Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1941 — Page 1
FORECAST: Cloudy with ‘occasional rain tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy with’ showers or thunderstorms.
sures “sowarsl] VOLUME 53—NUMBER 79
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941
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Thomas C. Law Hailed as ‘Imperial Potentate; 2 Seek Lloyd’s Office.
Shrine Photos, Additional Stories, Pages 11 and 13.
Thomas C. Law of Alania reached the pinacle of Shrinedom today in colorful ceremonies at the Murat Temple. He was elevated to Imperial Potentate by the Imperial Council after ‘completing the long trek through the organization's ranks, the last of which required nine years. Mr. Law was presented to the
delegates by his own Temple—
Yaarab—at a pageant on the Murat Theater stage. Using Mr. Law's profession, chemistry, as its theme, the Temple constructed an eight-foot high Paper replica of a chemical graduate. “poured chemicals” into the container—each chemical representing a viture possessed by Mr. Law. As each ingredient was poured, lighis behind the scene changed to rep- * resent chemical action.
Cheered .by Delegates When the last ingredient was de- ~ posited, Mr. Law broke through the paper and was greeted by the cheering delegates. The Imperial Council's session in Murat Temple this morning was the second since the convention opened Sunday. Yesterday :afternoon it heard the Shrine Hospital report by W, Freeland Kendrick of Philadelphia, chairman of: the board of trustees; -and the Fepowt, of Imperial Potentate George F. Olendorf. The latter’s report was read by Governor James Price of V Imperial Treasurer. Mr. Olendorf is ill in Methodist Hospital. The delegates sent him the following message: : . “Our love and sympathy and best wishes for a quick recovery, and sincere regrets that you cannot be here.” .
Lloyd's Post Open - The advancement of Mr. Law and other .members of : the Imperial Council leaves. a vacancy in the Council—Imperial Outer Guard. This post, filled this year by Harold Lloyd, film comedian, is being sought by Roland D. Baldwin of Jacksonville and Hubert M. Poteat of Wake Forest, N. C. The selection was to be made by the delegates this afternoon. Mr. Law is president of Law & Co., a chemical firm in Atlanta. He was reared on’'a plantation in the Pee Dee section of South Carolina and graduated from the University ~ of £ uth Carolina in 1903. He went to Atlanta following his graduation to pioneer in the. field of industrial chemistry. - He is a director of the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta and serves (Continued on Page Two)
Couldn't Evade By Losing Teeth
Selective Service sleuths have caught up with Indiana’s first proven malingerer who attempted to evade the draft by having his teeth pulled, Selective Service * Headquarters said today. Although the registrant did not have enough teeth to meet Army requirements, a special waiver of dental standards was issued by the War Department. The registrant, virtually toothfess, was delivered to the induction center at Louisville, Ky., where he was immediately accepted. Said Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchgock, State Selective Service di-
pi this be a warning.” »
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SHRINER GENEROSITY:
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be the same as that which thrilled 150,000 Hoosiers yesterday—plus thousands of lights and Cincinnati. The Queen City’s 500 Nobles could not make it for the parade yesterday, but they were to arrive this morning to take part in the march tonight.: They were to be escorted| from Union Station: by Murat] Temple’s band. The Weather Burehu offered little encouragement te the paraders and spectators. It predicted cloudy with occasional rain tonight.
Bleacher Seats Available
Tonight's parade will start at 8 o'clock. Murat Temple will be in the vanguard with its huge bass drum lighted. .The start of the parade will be at 16th St. with the rear starting from down around Ninth or 10th Sts. Thus the front will pivot and march back past the rear, permitting ' even ‘the paraders to see the parade. = Ten thousand bleacher seats, used for yesterday's parade, will be in service again: tonight. These are the famous bleachers used. in Madison Square Garden, New York, for outstanding sports events. The Murat Temple is just about breaking even on the furnishing eof seats—the revenue paying for the cost of transportation and Seliing
up. Most of the temples will be fliuminated in some way. Antioch Temple of Dayton, O., will have a Roman chariot covered with lights. At the head of .each contingent will be a huge lighted insignia. As a preview for the grand pa(Continued on Page Two)
THIS IS THE TOPS IN
Noble ‘Holds Up’ Bride-to-Be, Buys Her a Radio.
