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CLOSES TONIGHT

Vonnegut’s Victory Project Proves Success Once

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By HELEN RUEGAMER While Indianapolis’ victory gardeners are digging deeper into their Sanden projects each year, one of handiest tools—Vonnegut's Tels Victory Garden School—has been reaping awards oveg the nation, The school, now in its third year, is running at full speed this season with the attendance expected to reach 3000 when the sessions close tonight, In the make-believe garden on the third floor of the Vonnegut hardware store, 120° E. Washington st., the “pupils”—some war workers, other longtime farmers, white collar workers, housewives—have lise tened attentively to tips from professional gardeners and agricultural

Irwin to Talk

The wind-up session of the threeweek term was to be held at 7 p. m. today with a talk by A. A. Irwin, assistant Marion county agricultural agent on “The Man With the Hoe and a Few Things. He Should Know.”

However, the speakers are not the only attractions. Displays of seeds, garden tools, canning equipment, insects and plant diseases line the walls of the schoolroom, with artificial trees and flowers assuring the city farmers that gardentime is not too far around the corner. And to jog up spirits dampened by cold and rainy weather are signs : “22 million gardens needed

up your battle stations”; “Rationing of food will become more serious without more gardens”; “Produce, conserve, share and play square with food.” : Although Indianapolis may have been taking its only garden school more or less for granted, the rest of the nation has gone overboard for the Vonnegut institution. Cities Adopt Idea Many cities in other states have copied the idea, the department of agriculture has nodded its head in approval, recognized authorities have volunteered to divulge theyr trade secrets without pay; seed and garden firms clamor for display space in the auditorium. The prize bouquet came last year when the National Victory Garden institute extended ifs award to the Vonnegut school for outstanding service to the nation in the promotion of victory gardens. Pulling the strings that run the show is a first-class promoter and gardener—young, enthusiastic Ray Carmichael, creator and director of the show and advertising manager for the hardware firm. 2 on Opened in 1942. He's a tiller of the soil from way back, having spent his time as water boy, tender of livestock and gardener on his father's Indiana farms during the first world war. After his years in Greencastle high school and DePauw university when he delved into advertising and selling, he succumbed to the lure of the big city and started promoting. For 10 years it was in the theatrical world and then in store merchandising. ; When the war came along and the government appealed for a garden in every backyard, he opened the school in March, 1942. It rained, snowed and sleeted the opening day, but the adult pupils The school was a success, and that fall Mr. Carmichael went on to direct the Indianapolis Victory Garden Harvest show, one of 15 key city shows in the nation.

Doing Good Job

Last year the job was somewhat easier. The school grew just like the vegetables it was promoting. Many of the gardene s come every year. Their interest is rivaled by that of the teachers which was expressed by W. B. Ward, Purdue university extension horticulturist, after he spokfle at the school last week. “It is just through such programs as yours that the people have an opportunity to become acquainted with some of the better things in gardening,” he wrote, “and I. feel sure that any expense you folks have gone to will pay big dividends later on, “You are doing a good job, don't ever become discouraged and call on any of us if we can help to put a good thing across another year.” The Vonneguts themselves are not sure where they stand financially in the project, but that they're helping the war effort and creating good will is considered “pay enough. This attempt to help others find a certain contentment in a wartorn world is expressed in the quotation: “You are nearer God's heart in a garden than anyplace else on earth.”

AUSTRALIAN ARMY CRITICISM FADES

WASHINGTON, April 11 (U. P.). ~Congressional criticism of Australia’s announced plans to reduce her army subsided today following an investigation by Col. Lewis Sanders, liaison officer to the senate military affairs committee. The investigation showed that the plans include the release of only 20,000 to 30,000 men—all of them in limited service and all slated to go into essential work. Sanders undertook the inquiry at the request of acting committee chairman Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah), after several members had criticized Australia on the basis of preliminary reports that she would} release “90,000 men.” - HAMMOND MAN DIES © BAST CHICAGO, April 11 (U. P). : ord, 44

New Guinea

Louis Moffett (left) and Frank Corey + « « In ‘New Guinea.

