Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1942 — Page 7
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Cal., Feb. 2 ~1t America should find in that the little old shriveled-up guayule plant | : dius out of the bber dilemma we're in, the ® episode probably will get little credit for it.
Most of those years he has
fought stone wall of government
apathy,| from the guayule company itself (beca it didn’t want guayule od), and the nat disinclination of farmers from a proved crop to an unproved one. one time McCargar was so badly in the dog- # that he had to con ue the campaign from his 8 instead of at the C of C. office. But he be- . guayule and has never given up. Now at last seem to be coming way. He says he doesn’t wh they grow it in the Salinas valley or
; hong as they grow it
ound family is guayule crazy. private in the army and
some unknown destinadad.
Cargar stopped in Chiand a guayule story camp in™Séuth Carolina
) 19 Cents a
§ WHOLE M’CARG gar’s son, Jack, now at sea en route s almost worse than ) his way east Pvt. went to the newspape int. When he was
Maurice O'Rear Ross, appointed acting presi pant of Butler university y the most ulate educator in town, thinks the modern kids are all right and ‘even better than own, generation. Dean ‘Ross (he’ been dean of Butler's school of |business administration
y 3 inches tall, weighs 5 and stands extraerect. He has a lean gh cheekbones and a squarish His hands are large, his ears fairly prominent, and he wears a size 8 hat. He has —_ a high forehead, with hair that's fie silvery grajy—and sparse. eyes never waver; they look right at you. His § deep and clear—see: to come right out d it retains [just a trace of gentle draw! reminiscent of Kentucky rearing.
, Pleasant, and speaks ants to say and says ping for words. He 1l-met-type, but he is ple easily. They like An excellent conteller, he’s also an demand for talks on over the entire state. ughly, can tell you from | “price “of eggs during r I or most any other time. ety masculine in his likes and dislikes. , he has an aversion to teas where you io balance a plate on your knee. He is fond ge, but doesn’t get excited enough over it
l. He knows what he ut any hesitation or e jovial, hale-fellow-man who meets
H edy Lamar
s psi at the office always is disorderly and ' Most of its een are on the top, and to shuffle through to [find what he wants. It ‘him the way some people can keep their p cleared. He’s extremely courteous and y, and always ri from his seat to greet his office—even Tr who, by the way, n frmensely.
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; GTON, Feb. 28 five must be launched at once. } bad turn that the war has taken has forced up our schedules. We have less time than to have. There is not time to wait until
A new spring produc-
; next year, Planes and ships must be had . Unless we get them within next two or three e axis may be able to
dissol 5 In a word, the danger is that Germany, and Japan will join hands. If| Germany breaks through , and Japan completes her the Indian ocean,
, would be all but cut e situation. we face is
play. fakes it DecesiaY, to do more than we had | to do. Hence the eed of a spring produc-
to calling for earlier delivery dates,
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j 7 must be found get the extra grunt out working on ° produc¢tion—from the n in the front o to the last man on ‘the
tle Thing? Yes, But— way that has appeared
YORK, Friday morning T am going to: : the United J appeal campaign.
other ch ritable and civic group, no:
well establ they find that a great do not associate the carrying on of their usual | nupity activities wi of war. ‘In some cases, I am told, th
is not only a tendency to lower
the contributions, but to cut down on the of volunteer service whicl ve given.
. we. have failed a
osier Vagabond
| McCargar (of the Salinas Chaniber of
sometimes open hostility
_ calisthenics.
problem is to encourage |
‘them hopped up about guayule. One ‘of the things the government will get when it. buys out the Intercontinental Co. is its secret germinating process. You or I could take a handful of guayile seed, carefully plant it, and it wouldn't} gven cone up. It has to be treated With a. certain
acid first.
| This same company has had chisiierable production in Mexico. It started early in the century, and has three producing plants there. Here is Salinas, the first experimental plantings were in 1912. The first commercial plantings were in 1923, and the mill was built in 1932, It is the only guayule raill in America. | Rubber in the Far East, under the coolie wage| system, is produced at from 4 to 10 cents a pound. To produce guayule rubber here right now costs from 15 to 19 cents a pound. This would be brought far down with hig-scale production. Even so, it isn’t likely that guayule farmers could compete with East Indies plantations after the-war. | But—this isn’t after the war, this is in the war.
