Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1942 — Page 7

BAD. 6000 NEWS

New Policy on ty on Information On Production, War

Is Announced.

WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. P.).

~A new government news policy, authorizing publication of casualty lists, joint statements by army and

navy chiefs on the general progress|i

of the war, and “production communiques” by the war production board, has been announced by the office of facts and figures. The new policy, the OFF-said, is based on giving “the American peo- ' .ple every bit of war news, bad as well as good, publication of which will not give aid and comfort to the enemy” It was drawn up by an interdepartmental committee on war information. '

Tell of Production

Main provisions of the policy: 1. Lists of members of the armed forces killed in action will be made public, but the press and radio must confine themselves to revelation of casualties from their own localities. 2. From time to time, the chief of staf of the army and the com-

will issue joint bulletins designed to “furnish an authoritative general review of the military situation in various theaters of war.” ; 3. The war production board will issue, frequently, production communiques to “enable the public itself to judge whether the production program is progressing satisfactorily or not.” These communiques will be supplemented by information concerning the shipbuilding program from the maritime commission.

Will Combat Rumors

4. Any other information, which will not aid the enemy, will be released through official sources. The announcement apparently was timed to meet widespread obJjections that the progress of the war effort, both on the production and military fronts, was being kept secret from the American people, and that the government's unwillingness to release official news gave rise to unfounded and often dangerous rumors. In the case of action at sea, the OFF said destruction of American . combat vessels will be announced only when such publication is valueless to the enemy and will be delayed until 48 hours after the navy has begun notifying next of kin of those lost.

ee —————— A FIRE DESTROYS SHED Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed a one-story wooden shed used for storing scrap iron at the Twenty-first Street Iron & Metal Works, 2102 Martindale ave. Samuel Steinberg, proprietor, was unable to estimate the loss.

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(This is the second of a series of articles on wartime activity along the Pacific coast.)

By FRED 8S. FERGUSON Times Special Writer LOS ‘ANGELES, March 19.—Southern California is peevish over the way Washington treated its recent outbust of anti-aircraft fire, searchlights sweeping the skies-and blackout. It was a full-blown air raid performance except for bombs, the volunteer civilian defense sete up proved that it was on the job, war spirit rose several notches, and then came the let-down. Secretary Knox called it a “false alarm” and the explanation given by Secretary Stimson was far from con-|ed, too, without the aid of the vincing. OCD, which is virtually unknown Industrial leaders declare that|out here except as a government

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embargo of vital Congo exports to Spain.

For months past, presumably at the request of the Germans, all Belgians who had managed to escape fai: [into Spain from Belgium or from +: | forced labor in Germany, have been interned. Most of these men had|. plotted and planned their escape for {| months. Many had left their homei|land or territories under Nazi control in order to join the Free Belgian forces in Great Britain or in the Belgian Congo. Prisons Are Opened All of them, therefore, thought they were safe when they reached | what they considered to be neutral Spanish territory. But, according to fortunate ones who have now been released, the Belgians were treated in Spanish prisons much as they had been treated in German camps. They were beaten; they were ill fed, if fed at.all. When the Belgian government-in-exile here had investigated these reports itr protested to Madrid. But the German wishes were more po-

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but for the let-down the demonstration would have been good for a 25 per cent increase in production. It was better than an oldfashioned parade with flags flying and drums beating. People were really stirred. For with guns going off all over the place, shells bursting in the sky, and the returning-to-earth shell pieces dropping in your own back yard, the war may be said to be coming pretty close to home. That's the ‘'way it was, and the civilian defense sprang into action along with the military. There were plenty of people who swear they saw planes, and just as many more who scoff. But everybody had a war thrill to which there was determined reaction without fright or panic. So, as the taxi-driver asked, “When they have a good story, why don’t they stick to it?”

