Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1945 — Page 11

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(Ernie Pyle is en route to the Pacific war front and

WITH U. S. FORCES IN BELGIUM; Jan. 16 (Delayed) —Their bodies lie in a row on the east side of the village church. The nights are terribly cold and across the frozen bodies the north wind has drifted the snow. He who lies at the nearest corner was 79," so the villagers tell; a good mane who hadn't many more days and should have. spent them peacefully. The short rope binding his wrists is stretchéd taut across his body, as if he felt it a symbol of the fire of patriotism that filled his heart as he told them “No,” when they ordered him to divulge what he knew. An old woman lies arms half over her face, as if shielding it from jagged pieces of steel when the grenade exploded. In her eyes, still cold in death, is the expression of terror she knew at the end. 3 . A few days ago they were sitting in the evening, hugging the fire and chatting, as these simple, happy Belgians do, Then the Germans came back to Odeigne, They had been there before, for long years, and no real freedom had existed. Then the Ameri¢ans had come swiftly, the Germans had run away and the whole. village was happy. They were free ‘again and their Homes Hadn't beer shattered:

It Was Different BUT WHEN the Germans came again, on Christ~ mas eve, it was different. The few American troops had been forced to retreat when enemy tanks appeared. The new conquerors searched each house— and in two homes their tempers flared, ‘elderly people crouched in fear, and then they died. For eight days the Germans stayed and no one dared touch the bodies, which the kindly north winds froze quickly. Then the people listened with mingled

them and they heard the Germans hurrying away.

WE HATED TO expose our ignorance, but when we heard the I. A. C. had held its annual “sniff” tournament . Monday night, we just had to know what it was all about. We phoned McFarland Benham, president of the tourney, and he explained it ) had nothing to do with sniffing. It's a game of dominoes. The name “sniff,” is purely local in origin. Mr. Benham told us that dominoes is°an up and coming -game. It's most popular in some spots, such as South America, Louisiana, Texas and the far West. In fact, it's giving card games quite a race at the I. A. C. Mr. Benham says there are more games of dominoes played at the club than cards. You'll find two " or three domino games going on there each noon and maybe not a single card game, *It's not as hard boiled a game as contract bridge,” he said. Incidentally, the winners of the 32-player tourney were Ellison Fadely and Edward Euliott. In the finals, they defeated those dogged dominoists, Don Hawkins and J. E. Miller. , . . Jack Stark, the Curtiss-Wright press agent, would like to say “thanks” to an unidentified benefactor. Jack lost a leather billfold containing some valuable papers. He's not sure just where he lost it. A few days later, it arrived by mail with ‘its contents intact but without any indication of who had been kind enough to send it to him.

Lost—A Set of Uppers

THE HEIGHT of something or other occurred at the Indianapolis Symphony box office yesterday. A man stepped up and, speaking rather indistinctly, asked Miss Mary Risk: “Did you find some false teeth around here the other night? I lost my uppers while attending ‘Porgy & Bess’ last week.” Miss Risk informed him he must have lost them somewhere else as they hadn't been’ found there. . , Mrs. James H. Flynn, 603 N. Euclid, bought some gloves in Ayres’ Saturday, then shopped in other departments. About 45 minutes later, she started to leave

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America Flies: IT 1S VERY LIKELY that the ingenious winds of this war will turn out some fantastic contraptions in an effort to mine the atmosphere with charges destructive to warplanes. We have seen the age of captive balloons with trailing cables. Such defense against the bomber constitutes a mental hazard for the pilot rather than anything like gn offsetting answer.” It is now obvious, therefore, that irrespective of the type of “air mine” developed it will have to be a free floating affair designed to maintain a desired altitude. Such self-regulation can "be effected with due allowances for the variations in the strength of the sun’s rays during daytime and the absence of same at night. Great numbers of such air mines will have to be employed. Hence they must be of simple design, eheap and capable of being produced in vast numbers. Before we go any farther with the Buck Rogers estimate of a fantasy which may be nearer accomplishment than we suspect, let us dispose of the fact that such free air floating mines naturally will travel with the wind. The Germans need have no concern about damage to themselves from such a contingency,

