Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1941 — Page 5

"FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 1041

Girl Wife Is Denied $1000 Monthly From Husband, 65

$08 ANGELES, Aug. 29 (U.P) — Pretty Esther Thalhammer, 16, today was recovering from her disappointment over a judge's refusal] to make her rebellious, 65-year-old bridegroom pay $1000 a month temporary alimony. Gray-haired Karl W. Thalham-

fer, wealthy manufacturer of camera equipment, has sued for annulment of his marriage to her, or a divorce. He charges that she and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schliesser, “unjustly” accused him

of seducing her, and threatened to!

create a scandal if he didnt marry her. She and her attorney appeared before Judge William S. Baird yesterday and asked that he make Thalhammer pay $1000 a month alimony until his suit is decided. “I never grant alimony Short marriages which take place fh Las Vegas, Yuma, or Tijuana unless the wife is an expectant mother or has been treated brutally,” Judge Baird said, whereupon she began to mumble: “He put me out of my home, locked me out.” In a hall outside the courtroom,

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she turned upon her husband, swinging her fists and purse. When her lawyer restrained her, she fainted. Court attaches carried her into a room. As soon as she was | revived, they said, she tried to leap from a window, 10 stories above the ground. “I'm going to kill myself, let me go,” they said she screamed. She was treated at a receiving hospital in the building and sent home. A few hours later, police answered a call from her mother and found | her unconscious from an overdose [of sleeping tablets. She was taken to a hospital, her stomach was pumped, and she was returned home. She and Thalhammer were married several months ago at Yuma, | Ariz, and lived together 11 days.

LOCAL FIRM GETS AWARD Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Included among the War Department contracts awarded today was $83800 to Freyn Bros, Inc, Indianapolis plumbing contractors, for water-conditioning equipment for a |S. Louis, Mo., aircraft assembly plant.

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NEW DEFENSE BOARD CREATED

Wallace Heads Supply Body, Knudsen Expected To Direct Production.

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eral Motors, intended to take Mr. Biggers’ old job himself. The new set-up, it was expected, would re-

lieve Mr. Knudsen of many administrative and supply problems and enable him to bear down more on the work he knows best—getting things made. Mr. Knudsen will be assisted by Deputy Production Director William L. Batt, a native of Salem, Ind, and president of SKF Industries. Mr. Batt will be in charge of planes, tanks and guns. Another new deputy production director, W. H. Harrison, will have in charge of shipbuilding and construction. Additional deputy directors may be appointed later. Other members of the seven-man board are Harry L. Hopkins, special assistant to the President; War Secretary Henry IL. Stimson, Navy Secretary Frank Knox, Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson, Mr. Knudsen and Associate OPM Director Sidney Hillman. Donald Nelson, an exponent of all-out defense and former OPM purchasing director, was appointed executive director—the actual working chief—of the board of director of OPM’s priorities division. As priorities director, he replaces Edward R. Stettinius Jr. former chairman of U. S. Steel, who was named Lend-Lease Administrator.

Civilians to Suffer

President Roosevelt made it clear in a statement accompanying the exesutive order, that the strict rationing of materials to be invoked by the supply board would cause some “hardships” for civilians. Materials will be rationed, he said, first for defense weapons for the Army and Navy, then for Great Britain, China, Russia and other countries resisting aggression, then for “economic warfare needs.” The residue will be allocated “equitably” to civilian industries. When the total amount determined for civilian needs is arrived at, the President explained, “this board will determine the policies and make regulations for the amount to be allocated to auto-| mobiles, railroad cars, refrigerators, building, typewriters, ete.” The board will have power to allocate vital commodities to Latin America and other countries who might be counted as allies in event of an emergency.

OPACS Is Divided

The executive order and accom- | panying statement listed these further changes in the defense set-up: 1. Mr. Hopkins was relieved as administrator of the Lend-Lease program (Mr. Stettinius succeeded him) and appointed special assistant to the President in charge of “all defense aid by the United States.” 2. The Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply was divided into two parts. A new Office of Price Administration was created, remaining outside the OPM setup, to handle price fixing. The civilian supply functions of OPACS | |were transferred to a new OPM] div ision of civilian supply. Mr. Hen- | |derson, in addition to being 2 member of the new seven-man board, ‘heads the Price Administration Of- | fice, and also is nominal director of ‘the new OPM civilian supply di|vision. He was expected to designate {Joseph L. Weiner, former head of the OPACS civilian supply division, jas acting head of the corresponding |new division in OPM. 3. OPM and OPACS industry committees, which frequently par'alleled each other to the confusion lof defense manufacturers, were combined to form a “unified contact” between industry and govern-

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Is It 'B' for 'Billions' or for 'Bombers' or for What? Mystery Campaign Has R.C. A. Employees All Excited

What is the “B” campaign? That's what a lot of people—and the employees of the RCA plant in particular—would like to know. It started a couple of days ago at the RCA plant on N. LaSalle when huge posters bearing the letter “B” and Morse code for the lekter, a dash and three dots .), appeared throughout the ort. A large white signboard next appeared yesterday outside the plant with the code letter in red paint. Atop the sign it read “Coming Sept. 2.” That's next Tuesday. Next the factory whistles began blowing the code word at lunch and quitting time—telephones have begun to ring out the code letter “B.”