Two Indianapolis men, Sgt. Frank (Sporty) Corey and Pvt. Louis Moffett, whose friendship began as caddies for the Willow Brook golf course, resumed their friendship for a day in New Guinea. The former golf partners, who had not seen each other for three years, met sometime in January and spent the day together. Sgt. Corey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Corey, 2130 N. Olney ave. is serving with the field artillery in the South Pacific. His wife, Marie, and their two children, one, whom he has never seen, live at the Olney ave, address. Pvt, Moffett is the husband of Mrs. Clara Moffett and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moffett, 2151 N. Olney ave. He is with the cavalry in the South Pacific.

TWISTERS KILL 8 IN ARKANSAS

At "Least 150 Others Hurt In Central States; Storm Area Moves East.

By UNITED PRESS A pressure area attended by general storm conditions moved eastward toward the Ohio valley today, leaving behind it flooded streams and a dozen tornado swept towns in the central states. Eight persons were dead in Arkansas after tornadoes struck in seven sections of the state. At least 150 other persons were injured. Communication lines were down throughout the stricken area. Small twisters struck near Hutchinson in western Kansas and Walnut in the southeast part of the state, A twister hit the Liberal, Kas, army air base Sunday night, causing an estimated $62,500 damage to installations. There were no casualties reporded in Kansas.

Report Woman Killed One woman was reported killed

‘thy a tornado that struck between

Cordell and Corn in western Oklahoma, The Red Cross sent disaster relief workers to Oklahoma where more than 100 families were homeless after floods at El Reno, Kingfisher, Bartlesville and Pawhuska. Twisters also hit at Lenopah and Sapulpa, Okla. A tornado hit Hobart, injuring at least six persons. The Arkansas tornadoes struck from Harrison in the extreme northern part of the state, to Magnolia, almost on the Louisiana border. Mrs. Marion Ward, mother of an hour-old baby, was killed at n.

Fifteen Hurt at Camp

Three persons were killed at Shilo, near Batesville, when the small - town was practically destroyed. Two persons were killed near Woodson and two near Pine Bluff. Fifteen persons were reported in-| jured at a conscientious objectors camp two miles north of Magnolia. The tornadoes and heavy rains were accompanied by electrical storms. Twenty-two fire alarm boxes were struck by lightning in St. Louis where 2.42 inches of rain was recorded at the municipal airport.

CROWN JENNINGS AS KING OF POKER

When John K. Jennings, Indiana war manpower director, went to his native Evansville for a visit during the week-end, the Elks club crowned him “king of poker” with appropriate ceremony. His poker playing friends of many| years’ standing placed on his head with elaborate gestures a crowd decorated with a royal flush and an array of poker chips. It had been made by the art department of Servel, Inc. Mr. Jennings two weeks ago volunteered to be “patron saint” of poker players after his Claypool hotel apartment was raided by police while he and six guests were playing poker. Gambling charges against him and the guests were dismissed later by Judge John MecNelis of municipal court 3 who described the raid as “illegal.”

TLISTS TA TASKS

AS DEFERRABLE

Hershey Says State Directors May Excuse Some ‘Under-26 Men.

WASHINGTON, April 11 (U, P.). —Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, today authorized state directors to recommend deferments for certain registrants under 26 who are employed in 14 vital industrial categories. All other men under 26 employed in industry are subject to immediate draft. : The new list included registrants “in certain coal producing areas” whose induction “would result in serious curtailment,” but did not specify the areas,

Lists Activities

Hershey listed the following nonagricultural activities which are deemed critical enough to warrant continued deferment of a relatively small number of men in the 18-26 age group: Synthetic rubber production, army services programs, army aircraff workers, navy civilian workers, war production board employees. Crewmen of combat-laden merchant vessels, liquid fuels produce tion, transportation personnel directly related to the war effort, men now in WSA training for sea duty, communications operators outside the United States. Captains of fishing vessels of 20 tons or over, students who will graduate by July 1, 1944, students in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and osteopathy; interns (limited to nine months).

