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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

WE CAN'T HAND any prizes for consideration to the passengers of a certain Fairground Illinois car bound for the bond rally Tuesday evening. Al] the Seats were taken when a crippled soldier, on crutches and wearing tampaign ribbons, boarded the car. Not bik a man, woman or child got up to , give ‘him a seat. ‘The crippled veteran had to brace himself against a railing near the operator's seat all the way out to the fairground. Two U. 8. O. girls, Mary E. Adams, 2839 E. 19th, and Frances LaPack, 1615 Eppler ave, who were standing near him, apologized for the passengers’ lack of courtesy. The soldier just laughed, remarking his legs weren't much good since being shot up. No wonder a lot of the soured on us home folks. . . . Mr. and N. Rural, went to choir practice the E. 10th Methodist church. their 15th wedding anniversary. surprised when one of the choir of the choir, and then came the She found everyone grouped around vis for a mock wedding ceremony. It by the Rev. A. M. Brown. Mr, Davis about the plans but kept them a secret + + « Merchandise contributed by ted by members was awarded at ertising Club's dinner party Tuesday evening the Highland club, The contribution of the A. & P. Stores was three packages of Bokar coffee. The first package, by some quirk of fate, went to Mrs. William Coleman, who happens to be the wife of the A. & P. sales manager. And she doesn't drink coffee, To add to the coincidence, the other two packages went to people at her table,

Unnecessary Annoyance

OUR NOMINATION: for the “meanest man of the week” is a certain bus driver on the N. Meridian line. He pulled up on Monument circle during the rush

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Over the Oceans By Daniel M. Kidney

(Last of Series)

WASHINGTON, June 15—Since navy ships now navigate the air, as well as the seas, experiments are constantly carried on to improve naval aviation. These tests are made in the laboratories of the faval air experiment station at the Philadelphia navy yard and at the new naval air station at Patuxent, Md. The Philadelphia laboratories include those for aeronautical engines and instruments, electrical devices, and aero-medicine. Flying ‘and shooting experiments are conducted at Patuxent, with planes that take off from both land and water. There are two huge airfields, one with a landing strip two miles long and

A Military Secret SIGHTS AND GUN MOUNTINGS are becoming

of the crews. Bomb dropping is done by gadgets which figure out the proper moment from firing data with the accuracy of a business arithmetic machine. Put the data in here and the answer comes out there,

. Just how that happens will always be a military secret so far as this writer is concerned. After listen.

dng to a lecture on the subject, visiting newspapermen

My Day

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, —1 have just finished

“feading David Lilienthal’s book, “T. V. A. Democracy

hour Tuesday while there still was a light rain falling. A crowd of 25 or 30 collected and waited for

Luftwaffe Was Checked

In Great Detail.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor.

American Expeditionary Force,

puzzled by Hitler's amazingly poor showing in the air in the first week of the invasion it did not surprise the top men here. In fact it was what they expected. For months prior to the allied offensive the most popular wartime bromide in England was, “The Jerries are building up their reserves so they can plaster us on D-day. That's why they aren't bombing Britain or offering the usual resistance in the air.” From there the easy-chair strategist would go on to predict for England a D-day ordeal like the last days of Pompeil.

Chockful of Ships On D-day the vast invasion base

him to open the door. Instead of doing so, he waited| Which is Britain would be on the until the bus just ahead moved out, and then he|™OVe. Embarkation ports would be moved up about 100 feet, forcing the crowd to scurry|chockful of ships. The channel down the sidewalk after him meanwhile getting would be alive with transports, drenched. There's no reason why he couldn't have/landing barges and other craft. loaded his bus where he first stopped. . . . Owen C.|The beachheads of France would Earle calls our attention to a typographical error in|be a jumble of men and machines.

a headline in another paper, was spelled, “Subdebts.”

The word, “Subdebs,” From the viewpoint of a/enemy’s time to strike. It simply

Then, they said, would be the

father, it's a most appropriate spelling, says Mr, Earle. couldn't miss. Every shot and every . + « Joseph Mescall, 1401 E. Vermont, says the chil-| bomb would strike a telling blow.

dren at the juvenile detention home need some out-

Yet all the while the few who

door playground equipment. They could use a couple knew were smiling up their sleeves. of indoor balls, a bat and, if possible, a volley ball. They had the information and it Mr. Mescall is one of a group of young folks working was that the Nazis couldn't do it. among the children in the home during their spare| They didn't have the planes.

time. His home phone is FR. 2644, More Park Facilities

True, the Nazis had a lot of planes, but not nearly enough to take care of their manifold needs—

THE JUNE ISSUE of Outdoor Indiana outlines like the little boy with 10 cents at Michigan's post-war conservation program as a basis| the circus who had to forego either for formulating a similar program for acquisition of the peanuts or the pink lemonade.

