Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1944 — Page 13

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YOUR VICTORY. GARDEN—

Transplanting of Clematis Should Be Done in Autumn

By HENRY L, PREE

liberal application of peat moss

well-rotted manure are preferred to any commercial] fertilizer.

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer CLEMATIS need a rich, well-drained {friable soil to which a

Bonemeal and Work

is ‘most welcome.

this into the soil and if your soil is too much on the acid side, then

add a little lime. Nearly neutral

soil is considered ideal.

Clematis prefer a partially shaded spot. The lower stems must

be shaded by a low-growing plant if planted in full sun. To assist in protecting the roots from drying out, apply a mulch of peat moss. The roots must be kept cool and moist, Plants are transplanted best in autumn, sent from the nursery as pot plants. Plant carefully and make sure that ; the hole is large enough to prevent crowding. Set the collar of the plant about two inches below the surface of the soil. Tamp the soi] wel around the roots and water well, continuing to water if the weather is dry.

Mr. Pree

Trellis Support

_ Your newly-planted clematis wants the support of a trellis, a wire netting or an old tree stump. Further protection is required for

‘the winfer™8s mice, rabbits or}

other rgdeats enjoy eating the tender tops. So place a half-inch mesh screen about your plants.

in: color and most spectacular,

while the small-flowered kinds

please us with their curiously formed flowers, Clematis Henryi and jackmanni, the first white and the second purple, are the most commonly planted. The varity paniculata is lovely, a species of white, fragrant flowers.

Others Recommended

Among the better large-flow-ered varieties, I recommend Elsa Spaeth, a true blue clematis, most, profuse in flower from July to September. Bell of Woking, an eight-foot English hybrid, whose double flowers range from pale bluish mauve to silver gray, adds color to the garden in June and July, Another eight-footer, Crimson King, is truly spectacular, its vinous red flowers with brownish antlers often attaining a diameter of six to seven inches. The blooming period is from June to September, Small flowered varieties include Montana rubens, blooming in late May..and. June; rosy-red, changing to deep, clear pink as they expand. A splendid yellow, tangutica obtusiuscula, starts blooming in late June and

continues through August.

“July 18,1944

WARTIME LIVING—

Poll Indicates Shortage of Cheap Dresses, Sheeting

By ANN STEVICK NEA Staff Writer

. WASHINGTON, July 18—If you have wid2 sheeting on your

shopping list, you've just about half a chance to find it.

That's

shown by results of an office of civilian requirements poll of what's

lacking for homefolk's wardrobes up to $1.59 and $1.69 were next

and lineni closets. House dresses on the shortage list, followed by

sheets, and two dozen items of children’s wear, There's no solution to

your trouble in sight if it's sheet ing you want aithough this survey may start something. Programs are under way to get children's clothes, housedresses selling at $149 and $160, women's slips, men’s shirts and shorts ready for fall selling, It isn't set{led yet whether low prices announced on these goods will g0 up because of the new clause in ‘thé price control law which raises prices when necessary to give cotton-growers parily prices. If possible, a price rise will be avoided by cutting down on the finishing cost of cloth used.’ Maternity dresses and slips were not covered in the survey, but are about to be added to the list of special low-cost items to be made.

Ann Stevick

In order to keep fresh grapes for table use and jelly making, the office of price administration is considering ceiling prices for

wine grapes, Last year wine-grapes had no ceiling, consequently vintners

could buy varieties which aren't customarily made into wine. Presumably OPA would follow a roll-back of wine-grape prices with lower wine prices. Odds and Ends Fresh peaches for table use are now under ceilings ranging around 15 cents a pound. . . , of paper milk containers has been increasing so fast the war production board has had to catch up

| with it by a new order regulating

amounts of paper used. ,, . Don't worry about ceiling prices on sales

of your home-caphed fruits and vegetables until™you've sold over 1500 quarts. Up to that amount

VETERANS’ HOSPITAL PROGRAM SET TODAY

Convalescing patients at the Vet-

erans’ hospital will be entertained at 6:45 o'clg@ tonight with a pro- | gram sponsored by the Atkins Saw | ost, 535, of the * American Legion. | Pe igils from Mrs. Black's school |

_of dancing and the Miss Rosalyn]

school of dancing and students of | Miss Jean Haverstick will be on the program. Music will be fur-| nished by J. Johnson and his orchestra, Vice Commander James Sferruzzi | is in charge of the program. LeRoy | Gains is post commander.

