Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1945 — Page 7

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free schooling offered able-bodied veterans. Another would extend the time for completing: college in certain professional fields. ‘ ' : Favor Direct Loans Discontent over functioning of {the G. I. loan program is reflected {in bills to substitute direct lending {by the veterans administration for the present system of government guarantees of privately made loans. Rep. Wright Patman (D, Tex), author of the world war I veterans’ bonus law, says the G, I. bill is “useless” in aiding ex-servicemen to buy farms, He is preparing a bill to expand direct loans under the Jones-Bankhead tenant purchase act. A similar measure already has been introduced by Rep. Paul Cun[ningham (R: Towa), member of the house veterans committee, His bill would permit ex-servicemen to borrow up to $12,000 for purchasing farms at 3 per cent Interest and with 40 years to pay. The bill adopts the pattern of the tenancy act but the program would | be handled by the veterans admin- | istrqtion rather than’ ‘the agricul ture department. Avoids Pauper’s Oath L Rep. Cunningham says it would | Telinfinaté the PAUpers Oath. now | required of - Jones-Bankhead -bor-| rowers and prevent the agricllture department from dictating how: the farms should be operated.” |

Criticism is being directed at the program because only 18 govern-ment-guaranteed loans have been closed for farm purchases, only 50 for buying businesses and only 2400 |

Rep. GQunningham also is preparing a bill which would extend | the time in which a veteran may | qualify for a loan. The act fixes | the limit at two years after the applicant's discharge or two years after the end of the war, whichever | is later. This limit, the Iowan points out,! may operate to prevent loans to the veteran who spends his first postwar years completing his education. Enrollments to Swell The veterans administration esti mages that 336,000 veterans will be | taking college courses at federal ex-| 'pgnses by next year, Some 52 000 (have applied, 17,000 have started [their courses. | Other suggested G. I. bill amend- | ments are aimed at simplifying the! |loan-making procedure, admittedly | cumbersome, | Rep. Cunningham proposes that approved lending institutions be permitted to close loans with the 50 per cent federal guarantee, elim- | inating the process by which con{tracts now must be passed upon by {the veterans administration. Other {pending proposals would adopt the {same method, but would reduce the | guarantee to 10 or 20 per cent. | | “The government losses might be larger ‘but a huge administrative {expense would be eliminated,” Rep. | {Cunningham said. “Banks would be | !fust as cautious because they would | {still be risking their own money.” dot |

Few Business Loans Many authorities believe loans for | | businesses will be few because the| la. I. bill contains no provision for,

{the veteran “to obtain funds ho | working capital or inventories. One difficulty which the veterans| | administration, is powerless to over. | f come concerns veterans under 21] | years of age. Many states have laws | {under which contracts made by] {minors are voidable and lenders | | therefore are compelled to turn] |down their loan applications. | Some congressmen are demanding | the inclusion of correspondence | |schools in the G. I. education pro-| gram, The law permits the veterans adminjstration to add to the lists | of approved institutions supplied by | the state education departmentsy but $0 far the mail-order schools | have been let out. Georgian Urges Change | Rep. John 8. Gibson (D. Ga.) is {sponsoring a bill which would give | the veteran the right to select a {correspondence school in preference to. an institution on a state{approved list. : | The G.I, bill allows $500 a year for tuition, books and other school (expenses and $50 a month for sub- | sistence, with an extra $25 a month |subsistence- if the veteran has de- | pendents, [ A bill by Rep. Gordon L.“Mo~ ‘Donough (R. Cal) would eliminate the G.I. bill provision which makes {benefits under the act deductible from whatever adjusted compensation congress may vote for veterans

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Fast carrier task forces of the U. 8, navy which blasted a Jap force off Okinawa, sinking the 40,000-ton super-battleship Yamato, were commanded by Rear

Admls, G. A. W. Radford, top, right; J. J. Clark, bottom, _ Sherman, bottom, right.'

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIVES _ Wholesale Insect Spraying

By WILLIAM McGAFFIN ' Times Foreign Correspondent

WITH THE U, 8. 10TH ARMY, | jon Okinawa, April 12.—Bullets are { | not the only weapons on this beachhead. There are D. D., T. powder and impregnated clothes—and money. (D. D, T.stands for dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane. D. D. T. powder is sprayed over dollar.

scrub typhus. nations.

is harmless to humans, but {t ra brings death remarkably fast and § over a wide radius i for the great va- | riety of vermin {EF A

that abound here. Vermin must be : killed to prevent : epidemics among our troops. 3 Oyr men’s green Ri teeives utility uniforms Mr. McGaffin were soaked In a strong chemical solution before we stormed {beaches to give added: protection'ing your tax money.

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F. Bogan, top, left; Okinawans:

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left; and F. C,

‘Done by Planes on Okinawa

against- bugs, some of which carry |

Invasion currency is carried by everyone ashore. It is paper money printed in Japanese and English in 10-yen, 5-yen and smaller denomi-| This is real money. You have to buy it with American greenbacks at the rate of 10 yen to the

Ni: lour lines by low-1iying planes. It| Any purchases made on Okinawa Ll {must be made with this currency. Nobody is doing much buying as yet, of course, But presumably the stores will open and a money economy will be resumed after the battle is won. There's another kind of money, an obviously phony imitation of Japanese brownbacks, which we i [scattered from planes for propagan-

{ 3 i This money, in 10-yen denominai is printed only on one side. « [On the other side is a message to The | the gumgat-su (military clique) is wastFor this war

: Young Nazi Hoodlums Brag After Bloody, Futile Fig

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN |have his wounds treated or to be

Times Foreign Correspondent carried on an American stretches : LIPPOLDSBERG, Germany, April until ‘we told him mot to be ®

|8 (Delayed) —We toak Lippoldsberg’|dummkopf. {on the eastéfn bank of the Weser| Another, named Frich, from this afternoon, after a prolonged Mannheim, insisted upon showing | [cowboy and Indian battle with a|'s 5°2rs from four previous wounds of which he seemed very proud. gang of 16 and 17-year-old 8.8. hoodltima. | Carl was 16, Joseph, Ervin and Badly out ma wa | Hans were all 17 and were very flanked, but $00 | proud of their black leather 8.8, {dumb to know it, | jackets.

they kept sniping { Outside the first house in town {at us from village |

James Bartlett Charles Bartlett

Wounded Brother

TWO SHELBYVILLE brothers serving on’ the Western front are Pfc. James R. Bartlett, who was wounded ‘March 18, in Gerniany,

{we found three grim-faced G.1.s

{gazing at the body of their platoon

and Pvt. Charles H. Bartlett, an iA rou {commander who had just been infantryman stationed in Eng- | well directed killed by a sniper’s bullet through land. : {the neck. James, who is 20 years old, at- ee he | Inside, a group of German cle tended Shelbyville | 8 : : / i Their parents, or Big En of an Infantry a pe Re o ley. A. Bartlett Shelby regiment polished 3 y , live-at el ¥* item off. Mr. Stoneman The second I spoke to one of the

ville, : \ lcivillans suspected of sniping, he

{began to bellyache because he said the was sick and it hurt him te [stand that way.

The survivors, most * of whom

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