Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1944 — Page 11

FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1944

One of "Lucky 13' to Survive Anzio Battle, Ranger Hero Home With a Nazi Flag 8. SGT. CHARLES P. Mc- : pig TAGUE, Indianapolis member of *| the U. 8. army rangers, was one of the lucky 13 of his company ‘to survive one of the bloodiest battles in Italy after the Yanks ~ had pushed their way from North

Africa, through Sicily and in to

Italy proper. A veteran of 16 months’ overseas duty, the 23-year-old ranger, son of Mrs. Kate -McTague, 1861 Salem lane, helped stop the Nazis in major battles in the Mediterranean war theater. -He lost his

Boost Will Be One-Sixth of Base Pay, Telford

Announces.

By SHERLEY UHL City employees next year will receive a “war adjustment bonus”

S. Sgt. Charles P. McTague replaced this Nazi flag with the Stars and Stripes of the U. 8. A. after helping

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Victims.

BELLAIRE, O., July 7 (U, P).— The largest and most modern drill ing machine in the world, manned

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of relief. It is one of our barrage balloons whith has broken loose and is’ drifting to earth.

silent forms come frantically to life, Men bump into each other, — - . “Commence firing!” rings out above the confusion, and immediatély the great gun is blasting away, and __ smoke fills the gunpit. Sleep and rouse up. Catnap and fire. The night

Blankets fly.

“Seven Planes! .Our Crew Is Proud

AS FULLER light comes we start lighting cigarets in the open. The battery commander asks over the phone how many shells were fired, and tells us our tentative score for the night is seven planes shot down The crew is proud and pleased Dawn brings an imagined warmth and we. throw off our blankets. Our eyes feel gravelly and our heads groggy. The blast of the gun has kicked up so much dirt’ that our faces are as grimy as though we had driven all night in a dust storm The green Norman countryside is wet and glistening with dew. ° Then we hear our own planes drumming in the distance. Suddenly they pop out of a cloud bank and are over us. Security for another day has come, and we surrender willingly the burden of p the beachies The last “Rest!” is given and we put the gun away until anotifer darkness comes

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

WORK IN THE TIMES’ art department was at &

Jow éBb for about ah hour yesterday when an almost black pigeon landed on the window ledge, hobbled in through an open window and perched atop a small glock on the window sill. The bird sat there for an oy . hour—right in front of the open window. It probably would have

been there yet if Artist Ed Klinge Fourth of July parade. Scores of men stood on the: hadn't . obtained some peanuts curb and watched Old Glory pass without removing

which he fed it. parently satisfied with the food, the pigeon got down off the clock and left the way it had come. . . A. G. Bassett, 1248 W, 33d st, writes to tell us of an experiment he tried: “Last fall I cut about 10 inches off three tomato plants growing in my yard, put them in bottles with water dirt.

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. QUITE A PEW downtown business establishments, particularly restaurants, have signs on their doors reading: “Closed for vacation.” It's a custom that was originated last summer. With the ever.present shortage of help, it's impossible for such establishments to hire enough regular help, jet alone temporary help for the vacation season. And so the only way to provide vacations is by shutting down entirely. Among those we have noticed being closed for the week are

In Washington

WASHINGTON, July 7.—A pet topic for cocktail Jounge strategists is the possible economic collapse of

+. - Germany—how, when and a bushel of big ifs. This

alcoholic academic discussion has been heightened since the invasion of France and the advances in : Italy, revealing Germany's terrible shortages in ‘manpower, the lack of airpower and the deterioration of all her fighting equipment. Even though the appear to be worse off than even the military authorities thought possible, there is of course no use counting the Nagis out yet. And when the collapse comes it may be from a different direction than in 1918; After the last war, Gen. Luden3 dorfl blamed the collapse on the . German people. There is a distinction to be made, however, in that it was Ludendorff, Hindenburg and the other military leaders who told the socialist eiv{lian politicians they should sue for peace because the country could fight no longer. This time there aren't any opposition politicians to be told to sue for peace and if Hitler fights to the last Finn, the last Italian Nordic and the ‘last Aryan Quisling, it will be a complete breakdown of the civilian population which will end his war for him.

