Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1941 — Page 3

| NAZISDENY ARREST OF PLANE BUILDER

“London Reports Messerschmitts Seizure Bring Vigorous| Reply; Plans Nearly Complete for Next

Blow, Berlin Says.

? BERLIN, May 17 (U. P.).—Nazis reported today that Rudolf Hess was proving to be a “most unwelcome and embarrassing guest” for _Great Britain and that Germany—ignoring his flight to Scotland— had almost completed reparations for the next blow against the British

Empire.

“The Hess affair, whatever its final outcome, will make no difference

in our prosecution of foreign policy or of the war,” it was stated in an authorized source. |

facts for a change.

Instead I'll give you a few hard “Rudolf Hess was Hitler's right

$1,800,000,000 | CUT PROPOSED §

Rep. bisney ‘Would Slash Non-Defens2 Items in U. S. Eudget. (Continued from Page One) budgeted for $1,061,600,000. Mr. Dis-

‘|ney would cut that to $500,000,000.

Work relief, chiefly WPA, is budgeted for ¢!,034,000,000. He would cut that to $500,000,000. The civil depariments and agen-

He would give the: a $850,000,000 for 302mm. H2 would cut that

cies - are budgetec for $55,000,000 :

Butler Queen

General public v orks are budgeted :

HOME DEFENSE PLANS MAPPED

Expect La Guardia to Head Millions of Americans Called to Duty.

; WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. PJ), —President Roosevelt next week will call upon millions of Americans—

‘|eivilian men, women and children

—to volunteer their services for non-military defense tasks and probably will name Mayor Firoello

|H. La Guardia of New York to

direct the vast new effort, it was

learned today. By executive order; probably to

{to $250,000 Would — CoC and NYA |] Various aids to ; suth, chiefly CEC

“The creative pause in the war of | which the Fuehrer spoke can be considered to all intents and purposes as ended. The greater part

be issued Monday or Tuesday, the President will create the Office for Civilian Defense which will attempt to utilize the resources of civilian

hand man. He is like the rest of them a brutal thug whose hands, like those of his masters, are stained with some of the worst political

of the preparatory work for coming events is now completed.”

London reports that Willy Mes- _ serschmitt, famous airplane designer, had been arrested in connection with the ‘Hess case were . vigorously denied. Three former Hess adjutants who were arrested after the flight of the No. 3 Nazi have been released, it was said reliably. All of Hess’ personal property from his Ministerial Office has been handed over to his wife, who came to Berlin from her home in Bavaria several days after her husband’s flight.

Fire Anew ‘on Hess LONDON, M: “17 (U. P.).—Home Minister Herbert Morrison, inaugurating War Wear ns Week in a speech at Hackney . day, said that “the question of the . wr is ‘what is your Hess guess?’ ” “We can a} least be grav. “ul to the deputy Fuehrer for proviv mg the

; British people with a deal or ‘uter-

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tainment in the midst of times,” Mr. Morrison said. “As for me, I have no Hess guess.

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By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

crimes of modern times.

comrades in: 1934. Hitler think of his peculiar capaciGestapo the Gestapo. hands. He is going to stay in our hands.” Earlier, Minister Without Portthe flight of the No. 3 Nazi to Scotland was a sign of disunity in Germany. In a speech at the suburb of Deptford, Greenwood said that “when aman occupying such an important official position in the Nazi hierarchy flees his country and puts himself in the .hands of the enemy it looks as though all were not well on the German home front. “Disunity, doubt and disillusionment are growing and will continue’ to grow within the German Reich. “The Nazi foundation, on which Germany’s grandiose edifice of military aggression rests, has begun to show signs of internal stress and strain. I won't say it is cracking

“!but it certainly is becoming chipped.”

Repeated

Times Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, May 17.—The

~ once again go to war against each

United States and Germany may other, declared or undeclared, over

‘the ancient but “almost forgotten American doctrine. of freedom of

the seas.

. Almost any time, now, American ships manned by Americans and aden with American goods, are expected to show up in the Red Sea.

Hitler has said he will sink those ships, if they come: within range, and if the French allow Nazi bombers the use of Syrian bases, they will come well within range. . Thus a showdown between Germany and the United States seems to be approaching in much the Same manner as it did in the World ar.

On Jan. 31,-1917, Berlin notified Washington just What this country would have to do if/it did not want its ships sent to the bottom of the Atlantic.

