Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1941 — Page 1

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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 106

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12 ARE NAMED T0 STATE JOBS

Howard E. Atcheson Chosen As G. 0. P. Member of Tax Board.

. By EARL RICHERT Twelve more State officers were appointed by Governor Henry F. Schricker today as he speeded up moves to get the governmental machinery humming under new. 1941 laws.

Earlier he had named a fourth member of the State Ey Commission and.

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member Conservation Commission. Heading today’s, list was the appointment of Howard E. Atcheson, Scottsburg, as the Republican member of the State Tax Board, replacing. C.. R. Benjamin, Plymouth. Mr. Benjamin has served on the Tax Board since 1937, when he was appointed by Governor M. Clifford Townsend.

Backed by Farmers

Mr. Atcheson served as a member of the State Highway Commission under Governor Townsend. He is active in Indiana Farm Bureau activities ‘and ' for several years served with its tax study commit- ' tee. His appointment was recommended by farm leaders and the Governor indicated that he believed farmers were entitled to rep- - resentation on the board. He will serve for two years. “Mr. Atcheson is a good friend of mine,” Mr. Benjamin said today, “and I am glad he got the job.” - Henry 8S. Murray, - Bedford, was renamed Board ‘chairman and will serve three years: Peter Beszkiewicz, South Bend; was named to serve for four years. Both are Democrats,

\ © Budget Group Named

The other new appointment announced today placed State Senator Walter Vermillion, Anderson, back on the State Budget Committee, succeeding Senator John Gonas, Mishawaka. Other members renamed were Rep. Hobart .Creighton, Warsaw, and Senator I. Floyd Garrott, Battle Ground, Republicans, and Rep. Winfield K. Denton, Evansville, Democrat. Five members of the Unemployment Compensation. Board were renamed. They are: Theodore B. Griffith, Indianapolis, and Carl H. Mullen, Hammond, both to' serve until March 31, 1943; Frank, G. Bates, Gordon, Indianapolis, to serve until March 31, 1944; and John W. (Continued on "Page Two)

‘ASentence He'll

Have to Serve

ON JULY 2, William Gardner was found guilty of drunkenness,’ fined $5 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Municipal Court: Judge George Rinier. Yesterday, Gardner’s mother bleaded with Judge Rinier and the judge suspended the sentence, freeing Gardner. . Today, Gardner ‘was in Court again, charged with beating his wife and daughter. Judge Rinier fined him $200 and costs and sentenced him to 180 days on the Indiana Farm, “That won't be Susperided, » Judge Rinier promised. :

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among 29 Hoosiers to graduate today from Randolph Field, the Air Corps’ “West Point of the Air” in Texas. Members of a graduating class of ‘300 from 26 states, they have completed ten weeks of primary

SATURDAY, JULY n 1941

advanced schools ‘where they will specialize in either single or multimotored equipment, prepdratory to taking “their place in the newly

created Air Foree :Combat -Command. In September” the youths

Seven Indianapolis youths will belflight training and will now go to]will win their ings’ and commis-

sions as second lieutenants. The Indianapolis young men are: (1) J. K.. Gemmill, 342 S. Emerson Ave.; (2) L. W. Shedron, 2846 N. Delaware St.; (3) J. W. Robinson, 5240 N. Delaware St.; 4 R. H. Rgueh, 2333 E, Riverside Drive;

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postotfice, ‘Indianapolis, Ind.

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(5) E. M." Morse, 23 8. Irvington Ave.; (6) G. M. Rynerson, 3826 N. Capitol Ave.; (8) H. R. Ebbler, 1603 Central Ave. The planes (7) are those in which the cadets logged some 65 haurs of flying time.

OF U. $. SOARS|

Gains ‘From 72 to 1028 Per Cent Reported at Western Plants.’

LOS ANGELES; July 12 (U. P.) — War planes are rolling off assembly lines at Southern California’s four major factories in an unprecedented stream. Figures released today revealed increases in production dur-' ing the first half of 1941 over the same period last year ranging from T2 per cent to 1028 per cent. Douglas, producing the dive bombers and other warcraft, reported that production during June, 1941, was T2 per cent ahead of June, 1940. Lockheed, producing Hudson bombers for Britain and P-38 interceptors for the United States, said its production was up dlmost 200 per cent. Vultee, producing trainers and nigh-speed fighters, stepped up its first six months production this ‘year to $8,332,976: worth of aircraft, an increase of 1028 per cent. At North American production has returned to its full schedule of 10 ships a day.

