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‘WITH FIFTH ARMY BEACHHEAD FORCES; IN ° \LY, April 14 (By Wireless).—One night I stayed officers’ dugout with a , Pa, and Capt. Charles H. Hollis of Clemson, Maj. Lee is commander of a tank battalion. © His nickname is “Az” and his father-in-law owns the ‘“LeeHoffman's Famous Foods” restaurant in Cresson, Pa. Maj. Lee has a boy named Asbury Lee IV ‘and a baby named Robert E, Lee. Capt. Hollis is Maj. Lee's executive, and was a good friend of the late correspondent Ben Robertson, who came from his home town. . ig It was very dark in the dugout when Capt. Hollis got up to start : : the fire in the stove next morning. He fumbled around on the dirt floor for papers to use as kindling, threw in a handful, and finally got the fire going. . A little later he discovered that he had burned up three rolls of film that Maj. Lee had taken in the last few days. Later on he discovered that he hadn't burned up the film after all. Life at the front is very confusing. x

Shell Lands Nearby

APTER BREAKFAST Maj. Lee and I got in a jeep and drove a couple of miles up to where two companies of his tanks were bivouacked just back of the infantry. On the way up we were sailing along across a rise when, “Bang,” an 88 shell landed 20 yards to the side of us. Aren't you getting tired of hearing about shells landing 20 yards from me? In case you're not, I sure am. Two minutes after this small episode we heard noises in the sky and looked up, and here came two planes falling earthward with smoke swirling behind them. Both hit just over the rise from us, close together and only a few seconds apart. Only one parachute came down. It took it a long time, and the aviator lay very still when he hit the earth. Our medics ran out with.a stretcher and got him. He was a German. A 20-millimeter bullet had

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

but Bill thought he could. So he went to his ear, |

ONE OF OUR agents whispers an account of the embarrassing situatiom in which a young woman, employed in a department store, found herself recently. She was invited to spend the night at the home of a girl friend, who was to pick her up at her apartment after work. The young woman had laundered a nightgown the previous night and hoped to get it pressed before her friend called for her. But shortly after arriving home, she heard a horn being Honked outside the building. The young woman, who happened to be nearsighted, tossed the unpressed nightie and some other clothing in an overnight bag and hurried out to the car. As she opened the door and stepped into the car, she said: “I hope you don't mind if my nightie isn't pressed.” There was as moment of silence, then: “Er-er, not at all” It was a man's voice. The startled young woman looked up and saw & man instead of her girl friend. She shrieked and fled back to her apartment. She never did learn who the man was.

Let Bill Do It

WILLIAM A. BROWN, the city councilman and employee of the light company, is a pretty handy Mr. Fixit. While walking down the street about 8:20 a. m. Wednesday, he noticed a trackless trolley stalled in front of Loew's on Pennsylvania, with a half dozen other cars backed up behind it. He investigated and learned there was something wrong with the trolley pole on the car, The opepator wasn't able to fix it,

CIO Shows Hand By Fred W. Perkins

‘rolled up for the general in the

WASHINGTON, April 14.—The most definite statement so far of the C. I. O's. main political aim in this year's election is presented in the current publication of the United Automobile Workers, whose President R. J. Thomas, is a member of the C. I. O. \ political action committee. This main aim is to assure reelection of President Roosevelt, or the triumph of another “progressive Democrat.” This will hardly be a surprise to politicians, for all indications have pointed that way, but the fact has never been officially stated up to now. The “secret” comes out in an xplanation of why “C. I. O. political action committees must round up a minimum of two to * three million votes to assure a close but certain margin of victory.” This is why, according to the U. A. W. analysis: “The President had 27 million votes in 1940 as against about 23 million for Willkie. Roughly seven million men in the armed forces might vote for the President or 8 Progressive Democrat, according to Gallup poll estimates. The deduction of the soldier vote would have the following effect: Democratic 20 million as against Republican 20 million.

