Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1941 — Page 3
MCNDAY, MAY 12, 1941
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CIVILIAN BAN ON ALUMINUM NEAR
Armed Forces Will Be Using All That's Available in
1942, OPM Aid Says 40 Per Cent Cut
WASHINGTON, May 12
director of the OPM production division, said today that the armed forces will be using all available aluminum in 1942 and there will be none for civilion or even “indirect’ mili-
tary requirements.
Testifying before the Senate Committee investigating
defense, Mr. Batt asserted tha been held up by lack of alumi
as Others Call for in Car Output.
(U. P.).—W. L. Batt, deputy
t aircraft production has not num for “more than a week
Several OPM officials, it was WARN AGAINST TAX EXCESSES
learned meantimé, believed that a 40 per cent reduction Businessmen Ask Committee to Avoid Penalizing
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d EN RE Prompt action by Coast Guardsmen upon discovering a sinking coal barge spoiled what ap have been an attempt to harass armaments industries in the Calumet area of Indiana by blocking the Indiana Harbor Canal with the boat. The patrol found that the 400-ton coal lighter Industry (above) had been abandoned by its watchman, who is missing, after the siphon valve had been opened.
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materials and facilities for defor aircraft and direct military to avoid “penalizing the normal military needs?” Chairman Harry Roosevelt,” he continued, “puts a hearings before the Committee Of sutdmoNjies Suiing 2 > =p Philadelpnia recommended against duced this year to 4,224,152 units, “It would be a serious mistake to per cent reduction which would cut/ mal rate of growtn be allowed full The 1942 models would he virtu-{on the committee's demand that “It is hoped,” he said, “that this at today’s White House meeting of rials catch up with both civilian de-| can expect similar reductions in of the House Ways and Means Com- —Recalling the opposition of his| nine | kind of a democracy we fought for pastor of the Garfield Baptist tory for England and added that purchased for further expansion. | wa peonic, The pastor has served as mod-| mortgages, workmen with their own |
in automobile output—instead of 20 per cent—will be necessary in the new model year starting Aug. 1 to conserve fense. “Sometime in 1942 we will have Just enough aluminum if all the scrap on the market comes back, Normal Growth. 0 »] WASHINGTON, May 12 (U.P) .— ne for civilian needs, pt aid ; Two businessmen asked the House Aircraft Needs Increase Ways and Means Committee today “And not enough for indirect growth” of expanding business in 8. Truman (D. Mo.), asked. writing the $3,600,000,000 Defense “That is right,” Mr. Batt replied.| Revenue bill. ! “The heavy bomber program re-| Qpening the final week of public cently announced by President new face on the aluminum problem.” | Starts drafting the bill, R. O. KenThe OPM, under the projected {nedy of New York, vice president of 40 per cent cut, will ask automobile | Cluett, Peabody & Co. and Harry manufacturers to hold their output C. Carr of the Bayuk Cigar Co. of proximately 3,000,000 units, one in- D enac formed source said. The industry ® t00 broad an application of exalready has agreed to reduce pro Cess profits taxes to growing busiduction from the 5,289,972 cars pro-| Ness. next year. tax as excess profits the normal One defense official said addi-, 8rowth of an expanding business,” tional plans are being worked out MT. Kennedy testified. with the industry for a second 20! Mr. Carr suggested that the norproduction to approximately 3,174,-| consideration in determining the 000 cars amount of corporate income sub-| ’ ject to excess profit taxes. Little Change Due A showdown was expected soon ally the same as the 1941 models,| $1,000.000,000 (B) be slashed from he said, as no new machine tools non-defense expenditures, will be available when production| Speaker Sam Rayburn, scheduled begins Aug. 1. |to confer with President Roosevelt 40 per cent cut will be adequate to| legislative leaders, may present the meet defense needs until increased Committee's appeal for the Presiproduction of aluminum steel, dent to take the leadership in an meagnesim, zine and other mate- economy drive. fense demands.” Other durable goods industries LINDBERGH CLAIMS such as refrigerators, electric sweep- | ers, washing machines, oil burners| production beginning this fall, he DEMOCRACY IS GON said. Times Special To further discourage the pur-| MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. May 12. chase of automobiles, some members | mittee believe that the Treasury’s| Congressman father to American proposed tax of 7 per cent on new entry into the war 25 years ago, cars should be increased to 10 or| Charles A. Lindbergh Saturday told 15 per cent. a Minnesota audience that “the REV. LOUIS GRAFTON in the last war does not exist toPREACHES FAREWELL day, even in our own country.” The Rev. Louis G. Grafton con-| He repeated is Detie! that ducted his farewell services as merican aid will not bring a vie- ; the future of democracy depends Church vesterday. | . 9 Te 2 ,. | “on our ability to govern our own hing Me RY. i Crafions country. fdministration, the church has| «4 resis on the character of our been enlarged twice and ground 0 : Sunday school attendance has more than tripled and the whole history of his twelve years at Garfield has been one of growth and activity. erator of the Indianapolis Baptist | homes, and young people who can Association, as member of Baptist afford families, than it is for us to boards and as evangelist and supply | crusade abroad for freedoms that pastor for various congregations. are tottering in our own country.”
