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ABOARD A CRUISER IN THE SOUTHWEST

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‘aboard a warship you learn lots of odds and ends. “Those, decorative flags that are run up for siznaling from one ship to another are réad from top : or to bottom, and if there's more than one string you read first

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“the outboard series, then the in-

board. Empty food cans are gashed with a knife before being thrown overboard, so they won't float and thus leave a telltale trail, or confuse the detection devices, Twenty men aboard this ship

are being taught to read and write,

It takes 20 pounds of powder to launch a catapult plane. A

returning plane ‘can be recovered

from the sea, after alighting on its pontoons, while the cruiser is still moving at a good clip. Lt. Herbert A, Starbird of Melbourne, Fla, told me about that. He would presently be taking off to help spot our gunfire against Tarakan, Borneo.

~ Violet Rays ; ' . 1 WOULDN'T know about the'sun coming up like thunder; but in these waters it certainly drops under the horizon like a scared rabbit. If you keep your eyes fixed on the sun during the final seconds of its setting, someone said, as soon as the sun is gone you'll see its image in green just above the horizon. I tried, but it came out violet. As soon as the sun is under, the standing order is to “darken ship topside” which means stop smoking on deck until sunup. : In the army SOP means ‘standard . operating .

FASHION NOTE for men: Next Tuesday is the traditional” date for donning straw hats in this section. But unless the weatherman starts co-operating ‘a lot better than he has in the past, the wearer of a spanking new straw is going to look decidedly, out ot ? plake. . . . Incidentally, the sup- _ ply of straws this-yéar is better ' than it was last year. All this year’s straws come from Central and South América. The reason there are more is absence of the submarine menace to shipping. Joe O'Hara, Strauss’ hatter, tells me there'll be more of the.sailor straws this year, too. But they aren't made of wheat straw, as in the past. The wheat straw has been coming from China, but not : any more. Many of: the new sailors are of palm leaf, The Panama types are about the same as last year. Some of the pre-war types— Milans, Pedalinos, Leghorns, ett.—ought to bé back late this season or at least by next season, if the Italians get busy and plant wheat (for straw) right Away, says Joe. . . . George Madden, advertising manager of ‘Block's, got back from a week's vacation in New York yesterday, and thought his department had gone to ruin in. his absence. His staff had tipped gomeone on the main floor to warn them the moment he entered the store. Then, when he. got to the advertising offices on the seventh floor, he found them deserted. Not a soul in sight, all the lights out, and a

sign on the time clock: “Advertising department, as -

usual, will quit at noon.” Just then phones. started ringing all over the office. George tried his best to answer. And then in walked the hired hands. He was glad’ to see them, even if they had pulled a joke on him. ;

How to Save Money HARRY ALEXANDER, veteran printer for The Times, who never has greeted Roy Howard with anything other than a raucous; “Hi, Roy, you old so and

| 80,” is known far and wide as being very conservative

in money matters. Back on Pearl Harbor day, Harry

America Fl; IN ANSWER to a readér’s question on a statement by the writer that this war has been won and lost by the margin of an eyebrow, let's take the Pacific situation prior to Pearl Harbor. The Japs knew that the American fleet had been divided, with most of its aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and escort destroyers in the Atlantic suppressing the Nazi submarine menace. Recognizing Pear] Harbor as the key of American seapower in the Pacific, they had minutely studied the strength and our use of that seapower’s stronghold. . They knew that as long as an American fleet was in the Pacific, they could not. invade the Philippines nor proceed southward without running the risk of a desperate encounter with a fleet for which they entertained high respect.

Pure Heresy :

REMEMBER THAT prior to Pearl Harbor it was pure heresy to believe, much less to say, that an alr attack could sink a battleship, much less destroy and immobilize an entire fleet, Hence the Jap naval aviator who believed that such a job. could be done ‘also must have been regarded as heretics by their own admirals, These Jap naval aviators must have asked for carrier and task forces sufficient not only to immobilize the American fleet, at Pearl Harbor, but to seize the Hawaiian islands and extend that dreamed-of conquest along the American coast, And then I'm almost certain that the Jap high Bommand, distrustful of aviation, must have de-