“Sailing of regular American Passenger steamships,” said the insolent German note, “may continue undisturbed after Feb. 1, 1917, provided (a) the port of destination is Falmouth; (b) sailing to and coming from that port course is taken from the Seilly Islands; (e) the steamships are marked in the Jollowing way: (There followed a” de-

steamship a week sails in each .direction with arrival at Falmout Sunday and departure from a mouth on Wednesday; the United States Government guarantees that no contraband (according to German contraband list) is carried by those steamships.” President Wilson could hardly believe his eyes. The German note violated every right to the freedom of the seas for ‘which this country had ever contended. And so he told Congress on Feb. 3, just 72 hours

+ | later, the day he handed the Ger-

man Ambassador, Count Bernstorfl, his walking papers. . He sfill could not believe the note actually meant. what it seemed to mean, or so the President told Congress. Therefore he would await the “over act” — which came on

sels were “sunk by ,German submarines. On April 2 President Wilson asked

have to be striped, etc.); (d) one

Congress for a declaration of war.

Russia Set to Join War

- By JOHN T.

WHITAKER

LISBON, May 17.—Great Britain is faced not only with the immi-

. nence of French military collaboration with the Germans but with the

active entry into the war of Russia. As this threatens to extend the

British position along the whole of feel now that the next move will be

the Mediterranean, observers here Japan’s.

American - hesitation and the impression created by Charles Lind-

bergh and Herbert Hoover that American opinion is divided has , enabled Hitler to persuade all his potential allies that the moment has come to take the Anglo-Saxon world.

There ‘is no bt that in .preparing this world-wide synchronization of action Hitler is trying to influence American’ as well as British opinion by peace efforts put forward through diplomatic channels.

It is generally agreed, however, that Winston Churchill never will capitulate and that even the Germans have small hopes of these peace proffers serving as anything more than propaganda among defeatist elements both in Britain and America. Russia’s recognition of Iraq, her withdrawal of that recognition from Jugoslavia, Norway and Belgium, ‘fpllowed now by the announcement

plainly foreshadows Hitler’s final victory over Joseph V. Stalin.

REPORTS SENTIMENT: FOR DRAFT AGE CUT

WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P.). —Chairman Robert R. Reynolds (D. N. C) of the Senate Military Affairs Committee said today that “strong sentiment” exists in Congress for reducing the present selective service age range of 21 to 35, inclusive.’ He indicated /that the sentiment leaned toward an age range of 21 to 30, which reportedly is favored by President Roosevelt. The committee, he said, soon would meet tO consider various suggestions for

that she is sending pilots to Iraq,

changing the draft law.

“Hess takes his share of guilt for the murder of hundreds of his So highly did

ties that he made it his-task to out-|:

“This gangster is now in our

folio Arthur Greenwood, said that|-

March 16 when three American ves-{-

The four active charter members of the Indianapolis Optimist Club—the first of 200 Optimist Clubs in the country—were honored at ceremonies yesterday at the Columbia Club. Left to right, are Dr. George W. Perlee, Felix M. McWhirter, Walter J. Pray and A. J. Hueber. It was the local Optimist Club’s 25th birthday and members from clubs in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois attended the meeting. Principal speaker was Earl G. Stanza, St. Louis, Mo., former in ternational president,

HULL SAYS FDR'S VIEW JUSTIFIED

Indicates That Reports on French, Nazi Collaboration Were Disturbing.

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United States attempted to- occupy ‘French African possessions such as Dakar “we would be fighting our way into a war.” He suggested that the United States pur-

chase French possessions in this hemisphere, ° Mr. Hull declined to comment directly on Vichy’s sharp official rejection of Mr. Roosevelt's admonition against collaboration with Germany’s new European order. His emphasis on the justification n|of the President’s statement caused renewed speculation on the possibility of further United States action to protect its hemispheric defenses. Plan Protective Steps

This was said to conclude consideration Jof possible steps which might be taken to protect Martinique and other French colonial possessions in the Atlantic that might be undertaken -either after consultation with the other American republics or, in an emergency, by the United States alone. It was believed that, in any event, the Atlantic neutrality patrol would keep closer watch on developments in and around the French possessions.

