Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1945 — Page 11

I Inside Indianapolis

» turbine engineer out at the Allison plant, to-live this * one down. He played in 'a softball game the other day

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at the Allison engineers’ picnic at Northern Beach, Someone hit a fly ball to the outfield and he was ¢ running like the dickens. to catch the thing: All at once he looked down and there he was, headed straight for a mud puddle. He tried to stop but couldn't. He sat right down in. the middle. Never did find out whether he caught the hall. , ., If you get passed up by a trackless trolley this fall, maybe it won't be the operator's fault. Marmon-Herrington Co., which before the war specialized in making trucks, now is going to manufacture trolleys. This fall one of their new products will cover the city on a trial run, It won't pick up passengers, though. . . . Still another report about the cotton and the flies. Bob

p Stranahan, Times sports writer, counted the people

on the Millersville bus route who were using cotton on their screen doors to scare away the pests. On one side of the street he counted 45 doors dotted with cotton, On the other side he got up to 22. They seem to go in bunches, Bob says. If one side of a double has the cotton, the other side does, too. Then _ there are two or three who aren't using the white scarecrow at all. And the size of cotton varies, too, : Some of them use pieces about as big as the flies | themselves, Others seem to prefer long strips, a foot or more in length,

Woodruff Coach House Going

i WOODRUFF PLACE’'S earliest landmark is just about gone, It's the coach house of the original Woodruff house on West and Cross drives. Contractors are in the last stages of the tear-down process now. The Woodruff house was the first home built XN in the town of Woodruff Place back in about 1872. It was razed nine years ago. Mr.and Mrs, Orville F, Shattuck, owners of the property, decided the old house was just too big to be of any use. Mrs. Shattuck's aunt, Mrs. M. P. Hussey, has owned the place for 40 years. It was three stories high and the rooms were immense. Many of its furnishings were imported. The window frames were of mahogany and ‘ the panes were of plate glass from France. The plumbing fixtures were silver-plated and the old gas lighting fixtures were cut-glass, But the old landmark's accessories aren't going to be entirely destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck are using the white pine wood from the coach house for the frame of

Spain Woos G.I.’s

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 29. — Completely

+ cqmquered, or at least seduced, by a combination ot Spanish hospitality and sights, the American army, or parts thereof, has gone back to Biarritz across the border in France to extol what this beautiful seaside city has to offer.

It may be too much to expect G. I’s on such short notice to realize that there are other aspects of Spain, but they were overwhelmed on. their week-end visit, This first contingent of American military tourists—26 men and officers in uniform, accompanied by several civilian professors from the Biarritz American university— came at the invitation of the ® Duke and Duchess of Nemours. They arrived at 11 a. m. and by the time they departed had gone through a round that included: A stupendous meal at the luxurious Continental Palace hotel, Chantillery ice cream, excellent wine and cognac, the best local bullfight of the season, a time at the magnificent beach and the sight of thousands of welldressed and exceedingly comely Spanish debutantes on their summer vacations. “Biarritz isn’t anything to be sneezed at, but this is better,” said one-soldier. Here's plenty to buy and .the people are the friendliest I've seen in Europe.” others (at Biarritz). hear shout, this... breaking - their necks “tu come-ever tr ..

Everybody Friendly . “THIS IS the nearest thing to home I've seen in Europe,” said a third, Asked to explain, he sald, “Well, the people are friendly and everybody is well ' dressed and there are things to buy in the stores and here you can live normally.” . A fourth soldier agreed: “I like the Spaniards from what I've seen,” he said. “They're the first people we met in Europe who have treated me like a friend.” He was a veteran of the French, Belgium and German campaigns. Without doing anything more than act the part of genial hosts, Spanish aristocrats had arranged a

Aviation

NOW THAT we've vented our pent-up emotions on the Harnessing of atomic energy for destructive purposes, it is high time we checked the excitement before it becomes an emotional binge.

We are told that the atomic bomb is small enough to be carried by a single-engined fighter, is equivalent in destructive force to 20,000 tons of TNT, or to the bomb load of about 2000 four-engined bombers. Realism induces us to project : new explosive against the fu" § ture and evaluate its practically. & ight off the bat we can assume, without the faintest fear of exaggeration, that this explosive will upset the whole of modern war machinery tactics as come pletely as gunpowder unhorsed the armored knight of old. - We had better quit daydreaming about atomic energy as a quick, cheap source of power. . After all, the first law of thermodynamics is still in force. This law says: “You never gét something out of anything that you haven't put into it.”

