Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1945 — Page 9

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ABOARD U. S. S. BENNINGTON, ESSEX-CLASS ARRIER, Somewhere at Sea (Delayed), —We have peen mountain climbing with a genial giant who brobably. was born with a hide-and-seek complex s a twin. Mountain climbing, that is, aboard this : \ enormous fighting ship which, to a casual observer, first ‘appears to be a wide, lengthy, smooth Midwest plain from which. fighters - and bombers take off and land. - And not dangerous at all! The climbing was all - done, however, down in the vicinity of Davey Jones’ locker, in the bowels of, the ship, along catwalks, up and down ladders, through tiny hatch holes and into an amazing ““city™ of industrial, electrical and ho even commercial and homey acivities. of genlal escort was Cmdr. A, G, Beck=ann,’ the carrier's, first lieutenant, and a mountain of u man, sa rare combination of -276 pounds of pxecutive, long-distance runner and. topnotch fullback. ‘Take-it from us, he's tireless, and that's.going 0 come in mighty handy when a battle is on. For Cmdr. Beckmann is the damage control officer of he carrier, He must know, instantaneously, what as to be dong when any part of the ship is da, ged This—th—-is-that-he-—-knows-very- -square-1 ch: of the big carrier by heart. He tried to show us very® one of those inches, and it can't be done. Legs, hearts, and feet will not stand it.

Shin's ‘Housekeeper’ 1

RUDDY-COMPLEXIONED, smiling blue eyes, the build of a. wrestler with a 20-inch neck and broad houlders, €mdr. Beckmann climbs up and down, in and out and swarms over the ship like -an agile monkey. And he never breathes hard. He also is the ship's “housekeeper” when not in battle and if anything goes wrong, the loud speaker roars for Cmdr. Beckmann. Beginning with the “island,” which houses the bridge, control tower, flag deck and many military

and pie, in enormous quantities,

secrets, to the big flight deck, hangar deck below, ward room, where the officers and pilots erijoy mess, one deck below that, to the very bowels of the carrier, the commander escorted us over a period of three days. In miles we must have “done” Pike's Peak 10 times. There are four fine air-conditioned ready rooms for the pilots, where they are "brieféd” and, where they can lounge luxuriously, read a d.talk. These are on the “island” within easy reach, by catwalk, of the flight deck. ..They take care of their pilots.

“Complete Repair Shop

ON THE STERN END of the big hangar is a complete repair shop, supplied with every possible typeof airplane part replacement. And down below is a complete machine shop. The .electric industry is well represented in a maize of operations, much of which cannot be described. They extend far down through the ship, but the commanding officer, through watching small lights and dials, knows instantly when anything goes wrong anywhere. A flick of :the wrist and it's okay again. a Tremendous gas tanks contain an unnamed quantity of high octane tuel and oil. A complete laundry serves the entire ship while a barber shop can take care of every crewman once every 10 days. Probably the bread that comes out of the bakery is as-good as mother ever made. - The bakers take real joy in turnifig out “homemade” bread, cakes

first dispatches from ‘the Pacific war front: are expected in the near future.)

Up in the forecastle, two mighty chains, each link as large as some auto wheels, hold anchors, with special machinery required to haul them in,” More | intricate machinery is required-to turn the 31-ton| rudder at the stern, while tons mores Operate the| big elevators from the hangar to the flight deck. All of this—along with living and sleeping quarters for the crewmen, officers and pilots (and much | more) add up to a small section of this carrier-city. And “Beck,” as he is called in private, is the | genial housekeeper of it all—a housekeeper who could throw a two-ton skillet at an erring house- | breaker without any effort at all.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaui

THERE WAS A BIG housecleaning-in the ‘police property room the other day. Among the articles landing on the trash heap was.a rather shopworn picture that for years had graced the rollcall room. ‘About three by five feet, or larger, it bore individual ‘pictures of the entire police force of 1908. In the center were pictures of Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter and Chief Robert Metzger, not to mention such notables as Capt. Martin Hyland, later chief, and detective Chief Ed Bray. The sight of the old picture on the trash heap saddened the old-tim-ers around the station. There were many stories told about the old days. Most of the 1908 officers wore the old-fashioned helmets. Why?e Well as some of the boys explained it, they were more capacious, held lots of gift cigars, and possibly an occasional pint of whisky. Some of the police were shown wearing caps, however, These were the bicycle police. They wore caps because it was too difficult to keep the helmets on their heads while scorching to the scene of a crime, aboard a bicycle, P. S. the picture didn’t stay long .on the trash heap. -Heze Clark, The Times’ police reporter, salvaged it and dragged it up to the office. Why? We're not sure, and neither.is he, Anyway, we wish someone would come and take it off our hands.

