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THE STATE department of commerce and public relations has been combing the city- for a recording of “On the Banks of the Wabash,” Indiana's state song. A musically-minded fellow in New York seems to want the record for a collection of songs of every state in the union, At least a dozen music shops downtown and several neighborhood dealers have been contacted. But ‘each time—no luck.” As a last resort, they're writing the Decca and Victor record-makers. They want to find out if at least a few of our local dealers can be supplied with their own state song. + «+ « The men folks are getting

quite a kick oyt of slipping in

the back way to reach Ayres’ tearoom for luneh. One of our agents told us he no longer has to wait around with a bunch of gossiping women before he gets a chance to eat. The secret entrance is through the auditorium and then into thé back doors of the tearoom. , , . In case you're wondering whether the wooden shoes in Marott's are for sale, the answer is no. Mrs. Willard Gray, 302 N. State ave, decided she'd offer the hand-carved slippers for display. Like other shoes in the window oase, they're not rationed,

. Of Mules and Men

MRS. A. E. McCONNELL, president of the Pacific Prisoners of War society, has been called upon to do a lot of unusual jobs in. her connection with servicemen’s families. But she never-dreamed she'd bé asked to service a refrigerator. At the Officers’ Wives club social meeting the other night in the Lincoln hotel she was joking about how cool it was to fish cokes out ofa tub of ice. Later she remarked that all she needed was a refrigerator to cool off in. The next morning the phone rang at the McConnell home. A pleasant woman's voice said. “I would like to have by refrigerator serviced this Thinking .it was one of the.club members playing a joke, Mrs. McConnell said, “Why, 1 think that would be. very nice.” She continued. to lead her “customer” on. The club prexy finally de-

Kill’ Em, Count ’

MANILA, July 30—Many thousands of Japanese

~ soldiers have been killed on Luzon since the first of

the month when the Philippines campaign was write

. ten off the books as officially. closed. . The 38th (Indiana) division, commanded by dap-

per, aggressive Maj. Gen. William C. Chase, alone has accounted for 4320 enemy dead since July 1. The division had but three men killed in action and 13 wounded

during that

time, The 38th is “fighting -in-east« ern Luzon and one day last week killed 155 Nips, who attempted to make a stand in the Santa Inez Malabito area. Five days ago the division encountered a poeket of re- : sistance near Infanta and killed 300 of the enemy, mostly poorly-armed naval personnel. Gen. Chase, whose division has killed 24,325 Japanese during the entire Luzon campaign, always concludes his talks to. new troops with a slogan he

Gen. W, C. Chase

Aviation

NEW YORK, July 30.—A fleet of 72%-ton cargo planes, each capable of carrying more than 30,000 pounds of cargo at lofige range, is being rushed through production by the navy to speed badlyneeded supplies to the Pacific war front, it was disclosed today. They reépresented.the navy’'s order of sometime ago for a score of huge Martin Mars transports, designated by navy as JRB’s. But something new has been added. First, the new ships will total 21; tons greater than the original Martin Mars, the world's largest seaplane, will carry more than 8,000 pounds more payload and are stronger and faster. Secondly, a streamlined cargo-handling system has been devised by the naval sir transport service which speeds up loading and re-loading ot huge cargoes to a point where hours are saved. The system is bound to play an important part in handling of air cargo in post-war days.

Fast Loading

ONE HOUR ONLY is required to load 30,000 pounds of all kinds of cargo and only a half hour is required for unloading the same amount. It 1s estimated that only two hours are required for complete checking of 30,000 pounds of cargo, containing

‘My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday.—The sweep of the British Labor party in+Great Britain seems to have come as 8 great surprise to some of my friends, and yet, months go, I heard discussion of the trend in Great Britain toward the new ideas which are represented more fully today by the British

Labor party than by the consery-

ative and liberal parties, Anyone knowing many “young people has had a sense for some time that if this did not happen in this: election because of the af-: fection and respect which everyone felt for the former prime min.

