Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 29 October 1943 — Page 2

POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1943.

FDR Denounces Draft Statements Washington, Oct. 29.—President Roosevelt today denounced as “groundless” and “irresponsible” * reports that the federal governyient was a haven for draft dodgers, submitting figures to congress showing that only 3.2 per cent of the government civilian work force has received occupational defer-

ment.

Mi'. Roosevelt offered no malefemale breakdown, biu the civil service commission said about onethird of the people employed fulltime by the government were women. That would, in the light of Mr. ifoosevelt’s statistics, m e a n that alaout 4.9 per cent of the men jSmpfoTed by the government had received occupational deferments. In identical letters sent to the house speaker and senate president. 'Mr. Roosevelt said that on last' July 31, “the latest date for .which complete figures are available,” there were 2,980,404 full-time government employes, of whom 98.053 Jiad received occupational de-

ferments.

4 <Mrf Roosevelt’s defense of the government’s draft deferment policy for its employes followed closely *a recommendation by a house military affairs subcommittee for an investigation of deferments in the war, navy and six other government departments on grounds that they have used replacement schedules to protect civilian employes from the draft. It also came as the house began debate on a bill to defer fathers until all eligible non-fathers in the country have

been called.

The chief executive reported 84,000 occupational deferments among the 1,952,700 civilian employes of the war and navy departments, including workers in government arsenals and shipyards. Mr. Roosevelt, however, did not say how many of the 1,952,700 employes of the military and naval departments

were women.

Mr. Roosevelt said that of the 2,825,904 persons employed by the government full-time in the Unitedjp

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Although the shoes of the two young women pictured here, Patrice Munsel, above, and Christine Johnson, below, do not show in the photograph, many singers throughout the United States are wondering who will fill their shoes this season. For the two girls were winners of the 1942-43 Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and both have received contracts with the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Munsel for coloratura soprano roles and Miss Johnson for contralto work. Preliminary auditions are being held in New York for this season’s singers, and of those who sing on the programs, which start Sunday, Nov. 28, over the Blue network, one or more will be awarded a coveted Metropolitan Opera contract. .

States, less than nine per cen worked in Washington. ThiiL. Compilation excluded the 154,500*hdditional employed who work outside the continental United States. Mr. Roosevelt’s totals also did not include 397,471 persons employed in part-time jobs or without compensation such as draft and ration

board members.

Offering figures to “silence the mud-slingers,” the President said as of Jan. 1, 1943, there were 238,154 federal employes in the armed services. He estimated the total today at about a half million. As the house began debate on the so-called draft-deferment bill, Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, R., Conn., anhounced that she would introduce an amendment to the selective service act this week which would replace draftable but essential men in industry with 4-F’s and other de-

ferred classes.

The house military affairs committee has completely rewritten the senate bill, keeping only the provisions for a committee of five doctors to study physical standards with a view to taking more 4-F’s and for local boards to give preinduction physical examinations

when requested.

Jams and jellies To Be Rationed Washington, Oct. 29.—Jams and jellies are expected to make a come-back, even though they are going to be rationed Oct. 31. A pre-rationing freeze on all jelly, jam, preserves and fruit spreads began at 12:01 a. m. today. It will permit grocers to stock their shelves—long bare of those items—from the new fruit

pack.

The office of Price AdministT%tion, announcing the latest addition to the ration family last night, said supplies have been drained to a very low level, and a threatened exhaustion of the market compels controls. The sweet spreads (citrus marmalade was not included) will ibe listed among processed foods. Blue ration stamps “X,” “Y” and “Z” from war Ration Book Two can be used beginning Oct. 31, and green stamps “A,” “B” and “C” from Book Four the following day. OPA said fruit spread consumption for the year was expected to be about 200,000,000 pounds over the amount allocated for civilian use and rationing was the only way to divide up evenly what there was. The jam sandwich, enjoying a tremendous wartime popularity as the piece de resistance of the worker’s lunch box, was credited with _vhelping consumption exceed suppP? Cqmmercial eating places, bakeries,'confectioners and ice cream makers are included in the freeze

order.

o Salvador has assumed control of i^s ooffee industry to stop price

rises.

Jewelers of Britain are worried about the shortage of rings.

Guerilla Forces Continue Drive

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London, Oct. 29. — Gen. Draja Milhailovitch’s Jugoslav guarilla forces were reported today to be driving on Dubrovnik, important jdriatic port, while a partisan mmunique said a German ,force trying to captuer the island of Brae

had been wiped out.