New Votes Needed

“IF ONLY a few of the workers who have moved to new communities and states for war jobs vote, the Democratic vote would be still further reduced. The vote totals ‘might then be Democratic 18 millions as against Republican 193 millions. That's why .an additional two to three million new votes must be found to guarantee election of a progressive candidate. “Unless the C. I. O. political action committees can scare up this many additional votes, the prospects for a Democratic victory are not bright.”

My Day

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Tuesday morning, I had the great joy of breakfasting with our oldest son, and he had seen our youngest boy who is now somewhere at sea. It is exciting when a loved one appears out of space, so to

speak, and even though you do not get much opportunity to talk, except at meals or in the middle of the night, since the rest of the day must be spent at the department, a glimpse gives you a chance to renew contacts and hear a great . deal of news which never gets to you in letters. * On Tuesday afternoon I went to the annual thrift shop meeting and enjoyed a most interesting program. I returned home in time to see Mrs. Bernard Ryan from" : . Albion, N. Y., who was in Washington for a day or two, and to greet my guests, who spent the night with me. They were six ladies representing church women and educators from-different parts of the country, and were deeply interested in the war and its future effect on this country and the world. iu : After dinner, we saw the films: which the president

* of Guatemala sent by me to my husband. Unfortu-

nately my husband did not have time to see them be-

fore he left, } will when he returns,

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. Asbury Lee of Clear- °

hit him from behind and lodged in his stomach. An amublance came and took him away. Ten The boys cut up his parachute to make scarves, and cut one off for me. But I told them I already had two--one American and one German———and to give it to somebody else. After this exciting beginning of a new day, I went around picking up tank lore. ; : I found that tankers, like anybody else, take their hats off to the infantry. : . ! 1

Hate Snipers Most

THE AVERAGE doughfoot or airman says you'd never get him shut up in.a tank. Once in a while you do get a tank-man who has a feeling of claustrophobia about being cooped up in there, but it's very seldom. The boys say that more than half of them get safely out of damaged tanks, even the ones that catch fire. They tell funny stories about how four and five men come out of a burning tank all at once, when it isn’t actually possible for more than two to get through the door at the same time, They hate snipers worse than anything else. That is because visibility is pretty poor in a tank and the commander usually rides with his door open and his ‘head sticking out. Unseen snipers are always shooting at them. : “ The boys showed me all the little improvements that have come out on recent tanks. And they also wondered why tank designers haven't thought of some of the simplest things for making tank life practical—such as putting racks for water cans on the rear, and a bracket where you could tie your bedding roll. The men have welded on these necessary racks for their gear. An armored unit's fighting usually comes in spurts, with long intervals between. When the tank boys are in a lull they are used for emergency jobs. This is very unusual, but here on the beachhead everybody has to do a little of everything. Nearly every day the men of the tank crews back in bivouac have a detail starting just at dawn. They carry mines and barbed wire up to the front for the engineers to put in place. They pack the stuff on|

their backs, and they don't like it, but they do it! without grumbling. ‘

fnore people, and

{receptive candidate for the nomi-

SECOND SECTION.

ONSPOT BY HIS POLITICAL: TIP

Critical of New Deal

Causes Surprise.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, April 14.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur has been put in a position where he might properly be expected to explain—to the e haps to the administration—exactly where he stands in the developing political campaign, whether he is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, For, whether he intended it or not, he has been projected directly into political controversy by his correspondence with Rep. Miller (R. Neb.), - which the congressman made public. Although there have been intimations that the general was a

nation, this was the first message from him to come to light bearing upon politics and political issues in the United States.

