Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1944 — Page 9

times four missions a day. They will be in the air before daylight and they will come home from their last mission after dark.

and forth across the channel. of others like them.

Like a Big Business

FIGHTING PURELY an air war—as this one has been up to now—is in some ways so routine that {it is like running a big business. Usually a B-26 crewman “works” only about two hours a day. He returns to a lifg that is pretty close to a normal one. There 4s no ground war to confuse him or disturb him or even inspire him with its horror. His war is highly technical, highly organized and, in a way, somewhat academic,

They, and thousands

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

SOME OF THE BUSINESSMEN around town have been snickering over the treasury department letters sent to heads of firms in connection with the start of the fifth war loan campaign. The letters open with: *As the head of your business, Uncle Sam is asking you to accept a fifth war loan quota for your employees.” Quoth one businessman: “Ah, ha, so now they're admitting that Uncle Sam is running my business” , . . We've been getting calls from various people asking us to publish the meaning of the expressions, D-day and H-hour, In army parlance, D-day is the term used to refer to the day of an attack— any attack. In this case, it means the channel invasion. The same 1s true of H-hour—the hour of an attack. The “D” and “H,” as we understand it, stand for no particular words. The expression is merely a device for referring to the day of an attack without giving away the date. . . . One of our agents reports seeing a sailor walking toward Union station on 8. Illinois, carrying an armload of bundles. He stumbled and dropped one of his packages. There was the sound of breaking glass, and the odor of whisky. The sailor stood there a minute, staring sadly at the remains. Then he trudged dejectedly on toward the station. . . , Capt. Kenny Gogdner, who used to distobacco at Hook's—Ohjo and Pennsylvania—is on leave after 19 months in the Pacific. It took him just a week to fly back from the Solomons, and that included a two-day stopover at Ft. Ord, Cal

Plenty of Jobs

H. BURCH NUNLEY, price panel officer for the state OPA, says he's going to have to quit wearing old clothes when he mows the grass on his huge lawn. He was interrupted four times the other day by folks who wanted to hire him to cut their grass for them. . . . Incidentally, he’s the proud papa of a month-old infant, and Mrs. Nunley called a ration board to see about getting a ration book for the child. She asked if she'd have to send in a birth certificate. “No,” said the clerk, “but be sure to send in the tire inspection record.” When Mrs. Nunley said the applicant probably wouldn't need tires for some years to

Wildcat Strikes

WASHINGTON, May 22.—A charge that most “unauthorized” strikes are really planned by union officers was made before the National Labor Relations board by Matthew Smith, leader of the Confederated Unions of America, which is made up of unions in . opposition to the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. “We believe in strikes,” said Mr. Smith, whose Mechanics Edu- . cational society recently tied up 50 midwest war plants in protest against the War Labor board's policy of restricting its labor membership to the two major labor organizations. “It's much quicker and easier,” he continued, “to strike openly and settle the issue than it is to take time to organize a so-called unauthorized strike.” Lee Pressman, general counsel of the C. I. O, and a spokesman for the A. F. of L., rose immediately to take exception to the independent leader's remarks and to defend the integrity of the no-strike pledge which has been entered into by their organizations, but not by the Smith unions, - Later Mr. Smith declared he had participated in Detroit meetings with C. I. O. representatives in which plans were made for strikes that were denounced by the union leadership.

Opposed Proposed Rule

IN THE main point of his appearance before the National Labor Relations board, Mr. Smith joined with a battery of lawyers for all organized labor bodies in. opposing adoption by the board of a proposed rule which would give employers the right to

‘My Day

. NEW YORK, Sunday, May 21.-I wonder if living gives one a keener joy when one has occasional pses of the beauty of the country. I know that getting back to Hyde Park on Friday, picking the pansies in my own little border around the cottage, and the lilies-of-the-valley from the bed which a very dear friend of mine planted . for me a few years ago, and going

leavé, and it does them good. creates an understanding that the other is all right his After a certain number of missions a usually given two weeks’ leave. Most of them spend it traveling. Our fliers often tour Scotland leaves. It's amazing the number of men who have been to Edinburgh and who love the place. They have visited Wales and North Ireland and the rugged southwestern coast, and they know the Midlands and the. little towns of England. These two-week leaves don't substitute in the fliers’ minds for a trip back to America. That's all they live for. That's what they talk about most of the time. i

Probe Asked in Congress On Abandoning Desk Of Investigators.

