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Every Effort Should Be ade To Economize, He Say

L. Doughton of the Ways and Means Commi said today after a conference with President Roosevelt that Federal taxes should be irfcreased next year to bring in enough revenue to balance regular Government expenditures, exclusive of defense. Mr. Doughton said that defense spending could not be met | with extra taxes and that every| effort

should be made to econonjize in| non-defense expenditures and jo meet their costs with new| levies that would tend to balance! thaf part of the budget.

He said that a new tax bill would

be offered at the next Congress

whieh meets in January and expressed hope that his committee would be given sufficient time to draft the measure withouti| the pressure under which tax bills have been drafted recently. i

Urges ‘Reasonable Econo 1)

“Outside of increased defense costs,” Rep. Doughton| “it, is my individual opinio ii after. effecting: every proper and reasonable economy we should raise sufficient additional e at least to meet the regular expenses of the Government. i “The Lord knows we won't be 4ble to meet this $13,000,000,000 or $14,000,000,000 in increased fense costs “with increased taxes. | But I don’t think we should pass| jon to future generations a dollar |of indebtedness that we possibly can take -care of ourselves.” Rép. Doughton said it would be impossible to predict nowj how mich revenue would have t creased to meet regular oO

ity of the estimate is height the fact that revenues are gn the advance from present tax the basis of improving busi

Higher Revenue Possi

#If business goes along its|g improving lines, and it seems onable to predict it will, the be increased revenue from |g tax laws,” he said. Mr. Doughton indicated that relief appropriations nt trimmed sharply in the comin gress as private industry increasing numbers of work at present are being suppo

said again that it is diffi make predictions along this | Pointing out that the join and House Tax Committee a is at*work and that Treasury are making estimates, Mr. Dai said that he hopes to have picture’ of the fiscal situatio middle of December. | Later today Mr. Roosevelt open his long series of bud ferences with Budget Direct@ old B. Smith,

STATE CONCERNS | ARMY CONTR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 contracts for Indiana condgrns today included the following Evansville Mattress a Co., Inc., Evansville, $19,600 cotton mattresses; Anders tress Co., Anderson, $19,80 coton mattresses; Cavalier /¢ Corp., Evansville, $17,700 for 30,000 serge trousers, and Albe ( Manufacturing Co., East (Chicago, $20,679.30 for 30,000 serge t pusers.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UW. P.). — Stocks had their worst setback today since Oct. 8, with the|exception of the day after election, Losses ranged to $4 in high-grade issues. The reversal was general, but josses in railroad and industrial issues were smaller than Isewhere. The utility group was hardest hit.

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That’s Estimated Cost Of Average Family’s Dinner Tomorrow.

By UNITED PRESS

JOHN Q. PUBLIC, the average American citizen who js the head of a family of four will pay about $4.32 for his Thanksgiving dinner if he lives in one of the 32 states where the holiday will be cele- - brated tomorrow, a survey showed. The average price for the meal in 1939 was $4.46. As in 1939, there are again two schools of thought on the celebration of the annual feast day. Governors of 16 states clung to the traditional last Thursday of the month. The others abided by the proclamation of President Roosevelt which for the second successive year moved the holiday up one week, If Mr. Public lives in one of the states where tomorrow will be Thanksgiving, he can travel next week to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,. Rhode Island, Connecticut, North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Nevada or Idaho and have another (feast. Those are the states which retained the traditional date, Kentucky will celebrate both days.

CITY AWAITING THANKSGIVING

Church Services Highspot Observance With the Turkey Playing Its Part. Turkeys, thousands ‘of them, who

have spent the past nine months growing up to adult size, will reign

from their garnished platters tomorrow in complete supremacy.

The feast from soup to pumpkin

pie wili be the order of the day with

all banks, government offices and business houses closed in honor of the day. Important also will be the city’s religious observance of this, America’s 319th Day of Thanksgiving. The observance here | will be cheered by the report that the 31 local banks have stored Christmas Savings, which are a quarter of a million dollars over last year. Then, too, local payrolls are about $15,000,000 more, than in 1939, Religious observances | will! be widespread.-4 All Episcopal churches will combine in a union service at 10:30 a. m. on the Circle tomorrow. The Rt. Rev. Richard A. Kirchhoffer, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis, will preach. : Bishop Titus Lowe, of the Indianapolis Area of the Methodist

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service of 14 churches in the North District at the Meridian Heights (Continued on Page Three)

U.S. ADVISED HEALTH BOARD MERIT PLAN

No Politics in Placing 300

Under System.

