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"Tokyo Seeks ‘Stronger’ Rule; Nazis Admit Soviet Blows

HEALTH INSPECTION HOOSIER GROUP REICH-U.S.S.R.

SERVICE WRECKED (PFISES DA WAR BELIEVED BY CITY ‘ECONOMY SHAKEUP C ASE.

Larrabee May Be Only]. Te Member of Delegation to | ‘Desperate’ Situation Revealed by Dr. Mor-| Favor Longer Terms. . gan Who Says Sanitary Force No Longer Shift Comes in Midst of Far Eastern Crisis, Is Effective Public Safeguard. After Manila Bay and Siberian Waters Are Mined.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY ! Times Staff Writer ; WASHINGTON, July 16.—Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind.), the 2 itions. only Indiana Congressman now (This is the first of two articles on local health cond tions.) precent inn the Monte who supported .. By RICHARD LEWIS the original Selective Service Act, By HARRISON SALISBURY The City Health Department’s sanitary inspection serv- gmerged Josey 25 prosaply ue uy United Press Staff Correspondent : ° 00SI1€: ¥ . s a ice is critically short of trained personnel and no longer func- support the Army program for Te- The Japanese Cabinet resigned today, an aetion hinting tions effectively as a public health safeguard, a survey by at possible dramatic developments in the Far East. The Indianapolis Times showed today. E Hirohito od to retarn inmediatelv to Repeated “economy” cuts at” City Hall have whittled mperor Hirohito arrang or y to down the inspection force from 18 men a decade ago to 13 Tokyo from his summer villa at Hayama. men at present, despite the increase in the last 10 years of The only interpretation permitted to pass Japanese cen~ Indianapolis’ population, which is now growing more rapidly sorship was that of the official news agency, Domei, which said that the Cabinet resigned to enable the Government to Srengihen its Policies to cope with the international situae

‘A Very Happy and Contented American’

taining the selectees. than ever.

Both Senators Frederick VanDr. Herman G. Morgan

Nuys (D. Ind) and Raymond E. City Health Officer since 1914

willis (R. Ind.) have announced they will oppose the plan. Hearings admitted to The Times today that the situation is ‘“des-

on the measure to extend the time for service another year will begin before the Senate Military Affairs perate.” The 13 inspectors are expected to cover a City of nearly 400,000 people

Committee tomorrow. with its myriad problems of sanita-

Promise Is Recalled At his press conference yesterday, tion and contagious disease control. The sanitary inspectofs 2:

among the poorest paid workers in the City Administration. They are also among the most overworked. Frequently, they are called upon to assist the City’s two restaurant inspectors and four meat inspectors in an emergency, No Auto Allowance

Each sanitary inspector is assigned to cover a district three times as large as the downtown, area. This they do on fost, on a bicycle, by streetcar or by bus The Health Department budget does not permit them a car allowance. They cannot afford to operate automobiles gi uh own expens: on $28 a wee ary.. year, the inadequacy of the come

inspection service has bethrough these congivens! . Six men and women and an

ray number of children have become seriously ill from ‘food

2. ol il 100 complaints that children have been bitten’ by rats have been received at City Hall. The rats have multiplied in the City far beyond the Health Department's facilities for exterminating them, according to Dr. Morgan.

Fumigations Cause Deaths

8. The rat menace is linked to another condition becoming alarmingly more prevalent—open garbage cans. Years ago, the Health Department was able to enforce the ordinance requiring covers for garbage containers, but now the inspectors are so “run to death” by other problems, that they cannot make house-to-house inspections. 4. Two deaths have been caused ‘by poison gas used in building fumigation. The Health Department is vested with control over all fumigation, but actually has none. There are no inspectors trained in

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there has been no inspection of any kind while the hazardous work is in progress. 5. Hundreds of Indianapolis families live in houses so dilapidated as to present neighborhood health hazards. The Health Department has power to condemn these properties and in some cases does so. " But families continue to live in con(Continued on Page Five)

