Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1942 — Page 15

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1942

Indianapolis Times

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Washington

WASHINGTON, May 21.—The treasury could sell more war bonds if the limits were relaxed on the amounts any one person or institution may purchase. John L. Lewis offered on behalf of the United Mine Workers to buy $5,000,000 in war bonds but : treasury restrictions prevented it. There is some argument for relaxing the rules but thus far Secretary Morgenthau has felt the argument was stronger for maintaining them. Actually treasury officials are finding ways to get around these restrictions in many cases of labor unjons that are anxious to buy large amounts of war bonds. No one person may buy more than $5000 in “E” bonds in a given year, nor more than $50,000 in “F” and “G” bonds. The intent was to spread the bonds out among as many purchasers as possible. They bear high interest—2% per cent to 2.9 per cent as against about 1% per cent for ordinary government bonds which may be purchased in unlimited quantities. Because of the higher yield of the war bonds, large institutions would buy enormous quantities instead of putting their funds into the lower yield regular government bonds. The war bonds were set up with a special interest inducement to attract the small purchasers. That is the argument of the treasury for maintaining restricted purchases.

Meat Cutters Split It Up

~ SOME ARGUE THAT that $50,000 limit might be doubled without jeopardizing the situation but no change of policy is indicated. That is what John Lewis ran into when the treasury declined to sell $5,000,000 to the United Mine Workers. However, other labor unions also wanted to

By Raymond Clapper

treasury regulations. " For instance, the Meat Cutters union, A. F. of L,, bought $150,000 in war bonds by splitting up the purchasing. between three separate union funds. They bought $50,000 in the name of the union’s general fund, another $50,000 in the same of the union retirement fund and a third bloc for the death benefit fund. In addition, other large blocs were bought in the name of local ‘unions.

Quota May Yet Be Passed

ONE OF THE TREASURY’S most difficult problems has been to turn down proposed purchases for endowments of colleges and other non-profit organizations. It was proposed that contributors buy the bonds in their own names and make the endow-. ment fund the beneficiary but that was ruled as violating the restriction since it would lodge more than the legal amount of war bonds in the hands of a single beneficiary. Undoubtedly millions, of bonds could be sold if those restrictions were relaxed. But if they were let down, then mutual life insurance companies would be eligible and they are among the heaviest purchasers of bonds in the country. The treasury does not wish to throw billions of dollars of the high yield war bonds into the hands ef these gigantic investment funds. Meantime, the payroll purchasing plan for war bonds is spreading and treasury officials say nearly all unions are sponsoring at least a 10 per cent deduction program. The United Automobile Workers are campaigning for a 20 per cent deduction, among their members. War bonds sales fell off during March and April because heavy income tax payments cut into the ready cash of most persons. But May is picking up and the quota of $600,000,000 is expected to be passed.

_ Ernie Pyle, in poor health for some time, has been forced to take a rest. However, he is expected to resume his daily column within a short time.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

LITTLE JIMMY CLAFFEY, aged 3%, is the grandson of an independent grocer. One evening recently, a neighbor who had an errand to run in his car took Jimmy along. On the way back the neighbor took Jimmy with him into a Broad Ripple fruit market, and noticed the youngster hanging back and looking around with a startled expression. “I hadn’t oughta be in here,” he said. Asked why, he explained: “Papa said never to go in any grocery except Grandpa's, and this must be one of those awful super markets.” . . . Patsy Donnelly, who’s 13 and lives at 3249 N. New Jersey, has been teasing to be permitted to, drive the family car. Papa said no, but she wheedled him into letting her start the car for him each morning. She knew how from watching. That went on for some time—until one morning recently when she decided to help just a little more. Shed watched him put the car in gear, and so she decided to do that little chore for him. She did. He had to jump on the running board and throw the car out of gear. Now Papa starts it

himself. Pipe the Flagstaff

JACK GULLING of Gulling Electric is quite proud of the new flagstaff he erected and dedicated at his home (just north of town) Sunday. One of the reasons he’s so proud of it is that he built it himself— out of used pipe. Originally 58 feet tall, it had to be shortened eight or 10 feet as it started buckling in the middle when he tried to raise it. And it's replete with a beacon atop that flashes red, white and blue, alternately. Truly super duper, eh? . . We're just a little bit ashamed of our Convention bureau.

