Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1941 — Page 1

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VOLUME 58—NUMBER 70

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: The Winner Gets a Big Swig of Milk

Have yourself a microphone, Mr. Rose. And a swig of milk. Have yourself a good time. Because you: have yourself a 500-mile race victory and the other things naturally follow that.

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STATE HOLIDAY Show's Voiries TRAFFICTOLL 13

No Fatal Crashes in County: _ 2 Local Children Die in Columbus WreckE™™

Thirteen persons died in Indiana Memorial Day traffic, two of them from Indianapeis; but none of the fatal accidents occurred in Indianapolis or Marion County. : Two persons injured in earlier accident wrecks died, raising the City-County death toll so. far this year to 60. The dead: . BETTY REXROAT, 11, and LOREN REXROAT JR. 5, both of 1154 Bacon St., and CHARLES LAIN JR.. 24, of Columbus, Ind., killed when two autos collided on Road 7 southeast of Columbus.

SAMUEL BRYANT, 68, Oakland City, killed in a car-truck collision near Oakland City.

FRANK HARTSTEIN, 25, South Bend, killed in a truck-car collision at the intersection of Road 6 and a Noble County road.

MELBOURNE WADE, 29, and FRED R. SHORTER, both of Terre Haute, killed in a threecar accident eight miles north of - Terre Haute on Route 41.

IONIAN LEO, 8, Chicago, who was killed in a two-car crash on Road 30 a half mile east of Road 41:in Lake County.

LAWRENCE BOWMAN, 36, of Whitaker, who was killed when struck by a car at Martinsville,

WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, 26, of. Anderson, who was killed in a. crash near there.

CLARENCE RUDICEL, 55, of Marion, who was crushed against a tree by a car that went out of control while he was repairing it.

STEVE KOVACS, 34, and a daughter of Mrs. Elsie Hovarth, both of Milwaukee, were killed today in a truck-car crash near Goshen. Mrs. Hovarth and two .daughters, Anna, 22, and Helen, 20, were in the car. It was not determined immediately which daughter was killed.

Those who died of previous injuries were Mrs. Maude Eckfeld, 60, of 3110 S. St. Paul St., and Ernest Garrett, ‘52, of 1446 Perkins St. | Mrs. Eckfeld was injured Thursday morning when two cars collided at Troy and Keystone Aves. : One . of the cars struck her as she stood on the corner waiting for a bus, . Mr. Garrett was injured when the car ‘he was driving May 24 crashed into a utility pole and a concrete culvert in the 2600 block E, Minnesota St.

He remains in a serious condition with a concussion, head lacerations, chest and internal injuries, and a lacerated elbow.’ : Sam Hanks, injured seriously in a practice spin on the eve of race day, was reported as “improved” at Methodist. . Bone specialists were to examine Shaw today. Dr. Rogers Smith, attending physician, said that two vertebrae of -Shaw’s back had been “compressed” and were causing the Indianapolis driver much pain. Dr. Smith reported there was nd serious injury to the spinal column. Shaw will have to remain in the hospital for several more days, he said. - The home-town driver was in the lead on the 152d lap in his attempt to be the first driver to win the race four times when his Maserati smacked into the wall of the southwest turn. : Cotton Henning, chief mechanic of the Boyle team, said that the wheel shell on Shaw’s car broke, allowing the spokes to separate, and that the wheel -collapsed when the car went into the turn. He said the break was because of metal fatigue. Saylor, in a Bowles Special, was making his first bid in the “big (Continued on Page Two)-

1923 KILLED IN U. §. IN HALF OF HOLIDAY

Traffic Takes Highest Toll —146 So Far.

By UNITED PRESS

“The nation’s accidental death toll increased rapidly today at the half way point in’ the three-day Memorial Day holiday. At least 223 accidental deaths had been reported. Automobile traffic took by far the greatest nuumber of lives, numbering 146. ‘Drowning, fire and falls were other causes. ’ - California reported 37 dead from accidents. Pennsylvania had 25 and Ohio 21. : Other states reported: Alabama 2, Colorado 4, Connecticut 6, Délaware 1, Illinois 14, Indiana 15, Iowa 6, Louisiana 1, Maine 1, Maryland 1, Massachusetts 12, Michigan 13, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 2, Missouri 12, Montana 1, Nebraska 2, New Jersey 8, New York 13 North Caro-

Wi 3, Wisconsin 8. Six young persons were killed in a head-on automobile collision near Kalamazoo, Mich. er * A woman died beneath the wheels of a “El” train at Chicago. 1A sudden gust: of wind had blown off her holiday bonnet. It landed on the tracks and she tried to get 3 it back. on

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Saylor Remains 'Serious'

‘Henning Says Wheel Shell Collapse Due to Metal Fatigue ‘Caused Wilbur’s Crash on Southwest Turn.