MET OPERA BUDGET BALANCING EXPECTED

NEW YORK, July 18 (U, PJ). —| George A. Sloan, president of the | Metropolitan Opera association, was | hopeful today of avoiding a deficit | next season. In a report of the 1943-44 season, Sloan revealed thie opera operated at a deficit of $110,506, but said that a real estate tax reduction of nearly $115,000 may result in a balanced budget during the coming season. The deficit of the past year com- | pared with a loss of $202,687 in 194243. The substantial reduction in real estate taxes was anticipated, | Sloan said, because of an exemption | for tax purposes of all opera house | property used exclusively for opera, |

you're price ceiling exempt.

Yank's '90' Guns Winning in Italy

ROME, July 18 (U. P.). — The Americans have been using 90i millimeter anti-aircraft guns as artillery pieces against German land targets throughout the Italian offensive, it was revealed today. . The 90's have been so effective they have been named “Baby Long Toms” and are considered the Americans’ crack gun. The gun was found particu- { larly effectiva.in. laxing down’ “gir bursts,” in which the shells explode at rooftop heights, spraying shrapnel on enemy soldiers who find foxholes little protection. German prisoners said the shell ; struck almost simultaneously with the crack of the gun. During the attack on the Gustav line, the 90's fired more than 40,000 rounds. At Anzio they were given sole credit for break-

ing up an attack by 300 to 400 German infantry men.

" HELLENIC GROUP ELECTS George Geroulis of Indianapolis

{has been named to the top post of

district governor for district lodge 12, in the American Hellenic Edu-

icational Progressive association and

William 2Z. Zilson, also of Indianapolis, has been chosen district secretary, They assumed their offices | today.

RATIONING DATES

MEAT —Red stamps A8 through {until they have been indorsed in ink! recently,

728 in Book 4 good indefinitely for, 10 points each.

CANNED - GOODS—Blue stamps A8 through Z8 and AS in Book ¢ good indefinitely for 10 points each. pons valide through Sept. 30.

or pencil with automobile registration number and state. Motorists should write 1944 numbers on book and coupons.

FUEL OIL—Period 4 and 5 couAll

|changemaking coupons and reserve

SUGAR~—Stamps 30, 31 and 32 in| Bouk 4 are good indefinitely for § pounds. Stamp 40 in. Book 4 good for 5 pounds of canning sugar, Applicants applying for canning sugar should send in one spare stamp 37, attached to the application for each applicant.

GASOLINE—Stamp A-12 is good for 3 gallons and expires Sept. 21. B3 and O3 and B4 and’C4 good for 5 gallons, T good for 5 gallons through Sept. 30; E and El good for 1 gallon; R and R1 not valid at flilling stations but consumer may - exchange R for E at his local board’ if he wishes

{coupons are now good. Fuel oil rations Mor 1944-45 heating season now-- being -issued. - - Period 1 good immediately.

TIRES—Inspection on passenger automobiles discontinued. Commercial vehicle tire inspection every six months or every 5000 miles. Inspection certificates still will be a requisite in obtaining replacement’tires. B card holders are now eligible for grade 1 tires if they can prove ex-| treme necessity. All A holders are eligible for grade 3 tires, including factory seconds, if they find tires which may be purchased. -

to pirshase non-high+| ‘filling station.

Its--flowers are |.

Use |

SHOES—No. 1 and No. 2 “air stamps. Book 3

U.S. SURGEONS | AID JAPS, T00

Saipan Casualties Treated With Same Care Given

To Americans.

