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SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1045

Hoosier Reporter

. WITH THE’ 25TH DIVISION AT BALETE PASS, Luzon (By, Wireless). —We jeeped northward through Manila, up’ crowded Rizal avenue with its hundreds of tiny shops and its sidewalks aswarm with Filipinos and sight-seeing soldiers and sailors. Out past the quaintly - beautiful Chinese cemetery with its pagodaed shrines, past thé Balintewok brewery in the city’s outskirts where conquering doughfoots paused in February to quench their thirst by the helmetfuls. And. on up the concrete high- . way, -between- rice fields, over the Meccano-like Bailey bridges and other bridges of timber that our engineers had installed alongside the misshapen wrecks of pre-war spans. We paused from time to time to let a carabao lumber across the road to his wallow, or to let an MP check our trip ticket, or to sit out a congestion caused by slow-moving Filipino vehicles drawn by undersized horses or plodding water buffalo.

In Lonely Grandeur WE VEERED to the right, eastward of Mount Arayat, which rears in lonely grandeur from the fertile plain. As darkness fell the rain started, gently at first but finally in torrential bucketfuls against which the jeep top was as useless as cheesecloth. I had my nylon poncho with me—yes, ladies, nylon; but I had wrapped my typewriter in it. So some three inches of rainfall had access to every square inch of me.

We came upon a stalled truckful of dripping sol- ;

diers, and gave them a tow, Three times their motor got started and we stopped to undo the tow rope, but three times their engine sputtered out again. After some miles it got going properly and we drove on unencumbered through the downpour, which by now was getting chill,

that conversation—when a soldier brought word that

- . By Lee G. Miller Finally we reached the division's rear echelon | neadquarters, where we wolfed some cheese, bread | and ‘coffee, got into dry underwear and hit the sack | in a comfortable, billet. | 5 Morning. Calisthenics | THE NEXT MORNING .we drove on to the ai- | vision command post and were getting settled in a ‘pyramidal tent when batteries of 155 mm. Long Toms | and 240 howitzers, emplaced almost within spitting | distance, began their morning calisthenics with blasts | that rippled the tent and convulsed my innards. -At the G2 tent, Lt. Col. Jay D. Vanderpool, who is| only 28 gave us the best briefing I'd ever had, #racing the progress of the division on an exellent relief | | map. Brig. Gen. James L. “Dusty” Dalton dropped by tor a talk. He turned out to be a West Point classmate and brother-in-law of my friend, Col. Dodd Starbird, who he believed was now with Gen. Patton. Gen, Dalton, who was assistant division commander, said he knew favorably Sgt. Bob Scripps, oldest son of the late Robert P. Scripps and grandson of the late BE. W. Scripps, founder of the ScrippsHoward newspapers for which I've worked since 1923. Gen, Dalton said Bob was up forward and I could see him later. (I had just finished writing this—three days after

a Jap sniper had killed Gen. Dalton, of whom more later), I went around to pay my respects to the division | commanding general, Ma). Gen, Charles L. Mullins Jr., a West Pointer whose wife lives in Losolivos, Cal. Gen. Mullins knew Ernie Pyle, That was years ago when Ernie and Jerry were tburing Central America and Mullins was establishing a military academy for Nicaragua. . Ernie wrote a piece about him. Months ago the general wrote to Ernie urging him to visit the Southwest Pacific. Ernie replied he would after spending some time with the navy.

By VICTOR PETERSON HIS is the season when teen-agers after four years of high school look forward to a new world. It is graduation time. To each it brings a different feeling. io More than symbolic are six’ who graduated in a simple ceremony last night. They achieved despite one of man's greatest handicaps. They are the graduates of the Inidana School for the Blind. ” » » GRADUA'BING were Elizabeth Jane Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Frank C. Butler, 1328 E. Vermont st.; Ruth Carey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Carey, Galveston; Sophie Rutkowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rutkowski, South Bend; Catharina Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Uhrincak, Gary;

| Robert G. Love, son of Mr. and

Mrs. George Love, Spencer, and O'Dell Taylor Jr, son of Mr. and Mrz. O'Dell Taylor, Muncie. / "8 8 LIKE other graduates, their feelings ate mixed but their outlook probably is a little more mature. Because of their handicaps, the graduating - age runs older, 20 through 22.

— THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum gmk ze oe, ie

HERBERT D. FORD of Chicago, American Airlines executive, ran into all sorts of confusion in attempting to get a hotel room here the other evening. A reservation in Mr. Ford's name was made in advance at the Hotel Washington by Frank Bod-

well, the local American Airlines manager. In the evening Mr. Bodwell took Mr, Ford over to the hotel. The clerk asked! “But where's Mr. Lines?” “Mr; Lines?” asked Mr Ford, puzzled. “Never heard of him.” “Well, said the clerk, “I've got you and Mr. Lines down for a double room.” Mr. _Ford looked at the hotel register and under his name-—H- D. Ford— was written—A. A. Lines. A different clerk had taken the reservation and ‘under the name had written ‘the abbreviation for American Airlines— A.A. Lines—and (he second clerk had assigned “them” a double room. “What'll I do?” moaned the clerk. “I can't assign just one person to a double room And there's not a single room left in the hotel. Can't

other: “Naughty Marietta.” Marietta, why can't you be nice like Annie? . .. (A publicity release received by the papers announces that a feature: of the Indianapolis Choir Directors’ association meeting tonight will be a singing of anthems by Fred Holler.

Odds and Ends

SOME WISENHEIMER sends in a clipping from Tuesday's column underlining the word “inferred” and suggesting the word I should have used was “implied.” Signing himself—or maybe herself— “a former admirer,” the writer adds: “If you "can't

handle ’em, don't touch em.” Meaning, of course, “two dollar words.” Okay, former admirer. You're right about the word. But if you know so much,

why are you wasting your time on this. column? |

Slumming? . . . Note to Mrs. P. J. Higi: right. May 8 was V-E day.- And May 7 .was Ken- | enedy-day. . Note to Mrs. Charles Rupert: You' re | right, too. I the name on that tank out at River-| side park is spelled “Eisenhauer” it's misspelled. Tl name is “Eisenhower.” ~ Ther: Indianapolis Speedway races this year, but ar won't

in uniform, neither can. the:

women. But all expressed a burning desire to do something for their country in-itime of war. Most want to get“at least a temporary job in war plants. » - ” “I AM. sure that there must be some ‘type of work as an inspector that I could do. A lot of it can be done by touch,” Miss Butler said. An accomplished voice student, she also was president of the Philomathean society and editor of the paper. 5 “Right now I want to work A

You’ re| a war plant,” said Miss Carey. *

BRITAIN WILLING

time I want. to he a telephone

ing get important ‘calls through now wouid be a big kelp to our ” A student of piano, she was assistant editor paper and vice president of the

Martin would like war work for the summer and if possible continue her schooling in her home town at Gary City college. is president of the Paper club, Indiana Newswriters association. “Anything T can do to help,” is the way Miss ‘Rutkowski put her feelings to her country.

DARK VICTORY: BLIND SCHOOL. PUPILS GRADUATE.

Handicap Won't Keep Them From War Work

time I would ltke to teach English and history.” She was president of the Horizon club and executive committee chairman of the Paper club. ” » 5 * “I'VE ALWAYS wanted to be a farmer,” Mr. Love: said. “I guess my country needs food as much as anything else.” He wag vice president of the Senior Athletic association and ohe of the school’s best carpenters. Mr.- Taylor is the man _that school organizations trusted with their money. He was treasurer of the Senior Athletic association and the Paper club.

As to the future, he is unde.

SSEN of Minnend the reciprocal ‘we must explode op production in preempt our own 5 as we develop

you just sign the register—H. D. Ford and wife?” The quick thinking Mr. Ford was too smart for that. “What—and have someone see it and tell my wife? I should say not.” Finally the problem was solved by having Mr. Bodwell sign the register for the other bed.

he minds of genn party had been iff. entury,” he wrote, {inley, Taft and ependence of the 1g modification of agreements.” 1g debated in the

