Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1941 — Page 7
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941
Yanks in Iceland Drive on Right, Bring Traffic Crisis
By ARNI THORNSTEINSSON United Press Staff Correspondent REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 16.— United: States service men drive automobiles on the right side of the road in violation of Iceland’s keep-to-the-left rule and complicate this island’s already perplexing traffic problems.
The right-hand rule was established when automobiles first were introduced here, but- when the British came, the rule was changed. The British are left-hand drivers at home and persuaded authorities that driving on the left gave women riding side-saddle on horseback an opportunity to leap to safety if automobiles made their animals shy. Now Icelanders wonder whether the rule should be changed again or if ‘the Americans can be persuaded to drive on the left. ‘The Americans are having difficulty finding amusement in this capital of 40,000 persons. The Icelandic variety of the speakeasy is doing ‘heavy business. Liquor shops sell during restricted hours and only to holders of special tickets which can be issued legally only to natives. There is only one movie house. It is now
playing “Golden Boy” and: “Isle of Destiny.” The few night clubs and music halls give classical shows which haven’t much appeal to the military. But Americans are social successes. The Marines are favorites among Iceland’s girls. There has been little language difficulty. The Icelanders had a considerable knowledge of English, which they have increased by practicing on British troops. Some store-keepers find American accents difficult and American slang is beyond comprehension. An American dollar will purchase two good meals or three good seats at the movie, or three packages of American cigarets. The Americans with whom 1 talked complained only of the poor roads. They were stationed at a camp evacuated for them by the British. The Americans crowd the post office daily, sending cards and mementos home. Their souvenirs include hand-made silk handkerchiefs on which native girls have embroidered ‘the word, “Iceland”;
ancient Icelandic spoons made of
sheep’s horns, and riding whips of a style peculiar to this island.
MORRIS NAMED HEAD OF WOODRUFF BOARD
Murray H. Morris, manager of the Merchants Association, was elected president of the Woodruff Place town board last night. Mr. Morris succeeds Cornelius F. Posson, who died recently, Named to membership on the board in place of Mr. Posson was Arthur C. Schrader, president of the C. A. Schrader Co., Inc. The third member is Arthur C. Kern. John M. Dils is the town clerk-treasurer and
Howard M. Meyer, town attorney. Board members granted the request of the two major party chairmen for use of the town hall for a meeting of Ninth Ward committeemen and women Thursday to
Cupid Sets New
Record in June
CUPID SET A NEW all-time record in June, dhe month for brides. A total of 698 marriage licenses was issued at the county clerk’s office during June, 98 more than the previous June record set in 1939. : The June total was only 17 under the all-time record set in February of last year. The February record receded the inauguration of the new hygienic marriage law
regulation in March, 1940. Marriage License Clerk Francis Feeney said 2774 licenses were issued for the first six months this year, considerably ahead of licenses issued for the same period
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Good Rain Occasionally Will Bring Big Harvest on Hoosier Farms.
Here's the latest communique from the crop front: In general, it looks like a year of bumper crops, and Marion County and Indiana farmers ought to make more money than for some years past IF we get a good rain occasionally.
WHEAT—It’s nearly all harvested and a fine crop it is. County Agent Horace M. Abbott says the yield seems to be running between 30 and 40 bushels to the acre. That's a lot better than the county’s longtime average—19.9 bushels.
CORN—E. C. Faust, Hoosier Farmer editor, just back from a tour of the state, says he never saw any better corn. Here in Marion County, Mr. Abbott says, the ground is showing signs of dryness and unless we have a good rain soon, there might be serious damage in-the next two or three weeks. The chinch bugs are at work in the county but the early June rains boosted the corn along until there is little likelihood of serious chinch bug damage.
TOMATOES—Stokely Bros. report the tomato crop in Indiana looks normal. Some blight has been observed. In general, it ought to be a good crop, unless too much dampness causes the plants to lose their leaves and wither away. Hoosier canners are planning on a bumper tomato pack in anticipation of heavy government buying.
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FRUIT—The outlook is the best in years. All varieties of apples and pears are well set, says Mr. Abbott. The peach crop is peachy. Even the apricots, which make a crop ordinarily only every four or five years, are going good this year. Usually late spring frosts nip the apricots while they are budding. The melon crop, which will begin ripening in a few weeks, looks like one of the largest in years. CLOVER—The picture’s not so good. Mr. Abbott doesn’t know of a single spring-planted field of clover
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that’s still living. It’s because of the rainfall deficiency with a consecuent shortage of subsoil moisture on which to draw during dry periods.
