Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1942 — Page 1

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FORECAST: Not much change in temperature this afternoon and tonight.

. MONDAY, MARCH

26 Accidents ch in City as Snowstorms

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» March winds rape winter - back into Indianapolis today and hopes for spring were for the moment buried in snow. The weather bureau said there

would be more of the same until]

early tonight. State police reported roads in six counties in the Duns area closed and all state roads, except in the Jasper area, in a dangerous condition. The state highway department said the snow belt eéxtended down Columbus and Seymour and that ds south of there were wet buf not iced or snow-packed. Six to eight, inches of snow were reportéd in northern Indiana. Roads to Be Reopened Three short sections of road which were closed were expected to be open this afternoon: Road 23 north of Liberty; road 17 [south of Plymouth and road 10 east of Culver. With a stiff per pushing the

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snow into drifts and making driving dangerous, several county schools were closed. | Among them were Warren Central, Bridgeport

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Indianapolis Railways reported its traffic generally alowed up up and the Indianapolis Sous & Light Co.} was remedying several small inci-| ber incurred by the weather.

The College ave, streecar line was stalled this morning when sa cer got} off the tracks on 62d st. loop in Broad Ripple. to the naval ordnance plant was delayed for 40 minutes. : The Power and ported a 4000-watt. down at 106th st, line road and * near 16th st. and ve. Roosevelt ave. and [Bynwood ave. and 21st st.

Airlines on| Time

Airline operations |this afternoon were on & normal ule. Last night, however, grounded one plane which left at 9:15 a. m. today, Eastern one to pass on over the city TWA brought down two ships S00 Held tem until today. The offielal weathér forecast this morning was: Not much change in temperature this afternoon or tonight. |

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: Singapore Conqueror Gets

Command After Homma

Takes Own Life.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (U. P.). ~—Japan’s most famous general of this war has been’ sent to the Philippines. for the evident purpose of leading a new. attempt to knock out Gen. Douglas MacArthur's American and Filipino forces. The war department announced today that the new Japanese commander, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the conqueror of Singapore, has succeeded Gen. Masaharu Homma, who is reported to have committed suicide because of his failure to defeat Gen. MacArthur,

Sets Up Headquarters

Yamashita has arrived at headquarters north of the Bataan battlefront to take over the task in

Women at work . . . Christy (left) wipes the snow ‘off the ‘license

plate while Daggy proceeds to fill the gasoline tank.

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Girls Run Gas Pumps Here; Two Like It, Third Goes Home

Three girls donned uniforms—navy blue slacks and jackets topped

with red overieas caps—and became human guinea pigs.

It was the launching of a nation-wide experiment by the Firestone

auto supply and service stores to try out women on men’s jobs.

The three girls at the Firestone store at 512 N. Delaware st. were to

promised an efficient and aggressive * {that promise,” Mr. Blue said in his

Jury Report.

Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, Republican, announced today that: he would seek renomination ani reelection on the record of his first two-year term in office. “During the 1940 campaign, I administratiornr and I have kept announcement, He pointed to his prosecutions of gambling, vice and illegal liquor operations and said: ‘Through a system of prosecuting criminal cases by: affidavit, I have succeeded in, speeding the administration of jus-~ tice and relieving the grand jury of routine cases so that its entire time can be devoted to serious infractions of the state’s laws.

Points to Tavern Cases

show how well they could fill the fuel tanks, wipe off windshields and

HER TERM 2 ASKED BY BY BLUE

Points to Record. as County Prosecutor; Cites Grand

"joilthe motors of autos: that are .| driven: up to the gasoline pumps. In Chicago, other girls became “guinea pigs” in the sales department; in Des Moines, there were girls who took over the jobs of “inside” salesmen.

One Failed to Come Back

Back to the three "guinea pigs” in Indianapolis— They became a part of the womSh in-industey experiment Satury. Today the girl with the name “Christy” in orange letters over her heart was back on the job, gushing enthusiasm about the work as readily as the pumps gush gasoline. The girl with the name “Daggy” over her heart also was hack on the job, happy because there was plenty of action. But the third “human guihea pig” didn’t show up. In fact, when it was lunch time Saturday, that particular guinea pig, perhaps thinking of roast beef, ran all the way home—and stayed there. Along about supper time, her husband showed up at Firestone’s and turned in the blue uniform with the name “Rosenbarger” written in orange letters on the jacket. Store Manager Pleased Mrs. Velma Rosenbarger, 1032 Col-

With the co-operation of the county liquor control board, I have prevented thi issuance of licenses to tavern operators who have vio-|tion. lated the law” The prosecutor said his campaign against gambling and vice had been indorsed by the Seventh District Federation of Women’s club, League for Better Government, Church Federation executive committee, Indianapolis Biptist association, Second Friend church committee on public morals, Beech Grove Ministerial association and the Marion county W. C. T, U.

