Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1944 — Page 13

19, 1944

| Sixth Winter

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(Ernie Pyle is

LONDON, Dec, 19.—=A biiriding glare showed through the windows of the bus, then a great'V bomb explosion resounded in the distance. It was the sixth winter of war and for the seventh time in six years we were back in Blighty frome-the wars, headed from London. Ei ".. London never was a rosebud among the cities of the world. It was always pretty drab in December, even when the lights were on. Today after five years of war and with its lights stil] dimmed, it is drabber and more shopworn than we have ever seen it before. In some ways London suffers, in other ways it profits, by comparison with its continental cousin, Paris. The yuletide shop windows look shoddy after the glistening displays in the Galleries Lafayette, Printemps and the chic shops along the Rue de la Paix. When the blackout was modified in Paris last Wednesday night the city was lighted up like a Christmas tree. Even with its own modified blackout, nighttime London still is like the inside of a pumpkin. After a few eyefuls of Model 1944 Parisiennes tripping ‘along the boulevards in their daring directory hats and trimly fashioned coats, London women look mid- Victorian. The people who have been fighting for five years, lack the pep of the people who have just emerged from four years of German occupation. Yet London and its people inspire a feeling of assurance and respect. These are the people who have suffered for a purpose, have not been conquered, and have no excuses to offer.

People on Edge

FIVE YEARS of war aren't easy on the nerves and the Blighty of 1944 is a country of people on edge. They are quarreling about -Greece, Poland, Russia and the United States, Of course, they are fighting with their butchers. They are fed up and they are human enough to exercise their constitutional privilege of saying so. If they seem a little blunt in expressing their

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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

MRS. DON MENKE, wife of the WFBM salesman, went on a shopping tour the other day. Seeking a present for her husband, she asked the clerk: “Do you have any vises?” When the clerk looked a little surprised, she hastened to explain: “It’s a metal affair for my husband's workshop.” Gerald Hyde, vice president of the Griffith Distributing Corp., was “drafted” by his wife to take cookies baked by the School 80 P.-T. A. down to the U. S. O. canteen at Union station. He made the trip and returned home. And then, Mrs. Hyde asked: “Where are my packages?” “What packages?” asked her husband. “Why,” "she replied, “all those Christmas gifts 1 bought and left im the car before you took the cookies down.” Mr. Hyde admitted he had taken into the U, S. O. all packages he found in the car. Mrs. Hyde made a flying trip downtown and was lucky enough to find all her gifts . . Fabien Bevitzky's problem is solved. Several weeks ago, at the Oscar Levant concert, Mr. Sevitzky asked the” audience to contribute packages of cigarets for the boys overseas. He received something like 80 or 90 packages. And then‘he found he couldn't mail them overseas without a request from soldiers. So he appealed to Virgil Sheppard, Red Cross director, for help. Virgil got busy and found an officer who is headed for a port of embarkation. The officer agreed to carry the cigarets overseas and give them to some cigaret-hungry Yanks.

Look in the Mirror

RUPERT MILLER, an executive at Ayres’, has a mirror in his office with a sign on it reading: “If a customer gets in your hair, look in this mirror and count 10.” Not a bad idea. . Someone named Metcalf lost a ration book 4 Saturday and undoubtedly would like to have it back. The book was found by Mrs. Ruth Nickel, 39 W. Morris, whose

‘America Flies

ROCKETS WERE USED in world war I and some heavy bombers used double-wheeled landing gear as do today’s Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. Lack of parachutes cost the lives of innumerable fighting pilots, many of whom might have been saved had they been supplied. with this sort of equipment. World war I planes alse used cannon which fired a 12-pound shell at 1100 feet per second. And an automatic pilot was used to keep a bomber on its run in 1917. All this is a part of the study which shows how the aerial fighting of world war II was definitely shaped by the trials and tribulationg of world war I It is well told in words and pictures in ‘Fighting Wings,” by Gilbert Faust and Milton Lancelot. . The rockets were put to good use in knocking down German Zeppelins, They were attached to the struts of biplanes and fired much like Fourth of July

, rockets.