Ang No Remarks

SIGN ON A counter at the drug store in“Methodist hospital: “No cigarets, “No cleaning tissue. No remarks.” , , , Note to all stores: The woman who couldn't - find clothespins ought to have enough by now. We've heard of about a dozen spots where they can be obtained. Thanks, all of you. , .. One of our readers has 18 or 20 rolis for a player piano, She no longer needs them and would like to give them away, | preferably to some organization of a civic nature, but

America Flies

SOME WINGTIP observations: Recently it was learned that the Nazis have gone In heavily for hangars camouflaged by outer shells of roofs and gables, designed to dppear as residences, stables and barns, all in alignment to simulate village streets. The control tower of one such ensemble was built on the architectural style of a village school. Nazi attempts. to camouflage the airdromes themselves involve equally ingenious expedients, such as dummy farm machinery, tanks and wagons, with window dressing of- goats and sheep. One of the cleverest artifices of the Germans in disguising an airport, as I discovered in 1938 by - personal inspection, was the par-' titioning of the airport into sections in which were planted grasses of various shades. This scheme gave ‘the airman aloft the idea that he was viewing a farm cultivated to-grow various kinds of crops,

| Production Mystery

ONE OF THE unsolved enigmas is how the Germans have managed to keep up their production in the face of widespread bombing. There is unmistakable evidence that today ‘they are possessed of just as many fighters as they had a year ago, There seems to be no shortages of other munitions among their fighting forces. They are appearing in the skies with: new fighters and an increasing number of jet-propelled fighters, ~~ Conjecture runs rampant. But the only plaustble | explanation is that they have switched to underground aircraft factories, There is nothing revolutionary about this idea, The British tried it in-the last ‘wr, but made the mistake of leaving excavated, chalk-white clay ‘about, inviting the attention: of probing eyes and cameras from aloft, It is easy enough to understand the Germans’ anticipation of the necessity for underground aircraft factories, The swelling pressure of American-built

My Day

! WASHINGTON, Sunday—I was very much interested today in talking to Judge Anna -Moskowitz Kross, who is to be chairman of the committee on youth conservation of the General Federation of

i Women's clubs, The committee is not only going y TR. -fo_study the whale situation of youth in this country which has led to increased -juvenile delinquency, but is going to try to'do something about it. The consciences of American men and women seem really stirred. Shortly there will be held in New Yori City a conference sponsored by a number of agencies concerned with family welfare. The best interests of the family will be discussed, having in mind, naturally, the best develop ment of the child. On Tuesday, Jan. 9, the. Public Education association and the New York Times will hold the first of three meetings at Times Hall. : At these meetings some of the country's leading » - educators "will discuss child educational problems . growing out of the war and try to forecastiso

‘the gontrol of the ministry of transport. This should

we don't know of anyone having a player piano, If your organization can yse the rolls, phone Mrs, Smith, | LI. 4225, evenings or Saturday. First come, first! served. . Jane Brown reports that while riding a| bus out ‘Capitol, she saw a mishap involving a lumber | truck. The heavy load of lumber had shifted too far) to the rear, overbalancirig the truck and lifting the| cab, driver and all, up in the air. Must have been quite a surprise to the driver, Bomar Cramer, the, pianist, is among those who have tried to so some- | thing about the cigaret shortage. One of our agents| reports noticing him rolling -a not-too-fancy looking! cigaret. He said he learned the art while out west recently.

