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few Americans in Paris on that first day were kissed

and hauled and mauled by friendly mobs uritil ‘we hardly knew where we were. . Everybody kissed you—little children, old women, §rown-up men, beautiful gifls. They jumped and

] dquesled and pushed in » Mera) -1renzy.

- They pinned bright little flags and badges all over you. Amateur cameramen took pictures. They tossed flowers and friendly to- . matoes into your jeep. One little girl even threw a bottle of cider into ours, : As you drove along, gigantic masses of waving and screaming - humanity clapped their hands as 3 though ' applauding a fine per- : : formance in a theater. We in the jeeps smiled back until we had set grins of our faces. We waved until our arms gave out, and then we Just waggled our fingers, We shook hands until our hands were bruised and scratched. If the jeep stopped you were swamped instantly, «Those who couldn’t reach you threw kisses at you; and we threw kisses back. They sang songs. They sang wonderful French songs we had never heard. And they sang “Tipperary” and *“Madelon” and “Over There” and the “Marseillaise.” ® French policemen saluted formally but smilingly &s we passed. The French tanks that went in ahead of us pulled over to the sidewalks and were immediately swarmed over. F

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People Start Wanting Autographs

AND THEN some weird cell in the mystic human makeup caused people to start wanting autographs. It began the first evening, and by the next day had grown to unbelievable proportions. Everybody wanted every soldier's autograph. They shoved notebooks and papers at you to sign. It was just like Hollywood. One woman, on the second day, had a stack of neat little white slips, surely 800 of them, for people to sign. That first afternoon only the main streets into the ¢ity were open'and used, and they were packed with

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the color makes everything else 1d seem gay. . “n ls one soldier remarked, the biggest. thrill in getto Paris is to see people in bright summer clothes again.

Paris Has Quota of Dirty People

LIKE ANY city, Paris has its quota of dirty and ugly people. But dirty and ugly péople have emotions too, and Hank Gorrell got roundly kissed by.one of the dirtiest and ugliest woinen I have ever seen. I must add that since he’s a handsome creature he also got more than his share of embraces from the beautiful young things. i ‘ There was one funny little old woman, so short she couldn't reach up to kiss men in military vehicles, who appeared on the second day carrying a stepladder. Whenever a car stopped she would climb her stepladder and let the boys have it with hugs, laughs dnd kisses, The second day wes a little different from the first. You could sense that during those first few

. hours of liberation the people were almost animal-

like in their panic of joy and relief and gratitude. They were actually crying as they kissed you and screamed, “Thank you, oh thank you, for coming!”

‘But on the second day it was a deliberate holiday. |

It was a festival prepared for and gone into on purpose. You could tell that the women had prettied up especially. The old men had on their old medals, and the children were scrubbed and Sunday-dressed until they hurt. And then everybody came downtown. By 2 in the , afternoon the kissing and shouting and autographing and applauding were almost deafing, The p#ndemonium of a free and lovable Paris reigned again. It was wonderful to be here.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

CLEANLINESS MAY be next to godliness, but it also has its drawbacks. Ask Pfc. ‘Eugene J. Cadou! Home on furlough. -he asked his mother, Mrs. Jep Cadou, to launder his uniform shirt. It wasn’t until after the shirt had been washed and ironed that he 3 : discovered railroad return trip ticket had n in the pocket all the time. And it emerged practically a blank piece of paper. As a result, Pfc; Cadou is going to have to talk fast and long to convince any railroad conductor that the ticket really calls for a ride to York, Pa. . .. A sign on a fruit stand near 38th and Illinois last Friday read: “We don’t guarantee nothin”, , , Someone just clipped a story out of the Columbus Citi zen to the effect that the Columbus Zoo revenue already this year is higher than for all of last year. It was just a reminder that Indianapolis still does not have a 200. But just wait until war is over. Inside’s Indianapolis Zoological So-" is going to get busy then, and maybe we can have a zoo. No kidding! ... A story in the Kokomo Tribune Friday discussing the use’ of prisoners of war in harvesting and canning tomatoes had this confusing paragraph: “Officers and enlisted men who are in charge of the prisoners whose wives have accompanied them here are seeking private ‘téoms for the duration of their stay.” Sounds like some more coddling of prisoners—letting them take thefr wives along. . . . Seen on Ohio st. opposite the statehouse: A truck parked at the curb, with the driver leaning out and using the rear view mirror to shave—minus shaving cream. Ow-ow! Please pass the New Skin!