ICKES’ DRIVE NETS 52 ‘OIL BURNERS

Drivers Given 10 Days for Engine Repairs.

WASHINGTON, July 12 (U. BP) — Defense Oil Co-ordinator Harold L.

. | Ickes said today that the roundup

of automobiles which burn too much oil netted .52 ca g the first four days of the oil'.conservation campaign now in progress here. The motorists were given 10 days by the District of Columbia traffic officials to have the defects in their automobile engines corrected. Mean-

stickers “on ‘the windshields, showing that the engines are defective. The offending automobiles were stopped by. U. 8S. park police on rges of violating: a statute which go bits operation in U. S. parks of cars emitting excessive qian of smoke, gases ‘and Pjectionable odors. ’

BR-R-R-R, YoU SAID IT! LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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tered its forecast: MODIS go er t-t-tonight.”

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A civil suit filed yesterday Tom

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Dillon, whose club at 105% W.

11| Maryland St., was raided last week, asks the return of $2075 which it is] ulations.

claimed was lost to Dillon in dice games at this club.’ The ‘suit was flied bysidos. D. Asd. Mr. : Ayd, in

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‘taxicabs, I think. I saw two of ‘em.

time, their cars bear small red]

" Keller, 1203 N. Euclid’ Ave., said

1 halted at Denny and 10th Sts.

Honging for: Kentucky Home;

CCC Fugitive Hurt by Train

Fleging Balanced Diet, Want

ed Corn Bread and Molasses

. :From “Yon Side of Jackson.”

- By JOE COLLIER -

A Kentucky hill-billy youth, in’ full flight from. the Salabesd diet of a CCC camp back to the corn bread and molasses he was used tg, was critically injured early today when he was struck by a train here.

A companion,

uninjured, told police of ‘their desertion from the

camp near Winchester, of their arrival here in the ‘dead of night, and

of sleeping in” the weeds near Holmes: Ave. and W, Michigan St. The injured boy is ‘Holland (Arlie) McIntosh, about 18, and his companion . is Anderson Marshall, 15, who identified himself as “Joad Marshall’s boy.” . The accident occurred when the older boy wandered down the railroad tracks near where they had been sleeping and was struck by amnginbound B. & O. passenger train. Young Marshall said he had met McIntosh in. Jackson, Ky. when they "had enlisted ani had known him during the trip to Winchester, the two days they stayed in camp, and:during ‘the trip to Indianapolis en route home. “He comes from the yon side of Marshall said, “and I come from Quick Sand, Ky. I decided to get into the CCC because pop’s been poorly. ‘Bout seven years ago he tried to lift a hog to his shoulders and the hog threw him and cracked some ribs. We got four acres in corn, ‘now, oh a rented farm. “So T went to Jackson and enlisted. Jackson's a big city, biggest I was ever in then. It’s got three

“When we got to camp I couldn’t eat that kind of grub. Neither could Arlie. ‘I like ‘corn’ bread and molasses. . Besides, we heard they was going to send us to Idaho, and we (Continued on Page Two)

5 Autos Shy af Runaway Team

REMEMBER WHEN horses used to.shy on to the sidewalks when an auto came along? Well, today five autos shied on to the sidewalk’ on’ E. 10th St. near Sherman Drive as a team of Ruiawey horses roared eastward, dragging a large farm wagon from _ side to side at a snorting pace. One <f the ‘motorists, ‘Francis

that he and.dll the other drivers he could see appeared to be genuinely frightened, too! “The driverless téam finally was '

VICHY STRENGTHENS DEFENSES OF OF DAKAR

Divulge : Move jn jn: Denial of German Participation.

