Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1942 — Page 3
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Indiana Can Send Only 35 in That Class Monthly; - 79 Accepted So Far, 81 Rejected; 5th Corps Area Rules on Applicants.
By EARL
Under present regulations Indiana is allowed to sond only 35 Class 3-A men a month to the army for officers’ training, it was learned today. This quota means that even if you are one of the 3-A men who pass the tests and are approved for officers’ training by fifth corps. area headquarters that you may still have
to wait several months to be-
gin your training, Maj. Lytle,
Freehafer of the state selective service headquarters
said. At present, the army has accepted 79 Class 3-A men for officers’ training, enough ‘to fill state quotas into July.
Applications Studied
Eight-one candidates have been rejected up-to-date and the applications of a good number of others are “now in the mill.” The 35-per-month quota for Indiana is in line with quotas fixed in other states for the officers’ training program for 3-A men, state draft officials said.
The question of whether a draft board may induct a candidate for officers’ training as a draftee during the period he .is waiting to commence training as an officer has not come up yet, “but’ we are going to, find out about it from national headquarters,” Maj. Freehafer said. After Fifth corps headquarters rules on an application, it notifies both the applicant and state draft
_ headquarters of its decision.
If the applicant is accepted, state headquarters then notifies the applicant’s local draft board of the date he is to be inducted. State headquarters is scheduling
FOR 3-A’S
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the 3-A men for induction in the order in which the acceptances come to them from corps headquarters.. Here's the way the officers’ training program for 3-A men works: The individual goes to his local board office and signs a paper waiving his dependency status. Then he is given a cursqry examination by his local board doctor and, if he passes, he goes to the reception center at his own expense for examination. There he gets the regular physical examination given a draftee plus the “tough” final type officers’ examination which includes an aptitude test in which he must make a grade of 110 (the average grade for this test is 100).
If you can pick out the girl wearing stockings in this picture your vision is keener than that of customers in a Seattle store. They didn’t notice the three other girls’ legs were painted to imitate hose. The girl second from the right wears the real thing. Others use “legstick,” what with silk shortage and all.
After he takes the examination, the results gre forwarded on to corps headquarters where the applicant is either approved or rejected and so notified. If he is accepted he goes into the army when he is called. He takes between three and four months of basic training, the same as all draftees get, and at the regular draftees’ rate of pay. Then, according to his record and shown aptitude, he is either sent home or sent on for officers’ training. If he is sent home, he is
placed back in 3-A.
Hoosier Newlyweds Among
70 Dead in Ecuador Quake
By UNITED PRESS A honeymooning couple from
South Bend, Ind, was counted among the 70 dead today as hundreds were driven into the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, by a disastrous,
two-minute earthquake. President Carlos Arroyo del Rio
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arrived by plane from Quito to inspect the damage and immediately proclaimed eight days of national mourning. He placed $20,250 at the disposal of the Red Cross to help the injured and homeless. The American couple killed was John M. Slaughter, United States vice-consul, and his wife. Two Britons, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Tamby, also were killed. The Slaughters met death in their honeymoon apartment. They were married in February and arrived in Quayaquil March 9. ‘Mr. Slaughter was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Slaughter and a native of Goshen, Ind. He graduated from Williams college and went to South America as an economic analyst. He was appointed vice consul March 7. His wife, the former Mary Jane Baker, was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Baker and a graduate of the University of Illinois. The earthquake struck in full force Wednesday night, when the Slaughters were killed, and two minor tremors were registered yesterday. Many of the city’s finest buildings were leveled.
$1,500,000 GOAL SET FOR FUND CAMPAIGN
A goal of $1,500,000 has been set
Fund campaign, Arthur R. Baxter, president, announced today. The campaign will be held either late in September or in early October. The figure set by the board of directors is the absolute minimum and if other recognized war agencies are admitted to membership, it will be necessary to boost the goal, Mr. Baxter said. Although several of the organizations are now conducting or soon will have national campaigns, their appeals will not be to residents of Indianapolis and Marion county. Stanley W. Shipnes, general chairman, has been conferring with civic leaders who will be asked to accept leading roles in the cam-
paign. Tentatively included in the campaign are: British War Relief society, Indianapolis "Community fund, Indianapolis Service Men’s club and canteen, Russian War relief, United China relief, Navy Relief society, War Prisoners Aid committee, Queen Wilhelmina fund and the United Service organization of Indianapolis
requires that such letters be sent
and Marion county.
JURY CHOSEN TO TRY M'DERMOTT
Opening Arguments Start Today in Case Against Investment Broker.
Opening arguments were to begin this morning in the federal trial of Russell W. McDermott, Indianapolis investment broker, charged with using the mails to defraud and with violating the securities and exchange act, The jury was chosen late yesterday. The opening arguments will be made by defense counsel and B. Howard Caughran, district attorney. Mr. McDermott has been out on $5000 bond since he surrendered to
federal officials March 27 following his indictment.
$40,000 Loss Reported Evidence presented to the grand jury sought to show that Mrs. Marie Langen Sweeney lost more than $40,000 through Mr. McDermott’s transactions while he was a member of .the firm of Moore, -McDermott & McLean, now dissolved. The grand jury was told that letters confirming sales of stock in connection with- the account were
sent to a fictitious person at an office next to Mr. McDermott’s.
Noyes Firm Not Involved The securities and exchange act
to the purchaser of securities. At the time of his indictment Mr. McDermott was a partner of David A. Noyes & Co., nation wide brokerage firm. Mr; Gaughran has pointed {out that none of the transactions ‘|involving the Sweeney account involved the Noyes firm in any way. Mr. McDermott lives at 4410 N. Pennsylvania st. His $5000 bond was signed by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cecilia Clune McDermott, 4233 Washington blvd., and Clarence A. Cook, 5252 N. Meridian st.
