Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1941 — Page 1

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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 192

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1941

Expand Drivers’ Eye Tests

Frank Flynn, one of the first to

take the new drivers’ eye test, is

examined by Arch McEvoy, conductor of the “exam.”

TRY NEW PLAN ON BEGINNERS

Each County May Participate in Move to. Reduce ~ Highway Deaths.

As another step in its campaign fo reduce Indiana’s highway slaughter, ‘the state today begin giving comprehensive eye tests to. appli= cants for beginners’ driver licenses here, © f The tests, given in the State House basement with a complete hew set of equipment, determine,.the. applicant’s ability to see and distinguish colors, his depth perception, field, of vision and ocular dominance. Previously, the eye tests given applicants for beginners’ licenses covered only avility to see and color perception. pm ‘Mahlon Leach, chief heating judge| "in the Drivers License Bureau, explained ‘ that the eomprehensive|’ tests are being given ausc¢ the, eyes ‘behind ithe steering wheel are one of the greatest factors| in traffic accidents.

. Thorough Try-Out Here

He said that the tests would be given a thorough try-out here dnd]. that they probably would be set up in each county in the state.

He intends to give the tests to repeated traffic offenders who, are cited ‘to appear before him to show cause why their drivers licenses should not be revoked.

Members of the Indiana Associa-~|| tion of Optometrists. are Siving the tests at no cost to the sta Later employees in ig Drivers License Bureau’ will be trained to give them.

Statistics to Be Studied

Mr. Leach said ‘that the statistics obtained from ‘the 1000 examinations would be: d’to determine if any new standards of visual efliciency for drivers should be adopted in the state, He said that for the present no applications would ‘be «denied for ‘(Continued on | Page Six)

Red Guns Silence ‘Nazi Band Parade

LONDON, ; Oct. 21 (U. P.).~— The Moscow: radio broadcast today that the Germans had tried a “psychological” attack on the Leningrad front, with a blaring military band leading infanury= toward Russian positions.

The district commander of the: Russian fleet was called .upon to

battleship October Revolution turned its guns; toward dand and

“In one minyte it was. all over,” 4 aia said. /"“Thé first’ urst * among orchestra, silencing its march on .a highs ; pitched” note: Following salvoes | destroyed the rest of the advanc~ ing infantry. Nothing remained of: the column but. lifeless bodies: lying on the wet: snow” 4

FUND DRIVE ENDS IN 2 | MORE: DAYS

Nearly 70 Per Cent Raised As Workers ‘Fight Clock.”

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£-9685,50000 . 325,737.46 Reported yesigrday.. coeses 152,379.85 Raised to date... ....... #IGN731 Per cent of goal. WL 1 094 Amount Jetded conasbane 210,382.69

Community Fund workers totlay were “fighting the clock” in their drive to raise $688,500. for the suppart of 37: ‘social service agencies during the next year.

Not quite 70 per. cent of the quota l—or $478,177—has been raised. But the campaign will end at midnight Thursday, giving the. workers just two: more’ days -to* complete ther] canvass of the city.: ‘The largest gain’ slfice the drive opened was reported yesterday when additional “subscriptions ‘of $152,379 were listed, The next report .meeting will be. at’noon tomorrow in the Claypool Hotel.

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Jenner May Leave Shoals, a Avoid Clash With Tucker

By EARL RICHERT

State Senator: william E. Jenner, one of the State’s most prominent Republicans, ‘is seriously considering “pulling up stakes” and leaving his home town of Shoals for another . Indianapolis or Bed-

This. contemplated move, while it might appear on the surface to be

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ered a cinch to be a candidate for either the Republican gubernatorial or Sepatevial natin in 1944. moves Indianapolis, Mr enner will eliminate the ‘geographical factor that would bring about a head-on clash with 3 brine chose “lo-tuy for the , mibernatoia ose or the tion again in

Mr. Tucker, who no. from nearby Paoli, is due to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for senaSEE political ts to two top nomi: to. en &

stop it, the radio said, and the |

‘shell: | must eae un The ‘suit ‘charged that the law! tertain

COX BELIEVES SKIP-ELECTION

Offers ‘Curbstone Opinion’ ‘Preceding Later Test in His Court.

is unconstitutional, Circuit Court Judge Earl R. Cox believes.

ion” and his remarks; he said, were not based upon any laws that might be cited later in hearings on a suit to test the law now pending in his court. Judge Cox, before whom the suit will be tried unless it is venued ‘to

' | another judge or to another county, |

said he believes the law is invalid because it fails to provide for an election in Indianapolis next year or any other year.

