Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1945 — Page 19

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seven cents, or four tokens for 25 cents, two cents extra.” The new street railways fares offer-

. “This Week in Indianapolis”. is available at hotels, garages and downtown restaurants,

_ Working in 1946 Now

vw. THE NEW YEAR is two months off but several

‘the workers at the Indianapolis Engraving Co., 222 E. Ohio -st., have been working in 1946 for weeks.

‘tucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and possibly from the Canal Zone. It already has six 1945. all- ratings to its credit, one of them for the rson high ‘school yearbook. ... Miss Frieda ] .of the. art department is one of the employeés who's mixed up with 1946. She invariably writés 1948 for the date ‘even outside the office. U school. Noble “Ropkey_ 4nd Robert Lowerer are responsible for get the orders for the books... . The home Hrs department of Cross

frying to locate

he forgot to leave his address of Mr. Brown's whereabouts, contact Dunn Moore, LI, 1441.,,. There ma

G.I. ‘Millionaires

NICE, France, Nov. 2.—You, t00, can be a millionaire for a week—that is, if you are an American Q. 1 or officer in the European theater of opera-

._ tions and wangle the right papers and travel orders.

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— Already, 8 quarter of a million soldiers have lived the life of a carefree, wealthy, :

It costs a G. I 100 francs ($20) to live like a plutoerat for seven days. ’

Just about -everything else is on the U. 8 gov

emment. . k Lift Eyebrow n A oye ote: eight night clubs and

F Shree are reserved exclusively for G. L's i

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_azines Wednesday. And all the soldiers wanting

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appliances. But if the there are going to be plenty of n and women. Besides that, it's goty tough finding a substitute gift just

Happy Birthday—N. o Homework

” ERNIE MEYER, 949 E. Southern ave., wishes his

- ‘birthday could come every day—at least every school © day anyway. He was 15 Wednesday. In his geometry

class at Tech high school his teacher, Miss Mildred Corrie, told him to work 15 geometry problems on the blackboard. When he had finished, she told him that as a. birthday present he wouldn't have to do any home work. Ernie's still trying to figure out how she knew it was his birthday. ..., The Union Station servicemen’s canteen had & run on Colliers magthe magazines were interested in the same article, “Cloak and Dagger.” It is the secret story of the office of strategic services as told by Lt. Col. Corey Ford and Ma). Alastair McBain. The men at the canteen were

‘Sgt. Elden A. Marlow, 8. Sgt. Albert 8. Kovalchik,

8. Sgt. Jackie J. Chop, T. 5th Gr. Chastain MeWil.and Pvt. Claud V, Emery. They all were in of the action described in the articles. The started Oct. 6 and there was quite a bit of g into the magazine stacks for back issues,

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By Nat A. Barrows

men have asked me, in effect: “Why do your Amerjcan soldlers, the best-fed and the best-equipped in the world, have to be’ coddled so expensively now that the war is over and the majority going home?” “You explain to the French that the Riviera rec--reation area is ear-marked for closing some time this year, and they only shrug their shoulders. You explain that thousands of Riviera tradesmen, vendors, servants and property owners are benefitting nicely from this invasion of American tourists and they only say: “But why aren't these men of yours back on their jobs of getting Europe in order, or going home,

| or doing something besides having fun?” :

Honeymoon Is Over

THAT IS the way it goes. and shabby and short-tempered. They loved us

fondly after the liberation. Now . ; Jowell; itis]

a case of seeing too much of one another under extremely difficult conditions for everybody. ; The honeymoon is over. American grounds for divorce include an increasing lack of . Lospitality, an intolerable black market, an, unfavorable exchange rate and too much resentment of their presence in France, . In their countersuit the French say that too

But, anyway, down hére in amid stunning scenery, a

and clubs. Among them are: Ruth Cooper, Markle-]|"

ville, Ind, and Marian Weidner, Michigan City, Ind.

