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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 135

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RAIN IS NEEDED

10 AVERT CITY WATER CRISIS

Serious Shortage Impends,

Utility Official Warns Works Board.

Indianapolis faces a serious water shortage unless it rains hard within the next two weeks, H. S. Morse, Indianapolis Water Co. vice president, . told the Works Board today. Mr. Morse also disclosed that unless the company gets priority on cast iron pipe, the installation of water mains to areas where wells have gone dry and to new residentia] developments may be postponed indefinitely. Works Board members asked Mr. Morse to favor Indianapolis interests over those of suburban communities in the event of a water shortage. Pipe Conserved Mr. Morse said he had ordered company engineers to cease the extension of mains outside the city limits in order to take care of the demand for pipe inside the City. This mornings rain will relieve the load somewhat, especially by making it unnecessary to sprinkle lawns, but it will take “a good hard and continuous rain” to ease the threat of a water shortage, Mr. Morse said. So far, he said, wells from which the company draws daily 12 to 19 million gallons of water have not been affected, but may begin to go dry in a week or so. White River, he said, is “pathetic.” The company has already closed the canal at 17th St. to trap all water possible for the 20th St. pumping plant. Industries which are depending on the canal for water were warned to turn to other sources—the river and wells—about 10 days ago.

Spy-Executed of Tower of London |

LONDON, Aug 13 U. P)— | Josef Jakobs. a German spy dropped by parachute inte Britain, was executed bv a firing squad today at the Tower of

London. It was the wars first execution at the Tower. Jakobs, 2 non-commissioned officer attached to the German | Army's meteorological service, landed in the London area dressed in civilian clothes, over which he wore a flying suit and a parachutist’s steel helmet.

3 KILLED, 1 HURT IN | CRASH NEAR ELKHART

ELKHART, Aug. 15 (U. P)— Three persons were dead today ang a fourth was in serious condition as the result of an automobile acecident at the intersection of U. S. Highway 20 and State Road 15. Mrs. Richard Tingle, 24 Bryan, O., driver of one car, was killed instantly and her pas engers, Rosezeile Long. 20. Bryan, and her brother-in-law, Rodney Tingle 186, Montpelier. O.. died in the Elkhart General Hospital. E. O. Bender. 61. Marion, Ind. | driver of the other car, was injured seriously and was taken to the Goshen Hospital.

DENY BLOOMINGTON TRAIN CANCELLATION

The

Public Service Commission today denied the request of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. for permission to discontinue two passenger trains operating between Indianapolis and Effingham, Il. via| Bloomington. The Commission found that no! emergency existed to justify setting! aside rules of the Commission to! permit the discontinuance of the trains. The railroad company had declared the trains were not needed in the interest of public convenience and that the equipment was needed for defense purposes. The PSC today permitted the discontinuance of two passenger trains operated by the New York Central daily between Anderson and Greensburg. The discontinuance of these trains asked last year, was granted after a 90-day test period in which the railroad company reported a $4459 operating loss. The Public Service Commission has not ruled on another request of the New York Central Railroad to discontinue operating 10 passenger trains, six of them running to axd from Indianapolis.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Auto News... 12 Comics Crossword Editorials .... 18 Mrs. Ferguson 18

Model Planes. 5 Movies ....10, 11} Obituaries 4 Pegler 18 Pyle (..c.ccic B5 Radic 2 Real Estate .. 12 Mrs. Roosevelt 15 Short Story.. 25] Side Glances. 18 Inside Indpls. 15 Society ...... 18 Jane Jordan. 19 Sports ... .20 21 Johnson ..... 16 State Deaths. 22

Homemaking. 19, In Indpls. 3

| conferences was answered today.

Sunday. dinner” last Saturday.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 15 (U. P.). —One question at least about the Roosévelt-Churchill They confeired aboard the Battleship Prince of Wales iand the American cruiser Augusta. Where the ships were when they conferrsd was not (known. Nor was there any hint where the President and the Prime Minister now are. The White House issued a photograph (above) showing President Roosevelt and Prime {| Minister Churchill aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, taken after church services last Another shows them in a group of 18 aboard the U. S. S. Augusta “after

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941

SH BOLS

a prayer-book in hand.

operations, and British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind,

The picture from the Prince of Wales. which participated in the sea battle with the Bismarck, showed the President and the Prime Minister on deck, side by side, each with

Others in the picture were (left to right): Lend-Lease Co-ordinator Harry L. Hopkins; W. Averill Harriman, U. S. “expediter” of U. 8, aid in England; Admiral Ernest J. King. | commander of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet: U. S. Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall, ! British Chief of Staff Gen. Sir John Dill, Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of U. S. naval

PRICE THREE CENTS

SOVIET

JAPAN WARNED NOT TO HINDER SIBERIA SHIPS

Two Democracies to ‘Do Their Best’ to See That Aid Reaches Stalin, Despite Big German Advances in Ukraine.