Food Situation Improves

THE FOOD SITUATION in Germany is better now than in the last war, says Dingle Mackintosh Foot, British parliamentary secretary to the ministry of economic warfare who has been in Washington to confer with U, 8. foreign economic administration officials. This improved food situation has been one of the main causes of Germany's ability to hold out thus far. She has had two good harvests, and up until this year she has had whatever food she has been able to get from the scorched Russian Ukraine, and by robbing the larders of France, the low counfries, Norway and Denmark. .

HYDE PARK, Thursday.—T. think we have all been remarkably fortunate in this part of ghe country be-

cause the whole holiday week-end was “clear, and bright and sunny, except for one thunderstorm which

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both of Stegemeier's restaurants, the St. Moritz, Baker's restaurant in the Board of Trade building, and the Downey Dunker, 14 N. Pennsylvannia, We've heard the Circle Inn and several others are closed, likewise, the inn for redecoration. ... One. of our readers calls in indignantly to réport discourtesy shown the American flag by spectators during the

their hats. Such discourtesy is sheer thotightlessness —it’s not intentional—but nevertheless it doesn't look well, particularly in wartime, Along the ‘same lines, we've. heard complaints from out at- Ft. Harrison. Folks drive out to see the lowering of the colors in the evening. And then they just sit .in their cars

jamounting to one-sixth of their base pay, Job Surveyor Fred Tel ford announced today, » :

This, in efféct, means a salary boost for all municipal workers except the relative few whose wages are limited by statutory ceilings. The minimum adjustment bonus for the lowest scaled monthly wage earners would be $25 a month, 15 cents an hour for those paid on an hourly basis. x!

Since the purpose of ‘the recommendation is to offset current boom prices, indications were given by Mr. Telford that city salaries might drop back to their “normal” bases should living costs decline in the post-war era. ; “Flexible” Scales

He emphasized, however, that base wage scales established by his survey would be: considered “flexible,” with the possibility that minimum and maximum salaries themselves might be raised or lowered after the war, Ey Another of Mr. Telford's innovations is the ‘establishment of sliding pay scales, providing for minimum, maximum and inter‘mediate salary rates for each of the 500 city job classifications. This, he explained, is intended to sharpen the “advancement” incentive at city hall, now at a low ebb because only one salary rate is specified for each

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Attention. It “burns up” some of the soldiers, but

no one on the post is permitted to criticize such civilian discourtesy. So we are doing it for them,

IN THE OTHER war, a furlough trip was the same as a “passport” to peace

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By Peter Edson

Because the German food situation has been better it has been argued that foods should be let into the German-conquered countries, to save their starving population and particularly their children. Since 1939, food has been considered contraband by the British in their blockade of Nazidom and ohly sm: amounts have been allowed in—principally in Greece.

Three Busy Seasons

THE BRITISH BLOCKADE, augmented by U. S, naval and air aid after America entered the war, has not been confined to food, but has been against everything the enemy might need. The full story of the blockade operations cannot be told, but in general, says Mr, Foot, the German-Japanese efforts to beat it have in the last few years been confined to winter operations when nights are longest and weather the worst. The .only approach to” Germany has been through the western French ports on the Bay of Biscay. Ships attempting to make the run have had to make the voyage non-stop from Japan, without refueling, completely blacked out and with radios sealed. There have been three busy seasons. In the spring of 1042, axis ships were engaged in this traffic both ways. In the winter of 1043 only a few got through. Some were sunk by naval actién, and nearly all those that were overtaken were scuttled. So desperate have the ‘Germans become for some materials, principally alloy ores and vegetable oils, that there has been some blockade running in submarines. The cli max came this past December when the Germans sent out 11 destroyers to escort in one shipload of wolfram. The convoy was intercepted in the Bay of Biscay and several of the destroyers sunk by naval gunfire and aerial bombing. * In the last 15 months it is not believed that any ships have made the outbound trip from Germany to Japan. ? The blockade would have been ineffective, of course, if it had not been supplemented by preclusive buying of Spanish and Portuguese supplies by U. 8S. and British governments. It's all a part of this modern economic warfare,

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For instance, school nurses receive a fixed wage of $125 a month. Under the new system, the ‘base pay for school nursés would be $140 a month, with opportunity for -advancement to $150 in the second year, and eventually to a maximum of $160 a month if efficiency and length of service warrant.

