Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1944 — Page 15

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as far as I can rememper—and spending a winter in \ sunny Italy 4 hasn't

sf but I feel sort of like a deserter at leaving. There is some exhilaration here and some fun, along with the misery and the sadness, but_on the whole it has been bitter. Few of us can ever conjure up any truly fond memories of the Italian campaign. The enemy has been hard, and so have the elements. Men have had to stay too long in the lines. A few men have borne a burden they felt should have been shared by many more. T There is little solace for those ®ho have suffered, and none at all for those who have died, in trying to rationalize about why things in the past were as they were. I look at it this way—if by hav-

They flatter me, for I don’t know a bit more about the invasion

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Up Front With Mauldin

this I should be in England. Re) DE eee ee ugh and say, “Well thats the tpof. When you leave or England SECOND SECTION. is a ibe.at me for having dinner with generals and supposedly get-

(Second of a Series)

By VICTOR PETERSON TODAY THE Indiana World War Memorial stands as a tribute, though incomplete, to the men and “women of the first great war. Further expansion of the memorial to include present Hoosier warriors is under consideration by the board of trustees, and during the recent special session of the legislature a resolution concerning the memorial was introduced by House Floor Leader George Henley (R. Bloomington). The resolution cites that great-

er numbers of state citizens now are serving their country than in 1918 and their needs will be greater in proportion. It asks the immediate completion of the original plans and the adoption of others for the construction of new and necessary buildings on the plaza.

Committee Formed

The resolution created a committee of nine to consider the matter and submit a report to the war memorial trustees, the governor and the next session of

ing only a small army in Italy we have been able to build up more powerful forces in England, and if by sacrificing a few thousand lives here this winter we can save half & million lives in Europe this summer—if these things are true, then it was best as it was. I'm not saying they are true. I'm only saying you've got to look at it that way or else you can't bear to think of it at all. Personally, I think they are true. » J . BEFORE GOING, I want to pay a kind of tribute to a little group of people I've never mentioned before. They are the enlisted men of the various army public-relations units who drive us correspondents around and feed us and look after us. They are in the army and subject to ordinary discipline, yet they live and work with men who are free and undisciplined. It is hard for any man to adjust himself to such a paradoxical life. But our boys have done it, and retained both their capabilities and their dignity. I wish I could mention them all. The few I can mention will have to represent the whole crew of many dozens of them. . . . There are drivers such as Delmar Richardson of Ft. Wayne, Ind, and Paul Zimmer of Oakland, Cal. and Jerry Benane of Minneapolis, They take care of the bulk of the correspondents, and it is only a miracle none of them has been wounded. They remain courteous and willing, despite a pretty irritating sort of life.

Remarkable PRO Man

THEN THERE are such boys as Cpl. Thomas Castleman of my own town of Albuquerque, who rides his motorcycle over unspeakable roads through punishing weather to carry our dispatches to some filing point, And then there is Pvt. Don Jordan, probably the most remarkable of all the PRO men 1 know, Don Is a New England blueblood from Welles, Mo., and Attle-

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum)

WITH THE CIRCUS in town, it's inevitable that we turn out an animal column, So here goes. First, we'll tell you about the excitement out at the Eli Lilly general offices—billing department—Tuesday morning. When one of the girls removed the cover from her ; electric typewriter, out of the machine scurried a young mouse. __The girl's wild screams so fright ened the little mouse that it dashed back into the typewriter for safety. Some of the bolder of the office force tried to scare the little fellow out, but without success. Finally, they sent for a typewriter repairman. When he began taking the machine apart, the mouse scurried out again and, amidst a chorus of screams, made , good its escape. ... And then, there's the case of the folks out at Curtiss-Wright. They've been jealous ever since the time last year when a young deer was found inside the fence at Stewart-Warner. But now theyre satisfied. While Charles Green was loading pipe at the west end of the Curtiss-Wright plant yesterday, a possum ran out of one of the pipes and took off down the railroad track. Mr. Green chased and caught it, placing it in # box. The animal was a bit unconventional in that §t refused to “play possum.” It just kept looking for # chance to bite someone instead of feigning sleep. And besides it was disrupting war work at the plant, with workers standing around looking at it. So the state conservation department was informed and they promised to send out after it,

‘A Rabbit Harvest

THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC of pet rabbits out on the far north side. It started when a landscape gardener uncovered a nest of two-week-old bunnies the other evening. The news spread quickly, and soon the baby rabbits, all seven of ‘them had new homes. Sara Von Behrent, 11, daughter of thé H. H. (Dutch) Behrents, 6346 Park, ant Betty Brink, 10, daughter of the Dwight Brinks, .6345 Central, adopted two each. Other children took the other three. Sara feeds her pets warm, sweetened milk. She used an eyedropper at first, but later changed to a doll's nursing bottle.

