Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 1941 — Page 1

VOLUME 53—NUMBER 112

British Open ‘V For Victory’ Drive To Seal Nazi Doom’

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TUCKER NAMES 26 T0 MANAGE

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100 More to Be Appointed; : ‘All Have Regular Party 0. K.

Twenty-six branch auto license bureau managers were named today by Secretary of State James Tucker, the first awarding of the 125 lucrative patronage “plums” he received under the recent Indiana Suprems Court decision. Eighteen counties were included in today’s list. Approximately 100 bureaus in 74 other counties, including Marion, will be filled later.

Eight county chairmen and vice|

chairmen were among today’s appointments, and “all of the appointments were approved by the regular party organization,” Mr. Tucker said. These branch license offices and approximately 130 other jobs in the State House Bureau constitute the major patronage received by the Republican Party after the Supreme - Court recently voided the G. O. P. “reorganization act.” Lowell McDaniels, Wilkinson, is the new Motor Vehicles Bureau Commissioner, and Harry Sharp, Indianapolis, is his assistant.

Anxiously Awaited

Mr. Tucker's appointments have|

. been anxiously awaited by Hoosier Republicans. The young Secretary of State is expected to use them as the foundation for a ‘strong organization in his bid for the 1944 G. O.P. nomination for U. 8. Senator. Today's appointments were: Paul S. Lindley, Paoli, Orange County chairman; Martin Getcher, Greenfield, Hancock County exchairman; Wiliiam P. Booth, Angola, Steuben County; Beryl E. Libey, Lagrange, Lagrange County; John S. Patterson, Garrett; Charles Campbell, Butler, and Mrs. Mable E. Lyons, Auburn, and County vice chairman, all of Dekalb County. Fred E. Whitford, Kendallville, Mild Loeser, Ligonier,. and. - Mrs. Clara B. Fry, Albion and County vice chairman, all of Noble County; William W. Shew, Churubusco, and , Gladys Anspauw, Columbia City, Whitley County; Ira G. Baker, Bluffton, Wells County chairman; Cal F. Peterson, Decatur, County chairman, Fred H. Kanholz, Berne, and J. O. R. Campbell, Geneva, all of Adams County. Willis Hite, Ft. Wayne, Allen County manager, and Mrs. Mabel Metzner, Ft. Wayne and County vice chairman, assistant manager;

Okray Hendrickson, Boonville, War-| _

rick County; Mrs. Georgia Gladish, Winslow, Pike County; Albert Rothrock, Corydon, Harrison County chairman; Garrett Thompson, Salem, Washington County; Mrs. Jessie Whitlock, Rising Sun, Ohio County; Mrs. Grethel Gregg, Nashville, Brown County; Arthur Quickley, Richmond, and John Cutshaw, Cambridge City, Wayne County, and Charles W., Myers, Rushville, Rush County chairman,

Local Staff Named

Eight State House office employees and two audifors also were named todey, with four more auditors to bz announced later.” The new office staff will begin its duties Monday. Mrs, Mary Compton, Tipton, state vice chairman of the Young G. O. P. was named clerk; Mrs. Leonore Campbell, Indianapolis, typist; Mrs. Evelyn Rhoades, Indianapolis, typist; Agnes Ostermeyer, Indianapolis, clerk; Mrs. Pearl Houk, Indianapolis, clerk; Velma Henry, Indianapolis, typist; Agnes Todd, Indianapolis, clerk, and Mamie Hurt, Indianapolis, clerk.’ The new auditors are Rue Alexander, Pine Village, and Cliff Beamish, North Vernon. Several days ago, discord between Mr. Tucker and State Chairman Arch N. Boobitt broke into the open when Mr. Bobbitt told. party leaders he had suggested to Mr. Tucker that the branch offices be given to county chairmen, vice chairmen or persons approved by the organization. Mr. Tucker denied that he had received any such recommendations from Mr. Bobbitt.

LaGUARDIA MAY ANNOUNCE NEW YORK, July 19 (U. P).— Mayor F. H. LaGuardia will an-s nounce his candidacy for re-election to a third term on Monday by radio, it was understood today.

