Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1942 — Page 4
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WAR CLASSES | OFFERED PUPILS
Courses to Be Given This, Summer in Indiana High Schools.
An extensive summer school pro-/ gram will be offered in Indiana high schools to provide high school grad-| uates who are not planning to at-} tend college with elementary efgi-| neering training so they will be able to obtain some war jobs. Two years' of mathematics, including algebra and geometry, and; at least one year of a science quali-| fies high school graduates, boys and! girls, to participate in the program. The training will include engi-| neering chemistry, engineering drawing, industrial materials and processes, and elements of engineer- | ing and mathematics. Students will attend class for a 10-week period which will include 420 hours of study. Classes will meet seven and one-half hours daily, Monday | through Friday and four and one-| half hours on Sunday. Completion of this summer work will halp to equip boys and girls for| positions in industry, civil service, ordnance and other departments’ of the government. The training is being offered by|
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Purdue university as part of the| defense training program authorized by the U. S. office of education. The only cost to sudents will be for | texts and other materials not to!
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Local soft drink plants will assist civilian defense and other war agencies in providing drinking water should the public water supply] source be damaged by sabotage or! other enemy action, according to officials of the Canada Dry Bottling Co., Inc, of Indianapolis. Robert Joyce, president of Canada! Dry Bottling Co., said there are more than 6000 soft drink firms in the country, many of which have, filtration and water purification] systems to which local health au-| thorities can turn for a temporary! source of pure drinking water for the civilian population. | The Canada Dry plant alone can| supply from its wells more than 700] gallons of water a minute, in additilon to 1000 gallons of completely treated and filtered water an hour.
DISCUSSES INSURANCE Milton Elrod Jr. legal editor of | the Insurance Research and Re-| view Service here, will address the] Indianapolis Association of Life Un-| derwriters’ luncheon Thursday at the Claypool hotel. He will dis-| cuss “How Life Insurance Serves the Small Business—Proprietorship, Partnership or Corporation.”
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Old-time residents of Indianapolis remember the days when a bright yellow moving van drawn by three white horses abreast used to attract attention on the streets of the city. That moving van belonged to what was then the Shank Auetion, Storage & Transfer Co. which was located in the early days at 339 E. Washington st. There were usually around 20 horses kept in the stables at the
| rear of the offices. Later these | stables were converted to an auc-
tion room and new stables were acquired. The late Samuel! Lewis Shank was fond of horses and kept a racing stable which participated in the races at Louisville. He also owned trotting horses which raced in the Grand Circuit. Mr. Shank kept his horses even after buying a motor moving van along in 1908. This was the first motor moving van in the city, a “rapid” truck. The engine was under the floorboards and it was cranked at the side. It used solid rubber tires. In those days a trip to haul household gods as far as Noblesville was a big day's work. Irwin Walker, general manager, recalls that there were often times in the
| fall when the company was de-
livering stoves as late as midnight. The moving van used for hauling lighter goods about the city was drawn by western horses called “ponies” because of their size. They trotted at a brisk pace and worked in two “shifts” a day. Mr. Shank was one of the first men in the city to become interested in automobiles and consequently bought a Winston, one of the first passenger cars in the city. Times and methods of transportation have come a long way since those days. Now the company is known as the Shank Fireproof Warehouse Co. and has moved to a large warehouse at 1430 N. Illinois st. Instead of horses, the company has new trucks with the cabs over the motor, thus increasing the capacity of the truck. In addition to its local hauling facilities, Shank is a member and a part owner of the Allied Van Lines, Inc, which operates a fleet of 1500 trucks all over the nation. Some of the Shank trucks are included in that fleet. . Before Pearl Harbor there were a number of Indianapolis families, mostly connected with the armed who utilized the Shank
by bringing back from Honoluiu the belongings of an army official and his family. The automobile-tire crisis and the fact that some families ordered to other cities have been unable to take their cars has been met by another Shank service— the “dead storage” of automobiles. The automobiles are set up on
goods shippied from here to Egypt, the Panama Canal zone and Honolulu. Recently the Shank firm helped reverse -the process
The latest Shank moving vans are sleek and modern,
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jacks, covered with a special hood, and drained. But if the automobile situation gets any worse, Mrs, Shank isn’t worried. “As a matter of fact,” she said, “I would certainly like to have three white horses to drive around, like they did when the company first started out. That would be a real treat!”
Hoosiers Paying
SCRAP IMPROVING Too Much on Tax
CLEVELAND, April 13 (U. P).
