Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1940 — Page 1
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. |Unofficial County List of First Draft Order Numbers
An unofficial list of those persons in each of the 15 local draft
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FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight with frost in low and exposed places; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1940
aliup Poll Puts FDR. and
board areas receiving the first 20
dividuals will be the first to receive questionnaires and to be classified by their local boards. Only those placed in Class 1-A will be subject
to call.) .
Board No.
1—William Henry{ Winters, 3410 E. 2—Madison Edwards, 2039 Columbia ........... Cetevansnerenerees Schuller, 2959 N. Delaware St. coe... lins, 704 W. 25th St.
3—Walter Mitche 4—Jess Logan Mu 5—Lowell Odell Sm 6-—-George Andre 7—John William
ramer, 57 S. Rural ..,.. 10—Forrest Wilber (Johnson, 1209 Hoyt Ave.
14—Fred Onerbey, 15—Robert Leo P
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Board No.
1—Herbert Lee Harris, 2340 N./LaSalle St. vv.cvvereeenrensrnnnss 2—Benjamin Leshe| Parnell, 658 E. 25th St. ...... Severn 3—PFrank Durward Staley Jr. 811 East 36th St. ..ceeveeenceees 4—Martin Loomis Nelson, 867 W. 25th St. .......
5—William Terry
Bord No.
1—Lawrence Adams, 2276 N. Eastern Ave. . 2—Arnold. Louis Weiske, 2212 Carrollton , 3—William Houston Garvey, 1 E. 36th St., No. 301 .......... 34th St. 5—Garfield McLoyee, 711 N. California ....... pe 6—Thomas Lee Vittstew, 3433 E. 10th St. '.............: 7—Willlam Edward Thompson, 1851 Boulevard Place... asser, 1325 Carrollton Ave. ..... g9—Clarence JIsarel Wilkinson, 1106 E. New York.....v.cveveevecee LeRoy Wood, 1337 Linden St. ...... 11—Agnew Reid, 1133 8. Tremont AVE. ........cecteessessscrncnes
4—-William Carter, 182 W.
8—Clayton Mittels 1 earge
.J2—Horace Fredrick 13+Bascol Lono
Board No. |
{—Harold Edward Bowman, 1205 Sterling 92-Ivan Russell Scotton, 3760 Orchard ....... Csbsraeiny 3.—Albert Meyer, 292¢ Park Ave. . 4—Fredrich Maxwell Kennedy, 633 Eugene ... 5—Joe Henry Logan, 120 Geisefidorff 6é—Daniel Joseph Mitchell, 4515 E. Washington ...... 7—Paul Erwin Hampton, 1304 N. Delaware St. ... 8—Frank Merle Bayse, 224 E. 9th St, No. 4-A ..ccoeevesecess 9—Lawrence John Shrope, 632 Eastern Ave. ... eieeesecresecccss 10—Mariano R. Grande, 1115 S. Harlan ... 11—Claude Olin Kehl, 1748 Ellen Drive es | 12—Floyd Edwin Waldo, 18%; S. Capitol 13—Ralph Dale Smith, 2210 Morton . 14—John Edward Grindstaff, 4629 ‘Winthrop . 15—George William Bock, 1908 Leslie, R. R. 19, Box 521-B ........ 188
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| First Call Expected to Take
| ORDER NO. 1
Kineer, 730 Bosart Ave. yde, 2349 N. Capitol Ave. ...
er, 4705 Vernon, Lawrence, Ind. «c.oncecoonecs
Aaron, 616 Bright St. ............ Cred sseeen vanes 6—Louis Bernard McIntosh, 4619 E. New York St, .. 7—Chester Henry Walker, 1402 N. Alabama St. ....ce0v00 ‘8—Warren Lee Brown, 251 N. Delaware St. ... 9—FErnest George Greenwood, 924 N. Oxford ... 10—Frederick Grodan Elmore, 1505 Spruce St. ...... 11—Carl Daniel Conrad, 752 S. Mount St. .. 12—James Henry McQueen, 632 Buchanan ......ccoseeeveecsese 13—Paul Edward Kubitz, 202 W. Raymond 14—Kirkland Clara Krueger, 5264 College AVE. ..oesecroercsascccns 15—James Cecil McWilliams, 6180 E.
