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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1942

Staff Sergt. J Dec. 7, poses with secretary of ‘War Patlerson.

and his 11-year-old brother, Daniel, who fondles his big brother’s decoration.

L. Lockard, who warned of a large group of planes approaching Pearl Harbor on tinguished

family in Washington after receiving the dis With Sergt. Lockard are his father (rear), mother (left), sister, Ethel Mae,

service medal from Under-

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FOR STUDIES ‘PROFITS AND PAY CONTROL

Cautious on Canada Plan Which Limits Wages but Calls for Bonuses.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (U.P). —President Roosevelt said today that he is giving general consideration to the problem of controling wartime wages and profits but that so far he has reached no decision. He’was asked whether he thought the Canadian plan of limiting wages, but requiring payment of bonuses to cover increases:in the cost of living, could be adapted to the wartime needs of this country. This plan, he said, is only one. of When asked whether he is moving toward positive action to control wages, the president sald again that this was under study.

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VALPARAISO, Ind., March 13 (U. P.)—A U. 8. marshal {supported by two military police moved into the Frank Shumak junk yard today and requisitioned = for the government 200,000 pounds®of metal scrap which the owner had “persistently refused” ‘to sell at price administration rates. The government's first requisition of war material, was ordered by the war production board under authority of an act of cohgress passed Oct. 16, 1941. WPB acted after making an investigation which allegedly showed that {Shumak had held “for speculative] purposes” a supply of scrap metal badly needed to keep steel mills running at capacity on war orders. A. W. Hosinski, U, §. marshal for the .Southern In district, marched into Shumak’s junk yard with the military police from the Chicago army depot and read Shumak the requisition qrder “to seize all scrap metals, otherithan antiques, guns and parts thereof. »

‘ Begin Loading Scrap

Shumak runs an antique gun ship in conjunction with his junk yard. Ten trucks and a crane sent by the war production board immediately began loading the scrap metal ‘for movement to the (Gary steel mill area. WPB purposely sent the military police with the rshal as “a token” detachment of U. 8. troops because of Shumsks “deflant” attitude. “I was saving the scrap for higher prices as an inves age,” Shumak was qupted as saying.

SETS PRICE CEILING WASHINGTON, --Acting Price A E. Hamm today pl temporary wholesale price ceiling on finished piece goods | made of cotton, rayon and their tures, based on highest ii prices from

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: Many Earn

Just look throug} your attic, basement or (store room, select a few those, dis-

A Reminder in Case You Forgot

"MEMO TO federal income taxpayers: 1, Office hours today and to Jmotgow are § a. m. to 5 p.'m.; ‘Monday, 8 a’ m. to 59 mi 6 p. m. to midnight. ap 2. The ‘place fs the third floor, the federal building. 3. Monday is the last day for paying without a penalty. 4. If you are single and made $15 a ‘week last year or married and made $29 a week, you have some business to do with Uncle Sam. : 5. If you're. paying yours by check, make it to: “collettor of internal revenue.” 6. If you ‘have «questions, g0 to the federal building. They have a large staff on hand for just

such purposes. 7. It’s later than you think.

FORGET POLITICS, WERE AT WAR--FOR

Too Many Think in Terms Of Past, He Says,

WASHINGTON, March 13 (U.P.). —President Roosevelt said today it is about time for a lot of people to forget politics and wake up to -the fact that a war is on. He told his press-.conference that he has been reading too much politics in Anierican newspapers-—some of it written by some of the correspondents ' attending the press conference. Too many people, he said, still think in terms of the past, They ought to wake up to the wat. Politics is out, he added with emphasis. The president said that, to some degree, there is too much politics in

_| congress.

When asked whether he had found much evidence of politics in the actions of his: cabinet members, the president said no and that whenever he saw implications of politics in the cabinet he stepped on it whenever he could. The president was asked whether Postmaster General Frank Walker had been acting In behalf of the

Pennsylvania political leaders. That's a Pennsylvania matter, the

| president said, adding that he knew ‘|absolutely nothing about it and. that any intimation that Mr, Walk-

er was acting in his behalf was . Then he asked the quésreporter where Mr. Walker den from and where was his resinee, The reply was Scranton, Pa.

