Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1942 — Page 1

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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 72

The Indianapolis Time

FORECAST: Continued warm and humid through tomorrow forenoon wit h likelihood of thundershowers late this afternoon and tonight.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1942

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RAF STARTS NEW FIRES

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Commando Chief In U. S. To Confer

Seeks State Post

ABOLITION OF CCC VOTED BY HOUSE GROUP

$75,000,000 Item for 350 Camps Struck Out; NYA |

Funds Approved.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P).—| The house appropriations commit-| tee today voted to abolish the civil- |

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James H. Emmert

FOR LESS RULE

| Security Administrator Paul V, Mc- | Nutt was cross-examined regarding

OUR PAUL NOW IN THE STATES

All for Complete Federal Control!—In His Own Divisions Anyway. By DANIEL M. KIDNEY

Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, June 3.—Federal

his entire political philosophy when he appeared before the house appropriations subcommittee with his 1943 federal security agency budget, it was revealed today. This cross-examination was made public in the hearings when the FSA and labor department appropriations were presented in the house. It revealed that the former Indiana governor has undergone almost

Long a Major Target

a complete reversal of his position

‘state. At that time he was a zealous | guardian of

when he was chief executive in the

“states” rights” and wanted power retained at home. Now, however, his testimony indicates that he is ready to federalize almost everything — at least

economy the war. President Roosevelt had asked its continuance. however, on a considerably curtailed basis. He and CCC

jan conservation corps. The committee, reporting a $1,158451,660 bill for the federal) security agency and the labor department, struck out an item of . =n = $75.818.000 to continue the CCC in| operation on a curtailed basis « WILLIS NAMED ing the 1943 fiscal year starting] July 1. The administration had | proposed to operate 350 CCC camps | The committee voted 15 to 12 tal 1 deny funds to the CCC on a motion | by Rep. Albert Engel (R. Mich.). Sm———————— ‘Tucker to Be Permanent The labor-federal security ap-| : propriations subcommittee had di- | Chairman for State vided three to three on a motion to | . strike the CCC funds from the bill, Convention June 18. ee ti y itting it ten- + Akh tion in the measure by the subcom.| US. Senator Raymond Willis mitice : = a will be the keynoter and James | The CCC has been one of the I eu a oe major targets of the congressional the Re oT ie wi € rn i bloc ever since start of p e Fale Convention here June 18. An added feature of the ngmi{nating session, to be held in the fair grounds coliseum, wiil be an address by former U. S. Senator

everything over which he exercises jurisdiction. So bold was he in presenting such ideas that Rep. Malcolm C. Tarver (D. Ga., ranking member of/ the subcommittee, said: Sums Up Ideas “I think the difference between your philosophy and mine, gover=|

officials have pointed out in recent weeks that the CCC has been converted almost 100 per cent to war projects. With the the CCC and other economies, the total appropriations for the labor

James E. Watson, a national G. O.|1Of. if I may say so, is that you

$75.818000 savings on,

P. figure for nearly half a century, | on “The Republican Party as I Know It.”

today by State Chairman Ralph F.

'rather adhere to the idea that goviernment must take care of the peo-

These highlights were announced |

department and FSA were cut $202. Gates, along with other convention

587.330 below the amount voted for| Oncor and committees. the current fiscal year. Few Seek Offices Request Is Halved { Meanwhile, the field of candidates for the 11 offices for which nomiThe full appropriations committee pees will be chosen by the 2200 deldid not change the subcommittee’s egates continued slim, with only a action in voting approval of the ad-| few announced office-seekers. ministration’s request for $53.049000 TIatest of these were Rue Alex-, for the national youth administra- ander of Pine Village, chief auditor tion, along with an additional in the bureau of motor vehicles, $5.000.000 to continue NYA aid to for secretary of state; former Judge college students. James A. Emmert of Shelbyville, for The $5,000.000 was adopted by the attorney general, and Thomas C. subcommittee in place of a proposal Williams of Jeffersonville, for clerk by the administration to appropri- of the supreme and appellate courts. ate $10.000000 to permit the U. S.| Chief interest, of course, centers office of education to make loans to in the secretary of state race, which college students whose training is'reportedly is still a wide open

ple, whereas I adhere to the philosophy that the people have the responsibility of taking care of the government. The FSA administrator told how he tock over the employment service from the states; recommended again the federalization of unemployment compensation; hinted at a universal federal old-age pension plan, and even intimated that the

More Yanks

soldiers marching off the dock in

arriving in Australia.