Inside Indianapolis

cided her caller’ wasn't joking. The woman had called CH-2834, Mrs. McConnell'’s number, which is also the street number of Durham's Refrigeration and Appliance Service on E. 16th st. . . . Speaking of strange requests, the information desk at Ayres’ has its share. Recently a weman inquired, “Where can I find men’s mules?” “Do you mean men’s bedroom slippers?” the desk attendant asked. | “No, I mean men’s mules,” the customer insisted. Maybe we're a little behind on the latest thing in the male wardrobe. . . . One of the clerks at Block's jewelry counter was puzzled when a shopper asked for” adolescent beads. What the girl really wanted was iridescent beads—those pretty ' rainbowcolored neck ornaments,

Luncheon Off With Bang

THE INDIANAPOLIS Junior Chamber of Com‘merce luncheon program started off with a bang last week. R. J. Kryter, treasurer of the EsterlineAngus Co., had no sooner begun to speak than C-R-A-S-H went a whole tray of ice cream dishes on the floor. Mr. Kryter looked at the waiter who dropped them and then remarked, “At our house it costs the children a nickle for getting a spot on the tablecloth. I wonder what that will cost?” Pvt, Joyce Dean, who became Mrs. James E.

‘Lunsford, last Wednesday, got all the sympathy from

one of the passengers on a homeward-bound train recently. Joyce, who is serving with the marines at Camp LeJeune, N. C., had been taking advantage of all, the July sunshine, She had practically baked her back, arms and face. When she was ready to come home here for the wedding, she was in the “peeling” stage. Her face was a spotty brown in places. After thoroughly looking her over, the train passenger asked if sie were a WAVE and if she had been in the South Pacific. When Joyce said no to both questions, the woman exclaimed: “Why, isn't that Jungle Rot you have on your face?” Joyce explained that Old Sol had just'given her an overdose of sun. .- The city’s heat wave was about getting us down when we saw this one. A woman dressed in a heavy winter bathrobe was standing at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington sts. ‘ Maybe she was having trouble getting her laundry done.

Em By Gerald Thorp

adopted early in the campaign: “Kill 'Em and Count Em.” .

May Ration Japs

IN RECENT WEEKS, he has solemnly warned his men that it may become necessary to ration the remaining enemy soldiers and allow patrols to kill only a specified number daily. “If we don't do that,” the general explains, “we won't have any Nips left for the training of replacements.” To avoid errors in counting enemy dead, Gen. Chase a few days ago began sending “referees” with some guerrilla units fighting with the 38th. He adopted this unique technique after receiving complaints. that some. of. the. native warriors. were counting too fast and too often.

Abandoned Dead

THE 32D DIVISION, fighting in northern Luzon, two days ago found 266 Jap bodies along highway 11, The déad were in a single hospital area a few hundred yards from the highway. Most of them appeared to have suffered battle wounds and had

- been abandoned to die by their fleeing countrymen,

‘The 6th division, cleaning out enemy remnants in the Cordillera mountains of northern Luzon, met the stiffest resistance yesterday that it had encountered since the fall of Kiangan. Elements of the division stormed a Jap-held ridge and succeeded in splitting the enemy forces which then fled into the mountains West of highway 4.

Cops; 1945, by The Aoaianapens Times and The Chicago Daily News,

By Max B. Conk

several thousand items, from trucks onto the flats which elevate it to a uniform height for loading. Through the plan, centralized location control is assured over every single cargo item along the entire route from the United States to the. destination in the far Pacific. The cargo is segregated by destination, priority and bulk and placed on the plane with regard to convenient access and critical balance. Special non-stretch nets with eyelets at corners are swung into the plane through a cargo hoist built{ into the vast wing. Three men outside and two}: within the plane can do the entife job, .

Attending School

NAVAL OFFICERS now are attending an air transport school at the Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, and learning how to apply the cargo loading system on a mass scale. The plan was developed directly through experience gained in handling cargo transported over the Pacific for months by the huge prototype Mars.

United Airlines employee, who served for two years on a PBM Mariner. When assigned as transport officer at Alameda, Cal, he obtained new experience in loading and unloading the Mars. He immediately ted improved methods of handling which ‘now ve been put into effect. First of the new fleet, the Hawali Mars, was launched at Baltimore, July 21, and soon will be flying the Pacific.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

He was re-elected to parliament. But even if he had not been, his place ifi the hearts of the people of Great Britain is safe for all time, No one in the British Empire—nor in the United States, for that matter——who heard his brave words after Dunkirk, will ever feel anything but the deepest respect and gratitude and affection for Churchill, the man and the war leader. I am sure that In many ways he ‘is tired, like the other men who' carried the great burdens of the past few years, and he will be glad fo lay those burdens down, But no citizen of Great Britain, no citizen of. the United States, will really want to stop working in the public service until the war is finally over, and I know that Mr. Churchill will give of his best

unl that day comes...