Hugs and Kisses CHARLES F. MURPHY anived home from work at the Inland Container Corp. one evening this week and was met in the “driveway by his wife. She greeted him. with hugs and kisses. At dinner, she waited on -him like a slave. . “How come?” Mr. Murphy kept asking. “What is this—my birthday, payday or what?” Finally Mrs, Murphy broke down and told him. In the mail that day she had received

a letter from a man in Lawrenceburg, Ind. offering his deepest. sympathy on “the death of your: husband.” The letter wus intended for another Mrs. Murphy whose husband unfortunately had died. But Charlie's wife was so: thankful it wasn't Chaylie that he's been receiving kingly service ever since. . . Mrs. Paul Blak: and Mrs. Gene Kassebaum of the Hoosier Gardener .shop out in Broad Ripple received a letter the other day that proves our " postal workers would make good detectives. The

plant she liked but couldn't get in Texas, was ad-

dressed: “Flower shop across the street Irom .Dr. and numerous. la- Hutson, dentist, Broad Ripple, Ind.” . . . The “gals’ ork. in Loew's current double hilling go from one extreme

to. the other. One film is “Gentle Annie.” The

SHORTLY AFTER American airpower had demonstrated its swelling superiority and capacity to overwhelm Jap island-based air forces, we began toying with the {ded of attempting to picture the expedients upon which Jap war lords could rely to stave off eventual defeat in the air over Japan, It is the American task forces, built around our carriers, which have brought the war right up over Japan, » Obviously, the carrier is the heart of a task force—the roost for the winged weapons that are depriving Japan of control of the sea and the air over her home-

ich will have little department is reS. Truman, about a 1an of the senats ated “a clear. and elations policy for and administered f the dozen or so

ted

man chose to reerkins, and install o have preferred a or department is $s in mind. nization of labor as the President vers for “suitable

). luck. He resigned accept a lifetime his native state of bor attorney, and

prime targets upon which Japan must concentrate. Our forces are well aware of the mettle of the Japanese fighting man. Giving the devil his due, the Jap demonstrated from the outset that he is not a pushover, The word surrender is not in his vocabulary.

the war, a pro. ited and overlaping up. The labor oint where it has

tion service, wage standards, bureau pau and women's

Robomb Stirs Speculation

EVENTUALLY this meant that our task forces would encounter crash-diving attacks The Jap would willingly pay the cost of the suicide loss of pilots. The robomb of the Nazis stimulated speculation as

My Day

HYDE PARK, Friday.—-1I was. amused the other day to be sent an editorial from a paper published in the southwestern part of the country, which claimed that there was no more reason for backing thefair employment of people regardless of race, color or religion than there would be fo back a bill insisting that people be employed regardless of whether they were union members or not. It seems to me that this is a very peculiar attitude. It shows a lack of understanding of the reasons why we have unions and _.of why it is possible to insist that people in certain industries shall Join a union before they are em-

Jepartment ' are such major missicn, war labor ard, fair employ 1g and re-employ« ational mediation 8,393 employees to

its own divisions wer ‘requirements: mmission operated g most of the war

epresented on the Shairmarni® Paul V, nission, 1s a memrepresentation on [ war mobilization /llian war agency, aign, Thomas =. ged “our labor re- > been smothered , commissions and s we have neither nt of labor today.”

— ployed. Unions were established for the protection of the workers « 1 Like all other organizations com-

posed of human beings, unions sometimes go wrong: but Ba: the objective for which unions exist still ‘stands. AE esngata under which eertain employers employ members are entered Into after negotiay tions between the union and the employer, - +: Pie I know that in certain unions the fees demanded ing forward to the re too high, and practices sometimes arise which or of We sprig} Hes In hee aw ands, Onder But the remedy

try can get some ere’ll be more and

letter, from a woman in Texas wishing to order a

lands. Also, our carriers are the «

vie ere won stop the Indianapolis Press club from holding 70 SOFTEN VETO

traditional race eve party.

of past races

Wilbur Shaw and, Mauri Rose. Brass -Rail saloon at, Henderson, Kv.” Okay,

on a business trip

Please Remit! CHARLES HOLDAWAY, SKD. 2-¢ a motor torpedo boat squadron in the Philippine area,

was surprised one day this month to open his mail | and find in it a dun for a little over $5 tepresenting | | tation of that formula—especially taxes eaessed for the three months he was stationed | where- and when the big power veto

I's set for Tuesday evening. -And the program will include motion pictures | Harry Hartz and Pop Myers will be there to add to the Speedway atmosphere, and some other notables have been invited, including | . One of my agents- | at-large messages hack that “Finis Tapp runs the Frank; but how did you discover that? I thought you were

MANILA, May 26 (U. P.).—Savage fighting raged today on TaBut U. S. ad Russia Will rakan island off Borneo.