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. —Yesterday I Iunched

with Congressman Mary Norton in the speaker's dining room in the house, to honor some of the Demo-

cratic women who have been appointed to key execu-

the past few years. It was interesting to see how many there were, and what im-

tive positions during

which ‘was very and we were all very

“Yeah, our quota has gone to rest camp. This is the acting company

- the legislature. Active interest in the resolution was shown by the national headquarters of the American Legion. The exterior of the memorial building itself never was com=~ - pleted because of insufficient funds to buy the sites of the Second Presbyterian and First Baptist churches. Planned, but never completed, was a& museum to house mementos of the first war. Since

commander speaking.”

boro, Mass. He is a Brown university man, a dealer in antiques; a writer, He talks with a Boston accent, speaks French, and is at home in conversations about art and literature. . And do you know what he does? He cooks. He not only cooks, but he cooks with a flash and an imagination that make eating at our place a privilege. | And on top of that, he runs the place as bookkeeper, |

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"as you do who have suffered more. I often wonder

house mother, translator and fulfiller of all requests, | working like a slave with an unending good nature. And there are such men as Sgts. Art Everett of | Bay City, Mich, and Harry Cowe of Seattle, who missed being officers by the unfair fais of war, and | who go on doing work of officer responsibility with an admirable acceptance. To these few men, and to all the others like them who have made life at war possible for us corre- |

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“spondents—my salute,

To all the rest of you in this Mediterranean army of ours—it has been wonderful in a grim, homesick, miserable sort of way to have been with vou.

Goodby, Good Luck

IN TWO YEARS of living with the army there has not been one single instance from private to general when you. have not been good to me. I want to thank you for that.

I've hated the whale damn business just as much

why I'm here at all, since I don't have to be, but I've found no answer anywhere short of insanity, so I've quit thinking about it. But I'm glad to have been here. 80 this is farewell, I guess, for me. I'll probably spend the rest of the war in England and upper Europe. And then—maybe I'll see you in India.

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1936 the space has been standing The halls and corridors of the basement and ground floor were to be used. At present, rationing headquarters is in the large exhibition room at the south end of the building. Only

one room of the museum is comi plete, that housing the effects of

the Rainbow division. Paintings Scheduled

The museum was scheduled to house paintings of allied soldiers showing their uniforms with small arms and accoutrements; models of large guns, guns mounted on trains, tanks, disappearing forts, anti-aircraft guns, airplanes, small arms and methods of transport. Provisions also have been made to display maps, documents and flags in hermetically sealed cases. For a time it appeared that a companion building to the American Legion national headquarters would be constructed and pos-

Until then, goodby, good luck and—as the Scottish | Sibly house the national offices of

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The First Baptist church . . . it will have to be purchased before

the Memorial building can be completed,

the Veterans of Foreign Wars,

Lack of funds prevented this.

On July 21, 1938 a memorandum

in the house of the state legislature revived the issue, but apparently died immediately. $275,000 Asked The memorandum stated that the V. F. W. desired an amendment to the appropriation bill for $275,000 as 55 per cent of the total cost for the erection of a building as national headquarters. It was expected that a federal grant would complete the outlay of funds.

A state appropriation of $47,000

a year provides for the salaries °°

of the 23 memorial plaza employees, including that of Frank H. Henley, trustee secretary, and maintenance. Today the memorial stands debt free and with approximately $14000 in the building fund. Buildings used are rent free with the memorial caring for all exteriors while organizations housed provide for maintenance and running expenses.

NEXT: The future of the war memorial.

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1944

War Memorial

_ The American Legion national headquarters building backs up Cenotaph Square, dedicated to Hoosier dead of world war IL. Currently the Legion is driving for another building as the membership expands.

The Second Presbyterian church... it,

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too, will have to go before .

the east and south sides of the memorial can be finished.

say—God bless.