The placing of the entire personnel of the State Health Department under the: merit system was done under the advice of the Federal Government and was without any political implications, it was learned today. First reports of - the move,. accompanied by executive order from Governor Townsend three months ago, but discovered only yesterday, were interpreted by political observers as a ten-strike removing some 300 Democratic employees from the patronage powers of the Republican-dominated Legislature. These political assumptions were in ‘error. A year ago, the Bureau of Maternal é&nd Child Health, in Washington instructed Indiana to place all State employees in this field under merit ratings or lose Federal funds. This step became effective for some 50 persons who took examinations in November, 1939. Last spring, Public Health Service “advised” the State Board of Health that the merit system should be extended to cover all employees of the Board. The Federal agency at that time said ‘it was “withholding action” on its 1940 budget, : In August, Governor Townsend agreed to the Federal Government's urgings , and by executive order transferred the full department personnel to the merit system.

DENIES INFLUENCE ~~ WINS CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U. P.).— Assistant Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson today advised business concerns not to deal with persons claiming to have influence ' with

taining contracts. “There is no truth in representations* of this sort, and business concerns are cautioned against having: dealings with persons who make such’ representations or offer such services,” he said,

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BONEY'S DEAD WITH THAT 95 CENTS UNPAID

Truck Kills Junk Man Going Home With ‘Pay Load’ for Bed Coverings.

At 12:30 a. m. today Boney Hughes, 37-year-old head of a family of seven, died at City Hospital of injuries received when he was struck five

hours earlier by a truck,

At the time of the accident, which occurred at Abbott and West Sts., Mr, Hughes was pushing his junk cart home, loaded with enough cardboard and ,metal to sell for about a dollar. That dollar had a definite place in the Hughes family plans. Mr. Hughes death brings to 84 the number of persons killed this year in City traffic and to 128 : the number killed in both the ar. Hughes City and County as [against a total of 85 at this time last year. hen Mr. Hughes left his home, 1222 S. West St., yesterday after the noon meal, he told his wife that he hoped to bring home at least 95 cents that night. That money, they both agreed, was to be used to make the final payment on eight blankets purchased last March for $28. With weekly payments, earned by Mr. Hughes with his push cart, the .indebtedness had been reduced to the final 95-cent payment. As Mr. Hughes pushed his cart out of ‘Abbott St. onto West St, a truck driven by Leon Foster, 939'a Pdaca St. struck him. He was) taken to City Hospital and police | notified Mrs. Hughes and took her | to| the hospital. he sat by him until 10:30 p. m. when doctors said he appeared to be resting more easily and encour-

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LEGION PROPOSES GUARD UNIFORMS

| Draft Officer to Ask Aid of Committee.

| S |The first step toward supplying proposed “state guard” units with uniforms was taken by American Legion Department commanders and adjutants today at the close of their three-day conference. | The commanders and adjutants adopted a resolution directed to the Légion’s National Defense Committee urging that the War Department be asked to furnish the uniforms to “such state guard units as may be formed.” Brig. ‘Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, executive officer of the Selective Service program, arrived this afternoon and will address the Legion Executive Committee tomorrow on how the Legion can help with the draft program. The Committee's session will continue through Friday when 12 sub-committees and commissions will make their reports. , The all-time high in advance membership was recorded yesterday afternoon When the telegraphic roll call for 1941 totaled 608,579.

MORE PLANES FOR BRITAIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U.P.).— United States aid to Britain will be accelerated through the release of additional planes now being produced by American manufacturers for this nation’s own defense forces,

An air view of Birmingham, British industrial center.

START RECOUNT ON TREASURER

X Baker, Pritchard Canvass Returns in Boetcher, Tegarden Race.

Recounting of the votes cast for County Treasurer in the Nov. 5 election was started this afternoon, following the appointment of recount commissioners two hours earlier by Circuit Court Judge Earl R. Cox. The recount, expected to require a week or 10 days, was asked by Paul E. Tegarden, Republican, who was defeated by, 195 votes by the incumbent treasurer, Walter Boetcher, in official returns. Judge Cox named former Criminal Court Judge Frank Baker as the Democratic recount commissioner and Walter Pritchard, former City Court judge, as the Republican commissioner.