War News Inside

What Mein Kampf Means to America 22 Killed in Trans-Atlantic Ferry Crash Roosevelt Due in Washington, Beaverbrook There .....oes00e Communiques on Eastern Front Fighting , ; World Opinion on F. D. R.-Churchill Statement...,... eae Japan Changes Its Tune After Meeting

By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News Editor A blueprint drawn by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill for harder blows against the Axis on the Atlantic, Russian and Far Eastern fronts began taking shape today. Immediate emphasis seemed to be on bolstering the Red Army battle against Hitler's armed forces. . Maintenance of the Eastern Front against renewed Gere man drives and checkmating any Japanese move to interfere with war aid to Russia probably is emphasized in the joint message which the two democratic leaders sent to Josef V, Stalin. The message was said in London to pave the way for dispatch of high American and British missions to discuss both short and long-term aid plans with the Soviet leaders

at Moscow. Authoritative comment Japan to avoid any attempt

intended to ““do her best” blockade of Vladivostok.

2 BATTLE FOR |

LEGION OFFICE

Lyons-Levine Contest for, Committee to Mark State Meeting.

By WILLIAM CRABB More than 2000 Indianapolis | American Legion, and Auxiliary | members will move to South Bend | this week-end for their four-day State convention. The program will | include: ds 1. A proposal to redistrict the!

‘Legion's Indiana Department from |

its present setup along Congressionai | lines into 14 districts with smaller! areas. 2. The “hottest” fight in State! Legion history for the coveted post! of National Committeeman. | 3. An address by Federal Security Administrator Pauli V. McNutt on “American Security First.” An important prelude to the con-| vention was the meeting of the 12th! District delegates here last night. Frank Mumford, district was elected district commander and |

There Might Be WELFARE HIKES Typhus Increases 27 -Fold

More Rain, Too

TEMPERATURES B 0am .... lam... 5 12 (neon) .. 6 1pm .... 84

LOCAL

A QUARTER of an inch of rain fell on Indianapolis early today to bring relief to parchel lawns, crops and gardens. Thunder showers may occur today and tonight, and tomorrow will be partly cloudy and cooler, the Weather Bureau predicted. The rain today was heavier than any since July 31 when 35 of an inch fell. One hundredth of an inch fell Aug. 6, five hundredths of an inch Aug. 9 and another one hundredth Aug. 12. With today's rain, the total for the month is 1.54 inch below normal and the deficiency since Jan. 1 is 10.94 inches. The shower this morning was heavy and relatively short.

CUBA BANS NAZI CONSUL

HAVANA, Aug. 15 -(U. P.).—Dr. Jose Manuel Cortina, Minister of

adjutant. | State, has declared Anton Heisinger. | dollars valuation. y | German Consul at Santiago de Cu- |

COUNTY BUDGET

Requests Raise Rate hy 41, Cents; Other Rises Bring | County Rate to 50. | |

i | | By DAVID

Another budget request which

In Reich-Seized Polish Zone

League of Nations Report Shows Disease Stalking Europe's Migrating Millions.

M. NICHOL

BERNE, Aug. 15-—The ‘hreat of discase that stalks Europe in tae to another. , wake of its destructive armies and its migrating peoples may be seen in|

| would increase the local property today's bulletin of the health section of the League of Nations.

tax rate was disclosed today when;

in London indirectly warned to interrupt British-American

war shipments across the Pacific to Russia because Britain to deliver them regardless of any,

British authorities put greatest emphasis on the parts of the Roosevelt-Churchill talks dealing with aid to Russia and precautions against a Japanese move in the Far East,

although the presence of high naval officers at the confere

ences illustrated the attention

FAMILIES SPLIT “BY REICH ORDER

[Lorraine Evacuation Decree | Separates Men, Women In ‘Evangeline’ Style.

