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"By Secripps-Howard Newspapers PARIS, Sept. 16.—One of the few things to come ont of the

For many reasons touching on tradition, geography, resources, exand skill, France is the to western Europe. Along Germany she largely is the factor for all Europe, and with Britain she shares the same distinction for the Mediterand Africa. These prewar

Through France was terribly by the war and German occupation, relative to a still weaker Europe as a whole her position potentially is strong. She is the most nearly self-sufficient European naand her post-war recovery has been the most rapid. Two Currents Felt 1f France permanently sides with there is little hope of saving or the Mediterranean from

for a while the

strongest the coun and still|cert was made today by Georfe A. 0 ey Smith, business manager of the

Philharmonic.

powerful. The other reason was the international situation in which

ropean power and biggest land power in the world. So France at the recent security council meetings and international conferences has ridden with the because she could not get off. tried often enough by offering compromises hut fear pre-

action. But after the first fortnight France increasingly—though not always—has voted with the democratic majority. Causes Are Analyzed The causes go deep. They are: ONE: Moscow's reversal of policy currently to favor a strong Germany—thus breaking a RussoFrench bargain and destroying the cornerstone of the alliance. TWO: Moscow's attempted {reezeout of France in the Near East, including proposed exclusion from the

. Dardanelles control body and set-

tlement. THREE: The Soviet drive for Italy and the western Mediterranean which would separate France from her African empire. FOUR: The conflict between the role as a Soviet satellite and the French policy of a united front with Belgium and the Netherlands. FIVE: The growing chasm between the Soviet bloc and the Anglo-American group has made the French balancing act increasingly perilous. BIX: France as a proud parent of western culture and the largest and oldest center of continental democratic tradition cannot see herself permanently aligned with totalitarian power against the democratic world.

orchestra turns out to help a professional orchestra.

March 10, 1947, when the Indianapolis Philharmonic orchestra, directed by Hermann H. Rinne, gives war ended two strong |® a, to Russia. One| benefit of the Indianapolis Symof the Communist {phony fund.

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president ”- clarinet-section member.

Philharmefic Plans Concert To Benefit Symphony Fund

It isn't often that an amateur

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Announcement of the March con-

The Purdue Concert choir, di

$18 WILL BUY TRIAL STORY OF 22 NAZIS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (U. P.). —For $18 you soon will be able to buy a set of eight books from the government that will tell you all about the evidence against the 2 Nazis who ‘are awaiting the verdict of the judges at Nuernberg, Germany. :

. Hermann H. Rinne (left), director with Greene B. Supple, orchestra

rected by Albert P. Stewart, who heads Purdue's choral music activities, will assist the local amateur orchestra in the benefit concert, Mr. Smith added. Pirst rehearsal of the Philharmonic’s ninth season will-be held at 7:45 p. m. today in the 40 and 8 hall, 119 E. Ohio st. Philharmonic officers for the season are Graeme B. Supple, president; Charles Gisler, vice president; Miss Ellen Taylor, secretary; Nathanlel 8. Steele, treasurer,.and Messrs. Rinne and Smith.

'Blue Baby' Is Adopted by Navy

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 (U. P.) —“Adopted” by 5000 Terminal Island navy men who are financing her trip, 3-year-old “blue baby” Gurva Sue Matlock was en route today to Baltimore for medical treatment. Dr. Helen Taussig of Johns Hopkins childrens’ heart cline,

The eight volumes will contain the great mass of documentary evidence collected by the American and British prosecuting staffs. The books will be available—when the printing and binding has been completed—through the superintendent of documents, government printing office, Washington.

few weeks.

TREASURER STUDIES MICHIGAN TAX PLAN

State Treasurer Frank T. Millis today traveled to Lansing, Mich, to confer with Michigan state officials on a streamlined tax collection program recently instituted there. Mr. Millis heads the Indiana tax study commission, designed to expédite the state's tax collection facilities, now composed of 45 agencies which collect 96 different forms

Printing and binding work on two of the volumes has been completed. The others will be finished in a

Baltimore, will attempt to save the tiny blond child ffom an invalid’s existence. Her condition resulted from a rheumatic heart attack that has

ELECTION DRIVES = GET G00D START:

Townsend and Jenner.Qpen - Speaking Tours.

By ROBERT BLOEM Indiana's fall political campaigns are under way—off .t0o a better start than ‘was expected despite continued prospects for many dull moments. Democrats made the customary French Lick kickoff over the weekend while Democratic editors, in whose name the two-day parley was held, sat forgotten In the background. Democrtaic senatorial candidate M. Clifford Townsend started his

ule at Salem at 2 p. m. today. He speaks at Seymour at 8 tonight. His Republican opponent, William E. Jenner of Bedford, opened up at Evansville. Sunday with an appeal to Hoosier veterans to seize their opportunity to help shape America’s future, G. 0. P. Editors to Meet

The rest of thre Republican ticket will swing into action after the Republican Editorial association convention at French Lick this coming week-end. While Democrats made their French Lick debut an allndiana affair, the G. O. P. will conduct their official opening to the keynote words of national party chairman Garroll Reece. Two major surprises featured the Democratic meeting at the southern {Indiana spa~first, the senatorial ‘candidate completely abandoned the

[narty’s avowed intention of fighting

constricted her breathing. Gurva Sue's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gurva Matlock, accompanied the child by train. Navy men collected $977.12 in pennies, nickels and dimes last May to finance the trip and treatment.

