Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1941 — Page 3
Hoosiers in Washington—
VANNUYS STILL SHARPSHOOTS|
Already Is on Record as| . Critic of Disaster at | Pearl Harbor. By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Stall Writer WASHINGTON, Dee. 13] sentiment
Tough Road Ahead the Japanese
DRAFT ARMY OF 10 MILLION SOUG
Recruiting Service Calls for 20,000 Volunteers Monthly For Air Corps as Hearings Open; Stimson Asks Bill That Will Symbolize Victory.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (U. P.).—Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson today urged enactment of the proposed vastly-expanded draft law “to provide a framework into] which we can steadily and solidly build, stone by stone, the structure which will accomplish vietory.” He made the plea in a letter read before the House Military Affaire Committee shortly after the Army Recruits ing Service appealed for Air Corps volunteers—at least 20,000 men between 20 and 26 monthly for training as pilots,
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and an additional 150,000 oth 35 for ground services, Mr. Stimson’s letter was Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) as
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hearings on his bill which
would provide a basis for a draft army of 10,000,000 men,
The bill would require the regis. tration of all male residents of the United States from 18 to 64 years of age, inclusive, making those from 19 to 44, inclusive, subject to actual mil. itary duty. Mera! Effect Cited “I desire to emphasize,” Mr. Stim. fon wrote, “the psychological or moral effects of the passage of a great measure along these lines. It will make clear to the American people the character of the effort that will be required to defeat the vast forces arrayed against us, “To the outside world it will be & symbol that we are providing the means to make good our declared policy to ‘accept no result save vietory, final and complete.’ ” Mr. Stimson said the purpose of the measure was to “make avallable, if and when necessary, & great pool of men to meet contingencies.’ He cautioned against legislating to restrict the “priorities” by which registrants may be called into the) armed forces.
Warne of Shackles
*All such restrictions might turn out to be shackles that wadid hamper the organization of our and naval forces and the conduct of the war” Nr. Stimson said. “I wish to express a similar eau tion against asking the war make ing departments tH pin them. selves down tO statements of policy as 10 the size of the forces oon-
but in a vast cataclysm such as is now in progress with its rapidly changing developments it is parent that plans must with events and that any state-
Service sald it needed enlistments tion of the war for other as well as the Air
response in recruiting staTE opant the country.”
Need Accurate Estimate
Brig. Gen, Lewis B. Hershey, National Director of Selective Service, told the conumittee that gh mately 40,000000 to 41.000 men would be registered under the is-to-64-year limits. This he said, would include approximately 17. 000.000 already registered. He said that mately 30.) 000.000 men would fall in the age bracket 19 to 45. Gf this number. | approximately 7.500000, or 25 per cent, would be fit for military servfoe, he added, | Rep. May asked how wise it would be to make the age limit for mili. tary service 20 years instead of 19 Gen. Hershey replied that this would probably eliminate 600.000 to 800.000 men physically fit for military service. Gen. Hershey said that in view of the broadening theater of war, the nation “must find men for the land. and I think in the not too far distant future, for the naval forces™ “If we are to
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read by Committee Chairman the committee opened brief
HOUSING FIGHT REVIVED HERE
Civic Clubs Federation Asks Council Act Under
The Federation adopted last night a resolution recommending that the
City Council create a housing authority under the Federal Housing The action followed a Teper made on a recent survey in ich “de among the lower income groups. C. C. Livingston, chairman of the
Act, plorable conditions” were found Governors Housing Commission,
said that conditions in some places
were “astounding.”
op Similae Cotsditions Jus i in er parts of the city, includ a family of 12 living in a three-room
Copies Given Officials Copies of the resolution were sent to Mayor Sullivan and
olutions supporting South Side Civic League. These included:
hazard, 2. Erection of a new Manus! High School. 3 of underpasses at the Shelby St. and Madison Ave. rail road crossings.
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RECESS CALLED IN HITGH MURDER CASE
RDSVILLE, Ind, ‘Dec 13 (0. P).—The first-degree murder trial of Paul Hiteh, gun slayer of Scott Gerald Carver was recessed today until Monday when defense: counsel expected to complete its case for the defendant.
Eleven witnesses testified for the
defense yesterday that the 39-year-
old laborer was of unsound mind yesterd
when Carver was found dead of
This picture shows one of the at all. Its a scene along the
reasons Benguet
the Japanese won't roll very fast in the Phillppines—if they roll Road in northern Luson near Vigan and San Fernande. An other reason is Gen. MacArthur's boys,
MAP APPEAL IN
VOTER LAW TEST
Clerks Plan Action After Suit Is Dismissed in Lake County.