On the Spot

WwasHINGTON. May 21.—The “charge” of Sir Keith Murdoch, noted Australian newspaper publisher, that the United States and Great Britain are too complacent regarding the war in the southwest Pacific falls wide of the mark so far, at least, as the United States is concerned. Officials here with whom I have talked, without a single exception, speak of the battle of the Coral sea as only a curtain-raiser. They believe more and heavier fighting is just ahead and agree that it is superlatively important . to the united nations as a whole that the Japanese be turned back. “We must get into the minds of Washington authorities,” Sir Keith wrote in his Melbourne Herald, “that planes and ships in much greater quantities are needed and we must induce Prime Minister Churchill to press in Washington for a larger share of American production for the British empire.” ‘I find Washington authorities in complete agree‘ment on the necessity for sending maximum aid not nly to the British empire but to the other members of the united nations. But as “planes and ships” don’t grow on trees, somebody has to decide when and where help is most urgently needed and see to it that it gets there.

All Over the Globe

From the very outbreak of the second World war, it has been inevitable that, sooner or later, such drastic decisions would have to be made. Not only has the United States become “the arsenal of democracy,” but also one of its greatest reservoirs of manpower.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Mrs, Franklin K. Lane told me yesterday of a most interesting thing which a group of women is doing in New Mexico. They have taken the proper training and are now being used in all clinics and hospitals throughout the state. Because of the increased load which is being carried by health officials everywhere and the decrease in the number of trained nurses and doctors available, this work could not be done without this group of volunteers, Ever since I mentioned slacks in my press conference the other day, I have been receiving offers from variuos firms to send me slacks which are becoming to the middle age, dumpy figure which some of us past middle life have to endure. I am much impressed by everybody’s kindness, but I really have never found the need for these garments. though one picture of a kind of double, divided skirt does seem to me rather practical and cool. It is short and when you are walking would look very much ke a simple skirt with two pleats

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All Aron nd a World at War —Newest

| invest huge sums and ways were found to fit into

The bureau, in most respects, is pretty wide awake. But in the current issue of its publication, This Week in Indianapolis, we find they're still using the old 1930 census figures for Indianapolis and other Hoosier cities. And heck—even the 1940 census is out of date by now, the way we've been growing,

Priority by Proxy THE MIDNIGHT BUS for Louisville is packed Sunday nights with soldiers hurrying back to Ft. Knox after week-ending with relatives here. The soldiers have priority. A young woman living here was going to visit relatives in Kentucky the other night. She saw the first bus filled with soldiers. Then a second. As arrangements were made to fill a third bus, a soldier observed her plight and offered to smuggle her aboard the bus as “my wife.” After some hesitation, she accepted and was the only civilian aboard. She reports the soldier boys were extremely courteous. Arriving at Louisville, her soldier “husband” helped her transfer to another bus for the rest of her trip, and then caught his own bus to the fort. And that was that.

Can We Go, Too?

THERE'S NO 500 mile race to go to this Memorial day, so members of the Ad Club will get their race day “thrills by. proxy next week. Jack Godfrey: of Lieber’s ‘will show his motion pictures of last year’s race, including the garage fire, at the club’s meeting a week from today. . . . The Omar bakery keeps a shoe shine chair at the plant so its drivers can keep their shoes looking neat. They used to keep a shine boy there all the time, but it’s gotten so hard to get a boy that the drivers now shine each other’s shoes. . Bill Book of the C. of C. reports having a nightmare the other night. He awoke with “the awful realization that here it was almost Sept. 1 and I'd forgotten to take my hay fever shots.”

By William Philip Simms

But even the United States cannot satisfy all of the demands that are made upon it. Russia needs and will be given all possible aid. : A fresh contingent of American troops, tanks, planes and all kinds of war material has just been ' landed in Ireland. There is another American army in Australia. Still more men and equipment are in India, the Middle East, North and West Africa, Burma, Iceland and Greenland, and U. S. forces man the whole string of Atlantic bases from Newfoundland to British and Dutch Guiana.

There's Only One Front

MEANWHILE AMERICA’S own front yard, from the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi, has become a sort of happy hunting ground for axis Uboats while Mexico, Central and South America are looking to us for protection which protection, moreover, we are morally bound to give. There is reason to believe that this summer the combined chiefs of staffs group of the united nations will begin to concentrate on two or three fronts. Which these will be depends on developments. At present, the Russian front seems to have the call. Apparently the combined chiefs of staff have agreed that if the Russians can hold out this summer a second front can be set up in western Europe and the way paved for a mortal blow at Germany. But this, I understand, does not mean that the war in the southwest Pacific will take second place. On the contrary it is widely believed: here that unless the Japanese are kept pretty well occupied in the

south, they will almost certainly turn northward and|

attack Russia in Siberia. The Washington conception apparently is that the war is really indivisible and that there is only one

as “dimout” regulations take effect.

