Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1944 — Page 11

Naturally there's have several mighty good friends who wear stars. All of which is just a way -

of starting fo tell you that I

Ernie” BEE aa Ba * “ahi RO a Spo AN pr FL I try to excuse myself by saying, “Well, democracy includes the big as well as the| little, so I have to work in a general now and then just to keep the balance.”

nothing wrong with a general just because he’s a general, and I

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WEDNESDA

Y, MAY 3, 1944

Front With Mauldin

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galmost fell over at the return adi dress on one envelope. 3 It whs from Mrs. Mark Clark. Within five minutes after opening "| the letter I walked over and showed it to her husband. > The 1 said that if his 8 wife was going to start writing me, i! he'd better have me court-martialed 1 I said, “Hell if I were running this Hl army I'd have her court-martialed.” 4 We by drinking a 1 toast to her. 4 ss = =

i OUR DINNER was in a small, ii one-room, collapsible puilding, with

other correspondents at dinfour officers of the gen- . We just ate and chatleaned back in our chairs were at home. The genthings we didn't some things I can’t print, but he ‘t tell us when the war would end. Running the Italian war has been a headache of tremendous proportions, and I for one do not think ft Gen. Clark's fault that the campaign has gone .slowly. I thought that before meeting him, so no one ean accuse him of charming me into saying that. i .-I found Gen. Clark very congenial, and straightforward too. He impressed me as a thoroughly {honest man.

4 THERE IS another lieutenant general In this { area that I do know well. He is Ira Eaker, head of | all the Mediterranean allied air forces. We've been i friends for more than 13 years. I go up and have dinner with him now and then. | He usually has four or five guests every evening. He . flatters me by saying to his guests, “I knew Ernie i when he wasn't anybody.” I flatter myseif by saying, L *I knew the general when he was a captain.” I never leave the general's headquarters without his giving me some kind of present, and now and then he gives me something to send to That Girl back in America. He is one of the most thoughtful men about doing little things for people that I've ever known.

Loyal to Old Friends

GEN. EAKER is nearly bald, likes to smoke cigars, and sucks frequently at a pipe. He talks with the slow clarity of a Texan. His volce is so low and gentle you can hardly hear him sometimes.

A WOMAN OF advancing years went to the Preeinct 10, Ward 21 polling place at 710 E. 52d st. yesterday and asked the party workers outside for a sampie ballot so she could see who was running. A Demoeratic worker handed her a Democratic sample ballot, but after one look she dropped it as though it were hot. Then a Republican worker stepped up and offered a pink ballot, but the woman wouldn't even touch that. “I want a Prohibition party ballot,” she explained. The G. O. P. worker told her the Prohibition party wasn't nominating in the primary, but that the G. O, P. was “representing them.” The woman would have none of it, and went on back home without voting. : + «+ Mrs. Clara Benz, hostess for | the Friendly Service, was driving on College north of Fairfield ave. the other day during a heavy shower, and noticed on the sidewalk a woman walking along under a makeshift “umbrella” The “umbrella” was a brand new washtub., Using it to keep the water out—instead of in. ... Add signs of summer: The sun bathing season at the Indianapolis Athletic club was opened officially yesterday. J. Frank Holmes braved the brisk Breeze and picked up a nice coat of pink. He's the first at the L A, C. every year, but is a bit later than usual this year. . . . Dorothy Stephensoni Stout, editor of the-I. A. C. magazine, Indac, saw s sunbather last Saturday on the Spink-Arms annex roof, but that hardly counts because the bather was fully attired and had a fur coat draped over her . shoulders as she sat in a chair, . . . And the Fletcher Trust folks, noting the balmy weather, got busy yesterday and put the hedge back on the ledge around the bank building. They take it in during the winter.

