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PRICE CURB FIRST

Senate Committee Votes for Stronger Control Measure Than That Approved by House; New Session Opens Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3

(U. P.).—Price Control legis-

lation took top billing today on the list of issues facing the new session of Congress, which convenes at noon Monday. The price fixing bill was given first rating when the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, after the year-

long first session of the 77th late yes y, voted unanimously to report a stronger control measure than that proved by the House Nov. Senate leaders planned to begin consideration of the bill Tuesday or Wednesday. The start of debate, however, presumably hinges on final decision as to the day President Roosevelt will appear to deliver his annual message .0 Congress on the state of the union. The Senate's price fixing bill would authorize Price Administrator Leon Henderson to set ceilings on commodity prices. It would direct him to consider prevailing market

prices during the period from Oct. 1 to 15, 1941, in fixing those ceilings, but to select another two-weeks period if in the first half of October the price of some commodity was abnormal.

Special Farm Price Floor A special floor is provided in the

farm price ceiling may be set below 110 per cent of parity, or below the market of Oct. 1, 1941, whichever is “higher. The Senate bill provides for use

of enforcing price control whenever desired by the administrator. The Senate measure does not

{the Senate Committee wrote in a declaration of policy directing gov-

Congress had come to an end

BANDITS, LIQUOR THIEVES SOUGHT

Jobber Held Up, Relieved of $80; Delivery Boy Also Robbed.

Thieves and ‘holdup men obtained nearly $150 and liquor valued at more than $250 overnight. : Stdite Swift, 53 5. Eat Sia jobber for the Schlosser Bros.

Creamery, reported to police he was robbed of more than $80 by a bandit as he was walking in Talbot St., 2300 block. A 15-year-old messenger for the Weesner Pharmacy, 5464 E. Washington St, was threatened by a man in Lowell Ave, 5400 block, while making a delivery. The bandit took $26, police said. A new found friend didn’t turn out to be so friendly for James Kremer, 53, Lebanon, Ind. He told police he invited a man to his home in Lebanon after meeting him here. Seven miles from Indianapolis, Mr. Kremer told police, the man struck him, threw him out of the car, robbed him of $40 and then took his car. Police also reported the theft of whisky from trucks parked in S. Capitol Ave. last night,

ernment agencies dealing with labor—including the Labor Depart-|

'; ment and its bureaus, the War and

Navy Departments, the OPM and

Five cases, valued at $125, were taken from a truck of the Motor Freight Corp, which was parked

|in the 600 block.. Six cases of liquor

other agencies — to “work toward j were taken from a parked truck of

the stabilization of prices and the!

§ cost of production.”

Tr i1é Treasury is expected to initiate |

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Another Senate change was in-| gertion of & provision authorizing| President Roosevelt to transfer any of the price control functions to another agency.

Other Legislation

Other legislation will

around: TAXATION. A staggering new revenue bill, topping in size the] record-breaking $3,500,000,000 measure enacted last year, is in prospect. |

2 program before the House ways| and Means Committee soon after] Jan. 15.

APPROPRIATIONS. President! Roosevelt has announced that the new war budget—which will be pre- | sented to Congress next week—will call for about $50,000,000000, or half the national income, for military expenditures. | - ECONOMY. A joint Senate- | Heuse-executive committee will seek to trim non-defense spending, which has been running around $7.000,000,000 a year, by at least $1,500,000,000. | DEBT LIMIT. The present legal ceiling on the national debt—$65,000,000.000—will be reached late in the spring, and legislation will be needed to raise it.

Strike Curb Debated

LABOR. Pressure exists in both houses for legislation to curb strikes and other work stoppages which fmpede war production. Although the Senate withheld action at the President’s request after the House passed a comprehensive bill outlawYiig strikes unless voted by a majority of the workers, action will be sought on that and other pending measures, including a plant seizure bill by Semator Tom Connally (D. Tex). Other measures of lesser importance also will get attention. The House has pending a billion-dollar omnibus rivers and harbors bill including the controversial St. Lawrence seaway project. Bills are pending in both branches for national daylight saving time as a means of conserving power for war needs. The Senate Military Affairs Committee is considering a bill to increase the pay of the members of the armed services.