$25 Million a Thimblefull

TRUE, WE might be able to put a thimblefull of this atomic stuff into an auto and run the car for its entire life on this power. But, according to pres- | ent production standards, that thimblefull of atomic energy available for use would cost about 25 million dollars, In other words, we won't get anything out of it that we haven't put into it. And what we've put

My Day

NEW YORK, Tuesday~It is becoming Increasingly apparent each day that more assistance is needed for veterans—especially disabled veterans— in job placement and the development of business opportunities. The educational reconditioning program which functions in convalescent hospitals is already much curtailed because of lack of funds. It will apparently be even more curtailed, since the agency "authorized by congress to handle this important function, I*am told, has not been voted the necessary appropriation to carry on their work. -No alternate service in any other agency has been appointed to do this work. As a result, more ~ than 800 offices to which the veterans should have access for consultation on job finding and adjust ment problems may be scheduled to close “unless by executive order, or prompt congressional approval, they are given the power to function. The servicemen themselves, as long as they remain in the service, canndbt write to their senators and congressmen, for that is against army regulations. But friend} or relatives who know that the

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Woodruff Place’s earliest landmarks . .. the original Woodruff House and coach house.

their new brick home ih the 5200 block of Central ave, They saved the two rose windows over the buffet from the old house, too. One of these windows, framed in walnut, will be used ig the hall of their new - home.. Another coveted reminder of the old Woodruff landmark is the gold-leafed horse that was the weather vane on the coach house, But in tearing down the stable, the horse fell apart. The Shattucks hope to have it welded, though, and perhaps use it on their garage.

\ Cereus Fulfills Promise FOR SEVEN YEARS Mrs. Harold Barr, 240 Villa ave, has been waiting for her night-hlooming cereus to blossom. And Monday night was the night. The plant, sometimes called the Star of Bethlehem, had white flowers. But this morning the bud was closed up again. All the neighbors came over to see the long-awaited event, During the evening about 27 or 30 had stopped in the Barr home. Mrs. Barr got the cereus from her mother, Mrs. C. L. Milam, of Sullivan, Ill. , , . Mrs, Estel Keown, 917 Chadwick, is proud as can be of her Plymouth Rock hen. The young hen, only five months and four days old, laid her first egg Sunday. Various hatcheries tell us that tHe chickens start laying when they're about five and a half or six months old. . . . Several wives of Atkins employees were discussing union problems the other night when one popped up with, “Why doesn’t Atkins have open house?” She was a little confused. She meant closed shop.

By Leigh White

visit that sent a goodly number of enchanted emissaries back to Biarritz to tell and show their 5000 G. 1. companions what a wonderful place this is. San Sebastian is Spain's swankiest summer resort, swarms with the Spanish equivalent of the Kennebunkport, Newport and Cape Cod sets. Contrary to this writer's predictions the soldiers were not photographed by Spanish camera and newsreel men and the press made only passing reference to their visit to the bullfight. But the officers were given an official reception at the home of Baron de Benasque, civil governor of San Sebastian, attended by Gen. Pimentel, military governor. No restrictions were placed on the men’s activities, Two sergeants took 1000 feet of movie film to show to other students at the army’s Biarritz university and everybody took scores of still photographs.

Fun at the Bull Ring

THIS occasioned their only complaint since they could not buy anything in the stores. EXpensive as the things are here, the soldiers, accustomed to prices in France, found everything surprisingly cheap and abundant. At the bull ring the soldiers were loudly cheered by 20,000 spectators when a trio of matadors dedicated the bulls they were about to kill to the American army. Only one untoward incident occurred. During the second ovation in their honor, a spectator, apparently a Falangist, stood up and said, “Down with the Amer_dcans, I am still pro-German.” His remark, which # WAS Not even Heard, and still less Grderstood, by the

—=ARerican.seldiers-elpesty 579d, a riot, Hundreds of “= spectators—-denocunced the offender in-~the angriest

tones and when the man insisted on his right to be pro-German, a policeman found it necessary to shut him up. Most of the G. 1s sooner or later left their seats and went down to watch the bullfight from behind the barrier. Asked what he thought of bullfighting, one Amer-| can medical officer said, “It is my first and last bullfight. ‘I can't stand the sight of so much blood.” Most of the soldiers agreed, however, that though they liked football better, a bullfight is a thrilling spectacle that they would like to know more about.

