Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1942 — Page 1
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AFTER COUNTY JAIL ESCAPE
Saws Way From’ Hospital; Recaptured Soon in
Downtown Area. One. of Indiana's last bank-rob-
By HAROLD GUARD ; United Press Staff Correspondent MELBQURNE, Australia, March 21.—Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wife of the new supreme allied commander in the' southwest Pacific, appealed to the women of Australia today to “aid our men in every ‘way. »” Arriving by special wal with her husband and 4-year-old son, Arthur, she said that she would continue to devote most of her time to her family, “That is my real message to the women of this lovely country,” she said. “We must help our men in every way to do their work well.”
bing tough guys sawed his way out|
of Marion county jail today. The same audacity that made possible his escape led to his capture three hours later,’ And back in his’ cell, Gene Alger, who started his crime career as a cop-killer 15 years ago, had only this to say: “It's a tough life—and it’s not worth while.” Sometime between 5:30 and 7 a. m. Alger sawed a foot-square opening in the bars of the jail hospital room. : Cuts Hole in Screen He then cut an opening in the heavy screen over the window, wriggled onto the porch roof over the jail entrance, worked his way along and down a drain pipe and
then drdpped five feet to the ground. : At 9 a. m. Deputy Sheriff William Walker, who had been home ill for two days, was on his. way to the jail. . He had heard :on the: police
radio ‘that Alger had escaped and;
he docided his help would be n~~ded. At New York and Hlinois!
A Weekly Sizeup by the. Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Watch the Truman committee investigation of synthetic rubber next week for
néw' sensations. Disclosures will deal with tie-up on patents between German I. G. Farbenindustrie and Standard Oil of ‘New Jersey—an arrangement that has helped stymie synthetic rubber production in U. S. Important faces will redden when correspondence is made public. This investigation, plus similar one by senate patents committee covering all strategic war materials, may bring enactment of O'Mahoney bill to peevety future exclusive patent tie-ups. ‘8 #” t » ANOTHER ation is promised by house naval affairs group investigating naval contracts. This one has to do with profits; will overshadow earlier Pho figures. Hearings start Monday. » ” f J » , * add red faces: WPB sevptiongst instructed to . separate wheat from chaff, halted one visitor to her corridor and demanded his name. Name was Donald Nelson. ‘
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sts. window and saw Alger and ahothie man strolling nonchalantly ) on Tlingis. : -Heé saw Hh bid Fes rant. Pr. Walker ‘got off the streetear | O%in st. “to phone. the. jail. | W
he saw two police squad: cars,: he! * Belisia Ne
told the officers what he had seen ‘and they converged on the restaurant, i “You've Got Me t Patrolman George Rusler entered
the front door with his gun drawn and ‘found Alger sitting at the
counter near the front of the room. | £208
“Put ’ém up and don’t try to run| or their might be a killing,” stfiome Rusler warped. “You've got me,” Alger replied, offering no resistance. : Alger was wearing a new hat and. new trousers. He was unarmed but his pocket contained eight revolver cartridges, a hack-saw blade and a (Continued on Page Two)
EXPLORER “WILKINS ‘LOST’ IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., March 21 (U.P.). —Sir Hubert Wilkins, noted Aus- . tralian who has led exploring expeditions to all parts of the world, told with embarrassment today how he got lost in Atlanta. He said he left his hotel for a short walk, became confused and entered the wrong hotel when he decided to return. . The explorer even went so far as to take the elevator and go to the room number he had in the hotel where he was registered. He complained to the desk clerk
he looked . out the athonL
Draft Order Still Not Fixed
ddr > rom old reg-
Be atlictive ativion Manduvsrtare bas HUME 00
. iS Melive servied Iuidmuariare If. no such order arrives, local boards will -work through the 21-35 group before starting on the new 20-year-olds and the 36-44 pool. ” » 8 » » #®
Congress May Have Easter Recess
CONGRESSMEN want to go home, see for themselves if voters are as mad as they sound. Two-week recess around Easter is likely; don’t look for major legislation till after that. Letters still pour in;' congressmen say they can now recognize chronic complainers, old isolationists,” form letters drummed up by organizations back home. What worries congressmen most is straightforward mail from folks at home who don’t usualy write. Most of the anti-40-hour-week mail, when not obviously inspired,
comes from rural areas, one veteran congressman says. »
Juke Box Output Speeded Now MEANWHILE, week of investigation, charges, counter-charges about more rapid conversion of civilian industry to war work yielded
these concrete developments: Juke boxes (enough brass in each to make 750 cartridge cases,
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Bomber Crash at Greenfield, ‘Fatal to 4, Probed by U. S.