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3 CARS CRASH, TAKE

FIRE; FOUR INJURED

Fire damaged three automobiles following a West Side collision last night in which four persons were injured, one possibly seriously. Deputy sheriffs said that a car

| driven by Robert E. Payton, 30, of

5 8. Taft St, crashed into the rear of a car operated by John D. | Gill, 43, of 644 Laclede St, in W. | Washington St., 4500 block, as the | latter stopped to make a turn. The two cars spun around and

{a third automobile driven by Capt.

Harold Evans, 33, Scott Field, Illistruck them, deputies said. { The three machines caught fire and the blaze was extinguished by the Wayne Township Fire Department. Capt. Evans and his wife, Mrs. Norma Evans, were treated for minor injuries at Methodist Hospital. Their two children, Fred, 8,

{and Nancy Sue, 5, riding with them,

were uninjured. Mr. Payton was slightly injured and was taken heme, but Mr. Gill received back injuries and is in the Veterans’ Hospital. Emza Trusty, 48, of 844 Biltmore Ave, received head injuries last night when another car crashed into the rear of his auto in W. Morris St, 3500 block. Mr. Trusty’s car was being towed by a car driven by his son, Robert, 18, and both cars had stopped when the tow rope broke. The car which struck Mr. Trusty’s car, according to deputy sheriff's was driven by Hugh A. Owen, 44, Bridgeport, Ind.

PARTY TO HONOR HER ON 90TH BIRTHDAY

Times Special CASTLETON, Ind, Jan. 3— Friends and relatives of Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, who was 90 Dec. 31, will honor her at an open house at the home of her son, Arch Russell, in Castleton, at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Mrs. Russell has spent all of her life in Lawrence Township. She has another son, “Bert, of Castleton, and a daughter, Mrs. Maggie Eaton, of Indianapolis.

TT MILLION ADDED TO STATE'S FUND

New Taxes Hiked General Cash; Seen as Help in

Boom conditions in Indiana last year increased the balance in the State general fund by $7,000,000, State Auditor Richard T. James re-

which State operating expenses are paid, “was approximately $17,000,000 at the close of business Dec. 31,

-|he said. The balance on the same

day in 1940 was approximately $10,000,000.

Mr. James said thgt $6,000,000 of the increase was due to increased tax collections and that a little over $1,000,000 resuited from budget reductions by the 194] Legislature,

Wants Balance ‘Preserved’

The State has $21,000,000 in unsxpended appropriations to pay for from the general fund before June 30, 1042. Mr. James predicted, however, that tax collections during the coming six months would be sufficient to leave the State with a genS18 yng telanice of eiwesn 3a.

balance would be preserved for the post-war period. “If present taxes are continued and if the 1943 Legislature doesn't spend the surplus, Indiana should have enough on hand to take care of the post-war period without any increase in taxes,” he said.

40 Million on Hand

The auditor's year-end report revealed that the State had a balance of $40,000,000 on hand in all its funds at the end of 1841 as compared to $33,000,000 at the close of 1940. The biggest increase in tax collections last year was in gross income, where a $2,000,000 gain was registered—the tax raising approximately Mr. James predicted that despite the reduction in the tax of 1 to % per cent, beginning Jan. 1, there would net be a sharp drop in the revenue from this source because of war-time conditions. Defense plants have to pay State gross income tax.

Property Tax Increase

Other major revenue increases were in the alcoholic beverage tax which netted the State $337,000 more; in the oil inspection tax, $61,000, and in the general property tax, $340,000. The increase in property tax collections came from payment of delinquent taxes, Mr. James said. And since the State receives only 5 per cent of the property taxes collected, he estimated that there was approximately $6,000,000 in delinquent taxes paid up over the state last year.

Motorists Pay More

Motorists, Who pay a 4-cent tax to the State on each gallon of gasoline they buy, paid $16,700,000 during 1941, an increase of $1,700,000 over 1940. This money goes into the highway fund and is distributed to the State, counties and cities to build roads and streets. Mr, James predicted that because of tire and car rationing, gasoline taxes would drop to such an extent that the Highway Commission would have to confire itself to building roads needed for defense. He also reported that he had cut costs in the three divisions of his department by approximately $11, 200 under the expenses for the last six months of 1940.

