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ABOARD U. 8. 8. BENNINGTON, ESSEX-CLASS CARRIER, somewhere at sea (Delayed).—Science and experience protect the lives of the daring airmen who are waging war in the skies from the decks of our great aircraft ‘carrier fleet. A powerful SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, engine roaring, started up the flight deck of this. carrier. It was part of a sub-patrol group engaged. in routine protective flight as the big carrier and its escorting destroyers sped toward an unreported destination. Halfway to the ship's bow, the engine sputtered. It was too late for the pilet to attempt using the brakes for its momentum would have carried tumbling over the deck's end, to destruction against the sharp prow, Nursing the throttle, the pilot gained the best speed possible, but not enough. . While officers and men, with clenched fists, tried— through sheer wishing—to get the bomber into the alr, it took off, sank gracefully and slowly, finally plunging into the sea. . -
Super Quick Thinking
““HE GOT his wheels up!” shouted a lookout. And Boe hatl been an éxample of super-quick thinking on the pilot's part. He also had the presence of mind to kick right rudder and swing the falling plane to the right of the bow. It cleared the ship by only a few feet as the carrier's alert Capt. J. B. Sykes swung the bow away. As the carrier sped by, the rear gunner lay slightly stunned in the rear cockpit. The pilot quickly climbed to the wing, grasped the gunner under the armpits and swung him out of the seat, The gunner made a perfect dive into the sea where he pulled the two valves on his Mae West life jacket, inflating it. Meantime, the pilot pulled out the plane’s life raft, inflated it quickly and inflated his own Mae West. Stepping into the life raft, he found the oars and rowed to the floating gunner nearby, now fully recovered and even grinning, As the carrier's officers and crew watched breathlessly, he scrambled onto the raft and waved to the watchers.
By Max B. Cook
begin reporting on the war in that area soon.
Some 500 yards to the rear an escort destroyer speeded to the rescue and, without further incident, picked up the two fliers and their raft.
Thdt was Episode I in a rescue at sea. Episode Thiers
came late that. afternoon’ when the destroyer came alongside atid a light line was shot across her bow. A heavy line then was pulled across, made fast and a boatswain’s chair was swung over. One at a time, without touching the sea, the two rescued airmen were brought across to the carrier. In exchange, three large boxes of fine ice cream and a movie reel for a special picture show went back to the destroyer while the .men cheered. The pilot's only injury was a slight cut in the back of his head: The gunner’s injuries also were superficial,
Emergencies Are Rare
THIS -TYPE of experience, however, occurs rarely when compared to the thousands of takeoffs and landings from the deck of any one carrier. The entire ship’s crew works as a team and with the perfect co-ordination of the finest trained football squad. In any kind of an emergency each man knows what he has to do—and — Ah 50 Quickly that i, appears automatic.” re This also is trae” of the pilots.” Two Hellcat fighters circled tn to land. Both had been waved away by the landing signal officer, who stands on the catwalk on the port side of the stern. One cut in low over the stern and started fo climb. Its pilot did not see the other Hellcat swinging in just above its tail. With a ripping, tearing sound, the two fighters came together, through the other's tail- surfaces and then ripped through Jjts right wing close to’ the fuselage. Then the ships swung apart, pilots gunned engines, and they sped in a tight circle off the carrier's stern. Landing Signal Officer Lt. B. A. Bell waved the damaged fighter in and signaled the other to circle once again, Both pilots: made the flight deck safely, saving themselves and the planes. A few hours work, installing a new propeller on one and patching up the other, and they: were again ready for action. Neither pilot .was hurt. “And that,” “said a Veteran pilot; “is what. I call flying.”
Inside Indianapolis, By Lowell Nussbaum,
ARBY KISSELL, Roy Wheatley and Jack Sauer, of the Universal Optical Co. think th€y've been gypped—and by a squirrel, at that. eir office is at 424 Board of Trade bullding, Two or three weeks
ago, they: looked out the window and noticed a squirrel marooned on the slate roof of Christ church. They felt pretty sorry for the poor squirrel, worrying over how it woul get food. So they bought some nuts and tossed them across the alley to ‘roof, Butch —that’s what they named him— , seemed to enjoy the nuts, so they got some more. And every day, when they called his name, Butch would come running from pg the drain in which he rested. Finally, they decided something should be done to rescue Butch from the roof so he could return to the company of his pals in” “University park. They appealed to the state conservation department. The department sent over 4 man with a trap. He crawled ouf on the roof” of the building to set his trap. At the sight of the man, Butch scampered - up the roof and out of sight. Someone who was watching reportéd that Buteh had climbed down the front of the-church, using the vines there for stairs. The copsérvation department man picked up his trap and departed. Whereupon Butch. climbed right back up the vines and back to the roof. There, he chirped impudently, demanding some more nuts. " "NUTS to you,” chimed his benefactors. But well bet they relent and reopen Butch's cafeteria.
