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(Ernie Pyles dispatches from the Pacific

‘WITH THE U. S. 9TH ARMY (Via Bomber Packet). You never know what the army’l] produce. Such as for instance, I was going down the road, looked up oward a hillside—and there were men coming over | the horigon: tagrying boats. - "Twas ‘battin’ practice, right up here on the fringe of this hard-ball league. Down be- + low was a small river, There's to be some eastern moving there-abouts—-across just such streams. I asked the C. O. what was going on. ; He - grinned out -loud. “Does look damn foolish,” He admitted. “But we got to cross that river. We've only eight men for each boat and there should be 12. It’s heavy. We can't make any mistakes.” | It was Lt. Pat Roach, formerly an engineer on the | city of Detroit payroll, two and orfe-half years in the army. . Ewrope since D-day--and he’s still with the | engineers’ the U. S. army 121st. : { “And after you cross the river what'll you do?” I asked® knowing the river and the Jerry gunmen on the other side. “Oh, we'll’dig up the mines, clear away the barbed {wire and shoot any stray Jerries we run into,” he {| replied. “Gotta get things cleared up for the infantry, "you see. And y'know weTe combat engineers, which I means we sort of gotta clear things up for our ii brethren: who build the bridges over which ‘the in[i fantry and the artillery comes to to join the fun.” As this is written the impending river crossing’s A prime topic of conversation. Soon it’ Il be a tiny Hi spot in the histery of a mighty war, little job insofar iias the master minds figure; a terrific job as a man figures when he slips into that boat knowing the | German gunners over there waiting for him to try to get ashore,

1 The General's Little Joke

i BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM SANDS of the 20th eni gineers slipped a little fun into his busy daily routine lone morning. - He's a strict disciplinarian, holding | to the old belief that an outfit fcrced to observe little | necessities of military under all conditions, will have | more morale,

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

OUR DOWNTOWN agent with offices in the Roosevelt building reports that since the start of the tf legislative session, the window ledges of the Claypool i have assumed the aspects of a well-stocked pantry, IE with hatural refrigeration. Nothing like opening your i window and dragging ih a salami sandwich or a cold bottle, Emery Sharp over at Ayres" tells us they've decided to borrow Post master Seidensticker’s Christmas tree display next December. . . Remember that bottle of ancient apple brandy that Bob Kyle found -in a long unused drawer of a desk in Republican headquarters? And how Secretary Claude Billings confiscated it, citing rules of the state committee as authority? Well, it's gone, now, Claude had a birthday Tuesday, and the office force talked him into pulling the cork. They say it was good. {How old was Claude? Confidentially, we hedr it was Fhis 41st birthday, But he certainly doesn't look it, does he? , .. The Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Carnes, Ellettsi fville, Ind., have written us asking if we know of anyne who has succeeded in sending a pair of eyeglasses prisoners of war in Germany. Their son, Paul N. FCarpes, is a prisoner in the Oflog 64 camp, in Germany. Twice they have sent glasses to him. Each time, ‘the boxes arrived, with nothing missing but the glass es. The first time was a year ago, the second was last August. If anyone knows any way to get the glasses to hint, the pareiits will be mighty grateful. Paul, who was graduated from 1. U. in 1942, was captured in North Africa. He is acting as the camp chaplain. In ia letter written Dec. 6, he says he doesn’t need any clothing, but to “keep the food coming.”

iA Rolling Bullseye

; MRS. RALPH PECKHAM, wife of the realtor, has "been so nervous about driving on the ice that she {quit driving the: family car early in December. It was a bit awkward for her, since they live in the i country, But yesterday, she- just had to drive in town, because of -a dental engagement. Despite some misEe she got in as far as 38th st. safely—and then