BLAME AUTHOR FOR MANILA CRITICISM

KUIBYSHEV, Jan. 3 (U. P).— Soviet quarters, commenting today on an article in the official Communist newspaper Pravda Wednesday which condemned declaration of Manila as an open city as “cowardly,” said today the author merely had intended to express disappointment that the Philippines were not better defended. The article, written by 8. Zaslavsky, said Manila should have been defended as a fortress as Tobruk, Leningrad, Moscow and Sevastopol have been defended. Soviet quarters said the author alone was responsible for the abusive, ridiculing tone of the article, despite the fact that it was published in the official party organ.

and $20,000 at the close The Socal yeas “He said be hoped {ne present?

SAYS ‘POLITICS’ LED TO CHARGE

Richardson Charges Attempt to Hurt Democratic Administration.

Henry J. Richardson, attorney and member of the State Welfare Board, today claimed that “politics” was responsible for his being charged with embezzlement in an

indictment returned this week. A former member of the State Legislature, Mr. Richardson was charged with having appropriated a $718 workmen’s compensation check of a client to his own bank account. “It is another attempt,” said Mr. Richardson, “to discredit the State Democratic Administration, and to destroy the public's confidence in its official family. “A member of the prosecutor's staff and other persons with malignant intent have approached me on several occasions within the last six months making other fictitious charges with the purpose of intimidation. My office force and others have been subpenaed and questioned as to my personal affairs, and as to whether or not I have been connected with beer taverns or gambling places. “The fact that my business and my personal affairs could not be proven disreputable is in itself conclusive evidence that such methods were unwarranted. My 15 years of honorable public service should have taught the prosecutor that such nefarious methods were unnecessary. My business and activities are both above board and open for the inspection of those desiring true and honest facts: Such pernicious persecution could arise from no other motive than subtle political malice and a desire for personal defamation. “That these infamous charges are absolutely unfounded, utterly groundless, without merit and ridiculous will be proved at the proper time.”

9 DEAD, 2 INJURED IN ILLINOIS CRASH

ALHAMBRA, Ill, Jan. 3 (U. P).— State police today described the loss of life in the two-car collision at a highway intersection near here as the greatest from an auto accident in Illinois history. Nine persons were killed and two others critically

injured. The dead included five women, three men and an infant.

BURNED MAN CRITICAL

William Eaton, 85, who was burned badly when a coal oil stove exploded in his home at 1120 Hoyt Ave, yesterday, remained in a critical condition in City Hospital today. Firemen said Mr. Eaton was attempting to fill the stove when the explosion occurred.

IN INDIANAPOLIS—- VITAL STA TISTICS

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Violations Tried tions Paid Speeding ...... ‘3 5 $55 Reckless driving. 4 3 22 Failure to stop at through street. 1 1 0 Disobeying traffic sighals ....... 1 11 Drunken driving 1 1 20 All others ......15 11 kkd Totals cesses 22 $185 MARRIAGE LICENSES in These lists are from official records m 3 ty Court House. The Times, is pot responsitie for errors samées and addresses, 5 "Samuel Magness, 22 of 1711 Union; Bead son, 20, of 2131 8. Fast. n, 49 of 728 N. East: Bdith 39, of 728 N. East. Roars of , 2028 lstcher: Lena : ! 0. of 9%] King; Berof T1Y N. Haugh. 31, City;

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: MEETINGS TOMORROW

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Albert F. Capone, son of Al Capone, emerges from a church at Miami with his bride.

‘Forgive Me’

Wife Gambles Away Diver’s Savings, Then Ends Life.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 (U, P.).—Famous deep-sea diver William Reed had no indication that the fabulous amounts he earned for risking his life were being gambled away by his wife, Jewel, 35. The awakening came yesterday when he sought to draw $10,000 of their savings to buy defense bonds and found only $4000 left in the bank. He returned home to ask his wife how she had used the. $6000 from their joint account. He got his answer from a note on the kitchen table. Mrs. Reed was dead. She had opened the gas jets and shot herself after writing this note: “Please forgive me for taking this way out, but I have wronged you so badly I cannot face it. I have lost nearly all your money. “I started in Seattle. I've kept trying to come back, but couldn’t. Don’t think I haven't suffered. I have known since war was declared that I must do this, but I wanted you to have a perfect holiday. “So try to understand and forgive me.” Mr, Reed was inconsolable. “Money doesn't mean that much,” he said. “Besides, I make big money.” He is one of the nation’s foremost divers. He won a Congressional medal for finding the Submarine S-51 off the Atlantic coast when the craft was rammed and sunk in 1931. He helped build the underwater portions of Golden Gate bridge. Currently he works for Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. On the bridge job he earned $15,000 a year plus $100 a dive and a $1 a foot bonus for dives over 100 feet.