There Were No Parachutes

PICTURES OF the cumbersome British HandleyPage and Italian Caproni bombers show use of double wheeled landing gear, necessary to sustain their great*weight, especially with the kind of rubber tires they had in those days. A German pilot is shown in a headlong, parachuteless dive from his burning fighter plane over world war I's Western front. They had no parachutes for pilots in those days. - The French flechette, a pencil-like dart, was the first type of missile dropped on the enemy. Reports

My Day

WASHINGTON, Monday .—TI forgot to tell you that while in New’ York City I spent one evening of delightful and frivolous enjoyment.. We went to the theater and saw “I Remember Mama,” by John Van Druten. This play is adapted from Kathryn Forbes’ “Mama's Bank Account.” It is beautifully directed and acted, with Mady Christiahs, Oscar Homolka and Joan Tetzel in the principal parts. The story is slight, but each individual scene stands cut as a perfect little cameo by itself. There is humor, there is sweet ness, and there is pathos, and one very valuable lesson for yeung writers. 1 happen to have been in contact with a. few of them lately, who think they can write masterpieces about things of ‘which they know. ‘nothing, before they have even lived or experienced any of the tragedies and joys of-life.' So that particular little item of advice .to the young and aspiring author in the, play struck home, : And. felt iat T Would pas 1 on. many mes. home.

By Wil liam H Stoneman)

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opinions, or in dealing with certain situations, anybody with a heart can understand them. They have

You don’t find a. great deal of reticence among] our own frontline troops. Like the process in inbreeding, “the orfleal of a long war - has brought out the best and worst in people. People whom we remember as being pleasant and decent. .back in prewar days are more so now than then. Other types are worse than ever. When we arrived at our apartment house with a mountain of baggage it was Old Bill, now bent and over 70, who came rolling across the street to help, us upstairs with it. The younger porter, who never | was very helpful, flatly announced that it wasn't his job. = During the next few months, and years, the American capacity to understand this country’s trouble is going to be put to the test.

‘Easy as Pie’

THE ATTITUDE which is going to get nobody] anywnere was ably illustrated the other day by a newly arrived young lady who hadn't taken the| trouble to read the newspapers. They were having some trouble finding decora-| tions for a Christmas trée at an American army club, and her advice was ‘asked. “Why, thdt’s as easy as pie,” she said. “All you have to do is get some hardboiled eggs, dip them in nail varnish and dust them with powdered sugar.” The difficulties of wartime living in London come back to you with a jolt after a short absence. A drug store on Piccadilly proudly displays a sponge| priced at $30. We waited 20 minutes for a No. 39 bus this morning and then couldn’t get aboard. Taxis are nonexistent after 10 p. m. when most busses stop running. That fact cost us a two-mile walk | in the rain last night. The little lump of butter we drew as our weekly ration looks ridiculous after three months ‘in the Ardennes. In Belgium we used! to have more than the same amount to make one| omelette. Copyright,

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phone number is LI. 3069. Mrs. Nickel was unable to| read the first name and address on the bi The owner may have the book by identifying it. . A reader calls to-tell us the Irvington Review published last Friday has a classified ad reading: “For sale—twenty-four year old hens. Ready to lay.” Must be getting pretty tough by. now, don’t you think? . . . Speaking of classified ads, Hugh Barnhart, state conservation director and publisher of the Rochester (Ind.) News-Sentinel, still blushes when. he remembers a classified ad the paper carried last September. A riding stable near Lake Manitou was selling out. To wind up the sale, the stable put an ad in the paper which appeared thusly: “For | sale—Several used brides.” Of course, they meant | bridles. Hugh says they got letters from all over| the country. One hopeful gent wrote in asking if he| could have three of the “used-brides.” | Nice Work, Folks THERE'S NO DOUBT about it—Indianapolis has a warm spot in its heart for servicemen, especially | the wounded. Last week, the Red Cross appealed for | 50 pairs of crutches for convalescents at Billings hos- |

pital. Within two days, more than 50 pairs had been| donated. By now, the number’s®up around 200 pairs,

and they've shut off for the present. They'll take| |

the names of future donors and pick up the crutches | when more are needed. They can use every pair they've collected. The only reason they didn’t ask for 200 right at the start was they thought 50 was a lot to ask—in view of the fact the public had donated 75 pairs only a few weeks ago. The extras will be used for additional casualties as they arrive here from the battle front. Among the 200 received are two sizable contributions. The Kiwanis club, after hearing a talk by several overseas veterans, donated funds to buy 25 pairs. And the Akron Surgical House donated three dozen new pairs. The rest were contributed a L Pair or two at a time by individual citizens. po you folks better watch your step on these icy pavements. If you fall and break your legs, you probably couldn't find a spare pair of crutches in the county.

By Max B. Cook!

have it that one dropped from 3000 feet penetrated a mounted soldier's helmet, his body and horse and | finally buried itself in the ground. Explosives came next—hand grenades, artillery shells with fins attached and dropped by hand; gasoline shells and: finally internal and external bomb racks were used. Some held 500-pound bombs.

