Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1941 — Page 3
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FRIDAY. JULY 18 1941
Hungry Peo p le Doci le, Nazis Decide—Bu t White Plague Grows
By DAVID M. NICHOL { Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dilly News, Ine.
ve BERN, July 18.—In the course of the international exchange of * health information, the Japanese some time ago learned of the socalled “Oslo breakfast”—a glass of milk, an apple and a biscuit, given to school children in the middle of the morning. - It had produced amazing results in physical growth and mental achievement. The Japanese tried it. It was peculiarly effective in Japan, for it enriched a diet normally almost completely lacking in the essentials of fats, fruits and milk. But the Japanese had one principal criticism. It made the youngsters too petulant, too disrespectful of discipline, . too ready to fight. a All of Europe, threugh either plan or press of circumstances, has - become a gigantic laboratory today in a test of this thesis. Its implii cations are far-reaching. , If it is true, then its reverse must be true also—that hungry porulations are not revolutionary, that a minimum of diet may be established where peoples continue to exist, are capable of work even on a less efficient basis, and remain docile and subject to a conqueror’s
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THE OLSO BREAKFAST is a scientific reality and its ingredients ‘are those which Europe currently lacks the most—a shortage which, “from all indications, will be more critical in the next winter. Actual starvation probably exists only in rare and isolated instances, but food has become an instrument of high politics on both
RUSSIANS HOLD. MOSCOW CLAIMS
Two Fierce Nazi Drives Are Unsuccessful, Says Communiques.
‘MOSCOW, July 18 (U. P.).—The Russian High Command indicated - today that the Red Army for the fourth day is holding off a ‘“decigive” German attack in the Smolensk sector, where Nazi troops are
sides of. the war. Warning signs of widespread malnutrition are be-’ ginning to appear in the weekly reports compiled by the League of
Nations.
Experts expect two major results: . >
This is the second and last of two studies on European disease
and hunger.
1. An increase in tuberculosis making. itself initially apparent among young women and spreading then to all age and economic or
social groups that are without means of enriching their diet above the :
- average standards.
2. A marked rise in children’s ailments. Indications of both al-
ready may be detected. ” ” ”
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Because of the: setileney- of most persons to overeat, rations at first improve the health of the population on the basis of preliminary information. This is apparently true in most of Europe in this war, Detailed studies recently made in France, chiefly with the aid of Rockefeller funds, have shown signs of visionary defects among children and night blindness, a warning traced by doctors to the absence ot fresh vegetables. Others have sores which refuse to heal. Still others suffered from frostbite during the spring under weather and temperature conditions when no such Symploime should have appeared. All these troubles are related to malnutrition, doctors say. : 2 8 = 2 = 8 TRAVELERS IN FRANCE report little difference between the occupied and unoccupied zones and say that the chief variations are purely local in character. There are indications that the “optimum” diet in France has been overreached and the people are too weakened
longer to work properly. Germany not long ago, at any rate, returned -
the British blockade. Whether any agreement can be reached on this is not yet known. American and British authorities have shown little inclination to make such exceptions in the’ past. ® 8 8 s 8 8 HOLLAND HAS SUFFERED a steady decline in its living standards. Poland has been the object of relief activities by the Hoover Commission and similar agencies almost since the invasion began. Had it been able, the Hoover Commission would have extended its work this spring to Norway. Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria all have been fdrced to tighten their belts. French colonies are beginning to feel the pinch, The Ukraine is now being fought over by two powerful armies bent on mutual destruction and determined to prevent an ounce of material from this food reservoir from falling Mto the hands of the other. The Nazi authorities contend that the blockade offers no serious threat to the continent and that Europe can successfully feed itself.
That Calls for a (Soft) Drink
- FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GREECE are most affected by food shortages, with Spain and Finland as runners-up. Large cities present the worst problems because of difficulties of distribution and absence of supplementary items of diet such as exist in rural areas. The Germans have been living on rations longer than most of the peoples of Europe, but their average standard still is considerably above other regions. Their food authorities have stated candidly that the Reich will be the last part of Europe to go hungry as long as the German army can enforce its authority.
GERMANS CLAIM NEW ADVANCES
One Force Reported Near Leningrad, Another 80 Miles From Odessa. BERLIN, July 18 (U. P.).—German forces have fought their way
thorized German spokesman indicated today. A single German battalion, in a surprise attack on a small town “in
to the region of Leningrad, an au-|i
some potatoes, some sugar and some other items. ‘Germany recently agreed through the Belgian Red Cross to a
double guarantee:
1! That no supplies sent to Belgium would find their way to the
Reich.
2. And novel for the Germans, that no similar amount of Bel-
gium materials would be siphoned
off into the German economy.