BRITISH SEIZE BIG LIBYA BASE

But Rommel Forces Mass For New Tank Drive Toward Tobruk.

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national government might take more of a hand in what he termed “equalizing” education in the states. | Summing up his ideas on these] various subjects, Mr. McNutt as-| serted: “Governments exist for servicing the people who make the government, and I am primarily interested in how to obtain the best service for our peopie.” In one of his other roles, that of

needed in the war effort. Highlights of testimony on the appropriation requests released at the same time the bill was reported include: 1—The labor department's division of public contracts found “shockingly unsanitary conditions” in a large cannery that was preparing food for the army.

School Danger Cited

2—The office of education warned congress that the public school sys-

tem is in grave danger of collaps-|

ing because of the tremendous financial and personnel demands of the war effort. 3—The U. S. public health service is getting ready to fight bubonic plague which is threatening to spread eastward {rom Rocky Mountain states where some persons are affected annually by

|affair. Leaders of the Tucker organization still have not agreed on a candidate, it is said.

Malan Faces Fight

With its auto license patronage, this is the most important state office up this year, and its control | probably will determine the party leadership in 1944. Running a close second in interest is the superintendent of pub{lic instruction post, in which Dr. C. T. Malan, elected in 1940, ap(Continued on Page Five)

KEEPS ON PROMISIN SHOWERS TO COME

Anyway, It's Some Cooler,

ground squirrels. It reported that.

the number of cases of venereal diseases are “levelling off” — that 57.000 of each 1,000,000 men examined for military service still are rejected because of it. 4—Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt revealed that President Roosevelt may ask congress to federalize the unemployment compenastion system. The bill as approved by the appropriations committee carried £141.240,000 to be used for training workers for war jobs.

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Eddie Ash ....14|Jane Jordan ..13 Business ...... {Millett ........13 Clapper ....... 3/Movies ........ Comics ........17 Obituaries Crossword .....16 Patterns

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Editorials .....10/Pegler ........10 Edson . «a+ 10iQuestions ..... 10 Mrs. Ferguson 10 Radio «» B Financial ..... 6 Mrs. Roosevelt 9: Forum -........10 Schools ....... 7 Freckles ...... 16 Serial Story ..17

Hold Ev'thing. 9 Side Glances ..10 Homemaking ..13Simms In Indpls. .... 3 Society «au13, 13 In Services 8, 9|Sports .....14, 15 Inside Indpls... 9 State Deaths.. 8

[SBACS ..eesss.10jAl Williams... 9

The Figures Show.

| LOCAL TEMPERATURES

' 6am ...70 10am .. 81 Tam... 1 Ham. ...85 S§a.m ... 74 12 (noon) .. 87 Sam... 9 1pm...3 Although the weather bureau

predicted continued warm temperatures today and tonight, Indian,apolis was expected to experience some relief from the heat which vesterday sent the mercury soar‘ing to 93, the highest of the season. "Cooling showers and thunderstorms were also predicted for this afternoon. The temperatures this

morning were several degrees cooler :

than yesterday. Showers yesterday sections of the state brought some | Hoosiers relief from the unseasonally high temperatures. Evansville, where the mercury mounted to 99 early yesterday, reported the biggest drop in temperature. The “low” at Evansville this morning was 65. Crawfordsville reported considerable damage from a brief electrical storm that burned out several transformers and interrupted light service in the city. At Noblesville, Harold Wood, 34, a farmer, was struck by lightning and removed to Methodist hospital here for treatment.

in scattered

manpower commissioner, Mr. MecNutt at the moment vitally is interested in the people servicing the (Continued on Page Five)

AWAIT FDR'S ORDER ON GAS RATIONING

Only His 0. K. Needed to | Start WPB Plan.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P). —The war production board’s plans for nation-wide gasoline rationing to conserve rubber are at a stage where only President Roosevelt's approval is needed tv begin the program, it was learned today.

