Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1941 — Page 1
The Date Doesn't Worry Larry-a Bit =
y: Ldtry. Coleman who came down to the Indianapolis Times office to tell" the’ world his on Friday, the 13th, Te Larry worried? You figure it out. Aatry is the son. of Mr. and.
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: Excessive pena thls month has. swollen | several “creeks and other | small streams ‘out of their banks in Indiana, byt therp is little likelihood of any serious flood situation, the Weather Bureau reported today. Where. streams have gone out of their “banks, the" situation has been
the result of locdl downpours ‘and| beim
caused little damage. sBeforera seri-|-jous situation >eould result, : Mr. Armington said, - continued -- and heavy: general "rains would be necessary. Thus fak, ‘the rainfall’has beén more ‘spotty ‘than general, The" ‘larger. streams ‘are up, some fairly. near flood stage, ‘but in most cases ‘they are" standing: still “or falling, Mr. Armington’ said. The Bureau indicated the likelifood of continued showers here this afternoon and’ tonight with & possiBIliEY of & ‘rainless day tomorrow.
" Eightning Hits Chimney
A ‘freak bolt of lightning struck - the: chimney" of the Foster. Freight Lines warehouse; 480 8. Capitol Ave. about 10:45 a..m. today but, caused no fire: age. The bolt, which reverberafs | through the downtown business’ district like "a cannon shot, caused. a flurry of excitement, seve eral * persons . calling - newspaper offices to: Joquire if there ‘had been an explosion. : A spotty ‘rain that ‘in some Sections of the city flooded streets and growed out: autos - ‘occurred | early
The Weather Bureau gauge down- |
town registered .39 inch, while that]
at: the Municipal Airport recorded. - only © 25 inch. This brought - the total rainfall this year to 6.05 inches —4 45 inches excess over normal for}:
n St. ~Armington said Pte wea " Gontineed on “rage a8)
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Ghier ‘City Judge John D. ie 1 ery said: “Thirty. days.” i 0 =still of fi fhe: same opinion, » ‘Callahan repli : “You: may le ‘but: Pre: changed Court reySpontied. Wi ;
= IGONTROL HINTED
ON AUTO PRIGES
Henderson Asks Five: Firms To: ‘Withdraw Recent ! Increases. -
WASHINGTON, June 13 (U.P). —The: automobile ! industry - today faced the possibility of. rigid controls by the Government on prices m asked for 1841 and. 1942 models and further curtailment: of civilian production.’ { “Five “leading automobile com-~| ipanies,, who "have. increased ® their prices from‘ $10 to $53 in the last month, have been asked velusitarily to withdraw price increases diately . by : Price’ Control Adin istrator Leon Henderson. : Price officials said that if: Mr. Henderson's request ‘were ' ignored the Government would have only one ‘alternative—the ‘creation’ of a price ceiling on all new cars at levels prevailing before the: increases wenb into effect. The: companies warned by: Mr. Henderson “ were the Pord Motor Company, the Chrysler Corporation; the . Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, the. Studebaker. Corporation, and e Hudson Motor Car Co. Officials d that other companies had withheld ‘price increases : or were Sansidering them.
INDIANA AUTO SALES AT ALTE PEN
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41265,000. New and Used S
Titles Issued in 6 Moriths.
More automobiles were sold in|
Yoel car sales totaled 1
i. increase of 19,700 over a
: and new car titles
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"resident Raps Tita: vin B
“ “hurled on the small W Whet area ars one-tenth of the Ger- |
"Strife After Cail ‘From: Teamsters’ Chief...
‘WASHINGTON, June: 13. @. PJ, — President Roosevelt today; warned labor, .organizations to stop”, raiding each * other for™ membership’ and notified Goverfiment ageticies, to watch such jurisdictional strife,
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‘with "authoritative disclosure that President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations planned ‘to ‘match the Administration’s campaign against subversive labor ‘agitators with a “purge” of C. 1. 0. left-wingers who fomeht “outlaw” strikes.