\ Trapped Japanese troops counterNot Agree to It. By R. H.. SHACKFORD

United Press Staft Correspondent | SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.— Great Britain sought Big Four con- in the central hills of the island.

{ { heads of allied soldiers.

he conquest. of Tarakan was currence today in a proposal to] T y P All the island's

¢, serving with was meeting resistance from Soviet|Mmajor installations were in allied

| soften the Yalta voting formula buy | Virtually complete.

| Russia and the United States. | hands. : Big Four inability to agree on But the mopping-up of the re-

in Fall River, Mass. He sat right down and wrote would apply—was delaying United | troops.

letter to the deputy collector of taxes, explaining | Nations conference progress on the he has been in the Pacific the last year, and had | last major issue. been unaware a three-month residence in Fall] “Inasmuch as the notice was dated Jan. 31 and I received it! May 1, I realize I should be in jail by now. The only | of June. available currency I now hold is the invasion money |

River would be liable to tax. He added: of the Japanese government.

cents American money.

to he remitted to this address with my Feceipted bill.” He hasn't rgceived the 65 cents.

By Maj. Al Williams

to what mechanics would enable the Japs lo use special investigating commission,

crewless robombs for crash-drives,

Since the Japs do not have this robomb now it is|tinuance”. of a dispute is “likely” safe'to assume they won't. have them in time to stave to endanger world ‘peace.

off disaster.

Herein you will find |the other big powers against re-| 12 pesos to cover the cost of my tax, demand warrant | vision of the wording of the Yalta and arrest. The pesos are the equivalent of one peso | voting formula. But Britain alone if Philippine money which in turn is equal to 50 |among the big powers is willing to Therefore, you are being |soften the effect of the veto overpaid to the extent of 65 cents, which I request | {through a liberal interpretation ot

In the counter-attacks, one Japa-

It threatened to ‘prolong the con- | ference beyond the tentative ad-| journment target—the first week!

riors of centuries ago.

Great Britain stands firmly with troops below.

| quarters reported naval units and

island. | the - formula.

l. The British would like to - see

[attacked with spears. They rolied | artillery shells down hills on the

The Japanese were compressed

ow to put in writing an interpre- | maining Japanese troops was turn-|

In another action, Jap soldiers| (lifted heavy .75 millimeter shells, was locked in a“stiff fight with Jap- | then dropped tH®m like giant gre-|anese troops entrenched in caves in |nades down steep hills on allied the rough country near the junction |vision jumped off from the south lof the Marikina and Bosoboso | bank of the Asato river in northern

Neha yesterday for the climactic

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head- | rivers.

Japs Charge With Spears In Desperate Stand on Tarakan IN U S. HANDS

Tokyo yesterday reported a SW] allied attack under cover of a naval!

shore bombardment Hf In the Philippines

‘gains on the east coast of Luzon. Guerrillas—now fighting as. the

Philippine army—took Infanta, 44

native troops took the lead in fighting to liberate] their homeland by scoring notable]

Symbolic of high school graduating classes the state over are these six who have overcome one of the greatest of handicaps. With heads held high, members of the class of '45, Indiana School for the Blind, are ready to face the world. They are (left to right) Robert G. Love, Ruth Carey, Elizabeth Butler, ' Sophie Rutkowski, Catharina Martin and O'Dell Taylor Jr.

cided, ‘except that temporarily ‘he wants to work and work hard | in some war plant. ingenuity ‘it takes the better I'll | like it,” |

he said. =» » »

E. M. DILL, superintendent of the Indiana Boys’ sg¢hool, Plainfield, spoke on “Learning and Living.” Broad Ripple Methodist church, delivered - the

The Rev. W. E. Gillett,

invocation and

benediction. School Principal A. T. Dishinger presented the diplomas.

These six, know well thie mean-

ing of their class.motto:

“Constant Work Leads to-Suc-

cess.”

SIXTH OF NAMA

Signs Indicate Japs May

Be Abandoning Capital.

By WILLIAM F. TYREE

United Press Staff Correspondent

GUAM, May 26.—U. S. marines

miles east of Manila, and nearby captured a sixth of Naha, shell-

Misua. The entire Dinahican peninsula was in their hands. In nerthern- Luzon the 32d di-

vision broke through a strong Japanese pocket on the Villa-Verde trail | anese appeared to be abandoning | ing into one of the dirtiest jobs|and crashed within three miles of the city for a final stand to the | faced yet by Dutch and Australian! Santa Fe.

| brandishing spears like the war-|Japanese at the average of 100 al | east

| day.