HOGS SELL FOR $12, ANOTHER NEW HIGH

Another record was set at the Indianapolis stockyards today when a top price of $12 was paid for hogs. This is the highest since October, 1937, when hogs were selling at $12.25, the Agricultural Marketing Service said. Increased public consumption and Government buying have pushed live hog prices up more than $5 per BusENele since

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Clapper ......11] Millett ,......14 Comics .......20| Movies Crossword ....19 . Editorials 12 Mrs. Ferguson 12 Financial . vend)

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Obituaries ,...10 Pegler .. Pyle Questions ,.. Radio

Mrs. Roosevelt u Short Story ..20 Side Glances. .12

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IBLOCK PADLOCK FOR CITY CAFE

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raided last

12 |improvements “to real property,

Judge Myers Sets Saturday ‘Hearing on Charm House Following Raid. Immeditae paglocking of a cafe

tor's office was blocked ‘today | Criminal Court Judge Dewey Myers. Pive persons were arrested at the Charm House Cafe, 308 W. Vermont St., and a Grand Jury affidavit charging that the establishment is ‘a “nuisance” was filed today. Asserting that there is a “difference of opinion” on the law, Judge Myers refused to grant Prosecutor Sherwood Blue’s request for a temporary padlocking order without a hearing. He set Saturday for the hearing. Twelve persons were named in the “nuisance” affidavit, and Mr. Blue said the other seven, including owners of ‘the building, would be arrested today. Last night's raid was the second since the Prosecutor opened his clean-up campaign last Saturday,

Two Squads on Raid

Two police squads entered the Charm House shortly before midnight, accompanied by Mr. Blue, Detective Charles Russell,sProsecutor’s investigator; Nelson Deranian, grand jury deputy prosecutor, and George Heiny, prosecutor’s investigator. They were armed with a warrant charging illegal liquor sales. Although none of the customers was found to be drinking at the time, the raiding party confiscated several cases of empty beer and whisky bottles. They also confiscated a buzzer system. They arrested Robert E, Williams and four other employees: Virginia Anderson, Mary Stewart, Ruth Hill and John Suggs. The alleged owner, William Gibbs, was not in the cafe at the time of the raid. The next move in Prosecutor Blue’s campaign will be the conyening of the new County Grand Jury tomorrow to hear liquor law violation charges.

Hear Gambling Case

Meanwhile, the first of two gambling cases against Thomas Dillon was heard in Municipal Court today. Judge pro tem George Rinier said he would rule Aug. 4 on a motion by Dillon’s attorneys to dismiss the charges on the grounds that the affidavits were not stamped by the County Clerk’s office. Representing the defendant were James Watson, former chief deputy prosecutor under David M. Lewis, and -Edwin McClure, who resigned recently as deputy prosecutor.

CENTER VALUATIONS ‘GAIN $7,605,000

Personal Property Shows $4,263,790 Increase.

Center Township’s real-and persongl property assessed valuation shows an ‘increase of $7,605,000, it was reported at the office of Assessor James F. Cunningham, Personal property assessed through the office is up $4,263,790, and new

$3,546,750. The razing of old buildings resulted in removal of $205,070 from the tax duplicates. The increased valuation may be changed slightly by the assessment of property owned by utilities, railroads and domestic corporations,

Which is not handled by the Yow,

President Roosevelt backed up the proposal which first was made by Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. The choice is a simple one, the President said in commenting on the action which should be taken in Congress. It means that you do or do not want the Army of the United States to

disintegrate during this perilous time.

Informed of this statement, Sen-

ator VanNuys declared that neither the President’s opinion nor any testimony by Gen. Marshall would Oe

\ ia Shange his stand.

Fears for Morale .

‘made to the people and 1 ‘believe that the Senate will not break that Certainly

‘TI will ‘not do so.

promise. Where was’ Gen. Marshall when we were making that agreement? He

mute and nothing was

remained said by either the President nor Sec-

of War about extending the

selective service time over one year.