NEW SOUTHPORT

'GENTER OPENING The pets seem to be thriving on their diet. Although | they're only three inches long and about an inch and ———— | a half high, they have gotten so they can jump out i : of a cotton lined box a foot deep. . .. Remember that Teen-Agers Invite Public “oocher” we told you about Tuesday—the back-saver| | invented by Paul Buchanan for victory gardeners? To Open House Program We learn that while Mr. Buchanan did the inventing, | . the actual fabrication was done by Goodwill Indus-| Saturday Night. tries, of which he is president. They now have orders . Southport teen-agers. will hold !open house for the first time Sat-

to build four more, | lurday night in their newly dec-

Postal Persistence

A LETTER MAILED almost a year ago finally has caught up with Leonard Henry, chief pharmacist's| °Tated recreation center on the secmate in the local navy recruiting office. Dated May|ond floor of the Odd Fellow build22, 1943, the letter arrived just yesterday. From his ing. folks in Columbus, Ind, it had remained several 1 vo - jumps behind him while he served with the marines -: Fig peoghs tm By on Guadalcanal, and ail through the Pacific theater; P. Parsnss on encs, an of war, He came here several months ago. . . . An-|{8ll Who are interested are invited other sailor attached to the recruiting office, Robert|to visit the clubrom. The memberMiller, Ph. M. 1-c, recently received a package from ship committee will be present to his family in Georgia. The package was postmarked receive applications. July 30, 1943. . . . Jack Greig, formerly with the As-| The club started in February with sociated Press and later with the U. S. employment the board of directors meeting, eiecservice here, has resigned as secrelary-manager of tion of officers and writing of the the South Bend safety council to take a position with by-laws. The clubroom, donated by the Spellman Foundation, of Washington, His first the inactive Odd Fellows, has been assignment by the foundation is as executive director reconditioned by the young people of the Henry county council on inter-governmental|and interested adults. The room is relations, Purpose of the council is to co-ordinate! gimost complete and the workers local governmental units, from townships to federal are proud of the results. offices. The board of directors includes He's Still Blushing William Smart, president; Albert . {Theil and Miss Connie Cook, first EVAN WALKER who handles public relations for and second vice presidents; Miss the street railway is-all set now to enter a “most em-! Joan Losche, secretary; Jane Ford, barrassing moment” contest. Evan, who lives northitreasurer, and Misses Georgia of town, was driving to work on N. Meridian Tuesday| Pitcher, Jackie Lou Fable, Patricia when the horn on his auto became stuck. Instead of Payton and Barbara Smart, Mrs. | just blowing a steady blast, the contrary horn blew/naime Hamilton, Mrs. Lillian Davis, | a series of staccato blasts. Passershy stared critically prs, D. Paynter Charles McLaugh- | as though they thought he was doing it intentionally. yin Max Kortepeter, J. Wayne He drove to a filling station where they stopped it bY ghert, Charles Brewer. Henry Ford removing one wire. Evan started on his way, and the|.nq the Rev. John Rowland horn again began beeping. Back to the filling station, 2 : and this time it stopped for good. Beep! Beep!

: t y orses as Autos, - By Eleanor Roosevelt | ODT Rules Stick

smeriius of the library of congress, sent me a sonnet! LAS VEGAS, Nev, May 4 (U. which appeared in the New York Times, Sunday,| P.).—A directive direc TI A ve is a. tive, It was written by Graziella Maggio, 16, of 1935 Andrews ave, the Bronx, who is a student of the Washington Irving high school. It won the first prize, a $100 war bond, in the essay contest sponsored by the Grand Street Boys association on the life of Dr.

Searge Washington Carver. I think you will. enjoy| rule designed to save gasoline nad sonne 3 FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER The amazed dairy proprietors, “He took the warm, brown earth into his hand, who thought they were doing The warm, brown earth which matched his own| Something for the war effort by dark skin, aint © ulm ana te He closed his fist and felt the heat expand, ss transportation, announced

The heat a southern sun‘had put therein.

DETAIL FOR TODAY

Glamour Boy

A GLAMOUR BOY is a goodlooking soldier who takes excruciating pains with his clothing, appearance and equipment. With shoes highly shined, brass brightly polished and hair slicked down, he goes into town to give the local girls a break. He is the butt of much derision, but nonchalantly carries on. First sergeants delight in putting glamour boys’ on KP, but they usually come through unscathed. While all others, after such a detail, look as if they'd just been rescued after 14 days in an open boat, the glamour boy emerges cool, calm and crisp.

REPORT TURK RAID DRILL By UNITED PRESS A German Transocean dispatch said today that the governor of Istanbul, Turkey, warning of the

AUDUBON CLUB

morrow, Saturday At Butler.

department, announced today. director of the

the principal speaker.

TOW.

program. bell, Miss Clara Moore, of Indianapolis; the

Ornithological society:

Markle, Richmond.

possibility of air attacks, had ordered an air raid drill for Friday.