To their south, the 36th division

!shattered capital of Okinawa—in {a 500=yard advance today. A front dispatch. said the Jap-

{death in’ the fortified inland city The 43d division—mopping up in|of Shuri. the Ipo dam sector northeast of] ‘nese force charged allied lines) Manila—reported it was still killing | ments out of Naha east and northtoward = Shuri have been | sighted.

Considerable enemy troop niove- ?

Reinforcements in Action Elements of the 6th marine di-

On Mindanao, the 24th division | assault.

| planes were thrown into the effort! jcaptured the last of six airfields 'to wipe the last Japanese from the originally held by ‘the enemy in the yards from both Naha harbor and the mouth of the Asato. Reinforcements of men; supplies! and a considerable number of tanks | were pouring --across, four Asato!

Davao sector.

fusee Sis vals stage by 0k so 900 Conciente Objeclors

determined by simple majority vote. ONE: Decision fo" “investigate” | a dispute—short of setting up al

| WASHINGTON, May 26 (U, P.). | TWO: Determination that * 'cOn- | _Discharge of conscientious objec-|

| tors under a point system was de{layed in deference to public opinion, |

EE: Decision to “call upon” | selective service officials said today. |

But it seems inevitable that the automatic control [parties to settle their dispute by | Selective service announced yes-

of robombs will be developed. The. materials and the | peaceful means.

technical knowledge are lying all around us.

Automatic Radio Signal YOU WILL REMEMBER that the Nazi robombs depended for target accuracy ‘upon setting automatic flight controls prior to launching. About one in every!

dozen robombs was equipped with an automatic radio |

signal. These radio signals enabled the Nazis to chart the exact position of a robomb at any period in its flight, |

| ment that they must fulfill.

| terday the points under which about Committed to Plan 900 cut of some 8300 objectors in 113! The United States and Russia | camps and other projects will be

(oppose such “weakening” of the!gischarged during the next year. formula. Some of the U. S. dele-| [ike members of the army and

cates, however, do .not like the ayy conscientious objectors enter | voting formula any more than.the| oovernment service under the seBritish but consider it a commit- [1gative service law. They can legally |

be held for the duration and six They also are concerned about | ,nonths afterward.

|U. 8. senate reaction if this coun- In camps and special projects—

and particularly of the spot where it made contact | try’ s ability to veto security council | ggministered mostly by religious

on enemy land. In this way they could make correc- | action is weakened.

tions for cross, head, or tail winds. Seapower targets for robombs are ships huge, steel | structures.

robombs used in such work with electronic devices]

(or some modification of radar), which automatically will correct the robomb’s course and steer it directly | at one of these steel targets. This type of target-seeking weapon for use in sea’ and air warfare can and will be produced. And when | the weapon makes its appearance, the current type, of seapower fleet, built around carriers, will be as obsolete as the old type of seapower built around the battieship and scrapped at Pearl Harbor by airpower.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

of government you havé to use your franchise, and use it fearlessly, to be free and to have the kind of government that vou desire. The same holds good in a4 union organization. I have always felt that the closed shop was debatable, but I have never felt that the desirability of joining a union was debatable. There are plenty of associations of employers. Evidently they ‘feel there is something valuable to be derived from group associations. Since that.is the case, it seems 10 me quite plain that there are advantages to be derived from the worker in forming associations. The last part of the editorial sent to me suggests -that there is something un- -American in employing anyone whe is not a ~native~born citizen, and that a native-born American citizen. sHould get a job ahead of any foreign-born person, regardless of qualifications and without being a union member. Apparently, this editorial writer would have us ignore the fact that an industry may happen to have an agreement with a union requiring that a worker shall"be a member of the union. In-.war

- work, besides, it is very rare for anyone who ‘is not

an, American citizen to pe employed. If he is “it must be because he is really needed and has been carefully checked. Yet I thing this,question, in any event, was simply raised as a red herring to confuse people about the real issue of Whether finions are, valuable to the workers or not. °

Obviously, someone is going to equip|be given a trial.