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‘World of Science

SURGICAL OPERATIONS which are frequently 0 ecessary to remove fordign objects from the stomach Hare being obviated in those instances where the individual has swallowed something susceptible to imagnetie attraction, In these cases the object is

successfully removed by lowering a tiny but powerful magnet into the stomach, The magnet is made of an alloy, well known for several years in industry, whose magnetic power is far in excess of iron or steel. Known as alnico, the alloy is a compound of aluminum, nickel, cobalt and iron. For the past two years tiny magnets of fhe new alloy have been used by oculists to remove bits of iron or steel from the eye. The new magnet, which can 1so-be used to remove foreign objects from the windI pipe, is described by Dr. Murdock Equen of Atlanta, Ca. in the current issue of the Journal of the Amer~ ican Medical Association,

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| Gastroscope Used

IN PHE PAST, attempts to remove foreign obtjects from the stomach have been made by use of the {flexible gastroscope and a special type of flexible {forceps introduced through it.

The gastroscope is essentially a flexible hollow tube which can he introduced into the stomach by fray of the mouth and esophagus or gullet. Its {primary purpose is to examine the inside of the {stomach for the diagnosis of ulcers, tumors, ete.

My Day

\ WASHINGTON, Friday,~1 arrived back in Washington yesterday morning and plunged into a vortex Hof inauguration preparations. # I went to meet some grandchildren I had not seen i for a long time, but their train was late. I went back to the White House then to talk with Mrs. Nesbit, the housekeeper, and to change my morning appointments in order to meet the children at a later hour. But the train ‘got later and later and finally I had to send Mrs. John Roosevelt to meet the children, since I had a luncheon engagement, I came back to find the grandchildren still at lunch with “grandpa,” so all was well, Some of the grandchildren had ot seen each other since they were too young to remember, ald some of them have never met before. It is amusing fo watch the whole group learn to get n together. * It is a little, however, like organizing a school and: hotel combined.’ 1 think the household staff and If he, ushers and the housekeepers deserve all the dit that we ¢ ots them for the way in ‘which y meet these of great activity even in’ war-

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All the officers in the general's outfit as it started | know this and "so keep things| smart 'n’ nifty. But new officers who come in havé trouble. A certain new officer has had constant trouble. | Most every ‘day the genera] had him up for some minor infraction of discipline. So, when the general | called him saying “Stay right there; I'm coming qver,' the poor officer threw ‘down the phone and | said, “1 wonder what the hell I've done to irk the old so-and-so now?” The general walked in. The officer stood up to “I have the honor of presenting you with the bronze star,” said thé general.

It's a Good Sign

LT GRANVILLE E. BABETY, better known as, around Jacksonville where: he was in the brokerage business, is supply officer for a comipany| 'way up ‘here about a drive. and a spoon from the Jerry outposts. His big job is to satisfy. men who need shoes, overcoats, come in with torn britches, need dry sox, cigarets, candy, cut plug tobacco and a few other things. Every soldier wants more than he rates—a sure sign he's in good mental shape. “And if we can get it—usually we can't—we issue them all they want,” Gee says. Did you know what the normal complement of each infantry. division is in hard-shootin’ 57-mm. anti-tank-guns? This gun will. knock out even the German Tiger tanks if they, can hit certain spots; the front of the Tiger is slopse away, it's four and one-eighth inches of &imor plate. The turret, a vital part, is protected by seven and one-half-inch| armor plate. Even the lower hull of the Tiger has | armor varying from two and one-half te three and one-quarter inches thick. The Tiger," Mark..VI, is armed with the 88-mm. gun, making it the most formidable tank in the world. We're just getting a new Sherman, with high muzzle~| velocity three-inch Bun which should match the Tiger. It's much faster and its gun can be transverSed faster, t giving it definite advantage over the Tiger. It gets | this speed by sacrificing armor. It weighs 62,000 pounds. The Tiger is much heavier. And the new| version of the Tiger now in use weighs 112,000 pounds and has 32-inch treads.