You never know where lightning’s going to strike, especially when there's a Shrine convention in town. For instance, in a State House office there's a pretty blond stenographer' ‘who will be married soon. She and her boy friend have been saving to buy a radio. Last night she went downtown to meet him and select the radio. She had the money in her purse. En route, she was “held up” by a red-fezzed Shriner who stuck a toy shotgun in her back and demé#nded she go with him. When she ‘explained the importance of her errand, the “bandit” grabbed her arm, escorted her to a store, picked out a $75 radio, and paid for it with his own cash
Then, to make things more con-
down the street to meet the boy friend. At first'the B. F. was pretty | had when he saw his intended in| the. clutches of the Shrine “ban-
fhree weni to dinnar-at the
, he waltzed the dazed steno]
git,” Jit he soon calmed ‘Jown, and|
Now the Noble of Nobles
Thomas C. Law of Atlanta becomes Srapotial Potentate of the Shrine in impressive ceremonies at Murat Temple.
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Illuminated Parade Tonight: To Climax Convention Show
; By WILLIAM CRABB So by BAS martial survey of potential parade spectators shows 1 that iF youlim oo are staying home tonight you're in the minority. In fact, only the folks who don’t like brilliant uniforms, are bored by dazzling light and can’t tolerate the fanfare and pageantry of six or eight circuses combined, won’t be at the illuminated parade—the| col highlight of the Shrine’s five-day convention. The cast of characters will
AWAIT REPORT ON ROBIN MOOR
F. D. R., State Department To Get Stories of
Ship’s Survivors.
WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. PJ. —President Roosevelt and State Department officials hope to obtain
BRITISH FIGHT
2 BATTLES IN
SYRIA AND WIN|
Axis Remains Aloof bat Nazi Bombers Raid Haifa; Navy Aids Attack.
War News Inside First Syrian Battle ....... Page 3 . Today's War Moves ...... 3
British Raid Nazi Ships U. S. Giving Up, Says Darlan..
By HARRISON SALISBURY ‘United Press Staff Correspondent
Allied columns in." Syria today pounded toward ancient Damascus
and Beirut against the first serious |
French resistance yet encountered. British reports indicated that Gen. Henri Dentz, Syrian High Commissioner, plans a strong stand in defense of Beirut.. The defense
of Damascus was not expected to
be so determined. . Authoritative British quaiters said a battle for: Damascus is now raging at Kiswe on the Damascus-Amman Falliosd, about 10 miles outside the Clty. However, it was not believed that the Prench have war material to delay the Allied advance for long.
‘Warships Aid Attack
The British believed Dentz is con- | centrating his best troops south of Beirut in an effort to protect the Lebanon capital and to impede the ‘Allied ve toward ' Tripoli, tern is. ofthe Syrian aks oil pipeline,
rtant harbor east
: fimports was sharp fighting on the
coast in which Vichy said a French battalion was wiped out by an Allied column reinforced and aided by several warships of the British Eastern Mediterranean fleet. The British occupied Merdjayoun, 42 miles southwest of Damascus, after another hard battle. : Marshal Henri Philippe Petain summoned his military advisers for a study of the situation. A Beirut dispatch reported that British planes persistently attacked the harbor today.
~/ Axis Remains Aloof
Axis quarters continued to exhibit an aloof attitude toward Syria, though secondary support was given the French by a big German air attack on Haifa, the Palestine base for British operations. The Nazi: aircraft came from “new bases,” believed to be at Aleppo, in northern
before midnight a detailed report |Syria.
on the sinking of the American steamer Robin Moore in the South Atlantic. . There had been unofficial advices that the ship was torpedoed by “| Germans, and reports received from a rescue ship ‘indicate that only 11 of the 46 aboard when the vessel left New York have been found. They were picked up after being Juris in an open lifeboat for 19 y's Mr. Roosevelt took charge of the quest for information and requested, through White House Secretary Stephen T. Early, that the public withhold judgment on the tragedy until all facts have been ascertained. The Brazilian steamer Osorio, which picked up-10 crew members and one passenger from the Robin Moor, is due at Pernambuco, Brazil, tonight. American officials will obtain a complete report on the sinking from the survivors and from Capt. Waldemar Lucio Pereira, master of the Osorio. Capt. Pepeira radioed the United Press office in Rio de Janeiro yesterday that the Robin Moor had been torpedoed May 21. This coincided with an announcement by the (Continued on Page Two)
FLASH! CAMP DAVIS, N. C., June 11 (U. P.) —Soldiers at this new antiaircraft camp found a lot of newspapers while unpacking equipment. The papers were filled with a new kind of war news.: They were published in Clevelahd between July, 1918, and the World War armistice.!