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By Dr. George Gallup Director, American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, N. J, May 12.— Lowering of the draft age to 18 instead of 21—a step which would add about three-and-a-half million young registrants to the millions already on file or in training camps —is approved by a small majority of the voters in a nation-wide Institute survey compieted early this week,
Lower Age?
At present men between the ages of 18 and 21 are not
April pay. About 90 per cent of the entire personnel of the two] affiliated roads subscribed. Indian- | apolis employees paid in close to] $1000 according to R. J. Roeder, | B. & O. clerk here. The effort to secure the funds was sponsored by the standard railroad labor organizations under auspices of the British-American Ambulance Corps. The flying ambulance is a twinmotored plane, built for rescue work and not designed for fighting. It is an amphibian and is clearly marked by Red Cross insignia. Equipped with four stretchers, a blood transfusion' machine and other medical appliances, it is designed to afford first-aid facilities for injured fliers while on their way to hospitals. Two-way radio communication directs the activities of the ambulance from the air base. The plane is being fitted at LaGuardia Field, New York, and is expected to be winging its way over the Atlantic in a couple of weeks.
BRADFORD ADDRESSES IRVINGTON GOP CLUB
James Bradford, Marion County Republican chairman, will discuss organization affairs before the Irvington Republican Club, 5446': E. Washington St., tonight. Mr. Bradford, in one of his first speeches since the recent Legislature, is expected to discuss patronage and other party problems. Ward and precinct officials of the Ninth and Eighteenth Wards and townships in the eastern part of the country have been invited.
KREISLER STILL IMPROVING NEW YORK, May 12 (U. P.).— Fritz Kreisler, 66-year-old violinist who suffered a skull fracture when a truck ran him down on a New York street April 26, “is continuing to improve,” Roosevelt Hospital reported today.
Here Is the Traffic Record
County City Total sasscavennns 12 29 41 srsrsuterres 31 24 53 —May 10-11, 1941— Accidents ... 69 | Injured ..... 26 Arrests ..... 59 | Dead ........ 0 SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid 3 2 $40 30
194) 1941
Violations Speeding . Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at through street. Disobeying traffic signals Drunken driving. 1 All others .....,. 15
Totals ......... 23
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MEETINGS TODAY
Eli Lily te Ca. Branch House loyees, Hotel verin p. m. TR Hotel Severin 6
Emha nts Indiana s rbers Association,
Bi m. otel Severin, om, Service club. Claypool Hotel, noon. Scientech Club, Board of Trade, noon, Bel-Rose Civic League, School 81, 8
m. » North Side Realtors, Canary Cottage, noo
is Alumni Association of Kapo, Riley Hotel, 7:30
epublican Club, Washington,
8p. m Notre Dame Giub.' Board of Trade, noon. Central Labor Union, Castle Hall, 8 p. m. Indiana University Club, Columbia Club,
noon. \ Industrial Union Council, Amalgamated Hall, 8
. . m. First Riders Crab, _Judisha World War i ne, 7: . om. Mens in Alumni, Seville Restaurant,
oon. Indianapolis Architectural Club, 46 N, Pelnis dvgile, 6p
unior Chamber of Commerce, Canary Cottage, noo
n. Salesmen’s Club, Hotel Washington, 12:15 P Auricais Institute of Banking, Hotel
Washington, 5 p. m. Sterenype Onion, Hotel Washington, §
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MEETINGS TOMORROW Indiana Roadside Council, Claypool Hotel, all day. ndiana Funeral Directors’ Association, Hotel Antlers. all day. of Indianapolis, .m
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drafted. Do you think the law should be changed so that men between the ages of 18 and 21 would be included in the draft, along with those from 21 to 35? Favor lowering age to 18..51% Oppose lowering afe to 18..44 Undecided
The majority, favoring a lowered | draft age, indicated they believed | younger men would be more adaptable to Army training, would have a ionger period of usefulness in| defense, and would not in most | cases have “settled down” to steady jobs and families of their own. But the survey réveals a relatively large number of citizens who believe that 18 is too young, that the country already has a sufficient-
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Lowering of Draft Age to 18 Now Favored by 51 Per Cent
ly large reservoir of manpower in the groups between 21 and 35, and that lowering of the limits would interfere with higher education and technical training. The division of opinion on the question:
Favor Lowering Draft Age 10 18 caveesscerncesseressics Bl Oppose Lowering Draft Age $0 I8....0uinninvrvcrcnsesa 44 UNACCIACR «e.oe.nricrcasccins 3
If those without definite opinions are excluded, it would indicate a | division of 54 per cent favoring a| | lower limit, 46 per cent opposing | one. Here is the way opinion divided {on the question in various sections of\ the country: For Lower Draft Age
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Against Lower Draft Age Undec.
