Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1944 — Page 7

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“PLAN YOLE: FOR 100,000 INITALY

Thousands - of Children And War Orphans Get Attention.

.By RICHARD MOWRER Times Foreign Correspondent ROME, Dec. 25.—For thousands of Italian children and war orphans, this Christmas meant at least one wonderful square meal, The luckiest kids were those who happened to be- where American doughboys and sailors were located. The armed services, together with the American Red Cross, have taken the lead in weeks of planning to make this a kids’ Christmas. Bluejackets at sea and in Italian ports have made toys in their spare time, They have put aside their PX candy ration and turned in their old dungarees to convents to be converted into children’s clothes—all for Christmas distribution. RJ Seabees alone made 15,000 toys ps from salvage material. ) It was hoped, thanks to the efforts \ of various welfare agencies, the A Americen Red Cross and allied soldiers, themselves, to reach 100,000 children in various parts of liberated Italy and give them something to make them believe that there is & Santa Claus, Nobody: knows the exact number of orphans in Italy. One reason is that Italian families, generally fond of | children, often take into .their own families the children of deceased relatives,

CLARE LUCE SPENDS CHRISTMAS WITH 5TH

ROME, Dec, 25 (U. P.).—Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R. Conn.), member of the house military affairs committee, returned to the bth U. S. army yesterday to spend Christmas with combat units. She had dinner with an armored Infantry” unit and later sang carols with patients and nurses at the 94th evacuation hospital,

MONDAY, DEC. 25, 1944 .

4 Local Marine

Purple hearts were awarded. to four Indianapolis marines in one of the largest decoratibns in leather-

recently. Awarded the medals for wounds

received in the baftles of Saipan and Tinian ‘were:

Mr. and Mrs, O. M. Enyart, 75 N. Hawthorne lane; Sgt. Everett E. Schafet, son of Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Schafer, R. R. 16, Box 268;. Cpl, Clayton P. Gulley, son of Mr. Lucy Worth, 1739 Montcalm st., and Pvt. Joe Weaver Jr., nephew of Mr. and

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duty seven days later. Cpl. Gulley was hit by a Jap sniper’s bullet on ‘Saipan June 22 and returned to duty Aug. 9. Sgts. -Lyman and Schafer both ‘Were wounded on Tinian July 29, Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Gates, commanding general of the 4th marine!

In Mass Pacific Ceremony neck history in the South Pacific| :

Sgt. John T. Lyman, grandson of | -

Mrs, Charles Bevis, 1208 N. Arling-| %¢

Pvt. Weaver was wounded by: shrapnel from Jap artillery fire on|; D-day at Saipan. He returned to|:

s Decorated

Everett Schafer Clayton Gulley

Joe Weaver

John Lyman

division, conducted the presentation ceremonies.

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Times Foreign Correspondent

PARIS, Dec. 25.—Food is scarce and toys are fantastically expensive . the Germans have .counter- at-| tacked in strength . . . 2,000,000 French men and women , are prisoners in Germany—these things hang like a pall over France's first free holiday season since 1939. This is a yuletide of strange contrasts and great contradictions. There is much sorrow and some dread. But there is freedom here and a basically profound belief that, soon, that freedom will encompass all those French who have survived. German imprisonment and the gestapo. Those French who are somewhat faint-hearted may be excused if, to-

Christmas in France Isn't An Extremely Happy Holiday

day, sharp twinges of dread sometimes interrupt theft breathing. They know the Germans of old and {have no wish to renew their acquaintance. It is not. that they have so little faith—it is just that, like the fainthearted of any nation, they feel those twinges oftener and stronger than most. - And above all, they lack the physical stamina that makes optimism so much easier,

om HOME FROM LEYTE _ . (jg) W. H. Rohr Jr, U. 8. N.| ar rt spending Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H Rohr, 5510 Broadway. He was on board a destroyer which took part in the invagion of Leyte in the Philippihes.

E con through the chor of wav. .. the Christmas spirit beams . . bright, as the day of Victory and lasting Peace draws nearer, Again, this year, os we hove for more than fifty years, Peoples extend hearty Christmas greetings bo you, with the sincere wish that, In spite of wor and its separations, this Christmas may hold for you many good #hings. .. and that the united efforts of us all in the year ahead may hasten the day when your dreams of victory, of reunions, ead of happiness may all come true.