Most of the Supplies would have to come from America and pass
By NED RUSSELL United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, July 18.—Harry L. Hopkins, American lease-lend administrator, said today the United States is building sufficient ships to carry supplies to Britain and “every theater of war” in which the democracies are fighting Germany, and is determined “to protect those ships.” Hopkins declined to specify how America will protect her shipments of war supplies, adding that “all I can say is that we are going to do t ”
He said the United States would steadily increase its production of huge,, long-range heavy four-en-gined bombers “to knock out the factories of ‘Eastern Germany at
their source of supply.” Hopkins indicated the vital shipping problem was the chief concern of his present trip to Britain and asserted “every ship of ours moving anywhere in the world is directed to the war effort.” Hopkins arrived yesterday on his second visit to England within months and conferred with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and met with the British war cabinet. Today ne said he was here to discuss with British officials, Ambassador John G. Winant and W. Averill Harriman, lease-lend ‘“expediter,” “the whole problem of our supplies to the United Kingdom and the Middle East.” Harriman has just returned from
So far it is only paper proof.
If it works at all it will require a degree of organization and “rationalization” which will take years to establish. It must be accompanied by greatly decreased living standards for all Europe. In any event, there must be an interim period, effects of which
Europe is just now beginning- to feel.
Should the Germans fail in
their announced autarchic program, this period will be longer and
more terrible.
the Middle East, where he spent
four weeks swudying the reception of |.
American supplies. “It is no secret that we will build 2 maximum of 6,000,000 tons of shipping in 1942 and more in 1943 for immediate service in the Allied war
‘effort,” Hopkins said. He added
that the American ship building program this year will produce at least 1,000,000 tons of shipping space. “Production in the United States is increasing every month and it is going to increase more than anyone realizes,” Hopkins said. “We must produce sufficient to overwhelm the dictators and whip this fellow (Hitler). We must show the oppressed people of the world
U. S.. Will Protect Supply Ships, Hopkins Tells Britain
that this war cannot be lost.” , “We are convinced that between England and America we can build more planes than Germany. He stressed the importance of American food supplies t6 Britain, especially dairy produce. These might require drastic changes in American agricultural economy, he said. Hopkins said many: American merchant ships were coming to Britain under foreign flags, especially under the Panama flag. He disclosed discussions were proceeding in Washington regarding delivery of supplies from Australia and New Zealand to the United States in return for food semt to Britain,
45 Optimist Club, noon, ‘Columbia Club.
seeking to break through along the route toward Moscow. It was believed here that Soviet troops still are entrenched in their initial positions in the Smolensk sector and that the Germans, deépite fiercest attacks, have been unable to dislodge them. A second major Nazi offensive was in progress in the Pskov-Porhov region southwest of Leningrad where the Germans were concentrating for an attack second only to that in progress around Smolensk. The Nazi High Command was believed attempting to envelop northern Estonia and cut off the Baltic Coast from Leningrad.
« Still at Bobruisk
To the south the Germans, after a fortnight of hard fighting, were still unsuccessful in their efforts to break through -east of Bobruisk to the Dnieper. The Russian counterofensive launched in this area seven days ago had brought the German panzer divisions to a standstill. + On the Bessarabian front, according to reports here, the Red Army stands firm and no important changes in the fighting lines have occurred. There was no news from, the Northérn Finnish front. The Pskov-Porkhov (Leningrad), Smolensk and Bobruisk (Mascow) and Bessarabian (Odessa) directions were specified in the communique as the scenes of persistent fighting throughout the night.
‘No Substantial Change’
Despite the German attacks, it was said, there was no substantial change in military positions. The day’s first communique had mentioned battles in the PskovPorkhov, Polotsk, Smolensk, Novograd Volynsk and Bessarabian areas. Thus it was indicated ®that, continuing their attack on the Leningrad and Odessa fronts unchanged, the Germans had subdued their attack on the Polotsk line northwest of Smolensk in favor of a renewed offensive in the Bobruisk sector © southwest of Smolensk.
Reveal U-Boats in Arctic
. It was emphasized that the Rusgian air force was heavily attacking German tank and motorized infanand artillery formations and German airdromes. : Disclosing for the first fime the presence of German submarines on the Russian Arctic coast, the communique said one had been sunk in the Varanger Fjord northwest of the Rybachi Peninsula, in the Murmansk area near the FinnishRussian borders. : It was charged officially that to raise the spirit of their men, German commanders were permitting two and three days of open plundering in all captured towns. In the Latvian town of Varaliani, it was asserted, German soldiers looted everything of value and then fought with newiy arrived German troops who demanded a share of the loot.
