Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1941 — Page 11

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THREE SISTERS British Delay in Putting U..S.-Built. Planes

STORE'TO OPEN

Starts Business Tomorrow In New Building -at “17-19 N. linois.

-An elaborate new women's apparel store, to be known as the Three Sisters, will open for business to morrow morning in a new building at 17-19 N. Illinois St; The new structure, erected at the site of the old Apollo Theater, is unique in modern design with a solid limestone front dressed in a wide expanse of display windows. The old theatér building was razed six months ago to make way for the new structure which was just completed yesterday. Three Sisters, which. operates stores in other Indiana cities, including Muncie, Lafayette and Hammond, will carry only women’s ready-to-wear merchandise. - The second floor of the store; approached from an ornate winding stairway along a solid wall of mirrors, will contain displays of high- -- er quality apparel. ; The main floor will display, under modern fluorescent lighting, a complete stock of women’s sports wear and accessories. The third department of the store is in the basement where popular priced merchandise will be handled. The manager will be Paul Madison, who has béen in the retail business here for the last nine years. The assistant manager will be J. Yohler, also an Indianapolis resi‘dent. R. W. McAllister of Indianapolis has been made credit man-

ager. Officials of Three Sisters an-

Into RAF Servic

By PAUL MANNING Times Special Writer

LONDON, Nov. 21.—Priction be-

tween British and American airpiane experts has reached the point where several American plane manufacturers are said to have threatened Jrivately to stop production for Royal Air Perce,

“Heart - breaking modifications” ordered by the British for crack modern fighters and*bombers imported from the United States have been a chief bone of contention. In addition, the advice of American experts sent to England with each new type of imported plane has been frequently disregarded. American Army officials and representatives of the plane manufacturers were also’ embittered when planes that had run the blockade were either left in unopened packing. cases or altered radically afte long delay. ; : As a result, some American,manufacturers. privately tock. the" attitude that British industry should supply the R. A. F. exclusively while U. 8. makers produced only for Dominion: air forces, China "and Russia. , ;

Not Equal to Job During the winter months of 1940

England first received large ship-

ments of planes which remained in packing cases. The planes were the old Curtiss Mohawks and were the last of the French "order, readdressed to England. They lined the field at one assembly plant as far as the eye could see, but that made little actual difference because these particular ships would have been little good in the air against a Messerschmitt anyway. However, more recently, many fighter planes have been really good and yet it takes an incredibly long

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Sr ; NESE NEE Ca : ais American bombers like the Lockheed Hudsons pictured in flight over. Britain “are ‘better planés than anything England has in the same line—they go faster, farther and are more dependable.” British “modi-

time before they are ready, accord- fications” keep them grounded for weeks on end.

ing to British standards, for the air. The light and (heavy bombers

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: ‘Nov. 21 (U. P). —Lieut. Col. Ulysses G. Jones has|Indian yell would rise in the Uniten

Army air

STAND ON AFRICA

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intervention by President Roosevelt in Buropean affairs: “One ¢an just imagine what an

been relieved of his post at the|States if we did anything Army air bese, Bangor, Me, and|sort in South America,” ap authorto Baer Field, , it was announced today.

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