Speedway Flyer, Volume 13, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1945 — Page 2

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LETTER FROM CORP. BOWMAN TOHISPARBin Editor's Note: The following letter to ao newsy and timely that wethought our readers would enjoy reading it. We received it from Mrs. O. E. Bowman. 5758 E. New York street, mother of Corp. Merrill Bowman, who to serving in General Patton’s 3rd Army in Europe. He to a graduate of Tech and has lived in Irvington aU hto life. He enlisted Oct. 15. 1940, and has been overseas nearly a year. The letter follows:

Dear Mother and Dad: Thought perhaps you would like to hear about our visit to one of the Maginot Line forts. Well, here goes, and adjust your glasses for quite a lot of reading. To begin with, it was a really beautiful day and conducive to riding around the French countryside in a Jeep. For approximately five miles we drove upward over winding, typically narrow, peaceful, countryside roads, through large expansive fertile valleys, meticulously cultivated in straight and curving geometric neat furrows. The beauty of the uninterrupted course of nature was marred only occasionally by small, narrow-gauge railroads that were presumably used to carry supplies to the Maginot Line forts we were soon to see.

As we neared the rolling top of this huge hill—as if by a stroke of some magic wand—the scene changed. The landscape was noticeably changed to fit a purpose —a deadly purpose of hiding something mechanically planned for the destruction of those people it was intended to destroy. In the case of the Maginot Line forts they were, in 1939, France’s main line of resistance against an everthreatening Gerfoany. The scene was changed by man-made camouflage, so deftly constructed and blended into nature’s own handiwork, that only the anticipation for what was hidden beneath it all, gave one a clue to just what was hidden there. The camouflage consisted of a maze of wire and varied colored burlap carefully blended into the surrounding countryside. This was supported by steel poles which at the top sprouted an artificial tree. Under this camouflage was a network of roads, railways and strategically constructed, 10-foot thick, cement blockhouses and pillboxes. The pillboxes were' moulded as if shaped by a huge tea cup that had been pressed down over an enormous pile of cement. The nets above covered more than an acre of ground and structures. All this camouflage gave the impression of tangled, though well planned, woodlands.

Now we approached the door to one of the blockhouses—particular one being “Block H,” as it had been lettered by the French. This particular one was 20 feet high and 40 feet wide and the cement was a grass-like green. It overlooked the valley below, and, as though by its enormous size and strongness, demanded respect for anyone who wanted to challenge it. Gun, big guns, emplacements were buried deep in its fortified walls and in its center was the very small aperture used as an entrance to the mysterious emptiness that lie ahead. Ten feet, straight in, we walked and the first sign of interior life was an electric elevator. Five stories down we went into the bowels of the cement mass, passing a vertible labrynth of corridors and passageways. And here, five stories below, we stepped out into an underground “fairyland” —completely obscured from the world ’ above. It was complete with air-conditioning and faultless modem'-utilities, streets, electric street cars which were reminicent of the “Roller-Coasters” at home, and electric lamps strategically placed through the vast net-

work of streets to give light. Each street was named for some important dignitary of the German Reich or some famous German landmark. They were named in the order of their importance, such as Hitler St., and so on down. The so-called streets were domeshaped tunnels not unlike our big subways in New York City, only done in miniature. Certain '-of

these were “Express Hi-ways” and were not used for rapid, uninterrupted supply routes to vital gun positions in the fort itself. Off this main route, were workshops, tool and die shops, plumbing shops, oil dumps and ammunition storehouses —all equipment being the finest American and French obtainable at the time of construction. But, it was all conspicuous by its lack of use. The place was in perfect order and had obviously never been used. The kitchen and dining rooms , consisted of electric baking ovens,

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electric cooking stoves, codling rooms for fresh meat, andrefrigerators trademarked “Frig Maire Dayton, Ohio.” Huge pantries, although. long since empty, were capable of supplying hundreds of troops for months. The dining rooms were so arranged that they could quickly be converted into “movie houses.”