ORDER NO. 3
Hill, 229 E. Minnesota : 4 -Fdward Joseph Burgess, Highland Golf Club, R. R. 17........ 15—Marlow Kenneth Ambler, R. R. 9, Box 106 .
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6.0.P. GAINS IN POPULAR VOTE, SURVEY SHOWS
Roosevelt Holds Lead With 53% as Upsurge Carries Willkie to 47%.
By DR. GEORGE H. GALLUP
(Copyright, 1940. by American Institute of Public Opinion)
PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 30.—The nation-wide trend of sentiment toward Wendell Willkie, first shown in Institute surveys in mid-October, continues at an accelerated pace into the final week of the election race. Mr. Willkie has whittled down the President's popular vote lead this month and, in survey returns tabulated up to today, shows an upsurge
lin * popularity reminiscent of his
dramatic gain on the eve of the Republican Convention- last - sum-
mer. In this survey, based on interviewing conducted between Qct. 22 and 27—the first full week after the military draft registration and after Mr. Roosevelt’s Philadelphia speech —Mr. Willkie shows an advance of one and one-half per cent in popular vote strength, narrowing the contest to the point where.-he is now within easy striking distance of victory if nothing happens to upset the trend.» -.- Ml Neck-an@*NW¥" Race
Most of the interviewing in the survey.-was made before the radio address of John L. Lewis. The results of this latest survey are: Roosevelt ccecoccocccccees 33% Willkie 0000000000000 0NNDS 41%
The new Willkie rise puts President Roosevelt in a position more précarious than would seem apparent at first glance. A lead of 53 per cent for the President is actually the equivalent of a neck-and-neck race because, owing to surplus Democratic majorities in the South, a Democratic President normally requires about 52 per cent of the nation to win. The Willkie gains have been so widespread that later reports from
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| Mailing of Questionnaires | Next Major Step for Draft Officials.
By EARL’ RICHERT | ewer than 400 Hoosiers will be called for one year’s military train- | ing in the first Selective Service call | to be made between Nov. 19-25, it | was learned unofficially today. Official instructions on the state's | quota and the method lof call are | ‘expected to be received at State Se- | lective Service headquarters here | either today or tomorrow. It is believed that the men will be | taken as-evenly as possible from the | state’s 152 draft board areas, two
-| apiece from the smaller ‘boards and
| three éach from the larger. | Because of the smallness of the
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| call, it is highly probable that vol- | unteers will fill the quota and no | ‘one will be drafted for Ale first call, | @
| ials said. | youths have volunteered
at nearly every draft board in the | state, Selective Service officials said. | Albert D. Hockensmith, chairman | of Draft Board 4 in Marion County,
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. | said that at least 256 youths in his
| area hae indicated their: desire to | volunteer. Other local board chair- ' men report similar figures. The volunteers will be classified just as other. draft. registrants, and they will be placed at the top of the ‘order list only after they have : (Continued on Page Four)
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{7-HOUR LOTTERY ENDS AT 4:48 A. M.
List 17 Million for Army; Bowl 6 Numbers Short.
