Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1941 — Page 1

FORECAST: Fair ‘tonighirgng orzo, some codler ith heavy frost in

nom ts ae temperate tomorrow, :

\ eserves

0 REPORT O CITY FIREMEN

Returns 26 Indic Indictments but : None Deals With ‘Private Job’ Probe.

. However, Nelson Deranian, Grand Jury deputy prosecutor, said the jury would continue the Fire Department inquiry and indicated that there was some dffiiculty in Snding a law under which to pro-

Oo jury began investigation of |

hina eles 3

er LS

the Fire Department ‘activities late|

in August following the death of a fireman in an explosion while work*ing at the home of former PFire|' €hief Fred C. Kennedy, who was removed from his post by the Safe ty Board. Score of Witnesses Heard

The jury heard more than a score of witnesses regarding alleged private “employment” of firemen while. on dut; Mr, Kennedy is on leave of of fase ce from the department being demoted to rank of | a tain, H.

chief by the. "Safety cently,

ve. was i o° a Ave, vis ‘to’ ae charged that Edwards went. home one night and with two

Ijives in his hands slashed at his e and daughter furiously before

He was subdued. Mrs. Edwards and}

her daughter. were seriously injured. Indicted in. Tombstone Sales _ ‘Ted Bister, 232 N. Belmont Ave, was indicted ‘on & charge of obtain-

ing money under false pretense through the sale of. .fombstones

which he allegedly failed to deliver. |collided today at New York and

Lloyd D. Ledman, formerly of 621

N. Bradley St. and former manager; Firemen . credited Elmer Bon-|

~ of the Indianapolis Furnace Co. was indicted on charge of embezzling the firm's money. The indictment is based upon one transaction in which Ledman was accused of embezzling $200.

Promise Perfect Football Weather

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES

Sa. m..... 49 10 a. m..... ‘Ta. m.... 50 . ~8 a. m,.... 52 12 (Noon).. 61

9a m....5 1pm... 62

YOO! HOO! - President Wells! A couple of ducats to the homecoming game tomorrow for Weatherman Armington. \' He's fixed it up so that it will be fair weather, and just snappy enough for that Indiana Unjver-sity-Texas Christian game. :' Tonight there will be heavy frost in low places and today will be fair, ending the October rains that have totalled more than four Bnches already. |

BRITISH SEAPLANE | SWEEP. NORSE. COAST

7 LONDON; Oct. 10 (U. P.)~ Admiralty reported today that Air Arm has carried out: a Series ‘of attacks upon Ge

+The Admiralty said that the i occurred Wednesday and a series of raids British plahes hit oo ships. attacks centered on Vestfjord, Norway, Wout a convoy sighted off the

+ Fulmer was made | gupi Board 3 §

er his ae TT

‘|James G, Cornett, 20, Brownsburg,

.|and onto the street, landing on his

Io ntre are many more workers to oj ntact volunteers fn the ComFund drive: expe .

Smoke Abatcren No. | I:

[anions A FIRE—

Oh Furnace Fixers, Curb Your Ire— * Here's the Way and It's. Sure-Fire

By RICHARD LEWIS In Winter we get up at dark, ‘And hope and pray there is a ipark, A tiny, flickering, golden light, N. Left in the furnace overnight.

FIRING THE FURNACE is an unsung hero's task,

. the chore of a patient man. From time immemorial, it has involved the sleepy groping for slippers and bathrobe in the teeth of a polar wind howling through the bedroom ‘window. It has produced the speétacle of the hero of the house clopping his way into the arctic regions of the ‘basement, gingerly sidestepping junior’s hsalf-pound tank on the fourth step. And all too often it has resulted in that terrible frustration known only to the furnace firer, when his sleepy eyes discover that

“Last eve the flame burned bright and red, This morn, the firebox lies cold and dead.”

Be patient, man! There is hope. There is a way. Science has found. it.

The Indianapolis Times presents it.

x & Bt

How fo Keep the Home Fires Burning Until the Dawn—

TAKING A DEEP concern fi the age-old furnace firing problem, Mayor Sullivan, aided by persons in the o United States Department of. Commerce who have made surveys, is a movement to bring about more efficient furnace firing in polis and abate smoke. It is the Mayor's personal con-

viction, based on his 65 years’ of observation, that:

1. eficent, furnace. firing es tt Es DRY iaapce.