Pork Chops? No, Thanks
MEMBERS OF THE Ladies Altar Society of St. Francis de Sales: Catholic church were guests on Friday at the Molly Star luncheon, a promotion stunt sponsored by the Star and WIRE. When the luncheon was served, the ladies were much surprised and unhappy to discover they had been served de-
World of Science .
THE SYNTHESIS of penicillin may turn out to be the hig scientific news of the year just beginning. The problem is being worked on at a number of laboratories both in universities and in the big. pharmaceutical houses. Success may come any day now. Such synthesis not only would break the bottleneck in production of the miracle-working drug, but it would pave the way for the creation of penigillin derivatives, one of which might well turn out to be a super-penicillin, The researches might evenrresult in the finding of a cure for the common cold. Some British scientists in 1944 thought that they had found one in patulin, a first cousin of penicillin which is secreted by a somewhat similar. mold but researches of the British Medical Research council proved that the stuff was not effective. Sulfanilamide was a synthetic drug to start with. " Consequently, its chemical formula and structure were known from the start and as soon as its value was established, chemists everywhere began Working on derivatives.
Other Derivatives Developed
THIS RESULTED in sulfapyridine, .sulfathiazole, sulfadiazine and _sulfaguanidine. While these four and sulfanilamide came into general use, many other de-
rivatives were made and experimented with, perhaps.
as many as 2000 in all. It is not yet certain but that some sulfa derivative may be found that is far superior to any now in use.
My Day
* WASHINGTON, Friday—I was sent a clipping today which criticized the fact that any civilians, such as members of congress or others, were being al lowed to visit near the fighting fronts. (This was “ doubtless meant for me.) - Only entertainers were omitted. The writer was particularly harsh on Mrs. Luce. . - It seems to me that this type of criticism is foolish. Nothing can be more valuable for us in
this country, on whose soil the
war is not being fought, than to have its people whom we trust bring us first-hand information as fo the conditions of the sol~diers at the front and of civilian populations in liberated areas. Members of congress who deal with military affairs have a right and. an obligation to see things at first hand. The only ‘eriticism that is valid, I believe, is a suggestion as to the way in which these trips should “wba taken. Arrangements may be too comfortable, 30d. 7u0 the pecple who take, the tains wauld. atten
licious looking pork chops. They just pushed “the chops aside and tried to fill up on potatoes, peas and hard rolls. . . . Speaking of the Star; some of her fellow workers have been ribbing Mary Bostwick about needing a compass.’ Mary, who has been reporting news events here for more years than many reporters have lived, went over to the Statehouse Thursday and got lost, She inquired: “Which way to the door that lets you out on Illinois st.?” Someone directed her to the Capitol ave. entrance, . Kenneth Harlan, who has been with the Indiana Employment Security division several years, has ~taken —with the Spencer W. Curliss ad-
The propeller of the top Hellcat out
COAL DEALERS ON DELIVERIES
Customers Offered Trucks To Haul Own Fuel in Labor Shortage...
Phe old bogey of mo coal in the bin is back again.
are looking in the dark corners for just one more chunk before the fire goes out. And the coal companies are sweating it out, trying desperately to catch up on lagging ' deliveries and worrying over whether the next
Delivery on orders is running from 2 days to fhree weeks behind the promise date, a survey of local coal dealers showed today.
Labor Shortage Blamed Company officials gave a number of reasons, chief of which are a shortage of labor and absenteeism. One dealer said, “We could use five - times the amount of coal we
get and 10 times the number of We have quit taking op~
workers.
ders except for our. old standbys.” Another operator has mdde his trucks available to individuals who {want to haul their o%n. “We. just ‘couldn't make deliveries. Some buy|ers are coming’ “in tomorrow morning to Hay their own,” he said.