A Supreme Oourt appeal to determine the constitutionality of the 1941 voter registra filed soon,
The registration boards in the
law creates two-member
{prived of board control are Demo-
crats and the law was adopted by ‘a Republican Legislature. | In discussing the case unofficially ay, Judge Leopold was
Bishop Ritter's Mother Is Dead
Dee, 18. . Ritter, mother of the Most Reverend Joseph E. Rit ter, bishop of Indianapolis, died ® her home here today. She was
Mrs. Ritter was born in New Albany, Ind, and had lived there until several years ago, when the family moved to Louisville, She
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physicians, win Ritter, a dentist, all of Louisville, and Carl Ritter, New Al- : Miss Catherine
s bany: a ’ Ritter, Louisville, and nine grand-
children, Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Church at New Albany.
121 FINS FIGHT BAN
ON ICED BEER SALE
Another suit seeking to block ene forcement of the new State law prohibiting the sale of iced beer by package stores has been started by 21 Indianapolis drug firms and stores. Last
summer the same firms
four bullet s at hi flat Quoted by local attorneys as saying won a restraining order in Superior home The. man at Sen Tr at the Reieved the Tow to bo | ory naming order in Supsrior
witnesses included farmers for
valid for several reasons. He did
Beverages Commission from ene
whom Hitch had worked provious| Not include these “emarls in the forving that provision of the law.
to his employment as A road worker and neighbors burg, former home of the
| man. stand the losses)
Several of the witnesses told the
Of war it is most necessary that our|jury that Hitch bore marks of
age registration groups be as At possible” he said “We must have the machinery accurately to estimate what our manpower is”
low 21 would have to be used in
prosecuting the war. { “If I were a salesman.” Clen Her- |
they replied, “I would say we still have a not inconsiderable number of men to be used above the age of 21 but I must tell you that I ean-
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IN INDIANAPOLIS
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Mistery Conference. Hotel Lin. o_ all day.
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Indianapolis Town Rall, Alexander VIR FU RRA re a day. Christmas
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: uk Meeting, Cropsey Audi MEETINGS TOMORROW Sh din ive En, an gs, War Memorial, 10 a. m. 8
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not prophesy a future that appears by certain. | first-degree murder
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physical violence shortly after his return from state police barracks where he signed a confession of
Police arrested Hitch within several hours after Carvers body was
found. They said Hiteh, gather th Mrs ary Knee, 28 We
| the crime. Rep. May asked whether men be- |
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wi fordsville, and Carver had been out on an all night “drinking spree” before the shooting occurred. Mrs. Knee was named as an accomplice Hitch and also awaits trial on a
charge.
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[records of the case, however, ‘GERMANY TO FREE ‘U. S. NEWSPAPERMEN
LONDON, Dec. 18 (U. P)—The German official news said (today in a Berlin broadcast heard {by the United Press that United States ne rmén in Berlin would leave with American diplo- | mate,
arrangement of an exchange of Gerja and American diplomats and correspondents.
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However, the Alcoholic Beverage Commission later announced it would enforce the provision under an fon by Attorney General George N. Beamer who sald the Commission could
Court 4 yesterday by the drug firme, declaring that the ABC is threatening to violate the previous court order.
KILLED AS CAR SKIDS RINCETON, Ind, Dec. 13 (U.
+ Was injured fatally last night When the automobile in which she was a passenger, skidded and o during a rainstorm five miles of Princeton,
OFFICIAL WEATHER
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST Clearing by late afternoon and becoming partly cloudy and colder tonight with lowest temperature, about 3: moderately cold and fair tomorrow. Suncise ...... 6:39 | Sunset
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WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, :30 A. M. Station Weather
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GATES OUTLINES WAR PROGRAM
Platform Is Demand For Economy.
A four-point Republican war program “which we can sell to the American people” has been out. lined by State G. O. P. Chairman Ralph Gates. Strongest plank in the platform which probably will be included in the 1942 congressional campaign issues, is a demand for the end of “all non-essential expenditures, at once,” with “these billions being used to win the war” Mr. Gates sald a Republican majority must be elected to the House next year to insure the dropping of “none essential spending,” including WPA, CCC and NYA. Mr, Gates’ program, revealed at a meeting of Marion County Republican Veterans at the Claypool Hotel last night, also called for:
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“Somebody has negligent,” he said, “and it is business of Congress to find who. The American apparently had been lulled to sleep by the and unfounded asserSecretary of Navy Knox to the effect that the Navy was ready on an hour's notice.” Later he explained that he didn't mean this to sound so harsh, “I have no punitive purpose in anind,” he said. “But I would like
I understand that we do not have the proper detectors which oan record approaching enemy planes far enough a Agd
way. During the first World War, Senator VanNuys was the Federal District Attorney in Indianapolis, have ing been appointed by President Woodrow Wilson. . " .