(Draft Numbers, Pages 10 and 11)
By LYLE C. WILSON, United Press Staff Correspondent INTERDEPARTMENTAL AUDITORIUM, Washington, Oct. 30.— The United States’ first peace time compulsory military service lottery ended at 4:48 A. M. (Indianapolis Time), today after more than 17% hours of drawing numbers from the World War fish bowl. As the sun came up "17,000,000 young Americans were numbered for selective service in the new national Army. By the millions the young men turned out of bed today aware that 800,000 of them in a few months--30,000 by Nov. 13—will be inducted into the Army. Volunteers probably will fill the Nov. 18 quota or come close to it, officials said. But the draft is on. The United States is preparing to fireproof its defenses in a flaming world. Selective Service Director Clarence A. Dykstra estimated that the first 1500 to 3000 numbers drawn will provide the 800,000 who will form (Continued on Page 11)
HATCH VIOLATIONS DENIED BY DU PONT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (U. P.).— Chairman Guy M. Gillette (D. Ia.) of the Senate Campaign Investigating Committee said today that Lammot du Pont, Delaware industrialist, has denied violating Hatch ‘Act limitations on campaign con-
tributions.
Mr. Gillette announced that Mr. du Pont entered the denial in reply to an inquiry from the committee as ta the truth of charges that he was seeking to avoid the Act's $5000 limitation on individual contributions by giving various sums under that amount to state and local or-
‘lin Mr, Roosevelt's favor.
the survey will. probably show the two candidates about even in electoral votes, or with Mr. Willkie
] slightly ahead.
Final Report Monday Today’s results are based on tabulations by sections. State-by-state results are now being compiled by the Institute for publication within the next few days. A special survey of every state is being made this week by telegraph, and will furnish the basis for the full Institute report Monday, Nov. 4. The greatest Republican gains have come in places where Mr, Willkie, needed them most—in New York, Pennsylvania and other areas in the Middle Atlantic section. Even on the Pacific Coast, which has for many years been a New Deal stronghold, the increases for Mr. Willkie have been sufficient to put that area in the doubtful column. The trend of the major party vote in this campaign. has heen as follows: : —Aug. 4— Roosevelt... 51% Willkie.. 49% —Aug. 256— > Roosevelt... 51 Willkie.. 49 —Sept. 20— Roosevelt... 55 Willkie.. 45 —O0ct. 6— Roosevelt... 56 Willkie.. 44 ~—QOct. 18— Roosevelt.. 55 Willkie.. 45 —0ct. 27— Roosevelt.. 54.5 Willkie.. 45.5 —Today— Roosevelt... 53 Willkie. . 47
The proportion of persons undecided as to their choice in today’s survey is 8 per cent. It must not be forgotten, however, that President Roosevelt's intensive campaign speaking has just begun and that his forthcoming radio addresses may halt and reverse the Willkie trend. Moreover, the new crisis in the Balkans—the Italo-Grecian war—may be a factor Surveys in the past have shown that the President tends to .gain with every fresh emergency abroad.
LA GUARDIA .SEES. - OBLIVION FOR LOSERS
CHICAGO, Oct. 30 “(U. P.). — Mayor La Guardia of New York predicted in a press conference today that “the party that loses this election will go out of’ existence.” He made the prediction in answering a question whether he and other Republicans, Progressives and Independents who are supporting President Ronsevelt for re-election are starting. “a third party move-
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Wonder if He Ever Hit Bingo!
ONE OF EIGHT men. accused by police of having conducted an “open air dice game dowsitown yes~" terday came before Judge John McNelis in Municipal Court today with an incredulous expression on his face. “Judge,” he said, “I wasn’t shooting dice. I have never shot dice.” fe He paused for emphasis. “In fact,” he said, “I've never played . poker. I've never even bought a lottery ticket.” He paused again. . “Why judge,” he exclaimed, “I've never even thrown baseballs for kewpie dolls at the fair.” : Judge McNelis was impressed. “Perfect man,” he said. “Discharged.”
M'NUTT WILL LEAD FINAL VOTE DRIVE
Speaks at Mass Meeting in -- ‘Tabernacle Tonight.