U: S.“Vessels Unarmed

On the blockade front, maritime officials said American merchant vessels entering the Red Sea in defiance of Germany’s threat to sink them would go unarmed and fully. illuminated. That, they said, would eliminate any excuse a raider might otherwise have to sink such vessels without warning. American vessels in the Red Sea trade will prominently display the American flag, but -Mr.” Roosevelt intends to defy the German effort to close the area as a combat zone. Meanwhile, final passage was expected next week of the Administration’s ship seizure bill, which would make liable to requisition 100 foreign ships immobilized in. American ports. These include the luxury liner Normandie.

Reynolds Urges Caution

Senators Claude Pepper (D. Fla.) and Josh Lee (D. Okla.) have been calling Dakar a ‘gun aimed at South America” and have been talking of seizure of the port. \ Mr. Reynolds said Dakar “has been brought to the front because

place to land troops.” “To consider the forceful taking of Dakar, we would be fighting our way into a war, and I'm absolutely opposed to our involvement,” he said. “If we start seizing property in other parts of the world, outside our own sphere, we are doing the very thing we are objecting to.”"

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total iniisianas 18 29 4 eos concrete 31 24 55 . —May 16, 1941 Accidents .. 36 | Injureds..... Arrests .... 22 | Dead : . FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid 15 14 $155 4 - 10

- 1940 1941

Violations, 8 cceccees : 8. Failure at stop at through street. Disobeying traffic si;

"D ving. _ All others ...... 41

Totals : . 18

. MEETINGS TODAY i , Coli ht. Bota ot Ciaiincation Th Triates Speed-

ali i Ciub Dance Hotel Severin, 10 p. m. Kinga “Hotel Se Severin, noon. Employment Secasity. Hotel Severin, 9

Sthovimen’s Club, . Claypool

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MEETINGS TOMORROW

Eli Lilly & Co., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy: Hotel Severin, 8:15 a. m. mmittee on Local Arrangenients, AV. M:. A., Hotel Severin, 1:30 p.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records’ in the County Court Hous The Times therefore, is not responsible’ for errors in names and addresses.)

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PR ple G, Achill, 25, ot 00 8 ke ORleans; aufman, Edward G. BPE, | 4 Soran;

scher of 1202 Bk ere Vv. SS ians, 2, of Nath N.

William P. 28, of 1656 Blvd. TE aus ‘Alexander, 20, of 940

N. Dearborn. 2¢, of 719 E. 34th; al 0."

a - Mark Leon ore Hi of 2859 N. New Jez

Kessler

George L. Duvall, 28, of 536 ~ “Oriental; Florence H. Grieb, 2 of 934 N. Ewing. Julius H, Beaman , of 625 Ft. Wayne Elizabeth L. Pressel, 6323 Broadway. 3o20 bert Paid, 3 New York City; cqueline Wo. : fo erman F. aab, Gs of ¢10 Warren; Barbsfs Bh Keller, 29, of 810 Warren. Jesse Wheeler Jr., 22, of 6621 Broadway, Sunniite Wagner, 20, of 6621 Broad-

7. Daniel C. Galion, = of 2356 English; Sa rk of 409 N. Noble ugh 3 Hat ainars: %, of 1239 Fletcher; Geraldine Breeden. 18 Camby, In Charles W. Miil Osgoed. Ind.;

&'B Miria Evans. 26, , Mo. a Ylan ta neon as “of. yl = 14th; dhe B. Williams, 21, of 3730 N. Merin

£ H. Chap ls, 25, of 1812 5 11th; Milared F. Bradley, 26, Franklin Sohn E. Henbe, 23, Riley y, Hospital; Eiizabeth R. Wolf, 25. of 42 W Robert E. Mac; regor, 22, of Me E. 16th; Mary E. Beas, 2%, of 608 Sprin Luther rah 20, of on Roosevelt; Joan hens 7 ot “3801 E, 31st.

BIRTHS

Girls carlos, Geraldine Mathias, at Hober Geneva Stevens, at City. Robert Mary Faulkner, at Colem

Grace Baker, at Coleman. Way joe. Louella Cooper, at Coleman. hard, Boseina Kelley, at Coleman. ard, Helen O'Brian. at Coleman. or, peggy Ray, at Coleman. Reynolds, at oleman, Es Bertha Stotts, at Colem y VanTreese, at Coleman.