Cifes Judgment

He also cited the report of a county grend jury which studied the operation of his office and said: “We were impressed by the high degree of efficiency and the high caliber of the personnel in spite of the. physical handicaps (the inadequacy of office space and

lege ave., had decided in the course of the nation-wide experiment that a woman's place, if it isn’t in the home,.certainly isn’t at a filling sta-

is job is better than working at a factory,” declared Miss Silvaleen Christy, 114 W. North st. “This job,” said Mrs. Mary Daggy, 265 Fourth ave. west, Mars Hill, “beats my old one of being cashier at a parking lot. Here I get action.” J. 8. Distelhorst, store manager, was pleased. Three very willing guinea pigs had played their part in an experiment. "And the experiment was 66% per cent a success.

REPORT SUBS NEAR BOMBAY

LONDON, March 9 (U. P.).— Radio Saigon today said that “military circles” in Bombay had reported that Japanese submarines were

which Homma failed despite the vast numerical superiority of his forces. . Announcement of the shifting of Yamashita to the Philippines was regarded as further corroborative evidence in support of what Gen. MacArthur yesterday described as “persistent” reports that Homma had ended his life in the bizarre tradition of hara-kiri.

Anticipate New ‘Attacks

Military observers believed that with the hard-hitting Jap in command of the 200,000 or more invading ‘troops a new offensive against MacArthur's forces was anticipated. The 57-year-old Yamashita, until Dec. 7 chief of .the < armies in China, may cut against Gen. MacArthup with Nasi-type strategy of which he became an ardent champion after a visit to Germany a year ago. Some quarters believed that the

Fernando in Pamyingo Province, (Continued on Page Two)

TREND DEVELOPS FOR GENERAL SALES TAX

Removal of All Personal

Exemptions Proposed.

WASHINGTON, March. 9 (U. P)~An' incomplete survey of house ways and means committee members today indicated a strong trend in favor of a general sales tax to raise part of the $7,600,000,000 new war revenues. M. L. Seidman, chairman of the taxation committee of the New York board of trade, urged the committee to remove all income tax exemptions when it writes the new war revenue bill. Because of personal exemptions, he said, “about three-quarters of the number of our families, about half the number. of our wage earners, and more than half of our total national income” are exempted from federal income taxes.

retary of the ‘Henry Morgenthau Jr. uld double the income tax of those earning $10,000 or less, raise the levies on other incomes, increase existing excise taxes and create new ones, arid in-

of collecting income taxes. The treasury vigorously opposed a sales tax as does President Roosevelt. Meanwhile, Rep. Harold Knutson (R. Minn.) revealed that the treasury is studying, at his request, his plan for a national lottery which he

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sighted off Bombay.

McCARTHY

; United Press Staff Correspondent WITH A U. 8. PACIFIC TASK FORCE, Feb. 20 (Delayed).

Only ope, perhaps two, of the (The navy announced the

force met (ind destroyed a Japanese bombing fleet today. attacking planes engagement

escaped. last Tuesday, saying it |

enue of $1,260,000,000.

‘Fighting Mad, He Dived From Kill to Kill’; Witness Describes U.S. Pacific Victory

9, 1942

PRICE THREE CENTS

Australia,

R. A. F. RENEWS GERMAN RAIDS

Huge Force Smashes at Krupp Works; Paris Area Hit Again.

LONDON, March 9 (U. P)— British planes made their heaviest attack on western Germany in many weeks during the night after

raid within & week on the suburban industrial area, it was said authoritatively today. The British planes in their German raid concenfrated on Essen, site of the gigantic Krupp munitions works. Reports being compiled by the air ministry indicated that the attack was most successful. Authoritative informants said that the Essen attack was much on the.same scale as that last week on

bombing & Prench war factory at| . tiny” yoertng tu. Yas secon. 1. % SSL 1 rived rom the

Good News

Pastor Gets a Second Telegram From War Department.