“I have just returned from Indi-

ana and I saw busloads of drafted men going off to camps there. They would wave good-bye and say ‘I'll be back in a year.’

“For the Government to break that promise would be bad for the morale of the Army. I would rather ses the draft age limit lowered from 21 to 18, but confine the service to the one-year period.” Senator Willis has arranged to talk against the extension in an open forum debate on the radio Sun-

day night, his office announced. One

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SHOWERS TO BRING DIP IN TEMPERATURE

Local Man Overcome by Heat at Westlake.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES . 70 10 a. m.... + am... .. 15 1pm... ..+ 19 12 (moon)..

82 81 83 83

Showers: or thunderstorms are scheduled for Indianapolis today, and they will bring cooler temperatures. Yesterday the maximum was 91 and one man Was overcome by ‘heat. Tomorrow is to be generally fair, the bureau predicted. Joseph Litken, 26, of 953 High St., was overcome yesterday at Westlake Beach, west of the City on the High School Road. He was taken to City Hospital where his condition was described as fair. It did not rain yesterday, St. Swithin’s Day. Legend has it that if rain falls on St. Swithin’s Day, there will be 40 consecutive days of rain.

Sub-Deb Bride Pats Her Bare Feet in Anger And Accuses Mate, 19, of Kidnoping Her

“WICHITA, + Kas., July 16 (U. P.). —A reluctant, sub-deb bride sat in the Wichita police station today, patted her bare feet in anger and accused her student husband of kidnaping

She was Mrs. Lenore Long Bales|sisted

Bowman, 18, attractive daughter of Walter J. Bales Jr. polo-playing socialite insurance executive. She said her husband, Lynn V. Bowman, 19, a University of Kansas

City pre-medical student, had ab-|youth

ducted her yesterday morning from her father’s Kansas City mansion, “borrowed” his father-in-law’s sta-

tion wagon, and forced her to accompany him here.

They had been the object of a

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Mr. and Mrs. Boris Palachoff. . . . “People don’t always appreciate their freedom.”

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Marshals Serving Warrants After 29. Are Indicted

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Ji 18 (U. P)~U, S. marshals began a

in a Federal grand jury indictment of conspiring to overthrow the U. 8. Government by revolution. Warrants were josued for defendants im Minneapolis, St. Paul, and New York. All were accused as members of the Socialist Workers Party, Trotskyite branch ‘of the Communist ‘movement. Twenty-one defendants are - members of a Congress of Industrial: Organization union—General Drivers’ Local 544, which last month bolted the American Federation of Labor and obtained a CIO charter. Frank Barnhart, regional director of the United Construction Workers Organizing Committee, . with .which CIO-544 is afiiliated,.. announced. that national CIO officers had to provide bond 3 for hp ease of union members a arraignments which may fer today. The executive board of CIO-54% asserted the indictment was park of a campaign to smear the CIO

truck drivers. The indictment returned in St. Paul yesterday charged the defendsnes had ganied | a ans 0 seas { revolution, key positions in in ‘and trade unions and to foment rebellion of enlisted men in the Army and Navy. Socialist Workers Party leaders, the indictment said, had encouraged laborers to arm themselves for the revolution. The indictment accused

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18 Cars, But No Home, Wife. Sues

LOGANSPORT, Ind. July 16 (U. P.)—John H. Scott owned 18 automobiles in the/ last seven years but failed to provide a home for her, Mrs. Jane E. Scott charged in a divorce complaint filed yesterday. Concurrent with the court proceedings Mrs. Scott ran the following advertisement in a local newspaper: “Quit for good paying husband’s

roundup today of 29 persons accused 2

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and disrupt its campaign to organize by

On 4 Acres of Land, Boris

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But, more American citizen.

NEW OIL PIPELINE MAY CROSS STATE

Ickes to Choose Route After Bill Is Passed.