Will Ask Increases

+ In applying his base pay rates, Mr. Telford said he would that employees’ salaries now beJow the minimum for any given job be increased to the minimum level. Base salaries of those now receiving more than the maximum pay fixed by Mr. Telford for any given job will remain the same until the position is vacated, he said, when the wage will be reduced to the established base, while those receiving salaries ranging between the minimum and maximum specified for their jobs also will continue to receive the same base pay. Department heads will be authorized to recommend promotions to the next highest pay scale for 10 per cent of their personnel each year. Yesterday, labor leaders conferring with Mr. Telford in city coun¢il chambers protested his sliding pay scale, contending that all city workers'should be skilled craftsmen and should begin at maximum pay. They also criticized Mr. Telford's maximums as actually being below union scale minimums in some cases.

RADIO TUBE. THIEF GETS 1 T0-10 YEARS

Confessing that he stole 843 radio tubes while working at the R. C. A. factory here, Walter Matthew Duke, 54, of 239 N. Oxford st, was sentenced to one to 10 years in state prison in criminal court today. Duke admitted that he carried out several tubes each day and said he sold them to the Paul Kerr music shop, 2846 E. Washington st, for 60 cents each. ’ Kerr has been charged with receiving stolen goods and he will be arranged in criminal court on July 22.

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right arm in flerce fighting near side by side with the dos, Sgt. McTague

Worl and company helped stop

Rommel's drive at Kasserine pass in North Africa in some of the first action the local soldiers saw. He went overseas ‘n January, 1943, after serving in the United States more than a year,

In Sicily Four Months

“We were in Sicily about four months,” the sergeant said, “but it wasn't so bad over there. We went through with flying colors and then were the first to go in with the British commandos to invade Italy.” They took Amalfa in Italy with “not too much trobule” and then

“went on to hold the Chunzi pass

for the British 8th army. “We had ‘quite a battle there,” the wounded army veteran recalled. “We took two mountains from the Germans and killed quite a few of their men besides taking about 300 of them as prisoners.” After holding the Chunzi pass until the British 8th army relieved them, the rangers moved on with other Amerizan troops to Naples, taking it in street fighting and knocking offgthe ‘snipers.

Behind the Nazi Lines

“At Venafro my company went four miles behind thé ‘German lines,” Sgt. McTague said. “We slipped through the mountains at night and blew up the German ammunition dumps while they weren't looking. 2 “We stayed behind the lines three days without food or water

drive the Gerout of their headquarters’ at Naples. His only wish is that Hitler were wrapped in it.

because: the 180th infantry, 45th

division, was slowed down in meeting us. Finally they pushed in alongside us and then we were sall right.” In November, 1843, the rangers took the mountains which the 45th division were unsuccessful in taking and captured many German guns. About 50 per cent of the men in this battle wene casualties, he said.

C-Rations on Thanksgiving

The boys ate C-ration for Thanksgiving dinner but really pulled the wool over the Germans’ eyes when two of the rangers who had been taken prisoner talked Nazi guards into going to the foot of the hill where they said they would get steak, beer and a good feast. The Yanks took the Germans prisoner hut dreamed on of the tasty menu. After some amphibious training for the Anzio invasion, Sgt. McTague and his company were first in taking the town of Anzio, in one of their hardest battles.

