Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1945 — Page 8
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CLARK QUERIES
Lanny Ross Busy in Pacific. As Special Services Officer
By LEE G. MILLER - . “0 Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA much nowadays. The radio
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80 line Lanny is special Service officer
he has his finger in a whole galaxy of pies. this way, 18 months ago, he used to sing a lot.
NAZI CAPTIVES
~ “Things Look Bad, but Reich;
Hag Not Lost War,’ Prisoner Says.
By HENRY J. TAYLOR Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
AN ADVANCED POST, Italian Front, Feb. 24 (Delayed). —Lt. Gen. Mark Clark piled us into his jeep and took us from his command post to the forward lines. We walked to an observation promontory—an exposed shelf of road looking down on and within 1000 yards of the German infantry. The little knot of Americans on “the promontory included three lieutenant generals—Joseph T. McNarney, ranking American officer in the Mediterranean theater; Clark and Truscott, three major generals— Nelson, Critenberger and Cannon —a division commander, and his two brigadiers.
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for the Southwest Pacific. As such When he first came out Now ne hasn't much time to spare—although. he can al-| ways find a few minutes to refresh | the memory of some soldier, male or female, who pops in to ask for the: words ‘of an old song. Ask him what special services is doing for the troops in the MacArthur thea-| fl ter, and he turns it on with enthusiasm. Example: Its camp newspaper service provides a clipsheet, including such soldier classics as “Sad Sack,” “The Wolf” and “Male Call,” to more than 230 unit newspapers in the area. These are little mimeographed jobs, usually issued weekly, There is no “Stars and Stripes” in this area, as in Europe and the Mediterranean, for printing presses and paper in quantity are hard to come by. So the troops rely on their unit papers for spot news as well as humor, Every afternoon around 4:30 you could see, at any one of many posts scattered over thousands of miles, two GI's bending their ears to a special news broadcast from San
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| Francisco. One copies down one sentence, one the next, and so on, The broadcaster reads slowly, spelling the proper names. And so to press.
Distributes Pony Editions Special services also co-ordinates the distribution of pony editions of 31. He was quiet and somewhat | Time, Newsweek, Reader's Digest, bewildered. {The New York Times arid The Chi-
The other was a sector dispatch |CaR0 Tribune—printed in Sidney messenger, 25, wh home is in|8Nd Brisbane from flown-in micro-
Reactions of Prisoners
As prisoners were brought in, Gen. McNarney—and Gen, Clark questioned them. Here are reactions of two Germans as they came out of the battle. One was an infantry-platoon leader, a short round-faced man,
East Prussia. He was bubbling film and distributed by air. with talk. It also is the pappy of the Armed Services Edition, that godsend to
The Germans gave willing an- . gWers to questions. gb ed leg - paper-bac oks issued by Gen. Clark—"How long have you | his outfit, in scores of titles both old and new, are mailed in packets _ Infantryman “Seven years.” of 30 from New York, direct to units: Messenger— “Five years.” {And they dog-ear+fast. I'm reading Gen. Clark—“What do you and Mark Twain's “Life on the Missisyour regiment think of Germany's sippi,” which is still marvelous, and chances in the war?” {you can find anything from Lamb's Infantryman — “The outlook is | 8SSaYS to Ernie Pyle's “Here Is-Your bad now, but we have not lost the| WAI" wr. fn Come eta Vesey { > r on water-borne Gen. Clark—"Do you know where snipments of standard magazines, the Russian army is? | they would be a backward lot. The Infantryman—‘“Yes, the Red army | PX here has stacks of pre-election is close to Berlin.” | magazines with Tom Dewey's picture Gen, Clark—"Do you know where on the cover. (And they sell, gt
our allied armies are in the west?” | that). Infantryman—“Yes, I know; it
Correspondence School
looks bad now, but Germany has| The PX's are another arm of hte mie special services. So is the armed