3. Inefficient \knace firing is wasteful , . , it is possible to save as high as 40 per cent on the coal bill merely by following scientific procedures whicli are very simple. 4. We all ought to quit being inefficient about our furnaces, save money, keep comfortable, prevent colds and abate smoke, » i» »

IT IS' NIGHT. The children are in bed, asleep, we hope. Anyway, we. assume they dre asleep. Mother has . just said she and is

Youth: in: Critical. Condition After Crash at West and New. York Sts. i "(Photos on Page 21)

One; youth was critically injured and another slightly hurt when an auto and a Fire Department pumper |

West Sts.

trager, driver: of the pumper, with’ skillfully steering the skidding truck so that it narrowly missed a track-|-les strolley, filled with passengers, which had pulled over to give right of “way. The critically injured youth IN

1t is time to bank the furnace. ‘There are as many ways of banking furnaces as there are people who bank them. But there is only one right way, according to Mayor Sullivan and the U. S. Department’ of (Commerce,

” » ” THE HEAD OF THE house goes -down into the basement to inspect the fire, If is blazing along merrily, orange flame darting up and

an Allison Engineering’ Co. employee. City Hospital physicians say his skull. probably. is fractured. His companion was Curtis Reynolds, 24, of 412 Moreland Ave. The pumper was making a run to a fire at 1204 W. New York St. The car driven by Mr. Cornejt came into New York St. from West St. and struck the fruck on the side. Police said the Cornett car spun| 35 feet down New York St. and Cornett was thrown through the door

head. Reynolds, they said, was thrown under the steering apparatus and received a cut on his leg. The pumper swerved in an attempt to avoid the car, and then skidded 120 feet down New York St. All of the firemen held on and none was injured ‘The fire was a burning flue and there was no damage.

3-DAY FUND TOTAL BELOW LAST YEAR| Stores Need More Time to Contact All Employees.

COMMUNITY FUND FACT,

ing each other around the firebox.

Hey, there, don't cover that fire with ashes! See that the fire is in good: conditiion. If it is low, fire it up by pushing the live coals to one side or to. the rear of the firebox.

Then add fresh coal so that it lies beside , . . not covers . . . the live ‘coals. This, of course, is ‘banking the fire. .

-® 8 o

well, as it should in a few minutes,’ close the aslipit draft door. Open: the check damper, Adjust the fire door ‘camper toward closing. You may cover the surface of the fresh coal with a 3 layer of fine coal, very small p This should ae the\are for 10 to 12 hours,

TOMORROW: How to Keep Your Fire From Dawn to Dusk.

today—$111,107.

last" year at same date— .

Pledges $110.372. Gonl—$688.500,

2 lavailable for general service in our

down and little blue flames chas-

WHEN THE FIRE is burning-

HEALTH OF SELECTEES SHOCKS” FOR

Reveals Plan to ‘Salvage’ 200,000 Rejected for | Army Service.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (U. P.). —President * Roosevelt today criticized the nation for permitting conditions which have left 50 per cent

cally for Army service, and inaugubeen rejected

cal costs for 'treatment by local physiclans of approximately 200,000 registrants whom local draft boards

tion for Army service, 1,000,000 Disqualified

tually all of these 200,000 after

Mr. Roosevelt said.

as only the initial objective, Mr. Roosevelt said that existence of conditions which permit so high a ratio of rejection is' an indictment of America. : He said he would launch a longrange program calling for co-opera-‘tion, of . states, counties, cities, townships

edy the conditions which are the

1 Uiideniying -eaute. of tie bad siina-1.

om released statistics collected by. | selective service showing that Army services because mental or aun bf hong Reads Hershey Report

This represents approximately 50 per cent of the total number of men examined. Mr, Roosevelt made it clear that he feared this ratio among men of draft age represented a fair index of the health conditions of all Americans. The President. read from a report presented by Brig. Gen. Lewis. B. Hershey, £elective: Service Director; which’ declared that of the 1,0 00,0004 rejected, “about 200 ,000 can be completely - rehabilitated and made

armed. forces.” “The remainder can be rehabilitated to perform only limited service or, because of mental, nervous, cardiovascular, and pulmo eases, and musculo-skeletal defects are incapable of rehabilitation or even limited service and are, therefore, not being considered under the present rehabilitation program for selective service -registrants,” Gen. Hershey's report said. : “Our initial objective in this rehabilitation program will be the 200,000 registrants who can be completely rehabilitated and made ; (Continued on Page 14)

F. D. R. T0 ADDRESS WORLD ON CT, 27

Talk to Mark Observance of Navy Day.

