Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1944 — Page 8

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infantryman, husband of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scott, 2435 Massachusetts ave, is wearing the purple heart and he silver star an Sgt. Soft 1s the stories to go along with the medals. One of his most difficult battles was fought against a Nazi force greatly superior in number to the Yankee infantrymen. They fought all night to take a hill position in Italy, Three times the Germans forced the doughboys down the hill. “But,” said Sgt. Scott, “we made up our minds that they weren't going to throw us down the hill

again, “We went up the fourth time and we stayed. I estimate that originally there had been at least half a company of Jerries on the hilltop.

Only 11 Left

“The last time we charged uphill there were only 11 of us. We fought with rifles until the range was too close and then we let ‘em have it with bayonets and hand grenades. We took the hill.” Sgt. Scott and 10 other doughboys received the silver star for that action which occurred just after the first crossing of the Volturno river. “It was a strange experience,” he said. “We were yelling back and forth as we fought, the Jerries bellowing at us in German and we at them in English.” Sgt. Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott, Partridge, Ky., served in Africa, Sicily and Italy with the 1st and 3d infantry division, He was wounded from a fragmentation bomb on the day the boys crossed the Volturno. The wound put him out of action four hours, just long enough to get medical treatment.

SHELTON IS AWARDED SCOUTMASTER'S KEY

Presented with a Scoutmaster's train award in

pleted a five-year training program in ceremonies | held at Howe high school. !

Dr. John Paul Jones made the presentation, and ae in addition “° Wi awarded scout Mr. Shelton master’s training course certificates to: Frank McClain, J. D. Hopps, John T. er, William Sorgius, Ralph Waymire Young, Hans Videbeck, Richar Eldon Prye, Richard Hubbard, Babcock, Bert Means, Howard Wilhoite, Dewey Lane, Raymond Oglesby, Harold Church, Julian C. Butts, John M Henthorne, R. R. Johnson, Donald C. MeClain, James Stottlemyer, 8. D. Stroud, Morton Hyatt, Arthur Dudley, William H. Bailey, EL. Griffith, Ira Jones, Donald Mclain, Clarence P. McNefl, Edward Thomas. Marshall W. Thompson, Basil R. Fischer, Robert Ewing, Edward E. Coleman, Lee E. McParland, William E. Lombard, Elors R. Reeves, and David G. Wers.,

Win Certificates

Troop committeemen'’s certificates were given to:

William Taylor, Robert B. Willson, Raymond H. Wyman, Robert Marbury, Clinton Switzer, William H. Weaver, Charles E. Harry, Roy L. Awbrey, Delbert R. Bennett, Ivan E. Brower, Harvey P. Dehoney, W. O. Duncan, Lyman B. Goodloe, Herbert H Hansen, Emmett E. H#rbold, Emory James, Willlam C. . G. F. Lohss, Enoch Martin, C. Nennert, Kenneth A. Smith and George A. Sprow. Advanced Scoutmaster's course awards went to:

John M. Taylor S8r., Harold Keitch, Eewitt A. Burt, Everett Colber, Otie E Davis, Hans Videbeck, Kenneth E. Dorrell, H Schellert, Dallas Andrews, 8 1 n, D. Vernon Adams, Herman M. , Ralph E. Vawter, Graeme B Supple, Howard E. Morrison and Robert Dain

Training course leader certificates |

were-awarded to:

standler, Roy H. Bostic, 1, Richard Nabring, Harold R. Fischer, N. T. Washy A James, Haroid E Keltch, John Taylor, 8. L. Hulsman and Herman M Riley

TRUCK OPERATORS WARNED ON TIRES

George F. Burnett, district manager of the highway transport division of the ODT, today warned truck operators that there will be a shortage of heavy and medium duty bus and truck tires during the third quarter of the year. The number of tires available for replacement purposes is about 18 per cent higher than in the second quarter, but there is an estimated shortage of 25,000 tires a month in sizes 8.25 and up, he said. Mr. Burnett also suggested that commercial operators using T coupous for gas make their applications for the coming quarter as soon as possible to avoid a last-

minute bottleneck.

BRITISH DUB NAZI

WEAPON ‘THE THING’

LONDON, June 19 (U. P.).—One

of many puzzling aspects of the novel attack on South England is The

What to call the German weapon.

he Nazis trotted out their name

freedom. It has dealt with the Fascist elements in conquered countries; it has disregarded the will of the people of those coun= tries; it has stubbornly and incredibly refused to acknowledge the committee of liberation as the provision French government. It has been canny and personal and subjective. It has called this policy expediency. But since the policy has produced little but dislike, distrust and loss of prestige for the United States without achieving the intended political aims, it has not been even expedient, The formulation of an affirmative foreign policy by the Republican party is thus a particularly important platform task.