WPB Chairman Donald Nelson hinted yesterday after the weekly WPB meeting that gasoline rationing even in states with plentiful supplies is in the offing soon. The final decision may be made by the president, or it may be referred back to WPB's rubhker experts. It is expected to be ready when the WPB meets again next Tuesday. Mr. Nelson is expected to confer with the president on the problem late this week.

BULLETIN

The Indianapolis NLRB office announced this afternoon that the election at the Allison Engineering Co. had been won by the United Aircraft Engine Workers, Inc, an independent union. The union received 59% of the total valid votes, said the NLRB. The CIO received 38% with 3% of the workers voting for neither.

WANT NOTHING JAPANESE

NEW YORK, June 3 (U. P.).— The Flushing Ridge Civic Association told the park department today to demolish the Japanese pavilion, where the New York world’s fair used to be, or the citizens of Flushing would tear it down, piece

man C. S. Nelson of Benton Har-

day what had happened to them during their three-month absence.

plane

CAIRO, June 3 (U. P.).—A British column, paced by 28-ton American “General Grant” tanks, has captured the large axis advance supply base of Segnali in a 30-mile dash across the Libyan desert against the flank of enemy forces, believed to be massing for a new strong drive toward Tobruk on the Mediterranean coast, it was announced today. Col. Gen. Erwin Rommel, defeated with heavy losses in his first attempt to rip apart the British defense positions and encircle Tobruk had moved up all-German armored units to a 10-mile gap in the British minefield defense line 40 miles southwest of Tobruk. Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie's British imperial eighth army, anticipating Rommel's tactics, struck suddenly westward across the desert from the vicinity of Bir Hacheim on

Down Under

his is an undisclosed port in Australia and these are American

squads. It is literal proof of the

stories that more and more contingents of the A. E. F. are constantly

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VINSON OFFERS BILL DOUBLING NAVAL FORCES

500 Fighting Ships Provided for; Cost May

Exceed 8 Billions.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U.P) — Chairman Carl Vinson (D. Ga.) of the house naval affairs committee announced today he had introduced legislation for a vastly increased navy construction program estimated to cost $8,300,000,000. It will provide for 1,900,000 tons of new combatant vessels, including 500,000 tons of additional aircraft carriers. Rep. Vinson said the program would produce more than 500 new fighting ships in addition to some 800 small vessels for patrol and mine duty. It was believed the proposed plan would virtually double the number of ships of the present fleet. Carriers on List

Rep. Vinson predicted that the originally projected two-ocean navy probably would be completed within the “next 24 months” and that as “fast as the ways become vacant the new program will get under way.” He said the new program would authorize: Five hundred thousand tons of aircraft carriers. Five hundred thousand tons of cruisers of both light and heavy types.

Lord Louis Mountbatten . . . British commando chief meets with U. S. officials.

WAR LEADERS TALK PROBLEMS

British Aim for 2000 Bombers Over Target Within 2 Hours.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor The royal air force started new fires in Nazi war industries and renewed daylight raids on the European coast today, while British official air circles envisaged a program that would concentrate 2000 bombers over a single axis target area in two hours.

A fleet of big British bombers, probably numbering between 300 and 400, returned to Germany’s industrial Ruhr area early today and rekindled the great fires left in the wake of the R. A. F.s 1036-plane attack the previous night. British fighter squadrons and bombers in strong numbers kept up a series of “sweeps” over the French coast throughout the day.

Mass Raids Prove Feasible Meanwhile, official aviation

sources said that attacks by 2000 planes, roaring over a single target

Lilting Leon

zar Turns Poet,

Nine hundred thousand tons of destroyers and destroyer escort vessels, which he described as smaller but similar to the real destroyer. Eight hundred vessels ‘suitable for use as patrol and mine vessels.”