Times Special

WASHINGTON, July 16.—The petroleum pipeline, provided in a House bill approved by the Senate yesterday and awaiting final approval of Senate amendments by the House today. likely will cross Indiana: somewhere between Indianapolis and Evansville, it was

. Route of the line fin will be approved by Secretary oi the Interior Ickes as Oil Administrator. Several meetings have been held the Secretary with leaders of the ‘oil industry and the general route decided upon is to bring the oil to St. Louis from the East Texas fields and thence across Indiana and Ohio to Pennsylvania and New ‘York. The.Administration asked for the bill so that the right of eminent domain might be exercised in carrying out the project. It has been estimated the cost will be between $60,000,000 and $100,000,000. The purpose of the pipeline is to transport oil .to the Eastern board to relieve the danger of a defense shortage.

SCHRICKER MEETS PERSONNEL BOARD

The State Personnel Board today met with Gov. Schricker and Lieut. Gov. Dawson to discuss p! for Ingsiiine the merit system in the 21 te institutions. Earl Black, board chairman, said that no definite plan had been worked out. The board was to meet later today with members of the State Merit System Association and with the heads of the State institutions to discuss putting the merit

debts, and will pay no more car

bills contracted by John H. Scott.”

found them sitting in the station

system into operation.

Setbacks Spur Ambition To Win U.

S. Citizenship

Palachoff Proudly Lives ‘as

Well as Millionaire in Old Country.’

"By EARL HOFF vm

unis aiastall on sree {5 Stattoste of ua Indian and four moves of on the

: hatchet, | to prove he is at last an

“I am one very “happy and contented American citizen,” he says

Mr. Palachoft is more proud of having procured his citizenship papers than anything else he has done in an eventful life. And that includes a brief career as a professional wrestler on the carnival] . circuit where he took on all comers as “The Masked Marvel.” He also played with the old Ferndale team when semi-pro football in Indianapolis was a bone crunching Sunday afternoon sport. Mr. off’s quest for citizenship has been a story of disheartening setbacks. Now, he says, he chokes up when he realizes that at last he is a citizen.

Recalls Constant Fighting

“People who have always had do not appreciate what they have,” he said. “I can’t think of words to tell how I feel to be an American citizen with all the suffering going on over there.” He referred to war-torn Europe. He left his native Macedonia 29 Years ago when he was 15. He can recall that even then there was constant fighting around his tiny native village of Ekshishue. Once his father and grandfather were lined up with all the other men in the village by Turkish soldiers to be shot. Intervention id the Russian consul saved them, Mr. Palachoff said. When he was 15, his grandfather called him aside.

Land of Liberty

“Boy,” his grandfather said, “you are big for your age. Soon they will put you in the Army. Go to America where there is freedom and don’t even think of coming back.” Mr. Palachoff followed his instructions. He came directly to Indianapolis. At first it was hard for him to learn the new customs and language, but he loved the freedom (Continued on Page Five)

HOPKINS TO SURVEY NEEDS OF BRITAIN

“I Trip to London Is Made For Lease-Lend Data.

WASHINGTON, July 16 (U.P.).— President Roosevelt has sent Harry L. Hopkins, lend-lease co-ordinator, to London for a new survey of

oom British needs, it was learned today.

Hopkins left on his second trip to Britain within a year while the Administration was preparing a request to Congress for more lendlease funds. Mr. Roosevelt at his press conference yesterday declined to reveal the amount involved. It has been indicated, however, that it would be at least as large as the $7,000,000,000

Sipropriated in the first lease-lend

The White House declined to discuss Hopkins' departure. Presiden~ tial Secretary Stephen T. Eally sai movements are confidential

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REICH, RUSSIAN REPORTS AGREE

Both Communiques Reveal Big Counter-Attacks By. Soviet.