{ VICHY, France, Aug. 15 (U. P.). —German authorities announced today that families of all French | youths who had fled to Unoccupied | France from Lorraine | would be deported to Germany starting tomorrow, males being sent

to one part of the country, females |

S s Wi , - cases of typhus in the first six months of this year in Wartheland, that| men and a woman Killed in a bomb fhe Maridh CZennty Wess De section of western Poland annexed to the Reich, as during all of 1938|explosion in the public square this

partment submitted its budget for | 1942 to the County Council. lin 1940 | Sesiiate yDirectar nae | In the strip of northern Hungary | 300 000 over the appropriations this | Which was annexed from Czechoyear. © 77 Slovakia there were eight times as : hed ; ‘ 7 ty $ ; h ‘ted in the “This will require an Increase of Many typhus cases report about 415 Coat in the welfare tax first half of 1841 as in all of 1938 rate bringing it to 20 cents.” Mr, and nine times as many for similar Neal estimated jperiods in northern Transylvania, This increase along with 4 to g acquired by Hungary from Rumania. | cents more for the county general] | fund. is expected to bring the total [have yet been reached and the next county rate above 50 cents. The SiX months are less dangerous so far current county rate including the 2s typhus is concerned. But the

(and almost 2's times as many as

welfare levy is 43 cents per hundred [health detectives are anxiously and |

fearfully awaiting next spring and Most of the welfare: budget in- Watching particularly the long re-

Isadore Levine of La Porae was | ba. persona non grata and requested | crease—about $300,000—was in the 2ion from Esthonia in the north {o

“indorsed unofficially” for National Committeeman over Robert Lyons, | Indianapolis attorney and a can-| didate from this district.

15,000 to Attend

More than 15000 Legion and Auxiliary members from every post in the State are expected to attend the convention which opens tomorrow noon and continues through Tuesday. Convention headquarters at South Bend reported today that about 4500 advance registrations had been received. The redistricting proposal will be made by Paul L. Gastineau, Indianapolis, who heads a study commission on redistricting appointed several months ago by the State executive committee. The Legion districts have corresponded with the political dis(Continued on Page Nine)

GIRL, 12, HIT BY AUTO AS SHE LEAVES BUS

Twelve-year-old Mabel Hill, 3960 Hoyt Ave, was injured seriously yesterday when she was struck by an auto as she was alighting from | a bus in the 3600 block of W. 10th! St. The driver, Wright Colbert, 920 Locke St, was charged with failure, to give a pedestrian the right of way. The child was taken to Methodist Hospital,

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him to leave Cuba “not later than 1

| fund for the county's share of old- [Bessarabia on the Black Sea, where | age assistance payments. typhus is perpetually present and

Stanley W. Shipnes Named

Chairman of

Stanley W. Shipnes, manager of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Indianapolis store, will head the 22d annual Community Fund campaign this year. He was appointed general chairman of the drive by Harold B. Tharp, Fund president. Mr. Shipners will begin soon to recruit division leaders for the army of 3000 other volunteer workers. : Late this month, Fund directors will meet to set the campaign goal. Last year's goal of $688,500 was exceeded by $215. It was the first over-the-top drive in eight years. Mr. Tharp was general chairman. Mr. Shipnes has been active in Community Fund work for several years. He has been associated with Sears, Roebuck & Co. for 12 years, for the last seven as manager. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, a board member of the Indiana State Chain Store Council, the Associated Retailers of Indiana and the . Indianapolis Merchants’ Association. Mr. Shp last year as

out of which there have been no official figures since the Russians ceased publishing vital statistics in 11937.

'41 Fund Drive

Shortage of Doctors

Despite the extreme and drastic measures employed by the Nazis to wipe out disease in their annexed territories, there have been 1103 re{ported cases of typhus in Warthe{land so far this year, compared with {486 in 1940 and only 41 in 1938. In {the northern strip of Hungary there {were 131 this year, 89 last year and {only 17 two years earlier. In Tran|sylvania there were 25 in 1938, three in 1940 and 221 in the last six | months, Not only is disease spreading as ithe Continent's peoples migrate in (their tragic columns and grew in|creasingly susceptible because of ‘diet deficiencies, but the means of (fighting plague and pain are disap-

(pearing. Doctors and medical sup- |

| plies alike are more and more scarce jand the Russian campaign has | placed new and heavy demands on {those that remained. | Officials of the League of Red {Cross Societies are undertaking to establish a depot of medical supplies, particularly drugs, in Geneva, Stanley W. Shipnes through contributions of South American nations who planned at chairman of the mercantile division [first to send food but altered their in the Fund drive. 4 program because of the blockade.

Nothing like epidemic conditions|

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2 STABBED DURING PERU STRIKE MELEE

Pickets Outside Furniture Plant Are Victims.

PERU, Ind, Aug. 15 (U. P).-— | Two pickets were stabbed and critically injured today in a disturbance at a strike at the S. J, Bailey Furniture Co. plant.

