruce Smtih, 88, at Methodist,

carcinoma. Robert Largent, 17, at Long, pyonephrosis. Joanne iser, 14, at Riley, mitral

«stenosis. Charles M. Campbell, 66, at 2037 High-broncho-pneumonia. , 44, at Coleman, toxemia. |” 64, City, carcinoma, Rech, 85, at 2138 N. Merenal. > Lizzie Calloway, 71, at 18305 8. Keystone, cerebral hemorrhage. Nellie Johnson, 73, at 17 8. Keystone, chronic myocarditis, Marie M. Miller, 29, at City,* pulmonary tuberculosis. Fred Stettler, 68, at St. Vincent's, streptococcic meningitis. : > Kelch, 71, at 3330 N. Meridian, chronic myocarditis. Milton I. Miller, 65, at 3433 Central, acute

myocarditis. Alfred H. Lofiand, 88, at 208 E. 40th, car-

diac decompensa y Bert C. Ellis, 72, at Oity, arteriosclerosis,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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6:50

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NCLDL Lele {oblem KILLED IN ACT ON| Amounts -of Material and Their Victory Hopes elght of thoss ft 5s Yogic mt sf (Continued From Page One) oud wes alter igher ume. | Wisk fad born onfision nov /RREE 3 0 and the oldest Sub-Chaser Crewman Dead) eral throughout the Russia army tank concentration at the station at|down their packs. Helmets and gas

ing south and then east, cutting able station off from the lines of retreat. |the winds It is difficult even now to walk them. Twenty-eight Tigers werelalong the two principal thoroughleading south through the s0 closely packed is the wreck-

Fuel Captured

installing Soviet guns.

In Uman the German supply col-

The people df Uman -told us of

the

ud and sloughing off equipment as

One German tank division com-

gone, escaped Roads Clogged

By nightfall of March 9, the man roads were hopelessly clogged.

Precious gasoline streamed out The German ret became a serpentine path of

RTRAUSS

estimated to represent

Wright) P-47 Thunderbolt (Republic Aviation).

You'll note in the exhibits considerable material from Indianapolis firms— (11 are represented)—

The display is on the Memoria] Plaza—and it’s from Friday— through to Tuesday

Littered With Huge

swing~ |masks littered the streets. Valustaff records were thrown to

into Russia three years ago, searchlights, mortar batteries and field kitchens

These streets bear mute testimony to Nazi looting. Not only are there military supplies, but quantities of items which the Germans had

motors. with tanks in various stages of repair. At the airport on the outskirts of Uman the Germans left 12,000 parrels of aviation fuel and immense supplies of parachute cannisters that had been intended to relieve the forces which had been out |trapped at Korsun = Shevchenko. These are now. being dropped to advancing Russian troops by the clinging |Soviet air transport. At the airport, too, the Germans left-a sorry symbol of this entire operation. Near the fringe of the field is the burned skeleton of an immense transport plane. Its fabric covered fuselage is completely bare.

that it may be a Messerschmitt-323. It has six motors, four heavy-cali-ber machine guns and two cannons, mounted oddly in power-driven turrets in the wings. It may have been designed as a new German challenge to this front. It les hopelessly wrecked in the mud.

SEVER JAPAN BURMA LIFELINE

Airborne Native Troops Cut Main Railway, Imperil Foe’s Rear in India.

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highway routes, including the Kabaw valley and Somra hills invasion roads to India, 120 miles to the west. Several of these roads pass through Indaw and Mawlu. Meanwhile, strong British forces were reported moving through India’s Manipur state toward the Indo-Burmese frontier to counter a “token invasion” by Japanese columns converging from three directions on Imphal. “All reports indicated the Japanese were ‘across the frontier in consid-| main Torre Annunziata-Sal erable force, accompanied by rene-| highway. gade Indian nationalists and driv- ys» fng small allied patrols through the| prot G id mountainous jungles before them. hin le na fi Officia) allied sources gave only| mated Vesuvius has been emitting scant information on. the progress| 1000,000 cubic yards of lave, 3

of the Japanese drive, but it was| nore and ash indicated that the nearest invading| 4a ash Nowy since Sat

column was still some 30 miles from Imphal, a major highway center The eruption became more. . through which supplies and troops| ominous late yesterday as a new . had been funneling to the allied outburst of black smoke and ash., was followed by an accelerated

forces inside Burma. ° 1 Unofficial information indicated flow of lava on the southern slope. King Victor Emmanuel spent

the main British defense forces in Manpur were marching toward the| the afternoon visiting the sites of border and heavy fighting was im-| what had once been San Sebass minent. tiano and Massa Di Somma. One Japanese column was known He said the present eruption to have crossed the border in the| spneared much worse than the Comra hills tract northeast of Im-| one in 1906 when he also visited the scene of disaster.

phal, while a second was moving up through the Kabaw valley 50 miles RULES SCHOOL’S FARM: IS SUBJECT TO TAX

further south and apparently had Property owned by religious, edus

entered India or was about to do so. The third was on the attack in the cational and charitable foundations is subject to taxation unless the

Chin hills north of Tiddim, less than 100 miles south of Imphal and within a score of miles of the frontier. property is occupied and used exe clusively for purposes of the foune dation, Attorney General James Emmert ruled yesterday. = The opinion was given in answer to a question asked by Tax Board Chairman Charles H. Bedwell pers taining to the operation of a dairy farm in connection with Taylor university at Upland. Since no& all of the farm's products go to the" school, the farm is subject to taxes, Mr. Emmert said.

and 50 feet high, was on the southern slope -and appeared : "headed + halfway between the

hds increased in volume and expected to reach the sea wi three days if it maintains present rate of flow. The of Boscotrecase is directly path, . The road circling Vesuvius cut by ash so deep that jeeps could not get through ar had to be hauled out by Army bulldozers were called to open. the road. Ash also reported blocking traffic on

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torn feather

Large Plane Found

The yard itself is crowded

sag wearily on

| 'GEORGE COTTON DIES; SIGNAL SUPERVISOR

George Cotton, supervisor of railroad signals for the state highway commission, died today at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Samuel R. Sherrill, 66 S. Tremont st. Funeral arrangements will be completed after his two sons in service can be contacted. Royster & Askin funeral home will have charge.

SAYS—IT'S DAY NEARER VICTORY

ONE

E touch our hats In reverent Memory to Col. H. Weir Cook — and Salute his Memorial, the Weir Cook Airport!

The Hat-In-the-Ring Ace of World War |—(and immortalized a year ago in World War 11)'—was always intensely ardent in his endeavors to make Indianapolis the Center of Aviation — because of the City’s industrial strength, its heart-of-America location, its favorable terrain and climatic conditions — and because Indianapolis had the pioneering spirit and vision and air-mindedness.’

In honoring Weir Cook by the bestowal of his name to the Municipal Airport —and by the attendant ceremonies (the display of Uncle Sam's Air Power on the Memorial Plaza — and the Dinner in his honor at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Tuesday night) — we honor ourselves. :

The mind can scarcely grasp a more fitting memorial — "it's an inspiration to us to LOOK UP —it's a challenge to work to the utmost for the Victory that Is J In The Air—it will always be a beacon and an : incentive to give Indianapolis its place in the Sun — as the Center of Aviation — And in Indianapolis’ Great Destined Air Age — the spirit of Col. H. Weir Cook will live —eternallyl’ ~~.