Spring Is Coming

IN CASE ANY of you doubt that spring is just| around the corner, here's proof, The Burpee seed | catalogs are in the mail. We haven't received ours yet, but we've seen one, And the pictures of vegetables look just as entrancing as ever. . , , ‘Also, valentines| have made their appearance. However, we haven't noticed any of the old-fashioned comics, yet. . . , Mrs. Frances Jones, 430 Massachusetts ave, writes us: “Your paper has been giving credit and praise to the | 77th division which made the amphibious landing on Ormoc Dec. 7 and which they rightly deserved. But it seems to be generally thought most of the boys came from,New York. “Two of the best are Indian-| apolis boys. One, my husband, is S. Sgt. John Paul, Jones. The other, his buddy, is Sgt. Ralph Bloom, 3459 Carrollton. They went through the battle of Guam together and were awarded the infantry combat badge.” . Three classes of boys at school 42, 1002 W, 25th, are learning to cook. There are .30 boys enrolled along with the girls in the regular home| economics groups. During December, the boys made and sent to the Senate Ave. Service Men's Center 150! dozen cookies. . . . One of our agents reports the cigaret shortage being what it is, cigarets are kept in the safe at Ace Motors, 1136 N. Meridian,

By Maj. Al Williams,

warplanes enabled the British to challenge the Nazis for control of the ‘air over Europe,

Obviously, the solution was not entirely dependent |

on tfie mere provision of underground factories. For reasqns of limited space, due to the expense of labor and time in excavation, the dispersion of these plants forced the Nazis {9 revise the design of thelr ships s0 parts could: be built anywhere and transported to a common assembly.

Jet Propulsion in Reverse

THE FAMOUS North American medium bomber— the B-25—is one of the most heavily armed planes of the war‘ It is equipped with a batlery of eight .50-caliber machine guns mounted in the nose and six other guns of the same caliber. In addition, it carries a load of about 4000 pounds in bombs; While contemplating the firing of so many guns dead ahead, here is an item involving Jet propulsion in reverse, The newest version of the British Spitfire, mounting eight guns, all firing dead ahead, loses 30 miles an hour while these guns are firing This is due to the reverse jet propulsive force created by the blasts from these guns. ” 8 n . AIRMEN LONG have belieyed that Ernst Udet, the! famous German ace of world war I; was killed a few years ago while testing an early version of the current Nazi jet-propelled fighters. J on » s ” THE BRITISH are considering the consolidation of all post-war road, sea, air and rail transport under

direct us toward a more realistic consideration of post-war transportation,

American carriers must learn that they can fight

among themselves to their heart’s content.in domestic competition, But when they venture beyond our land and sea boundaries, they will have to move as a co-ordinatedy unified group to compete with foreign sea and air interests, which inevitably will be subsidized by foreign governments,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Princeton university, President Day of Cornell, U. 8. Commissioner. of Education Jofin Studebaker, President Johnson of Howard university, President War- | ren of Sarah Lawrence college; Dr. George Zack, president of the American Council of Education and) Senator Lister Hill (D, Ala.). z These speakers seem _to me to promise a discussion of some of the most difficult questions facing us in education today. I am very glad that so many responsible organizations are focusing on the ways and means by which _we can preverit juvenile delinquency. It is so much better to prevent it than to wait until it has come about and we have to try to cure it. We have been hearing a good deal lately anent the sad tale of the matches. Good people, you are pruoably mot going to be able to get “strike-on-the-box” matches, or the paper book ‘matches for use here at home. One hundted per cent of the former and 35 per cent of the book matches will be going t6” our boys overseas in the next six months. Be calm; however. “You will still have matches, and: they: will be the matches all of us who have reached the ripe age of 60 can. remember using in the days when we were young. Men and women of . America can certainly he to the use of kitchen

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"SECOND SECTION

MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1945

NEW TENANTS LIKE * GOVERNOR MANSION—

Gates’ Find Home ‘In Such Nice Order

. THE governor's mansion looked the same today, even to the placing of the furniture. es Only the occupants are new. But to them, as .to previous official families it's home and looks like home, And it's the’ little things that make the Governor of Indiana one among ‘Hoosiers. » » 8 SOME of the furniture is a little

frayed through ure by suceessive .

administrations. Here and there an antimacassar . is crooked, one

“5 orr- the floor; anda too long +

lamp cord lies in'a snarl, But said First Lady Mrs. Ralph

F. Gates as she surveyed her new .-

home, “They left” everything in

| such “nice grder for us.’