(Copyright, 1945, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Incl)

two Cars skidded against her car. Her neck was twisted, but the car wasn't damaged. She drove on and got down to 16th. There, a taxi ran the red light and just barely missed her. By that time, she was in such a state of nerves that the dentist just did the most necessary work and left the rest for another | date. We didn’t hear how she made the trip back | home. . . . Dr. William R. Bolen, the dentist, was] home alone the other day when a store deliveryman pulled up and delivered a bassinette. “Must be some | mistake,” muttered the doctor, a bit flustered. “Nope, | here's your name and address on it,” said the delivery- | man. Dr. Bolen’s worries were relieved when Mrs. | Bolen returned home, ~*Oh,” she explained; “we're having a stork shower in the neighborhodd ‘in a day or two, and that's what it's for,”

Toot! Toot! Toot! GOVERNOR GATES and his secretary, Ruel Steele, a couple of out-state boys, are going to have | to take a short course in Indianapolis traffic laws, | if they waht to retain their dignity. They left the

statehouse for ‘lunch yesterday and started across Capitol ave. at Market against a red light and in the | presence of a policewoman. It would be a better story. | if we could report that the policewoman yelled: | “Hey, you big farmers; where'd'va think yer goin’ ” But she didn't. She just blew her whistle. And the| governor and his secretary, blushing, returned to the | curb to await the green light. Don’t be too embarrassed about it, governor, Your predecessor in office got caught the same way about a year ago... .One of our readers, the wife of an army doctor now in New Guinea, has a part-time maid who is a jewel, ul there éver was one. We're asked not to use any names | for fear the maid would be stolen away. The story: | “The maid knew I had ordered coke about two weeks] ago and that I was most anxious to get it. So when | the driver came with it today and I was away, the | maid paid the driver $23.90 for the coke—out of her | own purse. She was afraid he'd take it back if he | weren't paid first. When I asked why she had taken | such a chance with her own money, she said: ‘I|

promised the doctor I would look after you, and I

intend to'.” ’

By David Dietz

equipped with tiny mirrors and an even smaller incandescent electric light. Even the layman will appreciate the difficulty of! trying to reach through such a tube with a long pair of flexible forceps to grasp some object in the stomach, | for example, a pin,

Object May Move About

THE DIFFICULTY is due in large part to the fact that the stomach is sufficiently large enough to | permit the object to move about. In addition, folds in| the stomach, may make it impossible to grasp the object. The new magnet is inserted on the end of a thin, | hollow rubber tube which has a rubber bulb: on its] other end. By squeezing the bulb, the surgeon forces air into the stomach, This inflates the stomach, eliminating folds and | making it possible for the object to fly to the magnet without obstruction. The success of the device lies in the fact that the new alloy, alnico, has sufficient magnetic power -to attract a small object from any part of the stomach.

Dr. Equen recites a number of cases in which the Stallation of officers at 8 p. m. Monnew magnet was used. A typical one is that of a 10-|day at 612 E. 13th st. Temple officers include Mrs. Har- | most excellent chief; | excellent |

| Mrs. Beatrice Rogers, ex-|

month-old girl who had swallowed one of her mother's hairpins, The child was brought into the hospital 12 hours after the accident. The child was placed behind the fluoroscopic) screen of an X-ray machine so that the surgeon could watch the progress of the magnet which was then inserted through the mouth and down the gullet. As soon as the stomach was inflated with air, the pin was drawn to the magnet and successfully removed along with it. The whole procedure took eight minutes, according to Dr. Equen,

By Jack Bell ET OUT—.

|. Churchill

TWO LODGES UNITE

Pythias, and Myrtle temple 7, Pythian Sisters, will have a joint ine

riet Hansel, Mrs. | senior; cellent = junior manager; mistress of records and correspondence; Mrs, Gladys Axtell, mistress of finance; Mrs. Catherine Geiger, protector; guard of outer temple, and Mrs. Lelia Hall, past chief,

Big 3 Parley Is Confirmed By Connally

By ERNEST BARCELLA United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, | —If Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex.) didn’t mean to say it, it’s too late now. The secret is out. Presi-

dent Roosevelt's next meeting with Prime Minister Winston and Premier Josef Stalin will take him asToss the seas” and “soon.” For some time there had “been hush-hush speculation that the forthcoming Big Three parley would involve a trans-oceanic Journey by Mr. Rooseveit, But it remained for the chairman of the senate foreign relations ‘committee to give authenticity to what previously had been merely rumors, guarded ones at that. ~ And "some [500 persons heard ‘Connally say “it. The setting for the disclonve was last night's presidential inaugyral dinner -— a sumptuous " feast given by members of the electoral college in honor of Mr. Roosevelt and Vice President» Elect Harry S. Tiuman. » s »