Jugoslav sources said Mikhailovitch’s guerillas who seized the big port of Kotor two days ago, now were pushing on Dubrovinik, 35 miles northward and only 120 miles across the Adriatic from

Aljied-held Bari- in Italy.

The partisans operate under Gen. Jbsip Clkto) Brozovich. They were sa|d To ha^Jrepulsed an enemy tank 'attack in'the Groyantsi mountains west of %%gueib. Both forces were believi^^l^engaged in offensive operations T to cut German rail lines running from Zagreb and Belgrade to Albania

and Greece.

The German forces landed on Brae, which flanked the important harbor of Split, during the night of Oct. 21, and were destroyed after a savage battle, the partisans reported. Powerful German- mechanized forces driving northward through the Coryantsi mountains - were engaged and defeated by the guarillas, the communique said. Some tank units succeeded in breaking through to the town of Novo Mesto, 40 miles west of Zagreb, but they have been cut off from their main force, it added. o Schricker Frowns On Sunday Hunting Indianapolis, Oct. 29.—Governor Schricker today announced he cannot permit Indiana hunting on Sunday by executive order, adding that the law prohibiting Sabbath shooting could be set aside only by the legislature. The governor said he sympathized with numerous Indiana sportsmen who recently have requested permission for Sunday hunting. He said thousands of nimrods, especially war workers, have no time except Sunday free for the sport. Hugh A. Barnhart, director of the Indiana Department of Conservation, agreed with the governor’s statement. He said his department has no ’authority to set aside or ignore the law. Both Schricker and Barnhart appealed to Hoosier sportsmen to abide by the law as “winking at enforcement of the Sunday law could possibly lead to disregard for other regulations which have protected game and made hunting possible in Indiana.” o CLOTHES GET HIM IN AND OUT Silverton, Ore.—For the first time in Silverton’s history a man was arrested on its streets on charges of being improperly clothed and then bailed himself out with clothing. After his arrest, the man telephoned his wife to bring him two suits of clothes to the police station. One was left for bail.

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One automobile pushing another | across a railroad grade crossing is a dangerous pastime, and that is the way it turned out jin the accident illustrated here. A truck was immediately behind the automobile and there was evidence that the truck had been pushing the automobile as it approached the crossing. Whistle signals were sounded almost continuously in this case and the signals were heard by several witnesses. Regardless of whether the automobile was being operated under its own power or was being pushed by the truck, reasonable precautions would have averted the accident. The National Safety Council is conducting a special campaign to stop these grade crossing accidents, which every day delay 38 trains a total of 22 hours—a big blow to the nation’s wartime transportation facilities. Driver carelessness is the cause «f almost all grade crossing acci-

dents, according to the Council. To help win the war—to save yourself and others needless suffering

—the Council asks you to be sure the track is clear before you start across. j

Circus Stunt Man Performs Finale

St. Louis, Oct. 29. — Aloys 'Drake” Peters, “the man who hangs himself and lives to tell the story,” hanged himself in reality last night as he performed the finale of his act, listed No. 13 on the program of the Firemen’s Wild West Rodeo and thrill circus. Peters, a 45-year-old circus veteran, climbed to the 70-foot balcony for his usual finale, after performing various trapeze acts for the 5,627 opening-night spectators. Knotting a rope made of strands of rubber covered with canvas around his neck, Peters prepared to leap. After being announced to the audience as “the only man who hangs himself and lives to tell the story,” the veteran performer jumped from the platform and was snapped 20 feet into the air as the “rope” stretched its length. Instead of acknowledging the applause, Peters dangled lifeless in mid-air, having reached the end of Ms

rope.

An ambulance rushed the performer to Deaconess hospital where he was pronounced dead. The life-saving trick of the act, circus attendants explained, is to grab the resilient “rope” just before it becomes taut and “take the snap with your hands instead ol your neck.” They said spectators | seldom notice the movement in the o People Want Peace Based On Freedom Washington, Oct. 29. — ; America can contribute most to the postwar world by meeting the challenge of collectivism and perserving her democratic institutions, according to the Most Rev.. Bernard Shell. Sheil, senior auxiliary bishop of Chicago, expressed that belief when the spoke yesterday before the Charles Carroll forum. “Man is a social being,” he said. “He is social in the deeper sense that he wishes to he conscious of contributing s o m e th i n g to the system in which he lives. The propagandists for collectivism have made constant and insistent appeal to this normal aspiration.” He warned that it’s dangerous to invoke the right of free speech, private property or freedom of enterprise as a screen for selfish objectives since these rights are becoming synonomous with the weapons of reaction in the minds of many people. The common people don’t want a peace based on power politics or international cartels, he said, and added: “People have sacrificed and young men have spilled their blood for the courageous belief that men —all men—should , exercise and enjoy freedom within whatever social and political framework they agree upon.” o Before the war almost 10 per cent of the British national income was distributed in the form of social services.