WASHINGTON, “Oct. 10 —Presl gent t Roosevelt disclosed today that will speak to the nation and the be wi at9 p.m, nape Time) Oct. 27, on problems the Navy and total defense... . The speech will be in observance of :Navy Day: Mr.. Roosevelt. said he is broad the

of the sigmficante of Navy Dey.

of its youth unfit mentally or physi- |}

rated a program to “salvage” 200,-| 000 of the 1,000,000 youths who have ‘

Under ‘the salvage program, the|: Federal Government will pay medi-|§

certify as susceptible to rehabilita-

« The Army expects to accept ga gi

undergo treatment by family TAYE cians or dentists at Federal expense, |:

Describing the salvage program ||

and individuals to. rem-|

dis- |

Stork Bows

Plane Carrying ‘Wife Of Sergeant Beats Bird’ Easily, |

AIRPLANES chalked up a vic‘tory over the stork in a close race yesterday between Indianapolis and Meridian, Miss. Nine hours after Mrs. Gretchen Thompson, 26, landed at Meridian to join her husband yesterday, she became the mother of a 5%-pound girl. Both the.mother and. baby were reported doing well at a Meridian Hospital.

. Mrs. ®Gretchen Thompson Mrs. Thompson, wife of -Sergt.

Joseph bar , of the Ln

and ‘took a’ ‘plane at, 10 a. m. arriving at’ Meridian at 4:40 p. m. The baby was born:at. 2 a. m..to-. day. It's:the second child for the Zhompsons; A> 21-month old: Boy is here with ‘the i hemp is spcretary. te Maj. Oliver Stout, squadron ‘com-

'. mander.

LEADERS SPLIT

Fish Inclined to Back FDR; VanNuys Opposes Revision Of Neutrality Act.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10° (U. P.). —President Roosevelt's request for permission to. arm merchant- ships brought’ in general the usual division of reaction in Congress, but there were a few noteworthy changes on both sides of the foreign policy issue. Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.), usually one of the President’s most vigorous opponents, said he was “inclined to support the arming merchant ships as long as it is definitely understood that these ships are not to go into combat: zones.” On the other side, Senate Republican Leader Charles L.. Oregon, who in the: past: has supported the Administration on foreign policy, opposed. any revision of the Neutrality ‘Act at present. So did Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind); who voted for the lend-

of| lease program. “The Neutrality - Act,” said Mr.

McNary, “was passed. to keep the country out of :war and at the

¢|present, time I see no Justification [a

for its modification.” \ House leaders are mapping a schedule for the bill to amend the Neutrality Act and hope to speed (Continued on Page 14)

PUT'ARMY AT | DOOR OF ITALY

| Maj. Eli

10.—Reports of/ Nazi troop. concen- | trations in the vicinity of the Bren-

{numbers of these troops far exceed

for an Italian revolt also.are mini-

ON SHIP ARMING

of 4

Next report esting-~Manday at 3 Claypool Hotel...

Because business is good and

Young Driver May Face New Charges as Probe Is Pushed in Death of Local Couples

Police and the coroner were to

tbe couple as they were almostat

# “ments ‘show that Mrs. DeVault was \ carried for 57 feet and that Mr. De- £ - Vault .was carried’ for 116 feet. -

- | ceived Tépo least 100,000 Greeks have been ex-

REPORT NAZIS

Massing at Brenner Pass Might Forecast Split Of Axis Partners.

On Inside Pages

Detalles = Fighting ...... Page a 36

se0cb0s srs 3

e800 benenese

akes Up

Britain

‘SOMEW. IN EUROPE, Oct.

ner Pass on the Italian frontier are circulating among usually well-in-formed European diplomatic circles ang 2Smong people within the Reich itse

i, wlio to these accounts, the

the normal requirements of the border guard. There is no external confirmation of such movements although the current European rumor crop. includes, from. other sources, assertions that the Italians are at work on Brenner fortifications on their

side. { Changes Reported Within the Reich, the story of a German Brenner threat spreads from mouth to mouth like the first information that the Nazis were

Sermats in recent months

with et gir" vegies lap ors

bt weeks ago the Reich suddenly refused to issue such yisas. More recently a new regulation requires special permission from the Reich labor office for Italiah workers employed in Germany to return for brief visits home. Previously they traveled relatively freely. Doubt ‘Separate Peace’ Talk of a separate peace effort tedly heard since Africen campuigns last. spring. . Most observers: believe ‘that this is: impossible, pointing. out that the Italians must fight either for or against the Nazis. Prospects

mized. a Few German soldiers are seen in

Sicily are reported heavily garrisoned, while Nazi officials share the most important ministry posts as “advisers.” -, Italy relies heavily on what supplies the Reich still is able to forward. A sudden rupture with Germany would add new chaos to Italian economy.