Another Balkan leader was called to the Reich in the series-of conferences in which the small states are apparently being assigned to. their places in the “new European order.” Today's visitor to Vienna was Gen. Ion. Antonescu, Rumanian dictator. His trip follows conferences held by Hitler with Ante Pavelic, chief of the new Croat state, and King Boris of Bulgaria. Dr. Ladislaus de Bardossy, Hungarian Premier, paid a parallel vir visit to Rue.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR SUMMER VACATION
42,000 Public Grade Pupils Receive Report Cards.
Today is' the “most important” day of the year for Indianapolis school children. 23 At 10 a. m. some. 42,000 public elementary - pupils, clutching their final report cards, filed out of the 85 grade schools, with a summer of play before them. Some 15,000 more elementary pupils in’ parochial schools were on the loose today as 21 Catholis grade schools closed.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a m... : Tam... 8a m..
. 63 63 . 63 Sam. . 64°
Dan Beard Dies
Britain
75 MILLION IS
TOTAL SO FAR, FDR REPORTS
and ond | China Get Chief Help; Roosevelt Promises ‘Delivery.’ WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P).
FATHER OF U. .
SCOUTS WAS 90
Modern Daniel Boone Noted As Author, llustrator And Naturalist.
NEW YORK, June 11 (U. P).— Daniel Carter’ Beard, 90-year-old co-founder of the Boy Scouts of LAmerica, died today at his home in kia, | Suffern, N. XY. He had been in bed "most of the time for the last month with a cold. Mr. Beard, modern Daniel Boone and father of the American scouting: movement, probably was known and loved by more boys ‘in the United States than any other man.
His writings were numerous and|jgter
many boyish eyes have read them. {In dress and spirit, a picture of the old woodsman and pioneer, he typified American traditions that have been carried out by the Boy Scouts.
Dr. West Pays Tribute
‘Dr. James E. West, Chief Scout Executive, praising Mr. Beard as typifying the “sturdy heart and strong spirit of the old pioneers,” said he would be mourned “by 10,000,000 Scouts and Scouters who during the last 31 years have been members of the Boy Scouts.” The place Dan Beard held in the affections of the American boy was expressed in a citation adopted by the National Council of .the Boy Scouts of America. when that organization awarded him . a - Silver Buffalo for distinguishéd service to boyhood. ' The citation reac: “Daniel Carter Beard, author, artist, outdoorsman, pioneer of outdoor movement ' for boys as founder of Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone, Honorary Vice President, National Scout Commission Chairman of the National Court of Honor and Charter, Member of the Executive Heald o of the Boy Scouts of America, whose prestige, wisdom and. experience have been pillars in the structure of the organization.”
Born in Boone’s Country
Mr. Beard was born in Cingcinnafi, June 21, 1850. He spent his early life in that city and ‘in Covington, Ky.
the Civil War, in which brothers
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—President Roosevelt reported today that $75,000,000 of war materials have been transferred to Great Britain and other fighting democracies since enactment of the LendLease Law, and $42717412879 has been allocated for further aid out of the $7,000,000,000 provided by Con-
gress. In his first report to Congress required under HR. 1776, Mr. Roosevelt promised anew that America will help Britain defeat the Axis forces with a steady flow of mate-
‘rials, and will see that these ma-
terials reach the effective places. “With our aatural resources, our productive capacity, and the genius of our people for mass production, we will held Britain to outstrip the Axis powers in munitions of war, and we will see to it that these munitions get to the places where they can be effectively used to weaken and defeat the aggressors,” Mr. Roosevelt said.