CHIEF URGES LISTING OF TIRE NUMBERS

Police Chief Morrissey today requested automobile owners to list the serial numbers of their tires as a precaution against theft. He said that in case of a theft the numbers would help officers locate and identify them. Francis A Rogers, 1112 Lexington Ave,, reported yesterday that two tires had been stolen from his automobile. A request to save old license plates until March 1 was also issued by Chief Morrissey. “It is a precaution so that they will not fall into the hands of persons who might use them in robberies and other crimes,” he said.

U. S. NEEDS PILOTS T0 FERRY PLANES

The Army Air Corps wants civilian pilots to ferry airplanes from factories in this country to allied nations which are receiving lendlease aid. Those who qualify will receive $300 a month for 90 days, and at the end of that period they may apply for reserve commissions. Only Americans by birth will be accepted and they must produce birth certificates. The pilots must be older than 21, younger than 46, and they must have 500 certified flying hours, 250 hours on aircraft of at least 400 horsepower. Current CAA commercial licenses also are required. Besides getting $300 a month, the ferry pilots will receive ah expense allowance of $5 a day in the United States, $6 a day on trips outside this country. : Applications can be sent to Maj. Thomas D. Ferguson, Air Ferrying Command, Hensley Field, Grand Prairie, Tex, or Capt. Cur~ tis A. Keen, Air Corps Ferrying Command, Bolling Field, Washington, D. C.

YOUNG TEDDY A GENERAL PFT. DEVENS, Mass, Jan. 3 (U. P.).—Theodore Roosevelt, son of the

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100,000 NAZIS

Near Mozhaisk as Reds Smash Defense Lines:

KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Jan. 3 (U. P.).~More than 100,000 German troops have been trapped in the Mozhaisk area of the west-Moscow

men each were caught in the pocket as Red Army troops, investing the city of Mozhaisk, swept farther west« ward along Napoleon's road of doom, in pursuit of the German armies, A war communique had reported the recapture of the important city of Maloyaroslavets, 70 miles southsouthwest of Moscow, and had asserted that the Russian forces, advancing relentlessly, had smashed every attempt of the Germans to ‘form a new defense line.

Other Towns Recaptured

Maloyaroslavets was only one of numerous towns and villages which the Russians had taken in that area, where they were not only advancing frontally but were striking up toward the Mozhaisk area in one arm of a double flanking drive, it was asserted. A special communique reported that the Russians had killed more than 15,000 Germans between Dec. 26 and Dec. 31, and had captured 60 tanks, 287 field guns and more than 6,000,000 rounds of ammunition among other war material,

Russian Planes Active

In one sector of the Moscow front, the early communique said, Russian troops liberated 10 towns and villages in one day and captured 85 trucks. Russian planes were increasingly active. It was asserted officially that the Russians destroyed 31 German planes Wednesday and 28 Thursday, and destroyed eight German tanks, 595 trucks and 334 carts. The planes also blew up or burned six railroad trains and dispersed three regiments totaling 8000 troops, it was said.

COURT ASKED 10 0. K. BINGO

Hearing Due Next Week in Suit Asking Ban on Police Action.

perior Court 5 next week to have bingo declared a legal pastime in Indiana. Hundreds of bingo games were staged every week in Indianapolis, taking in estimated gross receipts of around $20,000 weekly until a police edict stopped them. Bingo enthusiasts then chartered busses to other counties where games were held in open fields and sports arenas, attracting thousands. Police raided several games here and the campaign to stop bingo was climaxed several weeks ago when a police squad raided a game being sponsored by the Men’s Club of St. Anthony Catholic Church. Four members of the club were arrested and charged with violating the State gaming laws.