{ because the prevailing wind on the European con-

tinent in a few hours will carry such air mines beyond their boundaries,

Visibility Is Factor

THE MOST difficult factor in attempting to visualize an effective air mine is visibility. And it is on this point that we encounter an angle which may conclusively influence the air mine's design. If it is an air mine possessed of no self-propelling or attracting capacity, then it will have to be something difficult to see. And we know of no way to make an object invisible. Yet it would have to be most difficult to see or else pilots would easily avoid it.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Yesterday afternoon I had a very pleasant call from Mrs, Charles B. Gilberg, Mrs, L. V. Price and Mrs, James E. Mectum, who had been attending a patriotic women’s meeting here. They passed a number. qf resolutions, but as I talked «to them I gathered they were not entirely convinced that the future would justify all the things which might seem necessary at present. At the same time, I could not help thinking that one of the great advantages of our form of government is that we can make changes easily. If we do things at one time because they seem necessary, there is no reason why we cannot. change later on when conFie ditions change. . I had this feeling of uncertainty about some of pinie My time when 1 world war II veterans which was meeting here. . °° Sey Cy Some of the members present for this executive

: eommittee meeting, I should judge, had been dis-

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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

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Sarrewfully, they buried the dead gggulting from the bombardment, Rin . But the seven slain by the Nazis aren't buried yet, The villagers carried them to the churchyard and placed them alongside a wall lest theg be shattered by artillery. Why, I do not know, Perhaps they plan a mass funeral service; perhaps they expect the swift vengeance of God to strike down those who committed the murders, to bring them back to stand before their handiwork in the churchyard. These Belgian citizens did not die for military misdeeds, because they were traitors, or because they had fought the Nazis, No, their only crime was that in their homes had been cheap pictures cut from magazines, pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaullé, Nothing more. A

‘What Are We Going to Do? “YOU WILL come with me?” asked a little Belgian Red Cross nurse timidly. The night was cold and snow fell heavily, We. ploughed our way to a huge barn on the hill, opened the door and 17 tiny heads stuck from under four. sides of an old-fashioned quilt; children sleeping on straw. Two soldiers carried a stretcher to an ambulance, an old mai with pneumonia. Two doctors worked with the sick. .

vi “We have 130 here,” sald the doctor. “There are|

contagious diseases, - They have no water. Today they ate what remained in the army kitchen in the village—not much. e soldiers brought them in trucks from towns under fire. The war is moving through here and military needs have first, priority. But in God's name, what are we going to do with these, whose homes we have been forced to shell?” The war is rather terribld for the godd people of Belgium, who, despite the fact that we bomb their homes and then ecome to live in those not too shattered, treat us beautifully and smile happily through their tears. AE

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the store. As she passed near the glove counter, the blonde girl from whom she had purchased the gloves

change,” she explained. ‘Mrs. Flynn was too flabbergasted to ask the clerk her name, or even to thank her. . . . The Red Cross is running low on furniture for day rooms at Ft. Harrison, Stout field, Camp At=terbury and the fairgrounds. furniture in the attic that you'd like to get rid of, you can do so and at the same time help our servicemen. Just phone Mrs. Mildred Strickland at the Red Cross, Li. 1441. They've hired a moving van for Friday, so don't delay in calling. The furniture doesn’t have to be in first class condition, as it will be renovated and rebuilt before being sent to one Of the camps.

The Blind Leading—

THE PAVEMENT was icy at 32d and Illinois the other day when Mrs. Rhoda Ryan, 3141 Graceland, stepped off ‘a streetcar, Her feet went out from under her and she sat down unceremoniously in the street. out to assist her, and he, too, sat down hard. They two sat there and laughed—and so did everyone aboard the car... Jack Hatfield, the Civic theater director, is a stickler for promptness at rehearsals. He's heard lots of excuses for tardiness, but he decided he'd heard something really new the other day. Mrs. Claribel Cummins, the stage manager, arrived late. She saw Jack glowering, so she went over and gave him this explanation: “A passenger on the bus had an epileptic fit, and the driver wouldn't move his bus until. the police came and removed the epileptic.” Jack gave up on that one. . .. Edgar H. Evans read one reader's suggestion that pigeons be poisoned, and came back with the

view that if people would quit feeding them, the|

pigeons soon would have to hunt other feeding grounds. “Make it an offense to feed them,” he advised. As for the. starlings, how about spraying their haunts—ledges around public buildings—with some sort -of disagreeable,chemicals? Long handled spray guns such as are used for spraying trees could be used, he suggested.