not lost the war.” oy : er : ag y ” | forces radio service, wi its Mosoe MeNarugy.. If you lose ihe |quito network, Jungle network, etc. a | Which produce excellent programs Messenger— "My family is gone|os news, records, local talent and now since thé Red army conquered | transeriptions of major “state-side” East Prussia, and I do not care prpadeasts. A vast correspondence what happens.” school, with hundreds of courses Gen. McNarney—“How long since offered, is a Special Service activity. you heard’ from your family?” | Athletics, ditto. Infantryman—-I was home with| Operation of the Red Cross and of them on leave last May, but they/the U. 8. O, while directed inare gone now and 1 do not ‘care dependently, are - co-ordinated by
what happens in the war.” |osial Services. ; Gen. “Clark ~ “Before you were ncidentally, the first theatrical
captureti, how did you think the | Unit hound for Se 2 hilippines has Americans would’ treat you 2s a Jo eft here—"Helizapoppin’.” "Lt. > > ‘Y|'Walter Rathbun of Los Angeles is prisoner? the special services officer in charge - Messenger—*1 knew I would be on Leyte. There the first soldier treated all right. show was put on less than two Gen. Clark—“How did you know months after D-Day. Two theaters that?” have already been installed, and Messenger—“Oh, we know it. The Lanny says they'll sprout like mushAmericans treat German prisoners| rooms now that the USO is bookall right and you do not get hurt ing that island. when you surrender.” | Phonograph records, the ArmyGen. Clark—“Do you hear Amer- Navy Hit Kit (Lanny thought up jcan radio news in German in. your the name—it is a leaflet with the
words of various ular songs), regiment? Do you think what-you | a ! var pom : 8 hear in our broadcasts is true?” movies (almost nightly, even in 4 : many remote spots), are qther
Infantryman—“Yes, we hear them | special service functions. And the and we think it is mostly true. It! gouthwest Pacific would be much turns out later to be true. We wait| grimmer than it is, without thém. and find out. Things look bad now, | hin ———_——————————— but Germany has not lost the war.” | So goes the Nazi story along the front. No American or British commander I have been with here finds any effective deterioration in| German army morale, or signs of a crackup. The Germans still fight as they | have fought all wars. And when
Is Sen. Neely. a ‘Ladies’ Mah? WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (U.P),
~There will be “ladies” in-con-gress —not “‘gentlewomen”—if Rep.
they are in a nearly hopeless spot | MAT Neely (D. W. Va) and they get a wild-eyed order of | DAS Nis way. Neely, a former senator, has
the day from Hitler that sounds silly to us at a distance, they stiffen their ranks, and fight anew as]
though it meant sometning. Copyright, 1945, by Scripps-Howard Newspapers
introduced a resolution which would outlaw the present designation of “gentlewomen” for fe- | male members of the house. They should be called “ladies,” says the resolution. For instance, Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R. Conn.) would henceforth pe called the “lady from Connecticut.” Congressmen have been referring. to their women colleagues as “gentlewomen” almost since the latter invaded congress. Recently, however, some members of the house raised the question whether “ladies” wouldn't be a better term, Neely's resolution is designed to settle the argument once and for all They're ladies, he'd known,
RATION CALENDAR
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WOMAN'S SOCIETY | TO MEET THURSDAY
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Capitol Avenue Methodist church will meet at the church at 11 a. m. Thursday for an executive and business session, | Mrs, H L. Foreman will ‘have | charge of a worship service at 1:15] p. m. followed by the study class | directed by Mrs. Fred Ripple. Mrs Frank Cottingham, a returned missionary to the Philippines, will
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WILL FETE SISTERS
Monitor Temple No. 244, Pythian | Sisters will be host to the Marion] county association of Pythian sisters | at an all-day meeting starting at! 1:30 p. m. Thursday at Arion lodge No. 254, Knights of Pythias hall, | Mrs, Nina Mills, Marion, Ind, past grand chief, will act as in-| stalling officer at ceremonies fol-| lowing the election of officers. A “white elephant” sale will be held | and a covered dish luncheon will| be held at 6 p. m.
