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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 184
Report German Advance Units Only 65 Miles From Mosco
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1941
JAPS TO EVAC
ATE NATIO
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly ‘warmer tonight with lowest, temperature 40 to 45.
Entered as Second-Olass Matter au Postoffice, Indisnapolis, Ind.
‘RUBBER PLANT
DESTROYED BY|
5150000 FRE
Worker Injured . Seriously; Tons of Material for Submarines Lost.
A two-alarm blaze of undetermined origin today destroyed the Consolidated Rubber Laboratories plant, 399 Division St., with a loss estimated at more than $150,000. A 24-year-old employee was burned critically trying to save three other. workmen who had escaped without his knowledge. Two hundred tons of rubber dust, some of which was to be used in building Navy submarine batteries, was destroyed. The steel door of a freight car standing on a nearby siding was warped by the intense heat.
Smoke Fills Neighborhood | Smoke poured over the adjoining
. residential section bringing scores
.
of phone calls to the Police d Fire Department. | Joseph Herzbrun of the St. Re is Apartments, the superintendent, said it was the first fire the com had experienced in 26 years, he discounted any theory of saho- - tage. Four men were working in plant at 4:30 a. m. when flames flared up in the west end of the building. Carl Matthews, 442 Diyision St., fled from the building and then he remembered three other workmen in the basement. He rushed back into the plant to find: them but the smoke was 80 thick he 'couldn’t see. When’ he tried to escape the second time, he was caught in a cross-fire of flame that burned him critically,
Feared 3 Were 1 To Mr. Matthews was taken to City
Hospital where he told police:
“There are three men burned to} death back there. I tried to get them but I couldn't. They're all dead.”
Eugene Fair, 28, of 730 W. North St., told police he was working in the basement. “The first thing I noticed,” he said, “was that smoke was pouring
_-into the basement. I started to get
out and the lights went out, I finally went through where that window was.” And -Mr. Fair pointed fo a mass of steel and bricks which had been the side of the. one-story brick building. *
2 Brothers Escape
Samuel Spain, 28, and his brother, Isaac, 22, both of 159 Blake St., escaped from the boiler room. The blaze first was reported by Sergt. J. A. Quinn of the ey Commercial Body plant a. quarter of a mile away. Firemen used six hose lines in an effort to save the building but the blaze had made too much headway. - As a switch engine was pulling a
Sod Siring of freight cars away from
plant, the crew noticed one of was ablaze. Firemen were unable to get into the car immediately se the steel door had been
by the heat. Prevention : Chief Bernard said he had been unable to determine the cause of the fire,
STUDEBAKER GIVEN:
ENGINE CONTRACT
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (U. P.).— The War Department announced today that it has placed orders with fhe Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind., for $74,338,783 worth of airplane engines of the Wright
The Department said the engines
will be manufactured in plants con- | structed under emergency plant fa-'
" ellity contracts previously #warded. The engines will be manufactured under license of the Wright Asronautical Corp.
17 INJURED AS BUS
CRASHES INTO GULLY,
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Oct. 11 (U.
'P)~An Atlantic Greyhound bus
skidded from a highway and upset in a 20-foot gully today, injuring 17 of the 21 passengers. The bus, en route from Bluefield to Winston-Salem, N. C., slid from the road at the foot of a steep hill ‘at Bastian, ‘W. Va., 10 miles southeast of here.
TIMES -FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
British Sailors Watch Passage of Convoy on High Seas
‘Members of the crew of a British troop transport line the rail to watch a convoy passing their ship on the high seas.
. {were privately advising their na-
TWO DIE AS CAR| RAMS FREIGHT
Judge Upholds Claim They Were Entitled to More Notice. Two persons were killed and two
; uera mjured, one of them critically,
an auto was driven into the side ‘of a moving freight train at the Kitley Rd, crossing early today. ~The dead are Albert Ficklin, 31, of 923 E. Ohio St., and Paul George Partlow, 28,204 - N. Temple Ave.
Miss Una Ryan, 17, of 1114 English Ave., was critically ‘injured and is in City Hospital with both legs broken and a possible fracture of the skull.
Miss Mary Sullivan, 15, of 1727 Lord St., received some broken ribs and was released from the hospital today and’ sent home. The two deaths increased the City-County traffic fatalities so far this year to 105, one under the total for this time last year.