Gates Is Mechanic Jeremiah (Jerry) Gates, Municipal Garage superintendent, was named as the “voting machine mechanic” member of the board. The recount is being conducted at the voting machine warehouse at 21st St. and Northwestern Ave. Judge Cox said that if “any other recounts” are started, he proposed to name the same commissioners. Recount suits have been filed by 16 defeated Democratic candidates for the State Legislature and: the Democratic candidates for Prosecutor, Surveyor, Coroner and County Commissioners. Next Tuesday has been set as the return date for these cases. - Political observers commented that the trend in the recount of votes cast for Treasurer might influence the Democratic candidates’ decision on their own recount actions. Linder Represents Boetcher

In the recount started today, only the votes cast for Treasurer will be tabulated. The canvassing board report showed Mr. Boetcher receiving 123,587 votes and Mr. Tegarden 123,392. * When Judge Cox announced that he felt the counting should “start now and go right on through,” Mr. Baker inquired whether they should work on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving days,” Judge Cox replied, and you and Mr. Pritchard can decide which one to observe.” Mr. Boetcher is represented by John F. Linder and Carl Seet, while Mr. Tegarden’s attorneys are Julius C. Travis, Emsley Johnson Sr., and

informed officials said today.

By EARL RICHERT

A great many moons ago, no on knows how long, a large block of ice broke away from the shore in th Arctic northland and drifted out to sea, carrying with it a brave young Eskimo hunter named Anauta.

That night, while he was being

mother, worked in a nearby snowhouse helping a young Eskimo woman deliver her third child. It was a girl.

The Eskimos believed that the unclaimed spirits of the dead would drift around until someone allowed him a chance to live on earth again. So, Alea, the new mother, named her daughtér Anauta in honor of the fearless young hunter so that

Adams, lives at 2354 N. Talbot St. Already fairly well known for her lectures on Eskimo life, she is being introduced to the world at large in a striking and informative biography, “Land of the Good Shadows,”

Wilbur Royse.

An Arctic Ice Cake Drifted Into the Sea Thus Began the Saga of

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Labor Peace Seems Doubtful: Hillman to Stay With C.I.0.

Vice President Asks Murray Be Drafted to Succeed John L. Lewis.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 2 (U. B.).—Congress of Industrial Oyganization affairs reached a is today with the ascension of Rhilip Murray to the presidency in doubt and the door to lahor peace virtually closed. 4% Vice President. Sidney Hillman, replying -to criticism of John L. Lewis and renewing a plea for lahor unity, declared that the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union “will stay in.C. I. O. despite some wishful thinking outside and maybe inside C. I. 0.” : “As the responsible officer of the Amalgamated (he is president), I tell yh that there never has- been a suggestion of our organization leaving the C. I. O.” Mr. Hillman said. J Mr. Hillman and his followers. who favor new peace efforts, had received a virtual invitation to leave the C. 1. O. if they are weary o the fight with the American Federation of Labor and prefer “the easy way.” 3 That challenge was made yesterday by retiring President Lewis in a bitter speech. He said the A. F. of L. would grant. the C. I. O. no honorable peace until {the C. I. O. unions grow stronger, and asserted that new peace talks now would (Continued on Page Three)

MERGURY TO FALL THANKSGIVING DAY

There Will Be Occasional Rain Here Tonight.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES am ...54 10a m .,. 53 am ...54 11am ..49 a.m. ... 53 12 (noon) . 48 am ...54 1pm... 48 Lend the Weather Man ‘an ear about Thanksgiving: Skies will be cloudy and there will be occasional rain toaignt. It will be colder tonight and by tomorrow morning the temperature will drop

a Local Woman

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published today by the John Day

The book was writien by Mrs. Heluiz Chandler Washburne of WinIll, in collaboration with

It tells an amazing story of the Eskimo woman who spent the first half of her life far up in the Arctic circle and is spending the last half in our industrial civ tion.

She was brought up as a boy, and under the guidance of her foster mother, Oomialik, a ] lived the nomadic life of her.people, traveling long distances by dog sledge, sleeping in snow houses. harpooning seals, spearing birds and hunting caribou. | She married a young Eskimo, Uille, and bore iwo children, Alea, named for her mother, and Toratea. Her husband was drowned when his canoe capsized and she traveled with her two children from ons place to another. A Scotch woman whom she knew

Leaders Publicly Indorse Peace, Privately Add ‘On Own Terms.’