Test Suit Filed Last Week The test suit was filed last week

‘Council, a Democrat and a Repub-

-|lican, and was prepared by attor-

neys ‘representing both - Democrats and Republicans. “The 1941 law postponed elections for all cities except. Indianapolis and then a repeal’ clause on: the} end of it killed the” 1933 election law, the only statute under which Indianapolis could hold an election

‘next year,

. High Court Ruling: Awaited The test suit contended that the

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violates the. State Constitution in that it fails. to legislate uniformly for all cities in the State. If+Judge~Cox holds the new law] invalid and. his decision. is upheld | Perspira by.the Indiana Supreme Court, the 1933 law will prevail and all: cities | Performances in the State must hold municipal elections next year,

WICKARD OPPOSES . WAGE REGULATION| WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (U. P). —Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard said today that wage regulations should not be included in the Administration’s price control bill because “we might get into a tremendous lot of difficulty if we try. to fix all ‘wages for all industry.” He told the House Banking Committee that subsequent events, however, “may make it necessary for Congress to examine the situation further.” .. Mr. Wickard gave. the Adminis. tration bill blanket indorsement

than 110 per cent of parity is “perfectly practical and obvious.” .

2. CHICAGO COUPLES ROBBED. OF. JEWELS

Hamrhond. Executi Executive Victim In $21,600" Holdup.

' CHICAGO, Oct. 21 uy P.) ~TwWo Chicago business. executives and their wives reported to police that two gunmen robbed them of 821.500 in’ cash and Jjewelny garly ,toda; The victims were Berwin I Alt. schuler, president of the Hammond| Brass Works, Hammond, Ind.; "his wife, Sylvia, and Mr. and Mis. DaMr.|vid C. Mervis. 4 They told police that: Mr "Alt schuler’s chauffeur had just stopped, at the Mervis. home when the robbers emerged from a car parked across the street, ordered the chauffeur to lie on the floor, and collected: their cash and jewels. The Altschulers said they, Jost $275 in cash, an $8000 bracelet, party | $450 ring, a $450 fur coat,.and otha er’ valuables. They’ were . ‘returning from; a theater, :

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LAW INVALID,

The 1941 skip-election’ law, which|. was intended to postpone until| 1943 the municipal elections in all| Indiana cities ‘except Indianapolis,

The judge offered his ideas as|’ what -he called “a curbstone opin-|:

by two candidates for the City] .

and said that its provision forbid-| ding fixing of farm prices at less]

Harry Welch does a Cab Calloway Witis Wt ab :

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appreciatibs: ‘dinner last. night. _ For Soames than; hour. M1 “Welch bi

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performances for: clusters of -children ‘whose. ‘every-day- fun is’ confined to coloring picture books and} making, baskets. Has Train. Caller’s ‘Endurance

It’s s not hard to imagine someone imitdting > just “Donald” Duck. But ‘you have to:lear: one) man do Cab|. Crlloway’s. 16-.or . 20~piece - band . tol really helieve it. ! Mr. Welch, you see, can send his voice through -the floor—four and a half octaves below middle “C”— and then come right back with a Kate

glory.’ He makes these personal appear ances. almost daily and. pee .begn doing’ it for. 15 years. His endurance|: puts the* train caller' ‘at’ Chicago's LaSalle St. station to shame. Once in a_while he has a sore tious, Then, . he says, “T just’ blow it out. :

: It Was Peck of Fun

‘The youngsters giggled, chuckled and laughed aloud. Two-year-old Zelma: “toddled * after’ him; bed to The little boy: in the’ room: in the corner made a: date with Mr. Welch to sneak- out through the window tonight and: fly to Miami. Why" Miami is ‘a secret” belonging only. to the two of them. Boy Welch led a ‘group. in singing “God Bless America.”

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American traveler arriving from the Rc

Balkans reported today. that ‘Ger-| man authorities are working night and day onthe defenses of thre Ru-

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lof supply for - “thie Naat ‘military | vor

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RUMANIAN ‘OIL WELLS"

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FRONT LINE IN ARMED TRAIN

{ Berlin: ‘Reports: Capture of

Steel Center and Baltic Island. By JOE: ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

industries on the south and the conquest of the entiré Baltic area on the north ‘today as German re-

' |inforcements were shifted to, -the

* | offensive.

Patients Chuckle as Welch Dips Into Bag of Tricks

Sunshine blew into Riley Hospital. today. . The tots in the wards and in the clinies were visited by: Donald Duck, Kate Smith, i a a B78 ples

Social Affairs Because Of Emergency. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 21' (U.:P.). —President and Mrs. Roosevelt have cancelled the entire usual winter program ‘ of formal White House parties because of the seriousness. of the: times. “It was decided that conditions are so serious, and the President 50 busy, that there will be no formal p (PaEties. at.all,” Mrs. Roosevelt said today Last winter they did not hold ‘the usual five state ‘dinners,” but: held five formal receptions, with small dinners before-each. Mrs. Roosevelt last year augmented her usyal pro-gram-of formal luricheons and afternoon musiciales, but: this winter, no formal luncheons ‘or ‘teas will .be given either, she said.

Cancelled in 1917

House social program was. except for. brief ‘periods mourning, ‘was .after war ‘was: de‘clared in 1017.

