Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1940 — Page 4

Page PDF (9.55 MB)

Back to issue view

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1940

+ U.S. PREPARES “FOR INVENTORY OF MANPOWER

F. D. R. Stresses Crisis as He Proclaims Oct. 16 Registration Day.

(Continued from Page One)

PAGE 4

ROW RENEWED

Entire Store Open Thursday and Saturday Nights Until 9 o’Clock

JUVENILE HOME Re

Transter Would Have Bad Effect on Irvington Youth, County Is Told.

The headache that County Commissioners thought they got rid of a couple weeks ago was throbbing again today, The cause is Juvenile Court the Juvenile Detention Home. After several vears of controversy, the commissioners decided recently to remove the court from the Court House basement to unused space in the Children’s Guardian Home, in rvington. At the same time, they ended the dispute over whether to continue renting the present Detention Home, | or to buy or build another, by deciding to move it. too, te the Chilgdren’s Guardian Home.

They've Got Problem Back

Today, the problem was right back in their laps Several hundred Irvington residents don’t want either the court or Detention Home in that part of the City They told the Commissioners so for three hours without mincing 'ords at a mass mr-ting last night at 5436 E. Washington St For one thing, they said, it would bring their children into contact with undesirables. And thev added it would lower adjacent property values, cause a serious traffic probem on narrow University Ave. and create noise and confusion in the neighborhood.

CAST IRON or STEEL FURNACES GUARANTEED for 20 Years IN WRITING

Choice of 20-Inch Steel Indestructo Furnace or 18-Inch Cast Iron Furnace at This Low Price

velt must issue an executive order | setting up the Selective Service Administration in Washington and | naming the man to head it. He is expected to act on his return from the funeral ol the late Speaker William B. Bankhead. In each state capital, under the direction of the Governor, smaller unis will be set up to handle the draft for that particular State. Regulations will be given the widest publicity. The responsibility of learning whether an individual is subject to registration will be primarily his own. Mr. Roosevelt stressed this point when he said: “Every person subject to regisiration is required to familiarize himRB) self with the rules and reguiations = 5 governing registration and comply | si i | therewith.” | Under a glass casing in Philadelphia's Independence Hall rests the The first task confronting the historic glass jar used in 1 : last World War to select doughboys for draft machinery is the printing of the draft. Its bottum is wed with the capsules, each containing a millions of blank forms for registranumber, which. when ¢ in a blindfolded draw, determined the tion and rating. men ~alled to ae’ sew he uniformed guide, above, could tell Registrants will receive small cer-

tourists that this h we see service in the present conscription. tificates to establish the fact that they have complied with the law

and registered and also giving their description. The registration cards will be sent by election officials to county clerks, who will re-distribute them to local draft boards. Other more elaborate forms, calling for intimate details on each individual, will be prepared for use | as a questionnaire, | Even more important in the me- | chanical processes of administering | the draft will be selection of the ! personnel of 6500 local boards who will rate each man for military . service. Governors of each state | will select these boards and they will be appointed, on the Gov- 1p ernor's recommendation, by the \ i, | 7 - CAS

President. rr N Writing!

and

No Money Down-=First Payment Nov, 15th Under N. H. A.

The following is the fourth of a series of question and answer features exploring details of the selective-service legislation, prepared by the Washington Bureau of wae Indianapolis Times. Q—What happens to a man after he is drafted and inducted into the service? A—He is assigned to a

LABOR'S PART IN DRAFT OUTLINED

Will Be Represented Appeal Boards, State Convention Told.

of the Regular Army, the or one of the other armed

camp Or unit Navy forces.