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by a champion crew, arrived today at the burning ‘Powhatan coal mine, where 66 men are known to be drapped, and . prepared to begin operations in the hope of finding some of the men alive, The drill, - dispatched from the ‘Hanna Coal Co. mine at George~ {town, O., will be used to bore a hole nine inches in diameter through the earth above the spot where the men are believed to be trapped some 400 feet below the surface and three miles inside the mine,

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‘patched by the Hoffman brothers at Punxsutawney, Pa. will be used to bore a four-inch hole into the earth.

Contact Sought

The drillers will work in eight+ hour shifts around the clock and hope to penetrate to the mine passageways in about 40 hours, with operations getting underway = at noon today. : After breaking through the mine,

“Thirteen of our company were left and every sergeant was either killed or wounded near Cisterna,” he said. “I was platoon leader.in this battle and two full battalions were wiped out. That's when I was hit. “We ran out of ammunition and |. had orders to hold out as long as | possible and then get out. We fought tanks with bazookas and knocked out about 50. What's left of our outfit was sent to Camp Butner, N. C., for training, probably as instructors.” Sgt. McTague, who sold stock in Houston, Tex., before entering

contact with the trapped men, then, if it appears that any are alive, to send them food and water, meanwhile gradually widening the hole in the hope of getting the men to the surface. + The men were trapped Wednesday when a slate fall brought down trolley and power lines, causing 4 short circuit which touched off the fire. When the blaze, once believed under control, broke out again early yesterday, it was "decided to seal the mine. }

and campaign ribbons with four bronze stars for battles at North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Anzio. His battalion received British and French citations for meritorious service in North Africa. He leaves today for Percy Jones hospital, Battle Creek, Mich, where he is stationed. His brother, Sgt. James McTague, is with the tank corps in the South Pacific theater.

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OIL CITY, Pa, July 7 (U. P.).— The death toll in a series of explo-

Democratic state and congressional candidates today drew plans, for a campaign meeting to be held Monday night, State Chairman! Fred F. Bays announced. | The meeting, in which plans for a-fall campaign will be mapped, will be attended by U. 8. Senator|

.|Samuel D. Jackson, gubernatorial

nominee; / Governor Henry F. Schricker, candidate for U. S. sen-| for ‘the short-term senatorship, and the other 12 state ticket nominees and the congressional candidates. Bays said plans for Hoosier at-

tendancé at the national convention July 19 also will be discussed.

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Television Seen Opening 4,600,000 Jobs In Great Development Following War

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By DALE McFEATTERS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer “There may be a job for you in television after the war. . =. Not the least of television's engaging post-war prospects is a potential source of employment. Many skills in a variety of fields will be required, leaders of the infant industry point out. Television should be a particularly fertile field for’ servicemen trained in the operation and maintenance of radio, radar and other military applications of electronics. = Experts Required Engineers, technicians and skilled workers will be needed in the manufacture of television reBéivers, transmitters, relays, cameras and lights, Post-war television stations will require lighting experts, camera men, sound effects men, microphone boom operators, camera

dolly operators, transmitter opera- .

tors, script writers, costume designers, stage, set designers and builders, stage hands and maintenance technicians. Jobs will be created in the sale and distribution of receivers. And since the television set is a much more complex piece of equipment than - your radio receiver, men capable of repairing and servicing the new units will be in demand. Many employment opportunities created by television will be new, none existing in other fields. Other jobs will be adaptations from allied fields — the movies, for example, since fllm will be

‘used extensively in television broadcasts. "

Estimates Vary

Nobody at this time can givean intelligent estimate of how many individuals will find jobs in television. Manufacturers don't know how many sets they will be called upon to build, nor do broadcasters know what schedules they will follow or how elaborate will be their transmitting facilities.

