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

beaming down into our squinting

And what should those Py aver Tehold TUL OWS ora rs rang ent our -bedrolls, holding out eggs. es

like a New Yorker cartoon. For all I know they may have been standing there all night, At any rate they had come to the right pl for we were definitely in the market for eggs. wouldn't sell for money, so we dug into our larder box and got four eggs in trade for three little cellophane packets of hard candy. Then we started all

. over again and got four more eggs for & pack of

cigarets, Inflation in Tunisia WE THOUGHT it a good trade, but found later that the trading ratio which the Germans had set up ahead of us was one cigaret for one egg. We Americans have to ruin everything, of course. But as one tough-looking soldier said: “If T want to give $50 for an .egg it's my business and my $50. And from all I've seen of Arabs an extra: franc or two ain't gonna hurt them any.” All this transpired before we had got out of our bedrolls. But the youthful traders didn't leave. As we were putting on our pants each boy whisked a shoeshining box from under his burnoose and went after our shoes. Then when we started a fire and were feeding it with sticks, one of the boys; got down and blew on the flame to make it burn’ better, I was easy to see that we had acquired a couple of boay servants.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

THE SQUIRRELIEST news item we've received if some time comes from Leo King, a copyreader for The Times. Leo was walking in the vicinity of 22d and Park the other day and saw three squirrels and two ordinary house cats having a gay old time playing with each other. Cats were chasing: squirrels, across lawns and up and down trees—and then . the squirrels would turn around and chase the cats. Leo watched them for 10 or 15 min- _ utes, then asked a woman on a "nearby porch about it. “Oh, they play together all the time,” she said unexcitedly. . “One of the cats is mine” , . . During the height of the smog that enveloped oe 8 the city yesterday morning a = feminine reader called the city ded and asked about a “report of smog on the north side” “It's not only on the north sidé—it's all ‘over the city,” was the reply. "And it will get along” . . . Walter on smog was that for “30 or 40 years, people have been organizing committees ; to do something about smoke they've “accomplished’ And he’s right, too.

plished In e Way of smoke elimination is St. Louis, .They did a real {ob thers. But it was pretty costly and required a Jot of financial sacrifices by coal dealers, industrial plants, apartment houses and even home owners, Some day Indianapolis may be willing to miske similar sacrifices to gain smoke-free air to breaths. '

Another Name s

IN THE APPROPRIATE names department, we offer the name of Dr. Golden Silver, with offices at 224 N. Meridian. He lives on the Lafayette road and has a rural mail box with the eye-catching inscription: “Golden Silver—Dentist” , , . An army officer who is spending several weeks here on army busiriess was ‘in a movie the other evening during the showing of the film, “The Werewolf,” The film ended with the “Werewolf” dead on the floor. The next thing that flashed on« the screen—a few

World of Science

AN IMPORTANT experiment in the use of radio

for train dispatching is to be tried out on the besssiag.

railroad lines of the Westinghouse Electric & facturing Co. in Pittsburgh within the next ol

months, The network, now under construction, wilt

, operate on the new F. M. or frequency modulation system and will have a range of 15 miles. It will consist of six F. M, radio transmitters, five of which will be on the Diesel-clectric locomotives used by the company in switching operations, The sixth transmitter will be: in the office of the dis- . patcher, The immediate purpose of the system is to speed up wartime swilehing operations fo and from Westinghouse plants in East Pitts burgh, Trafford and Linhart, Pa, by making it possible to deliver switching orders to engines wherever they are, The three plants mentioned are all within the industrial Monongahela river valley within an area of about five miles square. A second purpose of the network, however, is to allow experimentation in the field of radio communications for railroads in general,

Air Lines Have Madde Progress

IT I8 FELT by many competent obsekvers that the railroads have lagged behind the fimes in failing to explore more vigorously the possibilities of radio. At the moment, a number of important railroad companies are carrying on studies of the use-of radio and it may be that this situation will be remedied In the post-war period.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—~Mongay. afternoon I

had the great pleasure of receiving the new minister from New Zealand and Mrs.” Berendsen. I had met them before in Canberra, Australia, at a lunch given™

by Prime ‘Minister Qurtin, but these lunches are rather ° formal affairs, and it was pleasant to renew. our’ acquaintance under