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Churches ..... 5 Johnson . Clapper ... 9 | Movies Comics 14| Obituaries ....12 Crossword ... 13|Pegler ........10 Editorials .... 10|Pyle : Mrs. Ferguson 10| Radio J 11{Mrs. Roosevelt. 9 10} Short Story ...14 Forum ..... ...10| Side Glances .. 9

The Will to Fight

This soldier's face is the face of an American aroused—the detfeér- - mined expression of one typical man who stands as a living token of a nation that has come to realize the imporiance of defense, and leaps . up willing - to fight for a way of life it has come to hold dear. photographer took this picture of Corp. French L. Vineyard, Co. N

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12th Infantry—to illustrate the Army's new-iype helmet—at least “that |

was the intention. ' But instead there turned out a documentary photograph which stands as a symbol of this country’s powerful will to fight

for the preservation of freedom.

Smooth co-operation between a

in far off Albuquerque, N. M.

2 DEAD AS FLAMING GAS FLOWS IN TOWN

28 Fuel Tanks Burned Near Seminole, Okla.

SEMINOLE, Okla., July 19 (U. P.). —A -fire atthe Sinelair Refining Co.’s No. 12 plant southwest of Seminole was brought under control early today after more than 100 firemen and volunteers had Youghi the blaze for- 10 hours. - Two persons were dead, three others were injured seriously, half a dozen homes were destroyed, and 28 gasoline: tanks, each with 1000barrel capacity, were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $750,000. Firemen believed a moving automobile -had discharged sparks that ignited a leaky gasoline line on a road near the plant. Blazing gasoline flowed down the street of the company-owned settlement, setting several homes ablaze. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth . Sacksfield, 87, was killed when she was blown from her bed by an exploding tank. Frank R. Vaughn, a refinery employée, was burned fatally ‘before he could leave the plant. The blaze ‘was visible for 12 miles.

FIND EX-FILM STAR DEAD NEW YORK, July. 19 (U. P.).— Claire Maynard, former Hollywood film. player, and more recently a model, was found dead today in her gas-filled apartment. Police who listed the case tentatively as a suicide, said Miss Maynard had tried to end her life once before.

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Best to Work Up

start at the bottom and work up

Finally he reached the gutter glittering expanse of spread tar. ‘Then it occurred to him that he would have to go through it in order to get to the skylight and down off the roof. He fortified himself from the jug and started up. He hadn't climbed five feet when he was back in the, gutter again. Fresh tar is as slippery as glass ‘and again:

Suspicious Printers T ip

Foils Holdup in West

stspicious Indianapolis printer and

the Police Department was responsible today for the arrest of three men -as:-they were-armed and planted to pull a $15,000 payroll robbery

Several days ago an order’ was placed with the printer for 1500 blank checks, similar to travelers’ checks.

The man, who said he represented a large trucking concern, explained that the checks were to he used by drivers so that they would not have to carry large sums of money. Having accepted the order, the printer then became suspicious because such an order from such a firm usually would have been placed with a company much larger and better known than his. So he went to Police Headquarters and talked to Detective James Partain. Detective Partain agreed that the matter should be looked into and started an investigation. When the man who ordered the checks appeared to claim them, Detective Partain was planted at the shop and after the checks were delivered Detective - Partain arrested him. : ~ Questioning the suspect, Detective Partain said he learned that other

members of a group of men who|

had’ been ‘ passing ' bogus ‘ ‘checks throughout the State had branched out into robbery. He ‘specifically learned, he said, that they planned a $15,000 payroll holdup in Albuquerque. He immediately wired ‘police there, and they reported back that they found the men parked in a car and poised for the holdup. They disarmed - end: arrested the three, all of whom gave Indianapolis addresses. In the car they found, they said, a complete set of burglar tools, several loaded revoivers, shotguns and powerful rifles.

FLEE KENTUCKY .FLOOD MOREHEAD, Ky., July 19 (U. P.). —One hundred families were forced to evacuate their lowland homes when a “flash” flood poured into Morehead early today. The sudden floods also struck Flemings-

Herman's Big Slip-Up

“He

burg, 30 miles northwest of here.

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Wine and Tar Don't Mix, Roofer Learns as He Forgets It's

From the Bottom. .

NEW YORK, July 19 (U, P.).—The way to tar a pitched roof is to

Roofer Herman Dietrich ted at the top of the slope and dili- | gently worked down, now and then taking a tremendous swig from the | jug of wine he carried along with his tar bucket.

and looked up, with pride, at the

street, two floors below, neighbor-/ hood women gathered. They screamed each time he slid back because each time it looked as though he would fall off. Police came at last and rescued him. Tried in night court for disorderly conduct, he was sternly

admonished not’ RM tar and

TWO CHILDREN LOCAL TRAFFIC

In Crash; 2d Victim Struck at Play.