By NOBLE REED
Marion County Democrats will make their biggest bid for victory at a mass meeting tonight at Cadle Tabernacle. Between 8000 and 12;000 are expected to attend. Paul V. McNutt, until six months ago a Hoosier “favorite son” for the Presidency, will deliver the principal speech during the local Democrats’ final drive for votes that will be kept up at full speed until election day." He is scheduled to begin speaking at the Tabernacle at 8:30 o’clock and his address will be broadcast over a radio network. . At Richmond last night, Mr. McNutt reviewed accomplishments of the New Deal under President Roosevelt. “It has taken us a long time to get the beginning of old age pensions, unemployment insurance, aid for the blind and for dependent children,” he said. “It was no ‘easy matter to establish the principle that farmers are (Continued on Page Three)
ALL LOVE—NO RENT PEORIA, Ill, Oct. 30 (U. P.).— Police today held Josephine Boll, 40, for investigation after she told them she set her house afire to drive out a roomer “who always wants to make love and never wants to pay rent.” Earl Wililams, 60, who lives at the Boll home, gave the alarm.
‘Manufacturers Convene
High officials of the National Manufacturers’ Association came to Indianapolis today for the annual dinner of the Indiana Manufacturers’
Walter P. Weisenburger, executive
vice president; right, H. W. Prentis Jr., president; standing, left, J. C. Conover, assistant to Mr. Weisenburger, and H. H. Stansbury, public
PRENTIS RAPS LAG IN DEFENSE
Declares Government Must Cut Red Tape and Stand- . ardize Designs. By SAM TYNDALL Henning W. Prentis Jr., president of the National Manufacturers’ Association, said here today that the National Defense program. cannot be speeded up unless the Government: 1. Cuts red tape. 2. Appoints an executive the National Defense Commission. 3. Speeds up designs and standardization of all military material. Mr. Prentis, who: is to speak tonight at the Indiana Manufacturers’ Association annual dinner at the Columbia Club, said he could not understand why the War- Resources Board report was suppressed last spring. Report Never Published “It should have been made the basis for the establishment. of the National Defense Commission,” he said. : “I understand,” Mr. Prentis said, “that the board recommended a civilian body be established to coordinate all governmental departments in defense planning and that the civilian group be given real power and authority. “The present commission has no
head to Advisory
be said that its members have generated the best volunteer co-opera-tion. possible under the circumstances.” : : In scoring red tape, Mr. Prentis cited a half dozen instances during the last eight weeks in which he said defense contracts have been held up for “picayunish, unessential technicalities.” .
Plant Penalized
He said that a few weeks ago he learned that construction of a navy cargo vessel was held up for 60 days because certain tools needed in the construction work bore serial numbers which had been written on by an electric pencil instead of stamped in. . In another instance, he said, an eastern company, working on a defense order, was penalized by the wage and hours administrator because metallurgists in the plant “were interested enough to take some of their work home and do it at night.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (U. P.Y— The Army air corps announced today that an improved model of the Bell Airacuda, powerful multiplace fighter plane which carries two cannons, has been delivered to Wright Field, Dayton, O. The new model, known as YFM1A, is. similar in most respects to two previous planes of the same series,” except ihat the latest version is equipped with retractable tricycle landing gear and its two motors develop greater power. The first model of the series, the XFM]1, was delivered to the air corps in 19317. The Airacuda is considered revo-
ment.” La Guardia said they were
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Army Gets Newest Airacuda Powered by Allison Motors
with two liquid-cooled Allison engines which drive two pusher, type three-bladed propellers. The plane carries a crew of five. A 37-millimeter cannon is mounted in each 6f the plahe’s’ twin hoses Which are unobstructed by propelBell Air Corp. is: confining its production at its Buffalo, N. Y., plant to 400-mile-an-hour single place in terceptor-pursuit ships, . the Airacobras, The Airacobras carry a 37millimeter cannon which protrudes through the propeller hob., The engine is mounted in the fuselage to the rear of the pilot and the proPeller is driven by a nine-foot drive
real power or authority, but it must.