FAIR WEEK WORKERS T0 GET PAY ADVANCES

‘The 3000 persoris who work for the state fair during fair week will

[i (Eta 50 cents a day more than

The fair board today’ voted the increase to cover all wage brackets in order to get “the kind of people heeded.” The wage increase will

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more duHng fair week "The board Poll ot to" discuss 3

chief executive in conferences with|

STRICTER LAWS. ON SMOKE URGED

Operators’ Report, (Photo, Page 16).

Stricter ordinances’ governing the smoke nuisance, annual inspection of heating plants in the city and a combustion training school -for men who fire furnaces were recommended ‘today to Mayor Sullivan in a 10,000-word report submitted ' by coal operators. The report was based on ‘an engineering ‘survey made by the Coal Trade association of Indianapolis anc the Cincinnati Coal Producers’ Committee for Smoke Abatement. It was presented to the mayor by a delegation of 15 coal operators and engineers headed by O. L. Scales of the Indianapolis association and J. E. Toby of the Cincinnati' operators’ organization. Cost of the survey, totaling $4000, was borne entirely by the two coal operators’ organizations.

the report: carefully and to make suggestions for .achieving the objectives of all groups interested in

'|smoke abatement.

Causes Are Listed

“The domestic smoke situation for the present is well in hand,” Mr. Scales told the mayor. “This survey deals with: industrial and commercial plants, which are the biggest contributors to the smoke problem in Indianapolis.” “Smoke is more than a nuisance,” the mayor observed. “It is a great waste. ' In these times of emergency it is imperative that we save coal for defense.” The report listed the following causes of smoke from industrial and commercial heating plants: Overfiring, ‘poor’ design of heating equipment, faulty coal distribution in the fire box, improper sizing of heating plants, lack of co-ordination between boiler room and the departments using steam, and faulty distribution of air in the heating plant.

7 NAII SPIES GET. LONG PRISON TERMS

New York Sentences Range . From 12 to 20 Years. NEW YORK, March 13 (U. P.).— Seven convicted Nazi spies, one a woman, were sentenced in federal court today to prison terms rang-

ing from 12 to 20 years. The conviction and sentences were the. first

war,

the ring, Paul T. Borchardt, an ex-

army, were. sentenced to 20.

Annual Inspection, Training 4 ghost fso Asked Tn on sed

Mayor Sullivan’ promised to study|

since the United States entered the| Kurt: Frederick Ludwig, brains of|

lich, a draftee in the United States}

Interested in Canadian Plan

The chief executive said he did not participate in ‘a recent White House discussion, reported by Mrs. Roosevelt in her daily newspaper column, at which the problem of

Cautious on Wage o Controls

The president was understood to have discussed the Canadian wage and salary control system recently {with congressional and labor leaders, but his press: conference remarks today made it plain that he had not yet reached the point of definite action. * Mr, Roosevelt was asked whether any appreciable progress was béing made toward .controlling inflation. In some-instances. yes, in some instances no, he said. The house of representatives, he (Continued on Page Five)

GERMANS BELIEVED ON GUARD IN NORWAY

More Troops Sent; Several Nazi Ships Off Coast.

‘LONDON, March 13 (U. P.)~— Concentration of a number of German vessels as well as land reinforcements on the Norwegian coast was reported today in connection with recent British aerial attacks on the Nazi battleship Tirpitz and on the crippled dreadnought Gneisenau at Kiel. A reliable source said the Tirpitz was accompanied by “other vessels” when she was attacked by British fiying boats Monday. : It was revealed, meanwhile, that a British convoy had arrived safely in Russia with arms. This convoy presumably was the intended target of the German: warship. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Stockholm quoted the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet as saying that “considerable” German reinforcements had = arrived in

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SYDNEY: New Jap invasion fleet sighted in vicinity of Solomon islands in pincers threat against American supply routes to Aus- . tralia; Australian planes attack Japs at Gasmata; scorched earth policy developed in event of enemy landings on north, northeast and northwest coasts; Premier John Curtin sends important message to President Roosevelt.

CHUNGKING: First phase of Burma battle over; British setback attributed to lack of men, material and knowledge of guerrilla tactics.

LONDON: Burma lines believed temporarily stabilized in region of Tharrawaddy, 70 miles north of Rangoon; heavy fighting on Russian fromt, but no confirmation of rumored big Soviet southern offensive; R. A, F. blasts Kiel,

TOKYO: Jap: bombers attack Port Moresby again.