The gross income tax department {is having a big headache—too many
‘poses, will have little effect on, industrial processing,
Continued improvement in the, steel scrap supply situation is enab- | aye od pore money ling producers to put into service! A sampling of batched returns idle capacity which has curtailed’ howed that nearly one-third of steel production in the past few months, the magazine Steel said today. The authority said that collections from remote sources and dor-
taxpaying period of April 1 to April 15 have paid double the amount of tax they owe, on account of } computing their tax at the former mant supplies, together with a con- rate of 1 per cent instead of using tinuous flow from automobile, the new lower retail rate of 15 graveyards, are contributing large-iof 1 per cent effective on income ly to the increased scrap tonnage from retail sales on or after Jan. 1 and added that further aid will be jg42 ; given when supplies from the upper; These returns with overpayments lakes start to move in a short time. are being returned as rapidly as Steel production advanced one- possible to the taxpayers with in-
half point last week to 98': per cent structions for filing amended re-
of capacity, the publication esti-| turns, Gilbert K. Hewit, director mated. {of the tax division, stated. Discussing the war production] The new gross income tax rates board's plans to halt virtually all applicable to returns now due are:
production of durable consumer; Receipts from “selling at retail” by
goods by the enc of May. the maga-| “retail merchants” (as defined in
zine asserted that the cutting off of the law), 1% to 1 per cent; laundering
steel supplies, except for war pur-|and dry-cleaning, 's of 1 per cent; steelmakers, since they have been! plating, or servicing or eiing: unable for some time to promise de- personal property for resale 3 of liveries on orders in lower priority 1 per cent. y brackets and requirements for the] general run of consumer goods have not been given consideration. | The periodical said that mill! backlogs continue to increase stead- | ily despite the fact that there is considerable cancelling of orders that are beyond reach.
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Delphi Sheet Metal Works, . § dissolution. % Tae; Deiph);
Link-Track Engineering Co., - poration; admitted to AOL Oe januiaciurng of tractors, engines, track
alu busi144,000 EGGS IN ‘OMELET ER , BINGHAMTON, N. Y. (U. P)— Eugene F. Gauck unintentionally mixed a $4000 egg omelet when a truck he was driving went into a ditch at nearby Damascus, spilling 12,000 dozen eggs:
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STANDARD OF IND. HITS AT CRITICISM
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana today Li the following statement re- { garding the recent news of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey: “Criticism has been directed at ' Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) and some instances of boycotting of its products have developed as the re‘sult of public discussion of transactions between Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and the German dye trust with regard to synthetic rubber patents. “This criticism and boycotting arg entirely misdirected and unjust so far as Standard of Indiana is cone cerned. Standard of Indiana was. separated from Standard of New Jersey in 1911 and has been operating independently, and tc a large extent competitively, ever since.
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U. 8. SUBS TAKE HEAVY JAP TOLL
Sink or Damage 58 Enemy Vessels of Ali Types
In Pacific War.
_ WASHINGTON, April 13 (U.P). —American submarines, which have sunk or damaged 58 Japanese vessels of all types, are proving to be important arms of the naval war in the Pacific. Naval experts said submarines have weakened Japan's hold on the Southwest Pacific to an appreciable extent. Supply vessels and transports, and 17 warships ranging from destroyers to carriers have been torpedoed. Action of the submarines in inflicting this damage upon the Japanese at a cost of two submarines
most “miraculous,” navy men said. They pointed to the fact that although German submarines along the Atlantic have sunk well over 100 merchant ships and five patrol vessels, they have paid dearly—at least - 21 submarines lost—for their successes.
Tordepo Boats Effective
Submarines are having to share their honors with the navy's new torpedo boats. The war department announced late last week that
lost by enemy action has been al-|,
and assignment to one of the naval ing office announced here today. Comm. R. H. G. Mathews, officer
the Indiana navy recruiting area's that he had been notified by navy training officials that the training stations would now be able to accommodate all the men he could send. “All men on our inactive duty list, with the possible exception of those enlisted for the construction outfit, will go to training stations in large shipments next week,” he said. The commander pointed out that after the list is cleared no man will have to wait more than two or three days before being shipped to training.
Charles Smoot Paul Smoot
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one of these fast little vessels had sunk a cruiser in the vicinity of Cebu, eighth largest island in the Philippine archipelago. It announced yesterday that that cruiser was of the Askuma class, but neither the war nor navy department were able to identify that category. They suggested that it may have heen of the Kuma class of cruisers, the first of which was laid down in July, 1919. Kuma class vessels are 5000 tons, with a length of 500 feet and a beam of 46 feet. They carry a normal complement of 439 men and their armament includes seven 5.5 inch guns, two three-inch guns, two machine guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. The Japanese, who have lost seven submarines, have torpedoed a relatively small number of ships | —perhaps a dozen. Most of their sinkings have been made by surface
Perch Reported Lost
The latest American submarine lost was the Perch, reported overdue | in the waters around Java. The navy revealed Saturday one of the biggest bags of the war a lone submarine prowling in Far Eastern waters sank a light cruiser, a destroyer and a large transport, is believed to have sunk another light cruiser, and damaged another cruiser, a supply ship, a large transport and an unidentified ship —eight victims. The same communique disclosed that another submarine had accounted for a 7000-ton merchant vessel, a ship of the submarine chaser class and that a 4000-ton
Smoot. 241 Hendricks place, now are serving with the army in different camps in the United States. Pvt. Paul Smoot, 22, is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo, He entered the army last October and at the time was employed by the New York Central railroad. He is a graduate of Technical high school. Staff Sergt. Charles Smoot, 20, enlisted in January, 1941, and is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. He attended Technical and was employed at Kingan & Co. before his enlistment, He recently spent a 14day furlough with his parents here.