|the council or to prevent thorough |in valuable medical experiments

| agencies with overall selective serv. China doesn’t like it either but|jce yyje—these men who refuse to ‘thinks the . Yalta formula should | {bear arms have done forestry, soil

| conservation, farm and mental hosThe U. S. position is that no na- | | pital work,

tion by itself should be able %0| A number have engaged in fightprevent a dispute being brought to! {ing fires by parachute or taken part as council discussion of it. But the|gyinea Rigs. | U.S. believes the big powers should | a— — have a veto over further steps. iE ‘Answer by Monday ® HAN NNAH- < of Several drafts of the Big Four position on this delicate question | | have been made. It will, when com- | {pleted, be an answer to the 22! questions on the -voting' formula, | posed early this week by the ‘little nations. | The Big Four's answer probably | will not be ready before Monday. That means that the conference committee cannot begin work on the voting formula until Tuesday at | the earliest. It has pending 30-odd | proposed ‘amendments to be. de-| bated. Original plans were to com- | plete committee action by today. There {s likelihood of early completion of the other major unfinished issues—trusteeships and powers of the assembly,

LY-HANNAH CLUB TO, LEAD SERVICE

Business and professional women of the Ly-Hanhah club will lead the services at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at the . Volunteers of America, chapel. | The visiting gospel team will be led in the services by the club. president, Miss Helen French, and ‘Miss Eileen Small, devotional con. ductor. Mrs. Thelma Collins of tne

WISH Berean hour will. chiltge of the the muste. - a

{the Order. Gen. MacArthur also setved as commander-in<chief in|

Will Be Released in Year

| Officials said the number of C. Os being let out in the | months was directly proportional to | the . number of men being dis-| | charged on points from the total {armed forces. This is in line with; a decision to follow “the army's demobilization plan “in as many respects as possible.” The anouncement statéd it was expected the first men would be discharged during. August. [It was explained that there were two reasons for the delay. Army discharges began May 12. One reason was that the armys point system had to be known before selective service could figure out its point system for C. Os. Changes in the army plan were necessary since objectors had not served overseas or been in combat.

The other reason for delay, selec- |

tive - service officials said, was because they thought it would look bad for objectors to be getting home before or even at the sarhe time G.1's who had been in combat arrived. ’

LILY RE-ELECTED BY LOYAL LEGION

The annual meeting of the In-

| diana Commandery of the Military

Order of the Loyal Legion was held

last night at Foster hall, with 70

members in attendance.

At the business meeting Josiah K Lilly . was re-elected commander; James W. Fesler as senior vice com- | mander and Frank H. Henley as | recorder. George L. Clark was| | elected junior vice commander and | Reily G. Adams as treasurer.

next 12|

| kurian,

At last reports, they were: 800

bridges toward the heart of Naha. The Japanese pounded the ad- | vancing marines with 75-millimeter | artillery fire from the south shore | of Naha harbor, perhaps to cover | their own withdrawal to Shuri. The | rubble- heaped streets of Naha were mined.’ Heavy rains and deep mud stalled | the 1st marine, T7th infantry and 96th infantry divisions in their frontal attacks on the inland fort ress of Shuri, central anchor of the | Okinawa line. The Tth army division advancing south along the east coast below Yonabaru also was slowed by mud and rain.

800 Casualties a Day

A Pacific, fleet communique. dis- | closed that Americans were being killed or wounded at the rate of more than 800 a day on Okinawa and in supporting fleet operations during the five days ended Thurs- | ‘day. Casualties for “the first 54 days of the campaign had reached 35,116

that date, an increase .of 4590

for the period ended May 18. A t breakdown showed 9602 killed or missing and 25,514 wounded. A big force .of enemy suicide planes attacked the American fleet installations ! ashore Thursday night and Friday They damaged 11 light Americas naval units, one of them heavily, but lost 111 planes to American guns and aircraft in the effort. i

Okinawa and

INDIANAPOLIS GIRLS HEAD BUTLER GROUP

Miss Betty Jane Haessler and | Miss Carolyn Coxen of Indianapolis | are the new presidents of PhiloButler university literary | | society, for the first and second | semesters, respectively. Other first semester officers are|

Friend, Gen. Douglas MacArthur.”