50,000 Volunteers There are 50,000 volunteer air raid wardens in the Los Angeles county area, watchers are everywhere and a deeply buried, Sell protected headquarters is the clearing house for all reports. From the central head-

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organization which once employed a Satter. \'The local defense people did, approach the OCD once for arm ds for the air wardens, but upon being informed that they had to sign a virtual pauper’s oath to get them, they just let it go and bought their own. Having been visited with floods, earthquakes and other disasters, this area had a well-knit emergency organization to start with in building its civilian defenses for war. Some of the volunteers, therefore, have experience of one kind or another, and all proved themselves hard-boiled in doing their duty during the big blackout.

No Questions Asked

One of the amazing things in connection with this blackout is that all of the special police and air-wandens functioned without one single badge or armband of authority, but folks stopped their cars, or turned out lights or did whatever they were told to do without question. There was plenty of confusion and there are a thousand ludicrous or semi-tragic stories told. In one of the minor blackouts, all of San

exaggerated in the east. Some of these who fled from th& dust bowls, but whose farms have since had plenty of rain, have doubtless returned. But they give the migrants the benefit of the doubt and do not charge them with fleeing from possible danger. And thousands of the younger generation who arrived in the old jalopies are now employed in aircraft and other production plants. The city and county authorities appear to be co-operating wholeheartedly in defense matters. Sheriff Biscailuz and Mayor Bowron

week the Spanish government was notified that it would be unable to import any more coffee, hides or cotton from the Belgian Congo. This seems to have been effective. It is reported that Belgians interned after flight from German Europe are being released from Spanish prisons.

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' LEXINGTON, Mass. (U. P.).—An 18th century zombie may have helped the handful of Minute Men

hold weekly conferences, and with|who turned back the British reguDefense Council Director Kennedy|lars at Lexington and Concord in there is constant monitoring of de-{177s. fense affairs. Old peace-time pPO-| While waiting for the advancing litical fights go on, however. troops before dawn of April 19, the stalwart soldier-farmers fortified Next: Problems in the uprooting|ihemselves at the Buckman Tavern of Japanese. bar with copious glasses of what they called flip. : Floyd R. Moody, a representative] “Fill a quart mug three-quarters of the national headquarters of the full of bitter beer. Add four tableTownsend old-age pension organ-|spoons of cream and sugar mixed ization, will explain latest develop-|equally. Pour in one gill of rum or ments in the Townsend movement (gin and into this mixture plunge at a rally April 11 at McClain hall. |a hot iron to warm it.”

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to 12 divisional centers and from these 12 county centers there is clearance to the various cities and towns. .The , Red Cross and all other agencies are tied in with the 'ocdl defense council and together they function as a unit. All of this hag been accomplish-

Pedro and the water-front went dark. But high on a cliff, overlooking the sea, there blazed merrily a huge sign extending a peace time welcome to San Pedro.

Retail Trade Holds Up

Thus it is that at this late hour war and peace are intermingled in a way that is beyond understanding. Driving along one vast fourway boulevard, you pass within 10 minutes an abandoned movie lot with what looks like a fully equipped old ship standing out on dry land, a vital war production plant surrounded by guards and guns, and a little park with a Shetland pony ring. Business is ‘going on as usual Despite the loss of tourist trade, retail business in -Los Angeles to date this year has held up from 20 to 25 per cent over the same period of last year. In addition to the buying against shortages, the tremendous in-pouring of workers in defense. plants has kept trade levels up, or raised them,

Gas Is Needed In war plant areas a housing shortage already exists. This will become more acute. There are still higher priced apartments or houses to be had, but the lower brackets are cleaned out. A ruling is going through making it impossible to obtain natural gas for heating in houses built after March 1. The gas is needed for the increasing number of mills and factories. Hence anyone having an old house with gas heat thinks it is worth its weight in gold, as he also considers the shortage of materials for new houses. The prospective buyer, upon locating a house for sale, figures that the seller wants to get out because of a fear of bombs, and consequently will take any price. The result is that asking and bid prices are so far apart there is little getting together. ~ Southern Californians feel that the extent to which the “ ” and

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