Midway Rout Turned Tide

Of the War

Third of a Series

By NED BROOKS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

ASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — The battle of the Coral sea had removed the . immediate threat to Australia. The Japs’ rout at Midway a month later saved Hawaii. It was a turning point of the war. There had been a lull after the

Coral sea engagement of May 4-8, 1942, The enemy had withdrawn, presumably to reorganize for ane other strike. Where it would be, the navy could only guess. The Japs knew our carriers were in the South Pacific. The Lexington and Yorktown had been at Coral sea. The Enterprise and Hornet had arrived too late to join them there. The Japs, it was believed, were unaware that the Lexington had been sunk. Our navy still was fighting a defensive war. With its strength massed in the South Pacific, it- was considered probable that the enemy would strike in another direction. » ” n

AFTER some deliberation, the navy decided to establish defensive positions in the central and North Pacific. The Enterprise and Hornet were recalled from the south; the Yorktown, wounded at Coral sea, was made ready. On June 3 the Japs struck at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. It may have been a diversionary action to draw support away from Midway; more probably it was to cover the occupation of Kiska and Attu. For the Midway stfike the Japs had assembled one of the mighti=est armadas ever to set out—five carriers, four battleships, nine or 10 heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, 30 to 35 destroyers, eight to 12 transports, four to six cargo vessels, 8 = =» AGAINST these were to be arrayed two U. S. task forces consisting of three carriers, seven heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, 14 destroyers, and 20-odd submarines. Hawaii had been in danger since Pearl Harbor, The Japs had shelled Midway, at the sxivgne upner end

without attempting a landing. Their failure to follow through until six months later, when Midway was stronger, is one of the war's mysteries. The navy had assumed correctly that any new strike at Hawaii would be initiated at Midway, s - #n

REPORTS of the enemy fleet's approach were flashed to Midway on the morning of June 3. While the ships were still more than 400 miles away, nine B-17s of Midway's mea-

By Maj. Al Williams

into it is 25 millién dollars in materials, processing | and manpower effort. : : Competent scientists tell us that the reported) radiation of deadly rays as a result on the atomic bomb explosion is pure nonsense. | There is no question but that the atomic is the most powerful source of energy ever discovered by man, And apparently the basic principle, of the atomic bomb disintegration, is the result of a heat intensity hitherto believed impossible. Obviously the atomic bomb means the end of all known protective structures, which thus far have been able to-avdid elimination by orthodox explosives.

Blast in Sea. Would Crush Ships

BUT WHAT of the warships, of all sizes, in- atomic | bomb warfare? Can man build any hull of any known metal to withstand the shock of atomic force? Water is about 18,000 times more dense than -air. This means that the explosion of an atomic bomb in the sea will crush the hulls of warships for miles around. And if we cannot build warships which will remain afloat within miles of where an atomic bomb has been exploded, we won't build them at all. And if we don't, how will we wage warfare from a base on one continent against an enemy on another? Obviously we will have to fly the atomic explosive to its target in bombers or robombs. And since every way takes up where the last left off, we know we are going to do this job in pilotless robombs. And as far as our refusing to tell our secrets to other nations, let's quit wishful thinking because we cannot prevent other men from: imijating our scien tific progress in the development of atomic destruc tive energy any more than we've been able to monopolize any of our other secrets of war machinery,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

congressmen and senators, ‘pointing out that the sudden end of the war is going to make this situa« tion extremely critical, especially for the disabled veterans. There are going to be many civilians, out of Jobs in war plants, seeking new jobs. There will be many discharged veterans, with new skills acquired during the war, looking for new jobs or trying to fit into their old ones again. The disabled veteran, at best, will have education for some special type of job; but he must find out where that job exists, and it is not going to be easy for him to move from place to place; . Even if he stays in one city, moving from factory to factory or employment agency to employment agency will be difficult. Therefore, if you-have an interest in getting increased services made available to Jhe men as they leave our military branches, write

In New York state certdin private agencies, like the New York State Masonic Grand Lodge, are providing funds to supply this deficiency, and the state itself is doing something to help. But in some other states, comparable assistance is not provided either ‘by state or private agencies. : Many a woman who did not work before the war may be forced to do so’ if the men returning from

ger air force joined the attack, smashing at two cruisers and a transport. At dusk four torpedo planes took off in the first night attack on surface ships, reporting on their return that they had hit one or two transports or cargo . ships. The Japs were up early the next morning. By 5 o'clock they had launched planes for attacks on Sand and Eastern Islands of ~the Midway group, although up to then U. 8. scouts had been unable to locate carriers. - » ” » FIFTY-ODD Aichi bombers and 50 Zero fighters formed the attack force. By 6 o'clock every plane on Midway able to leave the ground had taken the air. Marine fighters met the invaders at sea and as the Japs came over their formations were rugged from losses. At 6:30 the first Jap bombs fell crippling a powerhouse, demolishing a hangar, firing oil tanks but avoiding the airfield runways. The