‘mans paid them 20 francs a day, which Is above the

prize offered by the Chicago Tribune for the best

‘ town —at least among smokers. It's nothing to draw

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THE BOYS told us in French that the Gepmans had made them work at an airport, opening gas cans and doing general work. They said the Ger-

local scale, but it turned out they were Germanprinted francs, which of course are now absolutely worthless, Our self-appointed helpers hunted sticks for us, poured water out of our big can and helped. ya Wash our mess kits, They kept blowing in the fire, cleaned up ail the scraps around our, bivouac, he? lifted our heavy bedrolls into the jeep for us, and just as we were ready to leave they gave our shoes a final brushing. We paid them with three cigarets and two sticks of gum each, and they were delighted. When w= were ready to go we shook hands all around,’ au-revoired, smiled and saluted. And then one of the boys asked apologetically if we could give them one more thing maybe. We asked what it was they wanted. You'd never guess. He wanted an empty tin can for his goats to chew on. We gave them one, “Hadji” is the Arab word used in place of “Sir” before the nome of anybody who has journeyed tc Mecca and become holy. Seven journeys to Kairouan equal one to Mecca, s0 We correspondents now go around calling each, other Hadfi, since most of us have crossed the city line more than seven times. Another word we've adopted is “djebel.” It's Arabic for hill or mountain. On the maps every Kkriob you see is Djebel Tais or Djebel That. So we also call each other Djebel, and if you think that’s silly, well we have to have something to laugh at.

moments later—was a trailer entitled: «Speaking of Animals.” Laughter swept the audience. . . . Sgt. Nina M. Ryan, a WAC who was stationed at Ft. Harrison in the public relations department until she went overseas a week or two ago, won a $200

short story. She wrote an account of a torpedoing at sea. .. . BE. Park Akin, manager of the Columbia club, is the author of an article in the October issue of Club Management magazine.’ It's on the subject of making clubs more comfortable. . . , Maxwell Droke is burning the midnight oil while writing a book of “How to Be a Successful Civilian.” future civilians in the armed forces,

Sorry—No Cigarets! "'HE CIGARET shortage still is the talk of the

a blank when you ask for cigarets—not only none of your favorite brands on the shelf, but none at all The shortage is proving a break for the lesser known brands. People are aecepting them without grumbling now, Je Murden, campaign headquarters manager for Ralph Gates, sags he's in luck. For years he has oked one of the “non-popular” brands, They used to be hard to get in the old days, but now they're about the only brand he can find, Johnny Strack, the beer salesman, has lived here 31 years and never in all that time, he says, has he attracted so much attention as he did just the other day. The reason: He was. walking down the street with two

It’s addressed to!

‘cartons of ciggies under his arm—for his boys in the armed forces. He was stopped frequently by folks! wanting to know where he got them-—and if by chance | he'd sell one of the cartons, , , . The answer was a; polite “No.” . One of our agents thinks we ought | to tell you about Uhl's market, at Pearl and Illinois sts.—half block south of Washington, Every so often, they receive a fairly large shipment of cigarets which they sell by the carton only—no package sales, They mix up the popular and less popular brands and stack them on the counter, and the customers have to take the top carton—or wait until.the brand they want is'on top. It makes for lots of fun when there's a crowd. When our agent left, there was an unwanted brand on top of the pile, and the folks in the crowd were talking of making up a pool to buy it and get; rid of it so they could get down to the brands they desired,

By David Pits

These same observers point out that many methods in use by the railroads are so old. that they belong. to. the 18th century. It is unfair to the 19th century to label them with that date. Thus when a train makes an emergency stop, the brakeman 1s to get off the train and proceed to the rear with a red flag or a red lantern” This may occur in the midst of a fog or a blinding blizzard on tracks over which trains are in the habit of proceeding at 90 miles an hour, It is pointed out that the commercial airplane lines made vast strides in the use of radio before the war and this has been extended during the war by! the development of the radar and other secret devices,

Aids in Eliminating Static

THERE SEEMS little reason, therefore, to suppose that technical problems with regard to the use of radio by the railroads are so great that they cannot be overcome. While F. M. broadcasting is not the complete answer because of its limited rahge, it is ‘the solution under certain conditions because of its. amazing freedom from static, Westinghouse engineers say that their new network, despite the fact that it will operate’in a closely knit industrial territory where thousands of electrical lines and machines ordinarily would set up interference, will produce static-free communication, This, they say, will be true even during electrical storms. It is interesting to note that devices developed during the war and still secrét are expected in similar fashion to eliminate most, if ‘not all, of the static experienced with the older ‘and more conventional type of radio Bosdeasting. aN