“Trucks Stand Idle
Still another company has had to lay up 25 to 30 per cent of their {trucks for want of help. “Ofir equipment is in good shape, but we haven't the help to drive it.” Meanwhile the coal stockpiles average out, to a mighty thin spread for the city should-supplies fail to errive. Most companies have but a three to four-day supply in the yards and must depend on frequent shipments
-|to keep from dipping into the re-
serve. To date, meomifie shipments
has heen and dealers sep
i HE INDIANAPOLIS. TIMES
FORCED TO LAG
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Local Flier Gets
Many Indianapolis home-owners|'§ ;
ANOTHER WAR .. DECORA~TEON 8001 Will -be-added tothe: collection at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Masariu, 17 N, Addison st. In France recently 1st It. Johfi F. Masariu was awarded thé airmedal for completion of 35 missions in a liaison ~plane over enemy lines. ” The 25-year=old lieutenant already has sent his parents the purple heart, the bronze star with one-oak leaf cluster and the silver A % 3 .He went overseas last April 5
A veteran of 35 missions, 1st Lt. John F. Masariu con, Yecsives the air medal from Maj. Gen. Ira T, Wyche.
~~" The silver star and bronze star |
Another Medal
and was an observer for the -ground--£roops.— when — ~WAS. wounded "in “France in Jdne, shortly after D-day.
with cluster were awarded him for gallantry in action in France. Lt. Masariu's brother, Martin, is a fireman 1-c¢ in the navy and was wounded in June while transporting .troops to France in an LCI boat. He is at Jacksonville, Fla. naval hospital. Both = servicemen graduated from.-Cathedral high school and attended Indiana university.
AD DRAWS FBI
Local Machinist Offers to Accept Bids From Any Nation.
as “capable” of a range of 100,000 milés non-stop, with an altitude of
tired Indianapolis “machinist was under scrutiny of the FBI, military
intelligence and the army air corps tadav
vertising agency. . We hear Horace Coats is succeeding Arthur Tiernan as editor of Outdoor Indiana, the state conservation department magazine. Art is taking over public relations for the Community Fund. Nice Going, Bill THE FIREMEN at Station 17, Prospect and Madison, think we ought to say something about Bill Oberting, who operates the Burgoo lunch, across the street from the station. Bill is one of those people who believe in the good ‘neighbor policy. He likes to do nice things for firemen. For instance, during the stockyards haybarn fire Dec. 20, he loaded his. car with sandwiches and hot coffee which he gave to the firemen at the fire. The stockyards company inquired who had provided the food. and then gave him an order for some moie, since the firemen were on the job all night, Bill brought what the company ordered, and as much more “on the house.” He has done similar good deeds at other fires. Incidentally, we were surprised to learn that the hay still is burning—or was, yesterday. A couple of firemen have remained on duty ever since, pouring water on it. . Three G. 1s were standing outside Hook's at Illinois and Market (southeast corner). They seemed to be wondering what it is that Van Johnson has that they don't have. Suggested one, in a last-resort manner; “Well, we might try the old ladies’ home.”
By David Dietz
The situation with penicillin, however, has been entirely different. The stuff, as is well known, is a secretion produced by a mold, the penicillium notatum. Because of the vast need for the drug in the treatméht of infections in the theaters of war, every ef-| fort has been made to devise techniques by which the mold could be grown faster and the production of the] drug speeded up.
Vast Strides Made
VAST STRIDES were made in 1944 in achieving mass production of the drug. But there is still not enough and the distribution of the drug has been kept under control of a committee of the National Research council.” The situation with regard to penicillin is not unlike that which originally existed in the field of vitamins. Originally it took a whole carload of carrots to get a few ounces of vitamin A and the price of production was in the neighborhood of $100 an‘ounce. With the development of methods of synthetic production the price came down to less than a dollar. . At the moment the chief boom of synthetic penicitin would be an unlimited supply of the drug but the eventual gain might be the super-penicillin already mentioned. ° Ever since the day of Dr. Paul Ehrlich medical men have hoped to achieve his dream of a magic bullet that would knock out all germs withow ill effect to the human system.