My Day

NEW YORK, Wednesday. —~When I went to make my broadcast yesterday morning the studios were a madhouse of activity, and I kept wondering how the men ever managed to keep their minds on their jobs. After the short broadcast was over; I went to the television studio, where Julian Bryan was presiding over the interviews. : It. was a great pleasure to meet again a war correspondent. whom 1 had last seen on Guadalcanal, and a nurse who had returned home in February after imprisonment for many weary months in San Tomas. How wonderful these young people are! . They seem to gO through so jnuch and still be able

cousins lunched with me, hom she last heard. in February in prison camp. That camp‘ was freed by the

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to take it in their stride. Sofne of :

very r _ ,and in many cities collection depots are still On May 5, incomplete ‘reports from 2213 of the 6920

sprocedure.” In the navy SOP means “senior Officer present.” SOP is usually also the OTC—*officer in tactical command.” : Es : : . ; 8. RFS means “ready for sea.”. GQ means “general quarters”—battle stations. In the army air force

“RON means “remain overnight.” In the navy, usedy RON,

as a suffix, it means squadfon—as in COMDES which signifies “commander destroyer squadron.” . , "The bar at which ice cream and cokes are usually available for the ¢Few isn't called a Soda’ fountain but’ the “gedunk stand.” The room where the vegetables. are prepared is the “spud locker.”

Introducing ‘Jimmy Legs’:

FRESH MEAT from the coldrooms takes a day to!

thaw for cooking. The chief master at arms—sort of head policeman for the ship—is traditionally called “Jimmy Legs.” On our ship he's Isidore Silversmith, -of New York, a veteran of 20-odd years in the navy. I had dinner in the crew’s mess and we had to ket along on tomato soup, breaded pork:chops, brown gravy, corn, mashed potatoes, salad and apple ple with an enormous hunk of ice cream on it. * Lt.

Cmdr, Parkey Halpern of Ashland, Mass. the cruis-|’

er's supply officer, said it. wouldn't continue so good if we were long at sea. The crew members served themselves on compartmented trays, ? The ship's officers were briefed a couple of days out by the executive officer, Umdr. James Prichard of Whittier, Cal. He began hy saying the presence of correspondents must have indicated to all that the ship was off on an interesting mission, The. third in command, under Capt. Jack Duncan and the executive officer, is the cruiser’s “first lieutenant,” who is actually a commander, Clinton ‘J. Heath of Waco, Tex. I guess they're trying to confuse me.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

conceived the thrifty idea of saving all old style quar- |

ters he received in change. Starting then, he tossed them in a cigar box and succéesgfully resisted all temptation to open the box and gpunt the quarters. But on V-E day he gave in and took the box down off the shelf. It broke open of its own weight. And when he gathered up the quarters and counted them, he found he had 1256 quarters—$314 worth, That shows you how easy it is to save money painiessiy Here's a coincidence yarn that's a distinct variation from the “brother meets brother” theme, Lt. Col. H. B. Murnan of the army engineers has been stationed in Hawaii 17 months. His brother-in-law, Lt. William L. Birthright, air corps, has been in England 14 months, One evening, Col. Murnan went to a library in Hawall and returned.to his quarters with a small murder mystery novel. Upon opening the book, a piece of paper fell out. To his amazement, it turned out to be a shoe repair ticket made out to Cpl. William L. Birthright, in Februdry, 1942. On that date, his brother-in-law was wearing a corporal’s stripes and was stationed at Barksdale field, La, In the intervening three years, the book, with the shoe repair ticket remaining in it, had been transferred to Hawali.

It’s Not Over Yet - AMONG THE antiques treasured by Mrs. William T. Reed, 5336 Broadway, is an old dinner bell handed down to her by her mother, Mary Ann Anderson, who lived north of Logansport. The bell rang out a mes-

sage of joy when the Civil war was ended. It was used again when world war I was ended, and for all anyone remembers, night have been rung at the close of the Spanish-American war. When it became apparent that V-E day was inthe offing, Mrs.. Reed and her daughter, Dorothy Reed Strawmyer, decided the old bell should ring again. Accordingly, they sent down to their Brown county home where the bell was kept, along with such other souvenirs as the musket Mrs. Reed's grandfather carried in the Civil War, and had it brought to Indianapolis. But V-E day came and went, without the bell making a sound. Everything was so confused, and besides, there's still another war to be fought. And they decided just to hole everything in -abeyance until the war is ovér everywhere.