By RICHARD LAMB Times Special Writer NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20.—Doubts were cast today on the efficacy of President Roosevelt's latest attempt to lure the dove of peace into the divided house of labor. His. message to the American Federation of Labor in convention here “ventured: to suggest” an ‘“unselfish, a farsighted and a patriotic effort to bring about a just and an honorable peace” toward a goal of national unity. ' Then he put his finger on the real problem: “Labor leaders, with the interest of the nation at heart and the advantage of their followers in mind can, I am sure, find the way to reach such a peace.” The problem is to find the labor leaders—that is, the men who pull the wires—who can qualify for such

¢ (an altruistic role.

. Insist on Own Terms

Publicly, leaders of both the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. fling wide their arms and cry, “brother, come back.” Then in an undertone they add, “—at our terms.” For example, A. F. of L. President William Green replied yesterday to Mr. Roosevelt that the A. F. of L. peace negotiators ‘stand ready and willing” at any time to resume peace talks with the C. I. O. And yet, only 24 hours earlier, in his opening speech to the convention, he branded as “fantastic” John L. Lewis’ suggestion that the two organizations simply merge and then iron out their jurisdictional squabbles. 3 Fears Analyzed

On the A. F. of L. side is a fear that the C. 1. O. would misrepresent its membership strength and seize control of the united organizations. And on the C. I. O. side is the fear that, if reunited and if the C. I. O. forces were outvoted, the A. F. (Continued on Page Three)

AWAITS SENTENCE FOR DEFACING FLAG

TOMS RIVER, N. J. Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Helga Schleuter, 20, an attractive blond, was in the custody of the sheriff today awaiting sentence for “publicly mutilating, defiling and defacing the flag of the United States,” a misdemeanor. She was convicted last night of tearing ‘a small flag from her motorcycle and throwing it to the ground during the state firemen’s parade in Lakewood last June 29, shouting that she was a Nazi and despised Jews. She explained that she had “too many beers.”

CHECK RIOTING AT DAM

NANTAHALA, N. C. Nov. 20 (U, P.) —State Highway patrolmen and deputy sheriffs today patrolled the $6,500,000 Nantahala Dam site to prevent further rioting that halted construction work on the project, which is an important power link in national defense. It was not known immediately when construction work would be resumed.

DENIES SHIPS SEARCHED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U.P.).— The Navy today described as “false” charges that American destroyers had stopped and examined a Mexican oil tanker and a Honduran tanker off the Mexican coast Monday. The charges had been made by officers and crew members of the two “vessels their arrival

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yesferday.

R. A. F. Raids Berlin And Great Skoda Arms Works.

By UNITED PRESS An all-night German aerial blitzkrieg, described as more furious than last week’s destruction of Coventry, wrecked large areas of several English western mniid-

lands cities, including Birm-

ingham, the “Pittsburgh of Britain,” today. The attack on the vital munitions and steel center continued from dusk to dawn in rolling attacks at one-minute intervals. London admitted that death and destruction was widespread. Berlin said Birmingham had been “Coventrated” by one million pounds of bombs dropped hy 500 planes. London, however, said tremendous antiaircraft fire had saved it from becoming another Coventry.”

Factories Still Running

A United Press correspondent touring the Midlands reported through the censorship that the principal town he visited (presumably Birmingham) had suffered much less damage to vital war industry than might have been expected, and, from a hill top, he saw hundreds of smokestacks sending up plumes of smoke that indicated business as usual this morning. The 10-hour Nazi attack, however, admittedly did vast damage and caused many casualties in perhaps a score of towns, some of which were accidentally bombed in the course of concentrated attacks on Birmingham and a few other centers such as Coventry and Liverpool. While the Luftwaffe was over the British Isles, the Royal Air Force was dropping bombs of its own on a number of objectives in Germany, including Berlin and the Skoda Arms Works at Pilsen in Bohemia, London announced.

Battle of Greece Rages

The battle of Greece continued furiously, but with conflicting claims. Dispatches from the Jugoslav border to Belgrade said the Italian troops were: in full retreat on two

captured considerable booty. Ohrid dispatches said that along the Ionian sea coast the Italian withdrawal had become a rout and that Greek troops were chasing the Italians toward Albanian villages near Konispolis. Near Koritza, at the other end of the line, Greek troops were said to be only three miles from the shell-wrecked Italian base. Athens added that British Royal (Continued on Page Three)

