Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1945 — Page 9

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o THE MARIANAS ISLANDS Delve Mal. Robinson, the airplane commander of “My” crew, has been leading his boys through almost two years of training before they came overseas.

“That means a lot to have been together 80 long,’

doesn't it?” I asked. - “It means everything," one of the sergeants sald, “We're a team.” So far the crew has been lucky.

They're all intact except for the!

bombardier; who had his leg almost blown off, and is now back in Hawaii in a hospital. To show how they feél about their being a team, the enlisted men asked especially if I would put the bombardier down as still part of the crew, even though he isn't here any more. They'd been together so long, and they liked him so much. He is Lt. Paul O'Brien of Dayton, O. My crew has a superstition, or rather just a tradition. They all wear the same kind of cap when they start on a mission. It's a dark blue baseball cap; with the figure “80” on the clown in yellow numbers.

They've Lost Two Caps

"THEY GOT the caps a couple of years ago in Minneapolis when they were there on a week-end trip for winning some kind Qf merit prize. The “80” was their unit number thed®, and although it has long since ceased to exist, they insist on keeping it. Once in a while Maj. Robinson used to forget » his cap, and the enlisted men would send somebody © back after it before the mission started. + But. they've lost two of the caps now. One was Lt. O'Brien's, and he took it with him when he was evacudted. The other was Maj. Robinson's. His cap got so. bloody from Lt. O'Brien's wound that he had to throw it away. My crew lost their first plane right on the field when a Jap bomb got it. It was named “Battlin’ Betty” after Maj. Robinson's wife, so now he's changing the name of his newly inherited ship from “Small Fry” to “Battlin’ Betty I1.” Maj. Robinson carries a movie camera with him

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

HOW'S YOUR spring fever? Mine's fine, thank you. In fact, it's doing so well I doubt if I ever get this column writter!. Sunday’s suhshine and yesterday's balmy temperature had most, _everyone yawning About everything you see nowadays is a sign of spring. John Hillman saw both a meadowlark and a red-winged blackbird sitting side by side on his fence Sunday. spring, he says. Another sign was the sight of a city employee wearily daubing fresh yellow paint on some ‘no parking” signs. Mrs. Malvern Price, 1646 Fisher .st, Speedway, saw. something like 100 wild geese “flying in a W-forma-tion. And these weren't Andy Miller's geese from the Riverside nursery, . either. Andy’ doesn't ave that many. They must have been on their way north . from the sunny south. And here's one of my own: Sunday, while out surveying my south forty (foot Jot), I discovered I am the proud possessor of a whole flock of onion them. They must be sprouting from some I failed to pull “from the garden last summer. In case you didn't know*it, onions are really a strong sign of spring!

Two for One

A SUGGESTION intended to help cigaret smokers to make their hard-to-get cigarets go twice as far is passed along by R. I. Smith, 4265 Bowman ave., University Heights. “Back .duringzthe: depression, when I had to cut expenses,” he says, “I would take a pack of cigarets ‘and cut it in half with a razor blade. 1 used a cigaret holder and thus had 40 smokes instead of 20.” . Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker is attempting to locate the relatives of an Indianapolis serviceman. Mrs. W. W. Hill, Richmond, Va., wrote thé postmaster that she heard a German short wave broadcast reporting that an Indianapolis soldier whose name “sounded like Kenneth Wolsiffer” was a prisoner of war. The postmaster is unable to find anyone here "with a name resembling this one. If you have

‘World of Science

ONE OF THE greatest mysteries in the world is directly under your feet. ..It is.the. internal structure of the earth. Astronomers know more about conditions in a spiral nebula a million light-years: away, than geologists know about the conditions 100 miles under your feet. The deepest mines and oil wells only go down a couple of miles into the earth. None exceeds three ymiles in depth. They tell us as little about the internal strycture of the earth as a pin scratch on the peel of an orange would reveal about the interior of the fruit. Nevertheless, geologists have been slowly putting together a pretty .good picture of the interior of the earth from the information gathered through the study of earthquake waves

Picture Has Changed

THIS PICTURE has changed from time to time as new evidence came forward and the layman who learned one version of it may have experienced a sense of frustration when he suddenly discovered that the pundits had changed their minds once again. Each change, however, has been a contribution to progress.