Availability Implied

His two letters: 1. Left the ‘definite impression

parked nearby, got a pair of pliers and a wrench, and

climbed up on the car. And in a short while he had suggestion by Rep. Miller

the. thing fixed. His Boy Scout deed came to light when the trackless trolley operator, No. 292, phoned the light company to express his appreciation of Mr. Brown's efforts. . . . Maybe you hadn't heard, but now is a good time to fill your coal bin and avoid trouble in the future. A recent ruling by the WPB permits dealers to deliver 75 per cent of the coal or coke you'll need for the year. In the past, the dealer has been under WPB orders to allow you only a 30-day supply of fuel ... Our philosopher agent comments that in many instances, ‘grumbling about taxes is partly a way of letting off steam and partly a way of doing a little bragging. -

Anyway, We Found Out

WE'RE BLUSHING over not knowing the former capital of England, now that we've found how many historians we have among our readers. It begins to appear that we are among the few that didn't know it was Winchester. Fred Millis writes that he’s disappointed in ws. “Before London,” he says, “it was Winchester, This was the fiscal and administrative seat of English government for many centuries. Dur-

ing that period the kings moved around to various; castles. Before Winchester, possibly Old Sarum (near |OWn responsibility, was a surprise

Salisbury). lodinium (Colchester, to you). And before that, possibly Stone Henge. The theory is that this was the

headquarters of the Druid religion, whose hierarchy

were actual rulers of southern England and northern France at the time when the English channel was non-existent.” interesting letters we received on the subject,

The union's figures are based on its conténtion that “at this point, congress has virtually disenfranchised ‘the soldier and sailor.”

The big auto workers’ union, said to be the largest in the world, urges its members to continue efforts to assure voting in the armed services, and also to:

“Get workers who have moved to new cities to 1))inois preferential primary,

register and vote. There are from five to 10 million | votes involved here and a big job can be done if the political action organizations begin functioning! immediately.

Committee Under Attack

“INDUCE PEOPLE" who never voted before to identified with

either of these figures could be induced to vote the letters. He declined comment. right, the election of a progressive candidate would | Asked if he had received any letbe assured.” {ters; he retorted:

A reason for the importance of the armed service vote, according to the U. A. W. paper, it that: “Thanks

to the lobbying effect of the mis-named farm bloc, a | enigma. large percentage of draftees are from the metropoli- public statements removing him-

tan centers. Far more enlisted men come from the cities than from the rural areas, and cities are! normally more Democratic than the rural areas.” | The C. I. O. political action committee has been | under attack from two Democratic congressmen, both | of whom are described by the C. I. O. unionists as | southern “poll taxers. in a report of his investigating commiitee, criticized | the C., I. O. committee as being subject to com-! munistic icfluence. Rep. Howard W. Smith (D. Va.) | has a request pending before Attorney General Biddle | for a reopening of an inquiry into his charge that the | C. I. O. committee has violated the war labor disputes | act prohibition of union financial contributions in| connection with national elections,

Rep. Martin Dies (D. Tex.), |

By Eleanor Roosevelt

for military service. Some of their Indian contingents are particularly interesting as they wear native costume of the region with one or two modern military touches. On Wednesday I took the midday train to Newark, N. J, and spoke at the Urban league dinner there. This is one of the organizations working throughout our country for better racial understanding between white and colored people. Because people of both races work together, I think it achieves very good results in many places. The Newark report for the past year is extremely encouraging, particularly from the industrial angle. This is the center of much industrial employment Highly skilled Negro workers have been accepted and proved themselves valuable to industry and acceptable to their fellow workers. . From far away Butte, Mont, some high school girls have written me that they think their age group might be used to make a real contribution to the war effort if some older people would sponsor them. They say that they know of young mothers who would gladly give several hours of volunteer service daily if their little children could be taken care if in places furnished by the community. ~The girls feel they could care for the children and do the necessary work after school hours. This doesn't