By Maj. Al Williams

cided, “Let's give these fellows two or three aircraft

- carriers and turn them loose on thé American fleet

at Pearl Harbor. The loss-of a few carriers won't lose the war for us. And if they should happen to succeed, we'll consider it a miracle.” These opinions are prompted by a burning curiosity as to why the Japs did not send two or three trans-

ports, loaded with a landing force, to seize. the Morristown, and a brother-in-law,

Hawailan islands in the wake of their air attack.

Lacked Vision, Daring fi ASSUME THE Jap admirals had been willing to go along with their aviation enthusiasts and play the string out to the end. The air attack, as we all know, completely immobilized American seapower in. the “Pacific. Our nearest major seapower units were thousands of miles away in another ocean. In the wake of the air attack, therels no question that overpowering invasion forces-could have seized the Hawaiian islands, With this accomplished, what under the sun

could have prevented the full carrier strength of the Japs from raiding the Pacific coast, to smash Douglas, Consolidated, Boeing and the entire string of factories which were turning out the first waves of American airpower?

Luckily the Japs lacked both the vision and daring 2!-month-old son, John Douglas;| Instead they played a conservative, his mother, Mrs. Nettie Christensen,

to attempt it. short-range game.

Roaming the Pacific: where they pleased without

escort, the Japs drove their transports right up alongside the Philippine shore, guarded by only token sea .and air forces against American seapower attack. ‘It was a narrow gap that one time existed be-

tween victory and defeat in the Pacific. And to think

that it all depended upon the making of a single daring decision by the Jap command!

By Eleanor Roosevelt

During the day I listened to many of the broadcasts, and I am still wondering why the: Russians withheld their announcement of the end of the war until 8 in the evening. In any case, now it has been announced by the Big Three and there must be great rejoicing in Russia, which has suffered so much. I have the greatest admiration for the way the Russian women have helped carry on the war. I am particularly glad that Mrs. Churchill has been able to spend so much time in Russia, _8he has done valiant work in Great Britain for Russian relief, and deserves the decoration which I seée-was conferred on her at the Kremlin the other day. She must rather "long

ve witnessed a great deal during this t, and what she takes back to the

British people will be of great interest and value to

them. ' : It is now more important than ever that the cloth-

nation, under Henry

high returns. The time limit has been extended

By Lee G. Miller]

"SECOND SECTION

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Sgt. Warren M. Palmer ., . killed in Germany.

DEAD - Sgl. Warren M. Palmer, husband of Mrs. Vatus M. Palmer, and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Palmer, 6710 E. 38th st., was killed March 25, in Germany. A medical corpsman, Sgt. Palmer | had been overseas since December, | 1943, and had entered the army in October, 1942. He was a graduate of Lawrence high school and had formerly been an employee of the Indianapolis Machinery Co. | Palmer was 24. Surviving besides the wife and

| | parents, are two brothers,

| Palmer, Indianapolis, and Cpl | Emmett L. Palmer, Pt. Ord, California. | ” w » { | Veteran of service in the Solo-| {mon islands, Pfc. James Close, son | lof Arthur Close, 6 N. Colorado ave., | | was killed March: 30 on Cebu island | in the Philippines. Pfc. Close, who was 25, been with the Americal division in| New Caledonia, and had also served | on Guadalcanal and Bougainville. | 'He had received the combat in-| fantry badge, good conduct medal | and a citation from his commanding officer for exemplary conduct in action on bougainville, - { A graduate of Technical high school, he entered the army as a| paratrooper, but suffered a leg in-| jury and .then was transferred to| the infantry. He was employed at P. R. Mallory Co., Inc., prior to en- | tering service, Surviving besides the | | father, are two sisters, Jénet and Jean, and a stepmother, Mrs, Mary! Close. Hh ox» Pvt. Emmett .Shackleford of Columbus, brother of Morris and Miss Thelma Shackleford, 5168 N. Keystone ave, was killed April 2 in {Germany -only a few days after he | was released from a hospital. He {had just recovered from wounds received in sight of the Rhine, Pvt. Shackleford, who was 19, had entered service Feb. 2, 1044, and went overseas last November, He had been awarded the purple heart which he said he was sending home. 2 = = Marine Pvt, Dwight E. Wortman, son of Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence G. Wortman, 5212 Burgess ave, Was killed in Okinawa April 14. \ Born in Rushville, Pvt. Wortman was 19 and was a graduate of Morristown high school. He belonged to the Gwynneville Christian |church and worked for the Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Co. before entering the marines last June. Besides his parents, survivors are his sister, Mss. Carolyn L. Arnold of Indianapolis; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wortman and Mrs. Stella Gottlieb, all of