Take It Easy

OUR ATTENTION is called by a reader to a sign _ Inside the Horace Wood livery, at 23 McLean pl Apparently intended for the benefit of drivers of ° hearses and ambulances there, we're told it reads: “Slow Down-—Heaven n Wait.” ... A high spot of the Logan Hall Sunday school party the other night was when President Bob Tristram arranged for those present to record gretings to 1st Lt. Clyde

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. — Yesterday, = Adm. Brown, Gen. Watson, my daughter and I attended the funeral of Secretary Knox. I know of nothing

where the secretary lies in Arlington cemetery is on

more impressive than a military funeral. The spot

the side of the hill, and it was.

Just when I git my practice built up, they transfer me fo | respect for the law to the end

. | - | He like to play volleyball late in the afternoon.| He drinks almost none. His driver is a sergeant] who has been with him for two years. One of his! greatest traits is love and loyalty to ‘his old friends of early years. { The air force staff live in trailers and tents in a | Jovely grove, and eat in one big mess hall where the! general also eats with his guests. The general lives in a wooden Dallas hut, fixed up with a big fireplace and deep lounges and pictures until it resembles a hunting lodge. It is lovely. i» = EVERY MORNING at 9:30 the general goes to his “war room,” and in a space of 20 minutes receives a’ complete history: of the war throughout the world for the previous 24 hours. In order to provide this comprehensive briefing, many of his staff have to get up at 5 o'clock collecting the reports,

Job Is Tremendous

GEN. EAKER'S job here is a tremendous one, He ran the great 8th air force in England with distinction, but dowry here he has had to face problems he never had up there. In England it was purely an air war. Down here it is air and ground both. Further, his command is stretched over thousands of miles and includes fliers of three nations. Integrating the air war with the ground war is a! formidable task that hasn't yet been wholly accomplished. Doing that is Gen. Eaker's biggest job right now, for he already knows about the other side of his job—which is to bomb the daylights out of fortress Europe. .

another regiment.”

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

Miller, a class member now stationed at Camp Swift, Tex. He's a former surgeon at Methodist hospital. The records were made on a recording machine provided by Bill Otto. . . . Pedestrians in the vicinity of Market and Alabama were entertained Saturday by the sight of a boy chasing an elusive rooster. He was, brandishing a stick which didn't seem to awe the rooster in the least. Bystanders had fun offering, humorous suggestions on how to catch the rooster. We didn't learn the outcome, :

Thanks, Blood Donors!

WE TOLD YOU Monday about the need for blood transfusions for 5-year-old George Higgins Jr, who,

quarter century ago when

visioned the construction of a memorial to the 130,000 state men and women

world war L.

islature in 1920 - created by law the Indiana World War Memorial

and levied a tax to provide construction funds.

remained and in the third the rumble of conflict again spread over Europe as the completing touch. was given the memorial late In 1vso.

memorial building is inscribed:

| War Memorial to commemorate

THE RUMBLE of conflict had not yet faded a

various Hoosier groups en-

who served their country in

Their vision was of a park or plaza in the heart of the state capital with sweeping landscaped grounds and beautiful buildings to provide leisure moments of relief from the rush of daily life. In special session, the state leg-

Plan for Expansion Two years of troubled peace

On the north facade of the n

“

. « + To inspire Patriotism and that Peace and good will may : prevail, Justice be administered, Public Order maintained and Liberty perpetuated.” In "’38 Hitler violated the administration of justice, the maintenance of public order and the perpetuation of liberty. In '39 peace, too, dissolved. So again today Hoosiers are fighting, this time some 300,000. Plans already are under consideration to expand the World

the deeds of the sons and daugh-

ters of the men and women of "18. J (Blackjack) Pershing. DedicaCompete for Contract loo services were held Nov. 11, Following the 1920 enactment, The memorial building never

a board of trustees was appointed and a nation-wide competition for the choice of architect was conducted with some; 22 firms submitting plans. The contract was awarded to Walker & Weeks of Cleveland. Costing in excess of five million dollars, the memorial grew on ils five-block site from St. Clair st. to New York st. to be-

vided in the original plans for

northeast corner.

as Indiana's tribute to her war dead; the Mall with its expanse of blue grass, shrubbery, trees and terraces, and Obelisk Square with its four-sided-- shaft of Berwick, black granite and multi-colored, illuminated water fountain.