Three-Sided Circle

. TOM ROBERTS, the advertising specialist, sends An a clipping of a story by Ludwell Denny, former editor of The Times, in which" Mr. Denny said that Paris was “encircled on three sides” by the allies. *A good trick, if you can do it,” suggests Tom. . , . Bob O'Neal, the state police detective sergeant. is haying wate: trouble. He's been nursing along a dozen watermelons in his backyard garden out in Speedway. looking forward to a watermelon feast when they ripen. The other evening he discovered someone bad carved their initials in several of“the

melons: And, being a true ‘hawkshaw, he deduced that some thief had marked these melons for stealing. Determined fo have at least one before the thievery started, he took the likeliest looking melon into the house and cut it. The results were heartbreaking. He's still waiting for a melon feast. , . , Incidentally, some of the folks out that way object to having their town referred to as Speedway City. Floyd Farley

calls our attention to the fact that the official] name {cHa

is Speedway. So there! .. You have to be mighty careful of your facts when you're writing a newspaper column. You never know who's going to trip you up. The first day after our vacation, we had an item about Albert Wedeking in which we mentioned he was having lunch at Huntington. Well, sir; Lt. J. E. O'Brien, a former Times staffer, read the item down at the Harlingen army air field, in Texas, and Jay fired it right back with the penciled notation: “You meant Huntingburg, didn't you? Probably too much vacation.” Yes and no, Jay; yes on Huntingburg, no on “too much vacation.” It wasn't long enough, '

Information Dept.

VERN SCOTT, chairman of draft board 1, read an item in this column several weeks ago relative to the comparative altitude of Indianapolis and Seattle, and he didn't believe it. Someone had written us asking the figures and we reported, after checking with the weather bureau, that the highest point listed on weather bureau records here was something like 100 feet. Vern who lived in Seattle several years, wrote his brother there to verify° his recollection. when he got the reply yesterday, he picked up phone. Says Vern: “Seattle rises from sea level an altitude approaching that of Indianapolis. The ty is built on seven hills. The average altitude is and near Boeing field it is 525 feet.” Thanks, We'll take your word for it. . . . A reader writes inquire if “all soldiers overseas get the raise diers’ pay passed by congress a short time ago?” asked Milt Campbell, national defense director of Legion. - Milt says the bill passed provides for issuance of infantrymen's badges of two grades— combat zones receiving $10 increase in pay those not in combat zones receiving $5. Pyle” bill providing increased “fight all branches of the service except air corps the military affairs committee.

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A.F. of L. Problem By Fred W. Perkins

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 20.—The A. PF. of L.'s execu tive council, meeting here, has been thinking hard the past week on a problem that looks small but involves some fundamentals.

It is the application for affiliation of the American Watch Workers union, which has been recently organized in the plants of the Elgin, Waltham and Hamilton companies with a mem~ bership of about 9000. This is a comparatively small national union, and the problem would be minor but for the fact that this union's leadership aggressively proclaims a ‘belief in trade-union democracy which might upset some of the old-line A. F. of L. elder statesmen. : ‘ The mainspring of the watch workers is Walter W. Cenerazzo, of Waltham, Mass., who presents the new organization as “the model of what an American labor organization should be.”

Officials’ Terms Limited : a constitution which is regarded

cliques or permanent officers; ~One “of the constitu-

HYDE PARK; Monday.—This is the stallment of Ensign Swain’s letter describ landings in Normandy: “The second day was the one that proved mos tiring. For we had not even gotten our load to the ; t beach before the first wave of casualties started to come rolling back. We were equipped as a hospital ship, and were quickly “I-had left the ship in a small boat to find the commander of our beach assault group, in order to ‘obtain’ priority to beach our LST. During the course of the trip, I ran across a raft on which 10 ‘men were hanging for dear life. The sea was terribly rough, .and the water stays about 50 de-

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\ tional provisions is that a national officer may not serve more than eight years—which is startling to some of the A. F. of L. chieftains, who have been in such positions for three or four times eight years. The watch maker constitution might be passed over without too much comment—but for the fact that Mr. Cenerazso, a bulky and fervid-talking individual who has been described by his friends as “a stick of dynamite,” says that if he gets into the A. F. of L. he will espouse the need for adoption of the same principles by all labor unions,

‘Some Don’t Elect, At All

“THERE ARE many national and international labor unions in America that elect their officers by conventions, and some that don’t elect at all. The latter had conventions many years ago and have not elected or held conventions since then. Many organ-

izations have become oligarchies insofar as the mem- | EK

bership is concerned. They have no voice or vote in their own affairs.” A sample of watch maker thinking was presented in a recent war labor board case. The union protested against an award to it of the check-off ground that “our union represents the utmost in union democracy,” and “we need no assis the company in collecting the dues which bers voluntarily pay.” Refusal of the checkunique in union managements, !