SENATOR CONNALLY was delivering the principal speech of the evening. With great eloquence he pleaded for early action on a world security.organization to ase sure future peace. His voice boomed through the ballroom of the~-Mayflower hotel. He frowned on the idea of settling boundary questions now by unilateral or bilateral treaties, He said such things should be

left for all the united nations to

settle later. So far he was proceeding to text. But toward the end, he strayed. “President Roosevelt soon is to go across the seas to confer with Mr. Churchill and Mr. Stalin,” he said~—and the secret was out. » » »

IF SENATOR: CONNALLY was aware he ‘was revealing something supposed to be closely guarded information, he made no attempt to cover up his tracks, for in the next breath he wished Mr. Roosevelt a “safe voyage , .. into foreign lands.” . (Reports from abroad have speculated that the Big Three will meet in the Middle Egst.)’ Retirthg Vice President Henry A. Wallace and his successor, Harry 8. Truman, also spoke, but gave away no state secrets. Wallace, in a jolly mood, introduced Mr. Truman with “very great pleasure.” Mr, Truman said some nice things about Wallace, too— said he was “very fond” of him and that he'd been “a great vice president.” Mr, Roosevelt was not present, but he sent a message reaffirm“ing that “We shall Win the war and the peace” and calling upon Americans to unite in an allout war effort. = » 8

GUESTS INCLUDED Mrs. Roosevelt, cabinet; supréme court and congressional members, topranking military leaders and a vast number of other people— mostly Democrats. But there were at least 99 Republicans in ° the hall, too—the presidential electors who had voted for Governor Thomas E. Dewey, All sat down to a lavish dinner. The main course was a choice | between breast of capon on | Smithfield ham, southern style, and baked half lobster thermidor, There were magnums of champagne and Havana cigars sent by the president of Cuba. Also cigarets! With a big day ahead, Mus. Roosevelt left early. She wasn't -around when Comedian = Bob Hope dedicated a song to the ‘peripatetic first lady — “Don’t Fence Me In.”

FOR INSTALLATIONS

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._ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _ {THEY LAUGHED BACK IN 1933 —

{But Mrs. R's Crusading Goes On|

By EULALIE McDOWELL United Press Staff Correspondent

. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, —The country laughed back in 1933 at a cartoon of two coal miners deep in a pitch-black pit. One of them was holding a a lamp and -exclaiming, “Why, it's

Mrs: Roosevelt.” ; But in 12 years the country has become accustomed to Mrs. Roosevelt showing up. in strange places—including coal mines. And no one would be surprised if she turns up in even stranger places in her next “four years as first lady that began Saturday. . Smasher of first lady traditions and well aware that Americans from the age of 2 to 102 call her “Eleanor,” she has done almost everything ‘but take over housekeeping in the executive mansion. Housekeeping is out; clared, despite a critic who wrote her a brimstone’ letter because she did not stay home and keep house like:other American women. One just does not “keep house” in “the White House, she explained. al ® x = AT 60, her health is still excellent. As far as anyone can observe she has absolutely no ailments. She springs about in lowheeled shoes with the suppleness of a far younger woman, Settingup exercises on rising are still part of Mrs. Roosevelt's day. Her rapidly graying hair may become entirely white during the fourth term. But it is unlikely she will permit herself to grow stout. Her dresses, according to her New York designers, now are between sizes 36 and 38. The first inauguration costume ranged between sizes 34 and 36, Normally she weighs 150 pounds. Much over that inspires her to dieting. The diminishing novelty of Mrs. Roosevelt's activities as front page news fits perfectly into her war, and possibly her fourth-term, attitude.