Neal Defends Proposal ® STEEL FURNACE . . . Body and

radiator are finest heat-resisting fire box steel. Seams carefully lap welded . gas-tight proved design radiator,

Q-—Will his vear of service be spent with regular soldiers, sailors, Marines or National Guardsnm ~h, rather than with other raw recruits? A-—Yes. This will men trained during year, at least. Fewer officers and less equipment are needed for training if it is done in this manner, Q—What kind of the conscript get? A—During the first two months he will get a general introduction into army life to accustom him

. P= Eo

Present at the protest meeting by invitation were Welfare Director Thomas L. Neal, Juvenile (Court Judge Wilfred Bradshaw and Countv Attorney John F. Linder. Mr. Neal said the transfer would save the County about $60.000 a year in operating costs Judge Bradshaw deplored the fact through misunderstanding of proposal by some residents. the lelinguent, child again is being regarded as a criminal.” Among the opposition leaders were Howard M. Mever, commander of Irvington Post 38, American Le-

® (CAST IRON FURNACE Ol NEAL'S

STRUCTO metal " toad

tings guaranteed

be true for leak-proof. Im-

i mts mad the coming 1" made

CAL

SD EN

At least one board will be set up for each county or for each 35,000 | residents, whichever is larger,

SEARS CARRY ALL KINDS OF HEAT

training will

IS-Inch Hercules Cast Iron

Caution to Be Used

MARION Sept. 17.—Labor President Roosevelt's proclama- |

will be given an important part in

Ind.

gion, Russell Nugent, who was connected with Juvenile Court under @& previous administration, and James A. Collins, former Criminal Court judge Mr. Meyer post objects to subjecting children now in the Guardians’ Home to the atmosphere of a detention home Mr. Nugent said very Juvenile Court cases come from Irvington,

said his

few

Opposed by Smith

The protest group suggested that the Commissioners move some other County governmental department from the Court House to the Guardian Home and leave the Court in its present location. «0 X. Smith. who presided, said Cotirt should be kept in the Court House “where courts belong.’ After the meeting had gone on three hours. the weary commispromised to reconsider the They said they wished to go

L the

Mm +5

icners

the administration of the selective Goveran adconven- | of

service program in Indiana, nor Townsend declared in dress here today before the tion of the State Federation Labor “Labor will be represented on the district appeal boards,” the Governor explained. “This is important. The labor representatives should know what workers are most needed in the shops and factories to stoke the fires of national defense.” He said that he agreed fully with the executive board of the State Federation that conscription is more democratic than voluntary enlistment. “A voluntary plan exerts greatest pressure on young men in the lower economic groups, while conscription takes equally from all classes. National defense to be effective requires equal sacrifice, equal faith in American Democracy,” he as-

to discipline and co-operation. Next comes an eight-month period of intensive training in some special field, with attention to drilling in units which function as a combat team. During the following weeks the conscript applies his instruction in field exercises and maneuvers. Q—Where trained? A—This winter a good many of them will be trained in camps in the South, because the program is getting started late in the year; in general, they will be trained as close to home as possible.

are men 10 de

Q—Will there be adequate facilities for the men who are called first, to keep them well and com-~ fortable? A—The law provides that no man shall be inducted until adequate provision is made for shelter of those selected, the term

tion of a Registration Day a month | after the passage of the act was | taken to indicate that haste will be | sacrificed to caution in calling up the conscripts. Original plans had called for registration 15 days after | signing the law and the first in- | duction 40 days after signing. Now the first troops are expected to go | to camp about Nov. 15. The November elections and a wish to avoid criticism for sending recruits away from home before they vote was believed bv some to | be the cause of the delay. Others believed that the Army, which once had planned on having its first conscripts in August, was not fully prepared to establish satisfactory winter quarters before the November date. In the registration day, clared: “America stands at roads of its destiny “Time and distance have been shortened. A few weeks have seen

the de- |

proclamation fixing Mr. Roosevelt

the cross

FOR ALL KINDS OF HOMES

Get Set NOW For Winter ot

Hercules

Furnace with a 10-Year Written

Guarantee Priced at Only $49.95

Forced

Warm Air Blower

Modernize Your Heating Plant

$4 Down—S85 Monthly (Usual Carrving Charge

Enjov clean, filtered, humidified,

39:

y 1 gent)

circulated warm air in every room of

vour home. Quickly attached warm air furnace. Silent. even Temperature 1n every

10 any

Maintains

1'OOM.,

Judge Bradshaw before making a

huddle with o ; { po | Entirely automatic, 1,000 Cubic Feet

per minute,

serted. shelter to include such sanitary facilities, adequate water supply, heating and lighting arrangements, medical care and hospital