R.C.A. officials have predicted a possibly 4,600,000 new jobs outside of television, resulting from increased demand for goods and services. They figure this way: In 1940, 46,000,000 people were gainfully employed. If, after the war, advertising and sales use of television boosts demands for goods and services 1 per cent, the result’ would be 460,000 new jobs, in terms of 1940 employment. R.C. A. goes further and speculates upon the possibility that full commercialization - of television will stimulate demands for goods and services as much as 10 per cent—meaning 4,600,000 potential new jobs. Master Stations’ Planned

Whether television will bear such fruit remains to be seen. Certainly, if, as the industry expects, receiver sales will reach 3,500,000 units a year within 10 years, representing sales of 600 to 700 million dollars, optimism over television's employment prospects ‘are justified. . : : New fields for the construction and industrial design. industries are opening as plans for master stations begin to take shape.. A glimpse into the future fis provided by a working model of

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sions and fire which wrecked the $1,500,000 100-octane gasoline plant of the Pennzoil Co, rose to eight today, and three others ‘weré iff critical condition in Oil City ,hospital. : / "A Rouseville man collapsed and died of a heart attack while watching firemen battle the flames, and five firemen were overcome by fumes. . Damage may reach $1,000,A series of six unexplained blasts shook the” plant yesterday, showering flaming fluid over the t area and touching off a fire which raged for five hours. One- of the victims, his clothing aflame, climbed a high wire fence protecting the refinery property and dived into a nearby stream. He was dead when removed from the water. . :

SEVITSKY T0 OFFER. 4 CONCERTS ON AIR

Four . broadcast concerts with Fabien Sevitsky as guest conductor of the Detroit symphony orchestra will begin Sunday over station WW.J before an audience of Michigan war bond buyers. . : Mr. Sevitsky, who is music director and conductor of the Indian apolis symphony orchestra, will lead the Detroit orchestra in other concerts to be broadcast July 16, 23 and 30. ¢ Following the July 30 concert he and Mrs. Sevitsky will go to New York; where he will start a series as guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic orchestra in Lewisohn stadium July 31.

Plan California Vacation The Sevitskys will return to Oliver Lake, Ind., after the New York concerts and then go to California at the end of August for a vacation before Mr. Sevitsky's two October appearances as guest conductor of the Vancouver, B. C. symphony “They will return to Indianapolis for the opening of the symphony orchestra's 1944-45 season, Oct. 28 and 29, Pili ;

re ww 7 CULVER HONORED AGAIN CULVER, Ind. July 7 (U. P)~ "1 Col. A. R. Elliott, acting superintendent at Culver Military academy, said today that the adjutant general of the army has notified him that the academy was selected as an honor military school this year for the 38th consecutive time.

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an elaborate network studio, designed by the Austin Co. in co-

of Hollywood sound stages and studios. } Rik The Austin television station design contains a revolving stage, separate audience seating areas, each accommodating several hundred spectators; spacious backstage areas for construction of sets, camera rooms, dressing rooms and offices. A single broadcasting control room overlopks one quadrant of the turntable stage from which all productions would be broadcast. Television = broadcasters realize that this new medium of entertainment can't be a continuous, day-lopg affair such as standard radio. ’ , The housewife can’t be expected to neglect her work to remain all day in front of the television screen. You can eat your meals and, listen to the radio at the same time, but you couldn't dine and watch the television screen without some inconvenience. Consequently, television pro grams likely will be broadcast in the late afternoon and evening when most people will be free to watch. In its initial stages, television may be available only at night, say, from 8 to 11 o'clock. While television is off the air, however, you will enjoy better quality sound programs, made possible by frequency modulation —popularly called FM—which will carry sound for television, FM Growth Important From the employment standpoint, the growth of frequency modulation after the war may be as important as television. It can’ open frequency channels providing upward of 3000 broadcasting stations in the United States, creating new opportunities in employment, manufacturing, engineering, operation, programming and merchandising. - Using higher frequencies and shorter waves, FM eliminates station interferences and reduces static to a minimum. More im- | portant to the listener, it transmits all sounds within the frequency range of the human ear— something that standard radio doesn’t do. ; The human ear can hear sounds ranging from 16 to 16,000 vibrations a second. Even the best

than half this range. You can appreciate, then, what you're missing | in a musical program in. which some instruments produce as high as 15,000 vibrations a second. ' NEXT: - Television's bitter in-

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