Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1941 — Page 1
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PLANE OUTPUT THREATENED BY 2 NEW STRIKES
At Cleveland Unless Walkout Ends.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (U, P). —Defense officials said today that
strikes at the Bohn Aluminum and | 3&8
Brass Co. Detroit, and the Aluminum Co. of America in Cleveland
would force a serious curtailment of airplane production if they are al-
lowed to continue for long.
There were no immediate indica- 3 Roosevelt |
tions that President planned to have the Army take possession of the Cleveland and Detroit plants at this time, but such " ‘moves were considered distinctly possible if the.strikes threaten the ~ plane output. Meanwhile, Undersecretary of
- War Robert P. Patterson told the House ‘Military Affairs Committee that “you show me a case just like the North American Aviation case and we'll act just ass we acted’
there.” - Confet With F. D. R.
He referred to the Army’s taking of the North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, Cal, yesterday. He told the committée however, that he could not say whether action was planned against, the Cleveland - plant. He did not mention the Detroit firm. . Mr. Patterson appeared before tie
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the Selective
: ‘Administration leaders in" Con-| gress ‘predicted after a conference with Mr. [Roosevelt today that he would ‘permit Congress to make its own mind on legislation to limit or prohibit strikes in defense industries. Rep. John W. McCormack, House Democratic leader, said he knew nothing to support a runfor that the Administration. might make a specific. proposal for ati-strike legislation, ;
Attacks ‘Communists’
' He; was acting as spokesman. for the group which conferred with the President—Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Speaker Sam Rayburn, and Senator James F. Byrnes (D. S. C.). Mr. Patterson assured thé House committee that the Army plans to withdraw from ‘the North Anierican Aviation plant at Inglewood, Cal, as soon as possible after companyunion differences are adjusted. * Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) asked Mr. Patterson about communistic influence in the North American strike. Mr. Patterson re‘plied that there was evidence of
such, among the “local leaders” of|
the Wh asked if Congress ought to provide criminal penalties for Come
munists who engineer stoppage of}
defense plants, ‘Mr. Patterson said he thought some penalty should be provided. The Government, he said, (Continued on Page Two)
6 ESCAPE DEATH AS FIRE ENVELOPS CAR
Six persons ‘escaped death last night when their P car was enveloped by -blazing gasol The accident pe: dl ‘at a filling
station at Millersville Road and
56th St. Mrs. Blanche Bartley, R. R. 13, Box 121, driving the car, turned into-the filling station and the car * struck a can of gasoline which exploded. Flames covered the automobilé and spread to the station]. itself which was destroyed. Slightly burned were Mrs. Bartley, two of her children, Wanda and Jack, and Thelma Morgan, 15, of R. R. 13, Box 121. Ivan and Irvin Bartley, 12-year-old twins, escaped without injury. They were given emergency treatment at the Ft. Harrison post hospital and released.
. STALIN OUSTS VANNIKOV MOSCOW, June 10 (U.P.)—B, L. Vannikov, commissar for armaments in the Government, has been relieved of his duties “for failure to ms, *_it was "announced today, and Dmitsl Ustinov has been appointed in his Place.
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committee to advocate adoption of | ' legislation: “th
GAY PROCESSION LASTS 4 HOURS
Musical Units Ranging From Excellent to Just Noisy © - Add to Fun.
- (Shrine ates. and. sori 8 pl Li
greatest Sactaile ' many moot today. when - somewhere between
UP(19,000 and 15,000 Shriners put-on
a four-hour parade. It was probably the wildest, weirdest and most colorful . parade in local history. There were scores of musical outfits in.the long line of march, and they presented no lack of
|variety. They ranged all the way bie
from h grade musical organizations to just plain noise-makers. No two ‘delegations in thetparade were dressed exactly the same, and the . rich, oriental colors put the rainbow to shame. The public loved. it. -A crowd estimated variously at from 125,000 to 200,000 thronged the line of march, six to eight deep, and other thousands hung precariously out of every office building window. The crowd stayed through it all. ; The moment the parade was over,
‘the fun-loving Shriners started pre-|
paring for their. next big parade|’ spectacle, at 8 p. m. tomorrow, along a lighted line of march. th Today, the business boys of the convention. went! into’ Imperial Council ‘session’ almost as soon. as the parade was over. Two chief tasks of the Cotinefl will be the selection ‘of the Imperial! Outer Guard, the ‘bottom: “in the succession, of ‘positions lea
!|in about 12 years: to that of Poten |
tate, and the selection’ of the con-} vention city. for 1942, , The Recorders téok' care of ‘thelr
Linn ‘of “Albuquerque, 'N. M., president. Other officers named were Art Pierce of Davenport, Iowa, first vice president; Frank Cundall of Atlanta, Ga." second" vice" president; (Continued on Page Two)
4770 RESUME WORK AT PLANE FACTORY
70 Per Cent of. Day Force Back on Joh,
By UNITED PRESS : The Army hastened a return:to normal production: at the North American Aviation Plan, Inglewood, Cal, today while the Defense Mediation Board sought quick settlement of strikes at two Midwestern aluminum companies. : An Army officer said that 4701 ‘workers—170 per cent of the normal day -shifi—had returned to their jobs at North American. Soldierst armed with bayonets and machine
yesterday after a four-day strike. Defense officials feared that new
|| strikes at the Aluminum Co, of} America, Cleveland plants and atl Bohn ‘Aluminum
and Brass Co., De-
: troit, if continued long, would curii tail aircraft
production seriously.
