Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1942 — Page 17

Mrs. Charles Haines of Philadelphia and T. Willard Hunter of Northfield, Minn. . . . the devilish character, Gimme, tries to blackout

CITY WILL SEE DEFENSE REVUE

Players Arrive Today for Show Showing How You Can Help.

The cast, of the “You Can Defend America” revue was to arrive in Indianapolis this morning for performances at 8:15 p. m. Saturday and Tuesday at the Murat. The revue, composed of 90 citi-

Zen volunteers, is dedicated to bolstering American morale to win the war. It is being brought here at the invitation of the state and county defense councils, Governor Schricker and Mayor Sullivan. Last night the show was to play Cleveland, O., for the C. I. O. steel workers’ convention.

Brown Praises Revue

: Harvey Brown, machinists union head, has commented on the show: “For years American industry has been seeking some common program to resolve conflicting interests of men and management, and unite the strength of each in battle against those forces which endeavor to divide and destroy. Here at last is the program.” In Indiana, “You Can Defend America” is to play before the Federation of Women’s clubs at French Lick and at Indiana university in Bloomington. v Tickets for the performances here are necessary but they may be obtained at no charge at the revue committee offices, Hume Mansur building, room 308, or at the county civilian defense office in the war memorial.

‘Meek Is Chairman

J. Perry Meek is chairman of the revue executive committee and .Mrs. ‘A. K. Scheidenhelm is in charge of hospitality arrangements for the cast. Assisting her are Henry Davis and Mesdames Rudolph Grosskopf, Samuel R. Harrell, Sylvester Johnson, Carl Mullen, Jack Reich, W. Hathaway Simmons and W. R. Sinclair.

WICKARD PROMISES ADEQUATE WAR FOOD

NEW YORK, May 21 (U. P.).— Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, revealing that “we are already sending our allies a lot more food than we thought we would a year ago,” promised today that the American food industry would carry out ‘its heavy responsibilities for winning the war-and writing a lasting peace. Mi. Wickard called fcr supreme co-operation in all phases of food handling—from the farmer to the consumer. He told the meeting. of the Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America that they ‘“deserve most of the credit for the useful wartime job of conserving food.” He said he was “particularly worried about the move in congress to prevent the government from selling corn and wheat out of the evernormal granary at less. than parity

Unruly Elephant Faces Execution

KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 21 (U. P.).—An old friend of thousands of boys and girls faced the death sentence today because she got crochety as she grew older. . Unless William T. A. Cully, director of the Swope park zoo, grants a reprieve or unless some circus or carnival outfit wires him a quick offer. Temple, a 15-year-old elephant, will die by sundown. Mr. Cully said the animal, donated to the zoo by visiting

Shriners at their national convention here in 1920, had become

to keep her. He said no decision had been

made on what method would be used to kill the animal.

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New Indiana Committee For Victory Asks End To Isolationism.

America must have an electorate when the war is over that “cannot be moved again into isolationism and distrust of our allies,” the recently formed Indiana committee for victory declared today in. its first. bulletin to the membership. “Distrust of our allies,” the bulletin charged, “has actually been preached by some of our candidates for office. “The popular failure to understand all that is really involved in this war, is appalling, appalling when one thinks of the tragedy which such misunderstanding has brought upon us now and may bring upon our children in the future.”

~ Committtee Non-Partisan

The committee, with offices in the Fletcher Trust Bldg. room 918, is a ‘non-partisan, non-sectarian citizens’ organization “whose primary purpose is to enlarge such understanding of the facts as wil strengthen our war effort, and also will, when victory comes, ‘find us prepared this time to ‘win the peace’ as well as the war.” Officers are Hugh McK. Landon, chairman; Charles J. Lynn, vice chairman; John G. Coulter, secretary, and William B. Schiltges, treasurer. :

Won War, Lost Peace

In a section dealing with the first War War, the committee’s initial bulletin said that “when victory came it found us ‘mentally unprepared to commit ourselves to those steps which could have prevented the present war. “We ‘preferred to return to political isolation while at the same time increasing our economic involvement with .the rest of the world. In short, we found the wrong answer. : “We lost the peace and so we are now at war again. This must not happen again.” Duty Rests on Committee

The bulletin declared that “so far as Indiana is concerned, responsihility for the necessary mental preparation rests largely upon this committee. No other group is undertaking this vital ask. “We have undertaken it and, unless we see it through, we shall be false to our faith and delinquent in fulfillment of. our patriotic duty.”

BEFORE BEING SUNK

TAMPA, Fla, May 21 (U. P.).— Crewmen of a large American merchant vessel said today they fought off “at least three” axis

fore abandoning their ship eight hours after the first of three torpedoes struck. Capt. Ernest V. Farrow of Staten

County Auditor and City Controller Ask Estimates On 1943 by June 15.

Budget-making, the annual headache for public officials, is going to be more difficult this year because of the war's effects on materials, prices and wages. So all city, county and township officials have been asked to start their figuring for 1943 expenditures early in order that county and city councils may have more time to study them. Both County Auditor Glénn B. Ralston and City Controller James E. Deery have sent notices to all department heads asking them to submit estimates by June 15, Previous years budget requests were not. in until the middle of July.

Taxpayers to Be Heard

Controller Deery warned department heads that they must expect reductions in revenues from gasoline taxes and that many other factors incident to war-time conditions

will make extra budget prepara-

tions necessary. Department heads also have been warned that taxpayers will be demanding reductions in local taxes in order to help offset the big increase in federal taxes.