Like Beet Sugar Making
THE PROCESS OF getting rubber out of the guayule comes nearer to that of processing sugar beets than anything I can think of. They simply plow up the plents, let them lie on the ground a few days (they put in a lot of rubber during those few days on the ground), then take them to the mill and chop them into small pieces. These pieces are then run through a ball mill and crushed into fiber. This fiber then goes through a chemical process, involving the flotation method. The fiber sinks to the bottom. The rubber particles cling together in what are called “worms,” and float to the top. | |
A regular at symphony con pts, he has a nice library of symphony records. Tavorite song is “Home on the Range.” He doesn’t play any musical instruments or sing, and “My Old Kentucky Home,” appropriately enough, is about the only tune he can carry. Working around the house is distasteful to him. He never gets out and putters around the yard. In fact, to him all flowers are “roses” except maybe petunias. He is an enthusiastic news broadcast fan; never misses Lowell Thomas. He enjoys the theater and movies when he has time to attend. For years he was a Jean Harlow fan; now he’s transferred his admiration {0 Hedy Lamarr,
Golfs Before Breakfast
DR. ROSS was an all-state football tackle at Kentucky Wesleyan college, manned a machine gun in the front cockpit of a naval plane in World War I, earned his doctor’s degree in economics at the University of Chicago. His professional career took him to Sturgis, Ky. thence in 192¢ to Earlham college where he served in .the dual capacity of head football coach and college dean. He came here in 1938 from the University of Tennessee. He keeps in excellent physical condition, manages to get some exercise daily. In the winter, it's In the summer, he enjoys getting up early and playing nine holes of golf before breakfast. He plays a fair game—somewhere around. 95 (for 18). He also is enthusiastic about walking— would rather walk than drive his car. Frequently
he hikes the mile or so from his home at 210 E. 49th st, to the university. Occasionally he takes his
family to thé! Riviera club for a swim.
Fond of Peanuts
DR. ROBS smokes cigarets and a pipe. His favarite expression, if he has one, is “Oh, heavens,” said with a smile. He is well read, doesn’t miss marly new books and magazine articles on current affairs and economics. Every night he reads in bed at least an hour. ~ Particular/ about his clothing, he likes double breasted sits and blue ties. His favorite foods are roquefort cheese and peanuts. : His 2-year-old son, Jeremy, is the apple of his eye, Dr. Ross loves to take the youngster for a walk, or a romp in the yard And he never says “Jery did so and so.” It’s always “that little boy.” He beams all over his face when he talks about him, too. That's Butler's new president.
By Raymond Clapper|&
plant spirit. The navy department found a helpful device in its “E" awards. At first the award was given to the management. But no play was made over the labor crews that helped turn out the goods. That nas been corrected and the men who work on the tools share in the honors. The maritime commission has been persuaded to give more attention to workmen in launching ships. Instead of reserving the christening honors exclusively for society girls and the wives, sisters, cousins and aunts of senators and congressmen who voted for the appropriations, some merchant ships are being launched by wives of shipworkers. A little thing? Well, yes. But probably workmen ant their wives like these honors just as much as the chairman of the board and his wife.
It's That Extra Little Bit
HOW MUCH THIS ‘sort of thing can do toward speeding production is a guess. But if the output is increased by 10 per cent it will help. If it could be known how many officials have to scramble and negatiate and beg and maneuver to get a dozen planes sent here or there, then we would know befter how every little bit helps. L We have talked so much in fantastic numbers
* that we forget a dozen planes are an important item
in this war, It is an unbelievable effort to get just that many planes out to a certain spot when some urgent call comes through. | 80 it is with production. It is not the 100,000 planes next year that are causing the worry now. If is down into small terms. India can be lost on the balance of an unbelievably small amount of equip-
ment. So can Suez. Big numbers for tomorrow are
necessary, But smaller numbers today are imperative.