‘By David Dietz

It was felt that one way to battle was to stop the production of new

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The French are tried]:

- {sometimes they display their gar“i ters by hanging their legs over the

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By PETER EDSON NEA Stal Writer VV ASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— Three out of every 11 men accepted for. a year of service under the umiversal military training. program suggested by the army and navy staff planners, would be assigned to the navy. Sea forces would take 228,000 and the marine corps would receive 45,000 men. Trainees assighed to the navy would get 13 weeks of basic training on shore, the same that men get in boot camps.

ss =» TOWARD the end of this period tests would be given to determine aptitude and each man's prefer ence for specialization. There would follow 16 weeks of school for seamen, engine room force, commissary -branch-or other specialist branches. Aviation schools would rum for & month longer, and the artificer schools for technical specialists would run for 30 weeks, after only nine weeks of basic training. . = » AT THE END of all this schooling, however, there would be 10 weeks of operational training, gathering all the specialists and teaching them team work. Only for the last quarter of the year would the trainees get duty on shipboard, with training while the fleets worked aut tactical problems. Training for the marines would

army ground forces in the initial period. First would come 12 weeks of basic training, then 12 weeks of uniform infantry -training.

lected for specialist training, according to his aptitudes, to receive

. Times Foreign

. It returned to oblivion today.

the ‘ : I an island base could . speak, Ulitht- might claim that the

ploited but lowed. history to snub it. A seahorse shaped ecirclet of tiny islets, Ulithi i has sheltered x more fighting “ships ~~ stmultans-| than Mr. Weller juny ian S27 the Pacific—with the possible exception of Pearl Harbor, by

Armadas commanded Adm. William PF. Halsey, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance and many others gathered behind the shelter of its green reefs.

follow somewhat the pattern in the |

2 . ” THEN the marine would be |

. By GEORGE WELLER "BOARD THE LAST PLANE FROM ULITHI, Oct, 31 (Delayed) ~~

Ulithi the unknown was abandoned last year by the Japanese with out resistance, It became the American fleet's most valuable atoll,

After 13 months’ service as the

navy had ex-|gc al-

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Chart shows phases of 8 year of universal military training for quarter would be devoted te shipboard training.

men selected by the navy. Final

' , " " . UNIFORM UNIFORM SPECIALIST GOMBINED TRAINING TIO FRE TEM RADIO ~ RADAR ~ FEW ow SQUAD AND RECRUIT TRADNG ADVANCED INFANTRY ; PLATOON MANEUVERS INFANTRY WEAPONS GROUND & AVIATION JAMATION TECHNCAL SCHOOLS] SOUADRONS

Chart shows phases of a year of military training for marine corps selectees. Training program . parallels that of army. ground forces in the initial period.

The final 16 weeks of the marine phibious maneuvers which would trainees’ year would be devoted to work in co-operation with air and combined training, field and am- sea forces.

further instruction in gunnery, communications, or aviation. This would be another 12-week period..

Correspondent

fleet's advanced refuge, the

ments and amphibious assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan, But :Ulithi's ret, More beautiful than either Okinaws or Iwo Jima, it fell into American hands without the ‘loss of a single life.

name was supers

» . . JAPAN'S underestimate of Ulithi’s possibilities by their surrender with-out--defense, started -the -atoll-on the route toward oblivion. ‘The silence surrounding it was sealed when the atoll—worthless to the Japanese—became ‘ simply too important to American as s fleet anchorage for mention. War correspondents eventually were permitted to reveal that Ulithi was in American hands, but noth-

They were there for bombard.

at a time. they're, not too fat. They stand up,

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN ' United Press Sis Correspondent "YA ASHINGTON, Nov. Z=Let US consider today, in ail its cramped and uncomfortable detail, the ease of the fidgety congressmen, Only four (Republicans all) can sit still for more than 15 minutes

The rest of ‘em squirm and slump, tuck their feet under ‘sm if

|comtort in ‘em.

hy ‘ arms of their chairs, Next the British developed a better radar working ‘What happened to bring this subon a micro-wave, an extremely short wave. The Ger- ject up is a little involved. But I mans seemed unable to discover the answer to this guess I'd better tell you. ei radar and §o decided that the only method of safety . ® = was to keep submeged practically all of the time. | REP, MARION T. BENNETT of As a result they equipped their submarines with|Missouri made a speech a few days alr tubes which enabled the subs to stay submerged | pack in which he said that cone most of the time and to keep their Diesel engines|gress last session spent a total of running while submerged, : go 43 days, or 310% hours, or 12,645 anything on the » bof the water but #5 will not] Ie said the taxpayers could save detect ovals whivh ase submerged, Thus sader be-lq pretty penny and get more work same ineffective against the so-called "Sohnorkel™ or)- M—— “> et tt tid te sn was a Mas of had to be found.: The answer wag the sono-buoy, » HANNAH ¢ By Eleanor Roosevelt Zs Her daughter, Mrs. Robert Baker, her grandson,| | | Robert Baker and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hartley v

ing more,

sit down, stretch out, ourl up. And

out of their lawmakers if everyone had a button: He would push the bittton to register his votes automatically, Some of his cohorts said that wouldn't do because each congressman would have to stay in his seat. These seats, they said, were designed like electric chairs — without, of course, the electrodes, No

| BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. D.