Farmer Not Affected

Registrants in “certain coal producing areas” whose induction “would result in serious curtailment.” The 500,000 agriculturally-deferred registrants under 26 are not affected because their deferments are subject to the provisions of the Tydings amendment to the selective service act which provides that they must be necessary to, regularly engaged in and irreplaceable in essential agricultural work, The inter-agency committee, under War Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt, which drew up the new deferment list, was meeting today to study deferment quotas for specific plants.

NEW BRITAIN JAPS FORGED TO RETREAT

By UNITED PRESS Allied ground forces, holding control of the major portion of New Britain in the Bismarck archipelago, continued their campaign today against an estimated 40,000 Japa-

of the island, while American airmen maintained a steady offensive to neutralize enemy bases in the Central and Southwest Pacific. The isolated Japanese on New Britain, who were estimated to have lost 10,000 men since the initial U. S. marine landing at Arawe, Dec. 15, were believed preparing a final stand along a 20-mile line between Wide Bay and Open Bay at the neck of Gazelle peninsula, 60 miles south of Rabaul. As the Japanese retreated toward the defenses before Rabaul, allied bombers contipued their attacks on the big base at the northern end of New Britain, dropping 80 tons of explosives on Lakunai airdrome and the nearby area. The new raid brought the total weight of bombs unloaded on Rabaul to more than 5600 tons in 62 days of attacks since { Feb. 3. In other attacks, U. 8 fliers ranged over New Guinea, the Marshalls and the Carolines striking as far as Woleai, 500 miles west of Truk, one of the targets of the attack by a huge American naval task force on the western Carolines at the end of last month. United Press War Correspondent Dan McGuire disclosed that carrierbased planes from the task force destroyed possibly 100,000 tons of Japanese shipping in the two-day raid on the Palau islands, 650 miles west of Woleai, and only 550 miles | from the Philippines.

POLES TO AID SOVIET

NAPLES, April 11 (U.P.).—Gen. Kazimirez Sosnowski, commander-|in-chief of Polish forces, announced {today that Poland's secret underground army had received special orders to co-operate wtih Soviet troops in Polish territory, but said the outcome depends on Russian recognition of the Polish civil administration.

SCHEDULE RADAR TALK

Floyd Allison, formerly territorial salesman for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., now in the armed forces, will speak on “The Use of Radar in Our War,” at a meeting Thursday noon of the Indianapolis Real Estate board in the Washington hotel.

RATIONING DATES

MEAT—Red stamps AS, BS, C8, D8, E8, F8, G8, HS, J8, K8, L8 and M8 in Book 4 good indefinitely for 10 points each. CANNED GOODS—Blue stamps A8, BS, C8, D8, EB, F8, G8, HS, J8 and K8 in book 4 good indefinitely for 10 points each. SUGAR—Stamps 30 and 31 in Book 4 are good indefinitely for 5 pounds. Stamp 40 in Book 4 good for 5 pounds of canning sugar. SHOES—Stamp 18 in Book 1 expires April 30 No 1 “airplane stamp in Book 3 guod indefinitely. Another shoe stamp becomes valid May L7.- - GASOLINE—Stamp A-11 is go

for 3 gallons through June 31; B2, nd C3 good for 6

for 5 gallons; El good for 1 gallon; R1 good for 5 gallons only at bulk stations, A,.B, C, D and T coupons are not valid until they have been indorsed in ink or pencil with automobile registration number and state. Motorists need write only 1944 numbers on book and coupons. FUEL OIL—Period 4 and 5 coupons valid through Sept. 30. changemaking coupons and serve cqupons are now good. Consumers should have used not more than 94 per cent of their rations as of April 8. TIRES— Inspection on passenger automobiles discontinued. 'Commercial vehicle tire inspection every six months or every 5000 miles, whichever is first. Sih certificates

nese fleeing into the northern end}

Frequent intimations by Safety Board President Will H. Remy that the prosecutor's office and criminal court have been derelict in trying and sentencing criminals were challenged today by Smiley Chambers, Democratic board member, In a heated flareup over the longstanding law-enforcement issue, Mr. Chambers asked Mr. Remy to demand from Prosecutor Sherwood Blue and Criminal Court Judge W. D. Bain an official “explanation” of five cases in which, Mr. Remy alleged, hardened felons were handed minor sentences on amended

charges. This Mr. Remy refused to do, as“Two weeks ago Prosecutor Blue appeared in person before this board. At that time I asked him about these specific cases. He refused to answer.”