morial building was begun in 1926 with the cornerstone laid July 4, 1927, by America’s General John

has been completed as planned because of insufficient funds to purchase the sites of the Second Presbyterian and First Baptist churches. |

basement and ground floor were to be devoted to a world war museum but the space has lain idle and one room, now housing Red Cross work, never has been

The World War Memorial build

dollar tribute to Hoosier warriors of the first world war.

the national headquarters of the American Legion. Situated on the

orthwest corner, space was procompanion building on the

Main Building Started In order came Cenotaph Square

Construction of the main me-

ing . « . part of the five million

The old blind school

the obelisk, mall, cenotaph anil public library. ’

Looking north on the Indiana World War Memorial plaza . . .

«s+ + it stood in the M™ of the memorial's progress.

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The halls and corridors of the

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come the world's largest world gniched. war memorial. a— In 1925 the first unit was erected TOMORROW: The present

to provide a permanent home for

status of the war memorial. {

HOWE FESTIVAL SET FOR FRIDAY:

Annual Musical Event Will Feature Bays’, Girls’ Glee Clubs.

hours of combat The sixth annual music festival ‘ging sgt. Arm-

‘of Howe high school will be pre-ictrohg is now

| doubling that rec-

{ . His crew acMusic awards to be presented bY | companied Yank

was burned seriously 10 days ago while playing with Principal Charles M. Sharp have |, vasions of Gloua bonfire. The response was typical of Indianapolis— been won by Ruth Carrel, MATY | cester Arawe and wholehearted. In fact, Dr, Lester Hoyt, in charge of Beth Denny, Jane Gossom, Marion | gaidor and took SE the Methodist hospital laboratory, phoned yesterday Hutchison, Norma Jean Jackson, | nar, in the first daylight raids

sented at 8 p.m. Friday in the school gymnasium.

Local Flier With

Jolly Rogers Unit

8. SGT. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,

formerly of Indianapolis, tail gun-| Wide : ner on a B-24 Liberator bomber at-| campaign in Indianapolis next Sun-| tached to the 5th A. A. F. in New! day Guinea, is flying ,.. [with the Jolly | Rogers Liberator { unit.

A veteran of 300

afternoon and asked us to say, “Thanks, and that's La Donna Lehigh, Barbara Mont-|ggavieng and the Admiraities.

enough.” They accepted 10 donations of blood, and declined donations from quite a few other persons who volunteered. Several even laid off work at war,

gomery, Marion Mutz, Donald Rasico, Louise Scherer,

Scott and Erma Stevens.

Martha | since October. {liam Armstrong, and child, Billie

Sgt. Armstrong has been overseas His wife, Mrs, Wil-

plants to help out. We know the boy's parents are| Others receiving the senior serv-| > R Box 345grateful to all of you. And we hope those whose offers ice awards are Harriet Wells, Dono- | oan, 3 2% Lal ge Mrs x were declined went on down to the Red Cross blood van Auble, Mildred Marshall, Wil-| A mctrong, 603 Lord st. ’

bank while they were in the mood for a little “draining.”

Sundial an Hour Slow |

WE'VE NEVER paid much attention to sundials, but by accident the other day we looked up and saw the one on the front of the Indiana theater—up high.! It was right on the dot—sun time—but an hour slow —central wartime. The only way to make it_read right for central wartime would be to jack up one corner of the building. . . . Bill Everett calls our at-! jention to the appropriate name of Pilman's pharmacy. It's at 2766 Roosevelt ave. . . , We've noticed recently some reminders of the good old pre-war days—trucks in transit with the front wheels of one on the frame of the other. Also, the big overland auto carriers, each hauling four cars, have made a reappearance. “They seem to be carrying used cars only. . , . We must | have had a bad day last Friday—had both a name and | address wrong. We had Mrs. Margaretta Decher's name misspelled “Decker,” and her address is 3124 N. Colorado—not 1324. Sorry. Mistakes will happen in the best regulated families—and in ours, too.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

by and godspeed as he goes into the army. I broke a number of engagements this past week-end, but that is the one I really regret having had to break since I was able to put the others off to future dates. tions are taking

liam Watson, Ellen Aldag, George- | anna Brammer, Patricia Brown, Marjorie Garrett, Jo Ann Hite, Mary Frances Patterson and Virginia Reese. > Participating in the festival will be the girls’ and bys’ glee clubs| and the choir, directed by Frank 8S. Watkins, and the band and orchestra led by Beldon C. Leonard.