THR LARGE arteries attached the heart, which are always filled with blood, receive an additional two ounces with each heart beat. As the vessel walls are elastic, this

d oh “Ulithi the Unknown Returns to Oblivion

a board balanced on a green bar-}

Censorship blacked out the fact that Ulithi was the 1845 champion on that advanced line of fleet repair bases. . ® . J

ULITHI, lying safely af the eastern edge of the typhoon belt, is use-ful-even-today;-I-counted 49-ships within its greenish coral reefs. Most | were transports en route to Saipan to evacuate restiess G. 1.'s. "A single, bored-looking destroyer guarded them, ‘What, Ulithi remembers are the days when 780 ships from supercarriers to LST's filled its 19-mile long lagoon. ; » . » ON FALALOP, the'largest of the 25 midget islands, it was rummage day today, ; ; The 450 friendly, honest natives— whom Navy Chaplain Lt. James Norton of Notre Dame university formerly served as pastor—returned to enriched homes, Tall-roofed huts bulged like a handyman's barn, with wheels, planks, worn out clothing and discarded tools

A 3300-foot runway, crossing the island from reef to reef, looked like

REP. BENNETT said that this was true. And, he asked,

Rep. Bennett said he was shocked the first time he sat in the gallery. Because, then, he saw his fellow members assuming the attitudes of gangsters’ bodies, fréshly’ mowed: down by machine gun fire. Then he sat on a congressional Weat. Then he knew,

SY ” n “I BELIEVE these seats are one of the causes for absenteeism in|. congress,” he said. “I suggest you try one out, yourself.” ’

shock, oxygen lack (as in moun-

sons who are always feeling their pulse. may increase its rate from anxiety,

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was left but land crabs and puddles,

enough standing room for all the came ashore simultaneously.

ed pavilion sites indicated today

shortest, simplest and most irreproachable shore leaves the

men were gone and then I chose A seat favored by Rep. Gene Cox of

sagging ‘in the center under iis leather cover, back and a wooden frame which cut into my legs,

sat some more,

to sleep. It didn't take any five hours. ‘

my wife to embroider me a pillow.

THE DOCTOR SAYS: Many Factors Rule Pulse Rate

Athletes’ Rhythm Is Often Slow!

minute while the temperature is being taken. If there is uncertainty as to the count another half minute observation is made. ‘Home nurses shoyld also count the respiration at the same time, and. when you report the patient's condition

which is causing y not wise for the layman

rel. The tiny paved space where fighters and dive-bombers once huddled closer than aboard car riers’ decks, was deserted. Nothing

Scores of trucks and bulldozers

Even the machines were leaving os

. #0» . : NOWHERE was Ulithi’s abandonment more striking than on the

once busy, now deserted islet of | pes

Ulith's islets had less than hundreds of anchored crews, who Mogomog therefore, became a sort

of -anchored. rathskeller where the! sailors were landed In batches— rapidly pumped full of beer and reembarked

Nothing but a sprawl of abandonthat Mogomog was the scene of the

navy has ever known.

I said I would,

“And not for five minutes,” Rep.| a | Berinett said. “Remember a con-| gressman frequently has to sit there for five hours.” -

I waited until all the congress-

It had a straight ye ow. SO 1 sat there, and I sat. And

Before long both my feet went

If I were a congressman, I'd ask

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To Act on Link With Russians By FRED W. PERKINS . Berippa-Howard Staff Writer NEW YORK, Nov. 2~~The Ine ternational Association of Machine

ists in convention here faces its most controversial subject today.

It is the question of indorsing collabs

or condemning American oration with - Russian ~ labor

two. resolutions before the convention. One was submitted by a local union. ] It urges the A..F. of L to #take its right- : aa ful place in leadership” by joining the new world federation of trade unions. \ i The . machinists are affiliated with the A. F. of L. but are not paying dues at present, . ‘

“creatuies of the state.” It also claims that “any coe operation between totalitarian, soe called ‘labor unions’ and free

includes the C. I. O., which

The delegates listened merely to “the title of the resolution and

booed it down without furthe

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There Is Ne Substitute E For Grandma i

| “GRANDMOTHER wanted*

THEN, too, there are all a real

’o 9 » AND if a grandchild looks like a grandmother's own som oF daughter once looked, then So, while a substitute grands mother might be a very nice friend for alittle girl, it hardly seems that she would fill the place vacated by a real grandmother.

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