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| VOLUME 54— NUMBER 8

‘It's That Man Again!

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1942

. acArt wr: I Came Through And

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SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, March 20/—Gen; Douglas Mac-

Arthur today made his first statement since arriving here. He said:

“The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing an American offensive against Japan.

“A primary purpose of this | iS the relief of the Philippines. I came

through and I shall return.’

‘Suggests Piece. Work in Reply to Union Plea for $1 a Day Raise. "DETROIT, March 20 (U,: P,)= The General Motors Corp. opened col tract renewal negotiations with{

ins United Automobile Workers|

(C. I. 0) today with a proposal to

eliminate double-time pay and at-}

tacks on management and to in-“-augurate piece work and merit system in the interest of extra war produetion effort. The corporation submitted a ninepoint in answer to the union’s 15-point demand which. included $1 a day raise fdr each worker and ‘a union shop. The union also . is expected to add a demand for double pay for Sunday work, a provision now ‘in effect under ruling of an impartial umpire, President C. E. Wilson of G.-M. said the corporation proposals were designed to increase war production by: “Improving morale, more clearly defining certain working plans and methods of pay, restoring incentive to compensate individual workmen who are willing and able to increase their output, and revising the practical handling of managementunion relations so there will be more work and less talk.”

Mr. Wilson told a 90-minute press :

conference he made public the corporations counter-proposal because the union had turned down his suggestion that the negotiaitions be thrown open to the press as Tepresentatives of the public. “The .union’s attitude,” he sald, “is one of ‘business as ‘usual—for the union.’ We're trying to recognize that it’s not business as usual, but a matter of war production and an emergency for the country.” Meanwhile, Alfred P. Sloan Jr. | chairman of G.-M., revealed in af statément | port to stockholders that. the aver-

age corporation employee, working |b!

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~~ WASHINGTON, March 20 (U, P.).—President Roosevelt said today that he would register in the fourth registration set for April 27. Mr. Roosevelt is 60 years old, and when his proclamation ordering: the fourth - registration was issued last: night, it was understéod that he would not have to: register because of his position as: commander -inchief of the armed forces. He told his press conference today that he intended to register even though he is com- |' mander-n-chief,

EXECUTION OF 4000 | SERBS LAID TO NAZIS

100 Were Boys, Charges

Exiled Government.

LONDON, March 20 (U. P)— The Jugoslavian ' government in exile charged today that German occupation authorities executed more ‘than 4000 in Kragujevac, Serbia, in reprisal for the killing: of 10 German-soldiers and the wounding of 26 others by guerrillas. The victims, it was claimed, included 100 school boys “with books

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TIRPITZ. RETURNS To

i Mangower onatt of New Registrants wil Wait; . Observers Expect Eventual Allocation.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (U. P) “President ‘Roosevelt said today || that shortages of labor probably will begin. to develop in American war

nt, the chiet -execusive added, there is sufficient man~|{" power Ene nation’s: exp panding war plants. dent would: speculate: on: ‘suggestions by reporters that]

possibly some of the -13,000,000: men between the ages of 45" and. 65 whol’ will register under selective. .sefv~: ice next month might be used in some manner to fill the gaps. He said that it might be possible to use ali.ady established -machinery to get sufficient manpower to fill industry’s needs. ° “Does that mean seléctive seirvice?” :he was asked. The president paused, then ,replied that he did not Know. He released figures furnished. by War Production Chief. Donald M, showing that ° a great number of ‘essential war a va individual employees are working more than 40 hours a week. Meanwhile, other capital observers predicted eventual legislation for compulsory allocation of manpower. « ¢ = Includes High Officials Among the men too old for military: service an-ofcupational survey will uncover “hundreds of thousands of Hidden skills needed in war industries,” labor :officials said. Many of the men who will register next month will ‘be the fathers, even the grandfathers, of men whose’ order numbers were - determined in the last three lotteries. High government officials who will register include Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of thé Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard and Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt.

Explanations Given

All members of the supreme court will be registered except Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone and Associate

Justice Owen J. Roberts. Justice]

William O. Douglas registered last time. President Roosevelt's new regis-

| tration order did not include the 18| {and 19-year-olds; who, although 'in-| s|cluded under the selective service flaw, are not liable for military "| service.

Selective service officials gave two

. pois explanations why the ; FE, ey

group was not ordered to

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Tank Car Shift to East Not To Endanger Midwest Supplies, Ickes Told.

states appeared today to have a

~-| good chance of escaping the gaso-

tion feely the petroleum problem: in the Hast. is one of transportation rather than supply. ‘Pipe lines, Ne explained, carry much ‘of the Midwest's supply from the Texas fields, thus entailing little use of railroad tank cars. Indianapolis' is surrounded with oil refineries receiving their supplies this way, one as near as Zionsville, Ind.

East Short of Tankers

The oil problem arose in the East, Mr. Fishback’ said, when the oéeangoing" tankers carrying the supply around the coast’ from Texas were put into more immediate war’ service or were “knocked out” by enemy action, The card rationing system, it was hinted in Washington today, may be used to enforce the president’s plea that motorists not drive more than 40 miles an hour. Officials there revealed today that eastern traffic court judges may be authorized to suspend the ration cards of motorists violating the president’s request.