By WILLIAM McGAFFIN ‘Times Foreign Correspondent

WITH AMERICAN FORCES ON SAIPAN, July 3 (Delayed).—Two jeep ambulances came to a halt before a gray concrete walled hospital. One contains wounded marines; the other wounded Japanese prisoners of war. The Americans and the Japanese’ —bitter battlefield enemies only a few hours before—are carried gently in, deposited in the shock room and given identical treatment.

The skilled hands of some of America’s finest - surgeons perform operations, fit complicated casts, and administer plasma, penicillin, glucose, sulfadiazine—to the American and Japanese alike.

were getting as good care from the Japanese,” you remark to the lieutenant commander who is the doctor in charge of this hospital, which

rine corps. “We hope this will help,” he replies. Pitiful Specimens

Japanese soldiers are pitiful specimens. They have not shaved or bathed for weeks; many have old wounds . crawling - with maggots; they are famished and thirst-crazed. Xow A’lot of them are in general poor health, suffering from tuberculosis and flukes in the liver—a tropical complaint, What are the principal wounds? You ask the commander. “The same for our boys and theirs,” he answers. “Compound fractures of legs and arms from shell and mortar shrapnel.” How many patients have you now? vou ask the commander. “Seventy Japanese and 60 Amerjcans.” The commander estimates that the hospital has treated a total of 100 Japanese soldiers so far.

Hospital Evacuated

“Yesterday we got a dozen, part of a group that had been in Garapan hospital when we captured the capital. When the marines started pushing into the town the Japs had {evacuated the hospital. They left all their wounded by a water hole in the hills where our ambulance corps found them, “Each Japanese had been left with a couple of day's food and a hand grenade. A few had used the grenade as intended—to commit suicide, but there were a dozen left. “Of this dozen some had tossed their grenades at their feet, blow{ing them off,

{ “But they were still alive. It was | a messy job for us.” | The commander shows you through the hospital which he proudly says is “the best on Saipan.” The building formerly was used {as a company hospital by the Charan Kanoa sugar mill.

Escapes Direct Hits

When the Americans arrived they found the roof blown off and windows destroyed by the concussion of our bombs and shells, but the concrete buiiding was still intact and full of living patients—a tribute to the marksmanship of the Amer-

the location of the hospital and managed to avoid hitting it. The tin roof was put back on and. ‘the gaping windows screened in. | One of the drawbacks, our doctors find, is that the hospital was built to fit Jap dimensions. The doors are so low that American doctors are continually bumping their heads and the floors are so thin that they are constantly stepping through them. We have put in electric lights and junked damaged Japanese apparatus and installed all new American equipment. The doctors average 18 hours daily, working from dawn deep into the night. The operating room has a tiled floor and concrete walls—just the reverse of American-style operating rooms. The tiled floor is imprac-

slip on it with their shoes. Japanese surgeons, however, operate in their bare feet. Japanese, Korean and American patients are kept in separate wards. The doctors say they had to separate the Japanese and Koreans “or they would fight.”

MARINE. DISCOUNTS SOUTH SEAS’ LURE

There was a hint of homesickness when Marine Pvt, Albert L. Curbeaux wrote his mother, Mrs. Lee Curbeaux, 1145 8. Whitcomb st., from his central Pacific station

With the marine * amphibious forces, the 19-year-old private wished his mother a happy birthday and said: “The South Seas isn't the worst place in the world, but it isn't home either, When the war is over I don't want to see any tropical pictures, just a plain old cowboy show, or. something -like-—that.— I'm all right and in good health. Please don't worry about me because I'm safe. Ill be home when this war is over and there's no stopping me. So keep praying, mom. Your loving n, Albert.”