By Maj. Al Williams

From what I have been able to gather, there seems to be a lot of thought given to the use of transparent material containing gases lighter than air, hence supplying flotation which explode on contact with the air as they are freed by rupture consequent to collision wifh a plane; Such gases are known and are invisible and have terrific explosive power. A. The bits of informative details we snatch these days from our bomber pilots over Germany regards ing “fireballs” that sail along with their planes makes weird reading. To all intents and purposes, these fireballs represent the Nazis’ efforts to mine the air.

‘Rayt Jams Ignition Systems

ANOTHER METHOD of mining the air, which has attracted scientific interest during the last 10 years and which fulfills the ‘requirements of invisibility, permanence of position, and complete effectiveness is the “ray” which jams the’ ignition system of the internal combustion gasoline engine. ] . Such a ray is known as has beén known for many years. Motor cars have been stopped from distances of 20 feet because of this “ray.” A friend and associate of Marconi’s in Italy told me that Marconi was positive the range of such a ray would be extended. This development, of course, will be one of the wonders of the world when it somes into practical use against aircraft powered by engines as we know them today. Whether or not the ignition systems could be shielded against such a ray as the ignition systems are today shielded against interference with radio sets is problematical, However, if and when such an anti-ignition ray is developed, we will turn to Diesel aircraft engines (not dependent upon. ignition systems) and then bombing will continue. The only answer to the bomber is a gadget which will render bombing so impossibly expensive in men and planes its employment will be prohibitive. This gadget seems to be the self-propelled, bomberseeking, - winged contraption carrying an explosive

By Eleanor Roosevelt

seemed to me quite obvidus. that whatever organization they attempted would have to be on.a very provisional basis. They could hardly represent the real youth who have fought this war, and who are now coming out of hospitals back into civilian life or will return when the war is over to take their place in the active shaping of affairs-in the nation. People in this country who are familiar with the winter in.France, Germany, Holland and Belgium, as well as northern Italy, must redd the daily stories of the hard fighting going on in all these areas with a very deep sense of gratitude to the infantrymen. I understand that sometimes the men feel their job is not very much appreciated. All of us know that on every front the final victory is never assured until the infantry marches in, Those of us who give it any thought know that in

many ways the infantryman’s job 1s the hardest and|

the most discouraging. He sits in the mud. He nfarches on his own two feet. He carries much of his own equipment. He makes his shelter if he has any. _And .he ts the enemy face to face. In all the other services, it seems to

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Gen. MacArthur Wades to Shore Same as Any Gl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (U.P.).” ~The war department, In a “memorandum to the press,” told of the embarrassment of a group of crewmen from a havy attack cargo ship who served as a short party directing unloading operations at a Leyte beachhead. A signalman whose job was to keep the sector clear of other craft saw a small landing craft approaching. “Get that boat out of here,” he shouted. The ship continued toward .the beach. It struck bottom 15 yards from the shoreline. An army . leutenant’s head appeared over the ramp. “Send a ‘duck” out to pick us up,” he called. ‘ The assistant beachmaster shouted back in & truculent tone: “Walk in. The water's fine.” The landing craft's ramp dropped. The first man to jump into the waist-deep surf was Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme allied commander in the- Southwest Pacific.

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WITH THE CAMERAMAN. ON THE ROAD TO. MANILA—

Big Guns, Planes and Tanks Aid G I's

This American mortar team sets up in a Filipino rice field and fires at Jap artillery positions harassing our troops as they advance past the

Luzen town of San Jacinto.

Pacing ahead of American invasion troops, B-25 bombers of the 13th ‘A. A. F. drop para-fragmentation bombs in a low level attack on Clark field, near Manila, Note the ter) and the wrecked hangar in the foreground.

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As our troops move forward, stay out of range until the Jap guns have been silenced. The broad | plains of Luzon and its modern roads will permit the use of armor in a manner never before seen in the Pacific.