Club Talks Cited

“Yes, but I think we should have some sort of rationalization of this dispute on the record,” persisted Mr. Chambers. “You've been making these accusations of lax prosecution and judicial action before civic leagues and luncheon clubs. “I don't see how. we can arbitrarily criticize these elected officers week after week without

__ THE I INDIANAPOLIS TEs Remy and Chambers Tangle On Law Enforcement Laxity

giving them an opportunity to answer these charges.” Asked by Mr. Chambers why he compiled a huge record of criminal case dispositions, Mr, Remy said: “I simply want to satisfy myself that the safety board is not responsible for the professional burglars now roaming the streets of Indianapolis.”

Presses for Showdown

Mr. Chambers reiterated his demand for the general understanding among law enforcement agencles “in order to air this issue . . . if your charges are true, we ought to do something about them. If not, let's keep our mouths shut.” He then said he himself would ask for an explanation of alleged prosecution. laxity from Mr. Blue and Judge Bain,

0.E.S. CHAPTER PLANS TO FETE OFFICERS

A reception for new officers will be held after the meeting at 8 p. m. tomorrow of the Nettie Ransford chapter, O. E. S. 464, in Prather Masonic. temple. Mrs. Vera Cones is worthy matron and Ray Howard is worthy

patron.

FAIL TO REPORT T. B. CASES HERE

‘Convention ‘Speaker Says

This Failure Spreads

Disease.

A majority of the estimated 7000 active cases of tuberculosis in Indiana are not being reported to

health officials, declared Murray A.}

Auerbach, Indiana Tuberculosis association secretary, in a speech here today. ¢ . He told the association in its 33d annudl convention at the Lincoln hotel that the large number of unreported cases means that hundreds of persons are ill for long periods of time before being discovered, thus causing a wider spread of the disease. “About one-fourth of the 4000 Indiana men rejected at induction centers during the past year for pulmonary defects have had active tuberculosis,” he said. Mr. Auerbach pointed out that although the impact of war was expected to cause a rise in tuberculosis, there has been no increase in Indiana up to now, The association secretary praised the work of the newly created tu-

berculosis division of the state

New Vitamin A ; Sources Sought

WASHINGTON, April 11 (U. P.) —Government officials today assured the public that it need not fear a vitamin A famine despite the fact that the catch of the soupfin shark, principal source of concentrated vitamin A, is running 70 per cént below that of last year. Experts in the fish and wildlife service said experiments were under way to discover new sources of the important vitamin. One of the principal “guinea pigs” now under investigation was said to be the Florida jewfish, found off the southeastern U. 8. coast. At the same time, food authorities reminded housewives that as

concerned, an adequate supply of the vitamin for the family can be secured from butter, liver, eggs, fruits and vegetables—especially carrots. Vitamin A combats respiratory ailments—including colds—and is an important factor in eyesight. It has been used particularly during the war to increase night vision of aviators,

board of health in combating the disease. The association will hold its annual banquet tonight with Dr, Robert E. Plunkett, superintendent

of New York tuberculosis hospitals.

far as their dinner tables are on

and president of the Townsend nae tional recovery plan, will speak Sunday afternoon in the K. of P. building auditorium as a clie max to a threeday convention of the 300 state Townsend clubs. Other speakers for the conven~ 3 tion include § Beecher Hess, | Washington legislative bureau head of the organizaHerbert P. Dr, Townsend en, director of organization, Chicago; Jesse George Murray, Chicago, editor of the Townsend National Weekly; the Rev. Ora A. Simmons, Marion, deputy organizer for Indi. ana, and Arthur E. Baker, Indianapolis, former state organizer. Walter T. Woodcock, Indianapolis, organizér for the state, will be in charge of all meetings and act es general chairman for the convention. Saturday night will be fun night when the Hoosier Townsendites will have an open house at the K. of P. auditorium. Friday and Baturday business sessions wili be held at

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