The latest picture is given by Dr. James B. Macelwane, 8. J., director of the Institute of Applied Geo- | physical Technology, St. Louis. | » Dr, Macelwane is now on a lecture tour of American colleges under the auspices of Sigma Xi, national scientifit research society,

My Day

NEW YORK —Today T am in New York City to | attend one or two meetings. This is the beginning of the week in which the 4-H clubs are being honored, and I should like to add my own word of congratulation to the young | people in rural areas. The President has written them a letter, but Isthink everyone should realize the extent of the contribution made by rural boys and girls in the production of ‘food actually used on the farm and in the home community, In addition; they’ have in many cases furnished much of the work which full-time ~farm, hands accomplished in the past. Two high school boys, for example, work for our farmer in_ Hyde Park after school and in » holidays. They evidently are happy’ in doing so, and he_ Is certainly happy to have them. * Readers of my column have probably realized that I am deeply conterned about the lack of provisions, in a great many states for the treatment and education of spastic children, I am very happy to hear from the crippled ¢ dren's s commission in the tate of New Jersey singe’ wie & Broil mato oon I mdf 4 | children must reported

That's the acid test of -

sprouts. . Volunteers—every one of :

By Eri Ernie Pyle]

on’ every RE —. He has already taken” ahout ¢ 115001

feet of colour movies, but can't have them ni

until he gets back to America. He's got them sealed |

up in moisture-proof cloth for safekeeping against the

tropical climate. * The other night when He came into the hut attér| a 14-hour mission over Tokyo, he held up his movie camera for me to see, and said, “Now I'm satisfied to quit. I got the picture today that should end it.

“THERE WAS a Jap fighter ‘diving at the squad- | ron ahead of us. He apparently didn't see us at all,

for he pulled up and turned his belly. to us and just squadron | And |

hung there, wide open, every gun in our let him have it., He just blew all to pieces. 1 got the whole thing. So now I'm ready to lay it

. aside.” One cof the most vital members of a bombers |

family is the ground crew chief, even though he doesn’t fly. © But he's the guy airplane does fly. . A good crew chief is worth his weight in gold. | Maj. Robinson says he has the finest crew chief in| the Marianas. I could believe it after seeing him. He is Sgt. Jack Orr of Dallas, Tex. He's'a mar-| ried man, tall and good-looking and modest. He Is|

so conscientious it hurts, .and he takes a mission]

harder than the crew members do themselves Maj.- Robinson said that” on_one trip they some trouble, and were the last ones in, the others had landed. while.

long after It did lobk kind of bad for a

The Fraternalism of War

. 8GT, ORR was waiting for them at the “hard-| stand.” Maj. Robinson said that when they got] out of the plene he was all over theni, jumpi:g up| and down like a puppy dog, shouting and hugging them, and they could hardly get him stopped, he; was so happy. Maj. Robinson says he was sort of embarrassed

know how touched he was. There is that is hard for

indeed a | people at

but I've heard him tell it two or three times, so Ii Spies oy

fraternalism in war home to comprehend.

any clues, call Mr. Seidensticker—MA. 1561 . The following classified ad appeared in The Times yesterday: “Will- man who bought furniture .at 2038 Broadway and claimed to be so strong when he) carried things from attic, call WA-6211." The ad so intrigued a girl reporter; Doana-Mikels, that she phoned and got the story from Mrs. Lulu Bronnenberg. The man she's advertising for, Mrs. Bronnen- | berg explained, came out the other day and bought some ‘of her furniture, including a heavy oak side- | board and an oak dining toom table. He wasn't very | large, Mrs. Bronnenberg sald, and when she’ asked how he was going to get it out of the attic, he said| he'd carry it, as he was very strong. Apparently,| he was, too, for he managed to lug the. furniture down to his truck. Mrs. Bronnenberg wants to sec. him because by accident he carried away one: piece of furniture she didn't want to sell.