AMMUNITION NOW UNDER PRICE CONTROL Amendment 35 to Revised Supplementary Regulation 14, effective Oct. 7, 1943, provides dollars and cents maximum prices for shotgun shells and cartridges at both wholesale and retail. Maximum Retail Prices for Listed Types: Price Shotgun Shells (25 in box) lug. dim. pdr. ozs. shot box Each 12 guage 2%” 3% l 1 /* $1.38 $ .07 16 guage 2-9/16” 3 IVs 1.32 .07 20 guage 2%” 2% 1 1.32 .07 Rimfire Cartridges (50 in a box) .22 caliber, long rifle, regular .34 .01 .22 Short, regular .21 .01 Center Fire Cartridge (204n a box) .25-35 Winchester 1.41 .09 .30-30 Winchester 1.46 .09 .30 Remington 1.46 .09 .300 Savage-Remington 1.85 .12 .32 Remmgtbn special 1.46 .09 .35 Remington 1.64 .10 .270 Winchester 2.10 .13 Ammunition not listed in the table is covered by GMPR.

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Browned Brookfield Sausage (one hall pound)

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Cole Slaw

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Hard Rolls

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’DON'T OfVE UP THE SHIP J". WERE NOT TSE DYING WORDS

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The well-known phrase,' “Don'l give up the ship,” has been widely attributed to Captain James Lawrence! the historic commander of the fffgrate Chesapeake. However, the daughter of Major Benjamin Russel, ; who was editor of the Boston Sentinel, told many anecdotes of her father, including one t which credited him with originating the phrase, "Don’t give up the ship,” for newspaper-effect in his paper He thought it would be a good dyings sentence, and mad^it so. .

To pan fry pork sausage links, place in a frying pan and add a small amount of water. Cover and steam for 5 minutes, then drain any remaining water. Cook over a slow heat, turning frequently until brown and thoroughly cooked. One half pound of pure pork sausage is enough for 4 servings.

DILEMMA FACES PHYSICIANS

Denver, Oct. 29.—Physicians at the Denver General Hospital were faced with a dilemna with tragic implications today—they have two patients badly in need of pencillin, and only enough of the rare fluid for one. Laet week, the army granted Geonean Smith, 12, who is suffering from osteomylelitis, enough pencillin to give her the 10-day treatment her physicians said she needed. A short time later, doctors disclosed today, the mother of Donald Rogers, 15, who is suffering from the same ailment, heard of the treatment and also asked assistance. Physicians said the amount of pencillin released for the girl is exactly enough for her needs. If it is split up, they said, neither she nor the boy will benefit. o Milwaukee.—Dr. Tehyi Hsieh of the Chinese Service Bureau of Boston, Mass., told the Milwaukee Rotary Club “the day will come when we change the spelling of the word ‘Japanese’ to 'Jap-on-

knees’.”

Patriots Occupy Northeast Serbia London, Oct. 29. — Gen. Darja Mikhailovitch’s patriot army has occupied nearly all northeastern Serbia, a Cairo dispatch said today, and a communique reported that the rival Partisan army has seized Ivanino near Zgreb and encircled Prijedor, 67 miles to the south. The Cairo dispatch quoted semiofficial sources there as reporting that Mikhailovitch has consolidated his gains despite the arrival of Axis reinforcements from Bulgaria. Another Milhailovitch unit has crossed the Drina river and occupied Rojatica. Gen. Josip (Tito) Brozivh’s Partisans captured 1,100 Germans in completing the encirclement of the German garrison in Prijedor with the capture of Sansklmost, 15 miles to the south, and Kozarusa, six miles to the east. Booty included eight field guns and six French motorcars, rich prizes for ill-armed Partisans.

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OuESTiONS—Answers

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NAVY SEABEES

Q. Are men living in restricted manpower areas accepted for the Seabees? A. Cooperating with the War Manpower Commission, the Navy does not accept recruits for the Seabees in restricted districts. Q. ' Have the physical standards been changed recently? A. Yes, they have been lowered. A medical examination must be passed, but, in general, a man in good physical condition can qualify without difficulty. Q. What is the term of enlistment in the Seabees? A. Men will be released as soon as possible after the war. Q. What is the motto of the Seabees? A. “Can Do”. As the record snows, the Seabees’are the “Can Do” boys of the Navy. Q. What are the designations of Seabee petty officers? A. The same as in the regular Navy — carpenter’s mate, gunner’s mate, machinist’s mate, boatswain’s mate, etc. A special badge with the initials “C. B.” also is worn.