SHAVE AND KEROSENE | ARE MURDER CLUES
; SULLIVAN, Ind., July 18 (U.P.). ~—Sullivan County Sheriff Hubert Sevier said today investigation revealed that Lewis Fulte, 38-year-old Lenzburg, Ill, farmer, bought a kerosene can and had a shave at Bruceville just before going to his mysterious death on a lonely road [hear Pleasantville July 10. Fulte’s charred hots was found in his blazing automobile. He apparently had been placed there after a blow on the head ‘by an unknown assailant. He appeared to have been robbed and his body soaked
Draft Board 10 yesterday evening, he “didn’t know what to think, but
friends.
John Richard Miller (above) was working in the garden at his home, 1121 E. Southern Ave., when his draft number was called first in
A clerk at the Wm. H. Bleck Co., expected it.” Afterward, he walked
to the corner drugstore to have a coke and discuss the matter with
This is to notify the Chamber of Commerce at Seward, Alaska, that it can’t discourage Miss Betty Stich, a 21-year-old Indianapolis girl who wants to see a pretty large portion of the world before she settles down. Just out of Indiana University with an A. B. degree in psychology, Miss Stich decided last October that it would be fun to go to Alaska— and not just for a vacation cruise, The mpre she thought of the idea, the better she liked it, so she wrote to the Seward Chamber of Commerce because that city is at the end of the boat line. What are prospects for employment? She asked. The Chamber replied with a sheaf of pamphlets on unemployment. Miss Stich didn’t even blink, because she is tired of hearing people say “it’s all right for a boy to do things like that, but a girl . . .” Her silent reply to the Seward Chamber of Commerce was to order a steamship ticket from Seattle, Wash., to Seward with graduation money given to her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albgrt Stich, 622 Terrace Ave. Come July 28 and she'll be on her way. At first Miss Stich’s parents argued a little, but then they finally gave in. Miss Stich said that what really gave her courage was the fact that one of her I. U. classmates, James Pickering of Greencastle, went to Alaska and is now assistant manager of a Northern Commercial Co. store in Unalaska. If he could do it, so could she, Miss Stich decided. When Miss Stich first started talking about going to Alaska her friends thought she was just dreaming out loud. But then they saw she was serious and before she knew it,
friends into the same frame of|C mind.
Ruth Ellen Berndt sailed for Alaska early last month. Every summer since she has been a student at I. U., Miss Stich has worked in the office of the Vonnegut Hardware Co. She is now em-
office, 402 W. Maryland St. Her fellow workers are just a little envious and keep saying, if I just dared ...”
with kerosene.
baffles Miss Stich, because she
Miss Stich had talked two girl Butte”
“gosh, e That attithdes |S!
Local Girl Aims to See World, So She Will Start With Alaska
wanted to go to Alaska and she is going. It’s remarkable, she said, how many times she can get thrilled all over again about the prospective trip, such as the day her steamship ticket came and when she went downtown to buy a few things for the trip. Miss “Stich hasn’t made too many plans about her projected trip. She doesn’t know yet how she will get to Seattle and she expects to pack her belongings just the minute before she leaves. She doesn’t know, either, just exactly what she’ll find in Seward. After Alaska? Well, Miss Stich would lke to have a look at South America.
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OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureau pei
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cool. Sunrise ...... 4:31 | Sunset _....... 7:11 TEMPERATURE —July 7, 194C—
6 a. 87
BAROMETER
6:30 a. m...29.83 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair ana cooler tinight; morrow fair and continued cool. Illinois—Fair and cooler tonight; morrow fair and continued cool. Ohio—Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, cooler tonight; morrow generally fair and cooler, preceded by light showers in east portion Saturday OE,
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.
Station Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, N. D. «cc.ue. Say Bost ..PtCl
Miss Margaret Postma and Miss |Denver
Dodge Ci Jacksonvi e, . Kansas City, Mo. +... Little Rock, Ark. Los § Angeles
w York ployed at the Vonnegut warehouse|gn =: “HF.
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IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the
1940 ... 1941 ers 0c0 ers ‘ . ==July 17— Accidents .... 26 | Injured ..... 44 |Dead,...c.... - THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid . 10 124 4
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Traffic Record
Gounty City Total 31 38 69
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Violations peeding . Reckless driving... Failure to stop at ‘through street. .
‘MEETINGS TODAY Exchange Club, noon, Hotel Severin, . a Theta, noon, Columbia Club.
Delta Tau Delta, noon, Columbia Club. indiana Stamp Club, 8 p. m,, Hotel
Antler ve Shun, noon. Columbia Club. 7 tor R ate and EE Bol So , hoon,
Tariff Bureau,
Baila JSJanufacturing Co, 1 p. m, Severin Hote!
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Air Conditioning Council of ndjznapolis, all day, Lake Shore Country Club.