Curfew Magic

THIS NEW curfew seems to. be. interfering—but not too much--with the* drinking habits of the citi-| zenry. One of Inside's agents was waiting for his car | to be brought down in a downtown parking garage, about midnight. In walked a couple of women, who! ordered their car, While waiting, they opened their |

coats and carefully produced a couple of glasses, evi- |

dently containing highballs, A minute or two later, | a2 man ‘and woman came. in and did the same thing.'| Run out when curfew sounded, they just took their! drinks with them. . . . Richard A. Orton, choir direc- | tor for the E. 10th st. Methodist church, showed up| for rehearsal the other night with a sore throat. He was. so hoarse he couldn't sing the various parts | to show the choristers how he wanted them to da it. But, sore throat or no sore throat, he was equal to] the occasion. He whistled the parts, and did a good | job of it. . Contact, the OPA employee publication, reports that a clerk in a ration board office in another county was waiting on a man seeking a ration book for a new baby at his home. She handed the application back to him and asked him to write in the baby's first name. He said he already had written it: And he had. The infant was named “Baby Girl Stevens. %

By David Dietz’

According to Dr. Macelwane, the rocks which we know.on the earth's surface are part of the crust, a very thin layer that extends downward only some 35 or 40 miles. A Below this crust there is a layer of denser material | in which the velocity of earthquake waves increases | rapidly with the depth. This layer is about 600 miles thick. Following this layer is one 1100’ miles deep in| which the speed of earthquake waves does not in-! crease so rapidly with the depth.

Thin Transitional Zone

THESE TWO layers are followed by a thin then] sitional zone after which the core of the earth 1s | reached. This core is equal in diameter to silghtly | more than half the diameter of the earth. | A strange feature of this core is that it focuses | earthquake waves like a -gigantic spherical lens so! that waves passing through it are concentrated or focused on one spot on the opposite side of the eai'th. Various attempts have been made to say what these various layers consist of. One popula} theory is that the layer under the earth's crust corisists of | a heavy type of rock found in meteorites and known | as. peridotite. It is assumed .that the next layer {is a mixture of peridotite and iron and that the core is mostly iron with a little cobalt and nickel in it, | It is thought that the core of the earth is more rigid than steel because of the great pressure on it but that because of the high temperature its structure is that of a liquid rather than a solid. . It may be said. therefore, that the earth has a

core which at one and the same time is liquid and .

more rigid than steel.

Liga

I Ns

By Eleanor Roosevelt

plete register not only of children, but also of

crippled men and women, and they provide professional treatment and vocational training whenever needed. 3 Dr. W. M. Phelps of 'Johns Hopkins, who is regarded as the greatest authority on cerebral paralysis and spastic palsy,-holds clinics in New Jersey, and the schools, hospitals and therapists carry out his instructions, New Jersey has pre-school age treatment, clinics and out-treatment. This is certainly encouraging, for when one state goes forward the other states are apt to become conscious .of their deficiencies and move forward also, I have just heard again from Raymond Baird of River Falls, Wis, who is 26 years old and cons fined to a wheel chair. He wrote me last year about their Easter sale of seals which supports Camp Waw-

-beek at Wisconsin Dells. For six years Mr. Baird

has sat in his chair, but he is the publicity director for ‘this crippled children's camp, a sports writer

"and alsq has a column which is Published in seyeral

midwestern weekly vapers. His interest in this camp has wide me teal that perhaps similar camps might be valuable in other parts of the country. He tells me that the - money from the sale of Euster seals operates the camp, where handicapped |

The Guy Who Sees That the Plane Pls +

who sees that the | has not even begun to clear away

had

paint.

SECOND SECTION

e Indianapolis

TUESDAY, MARCH 6,1945

MINED BEACHES WiLL BE UNSAFE FOR 20 YEARS TO COME:

Scars of War Mar Fabled French Riviera

By ROSETTE ‘HARGROVE NEA Staff Writer ANNES, March 6. — Four months have elapsed since our. armies landed in southern France. This once glittering, ultra-luxurious resort, dezvous of the world’s millionaires

the debris of war. Although “Cannes suffered relatively —little damage, there are plenty of war reminders on the Croisette, the unique promenade lined with palm trees and mimosa : 2 8 = MANY ‘of the fabulous villas which look out upon the Mediterranean have been badly damaged. Some Have a particularly dejected .air, with their shutters half blown away and remnants of expensive draperies fluttering in the breeze.