The youngest members of two Indianapolis families were dead today, victims of yesterday's traffic. Eighteen-month-old Charles Arthur Neal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Neal, 301 Warren Ave, was killed when a car containing the whole family and another car collided on Road 67, near Valley Mills, as the Neal family was starting out for a week-end trip. Four-year-old Terence (Terry) King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. King, was killed when he was struck by a car as he played in a gutter puddle in front of his home,

_|441 Centennial St.

Both accidents occurred yesterday afternoon and both victims died almost instantly. Their deaths brought to T4 the year’s traffic victims—40 in the County and 34 in the City—as com-

| | pared with a total of 70 at this time

last year. The Neal family was on the way to. visit relatives of Mrs. Neal in Kentucky. In the car were Mr. and

|'Mps. Neal, George, 4, and Curtis, 5,

besides the victim. Others in Crash Hurt

Their car and one driven by O. E. Mehring, 61, of 3670 Creston Dr, collided and State Police said the child was dead when they arrived at the scene.

City Hospital for cuts, and the other two boys were admitted for observation of head injuries. Their condition was described by physicians as fair. Mr. Mehring was treated at Methodist Hospital for cuts. Mrs. Henrietta Schweinsberger, Indianapolis, a passenger in his car, was admitted to Methodist for observation. Her condition was described as fair, Playing on Sidewalk The, King boy was playing on the sidewalk in front of his home with his brother, Joseph, 6. 'A car driven by Mrs, Olive Gallagher, 45, of 526 Goodland Ave. was driven to the curb and stopped near the boys while she allowed a passenger, Joan Lenihan, 3, daughter of Mrs. Bartley Lenihan, 435 Centennial St., to get out. While she was parked there, the King boy picked up a toy sail boat and moved into the gutter in front of the car to sail the boat in a puddle of water which had accumulated from a recent rain. Mrs. Gallagher, having seen Joan safely into her home, started the (Continued on Page Two)

M'CULLOCH NAMED TO DEFENSE GROUP

Plans to Attend Meeting in Capital Thursday.

The appointment of Dr. Carleton |B. McCulloch, Indianapolis physician, as one of 45 members of a volunteer participation committee to serve in the Office of Civilian Defense was announced today by President Roosevelt. The committee will aid in the organization of civilian defense systems, Dr. McCulloch plans ‘to, attend the first meeting of ‘the committee Thursday at Washington, and a luncheon at the White House. The committees are distributed through the nine corps areas in the United: States. On the Fifth Corps Area with Dr. McCulloch are Barry Bingham, Louisville; Frank Grillo, Akron, O.; Ruth Bryan Rohde, Alderson, W. Va., and Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom, Wilberforce, O.

.So Mean .

The director of the OCD is Mayor La Guardia of New York.

Let 'Em Sleep

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 19 (U. P.)—The Assembly has rejected daylight saving time because it believed it would be cruel to animals. \ Farmers said daylight saving time would deprive their animals of an hour's sleep each night because, not knowing man was playing with the clock, they'd go to sleep at the same time. The assembly then defeated the proposal,’

ARE KILLED IN

Boy on Family Outing Dies

“Mr, and Mrs; Neal were treated at]

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Draftee Has His Teeth Yanked, But He’s In Army Anyway

FILED NEATLY IN the office of a certain local draft board in Indianapolis are 12 perfectly i sound teeth, lately from the healthy jaw of a draft registrant whose number came up. - And marching glumly at == some training camp is the registrant, gnashing his store teeth. After having passed his physical examination, the registrant showed up later and asked for a recount on his teeth. Sure enough, he was shy several to be up to standard. # ” ” ARMY DOCTORS, of course, figured they couldn't have been wrong the first time so the local* board did some sleuthing. They located the dentist who pulled the teeth, produced them as evidence and sent the lad to camp.

FOUR FIREMEN "HURT IN CRASH

City Pumper Plows Into Rear of Gravel Truck at 13th and West Sts.

“Four “Aremeén “from “Headiuarters Company were thrown from a pumper and injured today when the pumper hit the rear of a | gravel dump truck at 13th and West Sts. The firemen, one believed to be seriously injured, were taken to City Hospital. The accident occured when thé truck was on the way to answer an alarm from 14th and West Sts. which turned out to be false, The truck hit the rear of the dump truck which was parked in the center of the street waiting to make a left turn. Both trucks were headed north and both were knocked onto the sidewalk. The driver of the dump truck was reported slightly injured. Police did not immediately identify anyone involved in the crash. Fireman Leo Lindauer, 36, of 1936 Bloyd Ave. was listed as critical. The other firemen, all of whom were described as being in a fair condition, were Frank Marren, 29, of 1313 English Ave. scalp abrasions; Paul Peralta, 27, of 5211 Rosslyn Ave., injured leg, and John Ashcraft, 27, of 413 Leeds Ave., injured feet.