100,000 acres of land at a cost of about $8 millions,

The Nazis were forced to conserve

of which $3 millions already has been appropriated.|their strength for the most vital The object is to provide more lands where “city|objectives. What those objectives dwellers can enjoy the relaxation derived from recrea- are remains to be seen.

tion in the outdoors” within a relatively few miles of

All this was known at supreme

their homes. Indiana, likewise, needs’ considerably headquarters long before D-day. more park and forest land than she has at present. For two years or more the allies The parks and forest facilities were being taxed before had been keeping a record.

the war, and even greater patronage is certain to follow after the war. . .. Sewer inlets at 49th and Wash-

They knew Hitler's strength in air and in reserve. They kept

the ington blvd.—and s lot of other places, too—became|track of his losses and his output. clogged by debris during the heavy rain Tuesliy| They plotted the location of every evening, causing water to flood the street for a half aircraft factory and its capacity for block or so. While it still was raining, a couple of planes or spare parts,

boys. about 13 or 14, got. down on their hands and

Then systematically they began to

knees in the water and removed the debris from one knock his planes out of the skies

inlet after another, permitting the water to drain/and pulverize the shops which away. Mrs. Vincent G. Smith, who saw the incident! turned them out.

decided the boys surely must be Boy Scouts. Whether or not they were, they'll probably grow up to be good tizsens,

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Multiply Own Production Gradually tables and charts were

withdrew without asking any questions. A fast-|multiplied their own production.

jet-propulsion fighter

plane was demon-

It is doubtful if in all the his-

rising strated, and & new method of short-range take-|tory of military intelligence there offs by rocketussisted planes. Rockets give a plane could be found a finer example of alr speed sooner than would its regular power plant| keeping tab on the enemy over so

unassisted.

long a period or a better example

One of the latest navy planes inspected was the|O0f co-operation between allies. At

Budd Conestoga (RB-I). freighter. This cargoless steel.

It is what sailor calls a|every stage of the game the R. A. F. plane is built of stain. and U. 8. A. F. worked as a single Its cargo capacity is 10,400 pounds. One|team. ambulance or two jeeps can be carried. Cruising

On D-day and thereafter those

speed is 165 miles an hour, and the full-load range is| Who had collaborated on this job 600 miles. A maximum range of 1700, extendable to|looked at each other and smiled.

2500 miles with auxiliary fuel tanks, is possible.

Lethal Fuel Tanks

Things were working out as expected. Perhaps even a little better because in all their calculations they had taken care fo minimize

AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS have become lethal|rather than overestimate the dam-

stores in well-preserved shape even after extended

“up

By Eleanor Roosevelt

age the allied air forces were do--|ing to the enemy. If there were to be any surprises they wanted them to be pleasant ones,

Still Strong in Air But all the same allied spokesmen

SOUTH BEND SAILOR GETS LIFE SENTENCE

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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 194 De G aulle Cheered on Return to Native Soil

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Gen. Charles de Gaulle, on four of the liberated areas of France, is greeted by enthusiastic French populace

VETERANS’ AID GROUP NAMED

Rehabilitation and Employment to Be Planned by State Body.

Governor Schricker today announced the establishment of a committee for veterans’ rehabilitation and employment for Indiana which will plan and co-ordinate the state program with the federal plan. The governor, who will serve as chairman, said that the group would be sufficiently flexible to permit speedy adjustment to meet all future needs. He pointed out that most of the actual work with discharged veterans, however, would be done by local committees made up of various organizations in the areas, co-ordinating their efforts with local draft boards and re-employ-ment committeemen.