. | GREENFIELD, Ind., March 21 (U. P.).—An army board of inquiry from Patterson field, Dayton, O. today investigated the crash of a Martin B-26 twin-motored bomber, which plummeted to earth and exploded three miles north of here last night, killing all four members
of its crew. The explosion and pact shattered: the plane, scattering charred
that the key wouldn't fit. and the clerk explained why. ; Sir Hubert js | here: for a lecture.
. Devil's Tower NY Chutist Weds FT. WORTH, Tex. March, 21 (U. P).—Remember George Hopkins, the expert parachute jumper who dropped down on jutting
Devil's tower in Wyoming last fall. then couldn’t get down?
4 CILLED IN BOMBER en ot pi CRASH AT MEMPHIS
bodies of the crew hundreds of feet Tragedy Qoours Half Mile
from the crash. Authorities at Patterson field listFrom Takeoff. DAYTON, O., March 91 (U. BP).
ed the dead as: /LIEUT. PAUL PF. HAWKINS, Ponca City, Okla., pilot. —Army: authorities ‘at ‘Patterson Field, O., announced that five men were killed and two injured in the
LIEUT. JAMES P. VAN LIEUT. LAWRENCE J. RU% ¢rash ‘of a two-motored bomber at
Henderson, N. C., navigator. - SERGT. ROBERT W. MORGAN, Uniontown, Pa., mechanic. A short time before the crash, the medium-sized bomber, making a routine operation flight from Patterson field headquarters, circled
STORY, Lincolnton, N. C., co- , Tenn, today,
pilot. e Killed were 2d Lieut. J. F.
ia Soe allo: 2d Lieut. J. P.
Tredaway, co-pilot; 2d Lieut. F, E. ,~. navigator; Technical
|Sergt. V.- A. Cosclow, engineer, and {2d Lieut. R. :C. Jones, a passenger.
The army announced that. the
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‘ taken of fro from Memphis
s half mile. It caught fife and the Se
the Anderson, Ind., airport blinking a red signal for an emergency landing, but gave up because of insufiicient lighting, according to L. L. Farran of the airport’s civil air patrol. . Witnesses reported the bomber circled again over Greenfield only a few minutes before it nose-dived
‘|into a 50-acre stubble field, clip-
{ping the toge fin four sess ahi -| narrowly ' missing a brick school
building and high-tension wires
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her home in Tennessee,
Mrs. MacArthur smiled as she
of strain from her three-month dramatic escape by boat and
REGISTRATION
Consumers to Be Listed at Nearest Grade School, May 4, 5, 6 and 7.
CHICAGO, March 21 (U. PJ) Frank Bane, national field. director for the office of price administration, announced today that the ‘nation-wide registration for
28 and 290 for commercial concerns and May 4, 5, 6 and T for consumers, Mr. Bane revealed the registration dates at a conference of 48 state and 10 regional rationing ad-
gram, Register at Schools
school and for ilndustrial and retail
the basis of a percentage of normal use. Individual consumers will get one pound every two weeks or threequarters of a pound every week— the rationing administration hasn't decided which.