Bombsight Developed

IT WAS a Davis non-recoil 3-inch cannon that was first used, prefacing present use of the powerful 75-mm. cannon in the noses of P-38's and light and medium bombers. And it was a Sperry automatic pilot that aided in making some of the 1917 bomb runs successful. A Sperry bombsight was developed also at that time. Aircraft wireless, good" for about 150 miles, was in use and code signals were used. Aerial photography was “coming in” rapidly and on September 4, 1917, British pilots took the astounding number ‘of 1800! aerial photographs in a single day. A six-pound camera could take 750 pictures at one loading. That was the forerunner of the horizon-to-horizon cameras that now take miles of landscape at a time and click off picture after picture, timed with the plane's speed so that they are easily fashioned into a tre-| mendous and perfect aerial] map. Spectacular pictures tell the story of world war 1 to date, and they include the first bombing of Tokyo, phe attacks on fortress Europe, the big part aircraft carriers and their fast fighters and torpedo dive! bombers have played and are playing in knocking out the Japs. Published by Essential Books, “Fighting Wings" tells an amazing story of aviation progress. Faust, a lieutenant in the civil air patrol, and Lancelot, an| expert on book production, have done a fine job for| aviation,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

8he never seemed to me to be quite living in the world today, with all of its realities. Her world was| an interesting world. I loved going to see her and feeling cut off for. a while from my everyday sur-| roundings. My children were all fascinated by her and enjoyed her whenever they met. I think perhaps she was happier the last years of her life than she had been for many years before, because she discovered her own counfry as a result of the war, and because of new friendships which she had made. mt Instead of feeling sad that .she could not visit her old haunts in Europe, she began to enjoy new ones over here. I think -her only rémaining sister, Mrs. David Gray, and I, as well as her children and close friends, will find the world not quite such a colorful and gay place without her. Thomas J. Kehoe brought his group of veterans aguin yesterday afternoon from Walter Reed .-hospital. There seems to be such an interest in Fala

SECOND SECTION

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1944

CAMERA RECORDS HISTORIC CEREMONY AT CATHEDRAL—

The Archbishop Assumes His Throne

The Very Rev. Msgr. Henry F. Dugan reads the Papal Bull from the pulpit which establishes the Ecclesiastical Province of. Indianapolis

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and’ the seat of the Archbishop. The camera looks down on the solemn proceedings ‘from the choir loft.

The Most Rev.

Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, second from the left,

Apostolic delegate to the U. S., pauses at- the far end of the church for prayer and blessings before going to the throne,

The Rt. Rev. Raymond R. Noll, V. G., hands the Papal Bull to

the Most Rev. Cicognani.

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The decrees are read in both Latin and

The Most Rev.” Cicognani deliverance of the Papal Bull Frederic Ketter, Evansville,

Archbishop Joseph E.

Rev. Cicognani leaves with a bow.

given the crozier.

REAL ESTATE GROUP | Troops Attend

Members of the Indianapoli eal | Estate board will be guests = 10th annual Christmas party sponsored by the Union Title Co. at noon tomorrow in the Athletic club.

to attend. Albert M. Bristor, president of the Union Title Co., will be toastmaster. New and retiring officers of the|

that I am going to show them next Sunday afternoon | the first movie which was done here in the White House of that busy little dog.

During the afternoon 1 had three cther appoint- Seytter, vice president,

Real Estate board will be special guests. The new officers are: Wendell M, Hicks, president; Carl G. Bruce C.|

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WILL ATTEND PARTY, Classes on Ship |

TRAINING of troops does not stop when the men leave for overseas duty, Motor Machinist's William N.” Karon,

Mate 3-c Indianapolis

More than 250 people are-éxpected! nayy man whose home is at 323

E.- Walnut st., recently served as an assistant instructor aboard a troop ship en route to the Philippines, Classes were ‘held daily for special instruction on

ments, followed by a quiet Sunday. supper and not!Savage, secretary, and C. O, Grin- phases of the coming: invasion,

so busy an evening. . Sv : 1 had a press conferenice this morning At 12) _ o'clock I saw a lady who is up here from the isiand ua She came to bring men and to take

|slade, treasurer. ‘ Retiring. officers are: Fred Ci EE as president, Fred 'T. Hill as

vige president; Henry M. Otterbach as secretary, 8 Hie Jf Busts ue

| The men were informed of the | rprobable strength of the enemy | and of strong points, forfifications and special features of the terAan over whieh they were 4 fight.

the various

GEORGE W. CARVER | Holiday Traffic WEEK PROCLAIMED Degths Predicted |

assumes the throne and awaits the To the right is the Rt.