SOLDIERS INVITED TO PIE SNACK CAR

Service men can have pie “just like Mother used to make” at the Masonic Service center's snack bar this week-end." The 1943 Worthy Matrons club, under the direction of Mrs. Nina G. Sims, will provide all kinds of home-made pies for the uniformed visitors Saturday and Sunday. _ Capitol - City lodge will be host Saturday night at a show in the auditorium. E. V. Leinhose is lodge master. § Melvin Kettelhut will lead community singing at 8 p.m. Sunday. Claude M. Jacoby is chairman of the center. ‘

T. W. BENNETT CIRCLE

MEETS TOMORROW

‘GROTTO UNIT DANCE

SET FOR TOMORROW

A pre-ceremonial dance and re-

ception at the Indiana roof ball.

room tomorrow night will honor

| elected candidates of Saharra Grot- |

to and their ladies. The committee in charge will be Harry Wysong, Charles McCormick,

Lyle Bryant, Maurice Pleak, Mel-|

vin Kinney, Otha Davis, Henry Boettcher and Robert A. Hollingsworth. Prank Haugh, monarch, said more than 600 petitioners will receive the Mystic Order of Veiled Prohpets degree on May 13. k

DETAIL FOR TODAY Dud

= | | day.

Mrs. { chairman of the committee

' | man, Dr. Irvine Page, Eli Lilly, Mrs. |

{ | Thoms, Hugh McK. Landon and

Armstrong | ding, blankets and shoes. Residents on | are asked to place their donated ma-

"| All supplies will be shipp

a war service

BACKS CLOTHES FOR RUSS DRIVE

Campaign Opens Sunday to Collect Supplies For Allies.

Business, labor and civic groups have joined in sponsoring the city- | “Clothing for Russia Day”

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morning, Col. Everrett L. Gardner, chairman, announced to-

Robert H. Tyndall is vice, which} | is composed of Col. A. W. Herring- | ton, Joseph Cain, Mrs. J. A. Good-

| R. Hartley Sherwood, Mrs. Walter

| others. Citizens are being urged to donate | clothing of all types, including bed-

| terial in bundles on the curb by| '9 a.m. Volunteer workers in | properly identified -passenger cars | win make the collection.

Acute Shortage

| )That there is an acute shortage, [of clothing for millions of Russian | civilians was emphasized in word | received here from United States | Ambassador W. Averill Herriman, 'in a message from MOSCOW. “with areas liberated by the; valiant Red army expanding sO rapidly, the continued flow of cloth-, ing is needed,” Ambassador Herriman’s message said. At the same timé, Undersecre of State Edward R. Stettiniug, in Washington, urged all assistance in the various clothing drives being held throughout the nation and spoke of the program as “a great humanitarian service to our cammon war effort.” i

Hastens Victory f

To rush isable clothing to. the suffering Russian civilians will hasten. allied victory in Eu it is pointed out by the Indianapolis Committee of Russian War /Relief. The committee has received freports that no civilian clothing i being made in Russia as all givilians’ hands are growing food, on making munitions. i

returning to their homes in re-

the need for clothing is Increasing. free of charge on Russian boats The collection will take place re‘gardless of weather. HBvery street within the city limits will be covered. Two hundred members of the C. I. O. and Teamsters Joint Coun~ cil No. 69 A. F. of L. /will serve as volunteers in the collection.