A. E. Jones, Plymouth, received eight knife wounds and Jay Hartleroad, Peru, received a six-inch gash in his left side. Claude Palmer, 24, was arrested on a charge of carrying a deadly {weapon. A brother also was held while a third was released. Police yesterday used tear gas to quell an outbreak after workers struck. Union officials maintained the company refused to reinstate three men who had been discharged. The local union, formerly A. F. of L., recently affiliated with C. I. O. and it was said that the company insisted that the A. F. of L. contract be adhered to until it expired in December. Today's disturbance occurred at 9. a. m. when Claude Palmer, and two brothers, with Floyd Bailey, company head, came to the plant, according to police. Pickets charged that Claude Palmer, who with his brothers are employed at the plant, sought to force his way into the (plant with a knife. : The Palmers asserted the pickets, {numbering about 40, dragged them from their automobile.

DROWNS AT LAKE JAMES Times Special ANGOLA, Ind, Aug. 15.—Frank | Fielder, 71, Winchester, was drowned here yesterday when he fell from an outboard motor row boat into Lake James. His was the eighth death by drowning in Lake James this summer.

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| morning. Serious Riots in Paris | Only yesterday news had come from Paris of serious riots in which shots were fired—it was not said by whom—and ‘several were wounded.”

! The

news of the deportation order was amplified also by German complaints that Catholic priests in | Lorraine were stoutly resisting German authorities—‘"forcing” par- | ishioners to sing in French, refusing to preach in German or while Germans were present and even or|ganizing Free French demonstrations. Josef Buerckel, German administrator for Lorraine, which the | Germans have sought to annex along with Alsace, announced today the grim order for deportation of those families whose sons have fled the province. : He gave the sons until midnight tonight to return.

70,000 Already Deported

But after that, the fathers of families affected will be deported to one part of Germany and mothers and sisters to another. Placards announcing the deportations were posted throughout Lorraine. The refugee center at Lyons, in unoccupied territory, estimated today that 70,000 people had been deported by the Germans from Lorraine. But these had been sent to Unoccupied France, not to Germany, and there was no indication how many people might already have been sent into Germany.

SHIRLEY APPOINTED 18TH WARD CHAIRMAN

Luther J. Shirley, secretary of Shirley Brothers, Inc., funeral directors, today was appointed 18th Ward Democratic chairman by Ira Haymaker, County chairman. Mr. Shirley succeeds Walter Neukom, 5608 Beechwood Ave., who resigned because business requires his absence from the City most of the time, according to Mr. B

province |

News of the order was received | here shortly before a dispatcn from | In chill official figures it shows that there were 27 times as many | Nice, on the Riviera, reported two

given to still greater improvee hon; in methods of protect« ling British convoys in the [Battle of the Atlantic.

Odessa Still Uncaptured German claims of “ceaseless pure {suit” of the Red Army in the (Ukraine indicated the need for speed, although the Russians said [they still were defending Odessa and Nikolaev and that their main |forces were falling back intact in {orderly retreat to new lines on the | Dnieper, defending the great Soviet {war industries about 100 miles to the east.

——

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (U. PY —Secretary of State Cordell Hull said today that he hoped all cive ilized nations of the world, ine cluding Soviet Rusiia, will rally round the Roosevelt - Churchill program for destruction of Nazi tyranny and a new world order,

—

Although the Nazis reported cape ture of many prisoners and entrape ment of many others in their mope up operations in the Dnieper River bend, it was obvious they still were being forced to fight strong Red Army units as the main Russian Armies fell back to the east bank of the wide river, trying to destroy {everything in the path of the Gers mans.

More Drastic Action Due?

The Russian main strength ape parently still was unbroken and the Dnieper offers a broad, swampy | obstacle to the Germans unless they can turn the Soviet right flank by swinging down from Kiev on the eastern bank. All of the capitals of the world took note of the eight-point peace aims outlined by President Rooses velt and the British Prime Minister, with the greatest attention centered on whether the United States had been brought closer to a “shooting war.” But in any event there was a swif$ acceleration of operations on the

‘| fighting and diplomatic fronts, bole

stering belief in London and Washe ington that more drastic and ime portant American action was to be expected to aid in destruction of “Nazi tyranny.”

300 Planes in RAF Raid

1. A fleet of more than 300 Brite ish bombers carried out raids on German targets at Hanover, Brunse wick, Magdeburg and other points comparable to heavy German ats tacks on British areas in the past, A dozen British planes were lost buf pilots reported heavy damage ine |flicted, especially at Hanover, 60 miles from Berlin. 2. Effective opposition by the United States and Britain against new Japanese moves in the Far East to aid the Axis war agains$ Russia was forecast and Tokyo cire cles charged that the Roosevelte Churchill plans were designed . to “weaken” Japan and split her off from her Axis partners. The bigs gest convoy of the war landed more (Continued on Page Three)