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Mtitude: Laid to to Delays in Sailing for Home.
least from the viewpoint of the American G. I.—have just about reached rock bottom. The G. lL-—frustrated by redeployment confusion and delays, confronted with exorbitant French prices—is sick and tired of France and everything French. This whole matter has reached a state of mass depressive mania. The G. I spends a month's pay for an evening away from his service clubs. He charges that the French are inhospitable and never invite him into their homes. He cannot understand why they do not repair their ruins faster and makes little effort to find out. Comparison He thinks that the French are stupid and dinty because they do 8 not speak English and because they scrounge for cigaret butts, But, take those Germans up in Bavaria, well now, there you've got something—so polite, so pleasant, so hospitable, He thinks that every French woman is a pickup. v : This is a generalized picture, to be sure, There are plenty of Americans in France who still remember the simple facts of acting id like gentlemen, but they are los: in the shuffle. One high-ranking officer, recently arrived from Washington, told me * that. he would not believe the "statd of demoralization among American troops in France, if he had not seen it himself. ’ He called it an impotency of spirit and morale which sets an absolutely new low.
Among the soldiers earmarked for home the chief gripe is not so much the way in which shipping space is being made available (or. not + available), but in the failure of the army to make any satisfactory or adequate mpt to explain the endless «lelays and confusion, Blame Politics They think that political ¢onnivance back home allows lower point favorites to get out ahead of them. o They cite specific instances to prove their point. The problem of redeployment has not been made clear to them. They are so homesick, so fed up with the army and everything connected with the army that they have lost their ability to separate rumor from fact. They sit about in staging areas, hating anything and everything around them. They just don’t give a care about anything except getting home. The result is obvious. American prestige in France right now is at a terrible stage. The French naturally want to see| the last of what amounts to an| occupation army. resent soldier rowdiness| and lack of consideration for, what they, the French, have been through, . They resent American cockiness about “winning the war for the Frogs.” They. try to be tolerant, but it’s a difficult job. Black Market Active Much can be said for both sides. ; Black market prices cannot be expected to increase the joy of a soldier forced to pay $20 for any
meal outside his service club or $15 & for a bottle of third-rate vin rouge. Nor can a Frenchman or Frenchwoman be’ expected to exude joy and light for visitors who act like| swaggering wolves. It is an altogether complicated and disturbing picture. The army is at fault for not stemming the tide of demoralization long ago. But how, the officers ask? . We have a throng of homesick lads who don’t care about anything Fr but getting back where they came h from. We cannot bottle them up tn pens and forbid them furloughs. It is a kind of vicious circle. The longer the average American soldier —and I repeat, average American soldier—stays in France, the more obnoxious he is becoming to the French, and vice versa. NB og Ve me i———————— KEEP POTATOES FRESH WASHINGTON—Clean potatoes, dipped in a diluted petroleum wax emulsion and dried, leaving a thin coating of wax on them, remain | ‘fresher, last longer.
IN INDIA
EVENTS TODAY Lveary association, convention, racy Trustees association, Indians Fire. Un association,
derwriters juncheon, n Hotel Washington, High T Twelve club, luncheon, 13:1 p. m., Washington.
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EVENTS TOMORROW lana Library association, convention, [otel Lincoln, Trustees association, Hotel Lincoln. Jewish War Veterans Sunilinty, luncheon, 12:30 p. m., Hotel Washington, MARRIAGE LICENSES Prancis oy iy 102 W, Arizona; Florence os, 213 2137 wi Y300 Naomi; Virginia Lou
Foster, Cordry, 31. E Maple cranes John Pedorka, 3 Atterbury, Ans Josephine Preta, a Port Ben.