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on in ‘the civilian defense

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central front to bolster the: Inguing against Moscow. ’ ‘A “flerce battle for the, Soviet capital continued relentlessly along 350-mile’ front which Josef V. Stalin reportedly © toured ‘in an armored train while the Red Army

| defenses held ‘back’ the Germans

within 40 to 60 miles of Moscow: But - dispatches ‘indicated severe Russian reverses on both the north and south .ends of the Eastern Front, including: SOUTHERN FRONT — The. Ger-

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mans said that the great Russian

steel center: of Stalino. had: been captured and that the occupation

“lof virtually all of the rich Donets

industrial basin was expected soon as a result of drives on Rostov and Kharkov, led * by. battering. divebomber - squadrons. Russian radio] reports told. of heavy fighting ‘all| along the Ukraine front.

Hango Holds Out

NORTHERN FRONT—The. Gérman High Command: claimed the tleanup of the entire Baltic area with: the capture of Dago, ‘the last Russian” hasti

ge taken Roosevelts Call. off Witer| =

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that area since Aug. 6 and 5000 Ain hand-to-hand

Len radio reports. said - the *| red army had made important gains

in recent counter-attacks. around ‘| Leningrad.

‘CENTRAL PRONT — ‘The of the : Russian defenses

thy Nazi emphasis on their successes on the northern and southern fronts, designed to attract attention from the central sector: where unofficial German sources : acknowJedged that the tempo of advance ‘been slowed,

Stalin Takes Charge

‘These difficulties also were 1{llustrated by the High ‘Command ‘statement that large forces now were being shifted from the Lenin‘grad: front to bolster other sectors, presumably the drive on Moscow. + -'The last, generalized reports re-

The German Army claimed cap-|} |ture of the center of Russian war

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around. Moscow was indicated: by]

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be | on on | which prohibits arming

Going fo London?

The War Department today declined to discuss a report by the London: Star’s gossip writer that War Secretary Henry L. Stimson was expected in London to dis‘cuss , conduct. of the war. The London report said’ he was expected today but Mr. Stimson was at his office in Washington,

ARM SHIPS NOW, HULL IMPLORES

Defense May Be Too Late,

Senate Group Told. WASHINGTON, ‘Oct. 21:(U. P=

day, urged the Senate Foreign ReIations Committees to approve speedily & ‘House resolution to arm American merchant ships, lest American “efforts at self-defense

come too late.” Mr. “Hull was: the first witness. at

congressional leaders, who. reported. that they would -press at this. time only for the ship-arming:bill rather than repeal of ‘the entire Neutrality Act.

Need for Haste: Stieased

The - ‘hearings were closed, but 1dr. Hull issued copies’ of a prepared statement. which he read ‘to the Senate Committee. Mr. Hull said it ‘was “both ur gent and important’ to repeal Section 6 of the Neutrality Act, which peabits ‘the arming .of ‘merchant

Ship. testified that the condition of world affairs is such that it must be promptly dealt with.

Would Take No: Clhignces:

“One of the Lg a pg vy ” eS said, “would be to De our policy upon an: assumption that we are ‘secure when, if the assumption ‘should ‘prove erroneous, the fact. of ving so acted would lay y Us Com, ‘are ‘bel and prs with complete disregard of life and property it is absurd to forega any legitimate measures ay belo If 18 absurd. to con!

of “law] Jour‘ mer-

hearings: on the House-approved| . ‘Tl resolution. His - testimony followed | quoted a White House, conference with)

tie troops fighting .

chant vessels for their own defense,” nt mops ;

BLOODY CIVIL - WAR SPREADS, DEAE)

Asked by Croats; 4000 -

Poles Arrested. War News Inside ‘Details of Fighting ...... Stoneman’s War Analysis

Churchill’s Dilemma Sieesesnes seve e000 0s i

Tis By UNITED PRESS , The London Exchange Tele: egraph - agency quoted Bers: lin’ press reports today that “civil war” was raging in former Jugoslavia and that more blood had been spilled | than Britain had lost in. all. the war. ‘Since the outset of the Russian: German war, more than 700 Serbs’ and . Croats—including women— have been hanged and shot, nob. counting hundreds killed in fight~ ¥ ing, Exchange Telegraph said.

“Hardly any days pass . hot] acts of sabotage, burnings, and: Toe taliations by both sides,” it said.

normal economic life for the ormer : Jugoslav capital may be: Te-estabe.

* Police also have been! asslgnod ‘ bakeries,

ported that- the Ttalian-con ‘Croat state, carved out of 1 slavia, was seeking to ‘win Nazi port against Italy and that T had demanded closing of the legation in Berlin, Unpest Brews in Haly . In Rome, the newspaper La. ‘Tribuna complained about the scarcity, “in-.meats,” such as kidneys and liver. “At the same time the price lst innards

neys, liver; et. cetera. ‘Butchers soy. h they haven't these lcatise. wholesalers distribute “Naturally these products found if more than the list

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