Pfe. Harold B. Arnold, stationed in India. = ~ 8 ” . 8. Sgt. A. Earl Christensen, hus{band of Mrs. Belva M. Christensen, {2030 E. 12th st., was killed in action \m Germany April 20° while serving with an armored infantry division {of the 7th army. | The 24-year-old soldier had been | overseas since October and wore the purple heart for wounds “received Jan, 5 in combat in France. He ‘entered the army 29 months ago. In civilian life Sgt. Christensen {was-an employee of the Allison plant {and was graduated from New {Albany high schoel. | Besides his wife, survivors are a

|and two sisters, all of New Albany.

MISSING—

First Lt. Eldon I. Alig, who was wounded Feb. 10, while leading his |platoon beyond the Sauer river in Germany, has now been reported missing in that country since April 20. The 21-year-old officer is the son of “Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weer, 5650 N. Meridian st. He is a graduate of Shortridge high school and former student at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, Two of his brothers are also In service, Sgt. Frank Alig and Lt. Clarence Alig Jr.

~ » ” SAFE— Tech. 5th Gr. George Botu, son of Mrs. Ruth Fultz, 325 Koehne st, was liberated from Stalag 11-B near Hannover, April 16 and is in a hospital in England now. He is 22 and was captured Jan. 23 in the Battle of the Bulge. He previously had been interned at Stalag 4-B. . ; sen» WOUNDED— * Holder of , the bronze star for heroic action on Leyte, Pfc. James

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Hoosier Heroes: Three Killed in Last Ddys of War . | ~~ In Europe; Two Die in Pgcific, Nine Are Wounded

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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945 Sala

Pyt. Emmett Shackleford killed in Germany. formerly employed for Lane-Bry- ad ant, Inc. CE

Tech. 5th Gr. George Botu . . . liberated from Stalag 11-B,

son, Harry Gilbert Jr, live at | Greencastle, The 22-year-old sol- | dier has been overseas since April, [1944, with the infantry of the 5th army. He entered service in Janulary, 1943.

Pfc. James Close . killed

on Cebu island.

NN : Wounded April 4, on Okinawa, ° Pfc. Wilfried H., Smolenski, son of = Mr. and Mrs. Horst P. Smolenski, |

Pfc. James M. Button, grandson | of Mrs, Nancy A. Knott, 324 8. Vine st.,, was wounded in April in Italy

ering at a hospital in the Marianas.| The 21-year-old infantryman was“ fighting with the 96th division and|

| previously took part in the Leyte |

‘and is'in a hospital in that country. He is 19 and is the son of Mr.

G. L.;

campaign. He has been overseas] since last July and has earned the| combat infantry badge. yo A graduate of Shortridge high] school, Pfc. Smolenski was attend- | 3 Zo ing Butler university before he en- | i tered the army two years ago. + + |HONORED— 2 an Four local men with the 151st Pfc. William H. Goode, husband tion in North Africa. Sicily and on | infantry medical detachment on of Mrs. Helen M. Goode, 1517 8. the Anzio beachhead as well as in| Zon have been awarded the medMoreland st., was wounded April 14,| northern Italy as-a member of an | ical badge for service with a comin Germany while fighting with an armored signal corps unit of the bat unit. They are T. 5th Gr. Alonso infantry regiment of the 76th divi-|5th army. — er C. Morgan, 1020 Oliver st; T. 3d sion, 3d army. Im service since Mareh 15, 1041, | GF. Lynn Nash, 1219 Ewing st.; T. Now improving at a field hospital, he was employed by fhe Herff- 5th Gr. Roy A. Romane, 352 BuPvt. Goode, who is 27, has been| jones Co. until that time. Tech-|Cchanan st, and T. 4th Gr. Andrew overseas six months and holds the ‘nician Phillips is 26, and a graduate E. Pierce, nu 52 su ? combat infantry badge. He is a of Technical high school. His pur-| _ former employee of the Marmon- | ple heart has been received 3 his! Four more Indianapolis men have Herrington Co. Inc, and entered mother. rearned the air medal. They are service last April. Pvt. Goode pre-| s » Capt. Walter H. Carroll, 2320 N. viously lived in Kentucky. | ' ‘Wounded April 15, for the second Itlbot st.; 2d Lt. Edgar L. Johnson, He is the father of five children, time in Germany, Pfc. Jewell E. 1812 N Capitol ave; 2d Lt. George Betty Jean, Dorothy Lee, Robert Johnson, son of Mrs. Alberta John-|A:* Weber, 1233 Wade st, and 2d Phillip, Mary Phyllis and Billy, |son, 2601 N. Temple ave. is now in Lt. George T. Rochford, 210 8. Sixth my . . . aonl at wl® hospital in that country. Fo Beech Grove. v : ruck. by shrapnel April 19, Pfc. Johnson holds the purple] Italy, 8. Sgt. Wayne E. Crim, hus- heart for his first wounds receiveq| Lb James W. Hutchison, who is