The sleeping quarters, as far as the army goes, were luxuriant, and were outfitted with expensive carpet The floors were the best hardwood and each individual room was supplied with sturdy but attractive beds, dressers, night stands and lamps and wardrobes complete with steel wire hangers. All furniture and walls were carried out in' knotty pine, maple and walnut. Chairs dnd divans were comfortably staffed with finest fibre. Each room was equipped with steam heaters. Even though many feet below the siurface of the ground, and •after nearly five years of existence, all this .wood furniture was unharmed -by the ravaging dampness that generally is prevalent in such underground structures. Ingenious French engineers had seen to this. Each room had its own private bathroom completely equipped with tile floor and tubs and conveniently placed mirrors inlaid in the walls.

And now, “five stories straight up” and to the gun turrets. The big guns of course, were electrically operated at the push of a button, were elevated to the desired firing position and then automatically pull its ugly, deadly

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You'll find it easy to follow the instructions below and make a company dessert that will surprise and delight If you cant get cinnamon red-hots at your store, use some other strongly flavored candies or spice up your apple sauce in your favorite way.

As for the whipping cream, well, if that is not available, beat one cup of chilled light cream with two tablespoons powdered sugar until frothy. Add one teaspoon lemon juice and beat until stiff. It’s best to have the bowl and beater thoroughly chilled for this process. Cream from the top of a bottle of rich, fresh milk, which has stood in the refrigerator for 48 hours, may also be used in this same manner. Now try your edible volcanoes. Volcano Rennet-Custard Apple Sauce: 1 cup stiff apple sauce 8 tablespoons cinnamon red-hots Whites of 1 eggs Whipping cream Set out 4 or • nappies or dessert glasses. Heat apple sauce with cinnamon red-hots until dissolved (5 minutes). Cool. Boat the whites of eggs until stiff and dry. Add apple sauce mixture, 8 tablespoons at a time to egg whites. Beat until stiff. Heap apple sauce whip in dessert glasses in ths shape of volcano with cone In top (1). Have the top slightly higher than top of dish. Pour rennet-custard around (2). Noto: To make a good stiff apple sauce, choose tart cooking apples

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snout back into the blockhouse as though a turtle seeking concealment Then there were emergency guns, strategically placed so as to fire in any possible direction, giving a complete field of fire. “Block H” was connected with other forts by direct and round-about tunnels so that men ■lSauld be shifted to other forts without the slightest delay. All in all, the Maginot fortresses were to vast that neither France or Germany could put its tremendous bulk to good advantage. But to- the French engineers who brought about this masterpiece of underground construction, goes credit for -a superb piece of ingenuity. And there you have a trip thru the Maginot Line—or should I say, one of the line forts. As you know it stretches from nearly the border of Belgium to Alsace-Lor-raine in the southern part of France.

Dr. O. W. Fifer Will Be Guest Speaker At W.C.T.U. Meeting Dr. O. W. Fifer will be guest speaker at the Central W.C.T.U. meeting Friday, Jan. 12, at 2 p. m., at the Citizens Gas Co., 47 S. Pennsylvania street Mrs. Howard Pugh will lead devotions, followed by a business session and reports of activities chairman. All members are urged to attend. Mrs. H. Stanley Walter will preside.

such as Jonathans. Five good-sized apples make about 1 quart when peeled, oared and sliced. Add to them % cup water, cover closely, and cook about 80 minutes. After the first I minutes, shake the pan vigorously rather than stir It, to prevent sticking. When apples are soft, add % cup sugar and whip with a spoon to produce a sauce. If the sauce Is not stiff enough to remain slightly heaped up even while hot, place it In a shallow pan in a very slow oven, and cook until sufficiently dried out, stirring occasionally. Rennet-Custard: 1 package vanilla rennet powder 1 pint milk, not canned Measure 1 pint (8 cups) cold milk, (not canned) Into saucepan. Warm slowly, stirring constantly. Test a drop on Inside of wrist frequently. When COMFORTABLY warm (110* F.) not hot, remove at once from stove. Stir contents of package Into milk briskly until dissolved not over one minute. Pour at once, while still liquid, around apple sauce volcano. Do not move until firm about 10 minutes. Chill. Just before serving, drop a puff of whipped cream Into the “crater” of each volcano (8), and serve Immediately (4).

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