Charles, Mary Voden, at J420% Rankin. Hus Elsie Rowe, at 2832 Me rtindale. Tao "Bea trice May. riental. Ken at

neth, Roche

‘Frances Lantry,

Oiler,

N. ers at 727

Lucille Yates, Boys Manson. June Mackey, at St. Francis. Carl, Mary Kidwell, at St. Francis. Max, Beatrice Woodbury, at Coleman. George, Dorothy Baxter, at Coleman. Charles, Helen Blackford, at Coleman. cdr , Margaret Lautzenheizer, Edgar, Helen Gowin, at Coleman. Clovis. Ruby Kelley, at Coleman. James, Mary W at Coleman. John, Mary | Dumas, at 612 Blake. Gurnell. Elizabeth Rhoades, Northwestern. Harold, Norma. LaFollette,

erett, Mabel Montgomery, ald, Wilma Beatty, at Audie, Velma Y

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J. ‘C.. Joan Glackman, at St. ine

at 131 Clarence, Jewell Milia, at 305014 Hillside,

ster, ger illiam, Martha Lawver, at 1736 ThadNew

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at 1231 Lee. BE. 31st.

DEATHS Amanda Horton, 56, at 1411 Mill, nephriis. :

Mary A. Byerly, Li at 1638 Rembrandt, coronary occlusio James ig 7, at 163¢ W. Morris, cerebral hemorrhag ein A Ge, at ‘Methodist, carcinom Fi hd Nolan, 29, at 831 Church, collapse of

” ona "Leigeber. 76, at Methodist, pneuMarzella Schmidt, 76, at Methodist, broncho-pneumonia. Robert H. Earle, 83, at 1301 N. Oakland, cerebral hemorrhage

Ora Jett, 24, dt 2433 N. Emerson, chronic nephritis.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Sunrise ...... 4:28 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE May 17, 1940—

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URGE FDR STAND ON NAZI AFRICAN MOVE

NEW YORK, May 17 (U. P).— National officials of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies urged President Roosevelt today to announce that the United States would got permit the Axis powers to a “direct or indirect Don of French African port of Dakar, Portugal's Azores or Cape Verde Islands, or Spain's Canary Islands. They proposed that the United States and Britain jointly occupy those places “protectively” if German control of them became imminent.

FRENCH PLANES CHASE BRITISH

Vichy Leaders Strive to Hold U. S. Good Will; Rhine Area Raided.

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fening warnings from Britain and the United States against aiding Germany. The Vichy Goverment, complaining that its position was being misinterpreted by London and Washington, indicated a desire to avoid formal or informal warfare with the United States and the British for the time being at least. British reports, especially from Cairo, sought to give the impression that many French in Syria were willing to aid the British. One report was -that- a French plane had dropped a messagé urging the R. A. F. to bomb the German and Italian craft in the French colony. An estimated 50,000 French in the

1De Gaullist movement were said

to be in the Palestine area, ready to aid the British. Turkey, which was understood to have received an “encouraging” message from the British, was almost isolated as a result of the Axis penetration into the Near East. London messages said that the Brits ish had reassured the Turks. that the situation in Svria could be handled rapidly and without great danger. The Turks, in addition to calling up more reserves, were understood to have strengthened their military precautions on the Syrian, Iraq and other frontiers. Germany today was reported attempting to negotiate a new trade treaty with Turkey and newspapers said that sea communication between Turkey and Italy nad, been restored.

MAYORS TO DISCUSS MUNICIPAL ECONOMY

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, May 17 (U. P.).—Central Indiana mayors and Chamber of Commerce officials will meet here Monday to discuss methods for more economical and efficient municipal government, during the national defense crisis. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan of Indianapolis will head the procession of city leaders. Others expected to take part in thé conference discussions include Don ¥. Stiver, superintendent of Indiana State Police; Clarence Jackson, executive vice-president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, and Ralph John, director of the Associated Retailers of Indiana.

WHITE SAW RED AND SO THE BULL FLED

LAFARGEVILLE, N. Y.. May 17 (U. P.).—Farmer Ray White is no man for a bull to trifle with. Farmer White said one of his bulls butted him from behind. Annoyed, Mr. White got back on his feet, grabbed the bull by the horns and flung him to the ground. The bull got to his feet, saw Farmer White advancing on him with a pitchfork, and fled."