Carries Car 100 Yards
The coupe in which the four were riding struck the Pennsylvania Railroad train between the 37th and 38th car from the engine. The car cut the air line of the train, thus automatically braking it. Even, so, the train carried .the car 100 yards up the track before it stopped. Police said’ that Mr, Partlow, the driver. of the car, was-an insurance agent. They said Mr. Ficklin was in the ice and coal business. The - girls, who were long-time friends, had told their families that they were going together to" the Fountain Square Theater,
Leaves Wife, 4 Children
Each of the girls is a member of a family of eight children. Miss Sullivan, is a sophomore at Manual Training “High School and Miss Ryan stayed at home and kept house while her mother and father worked. Mr. Ficklin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Ficklin; four children, Catherine, Albert, Sally and Mary “(Continued on Page Two)
FIRST WEEK NETS
$145,630 FOR FUND,
Third Report Due at Meet-
ing Monday.
COMMUNITY FUND FACTS Campaign—Ends Oct. 23; Pledges Yesterday—$34,523. Pledges Thus Far—$145,630. Goal—§688,500. Next Report Meeting—Mouday at the Claypool. The Indianapolis Community Fund campaign at the end of its first week has moved $145,630 toward its goal of $688,500.
Opening Monday with a report meeting showing $111,107 pledged,
. {|the campaign showed an additional
$34,523 pledged at the report meeting yesterday. The next report meeting will be Monday, giving the workers a weekend for solicitation, Governor Schricker and Mayor Sullivan attended the report meeting yesterday. Mayor Sullivan told the workers that “this is the greatest thing we do together in Indianapolis.” . _ Governor Schricker predicted the
Smoke Abatement—No. 2
BUILDING A
Whether You're
FIRE—
Short or Fat or Spindling,
There's Just One Way to Lay the Kindling By RICHARD LEWIS
Each morning 30,000. men Arise to fix the furnace . From 30,000 chimneys then
Black soot rains down upon us.
BUT you CAN change all that, at least 85 per cent of it. Its easier than getting back into bed on a cold morning.
Yesterday, we left our unsung hero standing in the basement in the darkness just before dawn, peering into the cold firebox. On his shoulders rests. an’ historic mission , , , the building of a fire. Wrapping his flannel bathrobe tight around his shivering frame, our hero proceeds to explore the basement for kindling. Always, there is no more kindling. The man is fresh out of kindling. So he carefully empties the box which contains junior’s abandoned toys and then breaks up the box with a hammer. He makes a mental note to-get some kindling and to call the Salvation Army to come get junior’s toys.
All is ready:
Now open wide the furnace door And. gently shake the grate Be sure to clean the oshpis
- floor If you would shoke abate.
A GREAT MANY men in this situation would shake the grate so hard that all the ashes would drop through, leaving. the grate bars bare. That is wrong, according to the United States . Department of Commerce, Mayor Sullivan and. City Building Commissioner: George: R. Popp. A ‘great many men would then proceed to lay down the paper in the firebox, pile the wood on the paper, pile the coal on the wood and let ’er rip. ‘Don’t’ do- that The Building Commissioner, the Mayor and the Government say that is exactly ~~ (Continued on Page Two)
. YANK PILOTS ATTACK NAZIS
LONDON, Oct. 11 (U.P.) .—Ameri-|
¢an Eagle pilots dive-attacked German lorries. and barges in France today, the Air Ministry announced, blowing, up vehicles and forcing fuginy enemy soldiers to dive into a can
DILLON IS GIVEN 90 DAYS, FINED
13 Others Get Jail Terms: In Case Delayed 6 Times Since June 30.
Tommy Dillon today was found guilty in Municipal Court of keeping a gaming house at 10512 W. Maryland St. and was fined $300 and’ costs ‘ana sentenced by Judge Pro Tem George Rinier to serve 90 days on the Indiana State Farm. ~ Thirteen «other defendants charged with visiting the place were found guilty. and fined $25 and costs ahd sentenced to serve 10 days in Jail,} Seven of the. 13, found guilty also of gaming were fined an additional $25 and costs and sentenced
{to an additional 10 days in jail.
The cdse grew’ out of a police raid on the Budweiser Club at the W. Maryland St. address June 30. The case has been continued six times ‘since’ then, Fe All defendants, including Dillon, were freed until Wednesday on the same bonds they have been at liberty on 'since the case began. On Wednesday, the court will rule on the * disposition of $600 taken in the raid, and hear possible appeals.
MERCURY TO CLIMB; 40 LOWEST, TONIGHT
LOCAL TEMPERATURES eM. ,.. 44 10a. m. .., 61 _ . Me ...'47 11 a.m. ... 64 . Mm. ,.. 50 12: (noon) ..:65 . m., 1pm ..,67
This nice weather will continue through tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicted today. ' It will be slightly warmer tonight, with: the lowest temperature about 40, the bureau said.
