Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1941 — Page 1
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Reames csowanpl} - VOLUME 5—NUMEER 217
WEDNESDAY, ‘NOVEMBER 19, 1901
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Blockades Finns;
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Today's New In Five Minute
THB WAR SPREAD in Euro today. Great Britain revealed t she is now faking naval and tary action against Finland, Hun: gary and Rumania (without a de laration of war). 8 England is unable at t moment to establish a - front against Rumania and Hungary, the announcement by Anthony Ede was taken to mean the extensio of the blockade for the vime ing. What the British Navy| do about the Finns remains f{ seen.
NY eygand out
ceeded: today in getting rid of Gen.
knicked out ‘Weygand who has su posedly been standing firm aga any German hold on the Af colonies. The ouster may aff U. S. relations with Vichy, alr strained badly.
The Actual Fighting -
| today. suggested that prod
Asks Style Curb
Bernard M. Baruch
al ‘OFFERS STANDARD PLAN
Wants Variety Eliminated In Clothing, Housing to Reduce Costs. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (U. es
—Bernard M. Baruch, chairman |the, World | War Industries. B
ugtion of
, {thé “pare necessities” of life, in-}
The Far East ;
i ~ JAPAN wis MAKING threat-. ening nmioves in the Pacific, nutably toward Indo-China. The Japa negotiators in Washington were stymied for the moment, waiting - Instructions from Tokyo.
Labor
THE MINE STRIKE grew Worse.
Fifty-seven thousand employees of .
commercial mines went out, jo ing the 53,000 already out in tk captive mines.. Thus, thore th
Roosevelt, seeking quick settl 1 pf the union shop issue, said:
recommence.” . Strong Man Murray
AND AT THE C. I. O. conv tion, PRilip Murray was emel @s the strong man of Ame The split between J Lewis and Sidney Hillman Murray in the dominant position, Murray brought the convention to - its. feet this ‘afternoon with . fighting statement that ‘not even the national “emergency” would “stop the great work of organizing “American workmen.”
Standardization’ BERNARD BARUCH, Wo 1d
Wai Ts defense effort hero, suged skandardization of
’m gency=including clothing s 2 ks sing. x
Taxes
THE STATE TAX: RD looked at the Indianapolis Sctiool Board's $6,900,000 budget, waved patted on the back for a good job.
o sities” for the duration lot 4 he
Mount St.
cluding ‘¢lothing ‘and housing, be
to- wipe«out. the added cost of turning out varied styles. and colors. Mr. Baruch made the suggestion in a letter to Rep. Albert Gore (D. Tenn.) of the House. Banking Committee, in which he reiterated his support of Rep. Gore’s plan for an|overall - ceiling on. wages, ‘Tents, prices and profits. i
Sees Lower Prices
He proposed that the Office of Civilian Defense select a product and: prescribe four standardized ‘styles for it." Citing the example of shoes; he said the effort would be
{“®» produce standardized, service- | able, good-looking shoes at prices
lower. than prevail now.” » “The - shoes,” ‘he said, “could be classed as A, B, C and D with the notation of the class and price stamped on them. After a certain date, no shoe, other than these, should be sold. Being made in mass production, with limited styles and colors, the cost: would be low.” ‘Warning that “delay is dangerous,” the 'Tl-year-old industrialist pleaded for enactment of strict price control legislation to include regulations of wages and farm prices—the center of dispute on the bill now under consideration.
FOUR FACE ‘CHARGES 3: AFTER SCHOOL RAID
Bingo Game in Progress, Police Claim. -
- Four persons arrested last night
358 N. Warman Ave, and charged with violating gambling laws, will appear in Municipal -Court. today.
Eleven policemen, led by Sergt. Car] Elder, conducted % said they found a bingo progress. They
an Wn bingo cards, 25 foldin chairs and a table and’ its oil cloth cover, They charged Li
Clifford ‘Plukebaum, h and . g: ouse baum, 38, of 218'N. Mo
The To gt ge ur were r t 30 theif. awn Tecoghisnce. . About be nalled
fim
‘ments and material shortages.
‘| fice, believes the :majority of these workers will be transferred to de-|--|fenge production in the same fac-
standardized . during the ‘entergency|
in a raid at St. Anthonys school |1=°u¢
tzelman, 39, of 3455 W. Vermont St. and ;
PLANTS HERE
Predicted as Defense Production Gains.
