Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1946 — Page 15

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of 300,000 men for our zone?”

Leaders Recognize Need to

Cut Dull Details and Wake

Interest in Tasks of Occupation.

By EDWARD . Times Foreign

| MORGAN Correspondent

BERLIN, Feb. 18.—G. I Joe is finding the occupation of Germany

a bore,

He is still the best fed, best equipped, best cared for and best entertained soldier in the world. But he is a homegrown civilian at heart

and his heart is not in his work. This low morale applies more to dump in some lonely spot than it does to service troops doing administrative work. That is true, especially if the service troops are in big communities like Frankfurt and Berlin, And it naturally applies more to

ing impatiently to go home, than to teen-age recruits coming over here " now as replacements, . The army is doing an energetic job of trying to sell the soldiers the advantages (and there are many) of a tour of duty in Germany, But the key to success lies in reMr. Morgan . ducing to the lowest possible minimum the number of dull operations the occupation ihvolves—and making every task remaining a purposeful one. Face Economies That is a large order, army life being what it is. But qualified observers are convinced that more and more attention must be paid to keeping the soldier alert and interested. Otherwise, it will be tougher to keep his folks back home convinced that a long occupation of | Germany is necessary. ls Smart army officers know there is | going to be increasing pressure for | economies over here in the interests | of the taxpayer at home. It is reported that France—to| ezse its budgetary pains—is cutting | its occupation force to 75,000 men. The French zone is much smaller than the American. But this action is bound to make a lot more Americans ask, “Can you justify a force

Shaping Up Force The army is by no means solely to blame for the soldier's morale troubles. Pressure of redeployment made personnel and operations staff officers literally dizzy. Today we are in an interim period |

the soldier guarding an ammunition

Lt. Col. Aubrey O'Reilly, a Catholic priest from Los Angeles and head chaplain of the Berlin district, considers the occupation a “tremendous challenge.” Most current recruits are 18- and 19-year-old boys still in their formative years. Their parents are understandably apprehensive about the experiences they face. Fr. O'Reilly says he is aware of the army’s responsibility to them, The champlain admits tivat fraternization is one of the army's chief problems. But he frowns on efforts to relax the ruling against soldiers marrying frauleins. Such marriages, he argues, cannot in the end be happy ones. Troops See Movie

The movie version of “The Nazi Plan,” which the prosecution showed

lat the Nuernberg trials—to illustrate the evolution of the Fascist

philosophy, is now being shown _ to the troops. Fr. O'Reilly would like to embellish it with a commentary going something like this: “Now are you going out and pick

Health. Service Seeks Cause Of Heart Disease.

By DOROTHY WILLIAMS - United Press Staft Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. United States public health service is engaged in an all-out. offensive against” the nation’s No, 1 killer— heart disease. Research men of the service's national institute of health laboratories are studying both humans and animals to determine why the heart reacts as it does to certain changes within the body. This is the institute's first larger scale attack on the several coronary ailments which laymen call heart disease and which account for about three out of every 10 deaths in the United States. Institute scientists began before the war their search for the answer to heart disease. But they laid aside their work for more pressing research, explained Dr. William H Sebrell, chief of the institute's physiology division, Blood Pressure

Now' they are back at this task with renewed intensity, concentrating on the mystery of heart diseases resulting from coronary artery disturbances, rheumatic fever and hyperthyroidism, Of the three, coronary artery disease is the chief killer, Dr. Sebrell said. It accounts for most deaths of persons past 50 years of age. One or both of two ailments— commonly known as hardening of the arteries and. high ‘blood pressure — generally bring on the coronary artery disease, Both of these maladies usually are associated

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guys who were killing your buddies a few months ago?”

Troops, who are becoming part

of the occupation army, are given orientation courses when they arrive in. the theater. These range lin subjects from why the occupation is necessary to how to challenge a civilian with a loaded rifle. Besides guard duty the occupa{tion soldier must submit to a certain amount of military training— {including that old popular favorite, close-order drill, and certain educational courses. Tn

. Adjustment Effort

there is a psychological problem in dealing with new recruits. Since they did not participate in the

they “don’t belong.”

which shows up army and military | time.

government administration to disadvantage. - The major effort of getting fighting forces back to the States is

over. The shaping of the occupa-|SPring.

tion force has only just begun. And in this process there are plenty of indications that a hitch with the army of occupation can be sold with increasing success to the soldier.

“corner drugstore” rather than on the saloon.