By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, May 22.—Reports that the navy department has scrapped its Communist investigating division brought demands in congress today for an inquiry into reasons behind the step. . Heretofore vigorous in barring Communists, the navy is understood to have shifted the functions of a specialized Communist desk to a general personnel section and detailed its experienced personnel to other duties. The navy has failed to answer questions about these reports, Representative Mass (R. Minn.), ranking Republican member of the house naval affairs committee, said

A goal is what anyone overseas needs—a definite time limit to shoot for. Naturally, it isn't possible right at this moment to send many people home, and the fliers appreciate and accept that fact, But once the invasion is made and the first period of furious intensity has passed, our veteran fliers hope to start going home in greater numbers.

today he intends to ask this committee to make a full inquiry as to the truth of the reports and the cause of the action. Byrd Comments On the senate side; Senator Byrd (D. Va.) insisted that “proven Communists should be kept from all positions of responsibility” and Senator Brewster (R. Me.) said the reports indicate a “reaffliliation of the Communists and the administration.” “It shows another example of the extent of fellow-traveler influence,” Mr. Brewster said, “and is in the

come, the clerk said: “Woaps-sorry. I say that so many times a day to gasoline applicants that I'm getting in & rut.” . . , Bill Rockwood Sr., whose hobby is Js startlingly colorful clothing, appeared at the Dramatic club meeting Thursday night wearing a French same category as the realignment blue dinner coat and a starched shirt with white col- of the American Labor party in lar and French polka dots embroidered on the shirt.’ New York. Sidney Hillman deTo those admiring the somewhat unique dress shirt, nounced te Communists a year Bill explained: “Well, I had Sulka make it. I was ago but now insists on embracing hardly gone from there when Walter Pidgeon came them.” in. He was so entranced that hg ordered shirts just] The senator said that this “may like it in every color.” . .. Syd Romer of Romer Elec- well be an appropriate matter for tric Co. has all sorts of trouble with signs. Twice inquiry in congress in connection folks have seen the big. sign in front of his store,! with indications of various groups “Romer,” and have come in, thinking he was adver- in the government.” : tising rooms for rent. The other day he had some, Saying that he was disturbed by packages to be sent by express, so he hung on the the report and meant to ask for front door one of those big Railway express pickup navy comment on it, Mr. Maas signs. Pretty soon an express truck drove up and pointed out that eliminating Amerthe driver began unloading some packages on the jcan Communists from naval emsidewalk. “What are you doing? I want you to pick ployment in uniform or in navy up some packages,” said Syd. “Oh,” said the driver; yards is in no way connected with ‘I saw the sign and thought Lhis was an express our military alliance with Russia. substation.” ; | The Soviet government, he said, has * irepudiated American Communists. He'd Like a Beer ©- P

“Opposed to U. 8.” LT. GENE BEHMER writes us from New Britain] He said the Communists “are opisland in the Pacific to tell us the boys still are re- posed to the government and we ceiving dividends on the cigaret fund campaign have no right to permit those so waged by The Times a year ago. He sent us a label opposed to be in the government from one of the packs. It read: “The Indianapolis service.” Times’ Overseas Cigaret fund. Climax Machinery Co., Government investigation of perEmployees . . . Donors. Not to be sold.” Gene, who sons suspected of having Commuused to be the representative of the legal committee nist backgrounds have been based of Indiana Railroads, writes: “I enclose the above on the theory that Communist little cigaret seal as evidence your efforts to help the affiliation meant first allegiance to men who need it are not in vain. The seal was taken a foreign power rather than to the rom a pack of cigarets by me somewhere on New United States. A person having Britain island. I assure you these men are appre-/such affiliation, government pro- | ciative of this courtesy, There are still 50,000 Japs nouncements have said, should be | on this island somewhere between us and Rabaul, 80 | barred from government service. It! you can understand the job that lies ahead. I've been hag been overseas a year now and am looking forward to the noe intended at all to reflect on! day when I can get back to Indianapolis. Have been Russia's contribution in the war. in the tropics for six months and long for the alr-| Tne late Secretary of the Navy

LONDON, May 22.—Millions of British and empire families have a stake in SHAEF, where supreme invader Gen. “Ike” Eisenhower plots Hitler's overthrow. To most of them, this self-effacing American, whose one concession to popularity is his easy-going family nickname, is no more than a round, ruddy, broad-grinning face they see pictured in newspapers. ‘Does he hand out the same treatment to their men fighting under him as he does his own Americans? Just how has he brought his western front oneparty war machine to its highest pitch of harmony at supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force? Few knot the answers, for nothing has happened before in history quite like SHAEF. There, I found the two-letter “we” is Ike's operative word. He insists on everyone using it, and seldom refers to British and Americans even as allies.