0, S, TO SEIZE SHIPS’ LONDON

Paper Says. American Navy Told to Take Over French Craft on High Seas.

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK CoP ti Chicka Daly News, Toe. LONDON, May 17—Banner headlines in this morning’s London Daily Telegraph announced that the

United States Navy has been ordered to seize French ships on the high seas. The sudden developments in the past two days seem to have brought to a head the crisis which ‘has been brewing for some time between Vichy and the governments of Great Britain and the United States. Marshal Petain’s plea for the French people to follow him without question has been read here as final proof that the Vichy Government is as much a puppet quisling government as those set up by the Nazis in Poland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Holland, not to mention he Balkan countries.

Reported by Boston Radio

If the United States Navy’s orders are those reported by the Boston radio late last night and reproduced here this morning, it would appear that the Americans have reached the same conclusion as the British. Beyond the bare announcement which is lacking confirmation in either American or British official quarters here, there is mothing to indicate that the United States is prepared to follow Britain's lead in taking action against the threat offered by a Nazified Vichy Government. The best legal minds say that such action against French shipping is no more an act of war than many other steps the United States has taken in the past five months. A neutral does not commit an- act of war by protecting its rights against belligerents, experts say.

Intervention Hastened?

It is generally believed that Hit-. ler, by forcing the French into the German camp, has hastened the amount of American intervention, So long as he left the French colonies alone, the Americans could argue that the United States was not menaced, they say, but German control of French Africa and the possibility of the Germans landing in Martinique make such a direct threat to America that it can scarcely be disregarded, even by the staunchest isolationists.

. By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copyright, . 1941, by The Indianapolis Times "and The Chicago Daily News, Inc, LONDON, May 17.—It is earnestly hoped in London that the American Government's sudden show of spirit ‘in regard to Vichy will become a permanent policy. Because of sentimental reasons the Vichy Government has been getting away with something approaching murder. Some of the things which the Darlan-Petain crowd have sanctioned either at home or abroad have frankly been acts of war against Great Britain and would have been treated accordingly if Washington had not insisted upon handling the French politely. One thing France: Jhas been doing furtively but consistently has been to co-operate industrially with the German war industry. French factories have been making parts for German tanks and planes and in certain cases have been repairing them. There is now evidence to the effect French airplanes factories— the same factories which did not seem able to turn out enough planes for the French air force—are now producing German types of aircraft for the Luftwaffe. This naturally could be done only with the full connivance of the same men who have promised time and again not to undertake any act of war against France's former ally.

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Nervous and “mental disease have taken the place’ of dental defects

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as the greatest cause for rejection of Indiana selectees by Army ex-

aminers, it was announced by the State Selective Service headquarEIS. Out of 2184 men rejected from 14,000 Hoosiers sent to induction stations, 414 were turned down because of nervous or mental disorders. Dental deficiencies caused rejection of 344 men, dropping that cause to second place. n° Almost one out of every five rejections was because of mental or nervous trouble. A complete tabulation of rejection causes by Army doctors follows: ‘Mental and nervous, Ald; teeth

Most Draft Rejections Laid To Nervous and Mental Ills)

and gums, 344; genitalia and venereal disease, 269; eyes, 219; musculoskeletal defects, 216; ear, nose and throat, 175; hernia and abdominal organs, 167; cardiovascular, 150; feet, 71; lungs and chest, 54; skin defects, 22; height and weight, 20; glandular disturbances, 17; miscellaneous, 24; administrative (causes other than physical defects), 22.

Reduction in the number of men rejected because of dental defects is probably due to the fact that local examiners are becoming more familiar with Army regulations, Lieut. Col. Robinson Hithcock, State Selective Service director, said. Another factor has been the apBE I aeniisie to a Hitchcock said.