‘By Eleanor Roosevelt

about hel delightful: abiiy which has been sol

kind and hospitable, 10 our ‘men. o Later, the annual visit paid to the President by «, the members of thé supreme court proved to be a “very informal and pleasant opportunity for talk with and important gentlemen. * As my dau

By ROGER W. STUART Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

ALBANY, — Swift - moving as Tom Dewey is—and the records show that he can act with amazing speed ‘when necessary — he has’ made it a point to know where "he was going ‘and how hé intended to get thére before taking action in any ‘matter. ‘“‘Sure-footedness” is, perhaps, the best word. He would be the first to admit that accomplishments as governor could not have been achieved ‘without the aid of loyal experts, heading the various state

departments. The manner in which he chose

those aids offers a good criterion

to the way he operdtes as an ad--ministrator. » "2 » FOR EXAMPLE, his selection of 3 conservation commissioner. White _— nominally a Republican, he had never held public office and, apparently, had no de= sire to do so. As a conservation= ist, however, Mr. White had an excellent reputation.’ Governor Dewey decided White was the man he wanted for conservation commissioner. +.As is customary, the recommendation of Republican leaders was desired before an appointment should be made. The oc O.P. county chairman

didn’t even know Mr. White, but John White became commissioner, ¥ - n

SIMILARLY, C. Chester Du Mond was chosen commissioner of agriculture and markets, not

because of his political influence —He had none—but because ; Dewey considered him the most

¥ capable man for the office.

They were scarcely shaking acquaintances.” But as a farmer, as president’ of the state farm bureau, a$ a member cf the American Farm Bureau federation, and as chairman of the agricultural committee of the

NO GUM, CHUM— Racing Cannon

Fire 300-Pound Shells at Nazis

By SAM HALES United Press Staff Correspondent WITH AMERICAN 3D ARMY, Beyond Nancy, Oct. 18—"Ni Gum, Chum” isn’t a slogan on this front, it’s the new name of one of the big 240-mm. ‘howitzers,

{ried fortifications - with eight-inch howitzers on (treads, and a dozen other heavy mobile weapons was revealed only today. = ®

THE CREW of

“No Gum,

weapon on the front. . Lt. Spencer Zogg of waukee, Wis, said -the weapon firing 43 rounds’ at extreme range knocked out nine Nazi tanks and damaged 22 others, He thought that was a record. Pvt. John W, Wingard of Harrisburg, Pa., said the big baby had fired four rounds at a battery of six German 88s. One of the four shells landed within 15 feet of one German gun and converted the whole position to’'a litter of twisted steel and broken bodies, = = » “NO GEM, CHUM" fires a shell weighing more than 340 pounds. The only bigger gun on the western front is the German 280-mm. railroad gun, the mobility of which is limited to rail "tracks. ; But “No Gum, Chum” and its mates can be moved through mud or anything else and its shells will destroy anything from concrete forts to Mark-V1 Tiger ‘tanks. One of thein obliaterated a German bridge many miles away with three shots, B88 AN S8-INCH howitzer brought about the surrender of'Ft. St. Malé by head-on fire at 2000 yards, saving the infantry from a bloody attack, Other mobile weapons include the M-18, a high velocity 76-mm. long-barreled gun mounted on an armored steel-tracked carrier which speeds up to 55 miles an “hour. Ivrode in one of these today ~ theough mud so deep that jeeps couldn't navigate—an indication of fits mobility,

the heaviest guns the allies have | in Europe, which has been plas- | tering German ears back around |

Metz. 2 The fact that the American | army is now hammering the Sieg- |

mobile |

is an up-stater,.

“hand- ,

Chum” think their monster can- | non is just about the fanciest |

Mil-

| THE RECORD OF TOM DEWEY AS NEW YORK GOVERNOR—No. 2

“Experts in Major Jobs .. Loyal Aids

. "of some official who had held

Down on the farm . «+ , Tom Dewey relaxes at his chicken farm at Pawling, N. XY.

state war counell he was qualified for the post. As soon. as Dewey became governor, according to Mr. Du Mond —writing in the Country Gentleman—he put into action “the broadest. most aggressive farm and food program the state had ever seen. » td » “BUT EVERY item in that program either originated with or was: approved by representative agricultural people before it was put into effect. , , , Governor Dewey demonstrated that he was interested, not in imposing any pet notions of his own, but in listening to the best-informed farm people of all groups which

Up Front With Mauldin

might be affected—and giving’ heed to their advice.” For superintendent of banking he picked Elliot V. Bell, a newspaperman highly respected in financial circles, and for director of ‘the budget he chose John E. Burton, whose long interest in governmental matters and passion for research were qualities the governor appreciated. Both - Bell and Burton, like most other members of Dewey's cabinet, are young in years, but proven experts in their fields. ” » » THE GOVERNOR was not so determined to inject new men into the state government that he could not recognize the worth

“My, sir—what an enthusiastic welcome!”