“Were a Team”

He dislikes the term “opposite number” to describe those of us of the two nationalities sitting beside each other. “What's opposite about us?” he asks. “We're a team, aren't we?” Of an American who can't cooperate with his teammates he says, “Send him home on a slow boat unescorted!” A British “can’t” officer is handed over to his own authorities for equally unceremonijous disposal.

Doing what no commander has done before, Ike has built up a combination of two different military systems after the pattern begun in North Africa so that each side understands the orders, terms and methods of the other. Share Battle Experiences Battle experience was shared from the first, on his orders, in western front training. Seasoned American troops were infiltrated into British and British inte American units for the common gain. When he found his 37-mm. guns, in the Mediterranean theater, manned by troops new to them, weren't stopping the enemy's Tiger tanks, he. borrowed and rushed into the breach 100 British 6-pounders which stopped them. To test his own guns he used veteran British troops, who,

FRESH NAZI TROOPS TRY TO STEM TITO

LONDON, May 22 (U. P.)—|

|While violent battles with strong |

on an unprecedented scale in east-!

ern Bosnia, Marshal Josip (Tito)

ed today that German Marshal | Maximilian von Weichs was bringing up fresh reinforcements in an|

operations in Slovenia,

routing enemy attacks on Gradanica | and Hicl,

ORDERS ACQUITTAL |

PITTSBURGH, May 22 (U. P.).—, { Federal Judge R. M. Gibson today

Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., on the! indictment charging destruction of}

cooled comfort of the Cascade room or the Canary] ; Cottage. Would even settle for a short beer at the matioriin and SQ Crietessnal Press club or Joe Stahr's. U. S. merchant vessels, where the navy had jurisdiction over armedo guard gun crews. Subsequently, By Fred W. Perkins sme « communists were dropped, | but pressure of groups inside and |outside the government later led to petition for elections in cases where they can demon-|their reinstatement. strate a reasonable belief that the union has lost enough membership to leave it with less than a ma-! jority of employees. The right to such a petition is HONOR WEEK SET now restricted to labor unions. | ; Through most of the discussion the threat of pos-| sible labor disturbances hung heavily. Maurice Sugar, | AT BROAD RIPPLE attorney for the C. I. O. United Automobile Workers, declared "the war could be lost by rules of this kind.”| Broad Ripple high school will Gerard Reilly, NLRB member, asked Mr. Sugar,| honor students for scholastic, extra“Do you think that millions of workers will be pleased curricular, and art achievements in if they are deprived until after the war of the right programs next week at the school. to vote again on their, collective bargaining repre-| The annual Ripple Art salon, in sentatives?" : which awards are made for art, “They would be more than pleased,” replied Mr. music and literature, will be conSugar, contending that the proposed privilege for ducted Tuesday. Faculty sponsors employers would operate to keep the unions in con- are Mae Henri Lane, music; Ethel stant turmoil. Stuart, literature, and Marylizabeth , . Mooney, art. Ward Case Cited ee So Tr 441 pple at 10 a. m. R. 8. SMETHURST, counsel for the National As-|wednesday will Fa students for sociation of Manufacturers, was the only witness suP-| scholastic and extra-curricular ace porting the proposed change. He cited the Mont-|tiyities K. V. Ammerman, princigomery Ward case as an example of results flowing from the present policy. In that case NLRB delayed for months—and until after the government's armed! seizure of the Chicago plant had provoked national attention—before ordering an election, which the, union won. Mr. Smethurst, replying to union arguments that the proposed rule would tend to prevent labor organizations from going before the War Labor board, said “that would _be a good thing, because it might restore what we do not have now—real collective bargaining between employers and their workers.” He said the rule would be “fair to employees, and hedged about with safeguards for the unions.” — By Eleanor Roosevelt : ' the air wherever you find them. They always remind me of my childhood, for we had a great clump of lilac bushes near my 's home where I spent so much time as a child, and it was always the first thing we looked for when we went back there: in the spring after our long winter in the city. On the train between Hyde Park and New York City, 1 went through a "Political Handbook for Women,” which was written by Miss Eve Garrette. This

pal, will present special awards, and James Zervas will be student chairman. Student speakers will be Glenda Rose Vaughn and Donald Perry. The American Legion will confer the annual service award on the boy or girl who is judged the outstanding senior of the year.

termines the awards is made up of A. P. Thomas, chairman, and Miriam King, Marylizabeth Mooney, Mary Connor, J. Curtis Weigel and Hubert Wann.