600,00. Mr. Disne;

of the national-de¢/ense emergency. The legislative, ¢xecutive and ju-

dicial department: are budgeted for $41,300,000. He vould give them $41,000,000. to total proposed saving would be $1,817,500,000. Among expendi. ires for aid to agriculture Mr, Iisney listed soil conservation paymo:nts, parity payments, the food-stamp plan, export bounties and domestic subsidies, rural rehabilitation, crop insurance, the 1937 sugar act, the farm credit] administration, the farm-tenancy program, rural electrification and others. “All these items have been added to the budget in the last 10 years,” He said. “None of them is indispensable in this period of defense emergency. Reducing (aeir total cost by one-half would not be unreasonable, especially since agriculture will get about $500,000,000 from the lendlease appropriation. The savings could be made by eliminating

50 per cent. “Cut Would Scem Justified”

“The cut in work-relief spending would certainly seen justified by the National Defense Advisory - Commission’s estimate that four million persons will be re-employed in the 1942 calendar year.’ The savings on.piblic works would affect roads and highways, ‘flood control, forest roads and trails, and national park and Indian reservation improvements. “Surely some o! these projects can wait during ths time when the Government's cred t and the taxpayers’ resources will be strained by the burden oi defense costs,” Mr. Disney said. The Ways and Means Committee has the duty of writing the new tax bill. Spending measures, however, are handled 17 the Appropriations Committee. The two committees operate s¢rarately, with no means of co-ordina ing their labors. “Maybe, under these circumstances, a ways anc means member can’t do all he'd wish to enforce economies,” Rep. I’ sney said. “But I'm not going to vote the biggest tax burden in histo’y on the American people withou' trying my best to eliminate unnece ssary spending.”

Taber Prop: ses Cuts

Rep. John Taber of New York, ranking Republica: on the House appropriations conunittee, has proposed - non-defense cuts totaling $1,520,000,000, George S. Benson, president of Harding College at :jearcy, Ark. told the ways and mean: committee yesterday that in his c¢»inion, based on “considerable experiznce” in cutting expenses, the budg:t could be reduced by more tha: two billion dollars. “Arkansas peopl: —99.44 per cent of them—are experis in paring expenses to the bone,’ he said. “They have to be. Their aierage per capita income is only $255 a year. “My college has no endowment and no financial aic¢ from the State. But you can put four boys through Harding for what ‘he Government spends: on one COC boy, if the students will work about an hour a day to ‘help .pay their own expenses.” Suggests Reductions

Expressing his fear that Government extravagance is heading this country into infiition and the “worst type” of dic:atorship, President Benson’ proposad these specific economies: Eliminate CCC, I YA, soil conservation payments and Federal ald to highways, saving §1,044,000,000. Cut 50 per cent fiom expenditures on rivers, harbors 2 ad flood control, national park impr vements, forests and trails, rural re! abilitation, food stamps, export bouities, WPA, departmental publici‘r and franking, the National Rescurces Planning Board and the Oiice of Government Reports, savin: $905,500,000, Cut 25 per cent from expenditures by the Agriculture, Commerce, Interior and Justic: ‘Departments, from non-military activities of the War Department, ind from other Federal agencies, s: ving $1000 $100,000,000.

CAPONE LIEUTENANT FACES TAX CHARGE

CHICAGO, May 7 (U. P.).—The Federal Governmeri today placed a tax lien on the property of Murray L. Humphreys, former Al Capone lieutenant, claiming that he owes income taxes and interest tofaling $72,481.86 for she years 1930 to Humphreys pleas ed guilty to an income tax evasion charge several years ago and servid 18 months in a Federal Prison. "he Government

remains unsatisfied. The lien was obtained by Carter H. Harrison, Internal Revenue Col ector. Last month, police padlocked the Klever-Shampay Clraning Company, which they said Humphreys controls, during an investigation of gangsterism in , tre Chicago dry cleaning industry.

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Betty Rose Martin (above), Butler University senior, will reign as May Queen at ceremonies starting at 2 p. m. next Saturday on the Fairview Campus. The daughter of Mrs. R. L. Martin, 6064 Broadway, Miss Martin won her title in an all-school election yesterday. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority:

CRISIS NEAR ON SOFT COAL PAY

Southern Operators Firm; Development Expected in’ Shipyards Tieup.