FIND SOLDIER'S BODY ON BIG FOUR TRACKS

The Coroner's office is investigating the death, of a soidier, identified as Lawrence Porter of Allen, Ky. who was found yesterday near the Big Four Railroad tracks at Lawrence. Deputies said he apparently had been run over by a train, The body was found a short distance from the depot in Lawrence. The victim was a member of the cooks and bakers’ school at Ft. Harrison, deputies said.

SUN TO WORK HARDER HOURLY TEMPERATURE

6am, ....62 10am. . 7 7am ....63 lam... 6 74 8a.m.....65 12 (Noon).. 75. 9a.m..... 67 1pm .... 7

All's fair in Indiamapolis for the week-end, but it'll be a little warmer tomorrow, That's the Weather Bureau's considered opinion, :

. 2 KILLED ON STATE ROAD 6

VALPARAISO, Ind. July 19 (U. P.).—Fred J. Bening, 67, and his wife, Clara Bening, 58, of Chicago, were killed today on State Road 6, north of here when their automobile swerved into the path of a truck.

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MOSCOW RAID RUINS SHRINES, SWEDEN HEARS

German Army Drives Nearer To Capital—at Rate of 13 Miles a Day.

BULLETIN

STOCKHOLM, July 19 (U.P). —Swedish newspapers quoted reports attribuied to Radio Leningrad today asserting that German planes heavily raided Moscow at noon today. (No such raid was reported by either Berlin or Moscow). The newspaper Aftonbladet quoted Radio Leningrad as saying that the Kremlin, Soviet government headquarters, had been struck by bombs and “ruined.”

It said that the Academy of ‘|

Sciences and many other buildings of cultural importancegin Moscow and in other Russian cities had been destroyed. The newspaper Allehanda claimed that Radio Moscow had been silenced. (There has been no indication of any interruption .in Russian radio stations heard in the United States today).

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent

: Fierce fighting raged today in the Smolensk area, 200 to 225 miles from Moscow, as the Russo-German war neared the start of its fifth week. . Russian reports indicated that the Smolensk battle may be the bitterest since the Nazi invasion started 28 days ago. Moscow indicated that the. key. city, an. important roads and railway center, still was in Russian hands but the German High Command said it had been captured Wednesday and that Nazi troops were pushing on toward Moscow. The Soviet capital was reported undergoing a heavy aerial bombardment. 375 Miles in 28 Days

The Germans still were more than 200 miles from Moscow, having driven between 375 and 400 miles in four weeks of campaigning from the frontier’ break-through at BrestLitovsk. It appeared likely that other Nazi columns were in the immediate vicinity of Kiev, capital of the rich Ukraine area, and were near Leningrad in a three-pronged drive. However, the chief German objective—the destruction of the Red Army as an effective fighting force —had not been achieved. The rate of Nazi advance into Russia had slowed from a speed of 25 miles a day in the first 10 or 12 days to 13 miles a day or less now.

5,000,000 Reserves Reported

A Turkish report of unknown reliability claimed that the Russians have massed a special army of 1,000,000 men to protect the Caucasus and Baku oil region and that another . great reserve - force, estimated at 4,000,000 men, was held in reserve on the central fighting fronts. In Tokyo great emphasis was placed today on the independence of Japan’s new foreign policy—independence of both the Soviet-Jap-anese .pact and the Axis alliance, but chiefly of the pact with Russia. The radical newspaper Kokumin raised a great stir about the “Siberian question” and the alleged “encirclement of Japan” by the

| United States.

The Royal Air Force was forced to forego its customary bombing of Germany for the second night since June 16th due to bad weather but Air Minister Arthur Sinclair estimated that 300,000 tons of Axis shipping has been sunk by the R. A, F. in five months and. an equal tonnage damaged. About 22,000 tons more were Toporten destroyed today,

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Illinois Sheriff Deputies Smash’ City Jail With Axes in

Invasion to Seize Gaming Machines.

TAYLORVILLE, Ill, July 19 (U. P.).—Sheriff Virgil Ezra guarded his county jail zealously today because it was filled with gambling devices confiscated in his ax raid on the city jail. He feared retaliation. Ezra is a Democrat and State’s Attorney Tom Sweeney is a Re-

publican. special officers who confiscated 120 from a storehouse and took them to the city jail.