Said Mrs. Gates’ mother, Mrs, Nina Edwards; S. Whitley, Schricker .must be a very fine woman. Only such a+ woman would leave her home in such beautiful condition.”

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"THE GATES family moved in -

Saturday, the same day Governor and Mrs. Schricker moved across the street to the Marott, hotel. “It was mighty thoughtful of Governor Schricker to move early so we could get settled, - We cer- | tainly appreciate ' it,” Gbvernor Gates said, r But there isn’t much to move in to the new home.

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THE FIRST to be brought in included a few clothes, some home-canned food and a psychology and Spanish book by daughter

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Off for the inauguration. Governor Ralph F. Gates and party step down the drive of the official man- | They are (left to right) Mrs. Eugene Edwards, Chicago, sister-in-law; Mrs. Gates, the governor, daughter Patricia and Mrs. Nina Edwards, mother-} in-law, |

sion en route to the ceremonies in the state house.

South Whitley.

Patricia, a freshman” at Indiana university. Only one thing remains to make the mansion a real home, Their son, like millions of others, is far from home. He. is naval Lt. Rob-_.

FIRST IN 1945— Hit-Run Autoist Sought in Death Of Pedestrian

A hit and*run death—the first (fatality in Marion county outside ithe city. limits for 1945—was being |investigated by deputy sheriffs today. Killed was Alva F. Good, 68, of [4730 W, Washington st, who was struck down by a motorist in the 3700 block on W. Washington st., early yesterday. A retired carpenter, Mr, Good had lived in Indianapolis 28 years. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Neva Robinson, of Perks, Ill; a .step-

daughter, Mrs, Della Miles of In-

dianapolis, and two stepsons, George

Good of Waveland and John M.

| Good of Bloomingdale.

Marks Birthday While Overseas

PFC. JOHN E. DEE, son of Mrs, Millie Middaugh, 354 Beauty ave., is celebrating his 26th “birthday today somewhere in France. Pvt. Dee, a a member of the engineers corps, has been in the army 23 months and went overseas a year ago. Before going to France he was stationed in E England, He is“a for- Pvt. ‘Dee mer employee of Kingan's and trained at Camp Pickett, Va, and Camp Swift, Tex,

COFFEE, DOUGHNUT WIN GIRL CIGARET

BOSTON, Jan. 8 (U.P.).—A downtown office gir] walked into a tobacco shop today to buy cigarets. + The proprietor said: "0. K., sister, if you'll go out and ‘get me a cup of coffee and a doughnut.” She complied—and got the cigarets,

ert E. Gates and is in the Pacific ‘as a dispersing officer on a battle-

ship. 4 8.8

BUT THE inauguration made

for a family reunion.

Labor

Russian Rift

Complicates Union Moves

By FRED W. PERKINS WASHINGTON, Jan, 8—Rus-

sia’s rift with the United States® .

and Great Britain over the Polish

question has repercussions here: today in labor circles, where leaders are trying to assay the possible effects on international labor gatherings scheduled for London a month hence, preparatory to strofig bids for

| labor = partici-

Here for the “Big Day,” Mrs. Edwards, are the governor's mother, - Mrs. = Alice Gates; his three brothers, John Scott and Earl and their families, all Columbia City, and sister-in-law, Mrs. Eugene Edwards, Chicago.

ONE HOUSE ‘BLOCKS YANK DRIVE—

Nature Aids Nazis Hold

By JACK BELL Times Foreign Correspondent WITH THE U. S. IST ARMY, Jan. 7 (Delayed).—It is slow, tough going. A midwinter wind is sweeping across the frozen snow; pickaxes are ringing against the {rostimbedded earth as they dig their homes on the hillside. Yes, it's bitter going, for the enemy lurks in ravines and patches of forest, in houses and snow-covered holes, his guns speaking savagely when human targets appear. #8 = WE SEEK to recover what we have lost, Up here on the north side ot the. huge triangular ,wedge the Germans drove into the lines. We are hammering southward, the 2d and 3d armored divisions, the 82d airborne, and the 83d and 84th infantry divisions. We hold Bastogne and once we control all the east-west highways feeding the German troups in the west tip of their triangle, the Germans have gotta get outa there fast, or else.