FDR TO REVEAL
FURTHER U.S. AID TO BRITISH
Details to Be Given at Boston Tonight; Charges Fear Put jn Campaign. ABOARD ROOSEVELT
President Roosevelt will make an announcement of the ex-
‘Itension of further aid to
‘Great Britain in a major campaign address at Boston“tonight, it was learned today. His speech will be broadcast at 9:15 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). The announcement, it was indicated, may make available to Great Britain additional . fighting planes for its aerial defense against Nazi Germany. The airplanes, i was believed,
would come through giving British orders greater priority at American airplane factories--thus clearing the way for acceleration of plane deliveries overseas. '
Charges Fear Made Issue
There was no indication that the announcement would have any bearing on reports that a substantial number of the Army Air Corps “flying fortresses” might be made available ‘to Britain. Sources close to Mr. Roosevelt said that the new extension of aid “would not be sucli as to take away any existing equipments from America’s defense forces.” ; The President cpened his third term drive in New England by condemning thé: injection of fear into the campaign and blasting at charges the New Deal plans to “send American boys to Europe.”
Bids for 25 Electoral Votes
Bidding for the 25 tlectoral votes of Massachusetts and Connecticut, Mr. Roosevelt told a rain-drenched crowd at New Haven that “all this talk about sending American boys to Europe does not conform with the facts of the past or the facts of the future.” ‘ Despite a driving, autumnal rain, a big crowd jammed the New Haven station to cheer him. Many in the erowd carried banners, proclaiming third-term supporf, and pledging backing from labor organizations, including the International Ladies’ (Continued on Pag~ Four)
WILLKIE LINKS WAR, LONG ONE-MAN RULE
Nominee Goes to Baltimore For Speech Tonight.
ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN, Oct. 30° (U. P.).—Wendell 1, Willkie today assailed third-term ‘ambitions of President Reosevelt by a declaration that long rule by one man always ends in “war, war, war!” Mr. Willkie will make another major address in Baltirnore tonight. The Republican Presidential nominee continued his only campaign visit to West Virginia «by telling a Clarksburg audience that the thirdterm supporters claim “putting people back to work” is beside the point. They say foreign affairs is thé only issue, Mr. Willkie said. “But this man who is supposed to be so interested in foreign affairs has only one ambassador on the job in Europe and that is in Moscow,” Mr. Willkie said. “The Ambassador 0 the Court of St. James and the Ambassador to France are back here making partisan speeches like any political
dates for constable sec¢king to sit around and get their jobs retained.” Heading east in the final week of the campaign, Mr. Willkie again hammered at the war and national (Continued on Page Three)
POLITICAL SPEAKERS ON AIR TONIGHT
‘Political speakers tonight and the stations over which they can be heard are as fol-
- 5:30 (WIRE) — Paul G. Davis, No Third Term Committee. |
“ 7:30 (WFBM — Dorothy Thompson. : 8:00 (NBC-Blue) — Senator Taft, East Liverpool, O. Rebroadeast over WENR at 10 o’clock. 8:30 (WIRE) — Paul «= McNutt, Indianapolis. 9:00 (WIRE) —9:15 (WFBM)— President Roosevelt, Bos-
ton. 10:15 (WFBM)—Chzrles OC. Baker, No Third Term Com-
mittee.
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BLAZE SWEEPS ARMY BUILDING
Defense Documents Saved; - Soldiers Keep Guard; Cause Is Sought.