On’ the promenade jtself you

can still see the unsightly’ defense *

works. built by the Germans. Fd tJ n IT IS hard to believe that the where international auties by the score used to sunathe, are heavily mined. Death lurks in many of the villas themselves in the form of mines and boohy-traps. :

Experts estimate that it will be - [-at least

20 years béfore the beaches can be considered absolutely safe. > ” ” J CANNES’ color changed, too. Its variegated. pattern has become almost entirely khaki. Jeeps, trucks and command cars have replaced the streamlined limousinés and ~high-= powered sports cars which used to he parked in imposing numbers outside the palatial hotels of the Croisette. In the harbor, ‘once filled with immaculate yachts and pleasure craft of all kinds, are grimlooking, dull gray warships and a handful of fishihg smacks, -the latter badly, needing a coat of Before they fled, the Ger-

mans destroyed - every boat in

| sight with hand grenades.

EJ Ed n THE CLIENTELE of the luxury hotels has changed, too, especially since the Riviera was opened up as. a rest camp and recreation

| center for fighting forces.

~ Instead of expensively gowned women wearing tHe latest. Paris creations and fabulous jewels gnd

the ren-_

scheme , has °

Cannes, celebrating her liberation, shows few outward signs of war damage, but the famed Riviera

resort- has many war scars nonetheless.

HOWEVER, the few bars, restaurants and hotels which have escaped requisition cater to a new type of customer—peoplé who have made money in the Black market and other rackets. As a matter of fact, war came J late to this favored spot. The CANNES is still one of the out= * heo510 of Cannes tell me that up standing beauty spots along the i, the end of 1942, when the Riviera. Germans crossed the fine of de-

And rest-camp is certainly a marcation, it had retained much misnomer insofar as the palatial of ifs pre-war atmosphere.

hotels requisitioned for the pur- - % ow pose are concerned. : from all - over the

Even after five 3 a they still retain but especially Parisians, flocked to the Riyiera to win a

luxurious atmosphere, thoroughly appreciated by brief respite from the sight of men who come here. the hated German uniform. g-8 8 Prices soared but - everybody HERE they find practically all thought nothing of paying $10 a the amenities of ‘civilian life— day or more for a room. they revel in the linen sheets, the Food was scarce, but there was constant hot water and the com- always a means of supplementing: fortable beds. inadequate hotel menus . with Most of all, they appreciate “extras” bought. in the Black the dining. room service with real market. : tablecloths, shining glass and 4:8 -% silverware and the orchestra WHILE it will be a long time which plays during meals. , before Cannes is restored te its The few idle rich. who have pre-war prosperity, the people look managed to get back. to their old forward to the future with conhaunts pass unnoticed. fidence. ;

furs are men and women wearing olive-drab, Fecuperatilg from the effects of war. Next best thing to z0iog home on furlough is being sent here for a five-day rest period,” air force officers unanimously say. «8 ” s v

PEOPLE country,

years: ‘of war most of their’ e, which is the

Palatial hotels are now used as Yank “rest camps.”

The food problem is as acute

‘here as in many ‘other French

towns because of the disruption of the transport system, but they accept this philosophically in the

knowledge that the situation is !

bound to improve in the future. Besides this they admit they are especially favored in climate. » n o

“FT IS so much easier to bear

hardships such as these when the |

sun shines,” they say. “We are

ready to put up with anything | provided we never see those hated |

Germans again.” Meanwhile ‘all "along the coast you still have to pay $18 for a quart of olive oil and $1 a pound for oranges and tangerines in the Black market—when olives

and oranges are there for the | |

picking a x .p " THE PEOPLE of: Cannes have not eaten fish for months, since fishing hoats could not venture out because of the mines. But stretches of the Mediterranean are being swept and residents hope that very soon fisher-

men will once again be able to “

provide this valuable food — at controlled prices. -

Times

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and

“ decisions.