Indianapolis ' factories will hire between 17,000 and 20,000 workers next year to increase defe duction, the Employment Security Division predicted today. J The net gain will be around 12,000 or more, however, because between 5000 and 8000 now working in non-defense industries will. lose their present jobs due to curtail-
George J. Smith, head of the Indianapolis employment | security of=
tories they now work in or be hired
Bridgeport Brass, Naval Ordnance and others,’
October Payroll Up
At mid-October, employment in Indianapolis factories was onefourth larger than a year ago and payrolls were 44 per cent higher. Indianapolis’ factories employed an estimated 59,435 workers this. Octoher, compared with 47,600 in October last year. They earned $1,823,900 a week this year, compared with $1,265,800 in October last year. Mr. Smith said 25 per cent of the persons hired in Indianapolis and
workers and 50 per cent . : semikskilled.
| unskilled workers will bé comparaOff ively easy,” he added, “but the 5000
T0 BOOST '42 | EMPLOYMENT
| Net Gain of 12,000 Jobs Is
| God Help Roosevelt’
pro-¢#
by such new defense plants as|
vicinity next year will be skilled|
and. require. c ation of - industry, i and employment offices.
_ Advises Employers 5
He suggested four steps that ployers may take in helping get | fense_ jobs filled quickly: 1. Report to the Employment Security office any labor bottlenecks which hamper production. 2. Relax job or personal requirements where possible. 3. Do everything possible in planttraining and job-simplification.’
curity office any anticipated layoff of workers as early as possible. ————————————————————————
PUSH PLAN TO SPAN RIVER AT 38TH ST.
City, County, St State Work Out Cost Agreement. Hopes of northwestern Indianap-
White River at 38th St. will be realized in"the near future, unless some unexpected hitch develops. A plan for financing the bridge, which will cost an estimated $363,~ 1000 was agreed upon at a meeting of State, County and City officials in the Highway Commission offices to-
The State and County are to share the construction cost equally while the City will pay either for the construction of a boulefard underpass on the west side of the river or raise the boulevard to the 38th St. level. The County’s agreement to furHhgeny, ‘upon approval of a bond Samuel Hadden, Commission. chairman, said that if ; succeeds in getting this through; contracts for t could be let next May or June. said that because: ‘or priorities cof
struction probably would take from 12 to 15 months.
WNUTT N TOWN,
Federal Security Administra Paul V. McNutt, in town to address
CTNES FEATURES, ON INSIDE PAGES
1. 8 “brief call Asked
to: 6000 skilled jobs. will task thé re- io
4. Report to the Employment Se-|
olis residents for a bridge across!
nish half of tHe bridge cost is con-|
brides. on iboth sides of ihe]
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Stalin's Toast: ‘May |
And the’ Guests at an Extraordinary Evening in ~~ The Kremlin Were Startled.
By WALLACE CARROLL et he ) (Copyright, 1941, by United Press.) MANILLA, P. I, : the head of a banquet table around which American and British guests were gathered in the Kremlin one night last month and -raised Nis glass for & toast to President Roosevelt. ; © “May God help him in his task,” said Stalin, the leader of godless Russia. :
“Providing the semi-skilled and}
Yoset: ve Stalin eee “toasts Roosevelt in. Russian, says: “good night” in’ English. - a Nil
The Words--uliered in Ryssian.were the. nig moment. of extraordinary evening in the Kremlin, where Stalin for seven ly was ‘host to the members of the American and British commissions that had successfully concluded arrangements for sending supplies to the Red ‘Army.
They had heard of Stalin as a “man of. steel” and. a: ruthless
dictator but under the ‘great chandeliers of the old fortress he impressed one American official as “a nice old gentleman.” But his toast invoking God's blessing startled some of the. guests,
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No Slip of the Tongue.