Sees Sharp Division

There have been sharp divisions within the party concerning the extent to which it is desirable for the United States to maintainand develop relations with other nations. But surely the long debate, the events through which we lived before the war, and the war itself have made plain that American policy cannot be sepa< rated into two unrelated compartments, one labelled foreign policy and one domestic policy. The two areas of action are inseparable; what happens in either immediately affects the other. We are not living in several worlds, Our small American farms, our huge American factories, have close bonds with whit is produced in the Andes and the hills of Szechuan, with the complex trade mechanism of London, with the cargoes that sail from Bombay and Oslo and Melbourne. Whatever we do at honfe constitutes foreign policy. And whatever we do abread consti. tutes domestic policy. This is the great, new political fact. Furthermore, we have learned conclusively that in the modern world the. United States cannot survive militarily, economically or politically without close and continuing co-operation with the other nations of the world,

20th Century Facts

In stating its foreign policy platform the Republican party should reflect this 20th century knowledge.

Its platform should demand the immediate creation of a functioning council of the united nations, as a first step toward the ultimate formation of a general international organization, in order that directly, or by representation, all the peoples of the united nations may have a. voice

‘in the political decisions that are

already being made in the world. So far these decisions are being made—or, in ‘some cases, sidestepped and postponed—by Great Britain, Russia and the United States, with China brought in as a ‘courtesy member” of the group where Asia is concerned. Naturally the task of safeguarding the world from aggression will have to rest mainly on the shoulders of the great powers,

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litical status and economic fare are deeply involved in cisions to be made, will should not permit three great powers to continue tate their destiny.

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only when decisions are affecting their own fate but shaping the world in which will live. This is right; it is will prove necessary in practice and in the long run it will be vantageous to the national

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interpretations of the term; nor should it substitute quibbling words like “integrity.” It should emphasize that our sovereignty is not something to be hoarded, but to be used. The United States should use its sovereignty if co-operation with other powers to create an effective international organization for the good of all. History should have taught us that we gain more by co-operating to protect the general interest than by working alone for some imagined separate interest. It should declare for a ~ vision of the country tariff policy. The United States by reciprocity arrangements should lower tariffs and break - down trade barriers. This should be done in consultation with other nations. For no longer can tariffs be arbitrarily determined by one nation without damaging the interest of others and provoking reactions that damage its own interests.

The Republican platform must recognize the fact that

"world currency stabilization is in-

dispensable to the revival of world trade. At the same time it should recognize realistically that the requirements of the period of transi tion from war to peace and of the long years that will follow are quite different. The chief need of the transi-

-tion period will be relief, rehab-

ilitation and the liquidation of foreign owned balances—in other words, the problem is how to carry lend-lease to its logical conclusion. The long-term problem is the maintenance of as even balances as possible. The procedure for the first problem is relatively simple, and in any case lies largely in the control of the United States. For the second it is intricate. In its essence it must be based upon a relationship between the American dollar and the British pound, though co-operation of the nations of the world will be required. Finally, the Republican platform should state the conviction that, Mr. Churchill to the contrary, the ideologies for which we fight have not become blurred for us in the course of the fighting but have become clearer every day; and that, Mr. Roosevelt to the contrary, in becoming wiser we have not become more cynical. We know that the sacrifice of our men and women in this war has not been made simply in order to defend ourselves against brute force. We are fighting a war for freedom; we are fighting a war for men’s minds. This means that we must encourage men’s just aspirations for freedom not only at home but everywhere in the world. Today all Americans watch with anxious hearts, and with pride

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and gratitude, the accomplish-

years ago, two years ago, the United States had the the political, the moral .the world. Today the material leadership. We have lost political leadership through ineptness and delay. We have lost moral leadership through attempted ex-

pediency The Republican party should frame and pursue a foreign policy that will recapture America’s lost leadership.

VENUS WAS THE VICTIM NEWARK, N. J, June 18 (U.P). —Headquarters dispatched Detective Fred Trautwein to investigate a “hatchet murder.” He found the body—a replica of the Venus de Milo, armless statue.

ISA MIRANDA IN ITALY ROME, June 19 (U. P.).—Isa Mi-

ture workers were anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist and had not co-oper-

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for future models with more of the customary gadgets. There- : > fore, stovemak- Ann Stevick ers hold up production. Manu facturers want stove customers to

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use a personal written statement of need, as they do for electric ranges, instead of a ration

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creased because of oil and coal shortages. Another, that the gaso-

| line and tire shortage keeps people home, burning the midnight

electricity. So far, power companies have kept up to added demands, but

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