Wonderful as are the sulfa drugs the: only par-i
tially meet those requirements. They are not effective against all germs dnd they have many toxic effects that are difficult to control. Penicillin comes closer to the dream. It is more powerful and so far has exhibited no toxic effects.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
from war use. Most people would rather be: uncomfortable. If those who criticize so freely, however, would think of the value that might be derived from firsthand observation on the part of people who haye the power to do certain things when.they come home, I feel sure that the criticism would be more discriminating and the praise of those who are willing to go and see would be greater. Yesterday afternoon at tea time I saw an acquaintance‘ who is just back from Russia. She is a correspondent for one of our papers and traveled : good deal. 1 asked her particularly ‘about the place which Russian women are taking, not only in the army and Jin the factories, but in executive 'and administrative work. She told me that except at the very highest level, where. places are held almost entirely by military men, women are participating - far more actively .than they are in this country, . Many women are represented in the supreme Soviet. from every part of the united Soviet. republic,
women have been told that our women
that they were enduririg some of the,
nave WCC regular aluu utancis oC enough coal for everyone if people buy with care. As several said, “Don’t order coal if you have a month’s or more supply. Give the fellow scooping the dust off the floor a chance. Scare buying only creates the scarcity.”
OFFICERS OF POLICE GROUP TAKE POSTS
Mrs. Evelyn Lahrman will be installed ‘as president of the ladies’
of the Lincoln hotel. Other officers who will be installed by Mrs. Thelma McKieghan
president; Mrs. Mae Myllin, second vice president; Mrs. Mabel Kestler, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Nicewanger, treasurer, and Mrs. Frances Coleman, financial secretary. Charlie Spoon’s orchestra will play for a dance following instailation of officers.
KREISHER, SCOUTS HONORED BY LEAGUE
Skipper Frank Kreisher and his {Sea Scout troop, 169, were honored | guests at the meeting of the Key- | | stone and 34th st. civic league last night at school 69. Travel pictures were shown by the 8. R. Woltjen, pastor of the First and Second Moravian Episcopal churches. Miss Hazel Weghorst sang and Miss Robert Zaring gave a reading. A. J, Wingenroth is president of the league. °
ST. FRANCIS IS GIVEN SURGEON’S APPROVAL
St. Francis hospital recently was included in the 1944 list of institutions approved by the American College of Surgeons, Sister Superior M. Flaviana announced today. The hospital has been ‘included
on the approved list since 1932, it was said.
auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Police following a banquet at .7 p. m. today in the Travertine room
are Mrs. Lucille Mangus, first vice
waa;
An advertisement describing the, plane and offering it for sale with “bids accepted from all nations or their agents” which appeared in another newspaper yesterday brought G-men to the door of the inventor, aged 65, who lives 6300 north, last night. : The advertisement said%,, “Jet-propelled airplane . for sale. Not patented. Set up and build in
MIRACLE PLANE
A jet propulsion plane described |
50 to 60 miles, designed by a re-|
| your country. Outmodes all other itypes of jet propulsion. Speed, 2000 m. p. h. Altitude 50 to 60 miles, range 100,000 miles, non-stop. Uses no motor or fuel. Bids accepted! from all nations or their agents, All replies confidentidl.. Plans known to inventor only.”
Questioned by G-Men
Immediately - the FBI received calls from citizens. Last night several G-men talked to the inventor, who has only plans put no model, working or otherwise, . He was quoted as saying that he thought perhaps England or Canada might be interested in addition to the United States. He had not considered the possibilities that Germany or Japan might too be interested, investigators said.
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food ration system two weeks ago still fresh in the minds of’ consumers, the question today-on many lips is; “What dbout clothes?”
of the public, the wearing apparel <jindustry- dnsists- that there —is—andalways will be—sufficient clothing for all. v
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Plan Revised Programs
And this estimate is made in 'the| face of &n announcement by the| war production board - that it is] planning a sweeping revision of its| apparel program. But, the industry points out, the
controls will be on production ends
and not on retailing. If anything, it is claimed, the controls will mean better distribution of available) yarns and other material among manufacturers, which, in turn, will} more evenly spread the merchan- | dise over the market. of
A spokesman for the industry here|
{ explained that the supply locally is
ample for normal demands—and is| expected to remain so indefinitely,
“But,” this same man warned,” scare would clean out every loth ing store in the city within two! weeks.” Deliveries Are Spread He disclosed that deliveries nowadays are spread out so that
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merchants receive a small amount |”
of stock from time to time instead of “their “entire season's output at
one time.