STUMPE--TO SPEAK
George Stumpf will speak on “Personal Experiences in the War” at the meeting of the Lion's club at 12:15 p. m. Wednesday at the Claypool hotel. A former city fire- | man, Mr. Stumpf was discharged | from the navy after he distinguished | himself and received almost fatal] burns fighting a fire aboard his ship. |
(Here is another of a Serfes of stories based on, {he diary of Pearl La Carma ‘Haven, wivilian
| nurse, interned for 37 months at
Santo Tomas camp in Manila.)
By PEARL LA CARMA HAVEN As Told te Francis McCarthy United Press Staff Correspondent SANTO TOMAS, "Philippines, Feb. 26.—Early in 1944 the Japanese granted permission for wives to live with their husbands in shanties on the university grounds. It was a‘great day when they were reunited. The men built tiny huts of bamboo, with thatched rofs. On Feb. 1 the wives gathered up their few belongings—some holding small children by the hand-and went to their new homes. The camp's loud speaker phonograph played “The Wedding March” and “It's Been So Long." ;
. The Japanese military assumed administration of the camp, and |
food became worse, My “diary Feb. 7 notes: “Sup-
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MONITOR TEMPLE® Manila Diary: Japs Begin to Show Sighs o
May 24: “There is-water only on the first*floor today. Only 1000 women are using one bathroom,
per—dried fish, gravy, rice and boiled ‘radishes. "A lovely "odor infilters the building.”
In March, private packages | six toilets, five showers and three brought on the *Gripsholm were | basins. What a hell of a mess.” distributed in camp. I received June 1: “Was it a whole year
nothing, but someone gave me a package of gum. My jaws were tired in five minutes. I was unaccustomed to chewing: Early in the year the Japanese began to show nervousness. Jan. 25 my diary said: “Patience. The Japanese papers are crying about U." 8. strength, They're getting scared.” Feb, 2 it said: “The paper says eight Japanese cities have been evacuating and an emergency state exists in the Philippines. We must have practice blackouts, Whoopie.” Early. in April after the paper reported Yap and Palau islands were heavily hombed the Japanese increased their strictness. They ordered bi internees to stand at attention and bow to all officers.
ago we were expecting the big June offensive? How do we: do ite” : Three days later our camp com= mittee gave a talk on the food and labor problem. We were told we must put every inch of ground to garden “if we are to survive.” June 4: It was rumored Rome had. fallen, and two days later the diary said: “Hah! Japan admits the fall of Rome in a quarter-inch article. Did we chuckle!” June 7: The Japanese wanted everyone in'camp.to take shots against plague, but people were afraid on account of rumors that the serum was really a death shot. I took shots with 45 other volunteers but had no ill effects.
GEAR HEY
~The food situation wqrsened. Black market sugar was selling at
200 pesos ($1) per kilo (22 pounds). June 21: “What have we done -
to deserve this? No more bananas on the food line. We have been getting an’ occasional small one, but no more.” : The news kept our courage up, however. MR June 25: My diary said: “There are rumors of a big navy battle near Guam and the Marianas. It won't be long now.”
CARD PARTY SLATED
The Revellers’ auxiliary of Sahara Grotto will sponsor a card party at 8:30 p. m. tomorrow at Fountain Square hall, ,
PLAN LUNCHEON TOMORROW
Ladies auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 211, will hold a covered dish luncheon at 6:30 p. m, tomorrow at 43 W. Vermont st.
MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1945]
f ‘Getting Scared’
NAZIS ARE DEBUNKE BY-6000 LBS. OF TNT
WITH U. 8. 3D ARMY, GER MANY, Feb. 24 (U. P), (Delayed: =A group of doughboys from thy American 90th division ran uj against a concrete bunker in the Siegfried line yesterday and fount it loaded with German gunners. They exploded a 300-pound dyna: mite charge against the front door Nothing happened. Then they touched off 600 pounds of explosives at the front door. Still no results Finally, the Yanks piled '600{ pounds of high explosives on toy of the bunker, drew back to & hi distance and let go. 1 About 125 Germans came tumbl ing out with their hands in the alr, “You didn't hurt us,” one of the
prisoners stuttered, “but you sure scared us to death.”
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