Lord Mounbatten Reaches

at the rate of about one every four seconds for two hours, were cone templated. The previously expressed belief that the R. A. F.,, aided by Amerie can units, could put 1000 planes &

Capital Soon After Lyttelton Mission.

| If That’s What You

May Call It.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.). —Versatile Leon Henderson sets maximum prices, rations tires, rides a bicycle—and writes poetry. His first known attempt at poetry leaves him, in the opinion of lay critics, a long way from the rank of “poet laureate.” But this cannot be considered serious work since it was only an attempt to pacify a local government worker. . Miss Jewel Brown, who comes from Monroe, La., wrote Henderson a poem complaining that government girls got up at 6 a. m,, but couldn’t get bus transportation to work. Her poem ended:

S0-0-0-0, Mr. Henderson says we must all learn to walk, But what does he do daily besides dish out the talk?

Henderson's reply came quickly:

Dear Miss Brown— I read your verse—believe it or not Some part is good—some not so hot You indicate I talk all day—

the British left flank to Segnali which is about 55 miles behind and | south of Rommel’s desert bridge- | head. Lying along the important desert trail from Mekili and Bir Tengeder to Capuzzo at the Egyptian border, Segna’l is only 33 miles from the axis Mekili base on which Rommel (Continued on Page Five)

CONTESTANTS GAIN

Small gains continued to be recorded today in two vote recount | contests. Toney Flack was given a gain of 17 votes in a recount of 63 precincts in his contest against Glenn| B. Ralston for the Democratic audi-| tor nomination.

Republican sheriff nomination.

But half time's spent on what other people say. My life is changed—it’s not the same But Hitler is the one I blame.

LEGION CONSIDERS

CONVENTION PLANS

The national executive committee of the American Legion met here today to discuss the possibility of lcurtailing the number of delegates

IN VOTE RECOUNTS to the national convention tenta-

tively scheduled to be held here this |

fall.

The legion has decided to hold a line

“streamlined” convention in with the transportation emergency.

NAMES ADAMS PROSECUTOR

Governor Schricker today ap|pointed Lewis L. Smith of Decatur Jesse Hutsell gained four votes in as prosecutor of Adams county to the recount of 50 precincts in his|succeed Harry T. Grube who is encontest against Otto Petit for the tering the nation’s armed forces.

Both men are Democrats.

Limits His Comment WASHINGTON, June (U. P).— Lord Louis Mountbatten, head of the famed British commandos, arrived her today to consult with “representatives of United States fighting services.” Lord Mountbatten, who is a cousin of King George VI, holds the rank of vice admiral. His arrival here, disclosed by the British Press service, coincided with the opening of important conferences between American and British officials on Anglo-American production problems that are expected to have a direct bearing on the grand strategy of the war against the axis. Lyttelton Mission Here

Oliver Lyttelton, British minister of production, arrived here last night as the head of a British mission to discuss American output of planes, tanks, guns and ships with American production officials. Lord Mountbatten presumably will consult with American military authorities on some details of the plans being drafted here and in London for smashing the axis. Lord Mountbatten was placed in charge of the British commandos only recently, having commanded the British aircraft carrier Illustrious following its repair in this country last year.

Plan U. S. Commandos?

It was considered that in his talks here Lord Mountbatten might discuss certain aspects of training American counterparts of the commandos, whose daring raids on German outposts in Norway and Oc(Continued on Page Five)

Rep. Vinson declined to say how many aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers, would be produced, limiting his comment to the overall estimate of “more than 500 new fighting ships.” He emphasized that the new program supplements the previous authorization for 200,000 adidtional tons of submarine construction, and pending legislation for 500,000 tons of auxiliaries. He introduced the new legislation shortly after the house appropriations committee had approved a supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for the navy, including $887,500,000 for the new submarines, which will number more than 100.

Action Possible Today

The bill also carries money for the marine corps and coast guard, both of which are under the supervision of the navy. It will cover expenditures in the fiscal years 1941, 1942 and 1943 and supplements $35,326,564,427 previously appropriated to the navy for those years. Total war appropriations for those three fiscal years, exclusive of this bill, now amount to approximately $161,000,000,000. The house may act on the bill today although other legislation may delay a vote until later tihs week.