‘No Time for Raiding’
Mr. Roosevelt acted" upon receipt of a telegram from Daniel Tobin of Indianapolis, president ‘of the A: F L.s International Brotherhood - of Te masters, Chauffeurs, Warehousen and Helpers. Mr. Tobin “charged ‘ that because of his ‘union's unequivocable sypport of Mr, Roosevelt in the na-
| tional “emergency, Bundists, :Stalin=
ites, Trotskyites' and “other subversive _orfanizatioans” are seeking to destroy his organization. White : House: Secretary Stephen -| T.¢Early said that Mr. Roosevelt was. na. interested in the developmen
Local Union Secedes
“He (the President) asked me. to have - ‘the various Government agencies ‘interested notified, and to point ‘out that in his opinion this was no time for labor unions, local, national or “international, $0: begin raiding each other for ; oses of membership or: similar r Mr. Early said: 22 Mr. Early said. Mr. “Fobin_ indi cated he*would. amplify-this charge
sters Union. The that t e teamsters| f
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te House
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Mr. . ‘Roosevelt's action ‘coincided
| a Amite. Comag®| the old Dodge as.a hobby, driving
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in ‘a statement later at’the hist Be apolis- headquarters of the - ‘Team- 0
{ers on evelopments night
Rhineland * Industrial Area
Bears Brunt of ‘SuperBomb’ Raid. “By HELEN ' KIRKPATRICK
Chicago Daily News, -Inc.
' LONDON, June 13.—The British last night gave Germany a taste
“of what really heavy bombings are|
like. Germany's industrial” area in the
| Rhineland was the brunt. of the|.
longest, most sustaineds attack with
. {the biggest force which has yet|
flown over. Germany. A tremendous number of Great Britain's newest and heaviest bombs were dropped continuously
‘lamong ' the: Ruhr’s big factories. “| When the high explosives had hit ‘| their targets, hundreds of incen-
diaries assisted in turning the Ruhr into what the British Lope is a
: tangled mass of ruins today.
No German Raids
| Probably owing to weather conditions, there had been no big raids
on ! in several weeks until last night and the night before. Britain has had no big raids in more than a month. This is at‘|tributed to the tact that the Germans have moved a very cotsider-
: lable’ number of planes from West-
ern ers Buren eastward to the Russian patie here are wondering though
| Wastin the
man population produces. 80 per . |cent of Germany’s steel and mines .| three-quarters of her coal. : ave after wave of heavy bhomb= ers Swept. over and all but seven of the planes returned. They dropped so low that the crews could feel the concussion «of: their: bombs ‘and ‘ sée fragments ‘of Thaserry blown into the. air.’ “Warehouses ‘were seen completely. Sutted.: i
Nazis’ Admit. ‘Residences’ Bombed
d BERLIN, June 13" «WU, P) — British
planes’ last night explosive Pn incendiary * at various
and wounding civilians and ing residences, the German Command sald today. SEs
| ALLISON NECALS
1100 IDLE WORKERS
Laid-Off Crews to Resume . Operations Monday.
“The 1100 Allison employees who who were laid off : femporarily |
day were asked to rep
ddy, F. C. Kroeger, Allison mani announced. :
‘Alcoa, which was settled Wedn: day afternoon, forced the .shutdown of ‘one ‘ complete Allison .départment because ' of -a + critical ‘shortage of vital Aluminum, engine
fotz-day: tayoff-
followed dergoini vil : ‘was undergof en {Continued . on Page 1»
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; tails were nog-given.
| The question of who started \ . Ee Aho Geman fhe
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| Sailor's Reward
Ensign * Irving B. Warner of Birmingham," Ala, gets a big kiss from his sweetheart, Jane Van Wormer of Chicago, after he received his commission at graduating exercises ‘of the U. S. Naval Reserve ‘Midshipmen’s School at Chicago.
BOBBITT'S GRIP IS THREATENED
Ripper Decision May Ignite Rebellion; Hint Tucker
. For k Leaderslp..
or 16.0. P. leaders dlaim. . ~ When
places in" Wes Cormac. Line
work beginning at 12:01 4. m.