Britain as to the handling pe the k the possible attitude of the governmen fascist government of Spain, The defeat of Mr. Churchill's party is not in any

‘way a defeat for Mr. Churchill as an individual.

reorganization for peace is probably going to T ‘briag many situations which none of us of the older

generation would really want to meet, since we know that it is the foung people who have to live and work Whate new conditions are created. Long ago Mr. Churchill told me, and I am sure it was not a confidence, that he only wanted to stay in office until the war was won and the men were home and | knew that: they had decént houses in which to "I am sure that he will be able to work to schieve the final part of his desire, Just as he has achieved the winning of the war. To his successor, Prime Minister Attlee, everyone in this country who realizes what responsibilities rest upon his shoulders will wish courage, wisdom and the support of the Phople whom he serves.

Police Break Up Snake-Charming Services:

ST. CHARLES, Va. July 30 (U. P.). — Four big mountain rattlesnakes were hidden away by theHoliness Faith Healers sect today from state police, who broke

| up .a Sunday snake-charming _ ritual in the Virginia hills,

The police killed four other" snakes as .they waded into a whirling mass of Holiness Healers

[Nha Swing the sigh. Dolionous ‘heads, .

“One member of the sect touched ° Out came &’big rattler. It ‘was his. lips. to the forked tongue of a

clubbed to death.

The Indianapolis Times

- SECOND SECTION

MONDAY, JULY 30, 1945

THE NEW B-32 (A Sunday Punch- Is Tossed at Bomb- Groggy Nips)

Tailor- Made for War on Japan

By MAX B. COOK Scripps-Howard Aviation Editor ™

bomber, the Consolidated Vultee B-82, just announced in action against the Japs, is an airman’s answer to what is needed to complete the job of leveling enemy cities, fac-

tions in the Pacific.

MERICA’S newest giant -

tories and military installa- |

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B-32's 100,000 pounds of .gross weight carries a new threat of added bomb load and extremely long range. And, despite its size, it can land on fairly small runways on the Pacific islands, ‘and can take off after a remarkably short run when. one considers its yeight » IT INCORPORATES the combined pilot, crew and engineering experience obtained from months of bombing in the Pacific and is aimed to do a special job. For instance, its cabin is not pressurized, the crew utilizing oxygen at all times at high altitudess 7 Remote control of ifs machine guns and cannon has been eliminated, the gunners directing defensive fire individually. When landing, the B-32's two inboard propellers are reversed as air brakes, through pressing a b n, greatly reducing its landing run and relieving pressure on its tremendous brakes. " t . IT'S A sky giant, but so beautifully streamlined that, head-on, it offers a remarkably small target to attackers. Its tremendously high tail which rises 32 feet 2 inches, in taxi position, gives it added maneuverability and stabiilty. The B-32 is a high- wing, longrange, _ high-speed . bombardment monoplane. It is powered with four 2200-horsepower, 18-clyinder Wright Cyclone engines of air-cooled, double-row radial type. Its “low drag” Davis wing is 135 feet from tip to tip. Its cylindrical, all-metal semi-monocoque fuselage is 83 feet one inch, in length. For comparison, Consolidated’s famed B-24 Liberator is slightly more than 66 feet long and its wing spread measures only 110 feet. 3 #” » » . THERE are two independent sets of flaps and the ailerons are provided with trim tabs operated by electric motors, A cigar-shaped oD lage has a tront and aft cabin § with a double bomb bay in tandem in the center. A metal, narrow catwalk along the lower center of the bomb bays connects the cabins and enables a crew member to release easily any bombs which might become stuck in; the bomb : bays during the “bombs away” action. Two exhaust-driven, automat ically regulater turbosuperchargers supply compressed air to each engine's carburetors. § - » E ” THE ENGINES turn the largest diameter propellers ever installed

“lon. any production airplane—18 feet

8 inch, Curtiss electric reversible pitch propellers, four blades to an engine, assembled in the Indianapolis plant. Retractable tricycle landing gear with dual wheels and a retractable hydraulic strut for a tail bumper

Bb | support its great weight in landidea came from Lt. (j.g.) Douglas U. Stark, former}

ings. “ Pifty-six-inch wheels which re-

provide the main landing gear. The nose wheels are 39 inches in diameter and operate on a 360-degree swivel. . » »

CABIN heat and internal heat for the leading edges of the wing and tail to prevent ice forming in provided by four primary heat exchangers in the engine nacelles and two secondary exchangers in the fuselage. Empty weight of the B-32 is 60,272 pounds. A crew of eight men

‘adds about 1600 pounds and the

remainder of the 100,000 poundsplus is taken up with fuel and bomb load. The “X” (experimental) model has beén flown with a gross weight

i rnment specifications. It has highest wing loading of any bomber—84.6 pounds per square

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tract ‘into inboard nacelle wells

of 120,000 pounds, 20 per cent above |

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more than 300 miles per hour, the §

foot. More than 36,900 feet of elec~ trical wiring are required.