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By the time the Shrine parade got - under way about 9:30. a. m. the police estimate of the crowd. which lined the parade route over six’ deep was in the neighborhood of 150,000. Sixteen city :and state motorcycle policemen led the line 'of ‘march and were followed by the parade
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Friedrichs, Murat recorder, and Noble Reginald Sullivan, Mayor of Indianapolis. Murat’s’ 100-piece’ band: then strutted down Meridian ‘St. supplying the first music of the parade. The ‘drum = major wielded: the wicked-looking Turkish saber. The big base drum, at least six feet in| diameter, was pulled by two ponies, bedecked in thé national colors. The Murat Patrol followed and then came the. Gun corps which
“the crowd. ;
|the line - of march, were with ‘people ‘wha - wiridows, £ 14mg" Jbefore the ‘parade |
Murat Temples bandsters strut down Meridian St.
stopped every block or two to cut its capers—right and left shoulder arms, about face and other military maneuvers.
8 8» va The. Marat Chanters rode ‘in a “huge truck on which’ desert scenes Hh been Painted. They ‘sang
hen. > 's me Ed guard
but me.”: The Murat Patrol followed in | Turkish = costumes, beating on tom-toms and ‘playing ‘' Chinese Musettes. They were led by a. noble’ dressed ‘as a Shebah ‘who did not spare’ the shimmies and drew .corisiderable: laughter from Sem » Downtown office bufldings, dlorig jammed | crowded at
+ Fair Weather od :
A cours of Zor Temple's shipe of the: desert. :
Shimmying Shebas; Fierce Sheiks, Sidory Drill Teams. .. Big Parade Has Everything,
started, window-space was at a premium and in the Chamber of Commerce building, for instance, parade watchers took turns looking over each other's shoulders.
The ‘Murat marchers were * followed by the Orak Temple of Hammond. The Ora k vanguard marched Dlatgon. £
01 in Aum, by. a Seimitar Adressed" in green jackets and pantaloons with red sashes: , ‘The next group of marchers were the Hedi Templars of Evansville. They. were led by a color-guard which was followed: by a drum and bugle. corps. :* “Each group of marchers escorted a “dancing girl’ usually a: hirsute gentleman: attired in long flimsy robes, a: veil to hide his whiskers anda. turban. . The: Hedi | “dancing girl” took a couple of forward leaps and was at {Sontinued on Page igh
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STOKOWSK JOVIAL ON ARRIVAL HERE |
Joshes Reporters; Concert ‘Switched to Fieldhouse. i
s By FREMONT POWER 2: Leopold Stokowski’ arrived’ in: In-
night at the Butler Fieldhouse with This: All-American Youth: Orchestr and acted very: calm: aboyt the,
- "his h hotel room several Hays by
'dianapolis today for his’ concert. to 0
‘whole thing, Which: for him is being |
: “heck. of a, Hime to even to
+ Tough Break.’
George Olendorf, Imperial Patentate of, the. Shrine, 1€X= pected to head the big’ parade " today after, being confined to
a heart’ “attack, ‘ Thstead, he ceri to: Methodist’ Hohe last ‘'mid- * night, with! prieumonia. and was . 4 Dlaced, bation: oxygen tent as
{ Potent te Olend mented, a head” an ‘of “the: oenion “is a
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eccentric. * He didn't; quatre] ‘with: a “soul, | didn’t bark at'the:reportérs nor did bang’ doors, in ‘anybody's face. El Panama’ hat, 8 et “and a h “cuffs that folded Shack | re aled. juctor | ant | { questions. in’ a ipallte » manner.’ And he:joshed with" tographers- for saying . “just Yong ‘when Wey, already taken one picture, *. ° * ‘Having : breakfast: and dE fa discussion about. whether ‘he should * shave (he | thought. . he | should), Mr. Stokowski sat’ down on A (Continued on Page Two).