Spot broadcasts over the radio yesterday and today asked the same question: “What is the ‘B’ campaign.” And even mysterious ads appeared in the newspapers. In the midst of all this one morning, messengers delivered an RCA telegram to each of the 2300 RCA employees here deepining the mystery. The telegram just reminded them that Tuesday is the day. Employees know that the “B” campaign is some sort of a national movement apparently started by their company in connection with the national defense efforts. They were quick to figure out that it stems—in some fashion—from the famous British “V” for Victory campaign, and became aware that the code letter for “B’ is just the opposite of that for “V” (three dots and a dash) which is being tapped out on the European continent by British sympathizers in Axis-dom-inated countries. RCA officials know what the campaign is—they apparently cooked it

MARINES BACK FOR WAR STAND

Await Burns and Bazooka To ‘Step Up’ Tempo 4

Of Convention. (Continued from Page One) been thus far “toc much work and not enough play.”

All work and no play seems to be the trouble so far. Business includes the election of the league’s commandant scheduled for tomorrow, choice of a convention city next year and inter-or-

ganization details. The new commandant is expected to be one of three candidates, Ira S. Wade of Roxbury, Mass.,, now national senior vice commandant; Orville L.. Hubbard of Dearborn, Mich., national judge advocate, and J. M. Buchanan of Mansfield, O. In the auxiliary, Mrs. Marion Wyatt of Albany, Cal, present president, and Mrs. Frances Y. Jones of Newark, N. J, are running a close race for the presidency. Today's highlight will be the parade in the downtown area which will begin at 8:15 p. m. The parade will start south of St. Clair St. on Pennsylvania St..; go

south on Pennsylvania to Wash- | department west to Illinois St. ; | problems, north to Market St.; east to the, wanting

ington St.;

Circle, three-quarters around the Circle to Meridian St., and north on Meridian to Michigan St., it will disband.

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“What is this ‘B’ campaign?” Miss Alice Sullivan, an RCA employee, wonders. The RCA plant is

up—but they claim they can’t tell until Tuesday. On that day all local plant em-

ployees will be let off work at 11:40]

a. m. and assemble behind the plant for the ceremonies and to listen to David Sarnoff, president of Radio Corporation of America, broadcast over a national hookup from Camden, N. J, RCA headquarters, Mr. Sarnoff will remove the veil of mystery from the campaign. Em-

plastered with these posters.

ployees of the other RCA plants in Hollywood, Cal.; Harrison, Pa.; Bloomington, Ind.,, and at Camden —some 30,000 in all—will assemble at their plants to hear Mr. Sarnoff. Governor Schricker, Mayor Sullivan, J. M. Smith, local RCA vice president, high Army and Navy officials, including the military inspectors at the other large defense plants in the City, also will speak,

Local officials have had i

of “B” buttons, pennants, huge “B” flags and car stickers made for the campaign. The campaign, which they promise will have a “tremendous significance to you and me and the U. S. A,” will last at least for several months. Until Tuesday, the officials will say no more, and in the meantime, there can be expected, they say, new and stranger manifestations of the “By

Schricker, 58 Tomorrow, Looks Forward

To Getting White Hat, the Kind He Likes

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much that is because he hasn't been on a pair of scales for several months. But he guesses he must now weigh around 135 pounds because he has had to have most of his suits altered to accommodate his expanding waist-line, He sets his alarm clock every morning for 7 a. m,, but, awakened by the heavy traffic on Fall Creek Blvd.,, he usually beats the alarm clock.

If the weather is suitable, he usually takes a short walk (his only form of exercise) before breakfast at 8 a. m. He eats what he calls a light breakfast of fruit, one egg and some bacon. A state policeman pulis up before the mansion promptly at 8:30 a. m. and the Governor is usually in his office at work before 8 a. m. Sometimes, he stops on his way down to work to make a welcoming address tec some convention. At the office, he usually starts off the day with a short conference with his private secretary, Mrs. Effie Talbott, who tells him about the most important of the 150 or so letters he receives daily. He then discusses the day's appointments with his undersecretary, Ray E. Smith. By 10 a. m,, the flow of appointments has started. . He talks to heads about their listens so-and-so appointed such-and-such a job or so-and-so kicked out of some job, has his pic= ture taken signing proclamations. Often, he doesn't get time

to delegations] to

enough to go out for lunch. Then he has a sandwich or a glass of milk sent in. When he does go out for lunch, he usually goes with some other State official and talks business during the noon hour at some nearby restaurant.

