Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1941 — Page 1

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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 182

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The Community Fund's special gifts division Aepariod $104,302 pledged, 94 per cent of its quota, at the campaign’s first report meeting yesterday in the Claypool. W. C. Griffith (seated, left) is chair man of the division. Harry Pritchard (center) is associate campaign chairman, Harold B. Tharp (speaking) is Community Fund president.

Reports from other divisions raised the total pledged to $111,107.

' campaign goal is $688,500.

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RM CARGO SHIPS,

REQUESTS

We will Not Let Hitler Prescribe Waters

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of Message, Page. Four) Oct. 9 (U. P. ro Preset Roosevelt

day urgently asked Congress to authorize immediate arm-] ing of American merchant vessels, declaring “we will not let

Hitler prescribe the ‘may travel.”

aters of the world on which our ships

The President also declared that it ultimately will be necessary “to deliver American goods under the American

flag” to belligerent ports.

He recommended therefore that|

Congress later consider repealing Section 2 of the Neutrality

405,000 JOBS SET

NEW STATE RECORD|

12,000 Workers Added to September Payrolls.

By ROGER BUDROW Employment in Indiana factories exceeded 406,000 workers last month, .the highest it has ever been. It was the fourth record in the last five months, Some lost jobs because of priorities and material shortages 'but|a many more obtained work, making a net gain of 12,000 workers. This 3 per cent increasé in employment over August boosted payrolls: $470,000 to $12,800,000 by the middle ‘of ber, a payroll in-

crease of 3.8 per cent. “This evidence of the effect of the

defense program in Indiana was reported today by the Indiana Employment Security Division. The greatest single factor in his upward surge of employment and payrolls was the canning Sdusuy which added 10,000 employees in

September. The chief loss was In the leather cturing group here employ-

Law and thus remove the prohibitions that now prevent American ships from going to belligerent areas. “It is time for this country to stop playing into Hitler's hands and to unshackle our own,” Mr. Roosevelt said. Extremely Urgent, He Says “The arming ‘of : our ships is a matter of immediate’ necessity and extreme urgency. - “It is not more important than some other crippling provisions in the present act, but anxiety for the safety of our crews and of the almost priceless goods that are within the holds of our ships leads: me to recommend that you, with all speed, strike the prohibition against arming our ships from the statute books. ° id “We will not. let Hitler prescrike the waters of the world on which our ships: may travel. The American flag is not going to be driven from the seas either by his submarines, his airplanes, or his threats.” Chairman Tom Connally (D, Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman Sol Bloom (D. N. Y.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee were ready: (Continued on Page 13)

BEER WHOLESALERS DRAW FINES OF $100 Stock Trading Charged to Two State Firms.

Two beer wholesalers, the bund

CURB BUILDING T0 CONSERVE VITAL METALS

Public and Private Work Curtailed by Order of Priorities Board.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (U, P.).— In a drastic move to conserve critical defense materials, the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board ruled today that no new public or private construction projects can be started unless they are essential for defense or the health and safety of the people. The ruling came in the form of a policy announcement by SPAB. It gives the OPM’s_ priorities division virtual veto power over such. public projects voted by Congress as rivers and harbors, highway construction, ship canals and power developments, : This power will be exercised by the priorities division in passing on requests for materials, including steel, brass, aluminum, copper and bronze, needed for construction.

Private projects, such as office buildings, apartment houses and even private homes using appreciable quantities of critical materials, also are affected by the ruling.

Need Metal Supply

SPAB emphasized that = because of the defense program's heavy demand for metals, it would not be possible for the United States to build all the ‘warships, planes, tanks and other war equipment essential to national security if the [Be metals are used unnecessar-

“he new policy means, in effect, Trias on all building projects hereafter two tests will be applied: 1. Does the construction’ involve use of appreciable quantities of critical materials? 2. Is the construction directly necessary for defense, or clearly essential for the health and safety of the‘ civilian ‘population? “This applies to public ‘projects —Federal, state and local—such as the building of post offices, court houses and similar structures: to the construction of roads and highways; ‘to’ river and harbor improvements, and to flood control and power projects,” the announcement

Applies to Homes

factories, lofts, warehouses, office buildings and other commercial construction. It applies to residential construction and to construc-|™ tion for public utilities.” Construction * this “year contemplates the use of about 13,800,000 tons of steel ingot—roughly. anesixth of the year’s total consumption.’ Of this total, . approximately 6,300,000 ‘tons are for non-defense construction. a SPAB estimated that under the restricted program, steel used in non-defense construction could be held to less than 3,000,000 tons. This action was taken after a number of mills reported they had less than a week's supply of scrap.