By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance

Ernie Pyle,

guest of the first lady, .

Hollywood.

enough to fit into that coat” said. Same He

"HOLLYWOOD, May 4—Not the least of Lester Cowan’s problems in connection with casting the role of famed Indianapolis Times correspondent, in his motion picture tribute to the infantry, “G. I. Joe” is a ragged, out-at-elbows

coat. The coat is the one worn by the

undersized Scripps - Howard writer to a tea at the White House as

Producer Cowan gazed ruefully at the garments when it arrived in “Now I suppose they'll expect me to find an actor small

was referring to hundreds of | Pyle readers who have written letters offering advice and suggestions casting of their favorite

ness meeting.

Many Ernie Pyle Fans Ask ~ To Play His Role in Movie

sized, self-effacing. On the other hand, he’s got to be lovable, under-

standing and courageous.

IN 46TH PARLEY

State Society to Meet To-

{views with congressional

Others are Miss Mildred CampCharles Marks and Charles A. DeTurk, all Dr. Harvey B.

Lovell, president of the Kentucky Rev. Our entire navy in personnel, and|which has attended the hearings so

The 46th annual meeting of the Indiana Audubon society will be held tomorrow and Saturday ati Butler university, Dr. M. D. Baumgartner, of the Germanic languages

Be Dr. Richard Weaver, educational || Audubon Nature |} Center of Greenwich, Conn., will be His talk, “Teaching Conservation Through Audubon Societies,” will be illustrated with slides at 8 p. m. tomor-

Dr. Baumgartner, Dr. Nathan E.| Pearson, zoology department head; Dr. John E. Pctuer, of the botany department, and Sidney Esten are the Butler faculty members on the

Writer Sees Duplication of Army Effort in Navy Budget

By HENRY J, TAYLOR Va) said, “and there is no time to Scripps-Howard Staff Writer lose in having the picture made WASHINGTON, May 4—Inter- clear.” 3 leaders| Those who urge action on con. 8 and a review of the navy’s new 32-[solidation say that in duplication = billion-dollar budget disclose urgent and overlapping of flying personnel, = - i reasons for quick equipment, maintenance and supply : 3 action on the war| the outlook in the Pacific becomes department's pro- appalling. And from a strategic &

posal for some | standpoint the forthcoming duplic on solidation of Cation there points to confusion, exthe armed forces. travagance and delay in .the war The program itself. before the house Trying to Get Action committee on} The problem has been growing E Joos var miler? steadily, but it was ignited in the J partly a post-war | committee by the navy’s collossal proposal. The budget, largely prepared without post-war feature | consultation with the army. When

Mr. Taylor

is the short end of the horn, for that budget ricocheted across comthere will be plenty of time to mull mittee members’ desks it rang a

over that. What worries several gong from one end of the house members of the committee is the office building to the other, for one = war today. |feature in the war department's The army air forces, for example, {proposal is the consolidated presexpanded from 21,556 officers and |entation of army-navy budget remen in 1939 to an estimated 2,385,- | quiréments to avoid many such = 000 today. Military airframes (air-| major duplications as the committee = craft skeletons) expanded from now sees. a 6,600,000 pounds in 1939 to approXi-| Therefore, members: are trying to = mately 667,000,000 pounds today. An|hoist the question out of the easyarmy air organization larger than|going, summer - cruise atmosphere

John W. Baechle, Collegeville; O. D. | nearly McKeever, Rensselaer, and Dr. M. S.

The program includes bird lectures and hikes, exhibits and a busi-

One Pyle reader writes daily, Gary Cooper for the

as costly in equipment, has far and break the issue into two {been built in these five years. The parts: the long-range features such {weight of this force is in Europe— as any possible merger of Annaptied to the task of beating Hitler. olis and West Point, and the urgent : features centering on vast wartime Navy Hogzing Pacific duplications which can be stopped And with Germany's defeat the once the general principle of cons assumption is that this vast army |gsolidation is established by law, E air arm will swing to the Pacific. 3

But there is where the rub comes with the navy budget. It appears that the navy is preparing a vast air arm of its own for the Pacific, land-based bombers and all. This fact is somewhat buried in the navy’s 32-billion-dol-lar. fund, a budget which, incidentally, is larger than this year’s entire war budget of Great Britain. ‘Recognition of what the navy's

COMMITTEE TO. MEET : The Sahara Grotto auxiliary wel fare committee will meet at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs,

Goldie Saylor, 957 English sve. HOLD EVERYTHING