VICHY, ‘July 12 (U. P.).—The Vichy Government is strengthening the defenses of Dakar, ‘Casablanca and. Mers-El-Kebir, an official spokesman disclosed today coinci-| dent with vigorous denunciation by the German-controlled Paris press of alleged United States designs on, Dakar. The disclosure was made by ‘the spokesman in denying reports abroad that 4000 Germans were engaged in installing coastal bat‘teries at Dakar. - “The Govérnment- officially and categorically denies that any Germans are engaged in fortifying Dakar or any other place in French Africa,” the spokesman said. “Details ‘of the. strengthening of those defenses-is a military secret and will not be divulged beyond denying that there-is any German |' participation or any intention of emnating (South’ Atlantic) seanes ”

“The batteries are Yor defense only. . We merely are making sure that the Empire's strategic points “defend ‘themselves if they, should become victims ‘of aggression.”

GIRL HITCHHIKERS "FOUND IN. KOKOMO

KOKOMO, Ind, July 12 (U. P.)— Four youthful girl hi who lett their homes in Indianapolis “to [see the world” ‘waited in the Kokomo police station today for their parents to take them back. - Police picked them .up

they found the quartet, whose ages. ranged from 13 to i humbing

rides.

Burns. Up.17 Acres of W heat

“In ‘Protest: Against Penalty nas seemed

JACKSON, “Mich. July 12 (UU. P.) —~Marion Hatt, - 85-year-old

against farmer; protested today with a 17-

acre fire that there is “too much chaff” in Government wheat reg-

Hatt grew 17 acres of wheat on

his farm near V this year. NR : ae DD Lior an iA gricu

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He was told he » Pay 49 cents a bushel penalty on ; ‘and 50 was

highway near here ulone day.

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VESSELS SEIZED

: Action Follows Confiscation - Of One German and 15 Italian Ships.

WASHINGTON, July 12 . P.. —The Maritime Commission today announced that it has taken title to 16 more Danish vessels under provisions of the Ship-Requlsition:

ing Act. ~The announcement came shortly after the Treasury had confiscated one German and 15 Italian ships, which were among 30 Axis vessels taken under protective custody by the Coast Guard on March 30.

also were taken’ into protective custody at that time. - The :Maritime Commission previously had taken title. to 15 of the Danish bottoms. Today’s action brought to 31 “the number of Danish ships acquired by the Commission. -The Commission said that its representatives had ‘boarded the new group, scattered in four ‘Atlantic ports, .and formally assumed title and possession to them. The Government, meantime, planned * to’ use the: confiscated German and Italian vessels for transportation of defense materials to the United States from Western Hemisphere ‘ports.. The Axis shios were confiscated under the 1917 Espionage. Act, which provides that ships sabotaged in American waters are subject to forfeiture. "None of the Danish ships was sabotaged. The owners of the Danish vessels Will be compensated.

GEN. LEAR TO REVIEW TROOPS HERE MONDAY

Lieut.-Gen. Ben Leat, commander of the Second Field Army, will arrive in Indianapolis from his Mem-

Monday to inspect the 201st Infantry at Ft. Harrison.’ Gen. Lear, who has attracted na-tion-wide attention for having disciplined a group of soldiers for yoohooing at some “girls at’ Memphis, was expected here Thursday, but did not arrive. .Ft. Harrison officers said © someone at Memphis head-

There will be a review at 2p. m.

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Calls Meeting to Discuss Retention of All Men Now in Service. WASHINGTON, July 12 (U. P.).

~President. Roosevelt has called a

conference of his congressional

leaders and chairmen of the House and Senate Military Committees to discuss the need for legislation to retain existing army units in service:and remove geographical restrictions on their use, it- was learned today. . a meeting will ne held Monay. Meantime, Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) of the House Military Affairs Committee said he had béen convinced of the need for such legislation by Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief-of-Staff. He said he would introduce a bill to carry out the proposal sometime next week. Rep. May, who is to be one of the conferees at the White. House, said that his bill would give the Army - authority to retain selectees and National Guardsmen beyond their « regular : one-year training period and to lift restrictions prohibiting their use outside the Western Hemisphere and U. S. possessions.