WHY NOT HELP NOW? ‘SOVIET PAPERS ASK

British Attack in Western Europe Is Suggested. RIL To do pagel me MOSCOW, Oct. 9.—The Soviet press was asking openly today why Great Britain did not take advantage of the German weakness in western Europe to create a diversion and so relieve pressure on this country. “Now is the time for supreme effort and and speedy action on sll antiHitler fronts,” the newspapers urge. of a2 pointed out necessity for rushing the Saviet Union all the war materials which can be by the

United States ana. alias on at heavy sacrifioes,

“It applies to the construction of,

Voice Stilled

Helen Morgan

HELEN MORGAN, SINGER, DEAD

‘Camille on a Piano’ Sang To Fame in Prohibition Era Night Clubs.

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 (U, P.). — The entertainment world mourned today the death of another tinsel heroine of the prohibition era, sadvoiced Helen Morgan, who rode to fame on a piano. The singer of teary songs died last pight in a small room in Henrotin Hospital, the size of the speakeasies where she began career ‘that brought “her "interna tional triumphs. : m . At her bedside were her mother, Mis, Lulu Morgan of High Falls, N. Y.: her husband, Lioyd John-

son, YS Angeles automobile Sales}

man, and several friends. She had been :in a coma . since Sept. 30. Three days earlier she had undergone an. operation. for the liver and kidney ailments. that plagued her intermittently throughout her 23-year career, which began in Chicago Shomiy a after she arrived from Danville, Il. , When she was 18. "3000 Send Messages

She became unconscious three days after the operation and failed to revive, despite 13 blood transfusions. Her husband revealed that she had received more than 3000 messages of cheer during her last ill-

Mr. Johnson said funeral services would be at one of the Catholic Churches in La Grange, a Chicago suburb, and that burial also would be in La Grange. Miss -Morgan came ‘to Chicago just ‘as the golden 20s were beginning to roll, to become a symbol of that deeade’s entertainment; along with the late Texas (Hello Sucker) Guinan, Fannie Brice, Mae West and Ruth Efting. A beautiful girl with a sad voice and sultry manner, she had worked on the belt line of a cracker plant, sold ribbons in a department store, did manicures. Attracted by her

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Rain to Continue Through Tonight

BY NOON TODAY, it had rained .14 of an inch to bring the. total so far this month to 3.53 inches, and the Weather Bureau

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

resident Flees

BELIEVE U. §. FRIENDS RULE

Arias Flies to Havana; Canal’s Defense Zone Vital to America.

PANAMA CITY, Oct. 9 (U. P.).— Pro-Nazi President Arnulfo Arias has fled the country, it was disclosed today, and a. coup d'etat, believed to be backed by democratic elements, overturned the Government... He arrived in Havana this morning. Reports circulated that two important German diplomats were hastening to Panama. Ernesto Jean Guardia, the second Vice President under Arias, was sworn in before the Supreme Court as President. Jose PeZet, the first Vice President, was described as missing, . Leader of the coup was identified as Adolfo de la Guardia, secretary of the Government.

Left Under Assumed Name

No bloodshed was reported. A strong police guard was thrown about the model jail, headquarters of Arias’ police. All members of the staff and employees of the Government newspaper La Tribuna were arrested, and other Arias’ supporters were reported in custody. Arias left Panama by airplane under an assumed name. He was said to have Bearded an airplane at 5:30 a. m. Tuesda, Whether Arias ned out of Panama in advance of the coup,

having obtained foreknowledge of

the/ What ‘was impending or whether. the leaders. of A

180,000 SERBS,

vantage of his absence to their plans was not ately clear. ’ U. 8. Envoy, Army Chief Confer

First intimation of anything unusual came last night when American military and naval authorities suddenly ordered all- Army and Navy personnel out of Panama and back to their posts in the Canal Zone. Panama was declared out of bounds for all American military forces. Meantime, it was learned, Edwin C. Wilson, U, 8S, Ambassador to Panama, was: in conference last night with Lieut. Gen. Frank M. ‘Andrews, commander of the Caribbean defense area and the conferences were resumed this morning. Arias had been in power only a year. He took office Oct. 1, 1940 and almost immediately indicated sym-

strong dislike of the United States. Relations between Panamsg and Cago|ine United States were subjected to

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MOVIE ‘SHAKEDOWN' CHARGED AT TRIAL

Schenck Tells Court Union Leaders Bled Big Firms.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (U. P.).— Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew's, Inc., testified today that William Bioff and George E. Browne exacted $50,000 a year from Loew's and each of three other major film companies by threatening strikes which Schenck feared would destroy the industry. Browne, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes (A. F. of L.) and Bioff, West Coast leader of the union, are accused of extorting $550,000 from Loew's, 20th Century Fox Films, Paramount, and Wamer Brothers. In 1935, Schenck testified, the union’ staged strikes in major motion picture theaters to show the film ‘companies their power. Biot approach im 1 int New York, ew the witness said, and demanded $2.000000 trom the industry, later ogy gin ond | A on an tribute qf $50,000 from each of the tour major companies.