It’s gas rationing.

Soviet soldiers. shown.

Kharkov front.

leveled by a blast: from the shop.

blasts.

1.’ Times Square is but a shadow of the former Great White Way

But the army still isn’t satisfied; a

complete blackout is the next step. And look at the scarcity of autos!

2. Here’s a hero in white. V. Popov, medical service instructor of a Red guards division, has carried out of action over 200 wounded He not only saves the men, but their guns too, as

Cornelius Technician Thomas

5. This is an air view of the Heinkel airplane factory at Rostock, Germany, after the devastating visits by the royal air force. No. 1 shows the main assembly shop after the bombing and a nearby area No. 2 shows fuselages and plane parts salvaged No. 3 is the assembly shop, blasted. No. 4 is the machine shop, ruined by fire. No. 5 marks large workshop damaged by No. 6 is the bomb-razed paintshop. by fire and high explosives are shown at No. 7.

Other buildings damaged

3. Somewhere on. the American west “coast -is:- this cosmopolitan gun crew. Most of its members have plenty of good reasons for loading bombs to harry the axis. Left to right are Pvi. Steve Licko, Czechoslovakian; Pvt. Aloysius Andrzezewski, Polish; Pvt. Overzyl, Dutch; Pvt. William Poma, Italian; Dingles. Greek; Pvt. Jacob Schriock, German; Pvt. Nickolas Prince, Croatian, and Pvt. Steve Drakulick, Serbian.

4. Russian cavalry troops pursue retreating Germans on the

65 ARRIVE FOR PLANT PROGRAM

Bombsight Workers and

Naval Officers Await : Acceptance.

The new U. 8. Naval Ordnance plant here will be accepted for the navy by Rear Admiral W. H. P. Blandy at ceremonies tomorrow noon on the plant grounds. The plant then will be turned over to the Lukas-Harold Corp. for operation. The ceremonies will be attended by 65 workers from the Carl L. Norden, Inc.,, New York bombsight plant which is a sister organization of the local plant.

C. of C. to Give Luncheon Theodore H. Barth, president of both the Carl L. Norden. Co, and

the Lukas-Harold Corp. will inspect the 14%-acre grounds before

front—a front which extends clear around the globe.

the dedication. The party later will

iattend a luncheon to be given by

|the Indianapolis Chamber of Com-

By Eleanor Roosevelt:

people seem to labor under the impression that the president in talking about a new maximum personal income of $25,000 a year, was not considering the deductions allowed in the past that amounted to 15 per cent of the gross income for charitable and educational gifts. I think the wording of the president's statement rather clearly indicated that he spoke of net income after deductions of all taxes and this would include gifts. Of course, the final decision regarding this must rest with congress, which is now writing the bill They will have to decide whether undertakings which

are now carried on as private charities or educational |.

or civic institutions should become a charge of the communify as a whole, or remain dependent on voluntary support from private individuals, We. will undoubtedly go through much discussion in the next few years on subjects such as this, just as there is much discussion on whether people should be allowed to deduct excessive doctor’s bills and the cost of higher education for young people. To my mind, both charges seem a reasonable deduction and of more importance to those of moderate incomes than to those touching the $25,000 income group. What we m Iqalize is that suggestions may be made Loy individuals and and by the Sanipsration, but

merce at the Indianapolis Athletic club. The dedication program wijl include brief talks by Governor Schricker, Admiral Blandy, Commander G. P. Kraker and G. P. Bierbach, local manager for LukasHarold.

Also invited to the ceremonies are civic’ leaders, public officials and|C. ranking army and navy officers on duty in the states.

RECOVER TWO BODIES IN ARMY AIR CRASH

BISHOP, Cal, May 21 (U. P.).— Maj. W. C. Evans today reported the recovery of the bodies of Col. Charles W. Bundy and Lieut. Col George W. Ricker, two of eight men killed in an army transport crash last December. Norman Clyde, Sierra mountain climber, found the bodies wedged between rocks at, an elevation of 13,000 feet. Evans said they will

cunimuey for the six others, includ-

be brought down the mountainside : tomorrow while the army search| G

Home Defense Bulletin

From Marion county and Indianapolis offices of civilian defense World War memorial, 431 N. Meridian st. Twenty-five training schools are now operating in giv-, ing the necessary schooling to air raid wardens. The required course takes 25 hours for each warden, covering 10 hours of first aid training, together with instructions for organizing, specific territory for air raids, blackouts, fires and bombs, and all the vital training as to taking care of a certain number of families whenever the enemy may attack Indianapolis from the air. They are training to care for you!