From where I sit... />// Joe Marsh

Mayor Kelley’s Eyes Are Opened Chicago, Oct. 29.—Mayor Edward J. Kelly, admitted his “eyes were opened” during a four-hour session before the militent October grand jury, today ordered a shakeup of Chicago’s police department. Kelly and Police Commissioner James P. Allman were called as witnesses yesterday before the grand jury whose investigation of Chicago's syndicate gambling racket has resulted in nine murder indictments and the suspension of one district police captain and five detectives. “The commissioner is making preparations for further suspensions,” Kelly said after leaving the session. “If there are any gangs in this city who are trying to run the government, we want to drive them out before they seep into other activities.” Allman said several police captains, possibly six, would be arrested soon on charges of tolerating open gambling in their districts.

“Keeping store,” Sam Abernethy says, “can teach a person plenty about human nature. “Now coffee rationiisg’s lifted, folks ain’t a-breakin’ their necks tryin’ to buy all they can. Knowin’ they can have it if they want it, they ain’t so all-fired anxious to get it.” Sam’s right, as usual. I don’t crave that second cup half as much as wlien I couldn’t get it. But that’s human nature . . . Like allowing moderate beer in the Army’s post exchanges. Instead of leading to more drinking, the OWI Report says it

works out just the opposite — often as not the men choose soda-pop or milk, with beer right there and no restrictions on it. But if it wasn’t there, like in the last War, the story might he altogether different. From where I sit, that’s how it is with Americans. Tell ’em they can’t have a thing and by golly, they’ll find ways to g6t it. But admit their right to ha\ie it, and their own good sense will lead to moderation.

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Gable Appears In Pentagon Building

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Oct. 29.—Typewrifin in the war de

walked in—the onetime Mr. Big of the box office, now a bit player in the U. S. Army. He sat down and turned on his special brand of charm. Once again he had the famous moustache he was forced to shave off as an eniisted m;m.Under their questioning he told

partmant’s” Pentagon building to- then ' questioning he toF day and pencils once again made I A directm g tbe “reporting on 50, curley.cues in stenographic note- 000 feet oE co!or fllm the happen

STILL IN HIS BLOOD

Monterey, Cal. —Still “carrying the torch” a mouse-colored horse named Tony, raised and formerly owned by Tom Mix of Hollywood fame, wandered off to the city hall yesterday and staged his own “one-horse” show on the front lawns. It took city police ahd 12 citizens a half hour to break up the “illegal” performance.

books. *f> The powerful-shouldered army air force captain with tlie kingsized dimpled grin has gone, but not without seriously threatening the war effort by his very pres-

ence.

For nearly two hours the onetime academy award winner and creator of the role of Rhett Butler in G. W. T. W. caused hundreds of workers in uniform and mufti alike to Jettison all thoughts of

war.

He came, they saw and he conquered. All efforts to keep him under wraps proved futile. For days quicksilver rumors had him in the capital. The War Department finally conceded defeat and announced that the captain holder of the air medal for “exceptionally meritorious achievement” in five bombing missions in the European theater would hold a press conference. The feminine press contingent was generously represented, but the men were there, too .even to the veteran reporter who mused that life held no further thrill since he danced with Mary Pickford nearly 30 years ago. Then the door opened and he

ings of a Flying Fortress group in combat.” He told, too, of personally shooting some of the scenes and of dropping his camera to seize a fort gun and “shoot at everything that came towards us.” He belittled any personal achievement, preferring to acclaim the men with whom he

fought.

His name? Captain Clark Gable, AAF photographer-gunner. o — TRAIN DEMOLISHES AUTO.

Auburn, Indn., Oct. 29.—His auto practically demolished by a speeding Baltimore & Ohio streamliner, Lafe Hugart, 39, of near here, today was recovering from severe bruises and shock. Hugart was enroute to his war production job in Fort Wayne. The Diesel powered train, traveling between 66 and 70 mph, struck the front end of the vehicle, cutting it in two and tossing wreckage over the right-of-way. Hugart was thrown from the machine by the impact. Clothing for U. S. soldiers overseas is now packed in bales instead of boxes. Scientists of South Africa are searching for a cure for cancer.

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