American doughboys inspect the wreckage of this armored amtrac, knocked out of action by Jap artillery fire after it had plunged through this brick wall while covering infantrymen taking the

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Snowball Dance

A “SNOWBALL DANCE” will be held at 7:30 p. m. today at the Southside community center, sponsored by the city recreation department. : Teen-aged helpers who will present a floor show are Jean Perry, Marilyn Mattox, Beverly and Donald Kleis, Barbara Gibbs, Daisy and Belle Eskenazi, Chat lotte Levy, Betty Clare Lukenbill, Evelyn Stillerman, Betty Jo Willoughby, Barbara Willoughby, Marlene Aroseti and Sadelle Lamhi, A “Lumberjack Dance” will be held tomorrow night at the Key-

Inmates Kill 6

Nazi Prisoners

WASHINGTON, Jan, 17 (U,P.). —8ix German war prisoners in camps in this country have been killed by their fellow inmates for turning against Naziism, the war department revealed last night. Death sentences were handed down by prisoner kangeroo courts and carried out at night by gangs using gestapo methods. The vic tims were indicted for giving information to U. 8. officials or for expressing anti-Nazi sentiment. Two others were compelled to take their.own lives.

promptly to end such terrorism and no additional slayings have been reported.

"EUCHRE PARTY PLANNED A euchre party will be held at 3

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Planned Tonight

stone center. A feature will be a jitterbug contest and election of a Lumberjack and Jill. The floor show will feature Robert Buckheister, Mildrfd Higgins, Waneta Pruett, Edna Ane drews, Sharon Haupt, Mary Aileen Hart and Paula and Don Haw=kins.

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Labor C. 1. O. Opens White Collar

Conference

By FRED W, PERKINS

WASHINGTON; Jan, 17.~The most ambitious attempt yet to

unionize American white-collar . workers is -being made this week at a national conference under auspices of the C, I. O. which. hopes to take leadership in this field and add millions of clerical and p r ofessional | people to its membership of wage earners; Indications of how successful this movement is likely to be are expected to develop from the conference. But it is a certainty that complete success will not immediately be achieved because of competition, In calling the conference, C. I. O. President Philip Murray said that his organization “is ef the opinion that the continued neglect of the economic and social problems of the millions of white collar and professional employees must be promptly corrected in the interest of the entire nation.” » » »

UNDER POLICIES of the war labor board the individual sal-. aried worker, particularly in the lower grades, is something of a “forgotten man” in the pay processes of that agency.

Unless his employer goes actively to the bat for him his chances of getting a raise, even within the limits of the little steel formula, are pretty small, One school of thought holds that orgardizatiorfal affairs of salaried employers should be kept completely separate from those of wage earners, because of conflicts between interests of the two groups. A spokesman for this principle is the Federation of Westinghouse Independent Salar ied Unions, whi.ch recently accused the C, I. O. United Electri« cal workers of “selling out” salaried employees for the benefit of hourly paid groups. = = s

A SAMPLE of the possible complications in this field has been disclosed by the national labor relations board in ‘an order requiring the Linden (N. J.) plant of General Motors Corp. to return professional employees to their former salaried classifica= tion, together with a restoration of insurance and vacation and other -benefits which had been taken from them when they were transferred to a wage or hourly Pay basis, The NLRB found that within two weeks of an election in which engineers and technicians had designated the C. I. O. Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians as their bargaining representative “jhe company’s personnel department was instructed to transfer. these men from salaried status to that of hourly pay.”

We, The Women Congress Gals Aren't Kidding

Any of Us

By RUTH MILLETT

THE TWO ' glamour gals of congress, Helen Gahagan Douglas and Clare Boothe Luce, are protesting that they are tired of the beauty build-up they have been getting, and want only to be treated as dignified mem - bers of congress. If. you really mean it, ladies, it's. a cinch. Just go down and buy your selves some flaj-heeled oxfords — and wear them. Buy yourselves & Couple of tailored suits each, nothing fancy—just good substantial suits, and wear them without tricking them up with

lapel jewelry or eye-catching bracelets. ® ” » LEAVE THOSE bows out of

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severely pulled back from the face with a neat bun in the back. And go easy on the make-up. It would help, too, if you'd put on a few pounds, the way women your age do if they don't count their calories. If you're really fed

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