YOUTH GETS 2 YEARS FOR STEALING AUTO mommies = ay oe i

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Sept. 17 (U. OF Navy to be essential to public P.).—Alfred Miller, 20. of Peoria. anda personal health. Ill, vesterday was sentenced to a Q—What happens if war is de-two-year term at a Federal prison clared while a man is getting his by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick. training? He was charged with transportation A—The trainee goes into servof a stolen car from Illinois into ice along with the regular armed Indiana, At the time of his arrest | forces. he was on probation on a similar Q—Could he be sent out of the charge. country? Alice Klosinski, 22, of South Bend, A—Yes, he could be sent anyWas sentenced to tWO Years On 2 where in the Western Hemisphere, charge of forging a WPA check. ang to territories and possessions She was placed on probation last of the United States, including vear in another forgery case. the Philippine Islands.

. . Q—He couldn't be sent to Eu—It’s Taking the Coun! by Storm! rope? Asia?

=m -- A—No. Not without another Rg » Wi O. How soon after registration

will tiie first men be inducted into WATCH BANDS

the service? Fitted to Your Watch A—About 30 days tration, With ing on Oct. 16 c go to camp about Steles for Men Only

great nations fall. We cannot remain indifferent to the philosophy of force now rampant in the world The terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well shown 10 us all. “We must and will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression.”

Linder

decision

$35 Value, Day and Night

THERMOSTAT GIVEN With This

LARGER SIZES PROPORTIONATELY LOW PRICED

SEARS — HEADQUARTERS FOR HEATING ACCESSORIES “HERCULES” WM Ye (~ ay = AUTOMATIC Pt 0

STOKER

133%

AND Complete With All Controls

America Termed Ready The proclamation, in direct language. served notice that America is ready and able to defend at any costs its heritage of freedom “The Congress has debated without partisanship and has now enacted a law establishing a selective method of augmenting our armed forces,” the President said “The method is fair, it is sure, it is democratic—it is the will of our people “After thoughtful deliberation, and as the first step. our young men will come from the factories and the fields, the cities and the towns, to enroll their names on Registration Day. | “On that eventful day my genera- | tion will salute their generation. May we all "new within our hearts that conception of liberty and that way of life which we have all inherited, Mav we all strengthen our | resolves to hold high the torch of | freedom in this darkening world so that our children and their children | may not be robbed of their rightful | inh>ritance.”

RAILROADS READY, COUNSEL DECLARES

the |

FUNERAL HOME

1905 S. East St. DR-4477

Boiler Brush M-Gauge

Galvanized $-In 2

Flue Smoke Pipe length length

Furnace Brush rin 2 1-Inch Furnace Coil 2W-Gauge Galvanized Angles $c Hin

H-Yd, Paper

Ashestos

Rell

ur MoGauge Galvanized Flhows 8-In 15 $

Cold Water Paste, 2'5-<1b, Pkg

Cement can

Furnace a.

Furnace Humidifier 50 H-1h 10-1h

INSTALLED LOCALLY

163.95

harcmet nt : dante 1 FAY gehle to st ir " z heating t wr 0 0 bt

. NO MONEY DOWVWNTIRST MONTHLY alter regis- PAYMENT NOV. 15TH on NRA the men registerthe first ones will

the middle of

New night

electric mostal at r x‘ra cost

Regul ly for $1.00

Science’s Miracle. ~]t’s New-—It’s Different!