rrison, K. Hall, 6410 E Svashingbon; Patricia Joan Christy, 103 8. Kitley, Arthur Charles oid Bho 3026 Carson; Lorene Stephens, 1330 Carroll- | Ben
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need because our suppliers won't make them at the OPA ceiling price.” “We're confused, We can't plan our production until the government announces a national policy on wages and prices.” “Labor is restless, It won't produce as efficiently as it once did.” ” " ” ONE industrial leader summed up the, trouble in these words: “We don't need to worry about reconverting our plants. We've got that problem licked. What we need is a reconversion of the mind.” Despite the uncertainty of the present, every industrialist we met was optimistic about the economic future of the nation. They were confident that the greatest peacetime production boom in the nation’s" history was at hand and that it could start rolling almost overnight if the restraining factors could be elim-
inated. They cited these favor- -
able factors: 1. The war left a legacy of the greatest industrial plant the nation has ever had. 2. New mass production techniques—a lot of them short-cuts —were learned during the war. 3. New kinds of products have been developed and older prod‘uets have been improved, " ”
ABOVE all industrialists generally were disturbed about the labor situation. Labor’s demands for higher wages at this time were particularly disconcerting, they sald, because the government continues to maintain what they consider a restrictive price policy. Without exception, the industry men say they could not grant any substantial wage raises with-
| out increasing prices.
Some of the manufacturers suggested that if labor would hold oft on its wage demands for a while— six montHs to a year—until a high production rate were achieved, then an upward pay adjustment could be made without strain. A high rate of output wolld reduce unit production costs, they pointed out, and make it possible to pay higher wages without increasing prices. ~ ” n IN MANY industrial centers, especially in the West and Midwest—with the exception of the Detroit area -— manufacturers claimed they were unable to recruit all the labor they needed. Some said they didn't know the answer to this. Others eontended that workers were “taking a vacation” after the arduous war work and were taking advantage of unemployment compensation. Still others said that workmen were “shopping around” for easier jobs. Although generally critical of the national administration for its failure to enunciate a wageprice policy more promptly, the industry men were universal in their praise of the government for its expeditious handling of the plant clearance problem. We found government equipment ind inventories in only a few plants and these were interfering only slightly with reconversion. # ” n HERE is a brief summary of reconversion as we saw it in some of the nation’s basic industries:
AUTOMOBILES—In the Detroit area, Ford, General Motors, Hudson and Packard were producing cars on a limited scale. Production rates
FLAW’ CITED IN CITY
BID REQUIREMENTS
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proved by the safety board on the recommendation of a special “citizens committee.” The recommendation was made two days after V-J day at a meeting not attended by City Council President John Schumacher, an exofficio member.
One of Nine Bids
The Kar-Park bid was one of nine received. Three, however, reached city hall after the bid deadline and were thrown out. Another was disqualified, Still another was on a type requiring motorists to turn a hand-knob. The citizens committee felt this was un. desirable,
NAPOLIS
William Perry Myss, Bessie Heinrichs, 1630 Deryle G. Harris, rt “Benjamin Harrison; Barbara Montgomery, 3021 Leslie
BIRTHS Girls At St, Francis—~Roland, Alice Fromer, At City—Harold, Jessie Rose Wehr. AL. ,Coleman—Harry, Georgia Hollings Oeorge, Rhea Rabe. AL Methogte ob Jane Baker: Charles, Jrene Eller; Bruce, Betty Fields; Sher ‘man, Jargusrite Morris, At St. Vincent's—Stanley, Helen' Lukasik Boys Atl City~B8edric, Hentiests Tallefer.
Min, Bacon;
At Methodist - se Ahmad Detothy | Ballara; Reginald, Bass; P Pred en Brant; ae Driight Godd y: ; Paul, Virginia Herrmann; Oscar, Elsie
Mitchell; James, Elizabeth Waide At Home—Howard, Inez Emerson, 0 N Bier; Grover, Bessie Graham, hy
DEATHS
Annie Mary Maikus, 82, al 2720 Olney, arteriosclerosis. Batismin Franklin Gregory, 70, cardio vascular renal. uly Fest 1 Russell, 71, at City, pulmonary
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John Belcher, 12, at Long, arteriosclerosis Arthur 1 Do 1336 N.