Acts at Meeting The governor appointed the executive committee at a meeting with federal, state and civic representatives and asked its members to obtain the co-operation of all civic and patriotic groups and employers in the program to avoid duplication of effort. Members of the executive committee are Col. Robinson Hitéhcock, state selective service director, who was appointed executive officer of the committee; B, C. Moore, administrator of the veterans’ administration; John K. Jennings, state director of the war manpower com=mission; M. W. Hankins, state representative of veterans’ employment service; W. Ross Copeland, representative of the civil service commission: Dr. C. T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction. Also Col. Everett L. Gardner, director of the employment security division; Virgil Sheppard, executive secretary of the American Red Cross; Lt. Gov, Charles M, Dawson, commissioner of agriculture; Thomas R. Hutson, state labor commissioner, and Dr. Thurman B. Rice, secretary of the state board of health. Later, the governor said, an advisory committee will be created composed of representatives of veterans, business, civic and labor organizations.

TRACTOR DRIVER KILLED CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. June 15 *(U. P.).—Funeral services were arranged today for Ernest C. Kinsinger, 46, farmer, who was killed yesterday when his tractor and a truck collided.

G. 0. P. WOMEN TO MEET The Lawrence Township Women's Republican club will meet tomorrow for a covered dish luncheno at the home of Mrs. William Reynolds at Oaklandon, Mrs. Charles Craig is president,

Up Front With Mauldin

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Predict Compromise on OPA Acceptable to Critics, FDR im, men bumpin to na

WASHINGTON, June 15 (U. P.). —Republican and Democratic comngressmen predicted today that sen-ate-house conferees will be able to work out a compromise price control extension bill that will satisfy most OPA critics and still be acceptable to President Roosevelt. The highly-amended measure was sent into conference late yesterday when the house completed action after a last minute decision to eliminate several provisions opposed by the administration.

Dispute Enforcement

Although the bill still contains sections opposed by the - administration, Chairman Brent Spence (D. Ky.) of the house banking committee and two ranking minority mémbers, Reps. Jesse P. Wolcott (R. Mich.) and Ralph Gamble (R. N. Y.) believed the prospects for avoiding a presidential veto were im-

Field. chiep OPA counsel, objected to amendments sponsored by Reps. Everett M. Dirksen (R., Ill) and Angier L. Goodwin (R., Mass.). The Dirksen amendment provides for district court reviews of OPA regulations and the Goodwin amendment permits alleged violators to defend themselves on grounds that violations were not wilful and were committed only after due precaution had been taken to prevent them.

The three proposals killed by the house at the last minute would have provided a 35-cent-a-barrel increase on crude oil, put fresh fish under parity prices and given OPA wider authority to regulate specifications and standards of brand name goods. Final agreement of the senatehouse conferees must necessarily be the result of compromises because of the difference in amendments accepted by the two houses.

proved.

Much administration opposition to the house version was directed at amendments dealing with enforcement of OPA regulations. Richard

ADM. HALSEY HEADS FOR SEGRET POST

SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, June 15 (U. P.).—Adm. William F. Halsey today was relieved of his command of the South Pacific area and the South Pacific force of the U. S. Pacific fleet to take a new and as yet undisclosed role in the Pacific war. He was succeeded by Vice Adm. John Henry Newton, former deputy commander of the South Pacific. Announcement of the change came when U. S. naval forces began an intensification of their campaign to reduce the power of Japan's island outposts of Guam and the Marianas and the Palau islands, possibly foreshadowing a drive on the Philippines. In his farewell message to forces under his command, Halsey said he hoped he would see them again on the road to Tokyo. From this and other similar remarks he has made recently, it was assumed he would continue to fight the Japanese until their final defeat in their homeland, The formal change of command was accomplished in a simple ceremony held in the “admirals’ cabin” of the headquarters building here. There was none of the traditional navy ceremony of shifting flags— the lowering of Halsey's four-star and the hoisting of Newton's threestar—but the occasion was not without its impressive elements. Halsey sent a ringing “well done” to South Pacific forces. From the

| convoy patrol, each had his message.

biggest bases in the area down to the lowliest subchaser on lonely

Bankhead Plan Rejected

Heading the list are the Dirksen amendment and the senate-ap-proved Bankhead proposal to pay parity prices for cotton and assure a reasonable profit to textile manufacturers. A modification of the Bankhead amendment was rejected by the house, but conferees expressed a belief that it may be necessary to compromise on both to reach an acceptable agreement. The senate and house also differ as to how long the price act should be extended beyond the present June 30 expiration date. The house favors a year's extension and the senate 18 months. They differ also on their attitude toward consumer food subsidies. The senate proposed to ban all subsidies after June 30, 1945, while the house authorized continuation of the present subsidy program provided no new items are added. Following are other major amendments adopted by the house, but not included in the senate-approved measure: ; 1. Knock out the OPA regulation prohibiting retailers—mainly of lowpriced clothing—from selling any garment above the price for which it was sold during a certain base period.