New | England | Mid - Atlantie East Central West Central South 45 est 47
The survey found substantially more approval for a lowered draft age among men than among women. Prior to the fall of France, and the complete reversal of many American assumptions about the war, a majority of voters opposed peace-time conscription altogether in Institute surveys.
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Five Sectional Winners Named
By RICHARD LEWIS
Five more sectional winners in The Indianapolis Times-City Marbles Tournament were announced by the Tournament Committee today as the first phase of the Citywide contest entered its final week. The committee asked all section managers to complete games by Friday afternoon at the latest, so that winners may have a breathing spell before entering the district semifinals Saturday morning. The semifinals will be held at ‘Brookside, Rhodius and Garfield Community Centers and at the Fall Creek-30th St. tennis courts. Winners in six sectional playoffs over the week-end were: CHRISTIAN PARK—Connie
MUNICIPAL GARDENS—Kenny Boles, 13, of 1154 Belleview Pl. RHODIUS — Lawrence Middleton, 13, of 1037 S. Sheffield Ave. S. KEYSTONE—George W. Phelps, 14, of 348 S. Hamilton Ave. BROOKSIDE — Edward Chamberlin, 12, of 2116 Brookside Ave. NORTHEAST C. C.— Robert Preston, 12, of 2446 N. LaSalle &t. This afternoon, two more sectional games are scheduled. They will be held after classes at St. Patrick’s and Holy Name Schools. Meanwhile, the committee was asked to review the playoff at Rhodius Park where a question arose about the type of elimination used. Since the question may affect the number of entries in the semifinals, Saturday, the committee will hold a special meeting Wednesday
Taylor, 12, of 3915 Spann Ave,
Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association, Hoosier Athletic Club, 6:30 p. m. ciely of Residential Creditors, Hotel Washington, 12:15 p. m. Actuarial Club, Hotel Waznington, 6p. m. Indianapolis Hunting and Fishing Giub, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. m.
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)
James W. Hess, 24, Ft. Harrison; Gladys G. Gains, 21, of 337 N. Ritter. George A. Smith, 28, of 728 Wanette M. Wott, 18, of 728 N John M. Searig, 21, Frances M. Wright, 21, R. R. Charles J. C ,» 33, R. R. , Margaret Staley, 23, of 2260 N. Vernon T. Townsend, 24, of 2 . M dian: Mary Jane Boese, 19, of 2619 B.
Harold Houk 19, Beech Grove; Ruth
, Beech Grove. Smith, 20, R. R., Greenfield, . Kessler, 19, Greenfield, Ind. Dennis, 24, of 2081 W. Morris; r, 20, of 122 Koehne. Lescak, , of 712 Haugh; ch, 18, of 702 N. Haugh. eodore R. Murray, 23, of 46 N. Sher- ; Alice XNuckles, 21, of 46 N. ve
Horper, 27, Muncie, Ind.; Ruth erty, 21, of 1523 N. Capitol William J. Caldwell, 26, of 538 Spring; L. Wilson, 27, of 536 Bpring. Churchman;
aude D. Mary Slushe oseph J.
arence , mons, Minn.: Helen Huddleston, 30, city. G. Harvey, 29, Mooresville, Ind.; , 20. R. R. 7, Box 598
h. t. Ind.;
o sO Frances E. Hardesty, 35, South: 1733 N
Dorothy G. Lamberson, 26, o Meridian.