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SLUM TENANTS FREED BY COURT
Upholds Claim They Were Entitled to More Than: 72 Hours Notice. Charges against 10 persons ac-
order tor i ings branded as ni or Pos on] habitation were dismissed in Municipal Court . today by Judge George Rinier. v + The dismissal came when’ their attorney told the Court‘ that they had been given only 72 hours to comply with the order, whereas the law provides they must have from five to 15 days." The prosecutor, Sam Huffman, presented evidence to show .that the dwellings, all in the 500 block of S. New Jersey St., and the 400 block of E. Merrill St., were unfit for human habitation.
Then Defense Attorney George Eggleston produced the orders in evidence which showed that the defendants had been given only 72 hours notice. To this introduction, Arthur Sullivan, attorney for Obie Smith, objected, but Prosecutor Huffman pointed out that Mr. Sullivan represented no client and was not properly in the case. The Prosecutor was sustained by Judge Rinier. All but four of the. defendants have moved from the quarters since the charges, and’ those four now will be pbliged to move. The ‘charges were ‘brought ' Sept. 9. The tenants were held in jail for three "hours and fingerprinted, then released ‘on’ their own recognizance. .
Admits40M.P.H. Speed, Pays $20
THE FIRST motorist charged with speeding on stop-watch evidence appeared in Municipal Court today, - pleaded guilty to driving four miles an hour less than the charge and was fined $20. He was Edward Hecht, 1025 W. Washington St. The affidavit charging him with speeding 44 miles an hour on Northwestern Ave. was not signed. by. the arresting officer. He signed his own affidavit, told Judge George Rinier.that he was not going 44, but admitted 40 miles an hour. “All right, I'll give you . the benefit: of . the . doubt,” Judge Rinier said. “It'll ‘be $10 and costs.” That's $20,
Gang Suspect Shot, Critically Wounded By. State Police in Trap Set at Hideout
A man suspected of a series , of Middle Western holdups lay critically wounded in City Hospital today, the victim of a State Police bullet fired when he ran last night
instead of obeying a command to He Is Carl Hutchins, 40, and he was shot ai the doorstep of what ¢ police described as his hideout, south 'of the city on S. Meridian St,
Two otiser ‘men’ were captured uninjured and are held by police
ee. Tou.
al 0 le J nae 8 "Al Lutz, a hi Vaughn, was named
by a man arrested in St. Louis, Mo., as having participated in 47 robberies in Indiana, ‘Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky Last night, State Police learned that he intended to return to his alleged hideout here, and nine troopers, commanded by Lieut. Ray Hinkle invaded the place. They arrested a man they found there, and then established an ambush. Shortly after 9 p. m. a car containing the suspect and a comdrove up. - The police were de ‘the hideout. As Hutchins' was about to enter the place, police commanded him to halt. Instead, he turned Zu Satied
Hutch-|1
ins fell, ‘He- was wounded: mn his |
right side.
The other: man. still inthe ‘Car, citine .|when the shooting occurred, got out ade
of it and ran. He was captured a 200-yard chase:
Police described the hideout as the ;
headquarters for a bandit gang which made well-timed and wellexecuted raids in the surrounding states.
in St. Louis and he named Hutch-
ins as & companion In the 11 raldg)l i
and told of the hideout here.
[TOKYO 0 SENDING
The Nitta Maru will sail Oct. 20 for
Honolulu.
Ten days ago, they sald, Milton [toms : M. Haight was arrested in a holdup {tack
SHIPS AS PRESS ATTACKS GROW
Newspapers Call for Action, Not Words, Against All Enemies.
TOKYO, Oct. 11 (U. P.).— The Foreign Office announced today that three ships would sail soon for the United States to evacuate Japanese na-
tionals.
The British and American embassies and the Canadian legation
tionals to take advantage of the sailings and go home. The Tatsuta Maru will sail Wednesday from Yokohama for San Francisco, via Honolulu, it was said.
Vancouver and Seattle and the Taiyo Maru will sail Oct. 22 for|d
In Washington the State Department said that Americans desiring to leave Japan will be carried on the three ships.
2000 to Sail From U. S.
