Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1945 — Page 8

NEWS BLACKOUT

IN REICH AHEAD

Allies Lack Common Policy On Reporters’ Movements And Censorship.

By EDWARD P. MORGAN Times Foreign Correspondent LONDON, Feb, 5—It is becoming increasingly apparent today that once Germany falls—and for a long time afterwards--detailed news of what is “U Actually. happen.ing in the Reich ft will be doled out ¥ by the allied au£8 thorities with a small spoon. 3 There are two “main reasons for the prospective severe restrictions on the coverage of what will be Europe's greatest post-war story — the occupation ‘of Germany:

FIRST: The utter lack of any agreement, so far, between the Russians and the British and Americans on a common news policy; how correspondents may be permitted to move between and through va-| rious occupied zones, how stories will be transmitted, what censorship will be exercised, ete, SECOND: The disagreement at supreme headquarters of the allied expeditionary force, among Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's political and military staff officers, themselves, is not only over news policy | but certain administrative matters and points of broad policy. Many . officers (both British and American) .feel that these latter differences should be disguised by the jnstitution of political censorship.

Row Is On Now

~ On the American side alone, there is a row on now. It is no knockdown drag-out,.but a vigorous argument just the same—on how much publicity, if any, should currently be given the state depart_ment’s plans for Germany. This argument centers, of course, on the administration of the American zone which is scheduled to be in the southwest. A number of political officers, in--cluding state department men, con-

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tend that there is no reason for|

further secrecy except on matters involving military security. They think that the department's plans are sound and sensible and should be given intelligent publicity to spike speculation—which continues to grow—that Washington has no policy. The military, on the other hand, favors “the less said the better” school. The reasons of the officers are not quite clear.

LUNCHEONS ARE SET

William Cassidy, WLW news commentator, will speak at the annual dinner of the men's club of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church Feb. 12. John Commons will serve as toastmaster. The dinner will be held in the school auditorium. Officers of the club are Paul Kervan, president (seated), and (standing, left to right), Cletus Broecker and Howard McDavitt, vice presidents, and J. A. Coghlan, treasurer.

home of Mrs. “Lelia Simmons, 1248 W. 31st st: Mrs. Helen Schey will

BY SAHARA GROTTO be assisting hostess.

The ways and means committee | The investigating committee will of the ladles’ auxiliary of Sahara |meet for luncheon at 12:30 p. m. Grotto will meet at 12:30 p. m. { Friday in the home of Mrs, Eunice Thursday for a luncheon in the’ ' Good, 1203 Dawson , st.

Responsibility Forgotten

Several of these S. H. A. E. PF. officers (who usually are lieutenantcolonels and upwards) impressed with the authority their rank gives them in wartime, seem to have for-

. gotten that they owe a certain re-|.

sponsibility to the public. ~“People who should. know, incidentally, say that the state department’s attitude toward Germany will be hard and realistic and . Although there are still admittedly “lots of holes in it,” the public will be agreeably surprised when ‘it learns in detail the line Washington“ is pursuing on the German question. Although they have been asked more than once, the Russians have not yet given the slightest indication how they plan to handle news coverage of Reich areas under their control.

OFFICERS ELECTED BY 0.E. S. CHAPTER

Mrs. Roscoe Conkle has been elected president of Corinthian chapter, O. E. S. Past Matrons’ and Past Patrons’ association. Joe Hancock is vice president and Mrs. Willis Jones, secretary and treasurer. New committee members are:

Ceremony and installation, Ham Erwin and Elmer Jones; for new worthy matron and patron, Mrs, Fred Dyer and Meyers; entertainment, Mrs Butler, Mrs. John McDonald, Ed Dean and Clarence Rodgers; memorial, Ray Kester, Mrs. Elmer Jones and John McDonald; chaplain, Mrs. Willlas Jonesy) history, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hancock, and publicity, Mrs. Ed Dean.

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MEAT-Red stamps Q5 through] 85 good through March 31; T5| through X5 good through April 28; | ¥5 and 25 and A2 through D2 good | through June 2. Meat dealers will pay two red points and four cents for each pound of waste fat.

CANNED GOODS-—-Blue stamps | X5 through Z5 and A2 and B2 good through March 31; 82 through G2 good through April 28; H2 through M2 are good through June 2,

SUGAR~—Stamp 34 in Book 4 good for five pounds through Feb. 28. Stamp 35 valid through June 2, Another stamp will become valid May” 1.

GASOLINE-A-14 coupons good for 4 gallons each and are valid through March 21, B5 and C5 and B6 and C6 are good for 5 gallons; El and E2 good for 1 gallon; R1 and R2 are good for 5 gallons, but are ‘not valid at filling stations, Persons buying used cars should make sure that the seller has surrendered his gasoline coupons to the ration board.

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BULGARIA HAS SEAPORT HOPES

Outlet to Aegean Sea to Be Sought From Allies

In Peace Pact.