His afternoon is more of the same and he usually finds it necessary to come back to his office at night to take care of correspondence and to work on the appointments he must make. He often works until 10 p. m. and sometimes even until midnight. Nights that he gets home early enough, he reads histories, biographies or the works of James Whitcomb Riley. He reads newspapers thoroughly in between times, paying special attention to the war news. He believes that President Roosevelt is following the only policy could be followed under the circumstances.” In addition to his regular duties, he averages four or five addresses a week throughout the State. When he talks out of town at night he always drives back and is in his office “on time” the next morning. When he has an afternoon speaking engagement, he usually works at his desk, the one used by his predecessor, M, Clifford Townsend, until the latest possible moment. He 1s a good extemporaneous speaker and very rarely talks from a manuscript. He and Mrs. Schricker have very little time for entertaining friends or for being entertained. He hopes soon that things will be settled suf-

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ficiently so that they will have a little more social life, although neither care particularly for it.

He hasn't even had time since he became Governor to work on his hobby, stamp collecting. The Governor has no “Harry Hopkins” in his Administration. He runs “the show” himself, consulting frequently with his friends and department heads on appointments and. other important matters, but with no one in particular. He says that his most gratifying experience during his eight months as Governor has been the services rendered by his appointees. “They have worked hard and well,” he says. “They haven't given me any heartaches. There hasn't been a single intimation of any scandal.” So far, except for a name used by a few State House Republicans, he has got by without acquiring a nicking as so often pops up in unofficial circles to describe a political figure. Those few Republicans call him “Slick Henry” in tribute to his political sagacity. Informed of this, the Governor smiled. “Heck, I'm not slick, they're just dumb,” he said.

BLIND AIR WARDEN BEST TUNLEY, England (U. P.).—Blind Charley Biggs, 37, is the best A. R. P. warden in the village of Tunley, near Bath, because, as he puts it, he has had 23 years experience of the black-out. He lost his sight in an accident at the age of 14. But he can find his way anywhere with-

out groping.

FAIR TO ENJOY PERFECT SKIES

Expect 40,000 to Attend Today; 4-H Stock Awards Begun.

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and Robert Sauerman of Crown point was third. In the Senior Yearling Herfords Ellwin Liptrap of Boswell was first, and Porter Kirkpatrick, Lafayette, second. Don Jessup of Hamilton County won the Shorthorn light weight feeding calf contest with Thomas Jessup, second and Harold Wimmer, third. The Grand Circuit program on the race track won't get under way until tomorrow with three $400 races scheduled. A total of $61,700 will be divided among owners and drive ers of champion harness horses dur ing the Fair. With youth as the keynote of the opening day, the Youth Building at the west end of the grounds was crammed with boys and girls from over the State.

10,000 Scouts to Parade

There were 400 boys in the 4-H Club camp which opened last night and 270 girls in the Home Economics School. The 175 participating in the Hoosier Music Festival also were quartered there. Boy Scouts, who set up eight stae tions and information booths and patrolled the grounds as guides, were to have a large share of the proe gram. A parade of 10,000 Scouts was expected to move past the Grand Stand at 6:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). < Following a program in which 50 Eagle Scouts will receive badges, Scouts were to see a wood chopping exhibit by Paul Chris and shows by James Trimble, magician, and Cecil Byrne, juggler.

Bob Burns to Talk

They also were to hear a talk by Bob Burns, movie star and radio comedian. Members of the State Fair Board and their wives were guests of honor last night at the Home Economics School. The dinner was prepared and served by the girls. Speakers included Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Dawson, commissioner of agriculture, and Francis M. Overe street, of Columbus, Ind, board president. Although the Fair gates didn’ open officially until today, there was preparatory hustle and bustle on the Fair Grounds yesterday in anticipation of the annual eight-day event. In the livestock buildings, 4-H Club boys and a few 4-H girls waite ed in long lines to check in their entries in contests to be judged today. t Provision trucks lurched through the congested streets. Men with paint buckets walked around to sce if any stray board had missed a bright coat of yellow or orange or green. Concession stands were being stacked to the tent tops with provie sions and some white-aproned cone cessioners were testing their lungs with shouts of “foot-long hotdogs, only a dime,” and “get your ice cold orange juice here.” There were even some peopl@ wandering around the grounds as if they were just looking, as though

the Fair had already started.

ment. La Guardia to Resign

Informed sources revealed that

{another major reorganization may |

be expected soon in the Office of, headed by| Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of: |New York City, who is expected to: resign soon to concentrate on his : ‘campaign for re-election this fall): He will remain chairman of the!

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Board. The Mayor’s secretary said : /his resignation was not dcussed at):

Mr. La Guardia’s conference with ‘the President yesterday.

Defense officials said that if hel {does resign, Maury Maverick, Mayor |: {of San Antonio, may be appointea|: j= the post or the agency's functions: would be divided between Col. Wil-|: | liam J. Donovan, Co-ordinator of}: | Defense Information and Paul V.|

| McNutt, director of the Office of

fense Activities. “Around One Table”

Explaining that the plans and ‘programs of the new OPM division

{to the OPM and then to the new {board of seven “for final approval or amendment,” the President said: together around one table the sponsibility in distributing

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needs and civilian needs.

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independently of production. “The board will have jurisdiction to determine the total requirements of materials and commodities needed respectively for defense, civilian

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DOCTORS TO FOLLOW! | ‘CHUTE BATTALIONS|

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (U. P).}! —The Army today announced that| officers and eniisted men of the| Medical Corps had been assigned to] accompany the newly formed para-|.

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