" U. S. PAYS UNRRA SHARE

The United States has paid its full $4,000,000 share of the 1944 administrative tions relief and rehabilita adboosting tri-

total

“I wish I could think our boys|

is run by the army, navy and ma-|~

{ican navy and air force which knew] .

tical for American surgeons who

WASHINGTON, July 18 (U. P.).—

of the united na-|

butions to within $1,500,000 of the $10, : to operate,

Priest Saves Inhabitants of French Village From Shelling By Paving Way for Yank Occupation Without Battle

By ROBERT J. CASEY $ Foreign Correspondent

ON THE AMERICAN FRONT,

Normandy, July 18.—The unit had

taken Angoville, La Croutee and Hierville and was reorganizing for an attack on Le Bot, an cant farm village suspected of housing a German headquarters. The backwash of war had cast 217 civilians upon the harried unit's

doorstep. The major, Joseph Novel-| -

lins, of Patterson, N. J, had arranged to take these barrage victims to La Croutte®a long line of frightened old men, women and wailing children, many of them wounded : shell fragments and all of them further danger from German artillery fire. But there remained the housing problem. In this emergency &ppeared Pere Daniel, the pastor of some village in the middle of the battlefield. “I will look after them,” he said, and so began a close association be-

THE GLAM

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tween the priest and the major who, force,

I should suggest further

.| while the unit was reorganizing, ran reconnaissance.”

Bie Sommand post from the rectory. “It is impossible to make reconThe major studied on his map naissance at this time of night” conditions about Le Bot which at said the major. “We've got to move the moment seemed to be the cen- | at dawn.” ter of his troubles and put in a call| for artillery. “Major,” the priest said gravely,! “might I ask if you are going to! shell that town?”

Volunteers for Mission ahead.”

Unfortunately, yes,” said the ma-| He and the major went. In a jor. “From the best information hedgerow outside the town, they available a German headquarters| halted. seems to be in Le Bot. There is| “I can go faster alone; ” said Fr. no alternative except to blow the Daniel, and slipped. off into the Jerries out.” [ night. In 20 minutes he was back, “Major,” the priest said, “I beg of, “There are 37 civilians in the you, wait until you get better in-|town,” he said. “There are only two formation. In this war I was a Germans. You will have no opcaptain of artillery. Many priests pdsition, Major, I give you my of France served in the fighting | word. ” ranks.

“I can make reconnaissance in an hour,” the priest said, “if you'll trust me. I can get into Le Bot if all the German army is in there.”

“You're on,” said the major. “Go

been: expecting & bombardment came up from their cellars in a daze and clustered around the priest. “There'll be no shelling,” he said. “The commandant has acted with extreme humanity as well as wisdom.” Every man, woman and child in the village then promptly knelt in the street and prayed for the amazed soldiers and their commander who had never had anything like that happen to them before. The unit then proceeded on its advance toward Lessay and the river, !

PRISONERS FORM CHOIR COLUMBIA, Mo., July 18 (U. PJ.

—Columbia church- -goers now may | of English, field director, hear a choir trained, in the cathed- |among 174 [rals of Europe, it was revealed to- | | workers to have arrived in England So in the dawn the troops, led by day, with the announcement that |to provide entertainment, articles of

NAME DELEGATE n YOUTH CONFERENC

Jack Strickler, 520 Southerland ave. has been named a delegate the Junior Achievement, Inc, cons ference to be held at Miami valley, Chautauqua, O., Aug. 14, 15 and 16. Betty Mann, 324 W, 40th st, was selected as his alternate, The newly organized group will meet in Ohio to form a national junior board of directors, “TT Officers of the local body are Miss Lee Belt, president; Miss Patricia McGeary, vice president, and Miss Wanda Starkey, secretary and treasurer.

HOOSIER RED CROSS WORKERS IN ENGLAND

Polly L. Surber of Indianapolis, staff assistant, and W. T. Merrileeg were American ‘Red Cross

“In addition to that, I know every the priest, poured into Le Bot and Italian prisoners of war comprise {comfort and recreation for Amere troops, Red: Cross national]

foot of this countryside and I don't took two prisoners.

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