Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1941 — Page 6

ericans Not Slackers—They Are.

he last of three articles on (ing a somewhat parallel course.|her Allies. “short of ‘war.” In fact, sts now. A majority of the peo- Nazih cased Sekine: borabG: S. arms-output may be | They are wa the publi recent tests revealed that a major-|ple ‘still seem to hope—with the y rhing the public against Ble a He writ, theling. ‘The people have ‘returned in|

‘much ity are very “displeased - over a very large measure, to their oa} Times Foreign Editor Armaments production. is way In the past two months I have titude might be should we be at- previeus. ‘high ‘when the heat is ap- ; His ‘Double’ for Medical Men Is per has suggested |lag, may be the de¢ 1 | y deciding factor In|, ts in Washington. In no case was altogether Qif- | 05) t one of the most sensational likelihood that there will be pri- | not sending more(war or not is likewise admitted, it the ha ald to Britain. But that the lag itself can be at-| 00% & FE, in ey has TI America the popular attitude was abroad . report{proved by’ every. nation-wide poil pr ed for the outcome of the war|morale—in Ane snned services or{s Zeppelin disappointine i tet taken. and for the future of the country] out. us, if arms are not produced In resemblance. 1 Tn orgs Masked

1 HB ) | Another Barbara ‘PRIORITI ( ON apathy. The people are unaware : : : : America’s ‘ slow-motion arms :pro-| can ‘stay out of the conflict. Yet z : : : iB WiLIAM rir sims | [21700 PII. faY the speakers, and uction, saying it should move for-|ffom none did T hear the sightest ors ate expressing some arixie Be a CO - 1H . are not responding as they should. ward faster. ncern over what the popular at-|g,. 1 otion fail to measure up to its| Farmer Convicted of Killing Mobilization Program for ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Are/down, and they seem to s t| talked with a cross section of aver-|tacked and forced to come in. They j | American people slackers? | that the people should wake Up and | age Americans from Michigan to| Would respond as they have al-|P haf? ner direct presse. : The British are now saying that|do something about it. Mississippi and from the New Eng-| Ways ded. pr Insurance Drafted not_coming. 0 Without exception, I they—the pub that war phychology : ; London OS ey Sitted oynal the more Ian rer Sih hile the gS ear in ‘direct ratio to the dis-| James V. Decker, Kosciusko Coun- By Science Service . ; situation than ‘most of the brass|insists inte, ‘one traveled from the front|i; former who was convicted in WASHINGTON, Sept: 8. — The f that Americans|determining whether Japan and , { should blush for|certain other countries enter the|¥a% It bamed of BOPUIar SPOIL {ferent Jom Tu Britain was 1685 | murders in Northern Indiana, his- orities In physicians and dentists a8: ] were in France, not in Britain, In|tory, today lost his fifth bid for well as in defense materials appears Thoin. BI; that the Jas 5 Pe Jute e Cite ‘Stdte Clemency statement. from Federal Seribu e alleged indifference I also found little or a ething else again for over here Commission. Ya other observersiof the American people is dis- Wes gon. 8 0. cep: 50 According to: evidence before the d. ‘genuine alarm was ex-|seated ‘over American |the people had not experienced even oO ission, Decker killed Leroy 4 Th t over the part the| ° These ols. have indicated that|if Washin American observers uanti and when : United States is|the’ overwhelming majority of the nd its ieee 10 make! ave’ been "writing Rodent Ee Ta ie e's |his family could 'collect $24,000 inplaying “in .the{American people stand squarely be-| True, it was agreed, there does|D They agree fault, but Washington's. Whatever |surande which he carried. g that , there . re thers. consider ‘may do, the Ameri-| The insurance was payable to his

“The major : principles. of the plans, which recognizes the gieed * . [for a ‘systematic approach to; the mohilization of the medical’ esources of the country,” Mr.

war. Over here, (hind ‘the President’s avowed policy| not appear to be any great amount|that other Fred Decker, who was about

ation spoResine are tak- ot all possible aid to Britain andof war hysteria. over the. soupy “Jet down”. in Britain since ihe ca are not slackers.

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der According to the evidence, James Decker promised to take Mr. Lovett to his sister’s home at Auburn and rented a car for the pulpose. Instead of going to Auburn, he went to/the home of Fred Decker on the Tippecanoe River and. there ‘beat and tortured Mr. Lovett until he died, the State contended. Then |he placed Loveft’s kody on a railroad track. The engineer saw the ; boas, however, and. stopped. the

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» Caught Later ; ’ An examination of Mr. Lovett's | |body disclosed that his tongue was -|spllf in three places and that he ‘| had some old stuffing from a mat- ‘| tress. in his throat. “The Decker family identified the | body as that of James V. Decker ‘|and were making plans to bury him -| the next day, and although they had 1$24,000 insurance on him, they had .-| |purchased only a. $75 casket,” the “1 .| Commission's ‘report said. Decker was apprehended a few hours after the killing near his un-

The name ‘is familar, but not the face. This Mrs. Barbara Hutton has just arrived from Europe, soon marries her fifth, a White Russian prince, now living in Rome.

GOED BACKS FATHER IN DIVORCE PLEA

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (U. P.).—An 18-year-old girl, a student at Harcum Junior College, Bryn Mawr, Pa., supported her father’s divorce suit yesterday with an affidavit that she had seen her mother and another man on a couch at midnight “hugging and kissing and otherwise acting affectionately and i

amorously.” “I .reluctantly make this affidavit,” the girl said, “because I have long realized that my mother was an unfit mother and a faithless

Nutt stated, “has. the full‘san: on of the American Medical Association, as well as that of the Health and Medical Committee of my office, and steps are being taken through appropriate channels to obtain necessary enabling legislation. “Already,” the Administrator said, “the demand: for physicians and th

major deferise industries, have ree. sulted in recruitment policies: Which are seriously draining many munities of their medical personnel, In the event of full mobilization, the problem will inevitably become artical. “Obviously the principal reed: As for a general recruitment program which takes into account such face tors as the distribution of physicians and dentists in relation to the population of the communities in which they reside, their training and experience, and their availability for service in the defense program. “To administer the mobilization of medical and dental personnel, a single recruitment and assignment agency would be set up in co-opera-

.jcle’s home inthe country. wife.” tion with the Army, Navy and the | Decker’s brother.and his mother| The affidavit was. ‘submitted by|Public Health Service,” Mr. McNutt were indicted for the crime, but the| Arline Byrne in connection with a|said. indictments were dismissed when|divorce action.by her father, Victor{ “The plans for this service are James Decker was convicted and|v, Byrne, a coffee. mer€hant, against | designed to meet,” the Administra= sentenced. to a life term for the her mother, Florence. ; tor emphasized, “both military and murder, the Commission said. The couple have four children—/|civilian needs.” Lovett’s relatives have .entered|Arline, Robert, 12; William, 6, and vigorous protests against Decker’s|Richard, 5. Mrs. Byrne denied the PLASTIC PAINTS LAST release each time his case came up|charges and won $20 weekly alimony| Most plastic paints can be applied before the Commission, and $400 counsel fees pending trial{to any surface, either new or old, His case first came up before the|of the suit. She estimated her hus- [to which paint or varnish will adClemency Commission in 1933. _ |band’s salary ‘at’ $25,000 a year. here.

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