{that he was making himself avail-

Before that the Roman town of Camu-|

Wish we had space to print all the that he would remain in his military

That is disputed bY pehind Governor Dewey of N advocates of the soldier-vote bill which congress york in the delegate i fl - vo

enacted, with the President withholding his signature. | oongin,

{opportunity by visiting interview-

{sisted that he didn't want to make {any statement’ because he didn’t

able for a possible convention draft, by his failure to disavow the plain a long

WARTHUR PUT

{letter which went into details as ito how the general should conduct himself and what he should say if ‘drafted by the convention. I 2. Stamped him as a critic of the {Roosevelt administration by his comments on the congressman's {vitriolic attack upon the New Deal. In reference to Mr. Miller's suggestion that he ‘become a candidate and the congressman's prediction that he would sweep the country, {the general replied: “I do not an{ticipate in any way your flattering {predictions, but I do unreservedly jagree with the complete wisdom and !statesmanship of your comments.” {He did not thrust the offer aside. | The whole tone of his letters {was patently political.

Campaign Being Pressed

Revelation of the letters, which Mr. Miller said he released on his

{here because the general hitherto has kept most discreetly quiet about the talk of him as a candidate. His friends have insisted that he did not want to become involved in ‘political controversy in any way,

role and remain silent, though they have not diminished on this account their campaign to draft him. The congressman timed release of the letters—the first of which was written Oct. 2, last year, the second, Feb. 11—to follow the popular vote

Wisconsin and Illinois primaries, which it is obvious will be exploited in the campaign. The general ran

Hoosier in Italy

Lt. Margaret Murphy of Indianapolis prepares to make herself at home on the Anzio beachhead in Italy before starting her duties as an army nurse. Lt. Murphy, the daughter of Mrs. Julia Murphy, 42 W. 11th st. has been overseas since last June, and three times ran into her brother, Sgt. James E. Murphy, now in Sicily. She entered nurses training at St. Vincent's hospital,” transferred to Charity hospital in New Orleans, La. and worked as a nurse in New * Orleans before she joined the nurse corps in April, 1942. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes school and St. Mary's academy here,

U. S. JOBLESS

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1944

GANG LEADER GUZIKS FATE REMAINS DARK

Police Check Report _of Kidnaping From Auto of Kin. CHICAGO, April 14 (U. P).— Jack Guzik, business manager of Al Capone's nefarious enterprises during the prohibition era and heir to over-all control of the Chicago underworld, was taken for a day-

light “ride” yesterday, but the re-

sults have not yet been determined. As police sought today to locate the short, portly ‘banker for the

MILLIONS

versaries—and

(Fifth of

million-dollar-a-year rackets, two theories were advanced concerning his kidnaping shortly after he was acquitted of a disorderly conduct

1. He was “eliminated” from the underworld scene where local leaders have been striving during the

See Ransom Plot

2. Guzik, who was known to carry more than $5000 in cash at all times, was abducted to be robbed and held for high ransom. No ransom demands have been reported to the police yet, but in the

PAY CRITIGIZED

G. 0. P. Congressmen Rap Post-War Proposal of Federal Aid.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (U. P.). —Prominent Republican members of the house and senate today criticized the administration's program for federal unemployment compensation after the war, asserting that it was an attempt to treat the sympton instead of the disease. War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes proposed in an address Wednesday that direct federal aid be used to bolster state unemployment systems during the post-war transition period. ! Senator Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.) principal campaigner for the presidential candidacy of Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen, said that Byrnes’ program “sounds more like New Deal politics than sound economics.” “The major job is to work out post-war employment policies,” Ball said, “rather than to. start from any assumption that we are inevitably in for a depression and great unemployment.” : Offers Solution The thing to do, Ball said, is “tackle federal policies now and try to keep unemployment at the very minimum by encouraging production and jobs. If you can do this, using a reasonable program of

where he won three|

{delegates, and his popular vote in!

Illinois was about half that rolled up| by Governor Dewey in .the 1940;

Leaders Favor Dewey

Organization Republican leaders, for the most part, have been hopping on the Dewey bandwagon. Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) is the, only prominent Republican the MacArthur movement. The senator apparently was displeased with publication of

“Ha! Ha! Good

The general has

afternoon!” been a political He has refused to make

self from the race when offered the

ers, and left them with the impression the bee was buzzing around him. Some of his friends have in-

want to give the slightest recognition to politics. Others have the impression he would accept a convention draft. : Maybe he will clear it all up now.