REPORT GREEKS Di6 THEIR OWN GRAVES

Some Pushed in Alive, Says "War Minister.

LONDON, Oct. 10 (U. P.).—Greek War Minister M. 8. Dimitrakakis in an “authentic” description of German atrocities in Crete, charged today that condemned persons had been forced to dig their own graves,

some, : -the Germans had pushed them in and buried them alive. Dimitrakakis, - who -is -in Cairo, cabled’ the account to Greek Prime

razed; civiliahs panic for safety, and Sollective executions after “parodies” of Ee pamriol 01 IANS: wis sade a public lavatory, he said, and ‘the monks were killed. He said the Germans wrenched off the limbs of a police sergeant. The account was read by Prime Minister Winston Churchily who said he was horrified. The Greek Government here. readvices réporting that at

pelled from eastern Macedonia. ‘Other reports told of a series of outbreaks in the Drama Area where

tempt to put down oo

i rising.

ees FEATURES ON N INSIDE PAGES

Rome currently but Sardinia and|

and, not taking the trouble to.shoot|

Dispatches From Front Conflicting, but Rus sia Admits Desperate Situation; J apan Watches for Time to Jump.

By. JOE . MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Pressure for swift: British and Japanese military ini vention in the Russian war mounted today as the German and Soviet armies fought a bloody but still undécided battle for Moscow. : The Red Army, denying Berlin's clains of encirclement, reported that reserves rushed to the central front we fighting strongly to prevent closing of the German trap and had inflicted tremendous casualties on the enemy. Russian dispatches said that the German offensive still was being held in furious battling near Vyazma and Ore The Germans reported that the mopping up of about 1,000,000 Russians allegedly encircled was continuing an that a 300-mile sector of the Eastern Front had collapsed These conflicting claims did not detract from what Moscow admitted was an “extraordinarily” grave menace required the full efforts of every Soviet citizen, i

Will, Churehill Dare? ..

This crisis spurred almost fo hysteria: the demands § : immediate action to relieve the N

kts

: ante BE or eats] pressiire on + Russia’ by . counter-action in Western Hu Many

Every London newspaper joined inthe demands that s to threaten Prime Minister Winston - Churchill with necessity of reorganizing his Cabinet unless some action; taken. \ There is not the slightest hint that the British wers planning to strike in the west at this time, although if s plans were being considered they would be a glose military, secret. So far the only. answer to the. criticism was a statemen by Lord Beaverbrook that Britain is supplying Russia wit unlimited war supplies. without asking any payment. In the. Far East, there were more definite indicatio that Japan is planning: to take advantage of any military ‘e lapse in Russia. Pressure Increases

It was disclosed that Axis pressure on Japan was ine creasing and the press said that Japan “might be forced” take measures in thé riorth (Siberia) to meet the situatio LONDON estimated 3,000,000 Nazi troops and anothe 1,000,000 of Germany's allies have been hurled into th fight for Moscow.: The Germans were pounding powerfilly toward the Russian capital along three main lines. One was the p from the south which already had carried beyond Orel, so 230 miles below Moscow and may be nearing the region

(Tula, 100 miles nearer. A second was ramming east fi

Vyazma, 180 miles from Moscow. A third had sma ahead from Velikie Luki to the vicinity SE Rzhev, 130 slightly north of west of Moscow. . In th& south London ‘heard that the ns Yada vanced to within 100 miles of Rostov and. the German a claimed that Soviet defense of the Perekop. sector has co lapsed and “the gates of ‘the Crimea are now open. li

Russia Prefers. Invasion A policy of “boldness within the bounds ‘of reason” Ww.

|urged upon Churchill by the conservative London Tim

Other newspapers. frankly stated: their view that Bri must invade the continent, regardless of risk and losses. That was the view, too, of an unnamed Russian spok man, possibly the Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky. He: that if Russia was given. the choice of obtaining American supplies or a British foray onto the Conti “anywhere from. Norway: to France’ ’ Russia would choose continental invasion. . The Russian spokesman inaisted Germany ; only thin line of 30. divisions, ‘possibly 450,000 men, in ! es Europe—all second. grade troops and no armored He suggested Britain might never again be present; the - Spporamnly of the moment.

SE By LOUIS F. KEEMLE . . United Press War Analyst -

talib Sun onium mili Russia instead of the slow

lish ~ ne

‘can rae I pend hy Churchill Gover:

+. in an awkward position. “7 "The eat asclded. some tine agol Briush offtngive un the continent to Felieve 4