. By Eleanor Roosevelt
‘are In’ the services, and who are undergoing physical » hardship and mental I look at the present situation in the following way. Pirst of all, so far as we are able, we should give a little more to every agency we have supported in the
. past. What we give in eontributions to the war, such
as increased Red Cross, U. 8. O.,, army and navy yelief, should be beyond what we have given in the past. Our investments in defense bonds and stamps
should be regarded as investments, not as gifts, ex=|
cept where we buy them for charitable purposes and do not hold them ourselves. Secondly, I think we should continue to give what
over and above our normal activities. This should
By Ernie Pyle |
he went to the local Chamber of Commerce and got g
fon which direct hits were scor
time we have in the past to the organizations in which| we have served. Our war contributions should bej 1
be accomplished by better organization of our time, | Joy Planning $5 Sie joa ume 3 Wikmporiapt
U. S. Has Sunk or Damaged 118 in Pacific; 245 of
Foes’ Planes Wrecked.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (U. PB). —The United States entered the 84th day of the Pacific war today, chalking up a score of better than one Japanese ship sunk ‘or damaged and six Japanese planes destroyed
per day. Military authorities felt that this toll—added to similar claims of other united nations forces in the Far East—is taxing Japanese replacement capacities heavily. Army and navy recapitulations showed 118 enemy vessels sunk or damaged in the Pacific since the first Japanese bomber roared over Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, and a major portion of these were attacked by
air, Ratio of 4 to 1
Official announcements have reported 16 American ships lost and 10 damaged in the Pacific by Sugsuy action during the same period, in dicating a ratio of better than four Japanese craft sunk or damaged to one American vessel. The recapitualations listed so1 Japanese aircraft destroyed definitely while innumerable others are known to have been hit. This figure includes 165 shot down by volunteer American pilots in China. It does not include enemy planes gestroyed on 'the ground.
Reports on American aircraft losses to date have been incomplete, making an estimate impos sible. It was recalled, however, that President Roosevelt, in his address Monday night, disclosed that Japanese plane losses have been greater than this country’s, including U. S. losses at Pearl Harbor.
245 Jap Planes Bagged
The army recapitulation did report that only 48 army planes have been shown down as compared with 245 Japanese aircraft known to have been shot down by army pilots. ' An army spokesman said that U. S. plane losses on the ground purposely have been kept secret because such information would be valuable to the enemy—who has no other way of obtaining it. He explained that it is virtually impossible for a pilot flying at 300 or 400 miles per hour through anti-
fect of his attack.
be a badly crippled plane on the ground many thousands of feet below easily might have been damaged so slightly that a single replacement part would make it airworthy,” the spokesman said,
Losses Tabulated
The army and navy recapitulations, announced in communiques late yesterday and Thursday respectively, disclosed the following box score of Japanese vessels sunk, probably sunk, or damaged: Probably nk or Sunk by damaged by A. N.M. A. N.M. Total 3
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*Does not include three submarines sunk or captured at Pearl Harbor.
A. N.M. denotes Army, Navy & Marines. The army communique said that “in presenting this summary the war department has included among the vessels probably sunk only those where the observed damage avas so great as to leave little doubt as to ultimate destruction.” “Among those listed as seriously damaged are included only those
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the communique continued. “It seems likely that some of the vessels so listed were damaged so severely that they might be considered as lost.” The navy announcement similarly listed as sunk only ships known to have been blasted irreparably.
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Tanker Torpedoed Off New Jersey
ih ‘A U-boat’s torpedo smashing into the side of the Standard Oil tanker R. P. Resor, within sight of the New Jersey shore, converted the ship into a torch which is believed to have taken the lives of 39 of her
URGE PRESSURE FOR WPA FUNDS
Officials in Capital Ask Communities to Continue
Supporting Program.
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Specisl Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—WPA officials were revealed today to be lobbying for bigger appropriations by congress, and to be urging communities to continue to seek WPA funds. Q. Edward Gatlin, WPA director for Mississippi, has written or wired certain Mississippi congressmen citing the reduced WPA employment that would result from smaller WPA appropriations for the next year, and urging support in getting an “adequate appropriation.” Mr, Gatlin, it was learned, also has urged WPA local “sponsors” in Mississippi to “continue as in the past to submit projects for approval by this administration.” He has assured them that “you may expect every spirit of co-operation from this administration.” Work of Defense Nature WPA officials in other states have written congressmen emphasizing that much WPA work is of a defense nature, WPA officials also have taken pains to advise congressmen, in some instances, of layoffs being made in their locality. Mississippi congressmen admitted today they had been urged by their state WPA administration to support the WPA program. A wordy telegram from Mr. Gatlin carried the designation, “Govt. Nt.” A telegraph official said this meant it was sent at government expense.