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The axis can sit up and take netice, for Thomas E. Martin, p.f.c., has had time to get to India via Australia and get a letter back to his folks, Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Martin, 2404 N. Delaware st. Tom is a graduate of Cathedral high school and did some work at : Indiana university extension be fore enlisting in Thomas Martin t he army air * corps on April 21, 1941. He received his training as a mechanic at March Field, Cal, and is now with the 25th pursuit squadron “probably somewhere in India and going somewhere” as his dad put it.
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freighter was probably sunk. i With those new totals, the score] by U. 8. submarines now stands at| 36 ships sunk, 12 damaged and probably sunk and 10 hit by torpedoes and damaged.
NEW ALBANY TO HAVE TEMPORARY MAYOR
NEW ALBANY, Ind. April 13 (U. P.) —Chester V. Lorch, who resigned as mayor of New Albany Saturday, today reports for active duty as a first lieutenant with the U. S. army air corps, while the city council prepared to appoint a mayor pro-tem at a special meeting tonight. City officials indicated that John R. Tribbey wouid be the choice for temporary mayor. William Bates, slated for election as Floyd county Republican chairman after the May 5 primaries, has received indorsement for election as permanent mayor. ;
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Times Special
“There is today no more real reason to hold Standard of Indiana ac- | countable for the acts of Standard (of New Jersey than there would be to hold General Motors accountable for the acts of General Electric because of the similarity of their names. “Standard of Indiana had no part in the negotiations with German dye trust regarding synthetic rubber and is not now, and never has been, a party to any agreements Standard of New Jersey may have made with the German interests. “Whether the charges were justi-
that Standard of Indiana should be criticized or discriminated against because of them.”
STATISTICAL GROUP TO MEET TONIGHT
The newly organised central Indiana chapter of the American Statistical ascociation will hold its second meeting at 6 o'clock tonight at
vania st. ; F. H. Kirkpatrick of the R. C. A. Manufacturing Co.s personnel division, will speak on the use of statistics in personnel administration. Open discussion will follow. The public is invited.
FAMED BED MAKER DIES ATLANTA, Ga. (U. P).-—Alfred H. Plante, 82, the man who made America’s first brass bed, died near here recently.
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WASHINGTON, Ind, April 13.— The bodies of Russell Rollins, 11, and his brother Ross, 6, were re-
home yesterday.
near Bloomfield, disappeared Saturday, and a searching party was organized by their parents. They apparently had fallen into the swollen stream while playing on a bank,
COL. CLEARY TO SPEAK Col. William D. Cleary, commandment of the school for chaplains at Ft. Harrison, will address members of Indianapolis Memorial post 3, American legion, at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the 40 & 8 chateau, 119 B. Ohio st. Norbert Pich is post 3, American LeBion, at 8 p. m.
vin Heckman, 1761 Lyndhurst drive, and Norris D. Johnson, E. Market ist.
BOYS FOUND IN CREEK
| Lucille Turk, 419 E. North st, has re-
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The boys, who lived on a farm |
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Train at Ft. Knox
Beginning their primary training at Ft. Knox, Ky. are eight Indianapqlis men. When they have completed the 12-week course they will be qualified for duty with the armored force. For the first sixweeks they are given basic instructions on the fundamentals of soldiering. The second period includes specialized training in mechanized warfare. The men are: Everett L. Carper, 2059 N. Talbot st.; Wilbur Beninger, 3651 Euclid ave.. Robert L. Snyder, 961 W. 29th st.; Paul S. Van Sickle, 32 Whittier place; George Sojak, 1025 N. Delaware st.; Dennis E. Mosgrove, R. R. 9, Box 23: Ralph F. Burns, 340 S. Spencer st.; Hansell E. Evans, 4101 Spann ave.; Robert E. Heidenreich, 725 E. Iowa st.; Charles O. Leavitt, R. R. 8, Box 48; Kenneth M. Keller, 3220 Kenwood ave.; Howard A. Martin, R. R. 9, Box 549; Odin L. Remington Jr., 3764 Park ave.; Darwin E. Deer, 140 W. 35th st.; Mar-
8 2 ” Corp. William O. Scott, son of Mrs.