SOY BEANS—This crop, rapidly gaining in popularity with the farmer, isn’t doing so good this year. Mr. Faust reports fhat those sown early are making a marvelous stand but those sown late aren’t doing so well. The dry weather kept the late crop from germinating and Mr. Faust saw quite a few fields with only a half stand.
VETERANS’ AUXILIARY T0 MEET AUG. 24-29
The National Encampment of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Veterans|™ of Foreign Wars will be held in
One of the representatives from the Indiana Department of Administration of ‘the auxiliary will be Mrs. Bee ‘Weber of Indianapolis, president of the local group. Plans for Hoosier representation at the encampment were discussed at a meeting at the War Memorial recently. Veterans hospital chairman for the coming year will be Mrs. Ethel Thomalson of the Burns West Striebeck 2999 Auxiliary. Mrs. Thomal-
son succeeds Mrs. Caroline Coqok.
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NEW YORK, July 16 (U. P.).— The naval transport West Point, with nearly 500 expelled German and Italian consular officials and propagandists aboard, lay at anchor in New York harbor today awaiting the arrival of three more passengers.
An American Export Lines official said that the liner, after an allnight delay in its departure for Lisbon caused by Capt. Fritz Wiedemann’s five tons of baggage, was being held up by the late arrival of three persons whose names were no disclosed.
It was learned that several passengers who arrived during the night were taken by .cuiter to the former luxury liner America, renamed for naval service.
Capt. Wiedemann, an intimate of Adolf Hitler, was'Consul-General at San Francisco, and his ‘extensive baggage, comprising mainly the confidential files of his consulate, was carefully “checked” by officials while the West Point waited. The nature of the “check” was not revealed, but’ it took hours in the privacy of a Hudson River pier while a Coast Guard cutter waited to carry the baggage out to the West Point, lying in the harbor. Wiedemann, as a diplomatic official, could claim immunity from inspection. Wiedemann, Johannes Barchers, who was the German Consul-Gen-eral here, and a party of 14 arrived in three airplanes from San Francisco last night, several hours after the West Point had dropped down the river from her pier and anchored. One plane would have carried the 16 men and women and their ordinary baggage, but the confidential files were sufficiently important to the German Government to transport them across the continent by express airplane, at a cost of approximately $10,000.
DAYLIGHT TIME BILL EXPECTED TO PASS
WASHINGTON, July 16 (U. P.).— Congressional leaders today predicted approval of President Roosevelt’s request for authority to establish nation-wide daylight saving time, despite increasing opposition from the farm bloc. Mr. Roosevelt made the request yesterday in a special message to Congress in which he estimated that approximately 700,000,000 kilowatt hours of power—needed by defense industries—could be conserved annually by the move. House Speaker Sam Rayburn felt that Congress would not oppose the proposal in view of the power shortage. - Chairman Hampton P. Fulmer (D. S. CJ), of the House Agriculture Committee, branded the proposal as a “joke,” however, and told reporters he would vote against it. “Why, 2 to 1, the farmers wouldn't even set their clocks ahead,” he said. Chairman Clarence F. Lea (D. Cal.), of the House Interstate Cammerce Committee, sajd Mr. Roosevelt’s request will be considered early next week.
MT. VERNON PAINTER DIES MT. VERNON, Ind., July 168 (U. P.) —Philip H. Rickert, 55, Mt. Vernon painter, died in an Evansville hospital last night of injuries -suffered when a small porch on which
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motored from the airport to the pier where, after showjng their passports, they boarded a Coast Guard cutter that took them down to the West Point. They were in genial humor, though, while on the pier, Borchers protested angrily that no one in the party had had anything to eat since noon.
It was then 11 p. m. A messenger was dispatched to bring sandwiches from a restaurant. Borchers, genial again, said he liked “the plain American people,” that “this-politi-
world,” would some day be friends.
They joined 325 Germans and 125 Italians—members of consular staffs and their families — aboard: the transport. These were German consular agents from nine cities and Italian consular agents from 25.
Also aboard the West Point were
Dr. Kurt Rieth, known as the “No. 1 Nazi in the United States,” and Eugene Buerk, indicted in A Milwaukee for failure to register as a foreign agent. The Justice and State Departments announced in Washington that these four had been released in exchange for the release in Germany of Richard Hottelet, United Press staff correspondent imprisoned in Berlin since March; Jay Allen, North American Newspaper Alliance correspondent arrested in occupied
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