Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1944 — Page 18

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KANDY, Coylon, May 20 (Delayed (U. P.).—Pvt. John Darkie Collis wrote his mother in London telling her not to worry about him, “I'll keep my head down.” Later, while crawling through the lines with a stretcher to ald a wounded comrade he was struck by shrapnel. He wrote his mother | a second letter, saying “In the future I'll keep both ends down.”

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Advance of Chinese Troops Speeds Progress of Vital Highway.

By ALBERT RAVENHOLT United Press Staff Correspondent

ON THE SALWEEN RIVER FRONT, Southwestern China, May 23 —Chinese coolies, working under direction of U. S. and Chinese engi- | neers, are repairing the old Burma {road from Kinking, in Yunnan | vince, to the rushing Salween Iriver as Chinese military forces {strike across the river into enemyheld territory to the west. The job isn't easy as the engineers supervise the initial work of blasting out a nine-yard roadway and preparing a six-yard surface. Heavy United States army bull- ! dozers and graders haven't arrived |yet from India and a search | throughout southwest China pro-

| duced only three bulldozers, one

| motor grader and eight air compressors. | German equipment brought to China before the war.

Peasants Fill in Holes

the spring of 1942, the Chinese

the river in anticipation of a further Japanese advance. Today peasants from the surrounding country are filling in the deep zig-zag trenches they dug and

neers at that time.

work that is being done.

‘Burma railroad at Lashio.

just as good shape as formerly, Yanks Work on Road

formerly with the Pennsylvani

| States army road engineer;

VISION FOR VICTORY!

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In a thousand factories, large and small, American production is giving our fighting men the balance of power. That production depends on accurate vision. Have your eyes checked regularly. If you need glasses see

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is again available, and now that fuel will be any more plentiful than it was this winter... . if the supply will be as good . .. IT is a wise householder who stocks up with that good Citizens Coke NOW, As you well know, Citigens Coke is clean and smokeless, and because it is smokeless it is There is heat. If you want to enjoy the

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Much of this was old which Was attack in the Mediterranean and

After the retreat from Burma in! group are Tech. 5th Gr. Thomas

systematically destroyed the first {50 miles of the supply line east of

the wide gaps blown out by engi-| —Living costs nosed up 0.6 per cent

nese and American .scouts report | that the road in enemy hands is in

Americahs working on the road include Morton Gehr of India, Pa.,!

highway department now a United Capt. | Wilfred O. Leighton, Richmond, | Va. and Capt. Warren A, Gallup,

Gehr scouted over most of South | 'west China for the equipment in| . Leighton brought compressor trucks into the area and Gallup has been scouting needed repairs on)

| “I worked forward until someone | shot at me,” Gallup said, in reporting his penetration of the enemy

Another American, 1st Lt. Russell | E. Donie, of Vincennes, Ind., an ex- | plosives specialist and his crew of | U. S. engineers, have been blasting | a rock ledge overhanging the Bur-| ma road below historic Tall lake. “Along the route I spotted a Chinese youth wrestling with a bulland Chinese coolies filling | rock around a gasoline-drum culvert | while an American G. I. supervised | the operation with a skeptical eye,” |

Chinese shopkeepers, anticipating arrival of U.. 8. forces when the i road reopens, have begun posting

THE INDIAN 3 Rangers Return Here After Two

Years Overseas

THREE INDIANAPOLIS rangers, veterans of every campaign in the Mediterranean theater of operations, have returned to this

country after spending two years overseas. Among the contingent of 199 United States soldiers were 8S. Sgt Lawrence E Troxell, son of Mr. and Mrs Robert Troxell, : 2738 Station st.; : Tech, 5th Gr, Seb Troxell Clotis R. Wallsmith, R. R. 14, Box 325, and Pfc. Ivan R. Heid, 1350 Kappes st. The rangers, including seven who took part in the Dieppe raid, -are all part of the famous fighting force organized and led by: Col William ©. Darby, Ft. Smith, Ark, who recently returned to the United States. The men, all of whom volunteered for ranger service, have spearheaded every major allied

spent eight months in ' actual front-line fighting.

Other Indiana rangers in the

Williams, Evansville; Pfc. Warren G. Fulks, Lafayette, and S. Sgt. Eugene C. Wagner, Lawrence.

LIVING COSTS RISE

Boy Scout troop 187 of the cen-

The troop, sponsored jointly by the 25th Street Baptist church and the P.-T. A. of school 87, was organized formally at an investiture service at the church. Lionel F. Artis presented the charter to the Rev. J. B. Carter and Mrs. Robert T. Marbury. Charter members are William Strong, Earl Roberts, William Walker, Paul D. Blair, James Campbell,

shall Baker. Albert Wadsworth and Floyd Starks are scoutmaster and assistant scoutmaster, respectively.

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Edward King, Grover Shank, Les-| lie Taylor, William Sims, Richard Campbell, Robert Baker and Mar-

DETROIT, May 23 (U, P.)—A powerful anti-aircraft gun, developed by army - engineers, and capable of reaching an objective more than 11 miles in the air, has been produced in quantity by the Fisher Body division of General Motors Corp. it was announced today.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P)).

| between March 15 and April 15,

I hiked over the snaky trail in the Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins Salween gorge and saw some of the reported today. On the was traced to higher excise taxes. western bank of the Salween, limit | of Japanese expansion eastward, we caught a glimpse of the road climbing from a wrecked bridge and up cloud-shrouded peaks toward the) The| enemy now holds the mountain slopes on the other bank, but Chi-

CAPEHART TO SPEAK

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Mom's seeing to it that nothing happens to put the car out of the running these days. More and more she’s taking over the whole car-care matter. And—why not? It's easy now for women or men to keep a car running right, running longer, and running farther on every gallon of gasoline. Just take it | to your Standard Oil Dealer! He's trained for wartime car-saving service. Remember—it’s going to be a long, long time before | you can replace your car. Don't neglect it. Follow this 3rd-War-Year

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