Sweeney, charging Ezra was remiss in his duties, deputized

slot machines and other devices

Zempke refused to surrender

The sheriff then marched to the ' keys ey the jail cells.

city jail with 12 deputies armed with axes and sl ers. ustice of the Peace D. E. Noonan issued a warrant, signed by ames Farney, owner of the storehouse charging Chis! of ES Ed

‘The deputies battered locks off the cells and returned 'to the county jail with three truckloads of slot machines and Zempke, “We left the jail in a mess,”

Bo sae. “but we got what we

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secret army, the strangest in by all means they can.

pean Revolution” called on t revolt against the Nazis.

ducting the new anti-German propaganda campaign, called on “the oppressed peoples of Europe:

To bégin mobilizing at midnight tonight a secret “victory” army. To vow tomorrow to continue faithfully to fight Germans by all means.

‘Revolution’ Station Heard

To take every opportunity tomorrow to show the Germans that the “army” is mobilizing by chalking the " symbol V, for Allied victory, everywhere they can, and to beat out the “dot-dot-dot-dash” which in the Morse telegraphic code represents the letter V. The United Press listening post in New York heard the new “European Revolution” station broadcasting through the night in German, urging the German people to join in the victory. fight. German stations vainly tried to jam the broadcast after the first few sentences, but the station continued strongly. Its power, as well as the content of its broadcasts, indicated that it might be Radio Moscow, one of the world’s most powerful stations. “A European revolution is necessary against the Fascist powers, an, intimate co-operation of all European people in order to organize a Socialist federation of the European Peoples,” it said. “As difficult as the task may be in the present European situation, everybody must fight with all his means, ‘Hour is Approaching’ “The German Fascists thought they could easily launch their famous invasion against England and finish-the war quickly. Some of you German workers might have thought up to a few months ago that Hitler could conclude an alliance with Russia and dominate the world, thus making any European revolution impossible. “But now the hour of the European revolution is approaching, Hitler could not beat England so easily as he thought. He must now fight England and America. He must break Russia to pieces before he can begin the war against England and America. But the revolution is going forward. Three million foreign workers recruited from all European countries are working in Germany. They get in touch

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TOMORROW IS TEST OF WEIRD NEW CAMPAIG

‘Revolution’ Station Joins English Radio in Urging People of Occupied Countries to Use ‘Dot-dot-dot-dash’ Everywhere.

By UNITED PRESS

Great Bhitain called on 125,000,000 people of Germans : occupied Europe today to start mobilizing at midnight: &

history, to fight the Germang ¥

At the same time a new ‘‘radio transmitter of the Buroe.

he German people to rise in

At 12:15 a. m. today in London (5:15 p. m,, Indianapolis Time, yesterday), “Col. V. Britton,” the mysterious head of the organization which under the symbol of “V’ is cons

of their hatred of fascism and eles desperation. They witriess the herole resistance >f Soviet Russia against Germany. All these peoples are for ’ the Russian victory. : ¥ “The European Revolution i come. It is in formation. Evi body must fight for a Socialist fi eration of the European peopl There was every indication thal the British “V” campaign, Wi which the “European Revolutio broadcasts were now co-ordinab was much more than a prog stunt. and had been organi months by secret agents om: A Continent, It was knowl that the “V* g had been chalked up by so m people throughout Europe that Germans had been forced to try:t adopt it themselves, and say the “V” stood for German though “Seig” is the German for victory. oi Unrest Indicated

Various dispatches indicated:that

cupied countries. A TUnitéd F Vichy dispatch reported last, J that Paris authorities, 0 sabotage, were investigating a seis = ous railroad accident at Epinay.. ur Seine, oh a line used for Ge! military convoys. Russia's hp news agency reported a serious outs: break of sabotage in Norway and the Netherlands. “Col. Britton,” in his mobilization broadcasts, said: “On Sunday the V army—Europe's invisable army of many millions It is the date of Europe's mobilization against the Germans. . . “Let the V splash from one end of Europe to the other. The time has come to act. You are asked to join a disciplined army, a strange army bul one to which it is an honor to belong. It is an Army which the Germans fear. You have probably noticed that the Germans. are so alarmed by your ‘V's’ that they are trying to cause confusion by using the V themselves. This need not worry you. Leave confusion where it belongs—in Berlin. “You know that this ta means ‘fate knocking on the door The Germas will not drown out the knocking of fate, however loud tl beat, and when they tap out® WV they are merely signaling their own impending doom. We will hurry. *

with German workers and tell them

as much as we can.”

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