* movements.

shen find they]

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THE BALLAD OF RODGER YOUNG: STORY

OF AN INFANTRY HERO—

1st Song to Eulogize G. I. Makes Debut

By PARPARA BUNDSCHU United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 6—The ballad of Rodger Young, first American hero of this war to be eulogized in song, goes on sale in

i the nation’s music stores tomor -

TOW. It got off to a good start on the. radio Sunday when both Lawrence Tibbett and Nelson *Eddy sang it over coast-to-coast networks. The tune.is a stirring one, comparable to the Civil war's “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” - 8 » Ed ALTHOUGH critics doubt that it is catchy enough to become a

popular marching song, the army"

hopes that some day it may be an official infantry ballad. Rodger Young, title and subject of the song, was an infantry private. He died heroically in the battle for the Munda, New Georgia airfield, on July 31, 1943. The composer is Pfc. Frank Loesser, Tin Pan Alley’s contribution to the army music branch. ” ” "

AND EVEN if they don't hit |

home anywhere else—which is unlikely—Loesser’'s words and mu=

sic will go over big-with the rhen |

of the” 148th regiment, which recently —led--the 37th division into Manila. Because Rodger Young was one of them, and it was thelr mem-=-

as: Loesser pointed out, but ° kind men. ..can. entity, them-

ories of him, more -than-a year His commanding officer agreed, after his death, that inspired reluctantly, and Young -went—in Loesser's song. his first and last battle a private. Rodger Young was a little guy 8 8.8 . —five feet four and 135 pounds— ON THAT evening of July 31, 25 years old. Not a gaudy hero, 1943, Young's ‘company was or‘the = dered to make a “limited withdrawal.” It was tough, going. They “were under fire from a Japanese machine gun, about 75 yards away, which none of them could see—except Young. When he spotted it, he started for it. He Was hit once, but ‘he. kept on going—and firing. He . was hit again, and picked himself up. : He got close enough to knock out the position with his hand Young was busted at his own grenades before ‘the third hit request from a sergeant because killed him. of his faulty hearing. He was ® 8 = afraid he might not hear an or- THE ARMY said Young had der some day and other men _ sacrificed his life deliberately. As would die. , Japanese fire was concentrated

selves with" = . » “HE'D "PROBABLY have begn ; 4-F if he hadn't gone into the army with the Fremont, O., national guard unit he joined in 1938. He wore glasses—and he'd had trouble - with his -hearing ever since a high school basketball accident in Green: Springs, O.

infantry | of price administration has

nounced that famending some of its regulations

[YOUR G. I. RIGHTS—

OPA To Assist Veterans In

Opening Business Concerns

By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 6.—Office

to permit open businesses. To speed up the job a special vet- | erans’ adviser has been assigned to each of the eight regional’ offices. | Also one person in each of the 93] district offices has been assigned to

returning veterans to

anit is relaxing and

Up Front With Mauldin

handle veterans’ problems with re-| {gard to starting a business.

Here are some questions on the |

{

subject:

Q—OPA has clauses in most of its! price regulations that restrict cer4 taihh -businesses to those who were in it before a certain date. Do these! restrictions apply to. veterans of | world “war 11? tr | A—Most of these regulations have | |now been changed so as not to re-| strict veterans from starting a| business. Detailed procedures for veterans to get into -business under these “changes - will soon be announced.

Q—Do veterans get preferential treatment with respect to approval of fast applications for. certain goods?

A—Yes., All district offices are expediting the handling of veterans’ applications for ‘quotas in “businesses affected by QA regulations. In addition, veterans are being assisted by OPA in getting information as to how other federal regulations apply to their businesses.

Q—What is the procedure for

action? *

A—You must prove to the vetar-| ans’ 4dviser in the’ district - | | your right to such treatment. Your "|lsual discharge papers will prob. _ ably be sufficient evid He will {then see that your. special consideration,

{ fantry is wonderful,

on his advance, ‘his companions made good their retreat. His mother, Mrs, Nicholas E. Young, of Baltiniore, Md.; was given the congressional medal of awarded him.