band ‘of Mrs. Doris A. Crim, and March 19. The 20-year-old infan- >t ''L8 with _a * fighter . control son of Mr. ahd Mrs. Carl Crim; tryman is'a former employee of the Squadron of the 14th aif fore ! * “Flying Tigers” in China, has been

2726 N. LaSalle st, is now improv- New York Central railroad. He has! ing in a hospital in Italy. “served overseas 21 months, | Yarden he rN, a Tor i Holder of the purple heart and | 0 ope

8 g 8 » combat infantry badge, Sgt. Crim| Sgt. William T. O’Brien Jr., hold- Sion

was fighting with the 11th armored er of the combat infantryman’s! Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W.

ic | : | Hutchison, 37 E. 32d st., Lt. Hutchiinfantry division of the 5th army badge and ‘the presidential unit | oo contributed much to the 14th

when hit. He has been overseas on | citation, has received the purple | his second tour of duty -since July. | heart for slight wounds received ! air foree operations when the Jap H : : (columns made their southward drive e previously served 11 months in recently in Germany. | al the Hankow-Canton railw Iceland during 1943. eo | along lhe Mankow Lan'on ay

: Son of Mr. and Mrs. William T.| i ) 22- - ier i cal. O’ ! |to capture the allied air force's The year-old soldier is a grad- O'Brien Sr., 490 S. Luett st, he Is | po t Chi ! d

and Mrs. Rred Button of Cambridge City. Pvt. Button entered the army in" June and went overseas in December.

S. Sgt. A. Earl Christensen . killed in Germany.

uate of Technical high school. Both |20 and a graduate of Ben Davis | : he and his brother, S. Sgt. Donald high school. He reecently Yous | OVeTIaNd supply Toute. Es Crim were national guardsmen, en- promoted to sergeant. A former Griffin tering active duty in January, 1941. Railway Express employee, he en- La -. Shitles & 8090 a

They served together in Iceland. tered service April 3, 1943, and went | ware st. has been: decorated with

Donald, . however, is now at Pt. overseas in July, 1044. the. brome. ‘star for meritorions Bene. ® 8&2 ow Wounded At 1, Italy, Cpl. achievement in military operations . Veteran of 28 months combat at Aitape, New Guinea, from Oct. 10, 1044, to ‘Dec. 25, 1044, and in

{ Harry Gilbert Wainscott, son of duty, T. 5th Gr. Denford O. Phi. | Harty Wainscott, 1225 Spann ave, the Philippines from Jan. 9, 1945 to April, 1945. :

im Son an Denford Phillips, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, 1322 orwaldo, was wounded April| N. Olney st., is now recovering’in a 22 in Italy, and now is improving in | hospital in that country. Sgt. Griffin, wift is 31, is a top » hospital n that country. His wife, Mrs. Wanda Louise (l(SmER ab Sef. tChcATMIES echnician Phillips has seen ac-! Wainscott, and their 20- - 3 an ¢ir 20-months-cld | py 1) ippines, he has been in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Munda,

Writer Found Germans Blue, [i Ss, oust ue

Fi | le d With Hatred for Reds New Guinea since he went over-

seas in May, 1043, Here is the fourth Installment in the prisoner-of-war diary of

He is the brother of Mark B. Griffin, manager of Loew's PropUnited Press War Correspondent Edward W. Beattie Jr. who was liberated last week. .

erties, and was on the state and county planning boards. He also was a precinct committeeman for the 13tth precinct, eighth ward. » ” .