PHILIPPINES: Fortress Corregidor still intact despite . 1500 Jap bombs; more than 120 Jap planes shot down in possibly most concentrated bombing attacks of war,

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BY DESERTERS

‘Another Wounded in Gun Battle on: Streets of Abingdon, Va.

RICHMOND, Va., March 13 (U. P.) —Special Agent H. I. Bobbitt, in ‘charge of the Richmond office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today that one FBI agent- had been killed and another wounded in ‘a gun: battle: with two army ‘deserters on the main street of Abingdon, Va, : Special Agent Hubert J. Treacy, 28, was killed. and - Agent Charles L. “Tignor, 20, was wounded, Mr. Bobbitt said. The fight qccurred early this morning.

Sought by Posse

Mr. Bobbitt said the fugitives were listed as Pvt. James Edward| Testerman,'23, and Pvt. Charles J. Lovett, 21, from Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. He said they escaped on foot after the shooting and that a large posse of state police, local officers and FBI agents were searching for them throughout southwest Virginia. Mr. Bobbitt said Mr. Tignor, shot through the chest.and through .the hand, was in a favorable condition. The gun battle started when Agents Treacy and Tignor found the two soldiers in a cafe in Abingdon. : Kidnap Taxi Driver

He said Testerman and Lovett had gone to the cafe after abandoning a taxicab they had stolen earlier after kidnaping the driver near Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. The taxicab, which has been recovered, bore a Tennessee license. Mr. Bobbitt said the two soldiers attacked a guard at 3:40 a. m, Thursday at Ft. Oglethorpe, stole four automatic pistols, kidnaped the taxi driver, and fled into nearby At Cleveland, Tenn. they tossed

troop {the unidentified tax driver out of

the car and fled eastward into Vire

Stavanager, Norway, recently.

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FRESH TROOPS

Entered. Sa0opaiCisas: Matar at Posioriios. ’ ‘Indianiaols, Tod. Tasued daily exsept except Sunday.

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JOIN FIGHTING ON BOTH SIDES

Claim Hitler Brings Forces From France as Red

Pressure Grows.

By UNITED PRESS Dispatches from Stackholm and other continental news centers indicated | today : that - Russia had

offensive, throwing powerful new forces into the dttack in key areas all the way from Leningrad to the Sea of Azov. : Reports that the Russians were driving on a 250-mile southern front with a total of 90 divisions totaling up to 1,750,000 men remained unconfirmed. Soviet reports said that German forces, aided by reserves brought from France, launched a series of local counter-attacks on the Kalinin, central and southern fronts in an effort to ease Russian pressure on their lines. Soviet correspondents reported that an increasing number of German prisoners assert they are members of regiments and divisions which had been stationed for long periods in France and in other ‘occupied areas, . They revealed that many Nagi} units are now being rushed from west to east and going inte battle almost immediately upon arrival in Russia. Some divisions transferred to Russia were said to have spent as much as two years in France, The origin of reports that 90 Russian divisions had started an offensive in the Ukraine was difficult to trace, but apparently arose from the fact that both Moscow and Berlin in the last week had ‘reported heavy fighting in that sector. London observérs noted that the first reports. regarding the-'0 divisions came from Vichy and Sweden, both of which are frequently used © (Continued on Page 16)

CLOSES SOUTH SIDE DUMPING GROUNDS

Minnesota - Illinois Permit .Rejected by Works Board.

The board of works today ordered permanent closing of the controversial dumping grounds at Minnesota and St. Illinois sts, the center of South side protests for 18 years. The board refused to renew a permit for use of the ground in that vicinity for dumping. The action followed repeated protests by South side delegations who have. appeared at city hall a halfdozen times in the last few weeks, demafding relief from odors and filth. The beard said similar action will be considered on another dumping grounds. at Bluff road and Regent sts., where residents also have been complaining of health hazards.

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Japanese Tank Smashed in Malaya

opened a new phase of its winter|

Pinza Detained

SUSPECTED AS 5TH COLUMNIST

Famous Met Italian Basso Sang With Symphony ‘Here Jan. 23.