MARRIAGE LICENSES the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in Johnn BS C. ot mpl! 2, of 8 S13 « Oliver; Arnold, 28 ot 100, Ft. Wayne; Cathie a Bodine, ayn 430 N. C. . Jalen 21, of 713 N. Belof - 3019
These lists are from official records in: names and addresses. of 50 . Senate. ting ham, 28, of 2 os ine 8 eGarde, 26, of 2280 Heck, 21, Dale, 19, of 1024 W. Vermont;
uli! . Watson, 23, of 1014%2 W. Ver-|O0
Elmer OC. Daupert, 21, R. R. 17, Box 269 W; Eula J, Oden, 20, R. R. 17, Box 282, Mh. am P. Sconce, 32, of 1863 N~ HardBihel Cummings, 23, of 2454 Wash-
ington ingion, 5 Ee ‘Benninghoft, 239 of 424 Alabama; Eram J.
Marion E. Burkhart, 22, R. 410; June Hatterbaugh, 25, of 2048 Samsx
ert R. Wren, 20, of 4900 W. 25th; Violet Mons 19, of 244 Secrgetown Rd.
rnon ‘M. Broun, 17, of 1800 John I. Redick, 37, of 2063 Bellefontaine; V. Crouch, 34, ‘of 1805 Sugar
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Mary N. bronchopneu, ussell, 24, of 437 Pul-| 3
Dorothy y i Fatker, Jo pus noel; mdz Joh. Se “of 11s 46 E a Chomttal Madelein Spits 23, of of sig con 1. Mary J. Whitson, 19, of bat E. ’
BIRTHS
Edgar, Dro Worrin Herbert, M rv Re inhard?,
Theodore, Helen You Edward, Geraldiz aldine Boh 44
at St. Francis. at st Francis. Pipi
Pauline Headley, at 1240 Sharon. Edna Elder, at 834 Olive
DEATHS Etta Suyder, 75, at 46 W. sth,
on Sryille.
C. A arimore, 64, at City, car-
oinom he ‘M, Eaves, 69, at City, carcinoma. oo Tape: Moore, 45, at Methodist, coronary
Emery E. Keever, 3 at 5201 -N, New
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| dianapolis and county-wide drive, it
the region of Leningrad,” annihilated or made prisoner all Russian forces opposing it, the spokesman asserted, killing 1000 Russian troops and capturing 4000 horses, 3000 trucks and a large number of field guns and other war materials. It was indicated that the victory was won by the German force advancing along the Esthonian ,coast north of Lake Peipus.
Report Surprise Attack
The spokesman said that German troops thrusting forward suddenly yesterday in a surprise attack toward ‘Leningrad, captured a large air field with 1500 grounded planes. The High Command said in its communique, i ssued from Adolf Hitler's headquarters, the fighting in all sectors of the German-Rus-sian front was proceeding successfully for the Germans. German-Rumanian headquarters said that German and Rumanian forces had reached the Dniester River on a 150-mile line after capturing all strategic key positions in Bessarabia. It was indicated that the Germans and Rumanians, along the Dniester line, were only about 80 miles at the nearest point from Odessa, chief port of the Ukraine,
Three Towns Captured
This communique, announced by the official news agency, said that the Germans and Rumanians had taken the towns of Hotin, Soroca and Orhei, along the Dniester, after having captured the capital, Chisinau, and had in addition cleaned up the mountains between the Pruth River, the Russo-Rumanian front, and the Dniester. German, informants said ‘German airplanes were “mercilessly bombing railroad facilities, “especially around Moscow,” as the German armies drove for Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev and Odessa. Informants in telling of the airplane attacks said the Russian troops were retreating to new positions, apparently implying that strong Russian resistance was still to be expected.
CONTESTS SPUR METALS DRIVE
County With the Largest Collection to Be Given Official Scroll.
The counties of Indiana will com=pete against each other in the collection of aluminum, and the winner will receive a scroll signed by President Roosevelt, Governor Schricker, William Knudsen and Mayor LaGuardia. This was announced today by the Indiana Defense Counsel which also revealed that Indianapolis and four other Indiana cities have been “| designation as concentration points for the. collected pots and pans. Others are Evansville, Ft. Wayne, South Bend and Terre Haute, named by Mayor LaGuardia. The contest winners will be decided on the basis of the per capita collection, using the 1940 census figures. Mayor LaGuardia has esti-
one-seventh pound per person. A test collection in Dane County, Wisconsin, however, yielded onethird pound per capita.
Children in Parade
The Governor will notify each} :
local committee of the concentration point to which it should ship its collected aluminum. From the concentration points the aluminum will be sold under strict Federal supervision- directly to smelters having defense contracts. As plans‘went forward for the In-
was announced that the City’s 63 playground centers will - be repreDe in the parade Monday night. Small groups from each playground will march in the parade and carry the banners of the centers. The playground contingents will form at the Madison Ave. side _|of Manual High School at 7 p. m.
. [BRITISH HINT MOVE ON | FRENCH SOMALILAND
CAIRO, July 18 (U: P.).—British officials have demanded that French officials evacuate women and chil-
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