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A Occasional showers: wiih 4 (bl of thunder thrown in’ was: expected to
be. the “ weatherman’ nan’s: contribution ™ to ‘the’ Shrine festivities today. «The showers ‘and thunderstorms probably | will Tepeat) SomeEsaw, it i“ {was Predicted. :
Chrles B. souidiers, Indianapolis ‘business ‘leader for many years. and chairman of . the died today at his ‘Spring Road. «Mr; Somunets was 68 ape tinh ¥ ‘He came to’ Indian: « apolis in 1800 and He founded the ‘old’ Sommers & Co., furniture
n Nation: ik, ,(In¢., and ‘the: oljs Red Cross.: {As rliatrman f War Chest. in 1918, Mr.
i THAT'LL BUY 705 SODAS |Sommuni
8| WASHINGTON, June 10 (U. PJ. tor | —Money in sirculation h ‘of the ‘the highest
Charles B. Sommers: Dies; Civic Leader for Many: Years
Age Deferment
SALT PB) —Two United
DRAFT MIT OF 28 GIVEN SENATE 0, K.
‘Now Up to: House.
i | WASHINGTON, June: 10(U, P.) — The. Senate today unanimously | opted an amendment to the Selec rvice Law. authorizing Presifet Roosevelt -to defer: from military. service, men who reach their 28th birthday by:July-1 this year. The: effect. of the proposal would be ‘to lower the present maximum draft age of 35 to 28. Men between 28: and. 35, however, would: not :be completely excused from liability for service. ‘They would only be deferred. The amendment would not: apply to men: who have been inducted into service. ; . The: 28-year limit’ was sponsored by Senator Chan Gurney {R. S.D)). Originally. the bill. proposed that the|: President. . be, authorized: to) defer men by any age’ groups. he ‘desired. e epsute now goes to the House.
SIGHT WRECKAGE OF U.S. ARMY BOMBER
Believed to Be Lost Plane; No Sign of Life.
LAKE CITY, June 10 (U, ted Ajr Lines: pilots
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{RECEIVES LOW BIDS
12 FEARED DEAD IN TEXAS FLOOD
Town Inundated as Dam Collapses;. Toll Heavy in Midwest Storms.
By UNITED PRESS
least 13 persons were, beligvea |! 5d “Wtten: collipse’ of. the Lake! Diller Dam. sent 2 20-foot wall of water’ down a creek into the center of Albany, Tex., today, smashing 35 homes and trapping residents. Four bodies had been recovered. ‘An eight-inch rain smashed the dam at 1 a. m, The known dead: ¢ + MRS... ADDIE RATLIFF, 60, and her mother, MRS. ALICE MONK, 80, whose bodies, embracing each other," were found in‘ a storm ‘cellar. It was beiievecl they mistook the roaring of the waters for a tornado. - The 10-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Strong, swept from his ‘mother’s. arms as they escaped. THELMA WILLIAMS, 1-year= old Negro girl Missing . .were seven members of the Paul Alexander family, Negroes, and John Gage, 70-year-old white man.” County, Judge Graham Webb said ‘the Lake ‘Newell dam 15 miles north of Albany, a community of 2500, reportedly had collapsed, sending a new wall of water toward the town. Tpunderstorms and torrential rains ‘also lashed the Middle West where - fleeds and tornadic winds had claimed at least 16 lives. Water, pouring over the banks of smal streams .in Western plains states and th Missuuri Valley, caused extensive damage to. farm land bearing a wheat crop ready for harvest. Cities along the Kan-sas-Nebraska boundary also suffered flood damage, Thirteen persons were killed when tornadic winds swept across Texas, Oklahoma. and Kansas. ' Two women were dfowiiel in Southwestern Towa. Other possible victims of the storm ‘included six, Army fliers, missing since Sunday. “The airmen left Salt Lake City. in & bomber bound for Chicago along s route
which. crossed the storm area in the Rocky. Mountains.
Dr. E. R. Bartlett ~ Dean at DePauw
- GREENCASTLE, Ind;, June 10 (uv, P.) —President Clyde E. Wild man’ of DePauw University announced today that Dr. Edward
education, has been elected dean of the college: of liberal arts, suc‘ceeding Dr. William M. Blanchard, Dr, Bartiett is a native of Ft. Madison, Iowa, and a graduate of Towa ‘Wesleyan College.