Aid, Broad Ripple’s all-girl organization, are Jacqueline Oakes, president; Lila Mae’ Tinsman, vice presi-

HEP KATS SPONSOR

The faculty committee which de-|

Next, semester's oficers of Orange| |

DANCE AT CENTER|

records as final arguments opened] {on a second indictment charging] | the corporation with falsification of | I tests of steel plates shipped to the government.

ROTARY MEETS TUESDAY

hotel.

Hi ~ MONDAY, MAY 22, 1944

found them effective. His men had a good_gun, but in battle for the first time they weren't holding their fire long enough. Chats With Troops The British intelligence chief at SHAEF, whose staff is integrated roughly half and half, irrespective of nationality, told me Ike puts his favorite word “selflessness” as the top quality of a commander. “He gets his personal touch with the troops by just driving around and chatting with them,” added this general. “He has a minimum of guards, ne escort of armored cars, no mounted police. Only, as guides, a motorcyclist in front and another behind. Far from being a ‘papers general,” he spends every hour he can forward at his command post and among the men.” Besides the four stars of rank on his car or jeep, Ike sports as a gesture and emblem of the oneness of his “party” a miniature Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. On biggest occasions, when inspecting by train with a convoy of staff cars, he still insists on nothing special being “laid on.”

FDR's Health to Be Checked:

Campaign Precaution Seen

Glory-Grabber' Is Tough, Selfless Gen. Eisenhower: le's ‘tke’ to British Teammates and They're

British and Americans understand each other perfectly as Gen. Eisenhower discusses military strategy with Gens. Tedder (left) and Montgomery (right).

One good old British army custom gives him a real lift. That's when, as he leaves his train, troops line the road, wave their hats, give him a cheer. Almost every man he chats with comments afterward on his direct

scrutiny, the habit he has of “looking you in the eye.” His usual questions touch welfare:

“How's your food? Satisfied with your equipment?” Makes Immediate Decision He sees both British and American infantrymen “lost in the headlines” because the airmen’s job is more romantic; goes out of his way to sing the foot-slogger’s praises for the way they fought in the cold and bitter mountain

conditions of Tunisia and Italy.

His own toughness in his most

. critical hour is shown by this bit

of secret history: The heavilyladen allied invasion fleet was bound for Salerno when word came by wireless that Hitler's machinations to wreck Badoglio’s plan were at this 11tlt hour on the point of succeeding. The die was cast. The fleet was on the high seas. They might have to land without Italian support. Go back? Ike's decision was resolute and immediate. He calmly

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"We to Hil

Britons like Eisenhower’s “selflessness.”

wrote a wire to the Italian government that the allies were coming whether or not the Italians surrendered as agreed. “Landing Craft” Coffin

He has told his staff that he hopes that when they bury him they'll shape his coffin like a landing craft—all his operations have been amphibious, with landing craft giving him his worst headache, owing to the vast numbers required and the success of their landing being so dependent on the weather's whims. The Royal navy carried him on all his sea trips as allied commander in the Mediterranean. Those times he'd often be found on the lower deck chatting away with all the bluejackets. To British airmen he talks in their own language. Himself a licensed pilot (he learned to fly at 45) he some times takes the controls of a Fortress. He won't chance landing so big a craft, but he'll bring it in to circle over an airfield. To Prime Minister Churchill he described an officer who sought undue popularity as a “glory hopper.” Churchill, coining his own version, later told an American general, “The reason I like Ike is that he’s no ‘glory grabber’.”

‘STAND BY’ EUROPE URGED BY ALLIES

LONDON, May 22 (U.P).—A

WASHINGTON, May 22 (U.P.).— paratively brief period—probably for staff member of allied supreme German forces continued tO rage president Roosevelt goes to the Part of a morning or an afternoon. headquarters asked the people of

naval medical center at Bethesda, emphasized that this was Broz's partisan headquarters report- | Md. this week for a complete Phys- south Carolina rest, McIntire has|

ical checkup.