RAMSPECK MEASURE WAITS SIGNATURE

Bill Places 200,000 Under Civil Service System.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U. P., —The Ramspeck bill authorizing President Roosevelt to blanket an estimated 200,000 Federal employees under the Civil Service system was on his desk for signature today. Both the Senate and House agreed to a conference report on the legislation yesterday. Senate approval was won without debate on a voice vote. The House passed the measure by a roll-call vote of 206 to 139 after a barrage of last-minute attacks by Republicans and Democrats. The measure does not affect employees of the Work Projects Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, or assistant district attorneys and ‘policy making” positions filled by consent of the Senate. The bill has had the backing of the President and his aides as a part of the Administration’s Government reorganization program. It affects more than a score of independent Government agencies which have developed under the New Deal, including the RFC, PWA, CCC, AAA, NYA and HOLC. Under the bill, the President can give ivil Service status to the employes in these agencies, providing they pass non-competive examinations and meet physical requirements. Senator James M. Mead (D. N. Y.), among the Senate advocates of the measure, said today: “It leaves the President with authority originally intended as one of his prerogatives to cover within the merit system regularly

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NAZISDEALBLOW AT BIRMINGHAM: GREEKS PUSH ON

Rumania May Sign; Report Bulgaria Adds to Army.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Adolf Hitler signed up Hungary as an Axis partner today while German air power smashed at the center of Great Britain's war industries in what Nazis called merely the beginning of cons centrated aerial onslaughts. German reports of the raids and threats in the Nazi press of more and harder attacks may have been directed. especially at the Balkans, where Hitler was working to hold

the diplomatic initiative in apparent preparation for an Axis offensive against the British Empire in the Mediterranean this winter. The Hungary Government joined the German-Italian-Japanese alliance in a ceremony at Vienna which was believed likely to be fol lowed by the adherence of Rumania and other southeastern states in the next few weeks, }]

Rumania May Join Friday

In Bucharest diplomatic quarters believed that when Premier Gen, Ion Antonescu visits Berlin he will sign documents placing Rumania in the alliance. : Diplomatic developments appeared likely to be speeded up by the Axis if Greek claims of continued gains in fighting along thie Albania frontier are confirmed. : An Athens broadcast heard in Bulgaria hinted at new war dangers in the Balkans when it reported that Italian troops had attempted to go through Jugoslavia to attack the Greeks in the rear. - | : The broadcast charged that Jugoslav troops had halted the Italians. This development was not confirmed from any other source.

Report Bulgaria Adds to Army

The Bulgarians were definitely ex< pecting new Balkan developments however, and dispatches said that more Bulgarian reservists were being called to the colors. Messages to Sofia also reported that the Turks were still concentrating men and materials in the | Bulgarian and Greek frontier re< | gions, presumably as a precaution {against military developments that may follow Hitler's diplomatic offensive to strengthen the Axis. The adherence of Hungary, it was emphasized at the ceremony, is merely the beginning in the Axis campaign to sign up all European states, presumably including Slovakia, Rumania, Bulgaria and Spain, Wait Mediterranean Plan Italy and ‘Germany also have made friendly gestures recently toward Jugoslavia, which was brought under additional pressure by ade herence of Hungary to the Axis. “This alliance is directed against nobody,” Hungary emphasized, but there was general acceptance of the view that the Axis was completing its organization of Europe economic= ally and politically in preparation for a Mediterranean campaign against the British Empire. Bulgaria reportedly was promised an outlet on the Aegean Sea at the expense ‘of Greece in return for its co-operation and for permission far German troops to move through Bulgarian territory to strike at Greece or at the British in the easte ern Mediterranean. /

Russian Approval Claimed There still was no definite indication of the extent to which Russia would co-operate with the German push to the southeast. In Berlin, however, the adherence of Hungary to the Axis means that a “new order” in Europe, Africa and the Far East has been consummated “with the full approval’ of Soviet, Russia, the authoritative Hamburg er Fremdenblatt said. | The Mediterranean campaign cone - (Continued on Page Three) .

TWO PILOTS ESCAPE IN CANADIAN CRASH

MONTREAL, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Two pilots escaped death today when a twin-engined plane marked for delivery to the Royal Canadian Air Force crashed while taking off on a test flight at St. Hubert airport and caught fire. | “hg The pilots, Geoffrey Panes, 31, and Thomas Harms, 34, suffered burns and cuts about the head, :

RUMANIA SHAKEN AGAIN BUCHAREST, Rumania, Nov. 20° (U. P.).—New terror spread through Rumania today as authorities sought to check the extent of anothe#

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