HOLD TECH VESPER

Technical hig.x school vesper services for graduating seniors will be at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, May 31, in the Boys’ gymnasium. Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, will be guest speaker. : This year the seniors will sit in a special reserved section instead of taking part in a processional. Betty Jo Fark will be the organist and the school choir will sing. J. Rus-

prices.”

Brifishers Push Back Line of Distinction; Plunge Into Task of Building Better Life

‘By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent ‘,ONDON, May 21.—The British are thinking hard about the future these days, and theyre acting, too. They're trying to win the war as fast as possible so they can get down to the task of building a better life. The post-war system, most experts believe, will be somewhere between pure individualism -/ and pure socialism.

" The war has done more than level homes and take lives. Its hardships have given the man in the street a deep-rooted will to achieve final victory, He has. gritted his teeth

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luxuries, work ‘hard and risk his neck to attain the way of life he prefers. I was in Britain when the war began. I returned recently to find: Factories that used to be manned by men are operated by women. Private cars almost have ceased to exist. - Women and men alike care less iabout how they look. In the

| fashionable West end of London,|-

women shop in slacks. ~ “You seldom see a well-dressed ‘suit or a freshly blocked hat. Few | people dress: for the theater. - Everyone -is. conscious: .of

{ Island, N. Y., said “at least three

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SERVICES MAY 31

and maybe four” U-boats moved in for the kill after the vessel was attacked at about 2 a. m., April 29. Hellfire broke loose from all sides, the captain said, as shell and machine gun bullets raked the ship’s decks. When an American naval gun crew opened fire from the stricken boat, however, the subs stopped the shelling and sought refuge in the darkness. :

DENIES NAZI TACTICS USED IN GAS RATION

WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. PJ). —Price Administrator Leon Henderson last night denied charges that “gestapo methods” were being used to enforce gasoline rationing along the east coast. The charges had been made by the American Automobile association. Mr. Henderson said they “served no good purpose” and would only “arouse fear and distrust” among motorists. The A. A. A, had point= ed to reports that motorists were being stopped on the highways by local rationing officials to check their cards. On another gasoline front, house members expected early action on legislation authorizing oil pipeline

velcpment of inland waterways as a means of relieving the oil transportation bottleneck. Defense transportation officials,

savings in gasoline and tires. Direc-

banned the operation of sight-see-ing busses and restricted chartered bus service to “essential” operations such as transporting members of {he armed forces, war workers and school children.

travel.

' the leavings home in containers. | An increase in politeness is noticeable; people are more friendly. British history exemplifies an ingrained respect for’ position. - ‘But today the line of distinction has been. pushed back until the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury that “service comes first and opportunity to make profits comes afterward” can be taken as indicative of how Englind is thinking. The average Britisher has taken a “glad to he alive attitude.” and that attitude can be credited with giving him a new sense of values -—a will

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- | I [IN LJ Toll Women Get # y + : A . . .. . Size Exemption . WASHINGTON, May 21. (U. P.).—The WPB decided today that: - ‘1,-“Women are of “unusual height” if they stand 5 feet 8% inches tall in their stocking feet, thus exempting them from general size restrictions of the original women’s clothing order. 2. Judges will not have to shorten their judicial robes to meet - the new restrictions on clothing lengths. : 3. Fur coats will be restricted as to size and length. : “4, The allowable length of slacks made of materials other than wool is increased by one inch, and the width by a half inch. This, the WPB said, was to prevent slacks from shrinking so much they.could not be worn,

SOCIALITE WEDS ENSIGN MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21 (U. P.).—A whirlwind romance culminated today in the marriage of Audrey MacLeod, Australian socialite, to. Ensiga Hugh Robert Laurence of the United States navy. The bridegroom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Laurence of Chicago.

NOBLE DEAN, 60, PUMP MAN, DIES

‘Head of Anderson Firm Belonged to Pioneer Local Family.

Noble Dean, for many years associated with the Dean Brothers Pump Co. here and president of the Dean-Hill Pump Co. in Anderson, died here today following a heart attack. He was 60. Mr. Dean was a member of a pioneer Indianapolis family. He was connected with the Dean pump company here until 1923 and since that time was head of the Anderson firm. . He was a member of the

club and Woodstock club. Surviving are his wite, Frances Gladding, and two sons, Noble Jr, who is an aviation cadet at Greenville, Miss., and John G. of Indianapolis.

STATE WORKERS BUY BONDS ST. PAUL, Minn. (U. P.) —Minne-| sota state employees are contributing more than $32,000 monthly for

the purchase of defense bonds.

Contemporary club, the Dramatic!’ 4 ‘of Indianapolis, executive secretary; L. Lynn Logsdon, of Indianapolis, treasurer; Carl G. T. Monninger,

nd Coal Merchants’ ‘Conv

Attending the Indiana Coal Merchants’ association convention here are (left to right) J. S. Weber,

of Logansport, arrangements committee chairman, Walter E. Klehfoth of Richmorid, association president.

THE INDIANA Coal Merchants’

association was to close its 12th !

| annual convention here today fol-

lowing a golf tournament at

Speedway and a banquet in the Hotel Severin. At this morning’s session, Herschel A. Hollopeter, chairman of

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the car efficiency committee and member of the executive committee of the Ohio Valley Transportation board, discussed “Transportation—Our Critical Problem.” Frank G. Reed, chairman of

the American Retail Coal association’s priorities

on “Priorities and the Coal Mer-

chant.” Irvin Davis, chairman of '

the ARCA price ceiling committee discussed “Price Ceilings and the Coal Merchant,” and James New bald of Detroit, retail representa= tive of the Solid Fuels Advisory Council, described wage-hour regulations. ‘

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