"Wilbur Shaw is in a “good” condition at the Methodist Hospital|through today, but the back injuries he received in his race crash yesterday were described by his physician as “very painful.” . Also at the Methodist Hospital, the condition of Everett Saylor, Dayton, O., the most serious crash victim in yesterday's accident-marred Memorial Day race, was reported as “unchanged.” :

CLAMP DOWN ON N. J. BUND CAMP

Closed to More Than Two At Time; Dissolution ~ May Be Ordered.

ANDOVER, N. J., May 31 (U. P.). —Camp Nordland, week-end cavorting place of the German-American Bund, was closed today to ‘more than two persons at a time and the bund itself was threatened with ‘a state order to disband.

Paul Huiseel, 38, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,, a tool maker, arrested in a sheriff’s raid on the camp yestere day and charged with resisting search, was held without bond in the county jail at Newton, protesting that he was “going to see the President about this. He is a neighbor of mine and I shook hands with him once.” *

Atty. Geng Javid T. Wilentz ordered the ™ p raided and closed under g/nuisance statute applying to “places where the law is habitually violated.” 3 Sheriff Denton J. Quick said that because of the camp’s: liquor law violations i¥ had been unable to get its liquor license renewed; that a law against wearing foreign . uniforms had been violated- at the camp, and that nine bund associates had been convicted of making speeches inciting racial and religious hatred. ‘Mr. Quick, Under-Sheriff Clarence De Hart, and 12. deputized members of ‘the American’ Legion made the raid. They ccnfiscated bund emblems, pamphlets, letters, maps and photographs of Adolf Hitler and ordered about 100 campers to clear out. The raiders said some of the letters were in code.

KILLED BY TRAIN George W. Bristow, 59, High School Rd. and 16th St., was killed last night when struck by a freight train nedr his home.

To Bee or Not to Bee?

WINNERS SPLIT

A BIG MELON IN WEIRDEST 500

Thrill Piles on Thrill in 29th Classic.

By J. E. O'BRIEN Mauri Rose and Floyd Davis appeared at the Speedway payoff window today for their $20,000—

first prize money in one of the weirdest, most unnerving 500-mile automobile races in history. Some predict that. yesterday's race will be the last on the historic track—at least until international affairs are more stable. If this proves to be true, the 29th annual sweepstakes provided plenty to be remembered. The manner in which Rose took over Davis’ four-cylinder Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special at 175 miles

satisfied the most demanding of the 162,000 race fans present. : The headlines began to be made race-eve when an untimely spin and crash sent young Sam Hanks to the hospital and eliminated the .car he had qualified. - After that, sensations were piled on sensations.

- Day of Thrills There was the $150,000 fire in Gasoline Alley that eliminated George Barringer’s car from the field, destroyed tools and equipment and delayed the start a full hour. There was the Joe Thorne-Emil Andres collision in the first five laps, and there was the spin that ruined Wilbur Shaw’s chances for his third straight victory. Finally there was the race’s third crash, in which rookie Everett Saylor's, car tore gh the rail and into the infield. For the Speedway records the winner of the 500-mile race was Car 16, the Offenhauser-powered NocOut Hose Clamp Special. But popularly Rose and Davis will pe regarded as co-winners, in accordance with the precedent set in 1924 when the Corum-Boyer team drove to victory. All prize winners were to get awards at the victory party late this afternoon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

U. S. Motors ou Top

‘The race had its other aspects, just as significant but perhaps not so thrilling. Chief among these was the return to supremacy of American-made motors after the two-year reign of the Italian-built Maserati. The first six cars to finish were powered by American motors, and the only foreign engine to run in the money was the AlfaRomeo ‘in Harry McQuinn’s sev-enth-place car. . : Just as predicted, the race actually settled itself to a fight among four teams —the Lou Moore, the Bowes, the Boyle and the Thorne (Continued on Page Six

MADELEINE CARROLL FEARED LOST AT SEA

Film Actress "and Stirling Hayden Unreported.