As organization shakes down to operation some of the drudgery will | disappear. . What does occupation mean to the combat soldier today? The chances are that it means recurrent guard duty at border posts, | roadblocks, prisoner - of - war enclosures, displaced persons’ camps, | ammunition dumps, factories, ration dumps, weapons stores and fuel depots. :

I suck through a straw) and real hotdogs. The average G. I. you run across in Germany today will ke inclined

jo admit that Germany must be

occupied, But he'll almost inevitably add: “Let somebody else besides me do it; I want to go home.”

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Chaplain O'Reilly points out that

shooting war, many of them feel

A serious effort is being made to adjust them, however. And the army | is paying increasing attention to what the soldier does in his spare

Elaborate plans are being made to care for several thousand families of occupation forces, who are going to start to come to Germany in late

Maj. Gen. R. W. Barker, military governor of the Berlin sector, thinks emphasis should be placed on the atmosphere

In Berlin he has sponsored the opening of several service establishments where the G. I. can gét| |a genuine milkshake (too thick to

to be, progressive. Because the United States is growing older as a nation—the census bureau Teports the 1940 median age of 29 years compared with 26% years in 1930—they are becoming more frequent. } No Specific Treatment

“We now kriow how to slow down the disease’s progress, but not how to stop it.” Dr. Sebrell said. At present, he continued, the only treatment is to ease the often attendant pain and to rest and help the heart in its work. Thery is no specific treatment. In the case of hardening of the arteries the blood supply through the heart is restricted and may be cut off, resulting in death. High blood pressure increases the burden on the heart and may take it fatally. Medical men believe they’ can eliminate most cases of coronary artery disease if they can discover the causes and remedies for these two ailments. Seek Beginning They enter their work with a Tew

pressure. / And they know that some unidentified upset in body chemistry precedes these ‘ills. Now they are trying to learn where this interlocking chain of often fatal developments begins and why. They want to know why the heart behaves as it does.

ALTERNATE CITRUS SPRAYS WASHINGTON—Citrus trees are treated with hydrocyanic acid spray

next because parasites seem to build up resistance to poisons used year after year.

wim sto bo mnn 58 An Old-Fashioned Mustache May Make a Fellow Mellow

Armor, mechanics and artillery | units must still maintain their) equipment even though it is not] being used now. As time goes on many of these ammunition dumps will be eliminated, Others can be guarded by German police. Already many Poles, | ex-prisoners of war, have replaced | American in such jobs. Xo The organization of a constabulary to police the American zone is an experiment being watched with interest. Patterned something along the line of the Canadian mounties, it will be a highly mobile striking force of between 30,000 and 40,000 handpicked men under the command of Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon, a veteran tank man, If the project succeeds, it will eliminate the mecessity of keeping large concentrations of troops pinned down for emergencies. It should provide enough varied chores to keep the morale of the soldiers in it high, All dull jobs cannot be eliminated. But the dullness can be eased if a soldier's detail is changed tre- | quently,

By ROBERT RICHARDS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Lawrence

| Bill Schumann fingered the hair on his upper lip today and said

if old-fashioned mustaches were |

still in flower, folks up in Westchester county wouldn't be so bitter at the UNO... “Mustaches,” Mr. Schumann said, “just naturally mellow the soul.” Mr. Schumann, a hair brush manufacturer, with a factory in Boston, believes that a mustache in every home would do much to put the United States back on the road to normalcy. “There's nothing like hair under a man's nose to keep his hat-band down to the proper size,” he said. He, himself, has worn a mustache for the last 20 years and he wouldn't shave it off even if the OPA offered electric razors for free, Not only does he have a mustache, but Mr. Schumann has a large collection of mustache cups—

YOUR G. I. RIGHTS... By

Douglas Larsen

Finding Veterans Homes Is Problem for Communities

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A sub- | stantial part of the government's) housing program for veterans will have to be done by communities: Here are some questions just’ what

part cities will have to do locally: Q—Until now our ‘town hasn't had any kind of a local committee to do anything about the housing situation, I. have just been appointed a chairman to ofganize a committee to work the federal gov~ ernment’s new program on veteran housing. Just who should I ask to serve ‘on this committee, on’ the basis of what other cities have done? A~—Most local committees are composed of representatives from the city government, veterans, labor, builders, building materials producers, financing institutions, Chambers of Commerce, and other interested groups. : Q—Our committee has just been organized to get living quarters for veterans, What are some of the,

things the federal government wants us to do first in connection with new veterans’ housing program? A~Make sure veterans get first preference on all available housing. Develop temporary homesharing programs for = veterans. Ald in securing the extension of emergency: building codes and the modernization of existing codes. Encourage conversions to provide additional dwelling units. @—There are several good sites in our city for the government's temporary housing under the new program. Will the government pay rent for the sites? A~-No. Providing lots for the temporary housing which the federal government intends to furnish is generally considered to bes the Job of the community, Q—Will the new housing program mean the end of OPA rent control? A~—No.