.The Department said it had informed the Japanese Embassy that there is no objection to the Japanese plan. Japanese ships have not sailed for the United States since shortly after President Roosevelt froze Japanese credits. The Foreign Office said 2000 Japanese would return home from the United States aboard the liners. The ‘question of cargoes was not immediately clarified, but it was assumed they would carry several a Ioillion dollars worth of ‘American
froze United States credits, Bed that] they would bring back froze. Jap. anese goods in the United
Attacks on U. S. Bitter
«The Foreign Office announcement followed increasingly bitter press attacks. on the United States and Britain. The newspaper Hochi asked : the] Government why it hadn't done something about the United StatesBritish oil embargo, and suggested action instead of words. “We know wars cannot be won by boasting or mere play upon words,” it said. “Now : what do you say to that, Premier Konoye?” Germany was praised by the newspapers and the German press attache was quoted that “the Rus-sian-German war is virtually ended as a result of-the virtual annihilation of the Soviet Army. Russia as a military nation has ceased to exis » Hochi said the Russian defeat would assume “world-wide importance because, when it comes, the United States and Britain will be preoccupied by a new battle of the Atlan
tic. The implication was that. the ‘Tokyo Government ‘was being forced by extremist Army elements and by Axis diplomatic pressure to be prepared to strike, presumably at Siberia, at the moment it would be of greatest aid to Germany’s offensive.
U. S.-JAPAN PEACE TALKS REACH SNAG
{Only Sharp Shift in Tokyo Attitude Can Save Them.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (U, P.). —A critical situation in Japan, with militarists and the conservative element nearing a showdown on Japan’s future policy, was. reflected here today in viriual suspension of the Japan-American “peace”, talks hich have: been in progress since
Augus Ee ‘talks have reached a point where only a.sharp reversal of the Japanese attitude will give any chance of success. Meanwhile; Senator Guy M. al lette (D. Ia.) called on Secretary of * |State Cordell Hull and discussed with him the status of Japanese Embassy and consular officials in this country.’ Mr. Gillette was understood to have inquired into reports that the officials were engaged in: activities “inimical” to American interests and
ALS IN U.S.
RED CIVILIANS
RUSH TO FRONT IN ‘LAST STAND!
Nazis March on Over Thousands of Owe
Dead While Guerrillas Cut Desperately, . At Their Rear Lines.
War and Defense News on Inside Pages
Neutrality: .....cevreqit vee viv atin as Sd re da av ae Details of Fighting . y William Philip Simms . vie sebeinereeeenyn sna aie Belgium Gets Revenge
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor
Adolf Hitler's greatest offensive rolled forward behind : a tremendous aerial barrage today toward . the gates of
Moscow and the key city of Rostov in the Ukraine.
Usually informed Nazi sources reported that strong
forces were believed to be within: 65 miles of Moscow and
that advance units might soon be Within sight of the Russian Capital. But they added torrential rains had turned the roads into deep mud and that light snow had fallen on the northern front. At the same time a special High Command communique said that the “battle of the Sea of Azov is finished.” so It seemed certain that the Germans were within 40 miles or less of Rostov, the great center of Russian war pro duction in the south. A Berlin military spokesman add that the last mass of Russian troops defending the great Donets industrial basin had been annihilated. The Soviet Union threw every resource-—tanks, Jerys-airplanes,-infantry reserves and apparently a ot ) weapon described as a rocket pistol-—into the battle spainsp S-ladmitted “mortal danger” to their capital. 2
Resistance Thrust Aside
rop of blood.” eserves rushed into breaches forced by German Panzes units. ;
last
of German dead. on the battlefields. But the enemy still came on. There were three fronts on which dispatches told terrific fighting and new Russian appeals by the Red Sf for a co-ordinated British-Russian. mass blow against th
an effort, to surround Moscow. IN The Germans have been weakened by many thousand of casualties, the Red Star said, and now is the time for th British to strike. : " The; whole effect of dispatches and editonials in th Red Army, Pravda and Izvestia was that the German gail continued despite local counter-blows. Dare Britain to Invade Italy : The Axis sought to impress this situation on Jap which was the center of new extremist pressure for a blow at Siberia, but the Rome press took notice of the possik of a British attempt to invade the Continent. Such a move, the Italian press spokesmen said, wot be foolish and futile because Britain does not have the shi or other material to invade Italy or any other continent: area.’ The British still gave no indication that a big-scale tack was being prepared in the west, although the Air Force renewed heavy raids on German targets France, Holland, Belgium and the Reich, including Cole and the Ruhr district. The three main fronts into which the Russians pour reserves in huge numbers were: VYAZMA SECTOR—Here the Russians said they w still fighting strongly about 125 to 130 miles west of \ cow, inflicting terrible losses on the enemy. : BRYANSK-OREL SECTOR—The Russians at that they had failed to stop the Germans north of Orel, miles southwest of Moscow.
struction of large Russian forces caught in a trap in Zaporozhe-Mariupol-Melitopol . sector had been comp and ‘that advance Nazi units had smashed eastward the. oil pipe line from the Caucasus. Nazis Say Crimea Defenses Broken
The Germans also ‘reported that the defenses “of
: Crimea jaa been been broken.