FORUM ON GARDENS OPENS SERIES TODAY

Prof. W. B. Ward, writer and horticulturist of Purdue university, will direct a roundtable open forum tonight at the Purdue university extension. The topic will be “How Does Your Garden Grow?” This is the first in a serles of “Cracker Barrel Conferences” which are being revived as an extra-cur-ricular activity, sponsored by the

Purdue division ,of Technical Insti-|

tutes. Meetings scheduled later include “Geopolitics, What Is it For?” directed by Prof. Frank R. Hall, April 27; “A Plastic World, Fact or Fancy,” by R. L. Davis, May 12, and

“Tomorrow's Houses”.by Carl Boes-|

ter, May 25. 3

————————— » Gump PARTY TONIGHT The Mooseheart Hospital guild will hold a card party at 8 p. m.

today at the Moose Temple, 135 N.|

Delaware st. This committee sponsors local girls for nurses’. training and assists in the regis tration of

public works where necessary to get over the rough spots, then the problem should be solved without any need for great unemployment outlays.” Senator George D. Aiken (R. Vt.) shared the same view, taking issue in particular with Byrnes’ suggestion that the time limit—now 18 weeks—be taken off unemployment compensation.

Rep. ne E. Cox (D. Ga.) “sai

Coeds Planning Maypole Dance

DETAIL FOR TODAY Dog Tags

DOG TAGS, are the identification tags issued to every soldier. There are two, identical, and are worn around the neck by means of a chain, string or an old shoelace, To soldiers, they are known by no other name than DOG TAGS. And they are rarely re--moved, some soldiers having had them on since the day they were .put there. DOG TAGS have a distinctive jingle all their own,

Some Democrats also were critical. |

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release of gangland leaders by pay-

;ment of ransom before reporting it. { Guzik had been arrested by John | McGinnis, chief of the county high- |

{way police, shortly after he returned from his customary winter vacation in Florida last Saturday. He was released on bond pending his ar-

. {raignment yesterday. Shortly after 11 a. m., Justice of |

the Peace Henry Pendl dismissed Guzik’s case for lack of jurisdiction. The 58-year-old racket chieftain left the Willow Springs police station with his son-in-law, Frank Garnett, riding in Garnett's car, and they headed back to the city.

Police Receive Call

A short time later, police received a call from *“E. Johnson,” later identified as Garnett, telling them of the kidnaping. Three armed men had curbed Garnett's automobile and forced Guzik to accompany them. As they fled, the kidnapers fired several shots at Garnett, who had remained seated at the wheel of his automobile. . Even before the police had established Guzik as the victim of the kidnaping, rumors buzzed through the underwold that “Jack has been snatched.” His position as titular {leader of the county “syndicate”

| {gave prominence to the belief that

charge at suburban Willow Springs. |

last year to expand their spheres {of influence and control.

OF FLOSSY TRIVIA

OWI IS SPENDING

T0 TELL

Avalanche of Words Going Overseas Includes Mass of Matter on Birthdays, Anni-

Boogy-Woogy.

a Series)

By CHARLES T. LUCEY * Scripps-Howard Staff Writer :

NEW YORK, April 14.—Government press agentry, a flossy phenomenon of the New Deal which has cost untold millions, is in its greatest flowering in 1944. Never was a war press-agented like this one. ‘It has. cost $66,000,000 so

i far, and $64,000,000 is being sought for next year,

| This is just the office of war information. The other war agencies are using the bellows, too. The navy, for example, has 161 officers, enlisted men and civilians in its Washington public relations office. {George Creel had about three men |doing the navy’s press job in the | first world war. | You might think the avalanche of words going overseas was sig{nificant stuff with a strategic re{lationship to fighting the war. But a check of some OWI material

|be interred far back with the eczema { remedy advertisements in any news- | paper. to The OWI dotes on birthdays, for example. versary of Dedrich Smetana, Czech composer? Good. That will make a fine broadcast to Czechoslocakia. | Einstein? Good again, and OWI goes to Princeton or somewhere to get proper statements about it, aimed at showing how genius, stifled under dictatorship, thrives in a democracy. Carl Schurz? More of the same, Or it may be the anniversary of an outstanding Swede or Turk or Egyptian. The OWI is always equal to drumming up statements to

CONTINUE PROBE OF BABY DEATHS

Four Die, 19 Ill From Boric Acid in Formulas at ’ Hospital.