- By Eleanor Roosevelt

and this one was realistic enough; yet ‘each one with me faced it with a calmness that makes me proud of them. Before the day was over, we had 170 cases

* “The medical corps did a marvelous job, and every man aboard pitched in and shouldered his share and then some. It wasn't till later that we learned that the casualties were well below the expected rate, for we thought we had plenty. We soon learned that things were not too quiet on the shore. “There was only one bad feature about our picking the wounded men up so soon, and that was the fact that we still had troops aboard. It was a faux pas psychologicaly, for it sobered them up considerably.

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AT FRENCH LICK 10 OPEN DRIVE

Sept. 9 to Hear Opening Gun of Republican

National Campaign.

Republican eyes of the nation will be focused on Indiana Sept. 9 when Governor John W. Bricker, G.O.P. vice presidential candidate, opens his national campaign at French Lick. His address there, to be broadcast over all national radio networks from 9:30 p. m. to 10 p. m., will be the highlight of the 65th annual fall convention of the Indiana Republican Editorial association Sept. 8 and 9. Preceding his French Lick address, Governor Bricker will make brief appearances at Mitchell, Ind. Orleans, Ind., and Paoli, Ind.

Honor Mrs. Bricker

He is scheduled to arrive at Mitchell at 11:35 a. m. Saturday, Sept. 9, and after a brief talk will g0 to Orleans and Paoli before arriving at French Lick. ‘During the afternoon, Mrs. Brick er will be guest of honor at a tea to be given by Republican women in the French Lick hotel gardens. Leo M. association president, said tickets for the Bricker banquet can be obtained at the Republican state headquarters in ‘the Claypool hotel.

John Lauer Cites Political Polls

John H. Lauer, state Republican irman, said the recent polls showing a Republican victory in Indiana Nov. 7 reflected accurately the trend of political thinking in the state. Answering charges of national Democratic committee officials that the polls were inaccurate, Mr. Lauer said: “Voters in Indiana are beginning to understand that the New Deal cannot exist without a New Deal congress to vote the money it needs

-{to keep going. Indiana voters do

not intend to turn this state back to the New Deal which they would surely do by electing a supporter of the New Deal as governor of Indiana.”

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Union Leaders to

Confer Today

Representatives of several labor unions, both C. 1. O. and A. F. of L., were to meet at the Claypool today to outline what they described as some “drastic steps” to force County Clerk A. Jack Tilson to provide adequate registration facilities,

Ray Gilbert, state representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, said they plan to call on Mr. Tilson after the meeting and warn him that unless he provides the adequate facilities, union officials will take railroaders off their trains and workers out of the war factories and take them down to the court house to register by the hundreds.

“If some trains can't move and some plants have to close for a day or so, it won't be our fault” Mr, Gilbert said.

Charges Partiality In Appointments

Ernest Frick, Democratic minority member of the county election board, today accused the Republican majority: members of refusing Democrats equal appointments of clerks to handle ballots for soldiers. He said the distribution of ballots to military el is being directed exclusively by the county Republican committee with George . Johnson, committee secretary and election supervisor, in charge. Mr. Prick declared that under the law the Democrats are entitled to half the clerk appointments.

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had the right to the clerks.