NASSAU, Bahamas, May 31 (U. P.) —Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hayden, film stars, were . reported missing today on the sloop, Kath-

Grand Turk. - . The pair had promised to advise their arrival at Grand Turk by radio telephone. ‘However, nothing has been heard from the sloop since yesterday morning. Three boats and two planes were ordered out from Grand Turk to hunt forthe Kathleen and additional planes were requested from Miami to join the search. = Miss Carroll and Hayden were sailing from Salt Cay to Grand Turk island. They came here for filming scenes of “Bahama Passage” at Salt Cay, 436 miles south of Nassau. The report that they were missing was made by E. H. Griffith, di-

rector in charge of the movie production. ; :

Mr. Craig Has the Answer

This is moving month for bees and swarms, 20,000 strong, are making life a busy one for bee-

The latest. swarm to end in the ‘clutches of bee-keeper Frank Craig, 5231 Hardegan St, deupon St. John’s Catholic For the past two days they have clustered like shimmering beads some 12 feet above the sidewalk. - This morning, Bee Expert Craig, who had been called by nervous pedestrians, managed

to capture the queen bee. ~~ It seems the bees will follow

queen, and all you have to do 5

to capture a swarm is select the queen from the other 19,999 bees. and place her in a box. There were practically no casualties. Mr, Craig strangely enough is an allergy with bees— they sting him at every oppor-: tunity. So in today’s capture Mr, Craig wore a net about his head and gloves on his hands. However, his helper, W. L. Meltabarger is one of the fortunate people who ‘just isn't stung by bees, He revealed that just about three seconds before

Rose, Davis Share $20,000:

leen, on which they were sailing to|

tient of $2500.

| Emergency Boss

ARMY'S FLIERS T0 HELP CHINA

Permitted to “Volunteer’ For ‘Experience’ in Far East.

WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.). —The United States today made two important gestures to China. One of them was largely psychological and will apply only after peace is again restored. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that the United States would move for relinquishments of all special extraterritorial rights, which have existed since 1901. : " The second gesture will aid China in winning the war. The Army, it ‘was learned, is permitting trained combat. pilots ‘and mechanics to resign from the Air Corps to. volunteer for war-time flying in China. Authoritative ' sources disclosed that the mcve is part of a new Chinese Government program to obtain - skilled - American fliers and aircraft technicians for service on commercial airlines and, ‘possibly, for military duty against Japan. The War Department refuses to discuss the matter, but other quarters said details of the plan were arranged between the State Department and the Chinese Embassy. One source said that a number of fliers and mechanics already had signed up for China duty and that others are expected to follow suit. He added that the men would gain experience under actual combat conditions which is impecssible to obtain in the Air Corp¢’ training program. ; The airmen, who will retain their American citizenship, will be subject to recall for service with the Air Corps when and if needed. China’s efforts to build ‘up a bombing force suitable for effective attacks on: the Japanese reportedly have been handicapped by a ‘great lack of pilots ‘trained to. fly large modern : bombers. The decision to employ American Army pilots: possibly may foreshadow new developments along that line.

Kaiser Better: : ° ¥ ° Family by Side BERLIN, May 31 (U. P.) —German sources said today that up to- noon ‘former Kaiser Wilhelm II, ill at Doorn, Holland,‘ continued to show slight improve--ment. : Informed quarters believed that despite the presence of ‘family

members at the bedside, Wilhelm had “surmounted: the crisis.”

U. S. POLICY UP TO YOU, VICHY IS TOLD

WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.). —The State Department is drafting a formal note advising the Vichy Government that this nation’s future attitude towards France will be governed by the latter’s actions rather than by its words, it was learned today. : The note will reduce to writing the conversations which Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Undersecretary Sumner Welles have had

-|with French Ambassador Gaston

Henry-Haye regarding shipments of American food to France and the ssfens, of Franco-German collabor-

ation. ; The note was expected to express grave apprehension over the use of Syria by Axis forces.

FIRE DAMAGES PLANTS A fire this afternoon the plants of the Union Co., 939: W. Vermont. St. Sandusky - and ' Lumber Co., 325 Economy St., to Firemen, who ° blaze, said it ; by children playing with matches. THE STARS SPEAK =

ZURICH, May 31 (U, P.).—Fridolin Nauer, Zurich. astrologer, said that in the basis of “cosmic cycles”

the United States will become in-

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volved in the war ‘either June 4 or

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to, Egypt.

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GAS RATIONING

A POSSIBILITY, F.D.R. IMPLIES

110-Billion Dollar Industry Is

Affected; East Coast to Feel It First. HYDE PARK. N. Y., May 31 (U.

P.) —President Roosevelt .today began implementing his proclamation

of an unlimited national emergency]

today by naming Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes virtual dictator of the $10,000,000,000 American oil in-

| dustry.