‘Lady in Red" Throwing Race Tracks In East for Loss by Betting Spree

SALEM, N. H, Oct, 18 (U. Py .—A “Lady in Red” who'in recent weeks reputedly has won thousands * of dollars at two New England horse race tracks by playing Tavorites to show was believed today to be wagering money supplied by a well-to-do Revere, Mass, baker.

Currently seen at Rockingham

Park, the middle-aged woman is

said to have made and collected

on 14 major bets here and at Narragansett park. In the process, she is said to have created four minus pools and het sums ranging from $3000 to $12,000 on & single race. Garbed in a sporty red eoat, the

woman is seen only on those days |’

in which she apparently has a “gure thing” in one of the races. Her most recent plunge was Monday at Rockingham when she reputedly bet $10,000 to show on’ Side ‘Arm, a 3-to-10 favorite in the parimutuels, and won $1000. The woman created her most recent minus pool at the track last Saturday when she dumped

a reputed $15,000 hough the,

windows on Johnny Junior and picked up $1500. The track had been forced to pay 10 cents on the dollar and suffered a net loss of $2313, Experts said all of the woman's bets came ih small fields, where it was almost certain that the favorite would be “in thé money.” Most of her bets were for show,

but occasionally, it was said, she °

would bet on her horse to place as well as show. Track officials said they knew nothing of the woman's operations but admitted that “someone” was dumping a lot of money in to upset the odds.

PLAN GERMAN ‘RULE

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E F., PARIS, Oct. 18 (U. P.).—~The allied command has completed a plan for the military government of Germany, providing the death penalty fof partisan warfare by Germéns and making a capital offensivé: of any effort to interfere with the progress of allied armies in the Reich, it was announced to-

G. Mr,

office in the administration. John A. Lyons, for example, had been appointed commissioner of correction in 1939. But Mr, Dewey long had known of Mr. Lyons’ record as one of New York City's ablest police officials and so retained him. So'it went. For superintendent of public works he picked Charles H. Sells, whom he had never met but whose record as an engineer and builder was impressive, : Formerly Westchester county's commissioner of public works, .' Sells more recently had served both in Iran (building military, supply lines into Russia, a $16.000,000 project) and in Brazil where he directed the construction of large airports. . 8% - FOR DEVELOPING post-war programs Governor Dewey appointed M. P. Catherwood, who has made a reputation with all business, big and little. Mr, Catherwood’s department is engaged in: ONE: Co-operating with labor groups, chambers of commerce and others to encourage reemployment and post-war development. TWO: Offering advice and providing technical aid to individual businessmen who are interested in expanding. THREE: Making surveys of war-boom communities to anticipate the impact of the war's end and to provide for the continued use of new factories. FOUR: Studying the problems of specific industries to help them convert promptly to . peacetime production, and maintaining an inventory of available plants and facilities as a service for manufacturers. This record is kept up to date to help manufacturers quickly to obtain plant facilities for expansion, FIVE: Providing the services of trained engineers and business consultants to co-operate with businessmen in the development of new products, new processes and new markets.

NEXT—Dewey vey and the Legislature.

NEW FACES— Plastic Surgeons

Doing Utmost for Disfigured G. I.'s

By MARY HARRINGTON United Press Staff Correspondent

HALLORAN ARMY HOSPITAL, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y,, Oct. 18. ~After the battle, the dead have no further worries, but the living go on to yet more battles and the

wounded must get their wounds healed and make their way again in civilian life. For some wounded readjustment is difficult. Take Sgt. Edward Bronski of Amesbury, Mass. He lost his face ‘in the war . s » WHAT'S GOING to happen fo us guys who lost so much?” he asked. “The country is wonderful, but do vou think. we'll get 8 break? What if the skin grafting doesn’t work out? Do you.think I'll get a good job?” The ‘piace that usé to be his face was not pretty. Fe Nor dtd Pe.” Vincent Moore; Long Island, N. Y. present a pretty sight lying there in bed in the green-walled plastic surgery ward, one leg grotesquely twisted in a traction splint and bound against the foot of the other for its skin to grow there. But he laughted and replied to Bronski: “Hell, you always were an ugly ‘mutt, fellow. You'll probably be better off than before.” 8 ” =