Governor's Picnic

More than 2000 state a friends of Governor stage the biggest birthday the governor ever had at a a park picnic tomorrow evening, The celebration, observing the governor's 6lst birthday anniversary, will start at 5 p. m. with a picnic dinner for which more than 2000 reservations have been made. Acting as master "of

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ndianapolis Times

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1944

“SANDRA LOUISE!” of the Butler school of religion.

assume his official duties at Butler ment in the comes dean emeritus and head of ‘the department of Christian doce trine. ) In his office yesterday, Dean Shelton talked of many and farreaching matters—of how great a theological seminary the Butler school really is, of the church’s part in the post-war world and of the young ministers he hopes to aid in preparing for their profession, = 2 on THE WHITE-HAIRED dean settled so deeply into these very serious subjects that the conversation was about to become definitely solmen. Then a change came as if by magic with the question, “Of what does your family consist, Dr. Shelton?” The enveloping ministerial mantle slipped a bit and Dean Shelton was revealed as a proud and happy- family man as well as clergyman-scholar, For Sandra Louise was born in Enid, Okla, just three weeks ago. She is the daughter of the Shelton’s only child, Mrs. E. L. Thompson. Obviously, the dean is finding it difficult to wait until Sept. 11 when the Rev. E. L. Thompson will bring his family here and enroll in the school of

WAR NEARING “HOME'--TOKYO

Japs Prepare for Air Raids; Allies Strike New Blows From Kuriles.

By UNITED PRESS The Tokyo radio warned the Japanese people today that the war is “steadily approaching the homeland” as allied bombers were re-

vealed to have struck new blows from the Kuriles in the northern empire to the Dutch East Indies. . The Tokyo broadcast, recorded by FCC, was made in connection with an appeal for greater production of planes and munitions. An earlier broadcast disclosed that Tokyo was preparing for expected air raids, Japan's harassed shipping in the Southwest Pacific was battered again over the week-end and when bombers of the Far Eastern air force sank or damaged four merchant ships of about 1000 tons each and four smaller craft in sweeps over the Celebes. Onneketan Bombed Twice Army and navy bombers from Aleutian bases attacked Kuriles Friday and Saturday, twice bombing Onneketan, third largest island of the chain, and hitting enemy ship-

north of Tokyo. An enemy patrol vessel was sunk at Paramushiro and two Japanese interceptor planes were shot down. Central Pacific bombers made new attacks in the western Carolines: on Pagan and Alamagan in the Marians; Nauru west of the Gilberts, and isolated targets in the Marshalls. Southwest Pacific airmen made their third consecutive attack «n Amboina, south of Halmahera, Sunday. British troops, in their drive through Central Burma, captured the village of Pinbaw, 26 miles southwest of Mogaung. A Japanese Domei dispatch reported 15 American fighter planes, apparently in the first attack from Guam, raided Rota island an the Marianas Monday.

BLACKSTONE GUEST

OF MAGICIANS HERE

Harry Blackstone, the old master, was the honored guest of the local practitioners of the black art at a buffet dinner last night in the Legion 40 and 8 chateau. The party, sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians, was held following Blackstone's performance at Keith's, and was attended by most of his troupe. Blackstone mystified his hosts, both amateur and professional, with several baffling card tricks. Raymon LaRue, known professionally as Sir Edward, is president of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, while Audley Dunham, the locksmith, is president of the Society of American Magicians.

<WILLIAM PORTER KILLED William L. Porter, 36, Avoca, Ind., died yesterday in Dunn hospital, Oolitic, where he was taken after an accident Saturday. Mr. Porter was fatally injured when his car was involved in an accident tw miles west of Oolitic.

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ping at Paramushiro, 1230 miles

~ Dr. O. L. Shelton, the new dean and still newer grandfather, will

Friday. He accepted the appoint-

spring succeeding Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, who be-

religion. In fact the dean seemed to feel that Mrs. Shelton has “the edge on him" since she has seen the baby. Dr. Shelton, drafted for his new post, says he is very enthusiastic about the opportunity it offers. He recalled that the Butler school of religion is half again as large as the Harvard seminary, about the same size as Colgate-Rochest-er and the largest graduate seminary belonging to Disciples of Christ. 2 EJ ” IN ADDITION to his work as dean, Dr. Shelton will teach a course for the orientation of young ministers. He will draw on his long experience as a pastor to solve their many problems. They in turn will use the pastorates, which they will be serving parttime, as laboratories for trying out what they learn. As for personal hobbies ana tastes, the dean described all his extra-curricular interests as stemming from religion and the church. He became an amateur photographer when the charge he has just resigned, the Indpendence Boulevard Christian church, Kansas City, was given $5000 to be spent for visual education.

campaign committee disclosed today.