OFFICERS RENAMED BY INDIANA F. 0. P.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 21 (U. P.) .—Delegates to the eighth annual convention of the Fraternal Order

| of Police named Michigan City as

the 1943 convention site and reelected all officers in the closing session of their four-day conference ‘Officers re-named were Charles Goble, Peru, president; John Welch, Fogsnsport, vice-president; Francis Knight, Ft. Wayne, secretarytreasurer, and Arthur Law, Indianapolis, state conductor. District trustees elected were Walter Bowman, Elkhart, northeast; William Bakeman, Gary, northwest; Clessie. Kendall, Richmond, southeast; Otto Bergman, Kokomo, central, and William Schulte, Evansville, southwest. J. Edward Smith of Gary was reappointed attorney. « ‘A resolution called for legislation providing a minimum salary of $175 a month for state police patrolmen.

- STEAL ALTAR SYMBOLS Burglars yesterday stole an estimated $463 worth of vestments and pls from the St. Trias

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PROUD OF STAND BY AUSSIE NAVY

Official Says It Helped to Check Japanese Program

For Invasion.

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21 (U. P.).—The Australian navy, despite overwhelming odds, has had an outstanding role in checking Japanese plans for invading Ausfralia, Navy Minister N. O. J. Makin said today. In a survey of the Australian naval activities since the outbreak of the Pacific war, Mr. Makin declared that every ship as handled with “skill and determination.” Australia, he said, has suffered some losses of ships and personnel but not in vain. From the .day Japan began the war until the fall of Java, the navy had units’ operating effectively around Malaya and the East Indies archipelago, including cruisers, destroyers and anti-sub-marine and mine sweeping vessels

Proud of Allied Endurance “The sleop Yarra, which played & particularly gallant part in Malayan and Javanese waters was built in Australia, as also were the anti-submarine and minesweeping vessels,” Mr. Makin said. “After the loss of the Repulse and Prince of Wales (British capital

examples of allied endurance, gallantry and devotion to duty shine in the records of the ships of the royal Australian navy.” ’ Commander Praised Men The Australian destroyer Vamhe fad, was active throughout

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Your Son Well

Australian

Mothers the world ‘round know how other mothers feel when their sons go to war. And so a mother in Australia wrote to one im Padli, Ind. to tell her that her son was well and happy and that he was a well-behaved gentleman. It was shortly before Christmas that Samuel Clements sailed with American troops for “down under.” He had been in for abouf a year. As has been reported before, Australian families have been requested on various occasions to billet American soldiers. Samuel stayed at the home of Mrs. Margaret Sullivan in Victoria, Australia.

Mother-to-Mother Being a mother herself with a son

’|ir. the R. A. A, F., Mrs. Sullivan de-

cided shed write Sam’s mother, Mrs. James E. Clements, rural route 1, Paoli, Ind. “I feel, as one mother to another, that I would like to write and tell you that your son stayed with us

‘for a week and he was quite well

and happy,” Mrs. Sullivan wrote Mrs. Clements. “We had to put them up at our homes and were very pleased to do so. We quite enjoyed his company and I think you are blessed with having such a good son. I feel as if I know you after hearing so much about you from him. “I have two sons myself about his age and one isin the R. A. A. F. and the other in essential service, and also a daughter, aged 20, “Sam is going to write and let us know where he is if it is possible to do so. We will keep in touch and help him while he is in our country.

Boys Moved On

“We also met several other of the boys. from your part of the

good people and well-behaved. boys moved on somewhere about i week ago: to camp. “We have not seen much war . eupipert of the world as yet:

and Happy. Mother Writes

know if you receive this letter safely.”

Mrs. Sullivan’s letter ‘was dated

March 14. Mrs. Sullivan’s daughter, Nancy, enclosed a short letter, too,” saying that “when he left us, we had quite

and the people who live in it. We even seem to know you personally, as Sam told: us such a lot about his mother and all his family.”

Wishes for Peace

Nancy wished Mrs. Clements well and that “peace will soon come to the world.” bs And so a mother in Australia and a mother in America join up to win the war. Sam has a sister, Emma A Clements, who lives here at 3960

Broadway, and another sister, Mra. George Moffett, R. R. 1, Carmel. oH

WINS ESSAY CONTEST WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P) —Electra Bilmazes, 17, Haverhill Mass., high school senior, today wa awarded a $500 war bond as prize in a national essay contest the writers’ war board, a veluntsg organization of authors the of civilian defense.

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