Gives No Secreis Away
The report showed over-all totals of shipments and allocations, but Mr. Roosevelt told Congress that he was providing it only with such details as are “advisable without disclosing military secrets to benefit the Axis Powers.” Mr. Roosevelt said that work has started on agreements with Britain, China ‘and other foreign governments on the terms and céonditions of the Lend-Lease aid they receive. No terms for payment have been agreed upon as yet, he indicated. The actual shipments, it was made clear, was hardly more than a first trickle of what will become a torrent of aid pouring across the sea These materials were things that were on hand when the LendLease Act was passed. In the 74 days since then, the President said he had allocated to the War, Navy, Agriculture and Treasury departments ‘and the Maritime Commission, more than $42771412879 of the total $7,000.‘000,000. The balance of less than $2,250,000000 “is heing rapidly allocated” to make new for Britain, and to provide food and some raw materials.
Mostly in Arms
The President gave Congress the following breakdown of the materials already dispatched: Ammunition for small arms and artillery, explosives, etc., $9,760,361. ne arms and miscellaneous —$20,580,109.
Aircraft—$4,028 3,296. Vehicles—$3,405,718.. Watercraft, etc.—$26,182,193. Clothing, medical suplies, etc.— $616,000. Signal and chemical equipment, | ¥28¢€ {Continued on on Page Two Two)
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ALUMINUM STRIKE CURTAILS ALLISO
CAUSES
tion Schedule Is
ALCOA STRIKERS GONSIDER PEAGE
Bohn Walkout ‘Very Serious,” Says U. S.; Inglewood Men Back at Jobs.
By UNITED PRESS . Strikes in two ‘aluminum plants manufacturing airplane parts threatened a serious slow-down in national defense production today. Government officials worked speedily to end a strike at the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp.’s Detroit plants, terming it “a serious threat” to the nation. A Government conciliator met with representatives of ‘the company and the United Auto= mobile Workers (C. I. OQ.) in an effort to end the strike at once.
WASHINGTON, June 11 (WU. P.) —Senator Burton K. Wheeler (1. Mont.) pared in the Senate today that “incompetent officials” are repsonsible for failure to settle current labor disputes. He said that in a recent Los Angeles strike the Federal mediator assigned to the case was “intoxicated all the time he was out there.” .
The situation was improved at the North American Aviation plant, Inglewood, Cal., where an estimated 95 per cent of the normal day force of 7000 returned to work. An early morning mass meeting of workers was held to protest Army's eviction of seven union negotiators, but U. A. W.-C. I O. international leaders persuaded the men to stay on the
A C. I. O. Die Casters’ Union committee met at Cleveland to formulate a recommendation on a proposed wage Sgfeement and strikers were called to a mass meeting to hear the recomemndation. The new wage proposals were accepted by negotiators who met in Wi with defense mediation board mem-
‘| bers.
PLANE DELIVERIES DROP DURING MAY
Output Is 1334 Compared To 1389 in April.
WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P).
ing at the age of 19. He worked as
a civil engineer for
three years. Then followed five years with a map company during - which Mr. Beard mapped many of the cities
and towns east of the
ability in this field of natural por-
traiture led him into the field of
illustration.
ARKANSAS GETS ARMS DEPOT
WASHING TON, June 11 (U. P). today that Jacksonville, Ark. been selected as the site for a $33,
500,000 ammunition loading plant.
t Sanouncel
—The Office of Production Management today announced that 1334 military airplanes were delivered during May. This was a drop of 55 from the comparable final figures for April. Last month the OPM announced that plane deliveries in April totalled
-| 1427, but those figures were tenta-
tive and a revision reduced the number io 1389. May deliveries brought the total of military aircraft turned over to the Army, Navy, the British and other foreign customers in the first five months of this year to 5047. The OPM did not explain the
has | sources said the decline was due in part, at least, to changes in models.
This tended to slow production lines.
Keep the Home Fires Baring (But Low) to Aid Defense; And Don't W Waste Gas in the Family Car, Ickes Suggests
WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P). — Defense oil co-ordinator Harold .L. Ickes today suggested cooler homes next winter, reduced
car speeds and elimination of ‘non-essential driving to “save oil for our battleships.” “The Atlantic Seaboard faces an .acute oil shortage because a large number of tankers “have been drafted for the battle of the Atlantic,” he said. Mr. Ickes’ statement followed
t by the bituminous announcem 8 * 10; el division
Ne as well as oil next fall if heavy , coal movements for domestic consumers are postponed until fall when tion fa- - cilities will be taxed by crop and defense goods shipments. “Buy your winter coal now,” officials urged. Both Mr. Ickes: and the consumers’ counsel division emphasized that there is no actual shortage of either coal or oil, but that the difficulty lies in finding transportation for distribution. ap . Mr. Ickes said,
by reducing our dri speeds, refraining from vie id
if we keep our
. more economical if homes litle cooler next winter.