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| and charity,

AGAIN AND AGAIN—

FDR Takes Oath On Family Bible 200 Years Old

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Many traditions were swept aside for Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth inauguration, but a few survived unchanged. The actual swearing-in ceremony was patterned in its essentials on those of 1933, 1937 and 1941, It was the same man, the same Bible open at the same place, and the same oath.

Corinthians (chapter 13, verses 1-13) on which to place his hand

of presidents prescribed by the constitution. : . The passage is St. Paul's famous essay on charity, without which, the apostle wrote, “I am nothing.” It concludes: “And now abideth faith,

hope, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”

” 8 ns THE BIBLE is an aneient Roosevelt family heritage, written in Duteh. It is more than two centuries old. Its exact age is unknown, however, because the title page is miissing. President Roosevelt ysed the same book at his two inatigurations as governor of New. York.

The oath, from paragraph 8, | section 1, article II of the conle Stitution: as

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution’ of the United States.” Not having religious scruples against it, Mr. Roosevelt says “swear” rather than “affirm.”

Freije Promoted By Morris Plan

J. RICHARD FRELJE, now with the army air forces in France, was promoted from as-

Lodge officers are George A. Hofl-

man, chancellor commander; New- |

By Eleanor Roosevelt x A. Lawrence, vice chancellor;

out the Invitations and checking lists for an pccasion | like this means to the clerical staff and the secres taries in the White House, They work early and late, It is rather rare that the reward earned by the secretaries, at least is anything but impatience and misunderstanding and, in some cases, real ration, over the telephone or by letter. Yesterday afternoon Dr, F. D. Patterson, president’ of Tuskegee institute, came to tell me how happy they are over the progress which has been ACCOM - | plished by joint fund raising for the Negro colleges. | I hope that in the coming yedF they will be even| more successful than the last,

. At 4:15. we all gathered in the diploniatic recep. completed 22 months in Iceland as tion room for the broadcast which annually starts|An army switchboard operator, is ‘{spending a 21-day furlough with Mary Pickford, who was to have been here, was|his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs, il, much to our regret, so Basil O'Connor took her|Giis Manson, 176 N, Blackford st. He expects to return overseas.

off the infantile paralysis campaign for funds,

place. Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas also spoke. But the real star of the occasion was little Mare] § garet O'Brien, her broadcast.

room to see what they could find that, was good

eat on the table: ki i Then little Miss O'Brien as wisked off to look at to “Enid, Okla, after spending a the dogs, and 1 think they would have wadly added, leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

her to their family eels,

She is a sweet little girl and my son, is with thé air forces in Belgrandchildren sat Spellbound on the floor watching gium and his brother-in-law, Cpl.

|B. D. Johnson, with: the alr forces Afterward, .all of thefn went up into the dining ip India. 00d to

wood, master of work; William C.| McCrory, keeper of records and seal; finance; Harry J. Vollmer, master! ney, of exchequer; master-at-arms; inner guard, and Fred Martin, outer guard.

CPL. PAUL MANSON | ON FURLOUGH HERE

Cpl. Paul E. Manson, who recently, .

George Sundling, master of

Colin V. Dunbar, Isaac M. Cotton, !

His brother, Cpl. James W. Man-

Lt. Carl v. Clouser has returned

sistant secretary to a vice president of the In- | dianapolis Mor« ris Plan today.

Carl A. George, prelate; Ira Under- | He has been

overseas two years. Fred M. Olmanager | of the dealer loan de partment was elected an assistant », secretary, Wal- | ‘ter E. Harrison, J. R. Freije manager of the adjustment department, was elected an assistant secretary also. Other officers and directors re‘elected were William L. Schloss, president; P, C. Neidlinger, “#xecutive vice president; Howard M. Coots, vice president; LeRoy Kahler, secretary - treasurer; Jackiel W. Joseph, counsel; Wils' liam T. Mathews. and Harry L. Bopp directors.,

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As he had three times before, Mr. Roosevelt chose a passage from St. Paul's first epistle to the

while taking the 156-year-old oath"

PARIS, Jan; 20 (U. P.),~A treaFlach, former author ‘and piiblisher |

Je Suis Partout, to desth rid An intelligence with the - soemy

the

Mrs. Roosevelt is shown here at

the White House as she broadcast

over the radio on the occasion of her 60th birthday.

it possible for her to generate more and more interest in her causes. It has become apparent that these will center in the coming years on veterans and their problems and on world security’ with emphasis on the participation of women in peace and postwar conferences.