|LOCAL DELEGATES

deafened veterans be planned at ; conference

burgh, Pa. The event

| C. I. O, thej Railroad Brother- | hoods, International Typographi-

| naires have fgone out to organized | ; workers in jthe state and are to | today reported that although egg be returnefi by June 1 to the | production on Indiana farms has

The millions of Russian; civilians today announced that 186 wounded

captured territory are destitute and|

STUDY DEAF PLAN Community a f war-{W

in Piits-

U. to Cdnduct Study of Labor

Times pecial BLOOMING , Ind, May 3. —A state-wide survey to ascertain educational n and interests of organized labor Indiana will be conducted by ¥ndiana university | in co-operatiog with the state | organizations df the A. F. of L.,

EGGS CONTINUE 'T0 FLOOD MART

Public Urged to Buy More; Instructions Given for Storage.

Homemakers and restaurant mane agers were again urged to use more eggs as the war food administration

cal union anki the United Mine | Workers. . Ten thoushnd survey question=

various stgite labor organizations and then turned over to the university fog tabulation.

passed the peak, it will take another 10 days to two weeks before the peak in marketing is reached. { Perry S. Richey of the Indiana | WFA stated that the government {agency has purchased 404,464 cases

WASHINGTON PUPILS STAGE PLAY FRIDAY [gt ocn cose for sorase aod ae:

-»11 and is buying about 10,000 cases cl of | The : play Jrugieing as | dally. "To meet lend-lease commitWashington high school Will Dre- iments, the WFA has purchased sent “Nine Girls,” a play in prolog| 132,705,000 pounds of dried eggs, and two acts by Wilfrid H. Pettit, equivalent to more than 13250,000 t 8 'p. m. Priday in the school Cases of shell eggs. The average A y {price offered by the WFA to the auditprium. | farmers is 26 cents per dozen. T play is directed by Mrs. Bess| However, the eggs are still comWright. Members of the cast are ing in record-breaking quantities, tia Harsh, Betty Carmichacl es ian. comumplion a he , s|less civilian consum - Barbara Phegley, Nancy Wagaman, | creased. i P Jacqueline Smith, Joanne Jennings | Mr. Richey suggested that civilNorma er ial Gil |ians who have facilities for storing Members ol lne SC stall as-|crocks or jars might preserve a sisting with the production are|g;pply of eggs by putting them in Fred Brumblay, Dean Smith, Allan |, solution of water glass (sodium Stacy and Ursa D. Walker, stage | silicate) ; dipping them in light and lighting; Mrs. Dorothy Resse grade mineral oil; breaking and

d Ocal Muterspaugh, publicity; ctoring them as frozen liquid eggs, Justin Marshall and Marjorie or sealing, them in two-quart jars Walls, tickets; LaVon Whitmire. gjioq with fumes of melted dry ice. Jean Wood, Eunice Seybold and ; A. K. Jones, properties; Frances ’ . Failing and Elizabeth Randoiph, U. P. NAMES NEW HEAD costumes; Mrs. Marie Wilcox, Bur- | costumes. Mrs, Marie Wikox Bur-| OF FOREIGN SERVICE ticket takers, and Myrtle Johnson, | NEW YORK, May 3 (U. P)— usher. | Appointment of A. L. Bradford as T_T director of foreign services of the * | United Press was announced today . NS T0 GET by Hugh Baillie, president. Bradford in his new capacity will SEATS AT CIRCUS be charged with ‘carrying forward t and developing plans for further 3 ’ expansion of the United Press overWith war bond sales topping the seas’ services, in close collabora$100,000 mark in the bond-a-seat tion with Joseph L. Jones, vice . drive for the section reserved, for President and head of the buyers at the Cole Bros. circus, | department. Elmor F. C. Weber, president of | 3 the county savings and loan league, HOLD EVERYTHING

veterans at Billings hosptial will {be given free tickets for the open- | | ing matinee tomorrow. Savings and loan offices have been distributing a free ticket with

at the L. Strauss & Co. ticket booth for seats in the setcion reserved for war bond buyers during three of] , the four days the circus will play| here,” tomorrow, Friday and Sat-| urday. F)