By LEON KAY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 5—Bulgaria, although on the losing side of the war, has not lost hope of getting an outlet to the Aegean sea from the victorious allies when they try to settle the territorial problems of southeast Europe. This long-smouldering Bulgarian ambition for a southern outlet caused the second Balkan war and placed Bulgaria on Germany's side in two world wars. . Bulgarian political leaders with whom I talked In Sofia agreed that if arguments for an Aegean outlet had received sympathetic consideration in the past Bulgaria would have heen on the allied side.

Promised by Germany

Germany promised such an cutlet would be given after the present war. Prominent Bulgarians tcld me that was a bribe which resulted in permission for German troops to move "across Bulgaria: and attack Greece and Yugoslavia in 1941. Until, it signed the armistice with Russia, the United States and Great Britain in October, 1944, Bulgaria enjoyed occupation of eastern Thrace to the extent of Bulgarizing the names of streets, towns and villages. Now the Bulgarians, chastened as the result of backing the wrong horse twice, so longer—raise racial or territorial arguments in their claims on eastern Thrace. They say only that an Aegean outlet is purely an “economic necessity.”

They point out that the new ad-

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Veteran Going Info Business on $2000 Loan Under G. I. Bill Faces Many Big Handicaps

DISCHARGED VETERANS are finding it was easier at camp to draw inside on a straight than. it is to set up in business as a civilian, Old-time businessmen their heads dubiously when the ex-doughboy blossoms out with his $2000 loan under the Bill of Rights. “Won't go far,” the old-timer opines, “You turn around twice and . .. poof ... it's gone.” Looking in on an ex-mess sergeant who would ‘like to set up; his own restaurant-and serve some liquid refreshment between courses to keep the customer happy, we find him gnaw= ing his nails. First off the state socks him for an even grand for a liquor license. But the federal government wants its .cut, too, and takes another $27.50. Two licenses and half the money is gone. But it is just the beginning. For $17 the G. I. can get a restaurant license, For an~ other two bucks he can sell milk. But the state isn’t through and neither is the federal tax-gather-ers. For $3.50 the state puts out a store license. If somebody as much as warbles a bit “for. the paying guest it's entertainment and that

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takes 20 per cent of the gross. The G. I. can eliminate that by using a juke box but the federals issue licenses for them, too. And today with butter at. 24 points a pound, he may want to substitute oleomargarine, That's all right with state health laws but there is the minor matter of an oleo tax.

Then as an added comfort, he has the OPA as a senior partner. But no matter. what business he goes into there are plenty of taxes and licenses. To top the already burdened $2000, the G. Is better be ready with a handsome turnover in trade so he can stand up under a gross income tax, a federal corporation tax, federal income tax, social security and state unemployment, But it doesn't seem to daunt Hoosler G. I.s for since Iast No= vember several hundred have applied through the loan guaranty division of the veterans administration. At the present time the division merely passes on the veteran's eligibility to receive the loan which ‘is further considered and issued outgof Chicago. Paul C, BurkRolder, loan agent, says that the G. I. must meet certain qualifications. Among them he must have served at least 90 days. since Dec. 16, 1940, must be sufficiently familiar with the line of business to be entered and have a good record in army and civilian life,

ministration in Bulgaria has agreed in principle to surrendering what was part of Bulgarian Macedonia, notably in the region of the Striima valley, to be incorporated in a future autonomous Macedonia. The administration likewise expresses willingness to join a Balkan federation.

Prominent Bulgarians insist that

the Danube at present is the principal outlet for Bulgarian cereals, fruit, vegetables and tobacco, the

bulk of the country’s exports. This,

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they claim, is the chief cause of the complete German monopoly of Bulgarian foreign trade since 1936. The Bulgarians argue that if they are to be weaned from Germany politically they must first be weaned economically, adding that prohibitive freight rates from the Black sea ports of Varna and Burgas through the Dardanelles prevent their products from competing in the Mediterranean basin. They regard Syrid, Palestine, Egypt and other middle eastern lands as great

potential markets for cereals and fruits, : Bulgars in Sofia reject the suggetsion of port privileges at Dede Agach on the Aegean which the Greeks have renamed Alexandroupolis. They insist the “outlet”

means a strip of eastern Thrace bordering Turkey. On the other hand Greeks with

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just as firmly insist they will never| give it up.

MONDAY, FEB, 5, 1945

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thrée Cincinnati physicians repo in the current issue of the Jou > the American Medical Associam{ on. On the basis of their experiments, Doctors W. A. Altemeier, Ha Snyder and Gertrude Hyde reported that penicillin is the only knbwn drug which has proven effective in combating a form-of the relatively rare disease caused by the organism streptobacillus moniloformis, Although only 17 such cases had been recorded previously in medical history, they reported on three addi« tional cases and concluded thas! penicillin is an effective chemoe therapeutic agent which decidedly shortens the course of the disease.” ’ An article by two navy medical} officers in the same issue reported that treatment of Vincent's angina, a mildly contagious disease of they mouth, has been cut from 10 days to] 72 hours through the use of] sulfathiazole tablets. The report was made by Lt. Cmdr] William W. Manson and Lt. Cmdr. Irwin T, Craig, whose treatment of} 48 cases indicated that the tabletq] restored temperatures to normal inj 24 hours and invariably cleared ug lesions of the membrane within § hours.

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