» » . ONE OF the most vitally important features of the new B-32 is the combination of automatic multi-en-gine synchronization and reverse thrust propellers. A Curtiss automatic synchronizer provides constant speed control for each of the B-32's four engines by alternating the propeller blade angles, thus maintaining accurate synchronization. of all - engines through various flight conditions. A single contro] does the job. Without the automatic synchronization, it would be necessary to manually adjust a separate control for each engine to maintain synchronization of engines and propellers throughout the flight. A secret flight at San Diego on Sept. 7, 1942, only nine months after Pearl . Harbor, marked the first flight testing of the XB-32 Within a year, two other experimental planes were completed.

# t J = ENGINEERS, in discussing the abandonment of remote control gun tifrets “and of “pressiifizéd cabins; stated that individual gun turrets are considered the best for tHE type

ekpected to be engaged. Cabin pressurization was abolished to conservé weight and provide added fuel and bomb load. A new type of metal skin also saved many hundreds of pounds weight. It is estimated that these three moves have - saved approximately 5000 pounds—two and one-half tons for added bomb load. Combat experience in the Pacific has -caused hundreds of vital changes ‘to be made in the B-32 during construction. Unlike: other bombers, modifications are being made in the factory instead of in modification plants scattered about the country. s » » BECAUSE combat experience has shown that ofttimes planes delivered to operating bases could not go: into action through lack of repair parts, many shipments of spare B-32 parts already have been sent to Pacific air bases in preparation. Actual work on the first XB-32 was begun late in 1941. The first two XB-32 models wee twin-tailed like the famed B-24 Liberator. The XB:32 No. 3 was provided with a single tail, tallest of any in the air.

of combat in which the Plane is en

After V-J Day?

FT. WORTH, Tex. July 30. —Consolidated Vultee’'s new big B-32 bomber may have its peacetime sistership for passenger transportation just as the huge C-97 Boeing imo be the peacetime counterpart of. the B-29 .Superfortress. Plant officials, asked what might be contemplated for peacetime, said that “something of the sort was being | considered.” They added: “It is perfectly possible that we may use the B-32 fuselage as a base on which to develop a spacious, fast and powerful peacetime passenger plane.”

three experimental models at San Diego, the entire B-32 project was transferred to Ft. Worth in the fall of 1942, , » » ” CONVAIR engineering employment representatives were compelled to recruit scores of engineers from 40 states, from Utah to New York, and from Florida to Minnesota. In addition, 200 prospective eering graduates of colleges hired. In November, 1943, 827 engineers of various types were at work. : Upwards of 30,000 employees—almost one-third them women-—— are on the production line. The first order of 300 planes from Pt. Worth later was increased and additional orders given the San Diego Convair plant. » ” ” TO HELP speed production, the San Diego plant tugns out parts for the plane’s fuselage, part of which are shipped to Ft. Worth. Ft Worth sends complete wing assemblies to San Diego for use there. Two other Convair divisions, Vultee Field at Downey, Cal, and Stinson at Wayne, Mich., provide San Diego and Ft. Worth with power plants, auxiliaries and rudders, respectively. The Chicago plant of the Dodge Motor Co. supplies the B-32's Wright Cyclone engines. While the schedule cannot be revealed, Convair officials say, “We will produce as many as the air force wants.” One hundred B-32’s are equal to approximately 300 of the famed B-24 Liberators or B-17 Flying

Following completion of the first

By WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M.D. Drowning deaths result from ut focation, You may save a life this summer if you know how to give artificial respiration. . When the victim has been brought out of the water, start your artificial respiration at once and have some one go for a physician. Schaefer prone pressure method is recommended. Lay the victim om his stomach with one arm extended directly overhead and the other one bent at the elbow. Turn the face outward and rest it on the flexed forearm or hand, so that the nose and mouth are free to breathe. . KNEEL and straddle the patient's

hip bones that you can place the palms of your hands on the small of the back with the fingers. resting

lowest rib. Keep the thumbs parallel to the fingers. ” » » WITH your arms held straight, bend slowly down so that the weight of your body rests on the patient. Do not bend your elbows. This movement should be done smoothly as its purpose is to’ expel the air from the chest. This backward and forward cycle should be repeated 12 to 15 times a minute, which is about normal

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under him and over him, and do not change his position until he has been breathing freely for some time. Never give an unconscious patient anything to drink. Continue t6 watch your patient after his respiration has started as it may stop again, and artificial respiration must be resumed; Keep your position over his thighs so that you can start again,

» » ” DON'T be afraid to ask for relief if you grow tired. I know it would be nice to get credit for doing it all by yourself,

but remember the patient is the one who should have first consideration.