George E. Brown, 55, of 1201 Villa; L. H. May Starns, 42, of 1009 Villa. Paul E. Dean, 21, city; Anna B. Englert, 20, of 1631 Rochester. Garnet H. ey, 30, of 2408 College; Kathleen T. Blake, 3, of 2356 Carrollton. Harold orton, -40, 1 Eastgate;
, Hote Margaret E. rrett, 37, of 825 N. Delaware,
BIRTHS Girls Ruth Brown, at St. Francis. , Mildred
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Eugene, Phyllis Stringer, at. St.
cent’s, Charles, Mary Morrow, at St. Vincent's. William, Alice Mae Rowley, & St. Vincent’s, 3 . Boys Ervin, Anna Lutz, at St. Francis. Ella
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IN INDIANAPOLIS
DEATHS
Edgar Hamblen, 70, at City, carcinoma. Frank M. Hill, 64, at Veterans, cerebral hemorrhage. vens, 66, at 820 Muskingum, ar-
ora teriosclerosis. Jennie A. Pike, 86, at 19 N. Ritter, chronic pyotarditis. Oswald hleder, 84, at 1047 E. Market, hy Rostatio pneumonia. /illiam Francis, 9 months, at 2051 Yandes, lobar pneumonia. Josephine Fartling, 25, at Long, epidemic
meningitis. 2, Methodist,
Nora E. Johnson, staphlococcic septicaemia. Louis Heinsath, 72, at St. Vincent's, pulEdwards, Anna osihs t Cit; s, 85, a y Prank BP, 83, at 034 nary occlusion. Frank E. Lange, 66, at 908 N. Belle Viep, chronic myocarditis.
Hiram Thompson. 80, at City, cardio vascular renal disease,
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n M. 40, at Veterans,
hypertension. Arnolda, coro-
OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureau. |
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow.
Sunrise 4:32 | Sunset .....
TEMPERATURE —May 12, 1940—
BAROMETER
6:30 a. m. ... 30.03 g Tam Total precipitation since Jah. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indiana—Genera fair and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow. Illinois—Partly cloudy and warmer, tonight and tomorrow.
Lower Michigan—Fair and slightly warmsr SoBight: tomorrow partly cloudy and rmer.
Ohie—Fair and continued cool with light ffost in eiposed places tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer. Kentueky—Fair and continued cool tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer.
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.
Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. loudy 14 54 Bismarck, N. D PtCldy 30.00 sssss.Clear 30.08 30.01
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TAKES 13 LIVES
Local Resident Critically. Injured; Girl Hit by Car Near Home.
Thirteen persons lost their lives in Indiana traffic over the wéek-end but none of the accidents occured in Indianapolis or Marion County. The dead: SHELBY L. LOGSDON, 32, Louisville, Ky. killed. when a train struck his car near Charlestown. MERRELE AUXIER, Chicago, killed in a truck collision on Road 52 near Fowler. ALBERT OSBORN, 67, Bloomingdale, struck by a car as he walked along a Parke County road. LOWELL HOLHAUSEN, 18, of near Indianapolis,” killed in a two-car collision on Road 67 two - miles north of Pendleton. RICHARD CART, 3, son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Cart, killed when he was struck by a car in front of his home near Elkhart. MRS. ARCH MCcINTYRE, Chicago, who was killed in' a twocar crash north of Decatur. LEROY F. RINARD, 58 who was killed at Ft. Wayne when his auto plunged into the rear of a parked bus. MRS. MAXINE SMITH, Cromwell, who was killed car-truck crash. MRS. BELLE CHINN, 85, Rockport, who was killed in a twocar crash five miles west of Rock= rt. WILLIAM ELKINS JR. 22, Rolling Prairie, who was killed in a car-truck crash near his home. CLIFFORD SQUIRE, 49, killed instantly near Linton when his car and another collided. MRS. ELSIE BURNS, Chicago, killed when the car driven by her husband, D. M. Burns, crashed head-on with another. GENE CLARK, 19, New Castle, killed when his car was hit by a Pennsylvania train at New Castle.
Struck by Car
Most critically injured in Indianapolis traffic over the week-end was Jesse Barton, 60, of 2140 N. Talbott Ave. He was struck by a car early yesterday McClain Sts. He received a frac-! tured skull and his condition at City Hospital is described as very critical. Seven-year-old Mary Esselborn| was injured when she ran into the side of a car near her home, 819 Eugene St. Mrs. Hazel Deen, 8300 E. New York St, and her, 17-year-old daughter, Flora Deen, were injured today when their car and a school bus collided at Harris Ave. and New York St. in Washington Place, Warren Township. Samuel Perry, R. R. 11, Box 297, driver of the bus, which contained no passengers, was uninjured. The Deens were treated for cuts at home.
WORK STARTED ON NEW LILLY ADDITION
Work has begun on a new concrete addition to one of the plants of Eli Lilly & Co., at 658 S. Alabama St., which will provide an additional 15,000 feet of space, some of which will be used for manufacturing and some for warehouse. The new addition, to cost around $36,000, will be three stories and will be completed about Sept. 1. It is a part of a general expansion program, company officials said.