war needs. Within four days after pectations, the paper was loaded into box cars and ready to ship. | The anonymous three-member committee which direced the campaign today announced the results of the record and paid tribute to volunteer workers and public response which enabled Indianapolis to surpass the records of other cities which staged similar drives. “Now that the waste paper salvage campaign in Indianapolis has been completed successfully, far exceeding all expectations, the committee in charge takes this opportunity of expressing appreciation for the splendid public response and the service of patriotic citizens in this necessary wartime effort. “From the outset it was the thought of the committee that this should be strictly a community enterprise—a co-operative effort of all citizens. For this reason the publicity on the drive carefully refrained from giving credit or prominence to any individual or organization. The committee in charge, composed of three members, prefers to remain anonymous for publicity purposes and gives all credit to the thousands of citizens who co-oper-ated in one way or another, “Without departing from this policy the committee feels that special praise should go to the hundreds of persons who performed the actual physical labor—who pitched bundles of paper on trucks and unloaded it at the faifground. They were asked to volunteer for three or four hours work, but the outpouring of paper was so heavy

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New Butler Dean of Religion Reveals Arrival of First Grandchild as He Prepares

‘By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor : Mention of the little granddaughter he has never seen brought an “over-all” smile to the face of the new dean Ne

Dr. O. L. Shelton

Pipe organs intrigue him as do church architecture and church fittings. He gained considerable knowledge of them all when making selections for churches. The chief claim on Dr. Shelton’s spare time since the war began, has been keeping in touch with his church’s 270 members in the armed forces. He has been writing a page for the church paper mailed each month to servicemen and women and served on the war service commission of the Kansas City Council of Churches. He was also vice president of the council, which is interdenominational.

1102 Tons of Waste Paper Net $12,000 for Red Cross

Proceeds of the recent waste paper salvage campaign, expected to, exceed $12,000, will be given to the American Red Cross, officials of the!

More than 1102 tons of paper was collected in the record-breaking drive and now is on its way to mills where it will be processed for vital

the pickup which exceeded all ex-

completed on the expected time Many of the volunteer workers were on the job from 9 a. m. until dusk. “It was this spirit of unselfish service, more than anything else, that made the one-day drive an outstanding success. The willingness of volunteers to work long hours, the determination of all crews to complete the pickup in their assigned territories, saved the day. Other cities have had unpleasant experiences with paper drives, large amounts of paper being left on the streets. This was not true in Indianapolis. Only a small amount was uncollected, and this was cleaned up in a short time the following day. “Also deserving of special mention are the many business houses and individuals that donated trucks at a time when such rolling equipment is precious and the conservation of tires and gasoline is highly imperative, Scores of individuals were called upon for a variety of tasks, which they performed with the utmost efficiency. Those engaged in planning and supervisory phases of the drive worked long hours, some giving as much as five days of their time. “To all persons, business firms and organizations that aided in the drive, and to the citizens of this community who extended co-opera-tion by giving waste paper, the committee expresses sincere appreciation and shares with them the satisfaction that comes from doing

that the collection could not be

A juvenile aid policewoman today) was revealed as being responsible for the quick identification of the tiny brown-eyed baby boy abandoned Sunday on an Indianapolis doorstep. : “Less than 24 hours after the child was found the 20-year-old, unwed mother was taken to che county jail where she now. is being held under $5000 bond. The mother’s roommate who allegedly was an accomplice in the abandonment is being held under $1000 bond. Both women were located by Mrs. Meta Davis, policewoman in the juvenile aid dyyision. Mrs. Davis saw the child after Mr. and Mrs. Renzo Gillihan, 244 E. 10th st. brought nim to police, She thought the child ‘was the same she had seen while investigating a child neglect charge Saturday and went to the home to make a positive identification. The mother of the .child was at work in a war vlant when Mrs. Davis called, but the landlady of the rooming house identified the infant. Confronted by the policewoman, the mother of the child admitted she had abandoned the boy and made no attempt to condone her actions, . Refusing to identify the father, she said she did not want the child and hoped to give him to neighbors o rput him in an orphanage. After she had no luck in finding

foster parents or an orphanage, she

a job and doing it well.”

Credit Policewoman for

Finding Mother of Baby

abandoned it in hope someone would adopt it, she told officials. Mrs. Davis said she had seen evidence of child neglect in her visit Saturday and had intended to get a court order to remove the child yesterday. The mother and the roommate who allegedly went with her to abandon y will be brought to court at 1:30 today to face charges.

INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL ELECTS SHEPARD

Joseph K. Shepard, Indianapolis | Star reporter, was elected president of the Indianapolis Industrial Council (C, I. 0.) last night. Mr. Shepard, a member and former president of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild, headed the council three terms, resigning last spring while serving his fourth term. During the interim, the council was headed by an acting chairman. | Mr. Shepard also is the council's delegate to the state C. I. O. convention ‘Sept. 22-24 in South Bend.

ACTON O.E.S. TO MEET Mrs. Helen Horner, worthy matron, and Taylor C. Parker, worthy patron, will confer degrees for the Acton chapter No. 173, O.E.S., at 8 p. m, Sept. 7, in the Acton Masonic hall.

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"\“THE HOPE of future peace lies in spiritual adjustments since this is a war of philosophies and goes back to spiritual motives,” Dr." Shelton believes. “The church's ideals are the foundation of democracy, the Jewish-Chris~ tian tradition which lays its emphasis on the inviolability of human personality,” he explained, “You strengthen democracy when you strengthen religion. To lay the foundations of peace, we must come to look upon each other as ‘brethren. . . . That's the church's business.” { i. Dr. Shelton has held. state and national offices with the Disciples in the field of stewardship and written and lectured’on that subject and evangelism. He directed the state effort in the $1,250,000 campaign for Phillips university and in the last 16 years has served pastorates in Oklahoma and Texas in addition to Missouri. He hss been instrumental in bringing 2913 members to the Disciples’ brotherhood in the named pastorates and increased church prop-" erties to the extent of about $125,000. rs. Shelton was the former Ruby Stratten of Kansas. She has made quite a reputation as a book reviewer, Butler officials report. She and the dean met in their high school days in Kansas. They will make their home at 445 Blue Ridge rd., a residence pur= chased for them by the university, The faculty will formally welcome them at a reception this fall.

HOUSE DEBATING

ON JOBLESS PAY

Indications Are Benefits Will Not Be Raised in

Near Future.

By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—The house went into the first day of debate on its narrowed version ou. the senate-approved demobilization bill today with indications that it would join the senate in refusing to liberalize unemployment benefits under federal standards. The rules committee recommended two days of general debate sub- °

Advocates of a more liberal , bill, however, had little hope of winning approval of their proposals except perhaps to restore provisions of the | original senate bill eliminated by the ways and means committee. ! Would Aprove Loans The amended measure would create an over-all demobilization agency to supervise reconversion activity for one year after the war and would authorize loans to protect the solvency of state unemployment compensation funds, with the states to fix their own standards for the benefits. It was introduced in the senate by Senator Walter F. George (D. Ga.). Provisions extending unemployment compensation to 3,500,00 federal employees and authorizing travel allotments up to $200 for cis- - charged . war workers were elimineated by the ways and means committee over the protests of a Democratic minority, - Rep. Emanuel Celler (D. N. Y.) said another bill, modeled after the Murray-Kilgore bill rejected by the senate, ‘would be offered as a substitute. Indorsed by organized labor, the substitute would lift the maximum unemployment benefits to $25

the ceiling on veterans’ benefits to $35

TWO TRANSPORTATION CORPS MERGE HERE

Merger of the drivers’ corps of the Marion county civilian defense council and the motor corps of Indianapolis chapter, American Red Cross, was announced today by William E. Munk, director of the county civilian defense council. “The merger of the two corps has been under consideration for many months and is expected to result in even more effective service,” he said. Both the drivers’ corps and the motor corps have been serving army and ‘navy uses, as well as doing civilian defense and Red Cross . work.

DRIVER HURT WHEN TRAIN STRIKES TRUCK

Lorinda Whittington, 308 E, Soutliern “ave., received minor injuries today when the truck he was driving was struck by a Pennsylvania troop train at Southport. The driver said he did not see the train approaching, and pulled into its path. The train hit the rear of the half-ton vehicle. The truck is owned by the Great American Tea Co.

By Crockett Johnson

But Me O'Malley, my Fairy: | Godfather, said he'd be hero! What ever happened to him?

| Sure is quiet here. You'd never think there's one of those hectic amusement parks a mile up the beach, would you, John? With a breakneck roller coaster and a— op AL * \

Well... As

Ject to amendment on the floor,

weekly in all states and would raise =