# » 2 # SO, TANKMEN- curse with a

finesse born of necessity, as their . over

ponderous vehicles slide mountain trails, leaving them helpless inside. They stop to shoot and the gun recoil starts them sliding into ditches or ravines. They try to maneuver but woods and streams stymie them—and German guns knock them out, If the enemy;is a Tiger tank the Sherman is out of ldck because more than one is needed on each enemy and that is impossible over thig terrain, » » ” CITIES and towns mean nothing in themselves. Terrain counts, and roads. : Northwest of Houfallize is Comsy. . “One . house,” growled Maj. Carter Clark, "Millis, Mass.,

operators officer of the 2d armored

division, “but for four they've held us up.” “The road there is through

steep hills. They've dug in; Last

days

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night we threw in artillery—and damn, if-they were'nt there when we-tried to move. 5 x = td ” “SEE THAT road yonder? We've got to move vehicles over it. : “The krauts felled. big pine trees across it and booby-irapped them, “They've two tanks behind the hill where we can't get ’em with artillery. “They've. one man with a burp gun who sprays our engineers clearing the road. “That is how half a dozen jerries can hold up an attack all morning.” ” » no LT. COL. WILSON HAWKINS Pass Christian, Miss, told of a skirmish with a Tiger tank. 8 “We finally got a larger caliber gun onto it,” he said. “We scored a hit, we saw two Jerries knocked cold by the concussion—but that tank rolled away. They're unable to use. many Tigers here, and we can lick Panthers.” Figures show he’s right. During the six days of this of-

fensive—the -2d armored division

knocked out £0 tanks; 400 vehicles and 80 guns. Twelve, hundred prisoners were taken. 5 » » GERMANY'’S armies pay dearly, but now they cling onto road junctions! Under the thunder of guns, Maj. Bob Crust, Brainerd, Minn., guided the fighting and watched the returns. “Judging from their tactics and what prisoners say, this delaying action is to let them shift out of the western pockets,” he said, “and they're masters at this kind of warfare. “Yestergay the division artillery fired 10,000 and the corps fired

- 4000 rounds of big stuff. That got

to chew them up, but they need those roads and stay on what is left of them.”

s ” . “BUT YOU'RE moving steadily,” I suggested. “Yes, and today we think

they're weakening,” he replied. “But tonight they may be stubborn on new high ground; with the roads slippery and mined, too.

2 “We've an 8. 8, division in front

of us, ‘along with others, “They're not like the old S. S. outfits; now we get Poles, Ukrainjans and Austrians. They're all alike now, tired.” » 8. N ON THE hilltop, a little later, the sound of cracking rifles and machineguns came sharply. through the mists, which hid the troops below. artillery boomed,

the snow around wood fires. Soon darkness would come and the fires would die; but the cold would be more biting. Those on watch would stand in the snow, while their comrades would crawl into holes chopped through the frost-imprisoned earth. . ~ And I hoped that no shell would come roaring into them, leaving its dead and wounded on the winter hillside, Yes, weTe gaining—by

slow, tough going.

(VETERINARIANS T0 | OPEN CONVENTION

Keeping food production up to, wartime requirements through the! improvement of animal heaith on| the farms will be discussed by the! Indiana Veterinary Medicdl association. The association will open its| 61st annual convention tomorrow at|

the Hotel Severin.

Bicknell,

Practice.”

noon. biologica] production and diagnosis, | Corn States Serum Co, Omaha,| Neb., will be in charge.

lowing will . take part: Dr. Ray

erton, Ft. Dodge, Ia.

til Thursday noon.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 8

papers,

supply left by the Germans and re-

the echoes rolling around the |

hiils,

Just below tank crews stood in ‘|

Deny ‘Death’ of

Ex-King of Italy

‘ROME, Jan. 8 (U.P). — A Quirinal palace spokesman for the, royai— household today denied

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without qualification a report pub- |

lished by the Rome newspaper Italia Libera that King Victor Emmanue] was dead, Falcone Lucifero, royal household ‘minister at the palape, said: “Ag soon as I read thé report of the kings death, 1 telephoned

his villa=mear Salerno and conArid that the king is in excel-

lent -heajtit and at the moment was walking in the garden, That was only five minutes ago. The report, credited to an over

heard telephone gonversation be- | tween. a ‘lady in waiting and a

member of the Italian nobility, said the king was stricken. with SH

vanishing point.