AUTUMN TO BEGIN ~ WEEK FROM TODAY WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 .(U, P.). ~The U. S. naval observatory said today that fall is just around the

corner,

Autumn officially begins in the northern hemisphere Sept. 23 at 10:41 a. m. (Indianapolis time), the observatory said. At the same time on the same date, spring begins in the southern

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the: bulk of the campaign on state issues, and’ second, the fightingest words of the program came from leaders who only a few short months ago were virtually on the retired

Townsend Replies to G. O. P. Mr. Townsend took the outing as an opportunity to reply to the Republicans’ stzategic hammering on the three C's—control, confusion and communism, « On the control .issue, particularly the meat shortage laid at the door of the OPA by Republican leaders, the Democratic candidate charged Governor Gates with insulting the intelligence of Hoosier voters by “fighting the campaign over the meat counter.” He predicted that increasing meat supplies would nullify that part of the OPA issue by election day. On the subject of communism, Mr, Townsend denied that his party was ridden © by communist-controlled labor groups or fellow-travellers. The international food policy, he

said, has been an. endless fight|

against the spread of communism in famine-stricken countries. He and other speakers pointed to the state platform in which communism is denounced along with nazism and other “isms.” Fightingest Speech The fightingest speech of the meeting, observers agreed, was given by National Committeeman Frank McHale who lashed at Mr. Jenner and charged a Republican “strategy” committee had been appointed to “wet nurse the candidate through the campaign.” Mr. McHale's table-thumping attitude was in sharp contrast to the editorial meeting a week ago in which he was simply introduced. Since that sessioh, former state chairman Fred PF. Bays, with whom the national committeeman had a long-standing feud, has resigned and

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ern lines, emphasizing combat teams rather: than regiments, Most of the existing divisions are below full strength. For instance, the 82nd airborne division is down to almost 5000 men. Even among these cut-down divisions there is a 40 per cent shortage of company officers. ; Air forces strength is now down to 400,000 from a wartime peak of 2,411,294 and it is organized into 70 air groups. This strength is to be maintained. Combat efficiency is low because of rapid demobiliza~ tion which broke up air groups and a shortage of technicians. Pilots are in about ample supply but ground crews are short. Latest available figures on aircraft strength shower 36,075 planes of all types on hand May 1. Of these, 19,588 were fighters and bombers. On May 1,

been replaced with Pleas Greenlee of Shelbyville. While partisans and neutral observers alike were puzzling over the new enthusiasm of Mr. McHale, former Governor Henry F. Schricker, another who was virtually on the blacklist under the Bays leadership, followed with another burst of enthusiasm. "Mr. Schricker concentrated his fire on the 1944 registration ruling by Attorney General James Emmert which Democrats still charge disfranchised thousands of their voters.

~.|ships. By March 1, 1947, the navy’s

1048, the AAF had 82936 planes, 40,983 of them bombers and fighters. Alr reserve training program, calling for 50,000 officers, of which 22,500 will be pilots, and™120,000 enlisted men, is already under way. Thirty-one reserve training bases have been activated and 69 more will be set up. AAF fears that recent order, cutting down ' civilian personnel will’ hamper its operations.

available figures show the navy had’ 8309 combat planes in operation, in replacement pools and storage. Naval air reached its

26,000 aircraft on all types de

ployed. The marine Sopp had 112,564 officers and enlisted personnel on its

rolls Sept. 6. This was close to its post-war authorized strength. - A year ago, the marines numbered

NAVY +6000

The navy had an estimated 508,000 officers and men at the start of

this month. ‘This compared with 408,000 a ‘year ago. Its demobilization program is completed. It has cut its manpower recruiting down to 1625 a month for general service and all” the acceptable electronics men it can get. In an immediate emergency, navy estimates it could call up 20,000 reserve officers and 250,000 additional trained men: At leat two of its major fleets—the seventh in the far Pacific and the 12th in European waters—are fully manned. Other ships in the active fleet are manned with about 70 per cent of their wartime strength. But this 70 per cent. constitutes a larger number of men than the 85 per cent which manned the pre-war type

personnel is expected to drop to 437,000 men. The fleet strength is difficult to determine because it changes from day to-day but it is soon expected to get down to the numbers set for the post-war navy. This will mean an active fleet of 291 combat ships, a reserve fleet of 42 vessels and an inactive fleet of 632 warships, Last Jan. 1, the fleet had 746 warships in active service. Naval aviation is getting down close to Its proposed ‘peacetime strength but it is hampered by lack

The coast guard, which was part of the nayy but is now back in the treasury, had 170,000 men in service on VJ-day. Today its strength is

own to 19,000. BODIES OF GENERAL, FOUR OTHERS FOUND

BREVARD, N. C., Sept. 16 (U, P.).—The broken bodies of an air corps major general and four other army men today were brought down from the heights of Cold mountain where their B-25 medium . bomber crashed in exploding flames Friday, The plane, carrying Maj), Gen, Paul B. Wurtsmith of Tampa, hit the 6000-foot mountain in a heavy fog. Other crew members were Lt, Col. F. L. Trickey, address une known; Lt. Col. P. R. Okerbloom, Tampa; M. Sgt. H. W. Merritt, Gee neva, Ala., and S. Sgt. H. W, Crump, Tampa. Army ships spotted the crashed plane yesterday 150 feet from the top of the mountain, third highest peak in this area.

NAME CAMPAIGN PROBER WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (U. P.), —Francis Thomas Kelly, Millers Palls, Mass., today was appointed

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