"He fold of his friendship and per-

| secretary, and Dorothy Clarke of] | Kokomo, treasurer. Serving during

{sonal contacts with the famous |), second term will be Ethelda

| general and pointed out that both!

‘Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Wain-

were honor commanders-in-chief of

1912.

{ Keiter, vice president; Jeanne Sut.

! retar: Bett a wright, as well as Commander Lilly, | 30m, Secretaly. and Bet y. Hearne

urer, all of Indianapolis, ,

OE. 8. TO ENTERTAIN

«Prospect Chapter No. 452, O.'E. §,,

Chaplain Samuel O. Dungan con-| will -entertain Grand Worthy Ma{ducted a memorial service for com- tron Helen Bonbrake at a dinner at

panions lost in service,”

guests of Commander Lily at a din- | Leppert - mer, at Poster Ba - ! Hartson,

Preceding [6:30 p. m. Monday, Initiation cerethe meeting the members were | monies

follow at 8 p. m. Emma

“And the more |

"Party Line Change Factor In N.Y. Politics

By FRED W. PERKINS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer NEW © YORK, May 26.—The imminent swing of American Communists back to a ‘revolutionary policy against our brand of capitalism is more important *

in this metropolis than in any 3 i

part of the. country — but there are distinct implications - affecting national . politics. The importance here is the relatively large number of Soviet fol« lowers .and their control of the American Labor party, which can easily serve as the balance of power in New York City and state elec tions. The national importance comes from the fact that as long as the Communist-dominated A. L. P. can swing New York state in contests between the Democrats and Republicans, it can have much to say in electing presi dents -as well as senators froth this state and congressmen from the metropolitan district.

5 ” ” * THE COMMUNISTS gained political responsibility throigh =a combination of the German war, in which ‘Russia was our ally, with Earl Browder’s recent poliey of playing along with more cone servative political elements. They made an alliance with Sidney Hillman and thus became a power in the C. I. O, Political Action Committee. Mr, ° Hillman -is. state chairman of the American Labor party. The difficulties of Mr. Hillman in maintaining this alliance are obvious now and will become more marked as the Browder followers suffer another convulsion in their party line. He cannot play along with the -revolutionists and still - support the Truman administration, on which the influence of the C. 1. O, depends. The prediction here is that the Communists’ first move will be to - assert their leadership of the American Labor party, meaning that the C. 1. O.-P. A. C. ‘chaiyman will have to break this affiliation if he wants to keep his national political organisstiog | in favor at Washington. » ” 2 C.1.O.-P. A.C. LEADERS are busily conferring in their 42d st. “headquarters, surveying. the extent of gamage from the Com munist velopment to their - movement which was credited with having a large part in the fourth election of the late Pregie dent Roosevelt. Mr. Hillman, although aeccepting Communist help in the activ ities of C. I. 0.-P. A. C, is not regarded as wedded to the Soviet ideology. He had much to do with creating the World Trade Union Congress, in which the C. I. O. represents American labor, and the Russians are in a position that is at least influential.

‘The American Federation of Labor has repeatedly condemned this new world movement, alleging in formal language that the real aim is to use labor unions in this country and throughout the world as a transmission belt for the totalitarian ideas of the Soviet “dictatorship of the proletariat.”

We, the Women

Soldiers Must Expect to Find Wives Change

By RUTH MILLETT “THOSE MEN just want ta come back to what they left. They'll want their wives and mothers to act exactly as they acted before they went overseas, The things they hope for most is that nothing will be different.”... The Red Cross worker whi returned after three months over- 2 seas to offer’ : NS war wives that Rr advice probab- » ly only meant ; { to be reassur- A

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5 2. B® + BUT HER assumption, that if they don't make any special ef. fort to be different, service wives will “act exactly as they acted before their husbands wént overs seas” shows that v “ile she may know what has ‘been happening to servicemen, she doesn't know what has been happening to their wives back home. They just aren't the same pers sons they were two or three or four years ago. Some of the clinging vines, sweet and appealing when they «lad a man to lean on and make their decisions for them, went to pieces when they foupd theme selves completely on their own, K.8 AND SOME of the others bee came sb well adjusted when forced to get along without their husbands, they have become quite self-reliant and wouldn't for anything in the world go back to being a clinging vine.. Women whose husbands never wanted them to work, have often found. real satisfaction in the right job. Many others, vied to their leisure’ with their Dnt |