INNEW REGIME

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iM cNelis Fines Taxi Driver More Than $100; av) Assails hs Diving 8 Practices of Chauftfeurs|

Safe in Cuba

President Arnulfo Arias of Panama . . . flies to Cuba when his Government I gverthtown,

JEWS ARRESTED

Jugoslay. ‘Unrest Spréails; Nine More Czechs Are Executed.

: By UNITED PRESS Nine more Czechs were sentenced fo death today and Milan Grol, Communications - Minister of the Jugoslav - Government in . exile, reported that the Germans, seeking to stamp out unrest, had imprisoned, tortured or put to death 180,000 Serbs and Jews in Jugoslavia. The nine ‘Czechs, eight butchers and a merchant, were sentenced by summary courts at Praha and Brno, the official. German news agency DNB reported, on charges of “continued illegal food dealings.” Fourteen Czechs were executed yesterday. Grol said that a German mechanized unit, sent to attack guerrillas in Montenegro, had slaughtered men, women and children.

7500 Executed

Describing alleged executions, of which he said he had learned through secret reports smuggled from Jugoslavia, Grol said 200 persons had been executed at Bihag, 2500 at Ljubljana, 3000 at Donjilpac, 1000 at Prijedor, 500 at Neveinje and 200 at Mostar. Grol asserted that the Germans had almost destroyed some towns, regarded as guerrilla centers, with artillery fire, and that many churches and monasteries had been wrecked. : A United Press Istanbul dispatch quoted Turks formerly resident in Albania that well organized bands of Albanian irregulars were .increasing their activities and. were raiding towns as well: as .communications. Budapest dispatches the Hungarian Government had canceled the citizenship of six Hungarian political leaders, most of them now in the United States. Included were Tibor von Eckhardt, former leader of the Independent ed |Party in Parliament, and Janos Pelenth formes Minister at Wash-

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‘England Next Year,” Nazis Hint.

War News on Inside Pages

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Adolf Hitler's mechanized legions driving on Moscow today claimed to have trapped 1,000,000 Russian soldiers, broken the fighting power of the Red Army and blasted | Great Britain’s hopes of a winter war on two fronts, :

London admitted that the sweep of Axis armies tos ward the Soviet capital and into the Ukraine had created the gravest military crisis since Dunkirk and that the Brite ish were unable to deal any counter-blow in Western Europes

But the Red Army still fought on. Moscow dispat said that Russian infantrymen with bottles of: gasoline and grenades wrecked Nazi tanks by the hundreds. Fierce bls or artillery broke up massed enemy onslaughts on’ the v | Vyazma and Orel fronts and at least momentarily ‘stoy _| the pincers from closing on. Moscow. ....... The Red Air Fleet claimed to be outfighting the waffe in the sky over a wintry 750-mile front from Valdai Hills to the Sea of Azov. The Russians reported that the enemy- had suffered “ghastly” losses and that the Red Army had taken the offensive in the north at Leningrad and below Lake Ilmens Today was the eighth day of the great German offensives

Skies Sunny, Roads Dry

The picture painted in Berlin was of hordes of Nast’ forces advancing swiftly toward Moscow under sunny skies’ and along dry roads, leaving behind them the encircled and pulverized armies of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s central front. ; To the north, Berlin said, Marshal Klementi Voroshilov's armies are pinned down at Leningrad. To the south, Berlin: added, the command of Marshal Semyon Budenny has evap< orated under sledge hammer blows which have carried the Nazis into the Donets basin and to the gateway of the Caus casus. . The German victory ‘claims were announced with ¢ fanfare hardly before equalled. The High Command issued a sweeping communique claiming that in the deep breaks throughs of the central front from Vyazma to Bryansi§ three full Russian armies have been surrounded and G forces are advancing remorselessly, having crushed Russia power of resistance. Everything Gambled

Dr. Otto Dietrich, Reich press chief, met corresponden in the theater of the Propaganda Ministry. He revealed that Hitler last Thursday at the zero ho of the offensive issued a special order of the day to the armed forces proclaiming that “today-is the beginning of last great decisive battle of this year.” Hitler’s statement made plain that Germany is gamblix everything in a desperate win or lose effort to beat Ru to her knees before winter. His statement implied full ec fidence that Germany would win the gamble. It implied thai if Russia is not crushed in this attack no additional majo operation can be expected before spring. It implied : that, even if Germany wins in Russia now she canuot: atta Britain until next year. : Dietrich amplified the High Command communi ) the Hitler proclamation with claims of the most swe nature. He declared that in a week’s fighting Russia's mili tary destruction has been accomplished and said "Russia, 4 4 a military power, is finished. »

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