~ “The strike of ‘the five plants of | es=|
or i Governor Henry Schricker’s contention’ that they are ‘unconstitutional, . Mr. itt’'s four-year reign as party chief is threatened. A favorable . opinion. would give him a good defense argumen
if the court delays its opinion. until
after the summer) recess, an ouster|ed
move will be launched to bring new
| leadership’ before the:1942 campaign starts :
An earnest - this fall, sore n the break comes, a wild scramble for arty control is likely. Some leaders believe there will be jobs for their workers regardless of the court outcome. If the Democrats win, they believe that a ‘new (Continued on Page 15)
TWO KILLED IN OLD | CAR KEPT AS HOBBY
WATER thd. June 13 (U. P.) J Van Schoick: of Nutley,
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of Waterloo, were" killed last night when the 1919 : Dodge touring car in which they were. riding collided with a truck a mile west of: here on U.iS. 6. Mrs. Van. Scholck: and Alfred | Bartholomew, driver of - the : car, suffered. cuts, bruises’ and. ‘ shock, State Police: said." A Mr. Bartholomew: reportedly kept
sald the ‘car was demo
TALLULAH DIVORCES - FINE" PERSON’' HUBBY
RENO, Nev., June 13 (U. P= ‘Tallulah Bankhead; actress-daugh=-ter ofthe late ‘Speaker William B. Bankhead, .today was. granted a di-
| vorce: from John: Emery.::
: She, charged "Mr. Emery: with
oul “mental cruelty,” but said privately
that he; was:a fine person, just. wrote | her. ‘a “beautiful _ letter two days the] ago.” ‘The: trouble - ‘was, she said,|no
Allison production Sie #3
(Washingion Reaction, Page. »' § Both
that their. careers ‘conflicted. He: is)
‘an actor.
Londan and | Moscow Assert “Somebac
| Soviet’ Intrigue in U. S..
y ourt: Al ‘the ! tral sation measures],
not security. 'A court defeat will mean almost certain ouster.” Even]Sout
N..J., and Mrs. Alfred Bertholomew |.
dl A Few PYLE
| BOOKS LEFT i : _ There are a very fow of |
‘Smoke_ Cloud’ Rises After Attack; Craft Turns, Rejreats Slowly.
War News Inside 400 From U. S. 'Trapped..Page 3 3 War Moves Today ........... 18 Britain, Allies: Pledge Unity... 18
LONDON, June 13 (U. P.). —British planes .spotted a Nazi pocket battleship off the Norwegian coast and rammed home at least one and possibly two torpedoes whica caused clouds of white smoke and reduced the German warship’s speed, the air ministry reported tonight.
The Ministry's report did not indicate which of Germany's two 10,-000-ton, lightly armored pocket battleships—the Lutzow and Admiral Scheer—was hit. The Ministry said the Nazi wars ship with a destroyer escort was spotted off southern Norway short ly. ‘before. midnight. by - a British reconnaisance plane.:
Smoke: Blankets Stipe
-- force” British bi hp and attacked
’
“these, ‘the
Spee; 3 in Ee - 1939, The Air Ministry announcement said: “Shortly before midnight last
t—iouat night, a Blenheim coastal command “in. reconnaissa
plane nce off. the thern - coast:.of Norway sighted in enemy pocket battleship escort-
d: by a number of destroyers, Planes. Launch Attack
“A striking force was dispatched by the Coastal Command and in the: early hours this morning the battleship was then off Egersund and was hit by a torpedo from a Beaufort aircraft.” The report did not indicate which of Germany's pocket battleships was struck. Both ships are lightly armored with a belt of armor of only four inches and another inch and one-half of internal protection and it seemed likely that a square torpedo, hit Hu b have caused serious
* GOEBBELS! ART IGLE
No Significance,” Say Nazis But Copies, Are Seized.