CONSTANTIN OUMANSKY, former Ambassador to Washington, translation with their Russian neighbors and’ were told that it was correct. - Stalin was educated in the Orthodox priesthood and: frequently lapses into biblical phraseology; even more frequently than did Lenin. But the delegates agreed that a man like Stalin ‘had not made a mere: slip of the tongue, : They pointed out that a controversy had broken out in the United States regarding the. Soviets’ attitude toward religion.. President Roosevelt had been under fire for saying the Soviet constitution
- guaranteed freedom -of religion. ’ The delegates believed, therefore, that Stalin's toast was aimed at the United States, but ‘at the United States President instead of .
the American public. Stalin knew that it would be repeated by the delégates in their report to Mr. Roosevelt, and it was surmised by, the delegates that he wanted to let’ Mr. Roosevelt know what he ao said.
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Toasts . American Fliers
AT THE BAN QUET, Stalin wore the simple semismilitary. costume Which he has worn since he was a Revolutionary political eommissar on 7 tunic, gray trousers tucked into the boots of an armysp vate, len he first entered he strolled around until he came u . Clinton L. Olson, x Stanford Ye Cal, ‘who is with the Lease Commission in Kuibyshev at looked at the
star on Olson's sleeve, noting that in Russia ein, only & marshal wears 4
star. The State eed to pave st}
“You look very young to be a marshal,” he said, his face crinkling
took his place at the head of the banquet table. . There drunk—some delegates said 37-—and this confusion was acstandale because the Russians
TAR nb Sh ‘Lou Reichers, U. w carvled e 0SCOW. Stalin asked
west to Rodd 52, a) ini a smile.
S%el were 31
He 2 Saterniiy hanquet tonight, today| paid on “Governar) o 1d | ‘What they talked about and. during the 20 minutes they were to-| d {§sther, Clovernor Sehrisk
(Uncensored) Nov. 19.—Josef V. Stalin stood at
translated the toast into English. Some of the delegates checked the
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{opments £3 Nort) Africa.
| REDS HOLDING
BACK GERMAN MOSCOW PUSH
Japs and Russians Clash On Frontier;. Pressure on Thailand Seen.
On Inside Pages
Details of Fighting ....
+ Page 3 Today's . war ‘Moves . 3
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign. News: Editor Adolf Hitler ‘appeared to be turning toward new winter war fronts today as the Axis offensive battered ‘without: apparent progress against the eastern front. + ~ Preparations for war operations on wider fields were indicated by private advices from Europe that Nazi pressure had forced the Vichy
. | Government to oust Gen. Maxime
Weygand -as pro-consul for Africa, where he had been regarded as a stumbling block ‘to Axis plans for
~ jusing French bases and other facil-
{ties for war in the Mediterranean. In London, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said that British naval and military action was in progress against the Finns, Hungary and
| Rumania.
That apparently meant only that these German allies came under the British blockade and there was no indication in London that Britain had undertaken operations to meet the request of the Soviet Union for a declaration of ‘war against three countries, '
Fighting Moving South?
tacks agains ix Masks again
E ian advices to have struck ‘back |" it | with such force that the defensive
position of Moscow. was improved,
% and that the enemy was unable to : gain toward Rostev.
2. There was general belief that the main German effort was being
to get a big-scglé offensive underway toward the Caucdsus and the Middle East, probable scene of winter fighting, i Japs, Russians Clash ‘3, Tokyo reported that one Russian was killed and two captured in a clash with Japanese troops along the Siberian border about 30 miles from Manchouli. The Japanese repart said the clash occurred after Soviet forces crossed the borer, was understood to: have, protested to the Soviet consulate at Harbin, - 4. Britain's :35,000-ton battleship Prince of ‘Wales was believed en route fo the Pacific, where Germany’s crack battleship Tirpitz has been. reported to aid ‘the Japanese in i event of war The Japanese reported they bs on hand a food supply which would last two years. It was reported Japan had sent four more cruisers to Indo-China waters in a new hint of a drive on Thailand. - Blockade Is Weapon Well-informed London sources said in connection with. Eden's statement’ “all military and naval action” against Finland, Rumania and Hungary could only mean a blockade of the three countries; as there have been no actual British clashes with: the three German al-| oo
|lies so far as is known. :
British experts said that at pres-
ans except for the navy in northern
iwaters.
: Dismissal by Vichy Prance of Gen,
shift of ward Se warmer. climate’ of ‘the Mediterranean, the : Indian Ocean? and the. Pacific. - British patrol activity’ ona ‘major to fare- | th military: devel}
a Wa develgpments! today in.