* ON STATE HIGHWAYS
Low bids ‘totaling $110,500 for. the
106 miles of state highway in south-
| ern. Indiana were received by. the {Stale Highway Commission. today, Sr
‘Withhold Opinion,’
Other War News
Churchill and Mussolini speeches Summary of Fighting in Syria
Japan Ponders East Indies Crisis
WASHINGTON, June 10
east of Cape St. Roque, Brazil.
from the Robin Moor.
torpedoes.
Today's War MoOveS............... Nazis Plot Against U. S. Trade, Says Stowe. . British May Send Italian Prisoners Home
NATIONALITY 0 ATTACKING SHIP S UNIDENTIFIED
Early Urges; Ten
Of Crew, One Passenger Rescued.
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Carat anrsan, C00 enacts
(U. P.).—The U. S. aig
Commission announced today that the South Seas Shi
the Robin Moor was torpedoed May 21 about 950 miles nor
This information corresponded to earlier unofficial ports indicating that the American ship had been sunk £.
The Osorio was the ship that picked up 11 survivor
The Government is making every effort-to determin _|the authenticity of these reports, and Stephen T. Early, ti
President’s secretary, urged that the public withhold opindon. until all facts, have been assembled. :
The Commission said 10 crew members and one passenger . from ‘the Robin Moor have landed at Pernambuco, Brazil, after being rescued by the Osorio:
No word, .the Commission said, has been received about the other 35 persons who were on the Robin Moor, including seven ‘ passengers. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles said that the State Department hopes to have a full report on the sinking’ within 24 hours. He said that American officials in Pernambuco would obtain complete |" details from the Osorio’s master and the survivors. The Robin Moor sailed from New York on May 6 for Capetown. The rescue scene was approximately 800
to the bottom by a from a vessel of nationality: © One report—a third-hand message picked up by the communications division—said ship was struck by a German pedo. If true,
Koning. MT oe
sunk by the Germans during | war. {One ather American ship, freighter City of Rayville, 5883 has been: a war victim. It:sunk an explosion, presumably by am on: Nov. 8, 1940, in Bass Strait, miles off Cape Otway,’ Austr One of a 38-man crew was 10st. The owners of. the Robin:
sailed with eight passengers, cluding three women and a 2old boy. The owners said it ried no ammunition, just
miles from the locality in which
conduct of the British campaign in C all war fronts except Syria.
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Churchill, Duce. Bpeek
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff’ Correspondent
Allied forces drove forward against minor French opposition in8 » today while Premier Benite Mussolini warned the United States ag: entry into the war and Prime Minister Winstan- Churchill defer
rete.
It was a day in which speeches overshadowed almost dead calm
the Robin Moor. was reported | 3
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the Robin Mo would be the first American shi
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announced in New York that.
Mussolini, while professing to be little concerned at the prospect of American intervention in.the war, devoted his most spirited comments to that possibility.
He c'aimed that the move would bring dictatorship to the United States, a brand of totalitarianism which he warned would be inferior to Italy’s, that it would not give Britain victory, that it would uselessly lengthen the war and hinted that . Japan and possibly Spain would join the Axis side if America Joined the British. For the first time Mussolini revealed the serious losses which Italy had suffered in her invasion of Albania, running to 13,502 dead and-38,768 wounded. "He said Germany was allowing Italy to occupy all of Greece and that Greece is now part of Italy's Mediterranean “living sphere,” Churchill’s . address was : devoted to a spirited defense of the. British campaign in Crete. He: ‘Placed British losses at 15,000
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the envoys of foreign powers here. To the British, American planes,
|of life or death. And struck plant “To the Germans, American production may spell victory or d
PHILIP Times Foreign Editor
WASHINGTON, June 10.—No American—not even the Preside watching strike developments in this country with greater interest
men: killed, injured, taken 0 01
or missing, slightly less than: the expeditionary force. In
tion the action cost the British f
cruisers and six destroyers. . He estimated German losses
5000 men drowned, 12,000 killed of
wounded, 185 fighters and bom destroyed and 250 troop carriers stroyed. Churchill declared that the forces were meeting little
resistance in Syria but the Vichy Government as now:
that the English would do all their power to:lift up France, oi more free.
He reported that May was
best month for some time in tl Battle of the Atlantic, though t success was somewhat cancelled by shipping losses in the Medit
ranean, He said that British: making capacity is 50 per cent
the last quarter of 1040. .
World Watching Strikers :
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tanks, ships and guns are a m s turn out no munitions.
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upon whether aid. to} Britaih arrives “too late and too little,” or promptly and adequately. |
With a fair degree of accuracy
far the Communists will