WAR-WITH-BALKANS BILL PASSES HOUSE

Declaration Now Goes to

Senate for Action.

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P). —The house unanimously adopted today and sent to the senate three separate resolutions declaring that the United States is in a state of

AVENGERS TO TAKE OATH

WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.) — The navy today completed plans to swear into service the “avengers of Pearl Harbor” — 10,000 sailors, marines and coast guardsmen—in a mass ceremony to be held at 1:25 p. m. Sunday, six months to the hour and minute after Japanese planes attdcked Pearl Harbor,

night or 30,000 a month over Germany, was said to have been proved feasible as a result of big attacks on Cologne and Essen. Air experts pointed out that in the Cologne raid, the planes were’ timed to reach their targets at six second intervals for 90 minutes, But in future raids, they said, it is hoped to double the number of planes in a period of only two hours, thus putting a bomber on the tare get every three or four seconds.

Krupp Works Bombed Again This plan, it was emphasized, will depend on ability to provide the necessary number of bombers in the future and is not to be expected on anything approaching a sus= tained scale in the immediate fueture. Today’s third big aerial onslaught in four nights, although not on the grand scale of. the earlier Cologne (Continued on Page Five)

On the War Fronts

(June 3, 1942)

LONDON: Several hundred R. A. F, bombers again bomb Essen and industrial Ruhr, rekindling fires of 1036-plane devastation attack night before.

CAIRO: British tanks, seizing initie ative in 30-mile thrust, capture axis desert base at Segnali.

CHUNGKING: Japanese drive to capture allied airfields in eastern China carries to outskirts of Chuhsien on Chekiang-Kiangsi railroad south of Shanghai.

MELBOURNE: Allied planes bomb and machine-gun Japanese ine vasion bases on Timor, New Brite ain and Solomon islands.

MOSCOW: Russian army delivers strong blows along 1800-mile front, throwing back German forces seeking soft spots in Ruse

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war with Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania. All three had declared

Missing Hoosie

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 3 (U. P.).—From Feb. 5 to April 29, the United States navy listed Junior Lieut. William Hargrave of Newburg, Ind, and First-Class Radio-

bor, Mich. as missing, feared lost. Alive and safe, they revealed to-

From their base ship, the sea-

by piece.

tender Heron, Lieut. HarRadioman and six

r Flier Safe;

Survives Perils of Pacific

companions took off in a bomber at daylight on Feb. 5 on a patrol mission near Amboina island in the

Netherlands East Indies.

Ljeut. Hargrave and Mr. Nelson eventually reached Australia after

weeks of eluding the Japanese tossing around in the Pacific

native headhunters. were lost.

Their first misfortune occurred where they

outside Ambon harbor

in small boats and narrowly escaping The others

war against this country last De-

cember. ; The senate is expected to pass the] : war resoiutions against the axis|: satellites tomorrow and send them to the White House for presidential signature. There was no house discussion of the war declarations as Democratic Leader John W. McCormack (Mass.) called them up one by one—Bulgaria first, Hungary second and Rumania third." American recognition of a state of war will not materially change the military situation that has prevailed for six months, except for the rounding up of any dangerous characters among the 150,000 Bulgarians, Rumanians and Hungarians in this country. "

of the Caucasus. The Reich is be-

will have to tap them heavily.

Today's War Moves

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE Upited Press War Analyst While the British continue their “second front” aerial offensive in the west, allied military observers are awaiting the start of the main German drive in Russia, which many believe is imminent. According to an American army analysis, man push against Rostov due east to Astrakhan on the northwestern shore of the Caspian sea is now due, The Germans are expected to attempt a drive down the shore of the Caspian to Baku, encompassing the Caucasus oil fields. Germany is badly in need of oil. especially the high quality lubricants

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a Ger-

lieved to have drawn to some extent fresh source of supply of oil, her on its reserves during the winter, situation by next spring might be and for a major summer campaign !critical. Another

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On Strategy

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