One of the oddments of declarIng war on Italy and Germany was the fact that Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. Ind), who has been carrying on a one-man peace offensive, took the whole thing as though it were all in the day's
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Unity Now the Cry
No state had more isolationist Congressmen than Indiana and some of them were predicating their 1942 campaigns on the old untrustworthy “kept us out of war” slogan. Now that both parties have Joined in a unity during the duration, both domestic and foreign issues have evaporated. So about the only pleas available during the war will be that it is advisable to keep a sitting Congressman because of the seniority rule and the need for an experienced man. President Roosevelt is quite unlikely to repeat the mistake of President Wilson and call for a “Democratic House.” The result in World War I was that the House went Republican. Both the East ern Seaboard and Midland states, which normally had been Republican, were irate at this slur on their patriotism and charged that the President was trying to make the war a partisan issue.
B'NAI B'RITH NOTES TTTH ANNIVERSARY
B'nai B'rith will induct 100 new members tomorrow. Members and guests will meet at the Claypool Hotel at 4 p. m. to hear an address by Governor Schricker, It will be the organisation's 77th aniversary. Ceremonial ritual will follow the
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Absolute loyalty to the Administra tion in doing everything needed to} win the war; giving all energy to! building defense; no criticism of | the war efforts, In a resolution, the veterans organization pledged full aid to the Administration in prosecution of the war and urged Congress to drop “non-essential Qpproprias« tions.” Joe Rand Beckett headed the resolution committee. Other speakers were Twelfth District Chairman Willlam R. Higgins, County Vice Chairman Mrs. T. B. Wright and Brazil City Attorney George N. Craig. Mark W. Rhoads was chairman.
‘HUMAN TORPEDOES’ DENIED BY JAPS
CON GLI Re BERN, Dec. 13.—Japanese “hue man torpedoes” are only a myth, Commander Hosoya, Japanese naval attache at Vichy, declared in an in-
terview published yesterday in the Swiss newspaper, Gasette de Lausann
e. “The secret is much simpler,” the officer added.” “The Japanese navy is exercising continually. It does not have any Saturdays, Sundays of week-ends beginning on Friday.” He said that Japan's principal strategy was to avoid unnecessary loss of life. “Submarine corvettes which deliberately throw themselves into collision with the enemy do not exist in the Japanese navy,” Hosoya nsisted
i k “The Japanese have constructed for themselves a special airplane designed for the Pacific war, where distances are so great that machines must possess a radius much greater than is necessary elsewhere,” the officer said
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R. E. PECKHAM HEADS LOCAL REALTY BOARD
R. BE. Peckham, was named presi dent of the Indianapolis Real Es. tate Board for 1042 at a special
meeting of the organisation’s board of directors ay.
yesterday. Other officers for 1042 are J. H. Argus, vice president; Thomas W. Kercheval, treasurer, and Frank LL.
Thomas, secretary, The officers will take over Jan. 1. Formal installation will be held during the latter part of January.
induction, conducted by Dr. Phillip Fickman, Jules Medias, Jack Kammins and Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt. A banquet will be held in the Riley Room with Milton J. Fineberg, president of the Indianapolis chapter, presiding. Rabbi Goldbiatt will give the invocation and Rabbi Elias Charry will pronounce the benediction. Governor Schricke.’s address will be followed with remarks by Lewis Suton, second vice president of Dis« trict Lodge No. 21. Other features of the evening will be the kindling of the Hanukkah light to mark the eve of the eight« day Jewish Festival of Lights, the hearing of a broadoast presented by the B'nai B'rith National Americanism Commission in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, and a floor show and dance. Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator; Henry Monsky, na« tional president of B'nai B'rith, and Sidney G. Kusworm, chairman of the Americanism Committee, will
at the Academy of Music in Phila« delphia at 9:15 p. m. Reservations for the affair are in charge of Eph Levin. A ——————
CONGRESS TO GET NO HOLIDAY RECESS
WASHINGTON, Dee, 13 (U. P). —Speaker Sam Rayburn téday put & damper on plans of Congressmen for a Christmas at home with the assertion he did not “think it safe” for them to absent themselves from the city until sine die adjournment. The Speaker told the chamber & large number of members had asked him whether it would be “safe” to go home for the holidays.