(Questions will be ‘answered only in this Space-not by mail.)

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leftovers from a happfér age—now being exhibited at the American hobby show in Manhattan. There are two left-handed cups {of beautiful holland China. Other cups bear such names as Staffordshire, Silver Lustre, Royal Worcester, and Majolica. Besides his cups, Mr. Schumann has a sign which proudly reads: No mustached president has ever declared war. Prohibition was both enacted and repealed when non-mustached men were in the White House. Proves Something?

One mustached president married twice. One mustached presiflent was a bachelor when he entered the White House. One mustached president was the youngest in the nation’s history. One mustached president ran for a third term and was defeated. Mr. Schumann said he didn't know exactly what all this proved, but that any conclusions certainly must be in favor of the mustache. He claims that a mustache automatically makes the wearer thoughtful and considerate of others. His prize example of this is a tiny portable mustache protector, which resembles butterfly wings. Cup Marked ‘Mother’ “Thus the gentleman with a mustache never embarrassed his hostess,” Schumann explained, “This attachable protector fits any cup. He just reached into his pocket, pulled it -out, and started in sipping.” He almost nevgy dunked his whiskers in the lady's soup. Some of the cups have such tender symbols as “forget me not.” Others, more practical, just say “father,” “brother,” or “husband.” One is even marked “mother.” Mr. Schumann isn't quite certain Just how that one slipped in. He thinks perhaps it belonged to the bearded lady in a circus, “And if she had a mustache, she was a real lady,” he said. “You can depend on that.”

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TETANUS CONTINUES SERIOUS WASHINGTON. — Tetanus, coms, monly known as lockjaw, continues to be a grave infectious disease in

the United States in spite of improved serums and drugs.

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Ee a THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES 3 DRIVE LAUNCHED Ammonia Solution May End Dental Decay, Scientists Say

CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Hope that tooth decay may be ‘prevented by

pears in a report which four University of Illinois scientists gave at 18—The|the recent meeting of the Chicago

. The four scientists are Dr. Robert G. Kesel, Dr. Joseph F. O'Donnell, Dr. Edward C. Wach and Dr, Ernst R. Kirch, The paper announcing $0~

Don’t start using household ammonia from the kitchen or the spirits of ammonia in the medicine private campaign to protect your teeth from decay. Those are not the kinds of ammonia used in the studies, The prescriptions for the anti-caries tooth powder and mouth wash call for ammonia «in the form of dibasic ammonium

Also, the rinse and powder are still on trial and it will be 18 months to two years before the scientists are sure these can prewho have been using them say their

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mouths feel “excep clean” their teeth are notably free of white matter and deposits usually present in cases of active decay. Even more encouraging, using the ammonia preparations have shown a marked reduction in the number of Lactobacilli acidophifus in their mouths. «These micro-organisms are used as a “yardstick” of susceptibility to tooth decay. The idea for using ammonia compounds to prevent tooth decay came from findings. Dr. Kesel and as-

the scientific journal Science, and which were reported to the public by this newspaper’s Science Service almost a year ago (March 1, 1945). Immunity to caries, or tooth decay, those earlier findings suggested, comes from tiny amounts of ammonia continuously present in the mouth, The ammonia comes from a small group of the protein building-blocks known to scientists as amino acids. The lucky persons who are immune to caries have in their salivas enzymes capable of producing ammonia from certain of these amino acids.

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] Correspondent | LONDON, Feb, 18.—~I had dinner

with Princess Elizabeth, heir pre.

sumptive to the British throne, the|

other ‘sight ~ In 8: manner of speaking. I mean if you consider that every-

one in the same restaurant is dining together. I was consequently an awed wit« ness to her virtuousity with knife and fork. I was just about to leave the restaurant in a quiet side street off Picadilly when there was a commotion at the door. The maitre d’ho~ tel almost snapped his spine. Walters tossed meaningful glances above the craning heads of diners. There in the entrancé stood & good-looking girl in a. black frock with crimson ‘waistband. Several other people buzzed about her and as the party swept by I her, 1 had seen the princess before only in photographs, and as she is

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