BERLIN, June 13 (U.P.).—An | edition of the Voelkischer Beobdachter, carrying a front-page ar-
Joseph Goebbels on the “Lessons of the German Invasion of Crete,” was withdrawn shortly after publication today. Copies: which ° had . reached the ‘newsstands: ‘were confiscated where possible, Later editions appeared without. the Goebbels article. Censors made no objection, however, to the cabling of the article. : The Beohdachter is ‘Adolf Hitler's own Hewshaper, but a Nazi spokesman said the confiscation was of
books, *
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ne off Montevideo | Ca
i (the,
ticle by Propaganda Minister Paul
The. article: contained no note 20
Alles Reach
‘BERLIN, June 18 (U.
man that “Germany wili continue to sink every ship with contraband for Britain whatever its name—Robir Moor, Exmoor or what have you.” The Nazi spokesman said that if an attempt was made: to ‘construct a political case” out of the sinking of the Robin i: Moor, “that. Anglo-American affair. “We will continue to sink ships | add sailing for Britain if they have conJaen, aboard,” the spokesman |
they still are ‘awaiting a German report, on the Robin gg Velie “Tho sad
Fe or Hyer Fas
side, We rk, learned t Sorte from One side “are Vv
The fumes al petown to be en route to an
The German pources said that
Charge Robin Moor Incidents Employed fo
Propaganda; Nazis Claim Reports on Vessel Are ‘One-Sided. CR
P.).~A German authori
source said tonight that the American freighter Robin M¢ —according to reports of its manifest from abroad ried goods classed as contraband by the British and “theres fore on the German contraband list.”
The Nazi declaration that the Robin: Moor carried. leged contraband followed an assertion by a German Spoke
as the British contraband Hist. cover much of ‘the cargo of Robin Moor it would be “unfair’ these. materials were omitted f the German list. © » The Robin Moor was sunk in South Atlantic on its way to 8 Africa ‘with a general cargo. . So far, it was said, there were “authentic” military reports rega ‘ling ing I= ‘sinking. But a Spoge
“The. matter is exclusive
however, me en Tote to
enemy harbor and that inasmuch |
WASHINGTON: June 1 Welles said today;
Sengers and ‘crew belief that Axis submarine which sank “the Robin: Moor, Mr. Welles said that international law is clear on such points. He said that Germany and the United States accepted the principle embodied in ‘the London Naval Treaty on that score.. to ‘German assertions
Moor’s cargo showed that she. carried goods defined as contraband by British—and Hence accepted as such ;by ‘the Reich — Mr. Welles
noted that the: United States has
Rep that published lists of thé Robin |
engineer of ‘the’ / boarded the. American freigh vent tie ship from sending
the Moor’s experiences. - He said that the Robin Moor was intercepted early .on the morning Wasi of May 21 and that within 23 minutes the ship had been sunk by German shelling. “We took to the three life ‘boats —37 of us. including 'ofe child,” said Nilson. “We sailed sailed fogether for eight days and then ‘separated in order to increase our chances: of being saved, © with out stopping. for
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, June 13
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Staff Correspondent
U.S. Stands on i Pact
(Consul Gives Robin Moor Details, Page 12)
3 (U.P).—Undersecretary bf State in connection with the sinki er Robin Moor, that the United States stands national law. that ‘proper’ precautions for the’
never acuuiseed ‘in’ the British German definitions. He told a press conference it v unwise to get into a discussion what eonsijtutes contraband, si nothing is less settled than he facts of th e facts o e sinking g transmitted to the. State Depa ment by the survivors are indisp able, he said, as they involve rule of international law incl (Continued on Page 12)
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‘Nazis Prevented SOS’
(U.P.).—Karl Nilson, frst ;
SOS. re ilson was the first ‘of the-11 Robin Moor ShEvivoss: Iaided re Steamer, ‘Osorio, to give a public account of og nex
we caught in the host. ‘For fi days we drifted in ; one aboard ‘kept i Sh fixed. the horizon, looking for a res ship. - : | “Finally we. ‘sighted the Dsg about, 8:30 p.m, June 8 started: signalling’ with’ our and succeeded iin
flashlights and ine .the ship's attention. .
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