Designating Secretary Ickes as petroleum co-ordinator for national defense, Mr. Roosevelt ordered him to formulate a program to insure “that the supply of petroleum and its products will be accommodated to the needs of the nation and the national defense program.” The move followed Mr. Roosevelt's warning in a letter to Speaker Sam Rayburn that oil rationing in the East is a “distinct possibility” in the next few months and Mr. Ickes’ own prediction that gasoline-less Sundays ‘in Eastern states may shortly become an actuality.

Priorities Svggested Secretary Ickes already is Federal oil administrator, having administered the Connolly Act, which prohibits the transport in interstate commerce, of oil produced in excess of ‘quotas set under state laws, since it' was enacted in 1935. And as head of the Interior Department, he is head of the department's Petroleum Conservation Division and the Bureau of Mines. ; It appeared that civilians in Atlantic Seaboard states might be the first to feel the full effects of the ‘national defense emergency — a shortage of gasoline and lubricants, primary essential of the mechanized war of the modern era. At a press conference Thursday, Secretary Ickes declared that he would advocate priorities on gasoline and oil “if needed,” suggesting that drastic conservation measures are being idered. Sona Roosevelt, in a letter to Mr. Ickes, gave him power only to “make specific recommendations’ to Federal or state governmental authorities and to the petroleum industry. But under the state of unlimited emergency proclaimed by Mr. Roosevelt last Tuesday night, there was little doubt that the “recommendations” of the new coordinator or matters of petroleum dispersion and use would amount to a virtual ukase.

Looks to Future The President’s letter said: “One of the essential requirements ot the national defense program, which must be made the basis of our petroleum defense policy in the unlimited national emergency declared on May 27, 1941, is the development ang utilization with maximum efficiency. .of our petroleum - resources and our facilities . present and future, for making petroleum and petroleum products available, adequately and continuously, in the proper forms, at the proper places, and at reasonable prices to meet military and civilian needs.” ‘Federal petroleum statistics made (Continued on Page Two)

6. J. BRAMWOOD DIES IN RIVER EXPLOSION

Yacht Sinks on Ohio: Wife Seriously Burned.

MADISON, May 31.—G. J. Bramwood, 45, of Indianapolis, head of the Bramwood Press, died early today in the Kings Daughters Hospital of burns received when his pleasure yacht exploded on the Ohio River near here yesterday. His wife, Mrs. Iva Bramwood, also 45, who was with her husband when flames spread over the boat following the explosion, is in a serious condition at the hospital from burns about the arms and legs. "Mr. and Mrs. Bramwood, who lived at 5603 N. Delaware St. Indianapolis, came to Madison Thursday afternoon, had their yacht serv-. iced at” the Hill Boat Club and went to the anchorage at the mouth of the Indiana-Kentucky Creek. ‘ The, couple was rescued after the explosion by two Indianapolis men, Oscar Smith and Robert Eades, who were fishing nearby. The yacht, Pala Roho, valued at around $10,000, sank. 1

Mr. Bramwood was the son of

the late J. W. Bramwood, Wwho|th : founded the Bramwood Press.

FREYBERG IS ALIVE, BRITISH ANNOUNCE

LONDON, May 31 (U. P.).—The British war office said today that|

“We are glad to be able to an-|Rashid Ali's feeling that the Ger-

nounce” that Maj. Gen. B.C. Freyberg, British commander in Crete, is alive with his troops. : The German official news agenc had reported Freyberg was killed in pg 0

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TO IRA

AND AIDS FLEE: “CRETE IS LOST

Allies Huddle on South Shore of Island Hoping for, Miracle of Evacuation; Vichy Ready to Fight de Gaulle.

War News on Inside Pages

Claim Bismarck Outweighed Hood Neutral Dublin Bombed, 30 Die . - Aluminum Scarce but Army “Splurges” . Defense Labor News

By HARRISON SALISBURY : / United Press Staff Corresnondent !

Great Britain and Germany braced today for a new test of strength in the Middle East with Nazi troops in virtual control of Crete and British forces rapidly mopping up Irag. The campaigns in Crete and Iraq were drawing to a close almost simultaneously, freeing both belligerents for a new head-on clash possibly for possession of Cyprus, the last British island stronghold in the Eastern Mediterranean. The month-old Iraqi flare-up was sputtering out. :- Pro-Nazi Premier Rashid Ali Beg Gailani had fled with Amin Zami, his Army Chief and the usurping Regent Sharaf over the border into Iran (Persia). The Iraqi troops he left behind had sued for an armistice and the British gave one