* HANNAH <

[= New eps Syndicale

besides

Dr.

The fol- |

can be imported in the near future! Jubilantly expansive publication of | hitherto clandestine newspapers im- | mediately following liberation and | {before rationing could be put into! effect, cut deeply ‘into the meager

duced pulp reserves almost to the

pation in the peace settles

ments.

“The prevention of epidemics wil be discussed. Annual reports will be given by Dr..Johfi E._ Carrico, | president of the. association, and Dr. Henry A. Lidikay, | Darlington, secretary-treasurer. R. H. Cullop, Pine Village, will discuss “The A, B, C's of Beef Cattle

“The panel discussion on swine dis- | eases will be held tomorrow afterDr. J. D. Ray, director of]

Smith, Boswell; Dr. G. M. Waga-| man, Kokomo, and Dr. H, E. Pink- |

The convention will continue un- |

BELGIAN GIAN NEWSPAPERS SHORT OF NEWSPRINT.

(U. P)~—| Belgium's fifty. single-sheet.. news: | now published only four | days weekly, face still further re- | strictions unless newsprint supplies!

The probability was Fecognized” ?

here that the open disagreement between the big‘three allies may complicate the. plans to form a new world labor body mn which labor representatives of the Soviet Union will participate with British ghokesmen and with delegates from the C. I. O, Ww a THIS NEW BODY is due to be organized in London Feb, 6. Sidney Hillman and two other G.I. O. representatives were in London in January for a planning session with Sir Walter Citrine, the outstanding British figure in the movement to give international recognition both to Soviet labor and to the C. I. O.

. Both have been barred for different reasons from the interna-

tional federation of trade unions, «

The Soviets have been’ barred because of the doctrine, so far successfully maintained by the American Federation of Labor, that labor unions in Russia are merely tools of the government, and therefore are not “free.”’ - ona THE C. 1. O. has been kept out of the international federation _because the latter's constitution

provides that representation frome

any country shall be confined to the dominant or majority labor organization, and the A. F. of L., has been successful in maintaining its right to that title in the United States,

Prior to the world trade union congress, the general council ef the international federation will begin sessions in London Jan. 31.

This body will have as its principal business two proposed constitutional changes which, if adopted, would reach the same

objectives planned for the other

meeting—admit the Soviet spokesmen and broaden the base for

national representation. thus open. ing the door to the C. I. O. and’

probably other labor organizatidns of this country,

We, The Women==y Some More Pointers for British Brides

By RUTH MILLETT '

IN THE “Bride's Guide to the U. 8. A.” a booklet designed to teach the thousands of British brides of United States servicemen how to get along over here, there is- this hint: “In America it is good manners to praise everything you like, whether it is food, furniture or the view from the window,” But if the British gals are to hold their own with American

“women they

ought to be told most of the

compliments "American women pay each other aren't exactly wnat they seem. “My dear, how well you look" means, of course, “You've cer= tainly been putting on weight.” " Ld ” “I LOVE your hair this way; it is such: an improvement” means “It's a good thing you finally decided to do something about yourself.”

“I think it is wonderful the way

you do all you do and still find

time for your family” means “I'll » bet your husband and kids never get a decent meal”

“If I were just smart like you are” means “But thank goodness I'm not; men don't like smart women.” » " » “YOU HAVE such a sweet littls house” is meant to emphasize “little” rather than “sweet.”

And “I've heard so much about you” can’t safely be construed as

meaning if, was §ll to the good.

It's only fair to point out to British wives that the compliments. American women pay each other arefi't always 100 per cent pure admiration.

‘WAR DADS TO FORM:

_STATE ORGANIZATION

Representatives of Indiana chap=

IW of American ‘War Dads will,

{hold a one-day conclave Jan. 14 at

[the Claypool hotel, to organize a

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