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Secretary of Navy James Forrestal had asked Army and Navy commandants to give “every assistance to end the strike.” Hohe Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., which alone holds 300 million dollars in construction contracts, agreed to begin contract negotiations Tuesday. Chairman Harry 8S. Truman (D. Mo.) of the Senate committee investigating defense contracts, announced at Washington -the committee would open an inquiry into the strike Thursday unless the dispute is settled by Tuesday. The final threat to production in the General Motors system appeared to dissolve last night when workers, who closed five plants in wildcat strikes, agreed to return Monday. The Ford Motor Co., announced last night it had granted wage increases totaling $13,682,432 to 53,024 men since Jan. 1 and was continuing to boost employee earnings. Three thousand mmbers of the United Automobile Workers Union (C. I. 0.) returned to work today at the Ex-Cell-O Machine Tool Co. at Detroit. . The Defense Mediation Board

. also announced an agreement to

avert a strike of 8500 workers at the Bendix Aviation Co., plant at South Bend, Ind. Labor and management officials of the Allis-Chalmers plant at La Porte, Ind., conferred in Washington in an effort to settle a dispute over renewal of a contract agreement without further assistance of the Mediation Board.

2 FRANKLIN NEN DIE AS TRAINER CRASHES

FRANKLIN, Ind., May 17 (U. P.). —A decision to practice flying despite a dangerously gusty wind resulted fatally for two Franklin men yesterday. ‘Richard Ferris, Jr. 22, and Herman C. Craig, 47, were killed when the training plane which they were

. |flying crashed with full power into

a pasture flying field five miles south of here. Mr. Ferris on May 4 completed a CAA student instructor’s course at Butler University, and Mr. Craig, a rural mail carrier, was taking instruction. : Witnesses said the two made: four or five landings, then went to about 2500 feet to practice turns. On their descent, the ship apparently went out of control and nosed over into a' dive as it neared the field at an altitude of 100 feet. Mr. Ferris was dead whén witnesses reached the plane, and Mr. Craig died before a doctor could reach: the rield. Mr. Ferris, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ferris, Sr. recently compléted two years "work at Franklin College, and was working in a local drug store and taking flying lessons at Butler. Mr. Craig was a World War veteran who had soloed recently. Funeral services will be held toMorrow.

manpower in the same way tha$ the Office of Production Management utilizes machines to make the tools of defense. Civilians will be called upon for voluntary training. in duties assoe ciated with defense of the nation against any eventuality—duties

to keeping an éye on prices. Actual Operations Vast The declared functions of- the OCD will be the mobilization of civilian effort and morale in the defense program. But its actual

vast. The OCD will operate on a dee centralized basis—almost entirely through existing state and docal defense councils. iy The general plan i enlist every available civilian in some form of defense co-operation and training, and to give as many existing organizations as. possible some connection or responsibility for the defense program.

On Voluntary Basis

"No immediate connection is planned between the various civilian defense bodies and the state home guards, who are autonomous local. militia, under command of state governors. All civilian men, women and chile dren ready and willing to contribute to the defense program probably will register on a voluntary basis. The prograih envisages a systemy embracing every type of civilian defense activity. The masses will be educated to and trained for the tasks and responsibilities of defense. Volunteers—even children—will be taught the approved technique of conduct in air raids, including the herding of people to shelter, quelling hysteria, administering first aid and recognizing different types of bombs. Guard groups will be organized to protect bridges and waterworks, to handle crowds and evacuations and to prevent looting in the wake of air raids.

CONTROL OF AUTO PRICE RISE SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, May 17 (U P.).— Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson is considering action to * halt any unjustified increases in the price of new and used cars which might result from curtailment in production of 1942 models.

‘Well-informed officials said that Mr. Henderson has been studying closely the possible effects on con sumers of the change-over of the automobile industry from the proeduction of cars to war materials. They said that if control of prices is considered necessary, Mr. Henderson would issue an order to place a form of slanting price ceiling for automobiles which would be graduated acording to their make and model year. Manufacturers have been asked by the Office of Production Management to cut production by 20 per cent during the 1942 models years, be< ginning Aug. 1, and plans now are ‘under consideration in defense quarters calling for a further 20 per cent slash. The contemplated 40 per cent reduction would permit the - industry to .turn out approximately 3,174,000 cars during the next model year as compared with a 1941 production of over five million.

SHIFT 7 AIR CORPS |

WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P.), —The War Department announced today that seven air corps units are being transferred: 38th Bombarde ment Group and 15th Reconnaise sance Squadron from Langley Field, Va., to Jackson, Miss.; 13th Bome bardment Group and 3d Reconnais= sance Squadron from Langley Field to Orlando, Fla.; Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron of the 60th Transport Group and the 10th Transport Squadron from Olmstead Field, Pa, to Westover Field, Mass., and the 12th Transport Squadron from Oldmstead Field to Mitchel Field, N. Y

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