Ritter assumes the throne

| The week of Jan. 5-12 has been | | designated Geofge: Washington Car-

|ver week, in honor of the noted | scientist who found scores of uses for the peanut. . Governor Schricker in issuing this proclamation urged all citizens to “join with our churches, unilversities, schools and organizations | in paying particular homage to this {great and humble genius.” “Let each of us.. . . dence which brought inta the world so noble a’ character as George

Washington Carver, a true scien[tist of the greatest intellect’ who thoroughly disdained riches, per~ sonal acclaim or De of any {kind the JTelumton Rote.

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Lips Magazine Samples Views Of Employees

By FRED W. PERKINS WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—"“Many a management man must look wonderingly at the streams of people flowing through the plant

knéw what is really on their minds.”

oy states thie magazine Factory in presenting the re-

sults of the second of its two surveys

(by profession-

al opinion probers) on “What the Factory Worker Really Thinks," The same uncertainty on this

subject apparently exists in the minds of many legislators, federal officials and others who are graplabor troubles, and at the same time looking forward to solutiohs for the

are expected during the tremendous job of reconverting the American industrial machine to peacetime conditions. » » ”

FACTORY summarizes its sec-

the opinion samplers reported as majority views, as follows:

About his company: 1. The American factory workers thinks his company is‘capably managed. 2. By and large he feels is is fairly treated. 3. He concedes that his employers have his interests at heart. Bui—he considers the union leaders his real friends.

About his foremen: 1. He is generally satisfied with his foremen. 2. He bélieves foremen are properly paid. 3. He tends to favor unions for foremen. » n »

ONE OBVIOUS fact in this survey is that opinions differ notably anfong fagtory workers who belong to unions and those who do not.

For instance, in answer to the question, “Do you feel that the head men of your company have the workers’ interests at heart, or are not much concerned?”

Although 56 per cent of the workers as a whole voted in favor of. the g intentions of management, only 51 per cent of the union employes did so while 68 per .cent of the non-union workers voted favorably.

We, the Women Date With Her

Soldier Son Is Treat for Mom

By RUTH MILLETT YOU NEVER saw a prouder, happier looking woman. In the past year her face may have looked strained with worry many times—but now it was soft with happiness. Y ou didn't have to look far to find the reason. He stood = behind her, a tall broad - shouldered young man in a wellpressed uniform with a campaign ribbon on his chest. He was seating the happy looking woman at a table in the town’s nicest restaurant—where boys usually take their girls, rather than their mothers, to lunch. » u » BUT SHE was obviously his mother. Like most returning serv= icemen he had probably thought a lot about ‘coming home to Mom's swell dinners, to stretching his legs out under the family table and eating all of his favorite dishes. But unlike many less imaginative young men, he hadn't for-

as the Most Archbishop Ritter then was

TWELVE PERSONS will be killed in traffic accidents during the ‘Christmas holiday week-end, Don F, Stiver, state safety director, predicted today. He said he based his prediction upon the 10 per cent inerease in traffic fatalities this year over 1943. During the Christmas holidays last yegr 11 persons were killed in Indiana, he said, and if the 1044 increase in deaths continues this week-end one more person will be

thank Provi- | killed,

A total of 696 persons were killed in Indiana traffic accidents during the first 11 months of this year compared to 632 fpr the same period last year, “Soaring highway delths indicate careless. driving

gotten that maybe Mom would get a kick out of being taken downtown to eat. Maybe he even knew secretly how much she would enjoy not only the restaurant meal she did not have to plan and cook, but the chance to show off her boy, and to have people say afterward, “I saw you downtown lunching with ‘Jim. He certainly looks fine in his uniform. I'll bet there aren’t many boys home on leave who find time to take their mothers out to lunch.” u » » ANY YOUNG serviceman who could have seen and interpreted the proud happy look on that mother's face would find time when on leave to take “Mom” out one time. Sure, any mother enjoys the meals she cooks for her boy on furlough. Enjoys having him ask for second servings and hearing 5 him say, “Boy, 1 haven't eaten i food like this since I left home.” i But there's a different kind of ‘pleasure in being taken out. It gives a mother a chance to show her son off a little. And any mother who is as proud as the mother of a boy home from over= seas .has a right to parade her pride, at least for an hour or two, ig

SCHEDULE JLE HOLIDAY \Y PARTY The Ruth L, Meirs' Christmas {party will be held at tomorrow at the home