Filed Civil Suit

Their trials were scheduled in Municipal Court but were suddenly called off and the cases were transferred to Criminal Court. Criminal] Court Judge Dewey E. Myers asked a Grand Jury investigation and two weeks ago the jury ordered the men freed of the charges. The four men then filed a civil suit in Superior Court 5, demanding that bingo be declared legal, The suit contends that the State gaming laws do not apply to bingo as it is played at benefit affairs. The City legal department will have to answer the suit next week and oppose a plea that the Police Department be restrained from ine terfering with future bingo games of the St. Anthony Men's Club.

AIDS FOR WOMEN’S DEFENSE UNIT NAMED

Five assistants were named today by Mrs, H. H, Arnhoilter, director of the Women’s Division of the Marion County Civilian Defense Council. The division will co-ordinate activities of all women in defense participation, and active programs soon will be announced, Mrs. Arnholter said. Her aids are Mrs. Hortense Rauh Burpee, publicity; Mrs. Charles E. Buschmann, registration and placement; Mrs. Rudolph Grosskopf, council of organizations; Miss Janice Berlin, county contacts, and Mrs. Robert H, Tyndall, liaison.

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Milton Ellis (left) and Robert Ford tJ » 2

MILTON D. .ELLIS, 1739 8S. High School Road, and his cousin, Robert Ford of Terre Haute, have ‘enlisted in the Army Air Corps. They are now in training at McDill Field, Tampa, Fla. Cadet Ellis is a graduate of Manual High School and Cadet Ford was graduated from Wiley High School in Terre Haute. # " 2

In the Services

WER, 19 OTHERS ARE PROMOTED

Local Man Given Temporary Colonecy; Stationed in San Juan, P. R.

Lieut. Col. John M. Weir of Indianapolis received his temporary promotion to colonel along with 19 other Indiana-born officers of the regular Army, the War Department announced today. Col, Weir was assigned to San Juan, P. R.,, last April. The other Indiana men are: Floyd Marshall, Bloomington; Kent C. Lambert, Crawfordsville; Frank J. Keelty, Scipio; Don C. Faith, Washington; Carl J. Rohsenberger, Evansville; Robert A. McClure, Madison; Harold Haney, Brazil; Harold L. Egan, Frankfort; Ralph J. Canine, Terre Haute. Frank E. Barber, Bloomington; Grant A. Schlieker, East Chicago; Leonard R. Crews, Evansville; Robinson E. Duff, Wolcott; William L. Ritter, Hartford City; Paul T. Baker, Boonville; Frank H. Haste ings, Washington; Roy N. Hagerty,

Muncie, and Owen Summers, Bloomington, n First Lieut. Edward J. F. Roesch,

former pharma“i cist of Hook Dfugs Inc. here, is enrolled in the battery course, Field Ar-

where he was on

Roesch

Field Artillery, ” ” ” Cadet Louis G. Ketcham, 1219 E. Michigan St., is a member of the aviation class reporting to Air Corps Training Detachment, Thunderbird Field, Glendale, Ariz, Cadet Ketcham attended Indiana University before entering the service, ” ” ” Newell Van Sickle, 914 E. 52d. St. has won his Navy “wings” at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, Ensign Van Sickle, who is a § graduate of Wa-§ bash College, will be assigned to wctive duty at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. received his preliminary flight training at the Naval Reserve

Van Sickle Aviation Base at Glenview, Ill.

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Marion T. Phillips has sent word to his sister, Mrs. Naomi Gentry, 308 S. Dearborn Ave, that he is “all right at Pearl Harbor.” Mr, Phillips, whose home was in Spencer, enlisted in the Navy in September, 1940. He is a gun striker on one of the ships of the Pacific Fleet. n ” » Earl Dietrich, chairman of Draft Board No. 10, has received a longawaited letter from his son, Wray, from Pearl Harbor today. Young Dietrich, a private in the Marine Corps stationed in Hawaii, wrote Dec. 9 to his father, living at 1601 8S. Randolph St. to assure him he survived the Jap attack unhurt.