‘Schricker Backs 45-Mile Top

In Indiana, Governor Schricker yesterday urged Hoosier motorists to set for themselves a speed limit not to exceed 45 miles an hour in line with the president's request. In a formal proclamation Mr. Schricker said he believed that “there would be a finer compliance in Indiana under the 45-mile recommendation than under a 40-mile-an-hour limit.”

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MNELIS. SEEKS CRIMINAL BENCH

! Municipal oot. 3 Judge

Asks: Nomination on

) Democratic Ticket.

Judge John L. McNelis of municipal court 3 has anibunced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for criminal court judge.

“My past experience’ in adminis-

tration of criminal law qualifies me to ask the voters of Marion county to nominate me to the criminal court ben

J Judge McNelis said. “If Iam elected, I will assume the

judgeship with the realization that I am the elected servant of the citizens, charged with the responsibility of weighing. justice fairly, im-}: partially and without fear or favor to the end that criminal laws of the state are administered. justly. and speedily. This is my pledge and my platform.”

First Elective Race Judge McNelis, who has /never

ran for an elective public office before, was first appointed. judge of | municipal court 3 by former Governor M. Clifford Townsend and was reappointed by Governor Schricker last December for another fouryear term.

Mr. McNelis attended St. John's

parochial school and was graduated from Cathedral high school. He attended Xavier university at Cincinnati, and studied university, New Orleans, completing his law course at Indiana Law school. He was admitted fo the bar in Indiana 13 years ago.

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ARMY TO LEASE

| GROUNDS. FAIR

L CALLED OFF

‘Polite Request’; Fate of Hockey - I$ in Doubt. ‘The . Indiana state fair will be

committee of the State Fair board.

Hockey’s Fate in Dark action on the governs Tequest. will be taken at a wi of the board Monday. Arthur M. Wirtz, general manager of the Indianapolis Coliseum Corp., 'will attend the meeting. The fate of hockey in Indianapo- |’ lis ‘may. depend on action taken by ‘the! fair board and the federal authorities. While the state is ready to hand over the fair grounds to the war department, the situation is complicated because the Coliseum corp. has a 10-year lease on the Coliseum at the fair grounds and be-

building, mostly to make it Suitable for hockey games. Ohio Grounds Leased While- some other bitilding might be found for hockey, Guy ‘Cantwell, secretary - treasurer of the fair board, said it would be impossible to scatter thé state fair among other cities in Indiana. The state of Ohio has leased its "(Continued on Page Ten)

17,000 NAZIS SLAIN LONDON, March: 20 (U, P.), = Russian forces have killed 17,000 German troops, captured .six large towns and reoccupied 2500 settle~ ments during a drive against key enemy defense points in the past few days, Moscow dispatches reported tonight.

WOMAN SPY SENTENCED NEW YORK, March 20 (U. P.).— Lucy Boehmler, 18-year-old confessed German spy and the government’s ‘star witness in the trial of seven others, was sentenced today to five years in prison by Fed-

| eral Judge. Henry W.. Goddard. Carl

Hermann Schroetter, 48, Miami boat captain who also confessed to esplanage activities. was sentenced to

child and lives at 4130 Guilford ave.

Local Clubwomen Urged to Change Time to Avoid Rush Period on Streetcars

Fr by Mrs. Budaph ihe day and pnt

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out that 50 per ihr

Commissioner ¢ ; Dawson and members of the finance

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‘Time Is Coming

CLAIM TURKEY

MAY JOIN AXIS

Von Piper: Leave Leaves Ankara To’ Report to Hitler on Diplomatic Drive.

ANKARA., March 20 (U. P)—A major German diplomatic drive in preparation for a big Nazi spring offensive in the Middle East gathered headway today. German Am-

bassador Franz von Papen has left for Istanbul, en route to Germany to report to Adolf Hitler, presumably upon the diplomatic groundwork for the coming operation. (A dispatch from Stockholm ‘said the Berlin correspondent of‘ the newspaper Social Demokraten had reported the Turkish gmbassador to Berlin is en route to Ankara carrying proposals that Turkey Join the war on. the axis side in return for Syria, a protectorate over Iran and Mosul in event of an axis victory). Sofia reports said tHe Bulgarian cabinet has agreed to declare war on Russia before dhe start of the spring offensive and to send at least 150,000 men to the eastern front. The Germans were said to have forced Hungary to agree to increase its contribution in manpower. . Frank Kaufman, special ‘assistant fo U. S. Ambasasdor Laurence Steinhardt arrived from Cairo, and it was learned that a substantial volume of lend-lease arms will reach Turkey in the course of the

‘coming months.

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AR CONTROL 1S FIRST GOAL IN OFFENSIVE

Need for More Planes in Australia and Burma

Is Emphasized.

By JOE ALEX MORBIS United Press Foreign Editor -

Two American commands

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Japan. In a terse, fighting statement 18

that the allies were; going to carry the war to Tokyo. The statements came from the vital sectors of a vast battlefront on which the struggle for air sue

|perority. still is paramount,

American and Australian officers emphasizing the need for more and

ment of Mr, MacArthur was by Australian officials, but there aio was a strong note of caution in statements, Gen. MacArthur declared hab a prime purpose of the offensive was

On the ‘War Fronts

AUSTRALIA—Gen. Douglas Mace Arthur announces he will ogans

Americanon Bataan; Japs raid by twice, land column