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (U. P)). —Pire swept through three wings of the War Department's office building early today and damaged an undetermined number of valuable documents and files before being brought under control. The fire broke out in the wing housing the Army’s code room and spread quickly. For a time it was feared that the code room had heen damaged, but Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, announced that an inspection after the fire was brought under control revealed that there had been neither fire nor water damage in that section. The Army said that no papers or documents important in the defense program were lost. The War artment appointed a five-man board to investigate. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said he had heen advised by Secretary of War Henry 'L. Stimson that evidence indicated the blaze was not started by sahoteurs.,. = Mr. Knox said Mr. Stimson believed a short circuit or a carelessly thrown cigaret was to blame. All available fire equipment in the city and many companies from nearby Maryland and Virginia were called. When Gen. Marshall arrived he ordered 500 soldiers from Ft. Meyer to the scene to guard the building. The building is on Constitution Ave, only a few blocks from the departmental auditorium. where the last of the draft loftery numbers were being drawn. It is two blocks from the south grounds of the White House. The War Department operated on schedule today -despite the fire. Most of the fire damage was confined to.the third floor and the uncompleted fourth floor addition to pe third wing. The second and urth wings were damaged by fire on the top floor. All floors in those three wings suffered heavy water damage, in the damaged section was the Army Air Corps’ intelligence section. :
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near Athens, sever the sotuhern part of the Greek Peninsula from the central and northern. This southern part, called Peloponnesus, comprises about onefourth the area of Greece. The mining operations in the three gulfs and along the Western Seaboard are designed to prevent Italian troops moving by land or transport to this area. . : If that operation has been gigong
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Italian troops invading Greece tonight were reported to ! have occupied the Greek town of Breznica, just over the |!
a severe battle which gave.’
them control of a strategic road junction.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS ! United Press Foreign News Editor
in the frontier mountaing
were reported today to have stalled the Axis offensive into the Balkans with the aid of Great Britain’s Navy and bad weather. Unconfirmed reports were heard in Bulgaria tha
the the conflict.
Other reports coming from London said that 75,000 German troops were moving down the Danube River, pose sibly to aid in the drive against Greece by attacking from the east (through Jugoslavia or Bulgaria) if the Fascist of«
~ Dispatches from the Jugoslav frontier said that severe fighting was in progress at
‘half a dozen points inside the
Greek border but that Italian columns had been hurled back with considerable loss at some points, especially in the Korca sector to which Fascist reinforcements weeps being rushed. Italy’s Fliers Hampered
Unfavorabl® weather was said to. have hampered Italy's big air fleet, while the Italian Navy was appare ently blocked out of the most ime portant Greek zone by the laying of British mines along the west coast and around the Gulfs of Patras, Corinth and Aegina. . The British Air Ministry said that the R. A. F. bombed Berlin last’ night during a raging snowstorm; attacking a big electrical works in the center of the German capital. At the same time London claimed to have brought down 30 Nazi raid« ers’ which attacked England's ine dustrial midlands. In Vichy, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, in a nation-wide radio broadcast warned the French na< tion that “an armistice is nob peace.” 1 He said that following recent dis« cussions he hoped conditions of wan prisoners would soon be improved and the boundary line between occupied ‘and unoccupied France would become more flexible. i
Expected Greece to Resist |
Censorship and poor communica tions still obscured the full extent of fighting in the Balkans and the progress of the Italian campaigh-—e— which Italy said was proceeding normally—but in the capital of Bulgaria. there were persistent un-« confirmed reports that an effort was being made to bring the Greek war to a quick end. Germany, it was asserted, was taking the lead in that direction.
The Sofia reports that Germany was exerting pressure on Turkey, Bulgaria and Jugoslavia to persuada Greece to agree to armistice were discounted in responsible sources, but it was pointed out that such a move was in line with reports that the Axis powers had not expected Greece to resist. :
‘Faces Difficult Campaign
One version. circulated at the bee ginning of the Fascist offensive into Greece was that Rome and Berlin had counted on Greek acceptance of Italy's demands for a break with Britain and for Italian bases im Greece. When Greece chose to fight, i%
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War Moves Today
By J. W. T. MASON
United Press War Exvert
Great Britain has. struck quickly in southern Greece to strengthen her own position in the eastern Mediterranean and confine Italian military operae tions to. the northern Greek areas. the Italians succeeded in penetrating some distance into northern Greece the larger gain will go to Brit= ain if the British operations in the south are to their logical conclusion. London’s announcement today that the Patras,’ Corinth, and Aegina Gulfs have been mined, as well as the waters south of Athens and along the west coast, gives a clue to British strategy. The thre gulfs form a continuous waterway, which with the Corinth Canal,
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