CAUGHRAN TO SPEAK Howard Caughran, United States district attorney and president of the Indianapolis Bar Association, will speak at a luncheon meeting of the Indianapolis alumni society of Sigma Delta Kappa, legal fraternity, Monday in the Canary Cot tage. New officers will be installed. Cecil 8, Ober is president.
HONOR SHORTRIDGE GRAD
Duane Atteberry, 3555 Washington Bivd, has been named to Blue Key, men’s honorary, at the University of Southern California where he is a senior. A graduate of Shortridge School, Mr. Atteberry is in - ing and is a member of Sigma Chi fraterni
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The Mile-Of-Dimes was 10 cents richer afier a visit from Miss Lavena Valant of 3024 W, 10th St, a Washington High School freshman, Her dime and thousands of others that will be laid on the sidewalk from now until Christmas will all go to help clothe hunderds
of needy children,
685 Clothed
Colonial Furniture Co. Employees Top List Of Cash Donors.
TWENTY-FIVE more children were clothed yesterday in the Indianapolis Times’ 12th annual Clothe-A-Child campaign. Eleven were clothed by direct donors who shopped for the children at downtown stores themselves and the rest were outfitted by Times’ shoppers with cash contributions. The total of children clothed to date is 685.
The Colonial Furniture Co. employees headed the list of cash contributors yesterday with a donation of $60, while the L. S, Ayres & Co. Service Center at 10th St. and Capitol Ave. clothed four children to lead the direct donors. The cash contributors up to 3 p. m, yesterday were:
Colonial Furniture Co. em$60.00 LLY 30. 25.00 Service Construction Co.... 20.00 Kenneth and Evelyn MeKissic Sean 10.00 LALA RR 10.00
The Dulcet Club...........
Sergt. Ralph Baker Post 1587, Veterans of Foreign Wi
ars Al-Pa-Te Club Indianapolis Deaf Ladies, Auxiliary of N. F, 8. D.
cent Home vers The Three “H” Club....... PoE Hoop JP oovoverivines
Yesterday's contribution total - : Total contributions to date Those clothing children directly yesterday wore: L. S. Ayres & Co. Service Center, 10th and tol
0 Dept. 52 (third shift). 1 child Screw Machine Dept. 162, Third Shif}, Allison Engineering Division of General Motors ..
Total clothed directly by donors yesterday ...11 children Total clothed to date by donors
TOTAL CLOTHED TO DATE BY TIMES SHOPPERS AND DIRECT DONORS
1 child
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PRISON GUARDS GRANTED RAISE
Pay Up $10 Per Monthy State-Wide Food Stamp Plan Rejected.
State prison and reformatory guards will receive their second tene dollar-a-month raise within the last six months as a result of action taken yesterday by the State Budget Committee, The Committee raised the maxie mum salaries of the guards at the two institutions from $130 to $140 & month in an effort to keep them from resigning to take better pay ing defense jobs. During the last few months guards have been ree signing at the rate of one a day.
Salaries Raised in June
In its action yesterday the Come mittee abolished the present 180« day probationary period which was required to reach the maximum, permitting prison officials to raise the salaries of the guards up to the maximum whenever they deemed it fit, The Committee last June raised the salaries of the guards from a minimum of $100 a month to a minimum of $110 and the maxie mum from $120 to $130. The $110 minimum was not changed by the Committee yesterday. The Committee also turned thumbs down on a proposal by the State Welfare Department to estabe lish the Federal food stamp plan on a state-wide basis.
Revolving Fund Set Up
It explained that while it ape proved of the plan, it did not feel that it should be put into effect now while township trustees, who have charge of administering poor relief, were opposed to the idea. The State Welfare Department had requested that the budget come mittee set up a revolving fund of $500,000 for the purchase of Fede eral food stamps which it would in turn sell to trustees.
LIEUT. ARMSTRONG INJURED IN WAR
Col. and Mrs. Frederick M. Arme strong, 3060 N. Meridian St., have received word that their son Lieut, Frederick M. Armstrong Jr. had been “injured but is recovering” in the Philippines. Lieut. Armstrong is commander of six fighter planes: His father is executive officer of the Indiana military area.
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