PFC. EDWARD FEUREY, Asbury Park, N. J, plane crash victim in need of complete facial graftimg, perched himself on Moore's high bed and shook his head. “What if they keep us in the army till all the others get out?” he asked. “Who'll give us jobs when we may not be as complete as some others?” First Lt. Clair Carpenter, Plainfield, Neb., snorted. His face was healing after a bullet wound which shattered the nerves on one side. “Hell,” he said, “everyone of you guys would do it all over . again and you know it. There's

{ country down.” ‘a s ” “JUST GIVE ME enough to live on for a year and find me a job, That's all,” said Moore from his bed. * “Yeah, and who's gonna support you for the rest of your. life?” asked one-eyed Pfc. Carl Garner, Moorhead, N, Y. “Give me a year, chum, and 1

won't, need &ny help.”

| order and the

~ restraint on trade.

. gress blocked action on any of

Policies of FDR | Confound Him In Petrillo Cas

By E. A. EVANS

ident Roosevelt says he will hung for a law under which James Caesar Petrillo may be : to obey the war labor boards

President's request and call off his musicians’ union strike against the making of recordings and transcriptions. If Mr. Roosevelit has finally decided that he wants such Mr. Evans a law, we hope he'll find it. We're not among those who, Mr. Roosevelt implies, would have him assume dictatoe rial power in this case. But if there is no such law, Mr. Roosevelt. can thank himself: He and WLB believe, core rectly, that the Petrillo strike is against public policy. It is &

» 2 IT SEEKS to force recording companies to collect from their customers and pay to the union a fee or tax on every record sold, ostensibly for relief of uneme ployed musicians.

‘Actually, Mr. Petrillo, who has a dictatorial power in the union, could do with the money as he pleased.

Thurman Arnold, as assistan§ attorney general, thought that the anti-trust laws should apply te union officers and members wha restrain trade against public pols icy, for purposes having nothing to do with such properly protects ed labor objectives as collective bargaining and better wages and working conditions. ’ ” ” ” HE TRIED to proceed under those laws against a number of union officials and members, He even tried to proceed against Mr, Petrillo.

But a series of decisions by Roosevelt appointees on the United States supreme court tied Mr. Arnold’s hands.

So several congressmen intros duced bills to make laborites clears ly subject to law if they restrain trade by restricting production, fixing prices, engaging in extors tion, blackmail or other activity contrary to public policy. ® n » MR. ARNOLD, who had charged that activity of this kind by “labor's hidden holdup men” was robbing the American people of a billion dollars a year and doing honest workers no good, was asked to testify on these bills.

But Mr. Roosevelt's attorney general, Francis Biddle, wouldn’d let Mr. Arnold testify. Big labor leaders wanted Mr, Arnold out of the justice departs ment’s anti-trust division, Mr, Roosevelt kicked him upstairs te. a federal judgeship. And Mr, Roosevelt's lieutenants in cone

the bills. = » » THAT'S WHY Mr. Roosevelt may now find no law to invoke against James Caesar Petrillo. He could, of course, ask cone gress to rescue one of those bills “from its" pigeonhole and write i% into law. ; But, somehow, we don’t believe he'll do that, A 3

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By Crockett Johnson

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Took, A Ghost gave me this. . . i The wor's over, Reon

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My Fairy Godfather ond those Ghosts ore having an election meeting at

Out for a walk,

We, the Women —— Five Babies In Five Years:

‘What's Rush?

By RUTH MILLETT ENGLAND is so concerned over her declining birth rate that the problem of making English wives feel' it “their duty to have large families has reached the dignified house of lords, where the Earl of Dudley said he thought that wives ought to have a baby & . year for the next five years, The British government . has found its

Ruth Millett necessary d ing the war years. But if British service wives are thinking at all = the way many American service 4 wives are thinking, it is going to = be hard to sell them on having = a baby every year for five years rue their men come home from war. "= » 1 HERE'S HOW many Americ service wives feel about hay : babies in the immediate p era:

If is going fo be hard ¢