Says Legislation: Urgent He said a conference which Gen. Marshall held with him and other

House leaders yesterday had persuaded him that the legislation is

‘urgently needed to safeguard the

security of the United States. “Information furnished by Marshail‘ would be enough t¥ kniock the hats off ‘Congress if it could be released,” Rep. May said. He added that the nation would need: “every

possible man of military value” and

that-the War Department should be given free rein “to meet any possible emergency.” . _He said that the proposed legislation to amend the Selective Service Act would be necessary if Congress proclaimed a state of national emergency. But he doubted that such action could be secured “at this time.” . : : "A bill such as Rep. May will introduce was offered in the Senate last week by Chairman Robert R. Reynolds (D. N. .C.) of the Senate Military Affairs Committee at Gen. Marshall's request. © Mr. Reynolds (Continued on Page Two)

RAF AGAIN POUNDS NORTHERN FRANGE

Into- Second ‘Month.

"LONDON, July 12 (U. P.).—British heavy. bombers, in strong formations escorted by swarms of

ern France today after having pounded Germany's big Wilhelmshaven naval base in the 32d night of sustained attack. Obervers on the southeast English Coast reported that heavy bombers and myriads of AgHiers 8 Swarmed across the English Channel the invasion coast and enemy Savard in Nazi-occupied northern France. ane thunder of. fierce anti-air-‘fire could be heard on the English side of the Channel. : Britain’s ‘sustained night’ offensive against, German and Germanoccupied Jertiony, begun ‘ June. 10,

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By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

German shock troops, massed for a do-or-die offensive, pA reportedly hurled a fresh assault against the main Red Army * defenses today. The Russian Air Force smashed ‘heavily at enemy lines on the 1800-mile Eastern Front, British Imperials in Syria apparently had ended a Nazi threat to their flank in the Middle East. A Fighting stopped in Syria at midnight (6 p. m. yesters* day, Indianapolis Time) when Gen. Henri Dentz, Vichy Commander-in-Chief, accepted British armistice proposals as a basis for negotiations. Dentz was ih Acre today, cot * ferring on peace terms with Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, the British Commander-in-Chief.

a Point of Advance Not Stated : Neither the Moscow nor Berlin communique told. of Va important developments on the Eastern Front, but the A] German Official News Agency, DNB, said that an old-fashe ioned infantry advance had penetrated a “wet zone” of lakes, rivers, swamps, burned villages and wrecked roads on the northeastern sector, This permitted picked troops to assault the main Rug sian defense line early this morning, DNB said. : The exact point of advance was not stated, but presumably, it was somewhere along the Ostrov-Sebezh-Polotsk cectop a where a Moscow communique reported heavy fighting against massed German forces on Thursday. x ~The German Official News Agency reported a devastate Es ing attack on a Russian unit along the Smolensk-Moscow i Railroad on the Central Front. Hundreds of tanks, trucks - and a gasoline transport train were destroyed, the agency said. It reported that the gasoline train of 58 cars “went v up i in flames.” LE i

Pravda Says Reds Control ‘Moscow -

Today’s Russian communique told of annihilation of Nazi ‘battalions trapped as they crossed rivers, blasting of pontoon bridges, and wrecking of many tanks and armored. cars—probably in the so-called “wet zone.” @ 4 Both London and Moscow had forecast a new and much | more powerful German assault on the main Russian de fenses, and the Russian Air Force was officially reported i carrying out a jolting offensive against the Nazi. ground T "(Continued on Page Two) A

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I pi ; ACROSS ‘2 YEARS OF | OUTRAGED MEMORY..." | A new and notable séries of articles by Robert J. Casey— : back in America after 22 months on the world's war franfsewil start Monday in The Indianapolis Times. R Casey, who was a captain of artillery in World War |, ‘received three citations for bravery, two of them signed by : v Gen. Pershing. Then, no sooner did Werld War Il explode than Casey was off to it as a foreign 1 correspondent. His forthcoming series of arti- | cles— "written across two years of outraged memory" —will take . his readers through hair-raising experiences in the blitzkrieg - « + o the first time war veteran Casey had "ever seen women and’ children torn to pieces in the streets” , . . the evacuation of Paris . .. "the war's most indelible memory” . «+ » 28 days on & blockade runner . « « the "story he comartrchend fo pass" . . « the attempted burning of London 4 4 + the greatest newspaper story of our time « » « and many other experiences + 4 4 frenchant, rafal And as third dimensional as life itself. | /Bé sure to read Bob Casey's Close-up of

The |= packed: with: adventure, stories yault never forget ...