Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1944 — Page 10

AXIS TO SPE

Prisoner of War Society to

Hear Sgt. Greene, Freed By Ronfania.

8. Sgt. Lawrence Greene, Indian~ apolis airman who was freed from & Romanian prisoner of war camp,

will speak before the American Prisoner of War society at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in the West room of the . World War Memorial, . Sgt. Green, son of Mrs. Irene Green, 1251 W. 29th st, completed 22 missions and received the. air medal with three oak leaf clusters before being taken prisoner April 4.

Mrs. Bracker in Charge

Mrs, Henry C. Bracken, president of the society, will be in charge of the meeting, and Mrs. Walter Stahlhut, assigned to obtain information on Stalag 17B, Germany, will give the report. The account of a visit of members of the society to repatriated prisoners of war at Billings General hospital will be given by Mrs. Lester Moreland Jr. A letter from Darius Davis, associate general secretary of war prisoner aid, concerning moving pictures and recordings of activities at prison camps, will be read by Mrs. Bracken.

PINE CONES 2 FEET LONG

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Five American soldiers who were released from German ime prisonment to return to the United States on the Gripsholm exchange ship gave members of the Indianapolis Prisoners of War

Truman Has Cold; Won't Kiss Babies

NEW ORLEANS, La; Oct. 12 (U., P.).—~Imagine a politician refusing to kiss babies! That's what happened here yesterday when U. 8. Senator Harry 8S. Truman, Democratic vice presi dential nominee, visited more than 300 servicemen's wives gathered at his hotel with their babies, Truman wouldn't kiss even one cherub, and firmly declined to be photographed holding a set of twins. The Missouri senator explained he didn’t want to give the babies his cold,

club first-hand information on Nazi camps recently at Billings hospital. The air force sergeants and club officérs are (left to right, first row) Sgt. Martin Nissen, Minneapolis, Minn.; Sgt. Max

MASONS TO OFFER ~~ SHOW SATURDAY

Fall social activities of Center Masonic lodge will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday at the temple, Illinois and North sts. More than 50 performers from two groups of the lodge will present a “Barn Dance” show. George Friedrich, master of the lodge, will act as master of cere-

monies, and with his wife will lead

the grand march.

SAHARA GROTTO

TO HOLD DANCE

Sahara Grotto will hold a dance]

for candidates, members and their wives at the Indiana roof. Frank Haugh, monarch of the Grotto, will be in charge.

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U.'8. Army Photo, Drudge, Columbia City; Mrs. Lester Moreland Jr., club vice president; Sgt. David Harrington, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. James Pittard, secretary, and Sgt. Ralph Tomek, Flint, Mich, and (back row) Mrs. Henry C. Bracken, president; Sgt. Orval Parsons, Ann Arbor, Mich,, and Mrs. George Reese, treasurer, Sgt. Tomek said he had seen Mrs. Bracken's husband, who has been imprisoned two years.

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More than Shriners and

a dance and stage show at 8 p. m.

Music for dancing will’ be provided by Ralph Lilliard and Lynn Williamson's bands, and a floor show with Bruce Jordan, sound effects comedian, as master of cere monies, will be presented. : Members of the entertainment committee are Roger Carter, Wayne Swope, Cecil Byrne, Russell Holler, Edward Ahrens, Dr. H. L. Collins,

For

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Oct. 12. ~Plans for a post-war program of highway construction to cost approximately $160,000,000' are nearly completed and will be ready for iaction as soon as conditions permit following the peace, Governor Schricker told a Whitley county Democratic rally last night. The governor, U. S. senatorial nominee, was introduced by James D. ‘Adams, a former chairman of

Maurice Morgan, Tracy Druliner.

the ‘highway commission.

She Answers Call To Draft at 95 .

BOSTON, Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 12 (U. P.).—~Mrs. Mary Smith, 95, pulled her shaw! tightly around her thin shouiders, walked into the national service office here and said that she was reporting ' “for work of national importance.”

* She carried her “calling up

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papers”—A draft notice that she had received in the mail. “I don’t fancy wearing a uniform,” she said, “but I would rather make guns than te sit idling away my time.” : Officials discovered her papers were intended for another Mary

Smith who previously lived there.

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State Nears

Completion ¢ Of the post-war highway building program, the governor said that in every instance city and county officials as well as busihess and civic groups have been ‘consulted. “Indiana is proud,” said the governor, “of its more than 10,000 miles of state highway system, and we Intend to keep our place among the leading states.

Jackson ‘Welcomes’

Women’s Advice - Senator Samuel D. Jackson, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, ‘declared in a ‘speech here yesterday that as governor he would welcome

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