MAYWOOD, Ill, March 9 (U. P.).~A month ago the Rev. Roy W. Merrifield read to his congregation a list of soldiers from western Chicago suburbs fighting with Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Bataan. In conclusion he said: “And also my son, Jacques, who was killed while guarding Clark Field or Luzon Dec. 30, according

As members of the congregation filed out of the church, the pastor greeted them with his customary handshake. » = » WHILE MAYWOOD mourned the death of the young soldier, his mother became ill with influenza. Physicians said grief had weakened her. Last night the Rev. Merrifield .opened anuther telegram from the ‘war department, it said:

out. Attack Motor Works

of civil casualties.”

ualties.

the Paris war industry suburbs, when the great Renault motor works and tank plant was almost wiped

A United Press Vichy dispatch said the government announced that British planes atacked Poissy, near St. Germain, 17 miles northwest of Paris, “causing an unstated number

This dispatch said that Poissy was the site of a new motor factory and was an important railroad junction. Vichy reported there were no cas-

The Poissy factory originally made

airplane engines, it was said, but| was now producing trucks for the German army at the rate of about

“Deeply gratified to inform you that the commanding general of the United States armed forces in the far east, MacArthur, reports as of this date that your son, Technical Sergeant Jacques W. Merrifield, previously reported killed in action on Dec, 30, has been found alive and well.” Physicians said today ‘Mrs, Merrifield had taken a turn for the better,

FATHER OF 4 HS 180-DAY SENTENGE

Accused of Grabbing and

The program submitted by Sec-|-

20 a day. Saturday night British

submarine bases.

Boy Fined $50 in 5:18 A. M. Crash

fined $50 and costs and given five

planes tacked St. Nazaire, on the coast, one of Germany's rrech).

AN 18-YEAR-OLD boy was

stitute the. withholding tax system]

estimates would produce net rev-

days in jail today by Judge John L. McNelis for driving while under the influence of liquor. The boy sideswiped a streetcar on the WwW. Washington st. bridge over White river. The car then swerved away and turned over. “What time did this happen?”

the penalty from J John McNelis of Udge. h

Insulting Girl, 14.

today was fined $300 and costs and sentenced to serve 180 days on the state penal farm because he allegedly grabbed a 14-year-old girl by the arm and made an insulting remark to her. The man, James Earl Gettings, 32, of 2546 Brookside ave., received

Municipal Court 3.

“The {father of four children,

—Acme Telephoto.

map shows how Japanese thrusts in (1) Java, (2) Timor, and (3) New Guinea are threatening believed to be next on the Japanese invasion schedule,

NAZI ATTACK ON IGELAND FEARED

Sea or Air Attack Looms Against Supply Line To Russ and British.

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK

1942. by The Indianapolis Times Copa fine Chi . cago Daily News. Inc.

LONDON; . March 9.—A concentrated German attack in Iceland may be expected Within the next

plsced Gheervers here. It may be

may be from both sea and air. The larger axis strategy, according to experts, calls for a German blockade of the northern routes to Russia from Great. Britain and the United States, and Jap control of the Persian gulf. This, incidentally, would mean a Jap advance west ward against India rather than an attack on Australia.

Located on Supply Line

The strategic importance of Iceland was deemed sufficiently great for the United States, while still a neutral, to step outside the western hemisphere. Lying along the sealanes which supply Britain and Russia, Iceland is as valuable as a protection to supply lines as it would be a menace in the hands of the Germans.

The’ neutraiity of southern Ire-

fa Dav Tot he 0 1 dications yet that the ‘Germans mean themselves fo occupy the island.

'TAFT’S SON IN NAVY

Yale university in 1939.

ADMITS TAX PLOT GUILT ‘NEW YORK, March 9 (U. PD —

ernment out of $5,800,000 in aloohol

tres,

y Today’

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE

s War Moves

attack on the

only an attack from the air or it

New Guinea Invaded

In Enemy Thrust Southward.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor British armed forces abane don Rangoon today, while the Japanese engulfed Java, gained a foothold on New Guinea and threatened early

Australian. north coast.

Australian air squadrons battered enemy forces that seized Salamaus and Lae on the north coast of New Guinea, and indirect Dutch reports said that resistance would continue to the last man in the Java moune tains regardless of the loss of Bane doeng, which Tokyo radio reports’ said had fallen to the enemy. ; Tokyo propaganda broadcasts claimed that all of Java had been surrendered unconditionally after battles at Soerabaja and and that the defensé forces of 93,000 Dutch and 5000 Americans, British and Australians laid downy: their arms today.

Van Mook in Australia Dutch colonial officials, including

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at London today that 1 Shi was In conn cation with Rangoon,

Dispatches from ‘Mandalay

°|that a huge pall of smoke hung oy *| Rangoon as a result of the

On the War

JAVA: Japs engulf island: Ba