First flight picture of Consolidated Vultee’s newest sky giant—the B-32 superbomber. One of the major characteristics of the B-32, now rolling off assembly lines at Convair's Ft. Worth division in quantity production, is its 32-foot high tail surface, which gives the plane greater stability and maneuverability than that achieved on any other bomber of comparable size.

HIGHLY specialized, capable crews are being developed. Pilots are being given 50 hours of flying time and must have at least 1000 hours of four-engine time before being assigned to the B-32. An entriely new type of ground training has been instituted for the B-32's crews by the A. A. F. training command under Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount. The pilot is known as the commander, and the co-pilot is listed as the pilot. The airplane commander, in addition to serving as first pilot, holds a command post and is responsible for the crew as well -as the airplane just as the captain of a ship is responsible for the ship and everyone aboard. The co-pilot servés as an assitant to the airplane commander as sort of an executive officer. He must be prepared at all times to assume command.

» - » A THIRD man, the flight engineer, is responsible for “engineering”~the airplane from base to target and back through cruise plan-

chief. He is seated between the commander and pilot in the control cabin, where the instruments are centered. The three men undergo the same ground school courses. Equipment includes mobile training units of cutaway engines, fuel and hydraulic system models, plexiglass models of planes, -turbosuperchargers, weight and balance charts and oxygen. " A 72-hour cotirse involves engines; electrical” hydraulics, pre-flight maintenance, and operation. Visual training: aids give the students in a few hours what textbooks would require months to supply. ” ” » THE FT. WORTH plant is the world's largest integrated aircraft plant. Tt excéeds in size its nearest competitor by more than 1,000,000 square feet of floor space. It houses the world’s largest straight assem bly line and industrial air conditioning system. ‘One building is almost a mile long and more than équals the area of reight city blocks. The plant and grounds cover more than 400 acres with more than 8,000,000 square feet of paved working space.

require enough fiber glass to stuff

the walls of 500,000 average-size homes. .

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Here's What To Do In a Drowning Case

Save a Life This Summer

SWIMMING accidents usually result from carelessness, Never enter the water when you are overheated, or shortly after a meal, o No one has satisfactorily explained why drowning is more apt to occur under these conditions, but

it does -and you had better take their word for it.

SPONSOR CARD PARTY

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Locomotive Engineers 552 will sponsor

la card party at 1:30 p. m. Thurs-

day at the Foodcraft- Shop. - Mrs. | Walter Titus is chairman.

WILLIE and JOE—By Mauldin

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Insulation in the plant buildings

Truman a i Square Break For Veterans

erans wanting jobs “will have no very serious trouble”; that he expects employers to be co-operative in_rehiring vet erans, and that ere is gove ernment machinery to force une willing employers to rehire, Mr. Truman referred’ apparents ly to section 8 of the selective service law, which is interpreted by Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey to mean thas an honorably discharged veteran is entitled to ‘his old job back without qualification. This hag not been accepted by either the American Federation of Labor or

» KNOTTY PROBLEMS are arise ing under it, for instance:

believe they should be barred from jobs" in General Motors bee cause of prewar Setey rules.” ” GENERAL MOTORS has proe posed to the C. I. O. United A

w—eWe, the Women Returning G. I. To Find Good Living at Home

By RUTH MILLETT HERE'S good news for G. I. Joss

Some of the concern over his °

future welfare has understands

two-room apartment, comfortable enough to make him forget the discomforts and regie _ mentation of army life. One decorator, with G. 1. Joe's | comfort in mind, is telling wives the living room ought to be built around a piece of furniture as comfortable as a day bed or couch, with books and a radio within easy reach. Here a tired husband can rest when he gets home from a hard day at the office. This same decorator is rooting for twin chests in the bedroom § that the man who has been

crowd his clothes into the bottomy drawer of a dresser—which is ute