This will save fuel oil for our
battleshi hile money into ork fh I TS
Hoping to iicjeate Summes on) movemen
by 8,000,000 tons,
Midwest, notably Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, would .be hit the hardest by any shortage which might develop as a result of
is 575,000,000 tons a year, while maximum requirements are estimated at 500,000,000 tons annually. \ Every yard sho
reason for the drop, but aviation]:
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Produe s Plane Bearings
An agreement between the Detroit Steel Products Co. and the U. A. W. ended a strike that has tied up work on defense orders since May 17. Strikers voted to return to work as soon as possible after the National Labor Relations Board set June 20 for an election ns decide a collective
The on: Cleveland agreement will raise wages 1 to 6 cents an hour. The union had demanded a $1 daily raise as a substitute for the one recently granted of 8 cents an hour. State mediation efforts to end the Bohn strike collapsed last night. The company rejected a union proposal that a final agreement be (Continued on Page Two)
WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO-TRUCK CRASH
Victim on Rockville Road Unidentified; 2 Hurt.
An unidentified woman, appar-
ail
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Workers Face Idleness.
shipments.
PARTS SCARCITY
LAYOFF
OF NEARLY 1000
One Entire Department of Engine Plant Closed; produce
Periled; More 3
Ae
A critical shortage of parts resulting from the Aluminum. Co. of America strike at Cleveland today forced the shu down .of one complete department of the Allison warplane engine plant here and the laying off of nearly 1000 workers,
Allison has been on a “hand to mouth existence” in its | supply of certain vital parts supplied by the Alcoa plant at Cleveland, depending on daily Although the strike started only two days ago, it shut off the shipment to Allison of these parts and there was no reserve supply.
Production Periled
Officials of . the local plant that unless he Cleveland strike
may be necessary to lay off a sube stantial portion of the more than 9000 employees. From Washington it was reported that union negotiators had reached a tentative agreement which to be submitted to Alcoa {
proval. Meanwhile, the were continuing to picket the plant.
Resumption Possible
If the settlement is accepted and the workers return to their posta at once, it probably will be to re-employ those laid off at Allis sons within a few days, it was bee lieved. Goweyer . Allison officials said at even temporary holdup in the supply of parts may seriously cripple the plant in keeping up with its production curve aimed at 1000 warplane motors a' month by Dee cember.
PREDICTS INVASION WITH RADIO GLIDERS
WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P), —R. E. Franklin, veteran glider de« signer of Ann Arbor, Mich., believes
that Germany may attempt to ime vade the British Isles with radi controlled gliders armed with bombs and torpedoes. He told a House Naval Affairs subcommittee investigating progress of the defense program yesterday that the motorless planes could be towed high over the islands by regular . transports and bombers and, after their release, directed to objectives by radio.
NAZI GENERAL KILLED
BERLIN, June 11 (U. P). — A special German High ; communique disclosed today that Lieut. Gen. von Prittwitz a Gale fron was killed on April 10 while making a reconnaissance in frond of his troops near Tobruk, Libya.
PYLE BOOKS ARE LIMITED
.In order to accommodate | those readers of The Times who were unable to take advantage of the first oppor: tunity to purchase Ernie Pyle's book, "Ernie Pyle in England," this newspaper has ordered and received a limited shipment of these 3 books. There remain now only a’ few hundred more copies of this full-sized, 228-page vol. ume which The Times is | selling to readers of Ernie .J Pyle's column for 50 cents. You may obtain them at The Times between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. Please remember that if you order by mail, the mail ing po - handling charges in- - crease the cost. If live ‘within Indianapolis, the price is 60 cents. If you live outside Indianapolis, but within Indiana, the price is 62 cents. : There will be ne more books - available after the
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