‘en route from Crete companied by i

Mosul oil region. There has been no indica

The Cretan fighting also

was in its final stages. The Germans had won control of virtually the whole northern coast of the island and were smashing hard to the south where battleweary British and Greek forces were reported assembling in the small harbors hoping almost hopelessly ‘to be evacuated by sea. The Royal Air Force reported from Cairo that its planes had met in large scale combat with Nazi air formations over the eastern Mediterranean, shooting down two German planes and damaging others. The R. A. F. also carried out very heavy attacks on the Dodecanese Islands where the Luftwaffe has established bases. It was clear that the British in the nick of time have effectively regained the upper hand in Iraq and it seemed that they should be able to place their Middle Eastern strong points in shape for strong resistance before the Nazi invasion machine can strike again. There was no effort in London to minimize the German victory in Crete but it was noted that terrific losses have been inflicted on Nazi air force and parachutist personnel which will have to be made good before these German arms can strike again at the British.

Will Cyprus be Next?

+ Fighting still was under way in Crete today, both German and British reports indicated, but the end was obviously only a day or two distant. There was no indication either from London or Cario that any large evaculation operation will be undertaken. Next object of Nazi attack in the Middle East is expected by British to be Cyprus, another island fortress. Here, it is thought, the British should be able to give a better account of themselves than in Crete. The British air bases in Palestine

LONDON, May 31.—The fight

Baghdad Government, a committee command in Iraq, has asked for an been glanted. Thus, in the estimation of the British, the struggle for that country. if it continues, can in no way he described as. a war between the British and Arabs. It is not known how many Germans remain in Iraq, ready to continue the fight, but it is assumed that some German rs and some of their air force are still ere.

It was pointed out with extreme rte London today that Rashid Ali t fled to Iran instead of going to M , Where the Germans apparently had expected him to come to. join them and to lead the ‘Arabs in .continuation of the struggle. This was attributed to

mans had let him down in the early stages of the fight and the feeling that he could no longer depend on them, TF When he fied, d Ali was accabinet; Sherif -called false regent whom

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attempt to rush in strong air reinforcements, via Syria. x

Iraq Victory Won in Crete

; ¥Y By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Inc.

“on good conditions” and prepared to enter Baghdad. This left only a fairly small nest of G and air force personnel for the British to/

an technicians drive out of the" tion that this German force is

in sufficient strength to hold out long against the British, ale though with the end of the Crete campaign the Germans may,

are about as close to Cyprus as t German air bases in Greece were to Crete. The Germans, on the other hand, will have to fly almost as far as the British flew from Egypt to Crete. j Jil Terrific heat has handicapped both British operations in Iraq and German operations in Crete and ‘it seemed likely that the summer weather in the Middle East henceforward will operate against" alk fighting forces. i

Bug Bug Bombed

Along the Egyptian-Libyan frone tier, German accounts claimed thag another Brifish sortie from Tobruk was repulsed and that their aie force attacked Bug Bug, halfway between Solum and Sidi Barrani.".

South of .the Sahara Desert the French claimed that a column was under way in an attempt to carry out Vichy's purpose of regaining her dissident colonies. The column was said to be at Lake Chad, just across the lake from the head quarters of Gen. Charles de Gaulle in that region. : :

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Air War Revived

More British-French. friction was expected to follow a second bomb. ing of Sfax, Tunisia, where the British were seeking to finish : an Italian steamer which Mo! refuge after being damaged in the Mediterranean.

Air war over the British Isles flared again with the most action that had been seen in more than three weeks. ; : The Germans launched a fairh ;: heavy attack at Liverpool and uni dentified planes, probably Nazi craff en route to attack Belfast, dropped several bombs upon neutral Dublin Between 30 and 40 persons were killed and upwards of 100 wounded, The Germans claimed the Dublin bombing was a British attempt te arouse Eire against Germany. ;

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in Iraq—if any—has now resolved

itself into a war between British and Germans. Following the flight of Rashid Ali Beg Gailani,

premier of the rebel of four which is now in nomin

armistice, and this presumbaly has

he had named as regent after posing Emir Abdul Illah, and parently by the German and Ita ministers. The latter have. Baghdad, in any case, al their exact destination is unkno The committee of four, which asked for an armistice, is he by the mayor of Baghdad. The British victory in Iraq is tributed here to the gallant, if successful struggle, put up by Greek and Empire troops in Cre and to the heavy losses they hs inflicted on the Germans‘ there.

STOKELY FEEDS ARM

CHICAGO, May, 31 (U. P.).— Chicago Army Quartermaster announced today that Stokely: & Co. Indianapolis, had awarded a contract to furnish 000,000 cans of meai and Miller-Parrott Co, Haute, Ind., was given an o 1,500,000 biscuits, -