NEW LONDON, Conn. April 14 (U. P.).—Officials continued their

It is the birthday anni-,

!show how conscious is the U. 8. of

the various foreign cultures, .- ° In the OWI shop here there's a press review desk which combs U. S. publications to produce clip sheets for distribution abroad. Lock {at one of these in‘ the field of {science and you find handled such {subjects at “Radium—Lost and Found,” “Atoms at Work,” “Aluminum News Letter” and “The All{American Highway.” J

Boogey-Woogy Too In an arts-and-letters clip-sheet

past henchmen have secured the | Shows plenty of trivia which would | you unearth such stirring headings

{as “Singing Lady Who Likes People,” “Tin Pan Alley Always In { Tune,” for “Bogey Andrews, Grand Old Man of Stage.” How does it help win the war? Well, when people in foreign lands read about the Singing Lady and Tin Pan Alley and hundreds of Gther subjects dished out to just about anyone who will take them— at U. S. taxpayer expense, of jcourse—the idea is that they're sup{posed to understand and like us ibetter. A bit indirect, you may [ think, but it’s part of the OWI's {propaganda thinking. Then, there’s the balé of material, 100,000 words daily, that is piped around the world by cable and wire less. Here are samples of the material dispatched to London: A business-paper article reporting that gasoline and water do mix profitably in airplane engines, 1200 words. List of anniversaries (Madison's birthday, West Point established, {U. 8. troops arrival in Australia, Gen. Stilwell named Chinese chief, Philippine independence bill signed). High vegetable prices and lower beet sugar production, about 1200 words :

These Are Fair Samples

| Rep. Eaton (R. N. J) praises :lend-lease, 250° words.

ji was part of a jurisdictional battle. | inquiry today into the deaths of | Women war workers honored,

{ The underworld has been divided four infants which they said were about 1000 words.

| for almost a year during Which { time Danny Stanton, Martin “Sonny { Boy” Quirk and others have been slain. Guzick achieved prominence as {the No. 2 man in the Capone {organization. Capone had estab- | lished him as the banker of the {mob early in its existence and he {always had the confidence of his | boss. When Capone was convicted

ion income tax evasion charges and

{ imprisoned, it generally was under-|

[stood that Guzik succeeded to con(trol, but he did not manifest suf- | ficient strength to keep local leaders {from fighting among themselves.

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IN SCHOOLS RACE

Miss Virginia Kinnaird, Indiana

State Teachers’ association presi-

ident and Ft. Wayne instructor, to-

'day announced her intentions of |

seeking the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public schools. Miss Kinnaird enters the race against incumbent Clement T, Malan, who has announced that he would seek renomination at the G. O. P. convention June 2. Miss Kinnaird was indorsed by the Indiana State Federation of Public School Teachers. She has taught school in Ft. Wayne for 20 years.

SHRINE TO INSTALL LEADERS TOMORROW

Public {installation of officers will

6 at 8 p. m. tomorrow in Castle Hall,

230 E. Ohio st. The following will be installed: Mrs. Mathilda Tschudi, worthy high priestess; John Robertson and Floyd Rohr, watc* man and associate watchman of the shepherds; Mrs. Nettie Betterly, noble JioPhetuss; Mrs, Charlotte Callon, chapin; Mrs. Ruth Hancock, worthy shepherdess; Mrs. Emma Lep Mabel Teague, Is. t, treasurer, and Mrs. Goldie Schlegel, publicity chairman. - The installing officers gre Mesdames Katherine Armbruster, Aileen Money, Tressie Kirk, Carrie Lee

Jones, Irene Faust and Ida Ingle.

be conducted by Indianapolis Shrine |

caused by the error of a young |woman pharmacist at Lawrence & {Memorial associated hospital

{poisoning their feeding formulas.

serious. In all, 23 babies were fed formulas containing boric acid crystals, mistaken for dextrose crystals. {teen were only mildly affected, and

were children of service men.