November. Q—What happens in the 30 days between registration and induction? A—Local boards are established, registration cards are numbered serially, a lottery is conducted and order numbers are determined. Questionnaires are sent to all men, to be returned within five days. Local boards sort out probable Class 1-A men from informa= tion in questionnaires. Physical examinations are given men in this «lass. Those selected are notified when and where to appear to begin service. They take the oath, are given transportation and lodging tickets, and start for camp

—Smartly stvied—Fit anv wrist watch — Water-proof — Perspiration-proof — Comfortable—Yields to slightest pressure Get Yours earl”!

CLOSET SEAT

1 2.49 Value

i AY

HEAT REGULATOR

y I AS

Also Easy

RANGE BOILER

7.50 Value

6: i

55-gal. hour, Economical to Bar-

Both Stores Completely Air Conditioned. Sold on Ferms

JEWELRY CO 18 N. lllinois St.

Claypool Hotel Bldg.

Heats every

30-Gal. capac= ity. Electrical« ly welded full gauge gal= vanized steel.

Transportation facilities in United States are adequate to calry | the nation’s freight “either in time of peace or in time of war,’ Judge R. V. Fletcher, general counsel for the Association of American Railroads, said in an interview here to- | | day. Judge Fletcher is attending the] one-day meeting of the Ohio Valley | Transportation Advisory Board at| the Hotel Lincoln. More than 250 | persons attended the sessions. { “There will be no need this time] for the Government to take over the | railroads in a time of emergency, as was the case during the last war,” Judge Fletcher said. He pointed out that highway and | water way transportation has been | improved greatly in the past two] decades and the nation's load was | more evenly distributed. He said the railroads, too, are in a much better | mechanical condition than they |

pred

rome

finish, A lt Ow 3 4 Set thee plated bar t doe : . - NITY ‘ emp a hinge Bul eo. keeping ft gain! well

29 on the Circle

2? Doors From Power & Light Ce. operate,

gain!

and

~ per seme ———————————————————— ere am seems ttm tt ste

THOUSANDS SAVE MILLIONS

There's a motorists who are both good drivers and

ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS oni NEEDS for YOUR HOME

Now is the Time to

Get Ready Now to Save Fuel :

dent Protection . . . Emergency Road Service (anvwhere in United States or Canada) and Touring Bureau information.

group of manv thousands of

Buy Storm Sash

smari buvers. As such, thev realize greater

than average value for their automobile

Combination Storm DOORS

Being smart buvers thev have chosen

insurance dollars. in : . Michigan Mutual protection in order to

Because they are good drivers, thev insist upon the complete protection Michigan Mutual's Blue Ribbon Policy provides them against all the financial consequences of automobile accidents and the special features it offers, such as Driver

Compensation .o Passenger Acci-

All Policies

FOUNDED IN 1912

share in the generous dividends paid vearly to every policyholder. To date these pavments exceed $8.000.000, and are paid on every form of insurance without excep-

Lion.

If vou are a good driver and a smart buyer investigate NOW.

MICHIGAN MUTUAL LIABILITY COMPANY

301 Circle Tower

Lincoln 2348

Workmen's Compensation» Automobiles Group Accident and Healths General Casualty Lines

MEMBER AMERICAN MUTUAL ALLIANCE

were 20 vears ago. |

WRITER'S RITES TOMORROW | HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 17 (U, P.) —Rosary will be recited tomorrow for William Anthony McGuire, | favorite dramatist of the late Flor-| |enz Ziegfeld, who died of a kidney

o ailment yesterday, He was 55.

Tf fidgety nerves, restless nights and otherdistress from female functional disorders keep you from having fun in life — take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound — famous for over 60 years in helping such weak, nervous women during “difficult” days. WORTH TRYING!

2'.8"x6'-8"

5-39

8-Light Style

We 50 Carry Wr sizes of combination storm doors at proportionately low prices.

2Ft.1 In X 3 Ft. Size

Treated against wood rot with Sears wood guard preservative, Clear glass. Mortised and tenoned joints.

70 Other Sizes Carried In Stock

PURCHASES OF $10 OR MORE SOLD ON EASY TERMS