Must Use Own Books
rationing books, but that does not mean that a mother - cannot take all the books to the store and collect for her whole family. | It does mean that Jones cannot transfer his book to Smith. Mr. Bane said the coupon books would be distributed at the time of the registration. He said that sugar users will have to declare the amount of sugar on hand when they register, Those fearing possible punitive action for hoarding, Mr. Bane added, may sell excessive amounts. back to retailers at the prevailing. price between now and the registration dates.
Boards to Expand
Meanwhile, a tremendous expansion’ in. personnel of local rationing boards was planned in preparation for a series of new orders. Before the year is out local boards may be handling consumer distribution of a dozen restricted items, in. addition to the new tires and tubes, new autos and retreaded tires they now handle. The OPA and the civilian supply branch of the war production board are silent on freezing and rationing plans being worked up behind the scenes, but it was learned they willl, require large increases of personnel in OPA’s regional offices and community rationing boards.
FIRING BEGINS IN
STATE NET FINALS
Hatchets Meet Frankfort in Opening Tilt.
FOR SUGAR SET|
sugar rationing will be held April}
ministrators, called to work out the] - details of the sugar rationing pro-{-
Registration for regular consums{ ers will be -at the nearest grade|
concerns at the nearest high school. | MEN ONLY: Secrinty Silason atid sony wr boards woul
‘Individuals must use their own]
SHE SAID her chief concerns
a home for my family.” ‘After resting during the week-end, Mrs, | MacArthur. said she planned a shopping tour. ’ “I must: buy some clothes,” she said. - “These I am wearing are
_ practically all I have”
She wore a black and white silk plaid dress, a brown coat with a * fox fur collar and a brown and white turban. It was learned that Arthur went through the Bataan campaign
with a single toy—a battered clockwork tank. As soon as they were sbie; after thelr arrival in Australia, his | mother and his Chinese nurse got Dew fos for hia.
To a Hitand-Run Driver
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You Put i That A Almost Fatal ‘Bump’ on Theresa's Head
; By FREMONT PCWER TO a, HIT-AND-RUN "DRIVER. —' You almost xilled Theresa Mathieson, -She’s 9 ghd. she was on her’ way to school last ‘Monday when your car struck: hen down, .
But you didn’t stop. - You. left Theresa: Nine there in the street at 10th oe and Holmes
ave. ‘Her skull was fraftured,
SEIZURE OF STRUCK RAILROAD :0 ORBERED
FDR AG. D in Dispute of Peoria & Western. .
WASHINGTON; March’ 21 «(U.| ¢o ity hospital. P.).—President Roosevelt today or- # ’ dered’ the office of defense trans-| - WELL, THERESA is betier toportation to, seize the strike-bound - Pia ‘Kaiser 1s the Told S. er mother Toleda, Peoria & Western railroad| o.4 ches of the bedside in ward operate it. “for. the suceessful| g_3 a)) the time she.can possibly Proteution of the waz. spare from her home at 1432 N. . b acted; after George| peje yiey place. And Mr. KaiP. McNear Jr., president of the 239-| cor is seeing that Kippy is fed, mile railroad, rejected government| . right. requests that issues involved in the Kippy is Theresa's dog Shree-manth. old strike of employees|: a. ! X WHEN THERESA at last It marks the first time since| jooked up at her mother and world . war 1 that the government knew who she was, she asked: has taken over a railroad. as well “Mom, did you feed Kippy?” as the first seizure by the govern«| ment of a private concern since the Pacific war started. . Mr. Roosevelt issued his‘ order not only-as President but also as commander-in-chief of the army and navy.': * The President's order
: "The ‘blood was on her face and her school books were scattered all around. . You drove on and left. her there. .
SHE WOULD BE lying there yet if a man hadn't’ seen her, He: thought first it' was a tarpaulin. But it'was Theresa with the blood on her face. " The man picked her up and an ambulance came. - They took her
“Where did I get the Hing on my head?” she asked. “You just: bumped it, darling,” her mother replied. » ” 8 BUT YOU KNOW better than that, driver. You put ‘the “bump” “Theresa's head and you ' almost killed her. The police are looking for you.
franchises, rights and other assets, tangible or intangible, .