Ezio Pinza, the famous Italian basso who sang with the Indianapolis symphony orchestra here last Jan. 23, was locked up today on Ellis Island as a suspected fifth columnist, FBI agents had Watched him for some. time, Pinza was to have sung with a Metropolitan opéra touring company at Bloomington, Ind. April 13 in the new Indiana university auditorium,

Other Suspects Held Leading basso of the Metropolitan Opera Co, for 15 years, Pinza

wrong role: He is said to have

hoasted of his friendship for Benito Mussolini. Although he was never openly identified with fascist organizations, he was proud of his acquanitance with the Italian dictator. With him today in the Ellis Island lockup were other suspected fifth columnists, Germans, Japs and Italians. FBI agents declined to discuss the case further, Pinza is 50 and recently took out his first citizenship. papers. 2 Since. the outbreak of the: war, he has been concentrating on a concert tour which started in Indianapolis.

Murat Performance Lauded

He arrived here early on the morning of Jan. 22 and gave: an interview to - local reporters, He used to be a six-day bicycle rider in Italy. He straddled a bike here for photographers and told reporters he thought the vehicle was due for a big comeback. The next afternoon he sang with the Indianapolis orchestra at the

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BOARDS TO POST DRAFT NUMBERS

Available to New Registrants of City. Tomorrow.

If you're interested in Tlesday’s draft lottery, you may learn your serial numbers from lists which your draft board will have posted by early tomorrow morning in public

Here is the list of places where the 15 local boards will post their lists: . Board 1 (Area: Ward 1 & 2)— Room 201, K. of P. building, Pennsylvania and Ohio sts. Board 2 (Wards 3 and 23)—Room 324 of K. of P, building,

House rotunda. House rotunda.

House rotunda, Board 6 (Wards 9 and 18)—State House rotunda. Board 7 (Ward 7 & precincts 1; 2 3, 8, 10 and 11 in Ward 8)— room 636, K. of P. building.

4,561, oie 2 aud 13in Ward 8 ~Lobby of “building

Board 3 (Wards 4 and 20)—State : Board 4 (Wards 5 and 6)—State |; Board 5 (Wards 12 snd 19)—State }

Board 8 (Ward 11. & precincts|F

Pincers Drawn Along North Coast; U. S. Bombers | Blast Foe’s Airports.

? .. By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor

Japan’s invasion forces spread across the approaches to Australia today but: on European fronts the allies were battling to hold the ine itiative against the axis. Despite damaging’ and’ -contine uing bombing attacks by American flying fortresses and Australian

aircraft, the Japanese were reported pushing one arm of an énveloping attack northeastward of Austra~ lia into the Solomon islands in an effort to cut the sea. route ‘ over which supplies and reinforcéihents come from America. The fate of the enemy naval force which was. sighted off Buka islands in the Solomons was une

known as allied bombers. ranged over the a; hes: to emir but it may have: disclose ure that Prime Minister John Cure tin was awaiting a formal reply: to a4 message Ugiivereq to Prose: Roosevelt,

R. A. F. Raids Continue ;

British fighter and’ bomber resuming their “full-scale” offensive, attacked an ndiseiond target in northern France today, 8 reliable London sourcé reported. Reports that British planes made a daylight foray over Paris stemmed from a sudden break in the afters noon broadcasts of Paris radio stas tions, which were off the: air’ for almost an hour. ¢ An air raid alarm was sounded in Paris.at 2 p, m., Vichy reported, but apparently no .bombs were SEonped. The alert lasted 30 mine u The R. A. F. attacked the German north coast, including Kiel, -where the crippled Nazi battlestip Gneisenau is under repair. The British raiders: started _fires and caused damage in the naval base. The Australian government wants powerful allied concentrations in the southwest Pacific to take the offensive against the Japanese, but

terial, especially «planes and tanks, still were needed in nv for defense against Aa pected soon by way of pat orese by, on New Guinea island.

Supplies Still Needed

- American planes and Sybian, however, have heen portant role in offensive signed to slow down or: enemy drive into the son : cific and Washington's . em ques ment of Japanese-held on New Guinea and the sinking. of four enemy

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On Inside Pages 3 Details of Fighting cesnsvanened Merchant Ship Heroes ..... Today's War Moves . Jacemp ant U.S. Deals Japs New Blows: . Hint War, Speed Limit “une 3

PUT OUT NORMANDIE FIRE

NEW YORK, March 13 (U. P), ~—A small fire broke out ‘in the hulk of the burned liner Nore

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