Russian Thera the greatest of the 25-day , appeared to be in progress today on the vital fronts protecting the Joutes to Leningrad, Moscow and For the first time since the opening of its offensive the German High,Command took cognizance of Soviet counter-assaults, but insisted that the Red Army had been defeated with “bloody losses.” However, the Russian and German official communiques offered one of their rare instances of comparative agreement, since the coun-ter-attacks also were emphasized by Moscow’s report. This picture of operations was given by Moscow and Berlin: NORTHERN FRONT-—-German accounts differed: One said Nazi forces were “near Leningrad.” Another said they had crossed the Luga River 66 miles south of Leningrad. Another said they had encirtled a Russian column at Byelaya, 42 miles northeast of Pskov and 125 miles south of Leningrad. Russian reports claimed Germans had been defeated in a big engagement near Porkov, 44 miles east of Pskov and 150 south of Leningrad. CENTRAL FRONT-—German accounts were vague after yesterday's claims of smashing through the last Stalin Line forts east of Vitebsk. Russian reports said heavy fighting still was in progress in the Vitebsk

. | region, 285 miles from Moscow.

SOUTHERN FRONT — German reports were exceedingly confused. Some Nazi quarters insisted yesterday that Nazi troops had reached Kiev. Later accounts merely claimed the Germans are “ advancing on Kiev after a big defeat of the Russians in the ZhitomirBerechev region, 82 miles sbuthwest of Kiev. Russian accounts still placed the fighting at Novograd Volynsk, 142 miles west of Kiev. | The British Royal Air Force carried out another big bombing attack on the Ruhr, centering on Duisberg. It was announced that the R. A. PF. has dropped 2000 tons of bombs upon the Ruhr factories in 25 days.

Today's War

war on two fronts. When Hitler and the High Command disregarded Bismarck’s tenets and embarked on the Russian adventure while Britain remained as a powerful foe in the West, it is safe to assume that they did not actually count on having a two-front war. The High Command probably reasoned that Russia would be a pushover for a German bli attack, just as the rest of was. They counted on putting Rus sia definitely out of action within about six weeks, after which, with the added resources gained, they would be able to devote undivided attention to Britain, without fear of attack from the east. It is impossible to appraise the

tion. There appeared to be little doubt that the Cabinet crisis arose out of Japan's plans and position resulting from RussoGerman war, which was a

policy. The Japanese have been believed to be considering three courses of action: LA obi drive rari for th ly cen Indo-China:

2. A move aga Russians in Siberia, probably timed to coincide with a large-scale Nazi victory over

* On Inside Pages Details of Fighting ...., Page 8 Japanese Background ,...,... § Map of Russia ...... croncrent Third in Casey Series a

3. Vigorous prosecution of the war N

“China incident” to a close. Most opinion, in the Far ‘East, London and Washington, has re garded the South Pacific move against French Indo-China as the most likely and imminent of the Japanese alternatives, : Germany, however, is seeking ta ‘ persuade Japan that Russia is near . collapse and should be attacked now. The Japanese Army is known te favor a more drastic course of al tion than that pursued by the Gove .. ernment of Prince PFumimaro Konoye and Foreign Minister Yoe suke Matsuoka. Radical Japanese elements have been blustering constantly against the United States and have been demanding immediate action against the Russians in Siberia.

Angry at Russia The Japanese press only today was taking a strong anti-Russian tack, stemming from Soviet action

in mining the coast of Siberia, an obvious precautionary move against

again”|g Japanese thrust at Vladivostok. ' A United States Navy RO ment that the entrances to Manila © |

Bay and Subic Bay in’ the Philip« pines would be sown with contact mines by daybreak tomorrow was - believed to be a similar precaution, | Japanese newspapers reported, however, that Japan had rote = to the United States against “ pressive” measures taken agains three Japanese ships on the Atlantis

coast,

Moves

By United Press War Experts

The present, or second phase of the Russian-German struggl bringing ite Word War very Close to a climax, . i" he: 00 close attention to the* day day p ess of the German armies and of conflieting claims - of Sd a Russian counter= attacks tends to obscure the broader picture. The significance of present developments Is that Germany now seems. definitely engaged In a major

major defeat for Japanese

Soviet fighting forces, should ons = be achieved.

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