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LIFE RETURNS T0 TAGLOBAN

30, 000 in Liberated Philippine Town Need Much, But They're Happy.

(The following, distributed by United Press, was written by Capt. Farl J, Wilson of. Chevy Chase, Md.. a marine corps publio relations officer, attached to marine aviation units in the Philippines.)

LEYTE, Philippine Island (Delayed)—Taclobawm; capitol of Leyte, is the first real town G. I's and leathernecks have entered in their

march across the Pacific. You can't count Garapan on Saipan or Agana on Guam, because both were mere rubble heaps when our troops ene tered. Tacloban is different, With a population of 30,000, the city sprawls along the shores of Cancabato and San Pedro bays on the northeast coast of Leyte. Its houses are‘ a conglomeration of native nipa ‘huts, board shanties, and graceful Spanigh-type houses of the more prosperous residents,

Streets Filled With Mud

Her streets are filled with mud, natives and troops. This is the monsoon - season. ‘During the past| month more than. 23 inches of rain have fallen. The endless procession of military vehicles moving into town almost invariably carries Filipinos, many wearing cast off bits of clothing. If it is their own, it is extremely clean, but usually in.tatters. Most carry some article of food. Native women slosh through the knee-deep mud balancing gunnysacks of rice on their heads. Hardly any window or porch in Taclbban |is without its quota of smiling Fili|pinos - and numerous bright-eyed children watching the trucks go by.

Stores Nearly Empty »

Stores are open, but have pitifully little to sell. In one shop-a box ‘of tiny celluloid figures of Santa Claus were priced at 40 centavos each, about 20 cents. Several sailors, shopping for souvenirs, found the best article to be a large round Oriental hat of woven grass. The hat, however, turned out to be not part of the stock-in-trade, but the headgear of a Filipino woman doing a little shopping herself. She sold the hat. In the street children greet G. 1's with, “Joe, gimmee chewin’ gum.” A request made famous in the European theater. And Joe, who is fond of children, pampers

opportunity. Tacloban is coming back to life.

RUSSIA WILL HOLD FIR TREE FESTIVAL

By LEIGH WHITE Times Foreign Correspondent MOSCOW, Dec. 25. — Although Christmas is not a holiday in the Soviet Union, the yuletide season is being celebrated this year-—as always, ‘ The orthodox Christmas, although not a legal holiday, will be celebrated by believers with the usual religious ceremonies on Jan. 7—the date of Christ's birth assording to the old-style Gregorian calendar. For the bulk of Soviet citizens, however, including the Mohammedans, the holiday season will be celebrated with non-religious “firtree” restivals on New Year's eve and New Year's day. During” the customary fir-tree ceremony, the Iikhoye Odnoglazoye (Evil One-Eyed One) attempts to tie up Ded Moroz in a bag in order to prevent him from giving children his good advice. Ded Moroz, however, with the help of 12 boys disguised as the 12 months of the year and four girls dressed to represent the seasons, always wins the battle and trusses up the One-Eyed One, whereupon he is free to pronounce his words of wisdom.

YULE POSES PROBLEM FOR YANKS ABROAD

By CLINTON CONGER Uniited Press Staff Correspondent

WITH THE SEVENTH AMERI-

7th American army holding the fringes of Germany. For Instance Capt. James D. Wimberly, Gulfport, Miss, decided to send his men the first hot food many .of the riflemen have had in almost two weeks. He sent a mule train up the hill with hot beef sandwiches, If that worked he hoped to -be able to deliver Christmas turkey to most of the {ront-liners the same way. Christmas cards and letters are going forward, but packages will be delayed, Packages were given a low mule priority, Men who have been working their 4.2 mortars from German soil for days grinned: when I asked whether they were expecting turkey for Christmas. They moved aside enough to show me their “KP”, broiling thick steaks “provided through the kindness of the German Reich.” * The cook was .their lieutenant, Lloyd Milavitz, of Superior, Wis. who beefed, “Okay, so you guys all got turkey for Thanksgiving except me because I was on observation post. Christmas I want turkey— and white meat.”

6000 MERCHANTMEN DEAD SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 25 (U., P.) ~Adm. Emory 8.’ Land, chairman of the U. 8. maritime

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