Japs wanted them later,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1945

The marines paid heavily, After every strike at the bombers, pilots had to shake from one to five Zeros off their tails. Fifteen of the 27 marine fighters went down in the first 45-minute fight, seven others were damaged. But they brought down 47 Jap planes, with ack-ack accounting for 10 more, o " » BY THE time land and carrier scouts had located three of the carriers and their supporting force,

most of Midway's fighters, bombers and torpedo planes had been lost or disabled. For practical purposes, the Jap force was still intact. But the Japs still had to deal with our carriers. By 7 o'clock the Hornet had launched 35 scout bombers, 15 torpedo planes, 10 fighters. At 8:30 the Enterprise put up a similar force. The Yorktown's power was held temporarily: in reserve. y The carrier attack had been timed to bring the bombers and torpedo planes over the formation. at the same time, but the Jap ships had turned north instead of continuing toward Midway. The bombers came in two or three minutes late and the torpetio planes took the blow. All of the Hornet's 15 were shot down, one by one, as they encountered murderous ack-ack fire and

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fighter opposition. The Enterprise lost 11 of its 15. » . » THE torpedo attack had forced the Jap carriers, now numbering four, to maneuver into a position from which they could not launch their planes. The bombers sailed in and when the fight was over the carriers Akagi, Kagu and Soryu had been sunk, two battleships had been set afire, another had been damaged and a light cruiser hit and probably sunk. Of the carriers, only the Hiryu had escaped to avenge the slaughter. Its victim was the Yorktown. The counter-strike came just after noon on the following day, June 4. EJ s » THE Yorktown had been damaged in the Coral sea when her, sister

ship, the Lexington, was lost. Against the Yorktown, in the first seven-minute assault, the Japs sent a formation of dive bombers and torpedo planes. Not one of the . attackers escaped and the Yorktown's first damage was not serious, In two hours the Jips were back. This time two torpedoes hit the Yorktown amidships. Again the attackers were shot down but the carrier had been mortally wounded. Again retribution was swift. An Enterprise squadron scored six hits on the attacking Hiryu, turning her into a mass of flames. Planes from the Hornet blasted a battleship and a cruiser. And from Midway late in the day came a reinforced air group to blast at the remnants of the armada. » » »

AS IN the Coral sea, the naval battle had been decided without an exchange of shots by surface ships. The Japs’ air power had taken a crippling blow and for two more days planes from the Enterprise and Hornet pounded at the retreating armada. The Yorktown had been abandoned with the destroyers Hughes and Hammann standing nearby Two days later the Hughes rescued two wounded men who had been

Bath Towels No Longer Limited

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (U. P.). —From now on bath towels can take in all the territory they can cover, The war production board yesterday removed all wartime cone trols on production of bath towels of all sizes and weights for civilian use.

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Her number is up. A Jap _cruisier of the Nagami class is badly shattered

pulled away from the darkened carrier. Also picked up was a fighter pilot found paddling in his rubber boat. Late on June 6 a lurking Jap submarine launched her torpedoes at the Yorktown and the destroyers. The Hammann buckled, sank like a stone. The carrier remained afloat until early the next morning, when she disappeared with her battle flags still flying. #»

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THE JAP disaster marked the end of the defensive stage of the Pacific war and from that time our navy was able to launch a limited offensive in combination with continued defensive operations. The Japs had lost four carriers, including 275 planes, two and probably three of their battleships had been damaged, one seriously, two heavy cruisers had been sunk and three others damaged, three destroyers had been sunk and four transports and cargo ships hit. Personnel losses were about 4800. Against this, our navy had lost the Yorktown and the Hammann, about 150 planes, 52 officers, 215 men. From the Battle of Midway, Rear Adm. Frank J. Fletcher drew a conclusion. : “The side which is able to strike the first blow against carriers whose planes are on board wins.”

TOMORROW: Guadalcanal.

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We Knew Odds

By RUTH MILLETT THE ODDS against getting a steak dinner in a restaurant or hotel are 400-to-1. - Carl Roessler of the American Hotel association says so. Now that puts dining out on & sporting basis. If a couple goes out in J search of a steak dinner, knowing they are bucking the crowds and putting up with slow service on a 400-to-1 shot, it might make for an exciting evening. Much more exciting than., those disappointing times they started out with high hopes for a satisfying meal and came home to raid the ice box. Wouldn't it help if we had odds on all kinds of shortages these days? For instance: The odds against finding the kids summer pajamas. The odds against being able to buy a pair of sheer rayon stockings. The odds against finding Papa a pair of shorts or a white shirt.

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” » » THE ODDS against a dinner hostess’ coming through with real meat, instead of something fancy and non-filling whipped up in a casserole.

It would also help if we knew the odds against getting a seat on a train. The odds against finding a cleaning woman. Against getting a suit back from the cleaners on the day it was promised. We could even use the odds against finding a half pound of breakfast bacon. Or locating a pack of cigarets in a strange town. »

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advance we might save a lot of precious time, shoe leather, and strain on our naturally sweet dispositions by not bothering to

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things it might be easier along without. But if we did decide t