But the song would never have |

's comrades | Rte

been written "if Youn; hadn't “rémemberea™ > Harmonica player Larry Adler heard about him more than a

WAL Rp i

had been a harmonica player, too,

and he had strummed a guitar on |

quiet nights in the Facific; » » s

ADLER came back to ‘tell the story to Warrant Officer E. J. Kahn Jr, who knew that Loesser, composer of “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” and “What Do You Do in the Infantry?”, was looking for just such a theme. And Rodger Young's song—one of the few in history to eulogize a real life hero by name—was born. Loesser hopes the infantry will sing his song. “But what's more important,” he said “is for their mothers and ‘sisters and sweeth

earts to hear it, and write in |

their letters: ‘We think the in-

very proud“you're in it.”

’

“Oh they've got no glory in the infantry, “Oh they've got no use for praises loudly sung, “But in every soldier's heart in all the infantry “Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young.”

honor |

PAGE - Labor ‘World Unity’ Adds fo Rift In U.S. Labor

(Continued From. Page One)

turned over responsibility there to Sidney Hillman and others of the C. I. O. delegation, is to preside. Reports will be received from Mr. Hillman and others of the C. 1. O. group,

JAncluding R. J.

Thomas, presi~ dent of the United Automobile ~Workers, who -was chairman.

Mr. Hillman, who welt on to Paris after the London session for meetings with Frefich labor leaders, is scheduled to outline decisions of a committee to which the main meeting turned over most -of its troublesome problems, 3 Among these is division of voting strength among the member countries. If the basis is number of workers represented, the Russians woud have a tremendous power in They sent by’ far the largest . delegation to London. They gave their number of organized workers as 27.000,000—as many as were claimed from all the other represented countries ‘com- - bined. v. 8 » = MR. THOMAS, who is back in the United States, said he was sure “a firm basis has been laid for a real world labor federation,” and “so far as the C. I. O. is con~ cerned- we got. all we went for.”

Mr. Perkins

William Green, A. F. of L. president, and Mr. Watt show no in-

‘ tention of abandoning the old In-

ternational Federation of Trade Unions. The A. F. of L. is the American member of that body which up to now has barred both the C. I. O. and the Soviets.

With the C. 1. O. the reason was a rule against ‘“dual” labor With the Soviet labor bodies the barrier was a refusal to recognize them as legitimate or “free” unions.

# s »

MR. WATT said today hé could not answer the question of what the Soviets intend to do, with their new positiont in world’ labor.

‘That is difficult, he added, because “their long quest for a

medium of infiltration is too well known.

“If .the Russian government would really free its Tabor organizations, I would support any move to bring about a fair test between our democratic institutions and the competition of Soviet practices.” \ = 2 ”

‘MR. WATT was doubtful also about what the C. 1. O. is aiming SRC Bub quoted a statement that “they want unity of all freedomi-

| _loving labor organizations.” year after his death when he met |

the 148th during a U.S.0. tour | on Bougainville. Rodger Young |

If so, he asserted, “the obvious suggestion is to begin at home. They scoffed at organic unity within the American labor movement and yet they demand organic unity internationally.”

Thus the domestic A. FP. of L.C. I. O. quarrel goes on an international basis.

and we are |

time for

getting veterans’ preference on OPA 1

accorded

> HANNAH <

"The hint?

We, the Women — Save Some

Duties for Dad at Home

By RUTH MILLETT

WHEN one shoe of her Christmas doll came apart a little 6-year-old girl in Kansas City insisted that her dad, a shoe repairman by trade, fix it for her. And so her mother sent i overseds to dad and in due time it came back “fixed” by - a father who is spending - his days repairing G. 1 shoes for : the q u artermaster corps. Perhaps there is a hint in that story for other mothers of small chil dren whose fathers are overseas Well, not to take over all ‘dads jobs, .but to save some for dad.

In an effort to keep their children from missing their fathers too much most service wives have tried to do everything that dad once did for the kids.

That's understandable, But carried to completion that almost pushes dad out of the picture. - ” » MAYBE {t would be better to put aside an occasional broken toy—till 9 gets Bee to mend it.

And to save. some oki treat like going to the zoo until dad: ‘comes home to manage the trip. Or to postpone buying a dog with the