There is no known antidote for the poisoning which medical journals said had caused only 16 known deaths up to 1943. The woman pharmacist was reported prostrated by the tragedy. Coroner Edward E. McKay said he would open a formal inquest, probably at the hospital, next Tuesday.

1945 Car Plate ~~ To Be Full Size

SECRETARY OF STATE Rue J. Alexander announced today that the 1945 Indiana. motor vehicle license plates will be fullsized but only one plate will be issued for the rear of the car. He said next year’s plates would | be the same size as the 1942 | tags with white figures on a maroon background. The plates | will be made at the Indiana state | prison, of steel released by the war production board. More than 1,000,000 plates have been ordered for trucks and passenger cars. No reclaimed metal will be used.

2 STATE WORKERS KILLED

Two state highway department employees, . returning from road work, were killed last night when their truck was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train near Anderson. They were Walter Bronnenberg, 63, Chesterfield, and Walter *Owens, 63, Anderson.

Sgt. Smith Her

Sgt. Robert E. Smith, 2258 'S. Randolph st, is back ‘home after hair-raising experiences during his 25 bombing missions over the continent, Adventures he never will forget during his operational tour are the day he “hit the silk” over England when his Flying Fortress burst into flames and the day another Fort was set down in the English channel.

When Hs captain set the Fort

in the channel.only one life ! » Was 4

e on Furlough

After 2 Close Mission Calls

around Sgt. Smith and he was towed until the party was rescued.

missions, he has several German planes to his credit. He was graduated from Ben Davis high school and employed by the Real Silk Hosiery Mills until entering service in October, 1942. He wears: the air medal with three oak Jeaf clusters.and the D. 8. C.

in| Physicians were hopeful, however,

that they could save the lives of | six others whose conditions were,

Thir-!

their recovery appeared certain. All!

Of the six serious cases, hospital | attendants said that one might die,

A radioman and gunner on his

the husband of Mrs. Eythl|

| Lumber situation, 150 or so words. | Maltese residents present scroll to { Mr. Roosevelt.

| Congressional committee meet= ings, 150 words. Machine tool - shipments, 250 words.

That's a fair sample “to show the exciting nature of some of the OWI output. It's not too surprising that OWI men acknowledge that much of the output has gone directly into | the wastebaskets in foreign bureaus. | Similarly with OWI material shotwaved overseas—nobody will {ever know how much of it is utterly wasted, but the percentage must be nigh. Due to atmospheric conditions, the shortwave is perhaps only 60 per cent effective, and even when it gets through it is questionable how much is heard. In Germany and occupied Europe the gestapo tries to bar radio listening, of course Y Nazis Hear Broadcasis OWI says it ‘has evidence that shortwave broadcasts to Germany are being heard there, but that for reasons of security it can’t tell just {how it knows. A recent magazine

article out of Stockholm, though, | tells of the lack of shortwave listenling in Berlin—and the bulk of the OWI radio output to Germany is by shortwave. Of 1125 shortwave | programs monthly in German, only {217 are relayed by medium wave— {more likely to be heard—from Medi|terranean points, and 71 medium wave broadcasts monthly go into Germany from England. OWI has a carefully designed propaganda line to Germany, but people inside the agency concede |it is weakened by lack of a definite statement on what the United | States expects to get out of the war {=~ a creed comparable to the 14 points, President, Wilson gave | George Creel. .

Next: Lavish har hands across the sea.

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