T., Sgt. Tamar R. Ryan, route 27 Greencastle, has been awarded the air medal at his 9th air force bomber base in Belgium,

o 8 8 Cpl. Russell FP. Molden, route 1, Wil. kinson, has been awarded the oronze star

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE JR. United Press Staff Correspondent BAINS LES BAINS, France.—Arrived here 10 a. m. after a sevenhour trip from Bourbenne,"Lord alone knows what our average speed was -but I do know after the first hout and three-quarters we had Sally reached a signpost which put us seven kilometers outside Bournne. Everything goes wrong with these German convoys, is hopelessly antiquated — either] worn out German vehicles, which have been. rolling since’ the war

battalion on the Western front.

” The transport STATE— w { The war. department has anman who is not convinced Germany | nounced he ames of me following i i ’ inst | er servicemen on ay's offiStasted, French equipment built py ie Worlds on Ry Dulane Mpinst cial casualty lists: y eve op Since es or weak- |e the war, will sweep across the NAVY DEAD Has Th aa ee Stolen phine to the English channel Radioman 1-0 -Darryl Albert Grose, New fotented Tor php BE , Shas | through the British isles, and} NAVY WOUNDED . | eventually across the Atlantic. Marine Pfe. Frank Flak, North Terre the vehicles towing the other half | These.Germans think every Rus. Haute; Marine Pfc. Bobbie N. Walker,

| Sullivan. most of the time. \sian is an “eastern halfman,” or| ARMY DEAD-—-EUROPE There are constant breakdowns, “Asiatic subhuman” who destroys| Pvt. Curtis k ser, Greensburg; T. constant arguments along the road, | everything and that the Red army | Faust, Prantort; ‘Pre. William Eis. constant fear of air attack: leats the landscape bare like a Enslish: T. 4th Gr. D. Hart, ) | Washington; 8. Sgt. Eugene O. Hathaway, Guns Are Missing locust swarm as it passes:

{. Wayne; 1st Lt. Richard C. Kellar, TipThe cars go along smothered with Guards Pretty Blue

for action with an armored fleld artillery)

4the night. Some of them are very

ton; 1st Lt. Hulet Mack, Terre Haute. ARMY “DEAD=PACIFI tree branches for the convoy from re the air must look like a woods on the move.

There is a tremendous nimber of | roadblocks mostly consisting of big|

tree trunks notched together in log- Whether this produces the best sort tain, Otwell; Pte. Elmon E. Clark, Owens-

cabin style and filled in with Keulders. ‘But only rarely do we see the necessary eighty-eighits or other anti-tank guns to turn them into effective obstacles. | In fact, this whole battle group is armed in a very hit-or-miss fashion. - I've seen few tigers or panther tanks, only a handful of scout

cars, and almost no artillery of any!

description. How the German army ever managed to extricate itself at all beats me, The truth of ‘the matter obviously is that these men still are every fine soldiers and that they have had five years toughening and conditioning which taught them all the answers. ‘ Bitter at Communists I've had plenty of opportunity to talk to soldiers all evening and into

radical and told me Germany's plight is due to her leaders who should be shot for betraying the The same men, however, were. rabidly anti-Communist and_ in-

It almost seems as though the Germans had talked themselves into a fear of Russia so strong that their fighting troops panic at the thought of the Red army, and I wonder

of defensive resistance.

> HANNAH ¢

| {ert L. Tallman, Carbon:

8. Bgt. Delbert J. Dannenberg. Garrett; Pfe. Carlyle R. Fleming, Morocco; Pfe. Loren J. Hartley, Vincennes; Pvt. Virgil L. Smith, Franklin; Pvt. Daniel Tunick, Gary. ARMY WOUNDED-EUROPE Pfc. Robert J. Braden, Bluffton; Hugh C. Brewer, Gary;