COL. JOHNSON TO RETURN WASHINGTON, May 15 (U.P.).— Col. Louis J. Johnson, President Roosevelt’s personal emissary to
India, is returning to the United}
States soon upon the advice of his physicians, the state department was informed late yesterday. Col.
Johnson recently underwent an op-|’
eration at New Delhi for a nasal infection.
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Here Is the Traffic Record
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May 13— Accidents .... 32 |Arrests ......139 Injured ..... 10|Dead ........ 0 Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid
Speeding ....... 16 12 $112 6 3 33
3 2 11 150 75
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POSTCARD CASE
| | Jury Acquits New Castle
already been punished by the post-
Postmaster and Wife in Mail Attacks.
A federal jury, told by defense counsel that, “the defendants have been punished enough,” yesterday acquited New Castle’s assistant postmaster, Vaughn Wilkinson, and his wife, Mrs. Lucy Wilkinson, of charges of sending scurrilous matter through the mail. sale Both defendants admitted writing and mailing several postcards to New Castle residents. The cards were unsigned and were of “an uncomplimentary” nature. The chief government witness was the Rev. Robert T. Beck, pastor of the First Christian church at New Castle, and recipient of one of the anonymous postcards. Cautioned by Judge
Judge Robert- C. Baltzell was forced on several occasions to caution trial partitipants from becoming involved in the church fight about which the case revolved. — of the cards in evidence ch had been sent to the Rev. B k upbraided him for purchasing a new automobile in Washington, Ind. instead of New Castle, “where you get yours.” Another card accused him of asking his congregation to tithe and then only donating $2 of his own salary to the church.
Mrs. Wilkinson Weeps
Still another card sent to a New Castle layman urged the recipient to “get to work.” George Jeffrey, defense attorney, in his closing argument to the jury pointed out that Mr. Wilkinson has
office department. Mr. Wilkinson was suspended by the department for 15 days without pay and.then reinstated. Mr. Jeffrey also told the jury that “these people must go back to New Castle and for the rest of their lives try and live this thing down.” At this point Mrs. Wilkinson wept silently.
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Tredsury Salutes Allison’ s For Role in War Bond Drive
Allison’s has been awarded a certificate « issued by the U. S. Treasury department for its wholehearted support of the war bond drive. ° Allison workers have subscribed 100 per cent to the drive. The awards are presented to firms with more than 90 per cent total subscriptions, ” os » ALLISON SPORTS NOTES: A great deal of interest is being shown in the Allison golf leagues which start May 21. The matches will be played at the Speedway course on Tuesdays and Thursdays. . , . Allison baseball] team seems to have found a top-notch pitcher in Herb
\Truelock, who let the Ft. Harrison -hine down with three hits last {Slnday. Allison won, 8 to 1. . .
An Allison tennis league is being formed with details to be published. soon. . . . The Patrol Service soft ball team’s record was perfect until it ran into the Atkins Saw aggregation Tuesday night and was nosed out 1 to 0'in 11 innings. * » ” ”
Flag Flies Again In 1917 the employees of Chain Assembly Dept. 12 at Link-Belt chipped in to buy an American flag. Right after Pearl Harbor 10 men in the department who were working there 25 years ago got out the dean of Link-Belt's “Old Glories” to demonstrate the department’s patriotism. The men are Robert Howard, Jake Qualls, Oscar Burdelow, Andrew Fink, Leonard Stegemoller, Herman Leslie, Claude Sneed,- George Wheeler, Lem Hill and Silas Pleasant. J ® 5
Greetings to the “Link-Belt Productioneer” whose Vol. 1, No. 1, was published this week. 'Tis a welledited four-page paper with plenty of pictures and crammed full of news items about Link-Belt workers. 2 2 ” Red, white and blue boxes have been placed conveniently through the Link-Belt Dgdge and Ewart plants for employees’ suggestions of methods to increase production. Here are the rules: 1. Suggestions will be collected often and regularly. No time will
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be wasted. Ideas found to be worthe while will be translated’into “ace tion” as soon as possible, 2. Each suggestion will be studied thoroughly by persons in the dee partment involved. 3. If a suggestion is not clear, the - submitter will be "allowed to clarify it. } 4. If a suggestion has meiit, the employee will be rewarded and if it has national value it will be for" warded to the war production board in Washington. Dodge plant employees who al ready have received prizes include Frank Peck, Horace T. Lineback, Charles E. Ryder, Verna McIntyre, Roland Eaton, and Emmert La« Crosse. JH » ” 2 : All employees of the E. C. Atkins )
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Post 355, American Legion, at & meeting at 8 p. m. May 23 in the Assembly room. Homer Chaillaux, national Americanism director of the Legion, will be the chief speaker. The entertainment is being are ranged by Charles Shemmel, Wile liam Harper and Aimon Nugent. Dewey Gommel is post commander,
INDICTMENT CHARGES. DYESTUFF MONOPOLY
WASHINGTON, May 15 (U. PD. —Eight corporations and 20 of their officers, including Lammot. du Pont of Wilmington, Del, were indicted yesterday on charges of ens gaging in a world-wide conspiracy to suppress competition and monopolize the manufacture and sale of dyestuffs, the justice dee partment announced. The indictment, charging viola«' tion of the Sherman act, was handed down by the federal grand Jury at Trenton, N. J. i Five American firms were indicted —E. I. du Pont de Nemours and ‘Co., Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. American Cyanamid Co., General Aniline & Film Corp., and General Dyestuff Corp. : The last two firms formerly were controlled by I. G. Farben Indus< trie, German chemical and dye trust, but now are under control of the alien property custodian.
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