This, he said, means temporary
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PASSENGER INJURED WHEN CAB UPSETS
A woman passenger was seriously injured and a taxicab driver was charged with drunken operating today when his cab turned over three times on E. 16th st. just east of the ball park. Ruth White, 18, of 1652 Spann ave. was taken to' City hos+ pital. Two other passengers were reported uninjured. The driver, Spurgeon Slinker, 35, of 718 Dorman st. told police a car passed him on the right and crowded him off the highway.
shortages develop frequently when a sudden rush for one or more items produces a sell-out. The
| i/merchant is unable to refill his
shelves immediatély because he has no stock in his warehouse. Accordingly he is obliged to wait for a {new delivery from the manufacturer.
“A scare is one thing we are
all afraid of,” another industry rep-
resentative confided. “We are trying our best to avoid wild purchasling sprees.” “Look what cancellation of food stamps did for shoe stocks. There | was never a shortage of foot dress {until the last few days.
Shoe Stocks Depleted
“People were scared the OPA would cancel the shoe stamps like {they did the food stamps. As a result many persons bought new shoes just so they could use their stamps. Shoe stocks were depleted
virtually ovrnight.” Most local shops are attempting to
While not actually limiting sales, buy more than they need. In this
way, they expect to have enough of everything to go around.
G-men referred the investigation
{to military intelligence who will contact the air corps.
3 MORE FALL ON ICE
Names of three more persons were added to the lists of those who have fallen on the ice during the current cold spell. They are Glenda Carpenter, 7, of 524 N. Lynn st.; Betty Cabbel, 1135 Cornell ave., and Frank Woollen, 56, Kirkwood hotel, who fell after swinging off a B. & O. train at Michigan st. and Holmes ave. Mr, Woollen is a switchman,
ARREST SEVEN IN RAID
Sgt. Frank Mueller led his squad into 319 E. 16th st. today, broke up a poker game, confiscated $4 and arrested seven men, among them Arthur Lord, 59, who was charged with ‘keeping a gambling house and | violating the 1935 beverage act,
‘OFFICER PINCH HITS FOR STORE OWNER
Albert Schlesinger's drug store at 42d st. and Boulevard pl. was in good hands for awhile yesterday, When Mr. Schlesinger went home and forgot to lock the door, Patrolman Charles Ford cruised past,
found the door wide open and nobody inside to wait on customers While he contacted the proprietor, he served the customers, sold $i2 worth of merchandise,
INSTALLATION SET New officers of Catherine Mer- |
rill Tent No, 9, Daughters of Union| Home on furlough, Cpl. Robert E.
Veteran sof the Civil- War, will be| installed at 1:30 p. m. Monday ™ Ft. Friendly. A business meeting! and tea will follow. Mrs. Stella! Rareden will preside, oi FY]
CITY WORKER SIGNS FIVE GAMING BONDS
A city employee yesterday signed {bonds for five men nabbed by brother city employees, the police,
in a dice game at the Indianapolis
Guts Spa. 12452 Oliver ave. ixth man provided his own Work ter-Harry. A. Brunner, 1241 W. Ray st., city weights and measures employee, signed the bonds of
‘| five others.
Russell Johnson, 24, of 1202 Oliver dve., was charged with keeping a gaming house.
OPEN HOUSE FOR SONS.
| Catt and Pvt. John O. Catt, ‘will be honored with an open house tomorrow from 3 to 8 p. m. at the
home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.|
C. J. Catt, 557 N. Dearborn st.
By JACK BELL Times Foreign Correspondent !
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN BELGIUM.—Stories of the besieged Americans in Bastogne: The captain and the sergeant were wounded at dawn near German outpost—the latter seriously. The Germans carried them in and dressed their wounds. At dusk the Americans on an’ outpost saw eight Germans walking toward them through the snow, carfying litters. On the litters “were the wounded Ameri“cans. or ] The Germans put their burdens down gently, and immediately were surrounded by Americans. Here was a situation not covered ‘by the Geneva rules. « The wounded men praifed the Germans who had saved their tives. The sergeant in charge of the detail scratched his head and finally decided. ~~ “You may do what you wish,” he said, “go on back to your lines or stay as our Germans retired a few feet,
- cowhand Port Arthur, Ten one to in American tor
" “He was dying and I was hoping it would end and put the poor devil out of his misery,” said the American aid man. “But he was trying so hard to live, and I remembered reading in the Stars and Stripes about an aid man who had saved a man’s life by inserting a glass tube in his neck. “So I took a thermometer case; . knocked the end off, cut a hole in the man's throat and stuc the tube in. And he breath all right! “I sure hope he lives, when the “blood” spurted out of that cut I had made I thought I had sure killed him.” “He will live,’ said Capt. Prank Cloy, Ban Francisco, Cal. “And Cpl. Marquart rates another silver star. He brought a man back from death.” - “How did "you get the silver - star?” I asked him. : “I don't know ‘cause I didn’t
The Germans held a’ conference, then came back ~~ and eld dows pes sms, Ag
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away,” he recounts, “all except the 13 they took prisoner.”" “The Germans obviously thought %that the Americans had fled in wild confusion, for they stopped on the road, built fires to ‘cook breakfast, offered the Americans
" American cigarets, brushed their.