Prt. . Glen B. Brit

ville; Cpl. Victor H. Cwiklinski, Gary; T. Sth Gr. Deloss J. Dager, Pt. Wayne; Pvt. { F. Bdwards, Bicknell; 8gt. Chan{ning D. Elson, New Haven; 8. gt. Fran {H. English, Lebanon; T. Sgt. James A. | Esterline, Ft. Wayne. Pfe. Anthony Foremski, Gary; Ple. {James M. Gill, Rosedale; Pfc. Marvin 8. Godfrey, South Bend; T. Sth Gr. Elmer PF | Henisa, Winchester; T. 4th Gr, Thaddeus | P. Jacobs, Gary;-Ple; James N. Jessup, Winchester; Pvt. Carl L. Johnson, Bick- { ; Bgt. Vernon B. Kellman, Dyer; Pfc. Norman T. Keller, Connersville; 8. ; Joe Ladika, Jasonville: T. Sth Gr. Julius |B Lens, Hammond; T. Sth Gr. Fred F. | Link, Pt. Wayne, , | “7, 5th Gr. Arnold .H. McClarney, Bvansville; Pfe. Oakley BR. Moench, Crown Point; | pte, Cipriano C. Mongaraz, Indiana HarBora *, “ihe | Foy s tages, n Thomas P. Stefanski, Jasonville; Pe. Wa Vandevender, Tipton; Sgt. Virgil B or) Bicknell; 1st Lt. Allan A. Wasmuth, rews 2 2

rs, Vevay; Pv.

Pvt, Edward Elmendorf, Evansville; T. Sth Gr. Bernard PF. Koekenberg, on; Pfe. Marion Koleft Jr, East Chicag

ward, Garrett, ARMY MISSING-EUROPE . \ | Cpl. Walter M. Adams, Shelbyville; Sgi.i Clarence J. Blastic, Whit : Pt, J. Cook, Montpelier; Pe. V L. Pranks, Pt. Wayne; c.. Walter B. Jenciewski, Pvt. Arthur Jones. ymond ©. r, Marion.

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When Shail Taxes Be Cut? |

Issue Pressing

‘By CHARLES T, LUCEY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 10. — A conflict appears in the making be- ° tween congress and the adminis- - tration as ‘to how quickly the government should move to reduce high wartime taxes. Fred M. Vin- : son, director of war mobilization and re¢c onver sion, says it's up to congress to decide about an | early tax cut, i but that it has been recom- 4 mended there be no general cut until after Japan is defeated. He said post-V-J day programs are planned to stimulate industry. ' But Senator George (D. Ga.), chairman of the senate finance committee and influential in congressional tax policy formulation, says he is worried about the effect on the national economy unless we arrange to cut high war taxes speedily. a The senator said he believed it would - be “unfortunate for the country” if there is no reduction for 1946 and that “we should face the problem quickly.” : s . . » . v SENATOR GEORGE says he has evidence of many businesses

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because they do hot know what kind of tax burden they will have to face. ; The need for energetic expansion of civilian business was in< dicated by Mr, Vinson's estimate, that unemployment may reach 2,500,000 persons in the next year. About 1,000,000 are out of work now. : . The war production board has begun lifting production controls in some industries and is expected to continue to lift them. : Mr. Vinson's office estimates 1,» 500,000 workers will lose their jobs in the next six months. A larger number than this will be out of war work, but will con. tirtue in the same jobs, producing for civilian consumption. Steelworkers now making steel for tanks, for example, would now make steel for civilian items. In the next year, it is estimated, more than 2,000,000 men will be demobilized from the army, and during the following six months, another 3,000,000 workers will lose FI

ber, public utilities and other ine dustriés now short of workers will provide jobs for most of those Josing them through war program cutbacks. Behind all this, it is pointed out, will be a “tremendous backlog of civilian needs and purchas~ ng power.” = Hence, it is reasoned, much of - the unemployment will be temporary and will not total more than 2% million a year (rom now.

We, the Women —— . Gossips Are . Unkind to ) Tao at. . War Widows By RUTH MILLETT SHE received word a few months’ ago that her husband had been killed in action. er x ‘She took the news with her chin up, determined to go about the business of living as normally as she could. N ow “they aresaying” that she took the news of her husbands death too well That, after all, she seems so little. changed, so she couldn't have loved him very much. Why do peo- - ple praise the courage of men in , battle and then turn around and condemn the young widows who are trying to face life with the same kind of courage? » » . WHY do people want to see these young widows of service. men make a show of their broken hearts? Ly Why expect a girl who has, perhaps, known only a few months of married life, followed by a year or two of separation, to sit back and mourn her husband’s death for years? After all, these women are young. And if some of them can adjust easily to the tragedy of be«

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