The ‘Manchukuo goverriment |
ent there were no ‘war zones where be {the British forces could ‘clash with {the Finns, Rumanians or Hungari-
Weygand - appeared to fit into the| the main war fronts to-|D
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PHILIP MURRAY MAN OF HOUR’
‘| Take Pride Only in Men Who Struggle and Fight,” . He Tells C. I. O. (Another Story, Page Two)
DETROIT, Nov. 18 (U, P)— President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations evoked: a thunderous response frou _lconvention .delegates today when-he_said that “not even the national ‘ethergency” would - “stop the great) work of organizing” American workmen, . | Murray addressed
ding. x wildly thusiastic. delegatos, Mr. Murray at last could ‘not intense emotion and tears clouded his
§ was what the convention had
‘by Mr, Murray to avert factional strife between the forces of John 1. Lewis and Sidney Hillman. From/ his effort,. Nr. Muwray
: | emerged ‘the new strong-man of
the C. I.. O. movement and his power . was growing hour by hour. From the triumvirate which five years ago included Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hillman and Mr. Murray—pioneers of the C. I. O.—only Mr. Murray re~ ‘mained in unanimous esteem among the _members.
“We Want Murray*
At the eSniling of today's address, Mr. -Mwuiray walked slowly— portentously—to the rostrum. “I take no pride in leadership— any man who says I do i$ a filthy, dirty- liar,” he said slowly. - “I take pride only in my association with men who struggle and fight to build labor -unions.” .
soft - voice. - Shouts the crowded eng “We want Murray, W ray—Phil’s our man.” : “Nothing must stop’ the’ great work of organizing the unorganized,” Mr. Murray went on- in a Yeliberate measureme; not ‘even the nati
. ‘He said other drives would:
n-Martin and Curis Welsh aircraft plants,
~ CARMODY NOMINATED ! WA HINGTON, Nov. 19 (U. P)). ent’ Roosevelt today nomiFederal Works Administrator Jota w. Carmody to membership e Maritime’ Commission. He pus | the unexpired term of John
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Bietior. ;
Rises in Power !
no IL
B awaited through two. days of bitter| . | directed toward Rastov'in an effort|effort
Thunderous cheers submerged his|
| performed -, .
centrated in .the Douglas, |
npsey, now Undersecretary of J
ois in Commercial - it Quit in’ Sympathy. (Other Labor Stories, Page
. WASHINGTON, 'N (U. P.).—President velt today ‘asked the C.
United Mine Workers | and leaders of the stee
try to permit the questi the union shop in the ca coal mines to ‘remain “ir status quo for the ‘period the national emergency” or
‘submit this point to arb {tion” for a final decision.
“Work in the captive mines 1 \ recommence,” the President said a letter addressed to U., M: W. ident John L. Lewis, and to I ‘|min Fairless, president of the U. Steel; Eugene Grace, president : Bethlehem Steel, and uy
nell, president of Youngstown ‘| & Tube Co.
Mr. Roosevelt made: his latte pubs lic as the captive coal mine was in its third day. 53,000 captive miners were: idle a ig ie bo were ve use of sympa walkouts, ARs il 5
Opposes Use of Army The President previously had e|dicated that he opposed action
troops. : ‘Mr. Roosevelt's Totti info Y tie Fp on} jo sides: | LL} 0 er r-to open way Pe Se ement of the. the captive mines, r ng two things: A; 7 “(1) I am informing all | coal operators who Bs an agreement. with ihe . closed. shop provision and the non-strike penal~ ty clause that they will be expected: in the interests of national defen: to continue to ‘operate. pa Yrs 3
‘agreements without change
“(2) T am asking all ‘the op
of ‘the "captive mines to
Her. Assurances by Hotice to oO! eir employees t they are not opposed to oa Organization or collective bargaining and
| they do not wish to
stand in the way of any emp vee who chooses to join the United Mink Workers of America.”
Urges Status. Quo. : her aling to the four leade es tic Americans,” Mr, velt proposed that t they of two alternatives:
‘the national Gn prejudice ‘to your |
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righ
.| The Chief {Executive «ss | “imperative” that one of
- | ternatives be: chosen “and f! , for. the: He) 10 a for the maintenance of def duction.” : © “The President’ indorsed gestion of the | National Mediation d that all