2. Direct the OPA administrator to make individual adjustments to correct gross inequities in rent ceilings

Demands Payment Proof

3. Require manufacturers and processors of products made from meat and flour to submit proof

to government subsidies. 4. Prohibit processors and manufacturers of all products made from

agricultural commodities to claim parity as the cost of raw products manufactured by them if they failed to pay parity to the producers, Amendments passed by the senate but not in the house bill include provisions to: 1. Permit salary adjustments up to $3750 a week to be made without reference to the war-labor board. 2. Authorize the OPA adminis trator to reduce price of textile items when they are above a level considered “fair and equitable,” but

Congressional Medal Given Posthumously to Lt. 3 Robert Craig.

CAMP ATTERBURY, June 15 (U. P.)—The congressional medal of

honor was presented posthumously 3 today to the father of an infantry man, 2d Lt. Robert Craig of Toledo, 0, during Camp Atterbury’s celebration of Infantry day. The nation’s highest award to its fighting men was presented to William P. Craig for his son's “gallant actions during the advance on Favoratta, Sicily.” ‘The citation said that Craig volunteered to silence a concealed heavy machinegun after his company was stopped behind the crest of a small hill by lits fire. Three officers previously had been wounded trying to silence it. Cpl. James E. Hill, Lookeba, Okla., said that “Lt. Craig and I crawled to within 35 yards of it before we were discovered. He yelled at me to

machinegun fire. He reached the gun position miraculously unhurt, and, standing over the crew, killed all three "with his carbine

Company Advances

With the gun out of action, the company was able to advance. The citation continued: “Shortly thereafter, while advancing down the foward slope of a ridge, Lt. Craig and his platoon, in a position devoid of cover and concealment, encountered the fire of 100 enemy soldiers. . . , He ordered his men to withdraw to the cover of a crest while he drew the enemy fire to himself, “With no hope of survival, he charged toward the enemy. . ., Assuming a kneeling position, he killed five and wounded three. While the hostile force concentrated fire on him, his platoon reached the cover of the crest. Lt. Craig was killed by. enemy fire, but his intrepid action so inspired his men that they drove the enemy from the area, inflicting heavy casualties.” The ceremony also was attended by his mother, his brother, William F. Craig Jr, and his sister, Mrs, Dwight Curtis, all of Toledo.

Members of the 106th infantry di vision stationed at Camp Atterbury today held open house in observance of Infantry day by giving visitors a demonstration of the unit in combat training and review. The 424th infantry regiment presented ranger training and displayed infantry weapons and equipment. Demonstrations on the obstacle and bayonet assault courses also were given. A baseball game and a retreat review will complete the day. Members of the Indiana and Ken=tucky Manufacturers’ associations were special guests of the division yesterday and today.

GUERNSEY GO. TRIAL PUT OFF TO JULY 5

that they have paid parity prices to producers before being entitled!

Special Judge Harvey B. Hart‘sock has continued to July 5 the {trial in criminal court of three offi{cials of the Golden Guernsey { Farms, Inc., charged with delivering “watered” milk to the Marion county tuberculosis hospital at Sunnyside. . Judge Hartsock explained that attorneys in the case, which originally was scheduled to be finished yesterday, were unable to continue the trial because of pressure of other work during the next two weeks. “ Also Judge Hartsock said other criminal court cases had been set for today and for the remainder of the {month under the original schedule that anticipated the close of the Golden Guernsey case yesterday. Another two days of trial will be required to finish the case, attorneys said.

‘HOBO PICNIC’ TONIGHT The Beta Iota chapter, Tau Phi Lambda sorority of the Supreme Forest Woodmen circle, will hold a “hobo picnic” at 7 o'clock this evening at Riverside park. Each member will bring a guest as a part of the circle’s membership campaign. RUSS ENVOY LEAVES TOKYO By UNITED PRESS A Japanese broadcast recorded by U. S. government monitors said today that Jakov Malik, Russian ambassador to Japan, will leave for Moscow shortly on a furlough,

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