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No. 3 Nazi Lost
Rudolf Hess, No. 3 in line of succession as Fuehrer of Germany, is missing after an airplane flight, Nazi Party headquarters announced today.
HUMAN VALUES GIVEN EMPHASIS
Man Not Meant to Crawl in Dust, DePauw Head Tells 235 Seniors.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, May 12.= Dr. Clyde E. Wildman, DePauw University president, last night addressed 235 seniors, bidding them not to undervalue human personality. In his baccalaureate sermon, Dr. Wildman said that “it Is a serious matter to undervalue human personality. Man is not meant to go crawling through the dust like a worm.” Three aspects of modern life, he said, have tended to de-emphasize the human personality factor. They are modern warfare, an unthinking capitalism, and the recent economic upset. “The whole war system has a tendency to destroy the value of human beings,” he said. “Men cannot go out systematically to take lives of other men without something happening to them.” About, capitalism he said: “Any system which places profite before safety of workers, ~ and] products ahead of those who pro-| duce them, will have to be changed. We need to seek spiritual values. A mechanized industrial process and a regimented social order leave but little room for the play of the creative spirit.” The economic breakdown, Dr. Wildman said, has in some cases broken down man's respect for himself and others.
VESTAL DISMISSED ON SPEED CHARGE
Allan R. Vestal, 431 N. Gray St., has been discharged by the Municipal Court on a charge of speeding which police placed against him last March. Vestal was arrested after his car struck and fatally injured Walter Upton, 14, of 1518 Deloss St., and his niece Auth Anne McLernon, 3, whom he was carrying across the street in the 1500 block of English Ave. The officers said the car skidded 84 feet and experts for the State testified this would mean the car was traveling 36.6 miles an hour. Judge Pro Tem George Rinier said it is hard for a court to cofviet a motorist on scientific evidence when no witnesses saw him driving and there were no speed
HOOVER
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AGAINST NAVAL CONVOYS
“We Are in War When We Send Our Boys to Shoot At Nazis,” He Says.
NEW YORK, May 12 (U. P.).— Former President Herbert Hoover expressed his opposition to the use of the American Navy to convoy shipping to Britain last night. In a nationally-broadcast address, Mr. Hoover said such a step would in the end hinder Britain's war effort by creating new defense needs. at home and in the Pacific. He said convoys would take the United States wholly into the con-
flict.
“We are in the war when we send our boys either by air or by sea or on expeditionary forces with an intent to shoot at the Germans,” he said. “Let us not coddle our= selves by thinking otherwise.”
Abhors Totalitarianism
Reiterating his ‘‘abhorrence” of the totalitarian movement, the former President suggested as an alternative to convoys the sending of more munitions to Britain— even at the risk of weakening America's own defenses. “There are risks in this course,” hre said, “but it is the least perilous road we can now take,” Mr. Hoover urged specifically that the United States speed up the delivery of bombers to protect Brit= ain’s sea lanes and he indicated that he would favor transfer of additional “minor naval warships” to the Royal Navy. He refused to predict the outcome of the war but said the United States “cannot be defeated” on this side of the ocean. “I deny that the defense of the United States is dependent upon any other nation,” he said.
Means Sacrifice
Mr. Hoover said America’s total entry into the war would mean “the sacrifice of our own liberty to a dictatorship of our own” and post-war bankruptcy. Moreover, he contended, the American people have not achieved sufficient unity on foreign affairs to justify direct intervention. “We are united in resolution to defend the Western Hemisphere from military aggression,” he said. “We are united in building whatever of a war machine is necessary for this purpose. We are united in our condemnation of aggressor nations. We are united in wanting to help England defend her independence. “But beyond this we are a divided people. Do I need to prove this disunity? There is an obvious large majority of people who oppose the sending of our boys either on our Navy or on convoys or airplanes or expeditionary forces where they may have to shoot or be shot at. These oppositions are strongest in our youth and it is youth who must die. There is no unwillingness in them to die to defend our hemisphere.” AS for the military practicability of convoys, Mr. Hoover said the American people must bear in mind that the United States could never convoy enough men and material for an invasion of the European Continent, that Japan is allied with the Axis and that “we are not prepared to go to war.”
‘WINS OLIN SCHOLARSHIP
Times Special
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., May 12.— Thomas V. Keene Jr. of Indianapolis, Ind., has been awarded an Olin Scholarship at Wesleyan University here. He is captain of the varsity baseball team, a member of the Student Council, editor of the school paper and has won varsity
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