CLAIM JAPS SINK TANKER

BERLIN, Jan. 3 (Official Radio). Japanese submarines were re= ported today to have sunk a former Dutch tanker being used by British and American naval forces 80 miles

off the California coast,

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (U. P.)~Clare 8. McArdle, 49, St. Louis business executive, and Mrs. Nancy Wassman, 35, Chicago beauty operator, were found poisoned to death early today in a Gold Coast restaurant on Chicago's near North Side. A woman's compact, containing crystals which were believed poisonous, was found on the window sill of the private dining room where the bodies were found. The couple entered the restaurant at 8 o'clock last night, ordered a pheasant dinner and asked that they be left undisturbed. A waiter said he served them a bottle of Shmpugne at 10:45 and returned 0 hours Jater to

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Pair. Found Poisoned to Death In Gold Coast Restaurant

had fallen against him. The waiter called the manager, who summoned Dr. O. G. Stark. He said they appeared to have died of cyanide

poisoning. McCardle, father of a 16-year-old | girl, was vice president and sales manager of the Missouri Portland Cement Co. At his home in Clayton, Mo., his wife said he left yesterday on a ess trip. Mrs. Wassman was divorced six years ago. Police took specimens of the pheasant and champagne and crys-

tals for analysis.

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officers

Ft. Bragg, N. C., duty with the 79th

PROPOSES LONE NEW CAR PLANT

Government May Authorize Assembly for Essentials * .And Lend-Lease.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (U. P.).— The Government may authorize one comparatively small plant to cone tinue producing automobiles after present assembly lines are halted about Jan. 31, it was said today. The plant would produce cars only for the Government lend-lease program and for essential civilian users. Defense officials believed that the estimated 650,000-car stockpile will be rationed in about a year and some production will be needed to meet demands over a three to fouryear war period. Stocks of 450,000 cars frozen in the hands of dealers will be augmented by 200,000 to be produced this month from already fabricated parts. When production of new parts was frozen Dec, 10 the industry had a $213,000,000 materials and parts inventory. Only $100,000,000 will be used in the January assembly and the remainder will be held for replacements.

Avoids Car Commandeering

If no new car production were avallable for rationing in 1943, the Government would be forced to commandeer civilian automobiles. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said such a step was “one of the gloomy possibilities” of a long war. Under the single-plant production being considered by OPM, all existing automobile companies would share in the operations and would retain their trade names. The 650,000-car stockpile, if ale lotted under specific terms of the tire and tube rationing program which goes into effect Monday, Mr. Henderson said, would not provide needed equipment for the first three essential classes — medical, ambulance and protective groups. In newspaper advertisements here and in New York, the C. I. O. criticized the OPM for failure to convert the auto industry to war materials production months ago.

Fears Plant Closings

The advertisement charged that half of the automobile plants were closed and that virtually all will be by the end of January. It estimated that 400,000 will be idle by the end of this month, and charged that “the nation has lost 2,000,000 man-days every week in war production through failure to put the 400,000 auto workers to work.” President L. Clare Cargile of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association, launching a “nation-wide

: fight to prevent wholesale bankruptcy among dealers,” said the

OPM’s order banning new car sales woud ruin many small dealers. The association’s proposals ine cluded: That new car price ceil ings, if any, be fixed at present or recent - retail prices; liberal used car price ceilings, if any; units purchased or requisitioned by the Gove ernment to be paid for at regular prices without discount, and distribution of all cars through deal ers. Map Conversion Plant

Defense officials said a three point plan for immediate conversion of auto plants to war work has been drafted for approval of a joint Government-industry-labor meeting to be held here Monday, The plan would: 1. Pool engineering and produce tion techniques for speecdiest proe duction of planes, tanks, guns, ame munition, trucks and other equipe ment, 2. Increase award of contracts to the industry immediately on an actual or “letter of intent” basis. 3. Form a labor - management steering committee to supervise the industry’s conversion and conse quent full war output. OPM officials disclosed that large supplies of rubber will be made available to tire companies for ree treading and recapping. Later, however, it may be necessary to rae tion used and reconditioned tires, The Government is preparing a plan for the relief of automobile dealers so that cars in showrooms and warehouses will not be held indefinitely. Some of the 200,000 to be assembled will be allotted to the dealers.

RETAIL HARDWARE.

The effect of the war on the hardware trade is expected to domi« nate discussions of retail dealers at their 43d annual convention and exposition here Jan. 27. Well known public speakers, dis« plays by more than 100 manuface turers and wholesalers of hardware items and a round of entertains ments will be included in the foure day meeting. Business sessions and the expo« sition will be held in the Murat Temple, while Hotel Lincoln, cone vention headquarters, will be the scene of social functions. Homer Hipskind of Wabash, ase sociation president, will preside.

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