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rena } Lou Ho Horion. 61, at sr N. Meridian, ear Charles Prancis Arthur, 69, at Long, carCures B. Tuttle. 63. at St Vincent's, | "A. Stevenson, 73, at 419 E. ji . at ow | occlusion,
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these plants could be boosted sharply except for parts shortages due to strikes at suppliers’ plants, Plymouth will soon have one-half mile assembly line operating, with a second line coming in some weeks thereafter. This plant made munitions right up to V-J day. Refineries at Capacity
PETROLEUM-—Most refineries
were operating at full capacity on gasoline of a higher octane rating than motorists have ever had before. Reconversion has no problem,
STEEL FABRICATORS — Reconversion was accomplished almost overnight. . Heavy backlogs of orders in all plants but lack of sufficient labor preventing full capacity operations, SHIPBUILDING Virtually ata standstill except in few instances where war contracts being wound up. One yard, Ingalls Shipbullding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss., had $130,000,000 backlog in both government and private domestic and foreign orders. Ingalls is planning to build Diesel locomotives in existing shipyard facilities. Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock, San Francisco, is plan: ning to return to steel fabrication business. Aircraft Production Down
AIRCRAFT — Production curtailed to point below prewar rate. Consolidated-Vultee expects soon to produce new type commercial plane; Lockheed has a fair amount of orders for its Constellation airliner; Curtiss-Wright at Buffalo is concentrating on research on superhigh speed planes and Bell aircraft is stepping up production on helicopters.
HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES—Production is under way in most plants but output relatively slight because of parts and labor shortages.
SENATOR CAPEHART HURT IN CAR CRASH
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oncoming car room to pass, but the soldier’ headed straight for the Merchant auto, Mr. Merchant said. Neither man remémbers much about the crash, in which Mr. Merchant was_temporarily knocked unconscious. Both the senator and his friend were trapped in the front seat. Senator Capehart noted that the other car was smoking and feared an explosion. He managed to climb over the back seat, despite his injured leg, and extricate his friend. They both collapsed on the ground. The driver of the other, car apparently was thrown from his car and was lying unconscious’ on the pavement, the senator said. Although his . swollen tongue | makes it painful for him to speak, | Senator Capehart asked about the condition of the soldier, who was taken to Billings “hospital atter|
{treatment in Hamilton county hos-
pital. The senator was to leave for Washington tomorrow but may Iw delayed for as long as a week. He | said several “irons in the fire” wilt | be delayed because of the accident, but mentioned no specific legislation.
Organizations
The ladies Bible ean ot Emerson Bap-. tist church will hold an annual fall’ | luncheon at 12:30 p., m., Friday at the | church. The program: will include an ats | dress by Mr. Leonard Hunt of Wheeler | Rescue Mission. Mrs. Hunt will be guest | soloist. Also included on the progarm are} Aye. H. H. Eskey, Don S8hellhorn nd oyd Smith, violinist at Bro Ripple Moyd school. Mrs. William Brown | and Mes, Fred Lehr will be in charge | isic. Mrs. Nora Geisel, class presiaent, iT preside.
The Mal. Robert A Andersen Woman's | Relief ‘corps will sponsor a card party at 11:30 p. m. Thursday in the Citizens Gas & | Coke Utility for the benefit of the scholar{ship fund. Mrs, Bethel Hendren is chair- | man with Mrs, Jeanie Hendren, Mrs. Do othy Jenkins, Mrs, Helen Diener and Mrs. Gertrude McLean on the committee,
The Naomi chapter, 131, O. BE. 8, will meet at 7:45 p. m., Priday in the Masonic temple for conferring of degrees. Mrs Vi
era Rippy is worthy matron and Gay, 'Stammel is worthy patron.
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clashes, the two factions are spar; ring for pesition and trading. material, Power and the perquisites of office are at stake. ‘These prob-
‘ably weigh much more heavily in {both Chungking and Yenan than! lany ideological differences between |
the two groups. Patronage has
been the ail-absorbing topic of the Hon
conversations. The two factions, besides maneuvering for position, are feeling out! prospective allies. Until Soviet Russia signed the amity pact with Chiang Kai-shek'’s government the Chinese Reds had looked to Moscow for eventual support. © They have been reluctant to abandon hope from thét | | direction. In their contracts with Russian | military leaders, the Chinese Reds may have been encouraged to believe that top Russians have more {sympathy for their cause than in!dicated by the Russian treaty with Chiang, Look to Russia’
Communist Mao Tse-Tung's threat {of a last-ditch war may be designed to smoke out the true Russian attitude. Mao must be bluffing when he talks fight. Chiang's troops are much more numerous than his. { Moreover, the communists have no {comparable force to throw against Chiang's 30 American-trained and equipped divisions which were intended to drive the Japs out of con{tinental Asia. To invite battle with these hard-bitten troops would be
ad | comparable to walking into a saus-
age grinder, Preparing for Action The fact he has not thrown these crack troops against the Chinese. Reds suggests that Chiang, too, is stalling, for the moment. But by, permitting his generals to admit)
{the existence of anything approxi-' mating a civil war, the generalissi-
‘Civil War' in_ Major Conflict
|Chiang followed the policy of liquidating any opposition he could not reconcile. Following the Jap foldup, he extended the hand of compromise and fellowship to the rebellious Reds only at U. 8. persua|sion. He does not want to lose cour friendship, and he does not iwant to invite Russian interven-
So he may be putting out some | feelers, too. But for a showdown, {Chiang seems to hold the best (cards, Time rung in his favor, too. |Mao Tse-Tung recruited his armies to fight the Japs. Will they stay (and fight with the same enthu- | siasm againgt fellow fellow Chinese?