after spending a | furlough with his mother. Corp. Scott is assigned to headquarters and battalion company B, ar-| mored force re-| placement train-| ing center. After being graduated f r om Technical high Wm. Scott school in 1937, he enlisted and served three years! in the regular army at Ft. Knox.| He joined the reserves after his enlistment expired, then again was| called to the colors.
turned to Ft. Knox
There will no longer be extended waits for men between enlistment
training stations, the navy recruit-
in charge of navy recruiting for the
Indiana area, said that at the present, approximately 500 men are on
inactive duty list. He explained
Army Enlistments Among the latest enlistments in the army are those of Daniel A. Maiden Jr., 419 N. LaSalle st.; Joseph W. Selvage, 2068 Broadway; Maynard W. Shelland, 307 E. 23d st.,, and Wayland W. Gray, 2172 N. Illinois st. o o 2 Corp. Max M. Baxter, Indianapolis, stationed at the Enid army flying school, Enid, Okla., has been promoted to sergeant. 2 ” 2 Edgar Franklin Hoffmar second lieutenant, 1800 S. High School road, has completed his training at the signal corps school, Ft. Monmouth, N. J. He is a graduate of Ben Davis high school and was employed by John Hoffman & Son before he entered the army.
” ” 8 Goes to Navy School Thomas Gilbert Blanck, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Blanck, R. R. 1, Box 532, has completed his preliminary training in. oa the navy and has been assigned to the naval training school at Toledo, 0. for a 16-week training course. Mr. Blanck, before his entrance into naval service, was q of employed by the American Na- Mr. Blanck tional Bank and the U. S .Rubber Co. He attended St. Catherine's church and was graduated there and at Southport high school.
FINDS 2 TAMPERING
Two men who were tampering with the tires on an auto were fired upon shortly after 2 a. m. today by James Hantzis, 22, owner of the auto. The car was parked
h in front of his home, 315 N. WalL | cott st.
Mr. Hantzis fired a revolver twice. One of the men screamed after the first shot. The second shot was fired at the auto in which the men fled from the scene.
BAPTIST PASTORS MEET
FRANKLIN, Ind, April 13 (U. P.).-T Indiang Baptist Pastors’ confere today opens a three-day meeting at Franklin college. Dr. William A. Eiliott, Wichita, Kas, president of the northern Baptists convention, and Dr. Walter E. Woodbury, New York, director of evangelism under the American Baptists Home Mission society, will be chief speakers.
WITH TIRES, SHOOTS
EDITOR TO TALK ON CHILD WORK
Hazel A. Lewis Chief Speaker at Sessions of Disciples’ Group.
Miss Hazel A. Lewis, national editor of children’s literature for the Disciples of Christ from the Christian Board of Publication, St. Louis, was to speak to the children’s workers of the churches of the Disciples of Christ this afternoon and tonight in the Central Christian church. She was scheduled to speak and lead a discussion on “Adventuring in a Unit of Work” this afternoon. Her subject at the meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight will be “The Teacher and Pupils Adventuring Together.” Mrs. Ruth Estes, pastor's assistant of the Third Christian €hurch, was to direct the afternoon program, and Miss Nellie C. Young, children’s minister of the Central Christian church, was to preside. Mrs. Florence Wolcott was to conduct a book exhibit. Miss Anna Clark, state director of Christian education for the Dis ciples of Christ, will conduct an open forum tonight. Mrs. Harold Demaree, Franklin, will present a picture study on the theme, “Adventuring with Jesus.” Miss Young will close the session with a devotional message, “A Deeper Adventure.” The 43 churches of the Disciples of Christ in Marion county were to participate in the program.
GEN. HOMMA SUICIDE IS DENIED BY TOKYO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (U, P.).—The Japanese imperial headquarters inferentially denied today that Lieut.-Gen. Masaharu Homma had committeed hara kiri in a Manila hotel in his chagrin at being unable to overcome Gen. Douglas MacArthur's American-Filipino troops. Its communique disclosed that the defenders in Bataan continued resistance until Saturday, two days after Washington had officially announced the collapse of the peninsula’s defense. It asserted that Homma stil] was the commanding general of all the Japanese forces in .the Philippines, according to Japanese radio broadcasts. : Japanese propagandists have insisted that American reports that Homma had committeed suicide and was succeeded by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Malaya, were “fantastic.”
CLAIM CEBU OCCUPIED TOKYO, April 13 (Japanese Broadcasts Recorded by U. P. in New York and San Francisco).—Domei news agency said today that Japanese forces have occupied Cebu, the Philippines’ second city.
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