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IVE US ARN, IW ARTRUR PLEA
| Melbourne + Hails General;
{his complete confidence in an allied [victory but warned that his success
| |at his disposal, | {ultimate success of our joint forces,”
soldier. I knev ‘him well n other
on |
PRICE THREE CENTS
were “some rest, some clothes’ and |
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Takes Time Out to Salute Wounded Filipinos.
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 21 (U, P.)~Gen. Douglas MacArthur, formally assuming command today ‘of the united nations forces in the southwest Pacific, expressed
depended on the primary war resources which the allies could put|Pres
“I have great confidence in the
he said. “But success in modern war requires more than courage—it repreparation.
1 “My confidence in tem is com-~ plete. “In any event; I will do my best. I shall keep the soldier's faith. “I ‘am glad to be in immediate co-operation ‘with the Australian
Var areas.” + Interrupting: the formal ceremony of his triumphant arrival, the general ' saluted ‘wounded ‘Filipino veterans of the ‘battle of Bataan. He avoided formality throughout the ceremony. From the reception platform where he sat with the official party, the supreme commander spied Larry Lehrbas whom he knew as a reporter during his term as chief of staff in Washington. “The general bent down and (Conitinaed on Page Two)
DETECTIVE RESIGNS IN 30 DEGREE PROBE Evidence Tn ingiiy to Be
Given Grand Jury.
A state police officer has resigned
Hold That Overcoat! AY pring Arrives on | Cole er Is Forecast {fo
U. S. Fortresses Lead Raid; Philippine Invaders Set * Back Again. = By JOE ALEX MORRIS * United Press Foreign Editor Australia thundered: a wele come to Gen. Douglas Macs Arthur today and. allied bombers echoed the cheers with attacks on Japanese warships and invasion bases, The battle on the island ap« proaches to Australia developed as follows: ) 1. American
and Australian
bombing attacks led by flying forte ~
|resses sank or. damaged a second
and a third enemy cruiser’ off New Britain island and battered the Japanese-held base of Saumliki on Yamenda island, 225 miles north of Australia. At least one of the warships which were battered at Rabaul harbor was
a 26, including at least 14 warships. .2. New Japanese raids were made on Port Moresby, where the eriemy met. heavy allied ant-aiicrall Wie,
1 toland on. Broome and Derby. (Northwest Australia.
Guinea to the south coast near
Papua gulf, an advance of 110 miles through the jungle area where were reported engaged ° in inter-tribal warfare because of withdrawal ‘of Australian adminis trators. ' 5. An axis source also said Japanese warships were pressing deepe er into ‘the Solomon island group, northeast of Australia, ‘in an ape parent effort to strike at the Fijt islands and the allied Supply 3 Toute from America,
Speed Invasion Efforts
"All of these developments inci« cated the Japanese were massing forces north of Australia and aps parently attempting to speed up : their invasion operations in AR effort to strike before: Gen. Arthur can muster greater in the southwest Pacific. On’ other world fronts, the tempo of fighting was also increasing. In Burma, Chinese cavalry went into action against Japanese tanks, | aiding in repulsing a ' Japanese force and inflicting “some hune dreds” of casualties: on: the enemy, But the :Japanese apparently Were Juhi closer to the railroad towm of Toungoo, on the road from Rane
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goon to Mandalay. 30. axis res po aad Tongan. had. een
occupied. ‘Japs Set Back in Philippines’ The all India radio: said British
over a wide sou Moscow said
were hacking
ils a ln the, OF poston
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On the War Fronts
MELBOURNE: Australians cheer ate
rival of MacArthur; allied bombe
; | bombers raided Maubin, 20 miles .