Never one to be awed by a bevy of causes—and never without one Mrs. Roosevelt may be expected also to continue to interest herself in racial questions and housing conditions. Nor can she be seen surrendering her interest in young people, which now extends even to lending the White House piano to a a. I. musician for practicing. And she has made a custom of énter-

taining dozens of wounded vet erans at the White House each week. . n » n HER WRITINGS can be exX-

‘pected to go on at least for a pe-

riod during the fourth term, with the prospect that contracts will be renewed when they expire. President Roosevelt exempted her from his. recent classification of columnists as ‘‘excresences,” by calling her journalistic endeavors a sort of diary-keeping. Only a cataclysmic change of attitude will find her attaching any importance to criticism directed to her personally during the next four years. “One has to be what one is, she stoutly mdintains.

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Past Inaugurals Quoted

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20° (U. P.) —Other Roosevelt ingugurals: 1838, THE NATION was in an economic panic, the worst in its history. In his inaugural address the new President said:

“This seat nation will endure .

is fear itself. .

. the only thing we have to fear

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In 1933 THE President's words revived the nation’s confidence

in itself, but four years later millions were still unemployed. Mr.

Roosevelt said:

“The test of our progress is . .. whether we provide enough for II know aught of the spins and purpose

those who have too little.

of our -nation, we . . . will carry on.” 1941

MOST OF THE great nations were at war, afd this country was conscripting sits youth and arming. The Pregident proclaified that

“democracy is not dying.”

said. “We do not retreat.”

“We muster the spirit of America, and the faith of America,” he

TYPICAL DRAFTEES—.

Nearly Every State Listed

Among Members of 106th

By NED BROOKS Scripps-Howard Staff Wriler

WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—The

“106th infantry division, decimated in the Germans’ crushing offen- | sive in the Ardennes, was a unit |

of typical American draftees, assembled from nearly every state and schooled in combat lessons brought back from North Africa, New Guinea and Stalingrad. It was the 106th which Secretary of War Stimson singled out for special commendation on its “gallant stand” at the point of the German drive—a stand which cost the division 8663 dead, wounded and missing; “more than half its strength. Secretary Stimson credited the 106th and less heavily hit divisions with “halting and repelling” the enemy breakthrough. He reported 106th ‘dead at 416, wounded at 1246, missing at 7001.

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ARMY OFFICIALS said the 106th had received “the works’ in training before its departure overseas. Orders for activation of the division were issued Nov. 29, A second order on March 15, 1943, “directed commanders of the 2d army to send specified detachments to Ft. Jackson, S. C. From infantry centers came farm boys from the Midwest, city boys from the East, range-riders from the West. Officers up to regimental commanders of infantry and artillery battalfons, assistant general staff officers and some special staff officers were provided by the 80th infantry. The first

filler replacements

had reached 3400 in March and | two months later ‘the 106th re- |

ceived its shoulder - patch—the head of a lion denoting strength and power, the blue background signifying the infantry, border representing artillery 2upport. o ” » NEW RECRUITS arrived from nearly every state, with New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois; Ohio, Indiana and Michigan supplying substantial numbers, e The division's first mass_review was held at Ancrum Ferry field, 8. C, in June 1943, and 1200 men received their 12th corps tests for four days and nights in July. Official records note that “per-

| sistent rainfall” marked the 106th’s

maneuvers held from Jan. 20 to ‘March 24, in Tennessee. . Last April 3, the division moved”