VANDALISM DAMAGE WORST IN HISTORY
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At Ft. Wayne, police had so many calls about vandalism that they augmented the police force with 150 city utility employes and instructed them to patrol neighborhoods all over the city every night, A Decatur jeweler sald he would have to replace a $150 display window, scratched beyond repair. The newly laid confrete foundation and roof of a new grocery where ruined with picks at Edinburg. Injuries were few, but at Ft. Wayne two young girls were struck by shotgun pellets while ringing doorbells. In Howard county, highway department supervisors found that! {vandals had removed flares and barricades warning motorists of repairs to a bridge floor, The picture” was the same all over the state, although damage varied. Col. Killiam said that troopers |
[GANG FEUD IS SEEN “IN DOUBLE SLAYING
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theofy. The brutality of the slaying— Miss Sparks was beaten, strangled and “shot through the head and Tyson, K was shot four times and beaten—ted police to believe early in the, investigation that jealousy might have béen the motive. As the investigation progressed today, Detective E, E. Mullins, of the Indiana state police, said investigators also are checking out a “hot lead” which may provide the solution, He declined to efftborate on the new lead. Investigators are known to be checking Tyson in Jeffersonville gambling circles, where he is said to have been widely known. A pack of matches from the Jeffersonville 121 club were on the body of Tyson, although his wallet and other possessions were missing. Car Tracks to Grave Coroner Charles R. Fuller of Spencer county sald Tyson and Miss Sparks had: been dead six to 10 days when their bodies were found in a single, shallow grave Sunday by farmer John Spaetti.
Police sald the victims were killed elsewhere in all probability, since their bodies were taken to the clover fleld by automobile, Tire tracks led to the graves, where the victims had been interred in a neat grave, smoothed over with a garden rake. The body of the slain brunette who was clad in a yellow sweater, brown skirt and black pumps, lay unclaimed at a local funeral home today as police attempted to contact relatives. She Is said to have been married fo a man named Williams and her
parents are believed fo reside in Arkansas, The widow of’ Tyson, Mrs. Allecy Tyson, East 8t. Louis, was reported
mo must he getting ready for ac- would check rural school buildings, en route here to claim the body of
tion, if it becomes necessary. Prior to the Japanese invasion,
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dozen phone calls asking Mike, Mr. Shuler himself just Methodist hospital and return to work at the Gaseteria sta at Kentucky and Oliver a after shooting his foot in an od: dent.
Sg. » Sa HE LOOKS grim when asked about the possibility of ap hending the occupants of truck. Prom talking to deputies he learned that the same truck had been seen in other parts of
plaints of occupants thro bottles, Both parents are sure that the vandals couldn't miss seeing that children were on thé porch wh they threw the bottles. The house was near the road and the Porch light was on. “I hope that if they hear about Mike it saves some other person from being hurt by their oruelty, Mrs. Shuler said,
day in East St. Louis, that husband had not been home si July 15 and she planned to divorce him. She said two shotguns, which normally were kept around thelr house had disappeared within the past two weeks. : She said she had not reported the matter to police because they had already “been around the place too much.” Mrs. Tyson said she would file legal claim for the $3200 found on
did not trust banks’'and was in the habit of carrying large sums. wi him. 8he said she believed hi husband had about $6000 with him when he left home, Craycroft said he told him that she had sold their home for $1400 and two days after. the Callahan shooting picked ip/Tyson’s car from a parking lot and sold it also,
Mrs. Tyson sald her husband had been a “good mam” until a year age when he began to associate with
Miss Sparks,