Meanwhile, to guard against any loss of progress made during his

{ put the president on a “take it

occupied Europe today to keep themselves fully informed on conditions in their communities so they would be prepared to guide the in-

Mr. Roosevelt's physician, Vice easy” schedule which is being fol-| vasion forces. Adm. Ross T. McIntire, felt sure Jowed every day. The President has|

attempt to halt partisan offensive that the examination would show abandoned his habit of doing busi-

of his diagnosis. May Cinch Decision

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He is now seeing very!

his been

routine - has

McIntire also is watching the

With more than enough pro-|

pected by many of Mr. Roosevelt's cratic convention already assured,

Results of the checkup were ex- fourth term delegates to the Demo- |

political supporters to cinch cision to seek re-election.

directed a verdict of acquittal for|Democratic leaders, at least, were

planning in that direction.

of his winter bronchitis.

his de- the health angle seemed to be the Many only remaining decision between| Mr. Roosevelt and acceptance of the | nomination. There was no suggestion at the! White House that the test would show anything except that Mr. | Roosevelt had thrown off all traces |

LOCKEFIELD SEEKS MORE PLAYGROUND

A delegation of Lockefield Gar-

The medical checkup itself will be | dens residents will submit a plea brief, probably not requiring more for more playground space in that

than a couple of hours of the PresiErnesto Ravinet, export manager dent's time because McIntire alof The Wayne Works at Richmond, ready has much of the information will speak on Latin-American trade that goes into such an examination. relations at the regular Rotary club|No hospital stay will be involved |crowded, Mr. Brown said he will luncheon tomorrow at the Claypool and: Mr. Roosevelt will be away! ifrom his office only for a com-|

neighborhood tomorrow to Park Superintendent Paul V. Brown. Conceding that present recreation

| facilities are inadequate and over-

The request was made in the second broadcast on behalf of Gen.

{that the chief executive is back in ness and engaging in conferences | Dwight D. Eisenhower to the underFighting in eastern Bosnia was| 800d physical shape following a while eating lunch from a tray at ground armies being instructed on over a wide area, through moun-|month’s vacation in South Carolian his desk. tains and valleys and along com- and as the result of a new, easier few callers in the afternoon and in| strike, munications lines, with the final Work routine at the White House. general outcome uncertain. Tito's' commu-| Despite the apparent physical lightened after 11 years of a hard- it was vitally important for everyniques in the last three days indi- rebound by the chief executive, Mc- driving daily schedule. cated losses were heavy on both, Intire, charged with responsibility, sides, but that the partisans ap-|fof keeping the President healthy, president's diet closely in an eqort knowledge of his or her own surpeared to hold a slight edge after |Wanted to be scientifically certain to prevent him from gaining any! roundings,” whether rural or metro|appreciable weight. |

their procedure when the allies The spokesman emphasized that

one to be ready to help the allied armies and to have the “fullest

politan.

REPORT 800 NAZIS

DIE IN RUSS ATTACK

| MOSCOW, May 22 (U. P.).—Eight hundred Germans were killed when {Soviet forces turned back Nazi assaults yesterday and 28 German {planes were shot down in air batitles, it was announced today. | A total of 52 German planes was ishot. down the day before. The Russians turned back strong infantry and tank attacks yesterday along the lower Dnestr river {northwest of Tiraspol, killing 600

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‘| the vicinity for conversion into park

; jured were released and taken to | Aid is making arrangements for the

{in the sugar beet industry. The dynamite in the other truck did not

PARTLY-CLAD YOUTH |

es officers and men. offer the part-time assistance of a >

” . A (The Berlin radio said that Gerpark supervisor at the project. How-| nn troops had encircled a strong

ever, he intends to urge an organiz-| it wes ror ation of Lockefield citizens for the Davies ih Yu J She Poh, 26 exclusive purpose of extending play- feast pank of the Dnestr, and had ground space within the project cantyreq 3000 prisoners.) a itself. 5 No empty lots are available in LOOKS TO POST-WAR ERA a NEW YORK, May 22 (U. P.).— Chairman Harry S. Truman (D. Mo.) of the senate war investigat- 4 ing coimmittee urged today that © wartime government restrictions on. = individuals and industry be removed “as fast as possible” to open the way for a healthy post-war economy.

HOLD EVERYTHING

property, he added.

TWO INJURED HERE IN TRUCK ACCIDENT

Two of the 19 Mexicans, who were injured Saturday when their truck collided with a truck carry-| ing dynamite at the east edge of; town, remained in the City hospital today. They were Davia Vechio, 9, and Jose Gonsales, 4. The other in-

Wheeler mission while Travelers’

party to continue the trip. The group of 32 Mexicans was traveling to Alma, Mich, to work

explode.

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