Claims 87,000 Need Work
A federal law provides: 5 “No part of the money appropriated by any act shall , ..
other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a member of congress, to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by congress. . . .” One of Mr. Gatlin’s telegrams to Washington advised that there were currently about 21,000 persons on WPA in Mississippi, and that there were 87,000 needing WPA work. He contended that defense industry could not absorb the surplus.
MARION HOSPITAL TO GET FWA GRANT
; : Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — An FWA defense area grant of $92,800 was announced to complete a 35bed hospital at the Marion General hospital, Marion, Ind. A $128,000 loan and $132,000 grant was announced for waterworks ime provement at East Chicago.
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Warden Lawes Will Talk Here
LEWIS E. LAWES, former warden of Sing Sing prison and now being urged by friends to run for governor of New York, will address the Executive club's dinner here Monday night. Mr. Lawes is considered an outstanding penologist and .h u ma nitarian and served as warden of Sing Sing for more than 21 years. The dinner will
Lewis Lawes be at 6:30 in the Indianapolis
Athlelic club. Dr, William E. Bodenhamer is president of the organization.
WAS VON PAPEN EVER SHOCKED?
That Bomb Down in Ankara (Nazi by the Way) Blew
Off His Trousers.
By HELEN KIRKPATRICK
ight, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times Copyrie The Chicago Daily News. Inc.
LONDON, Feb. 28. — Informed Londoners are enjoying one of the better laughs of the war at the expense of Adolf Hitler's crack ambassador and his private team of bomb-throwers. ; The full story of the recent bomb episode in Ankara has not been told and cectainly will not be told in Germany. For there is no doubt that the bomb was German, as the fragments indicated and as papers in the pockets of the unfortunate and defunct thrower confirmed.
Who Was Real Target
The bomb exploded on the steps of an apartment building in which Geoffrey Thompson, counselor of the British embassy lived and where Col. Stainer, military attache, worked. Both were in but neither was injured. The boinb may have been intended for them. But, on the other hand, it may have been intended for a Turkish cabinet minister who was scheduled to drive down Ataturk blvd. His route was known and if the bomb had exploded four minutes later the minister would have been at about this spot.
Among the Casualties
But it went too soon, blew the clumsy agent to bits, damaged the British diplomats’ apartment and working quarters, and knocked Nazi Ambassador Baron Franz Von Papen and his wife off their feet. It did more than that. It blew the trousers completely off Von Papen.
WELLS ON CARNEGIE FOUNDATION BOARD
| Times Special
; BLOO} GTON, Ind: Feb. 28.— Dr. He: B. Wells, president of Indiana U versity, has been named to the of trustees of the Car- ~ |negie f tion for the advance-
made today by Dr. Walter A. Jessup, president of the foundation. 4 Dr. Wells Suceoeds Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president emeritus of the university, who acted as trustee from 1910 to 1938.
“ISET LIVING COST AT :|. $1464 FOR FAMILY
Times Special * ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —Cost of
worker's family was estimated for Indianapolis at $1464.12 as of Dec.
by the bureau of labor. tat tistics,
living for a four-person manual|’
15, 1041, ina Sabuiation {ir 33 ead
ling U. 8. cities made today | |
SPRINGER FEARS WAR POWER ACT
Seeks Protection Against Arbitrary Seizure of Personal Property.
Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—So incensed is Rep. Raymond S. Springer (R. Ind.) regarding the “loose manner” in which the house war powers bill is drawn regarding commandeering of personal property that he intends to take the matter up in the senate judiciary committee, he said today. : In an effort to tighten up the bill’s < provisions, the Hoosier gongressman offered an amendment in both the judiciary committee and the house committee of the whole. Each time the amendment was voted down. “I am so sure that I am right about this being a bad law in the manner now drawn that I will talk the whole thing over with Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.), chairman of the senate judiciary committee,” Rep. Springer said. Calls Powers ‘Arbitrary
“As it now reads the government can go into a man’s factory, take several big machines and leave the remainder ‘there absolutely useless and still not pay for anything but the machines taken. “The same could apply to a man’s nouse furnishings or anything else. Never has this government been given such arbitrary powers and not even this war requires that such powers should be given to it.” Compensatory damages would be paid for losses “proximately caused” by such governmuntal seizures under the Springer amendment. Wants Just Compensation
In arguing for adoption of his amendment by the house, Rep. Springer concluded: “We are at war. We have a stupendous task ahead. We will meet it, and we will win this war. But as we look forward throughout the future years we must not pass legislation which will assume to take the property of the people of this nation without just: compensation therefor. “The amendment which I have proposed will aid in the determination of that highly important question—the just compensation for the property taken in such condemnation proceedings.”
PSC CHIEF ENGINEER TAKES POST MONDAY
Hugh Abbott, ‘newly-named chief engineer of the Public Service Commission, will take over his new post Monday. Harry V. Wenger, chief engineer of the commission for the past 13 years who' was replaced by Mr. Abbott, will continue working in the engineering department until April 1, commission ‘officials said. Mr. Abbott is a Democrat and M2:
Labor Pressure Suspension Would Help War Contractors. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (U. P.).—
weathered the worst storm of ate tack since Pearl Harbor on New Deal social legislation, were. hopeful today there would be no lag in arms production that might bring a new effort to suspend the 40-hour work week. The house refused by a vote of 226 to to suspend the overtime pay provisions of the wage-hour law and 16 other federal statutes governing the hours of .American workers. The overwhelming vote was muse tered through strong organized lae bor pressure and the effectiveness of arguments that: 1. The bulk of war worker$ would not be affected by suspension of the overtime laws since they work under union contracts requiring the payment of time and a half for hours worked in excess of 40 a week; and those not now working under such contracts would fry, perhaps strike, for contracts that would guarantee them overtime payment. .
Quick Change in Sentiment
2. That most cost-plus war cone tracts are signed on the basis of overtime payments and the suspene sion of these payments would ine crease the profits of war contractors with no statutory provision require ing renegotiation of the contracts. The house vote represented a change in sentiment that came with dramatic suddenness. . At noon house leaders said prie vately that the wage-hour amend ment would pass. Until two hours before the vote the ‘leadership held this view. They had postponed the vote from Thursday until yestere day in the belief that the amend ment definitely would carry unless the vote were put off.
¢ Reluctant to Anger Labor
The early spr of sentiment for suspension of e 40-hour week which one house leader said had reached “wildfire proportions” was attributed to reaction to the recent flurry of labor disputes in war in. dustries. House leaders conceded that if industrial disputes continue in the face of military setbacks, the next time the ball of reaction starts to roll it may sweep everything n a
Some dservers. felt that congress men who have:! nat’ always ‘supe ported new deal social legislation
occasion because they will be up for re-election soon and they did not want to incur the wrath of labor generally—both the organize. and the une .
McCormack Sustained
Rep. Howard W. Smith (D. Va) had proposed the 40-hour week suspension amendment which brought on the house fight. He pro= posed to amend the second war powers bill, which has become an omnibus bill through the addition of several amendments. : Rep. E. E. Cox (D. Ga.) challenged the leadership of Majority Leader John W. McCormack (D, Mass.) Thursday when it appeared probable that the Smith amend= ment would carry. Mr. Cox criticized Mr. McCor= ‘mack’s opposition to the amend ment and demanded that the “mas jority leader speak for the mae jority of the members of the house.” The overwhelming vote sustained Mr. McCormack’s leadership in the first challenge: of the kind in the house in recent years.
INDIANA FIRE CHIEFS. MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Members of the Indiana Fire Chiefs association will meet for dine ner at 7 p. m. Monday in the Hotel lincoln. Governor Schricker - will award prizes to the highest ranke ing cities of the state in fire prevens tion activities. According to Ralph C. Dinkel, Terre Haute, association president,
award in fire prevention week ace tivities for the last five years, in
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