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‘ther nine weeks training in unit nd individual operations, physical fitness, platoon combat, firing. On infantry day, June 15, a crowd of 5000 turned out to see 160 members of the division awarded their expert infantry badges. On that occasion they were reviewed and highly praised by ground force generals, 8 ou THE OFFICIAL record adds that “every lesson” learned in North Africa, on the Eastern front and in the Pacific jungles was taught the 106th by officers returned from overseas. Military secrecy prevents disclosure of the date when the 106th went into combat but officials said the records proved the division's training and fitness for what happened to be one of the war's bloodiest. assignments. A “great number” of the T7001 men listed as prisoners are presumed to -be prisoners, Secretary Stimson said. “It is probable,” he added, “that a number of the missing are in process of being identified as wounded or have been found attached to other organizations subsequent to the compilation.”

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Too Critical To Risk Strike

By EDWARD A. EVANS

Administrator ‘Tckes has asked coal mihers In Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky to work . two Sundays—Jan: 28 and Feb, 1§—because of a dangerous” shortage of the coals that area produces. A quick response: from John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine * Workers, acknowledges “imperative necessities” behind the request and says the union members surely “will « be happy to thus again demons - strate their loyalty and co-operde

_ tion with the war effort.” “To miners who

That's fine. have been uhder a long, steady

and we're glad to note Mr. Ickes promise to. see double pay for it, » » » IT'S FINE, also, to find Mr, Lewis stressing co-operation with the war effort and recognizing the damage a coal shortage could do. °

It creates hope that he'll try

this year—a calamity come obe servers have feared.

His UMW Journal asserts that there is no over-all coal shortage at present, but the union publication goes on to say that excessive caused coal consumption last biggest margin in many Decembers, and that storage stocks could fall uncomfortably low before April,

» » » WHICH REMINDS us that the union-mine owners’ national wage conference, to negotiate a new

two-year contract, has been called to meet in Washington on March

1, while the present contract expires on March 31. just one month for negotiations which may prove unusually difficult.

We hope the government will urge the union and the mine owners to start their wage confab earlier—before Feb. 1, if possible, and certainly not later than that.

With the war situation more critical than it was two years ago, and with the reserves of coal much lower, this country simply can't afford to risk a repetition of what happened in 1942, when there were four coal strikes in 10 months of controversy over contract terms.

We, The Wome Housework Might Help Men's Health

By RUTH MILLETT

snow,” advises Health Commissioner Francis E. Fronczak of Buffalo, N. Y..~who explains that “if the wife puts in a goodly share of her time scrubbing floors, washing windows and wrestling with the wash, she may be in better condition to move snowbanks than her husband whe sits in an office all day.” As an emergency measure that may be good advice—since plenty of men do suffer heart attacks each year while shoveling driveways and sidewalks. - s

seems that Buffalo's health com=missioner should point out that for their own good ‘men 2ught to get in as good physical condition as their wives—-and by the same methods. ,

The commissioner didn't ay

alluring sports, He said they keep in shape by scrubbing floors, washing windows, doing dry, ete.

that make for physical endurance and have left the men only snow

great a strain on them, s n .

good, let's divide up the hard jobs aroupd the home, and not * hog all the physical benefits fem hard labor ourselves,

Let's let the men take turns at

windows, moving furniture, ete. eling.

ter, John. But by next winter Im going to see that you are in good enough condition to do it yourself. How? Well come on

and Tl get you started ri®ht now, Theres a pile of clothes . that,

as tomorrow morning.”

WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—Fuel

“critical and’

six-day-a-week grind. this Sune _ day work will mean real sacrifice; *

that they get .

his utmost to avoid a coal strike ~

‘cold weather and other factors :

month to exceed production by the -

That allows |

“LET YOUR wife shovel the

BUT FOR long-term advice if

that women keep in shape by . golf, tennis, hunting or any other |

In other words, they have taken . over all the hard, strenuous jobs *

shoveling—which often proves too *

SO, STRICTLY for men's own :

scrubbing, washing “clothes and

And then they'll be tough enough * to take on the job of snow shove

“I'll shovel the snow this wine’,

down to the basement with me,

‘could be washed as well tonight ,