teeth using American toothpaste .and started to shave. Meanwhile, Capt. Cody rounded. up his compardy, got them in good battle order and they suddenly poured terrific fire on the Germans, . The result was annihilation by death, wounding or capture, of the entire German unit and freedom for the 13 who had been prisoners of war for 90 minutes.
».8 8" LT. GEORGE GUNN, Hampton, Va, conducted a one-man war on . His first ventiife was three misses with a carbine, so he bor-
Short Stories About Heroes... . Besieged Yanks at Bastogne
ABOUT 200 GERMANS infiltrated through the American outer perimeter into a woods one night. The Americans saw them, were too weak to fight but instead of falling back, held their ground and a detail was sent to get the Jerries. “The next morning they. had sef up in perfect position to command every approach, and every man had a machine gun or an’ automatic rifle. It was a serious siturtion-to everybody..except. Pvis. Tony Rid= “1iguez and Eduardo. Herrera, Miami, Ariz Nobody knows how, but they - got their machine gun within 30
hold apparel buying at normal levels. :
they are urging customers not to|-
Rankin Georgian
ton Martin Dies as chairman of the firmly established house com mittee on un-American activitiés
has turned out to be Rep. John 8.
Gibson, . 52, a lanky Georgia Democrat. . Mr. Gibson _has not Deen prominent in . house affairs § since-he came to congress four -years.ago, but He sees a chance, for national. service in the job for which he has been proposed -by- Rep. Johni®. Rankin. - (D. Miss.), who put over the sure prise maneuver that made the special “Dies committee” into. a permanent house committee,
“Hearings should be kept on a high plane, with fairness to all concerned,” . the Georgian stated in announcing his willingness to accept. “I believe in protecting the interests of our country from any form of subversive influence, and in doing that I’ believe also in preserving the civil liberties of individuals.”
One of the criticisms against Mr. Dies was ‘that he - -violated rights of individuals through sweeping group denunciations,
THE RANKIN backing for Mr, Gibson is significant, but not cone clusive. - The “chairman of the committee will be selected by the Democratic members of the ways and Teans committee.
- They might give Mr. Gibson the go-by, but it is a safe bet that if their selection is repugnant to Mr. Rankin he will appeal ‘to the house.
He might win by the same cone servative coalition which, in pere petuating the committee, demone strated again that control of the house is not held by the Roose velt administration or the C. L 0.-P. A; C. forces. 5 . 2» - SELECTION of members for -tHe committee is complicated by its new status as a regular ‘stande ing body. Under house custom, members cannot retain seats on any of the major committees.
This rules out most of the vete eran members, leaving only Suge hose ' membership - is
confined to minor committees, Mr. Gibson, who is one of these, was a lawyer and prosecuting ate torney before he was elected to congress.
__His voting record shows a simi« larity to those of many other ° Southern Democrats — for” * war measures, for continuation of the Dies committee, for regulation of labor unions and prevention of wartime strikes, against federal proposals intended to prevent lynchings and éliminate poll taxes,
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yards of the woods. They had’
4000 rounds of ammunition and all the nerve in the world, During the after they had set up, they poured steel into that woods, spraying every foot. ? A couple of the nine men 2 who got up there were killed=~but
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We, The Women Fur Coat Pool * . an Gives Lift to | ~ o r : Girls’ Morale : By RUTH MILLETIT TEN WAITRESSES in a city cafe bought themselves a new fur . coat for Christmas—not- 10 fur coats, but one. They. are going .to take turns wearing it. It sounds like a
good idea for wartime econs
knows that when a woman’s morale hits rock bat. tom she can get an appsecable lift out of going doyn and splurging a little on ‘some luxury. But such splurging not only comes at a high price in war time—it isn't good for wartime economy. ; HAE : BUT IF women can work out a plan whereby one hat, passed around among several war wives or several neighbors. gives them all a lift, there would be money
..saved that could go into war
bonds.
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