Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1942 — Page 2

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EXCESS

BUYING BY ARMY IS ADMITTED

Consumer Pinch Will Be Felt This Winter as Result,

Especially in Wool Clothing and Shoes, but

QMC Takes

No Chances.

By DICK THORNBURG Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, June 20.—Overbuying by the army’s quartermaster corps in excess of actual, established needs of the army is partly responsible for the coming pinch in

consumer goods, especially wool clothing and shoes.

The pinch will be felt this winter and it will grow as the

army grows.

The QMC acknowledges that it is overbuying—not two or three times the quantity needed as some critics have

charged—but overbuying just the same. The average percentage of overbuying, the QMC estimates, is about 25 per cent. And, after admitting it, the QMC turns the inquiry around and asks: What would you do in our place? Scarcity Is Worse

“There’s one thing a great deal worse than having toc much of anything, especially in wartime, and that is not having enough,” a QMC officer said. “No one can estimate finally just what size our army ultimately will be. We know Gen. Marshall wants * 4500000 men in the field by Jan. 1 but we've got to plan in advance of that. And, in planning, we've got to figure on the top estimate. We simply can’t be caught short. 4 soldier isn’t inuch good without shoes, or pants, or food, or any of

a dozen other things,” he said. “We've got troops scattered all} over the globe, Australia, Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, a hundred other places. “The ideal situation, of course, is to send the men’s equipment with them. If we had sufficient ships} we could do that all the time and] we could buy a lot closer than we can now, Forced to Wait on Ships “But we have to send equipment when and as bottoms are available. Suppose an order comes through so ship 50,000 troops to Ireland. We haven’s sufficient ships to send the equipment along with them so we

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Blood Plasma Of Beef Tested

BOSTON, June 20 (U. P.).— Beef blood plasma may be substituted for human blood in transfusions to save the lives of wounded American soldiers. Harvard medical school scientists have injected the beef plasma into 2690 Massachusetts prisoners and all except seven of the voluntary “guinea pigs” re-

1 acted favorably.

Plans were reported underway to establish beef blood receiving stations at stockyards throughout the country. Authorities said that pending completion of the Harvard experiments, however, persons should continue to donate their blood to the Red Cross blood banks.

SITUATION DARK AT SEVASTOPOL

Nazis Open Greatest Local Drive of War, Ignoring 60 Per Cent Losses.

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must move it in advance if possible.! tanks hammering at the northern And we've got to stock our depots | fortifications.

in Ireland far in excess of the needs of the men there now, against the]

“Our warriors are defending with

their own bodies every yard of So-

time when their numbers may be viet jand,” Pravda’s dispatch from

greatly augmented.” Army life is rough on clothes and | shoes, the officer pointed out. In} maneuvers last winter some soldier wore out a pair of shoes in two weeks. Pants, socks and shirts had| a high mortality rate. “And that] was only simulated warfare,” the; officer said.

The army has a high loss rate of munits party newspaper, said that| | the Russians threw back eight successive attacks in | sector in fighting which cost the! But when the engagement] Germans thousands of men.

equipment, too, he said. “Men go into battle fully equip-| ped with a 60-pound pack on their] backs. starts an officer may order the men| to abandon the packs.

salvage men who come along later | axis

‘the front said.

Axis forces concentrated the main

<| Weight of their attack on the nor- | thern

sector, trying to break

{through to the city, but in every sector fighting was on an unprecedented scale.

A dispatch to Pravda, the Com-|

the southern

Ships of the Russian Black sea

We have| fleet, standing off the coast, shelled

concentrations and raced

and pick up as much as they canjthrough heavy enemy fire to deliver find, but nevertheless the rate of ammunition and food to the gar-

loss in battle is high. Figure on All Contingencies “Such loss,” he said, “is hard to] allow for. possible contingencies, figure on| the worst happening and then be! prepared to take care of it.” Up to last October, before the buying really got heavy, the army had purchased 15,000,000 yards of overcoating, 61,000,000 yards of serge for uniforms, 41000000 yards flannel shirting, 141,000,000 yards of! khaki for uniforms. The supply of serge will make] 20,000,000 uniforms as against the! normal civilian demand of about | 23,000,000 suits annually. “But,” the QMC officer said, “remember we figuratively take men naked. We outfit them from top to bottom while the civilian buying was only a replenishing and replacement.”

£90.36 Per Soldier Tha average enlisted man is issued $90.36 worth of clothes when he reports for duty. The maintenance cost of that wardrobe is $6358 a year for the continental United States. Under combat conditions the maintenance cost is materially increased. Regular issues of clothing for a soldier includes 1 woolen coat, 2 pairs wollen trousers, 1 overcoat, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 flannel shirts, 2 cotton shirts, 1 woolen garrison cap, 2 cotton garrison caps, 2 pairs cotton trousers, 2 woelen shirts, 2 pairs cotton shorts, 2 woolen undershirts, 2 cotton undershirts, 1 field jacket, 2 twill jackets, 2 pairs twill trousers, 2 twill caps, 2 cotton neckties, 1 web belt, 1 pair woolen gloves, 4 cotton handkerchiefs, 1 steel helmet, 1 helmet liner, 2 pairs cotton socks, 2 pairs light woolen socks. All that in addition to blankets. mattress, pillows, mosquito bars, folding chair, toilet sets, barrack bags, haversack, towels, mess kit and other necessities.

GERMAN SUB BASE, RAIL CENTER BOMBED

LONDON, June 20 (U. P)—A big force of British long range bombing planes, estimated to num-

ber up to 300, fought through hun- |

. | Cars,

| rison.

Russians Strike Back

The increased intensity of the

We must figure in alll German attacks was illustrated by dispatches reporting that in one small | Rumanians lost 1500 men yesterday

sector the Germans and

and that in 10 days Russian

Stormovik assault planes had de-

stroved 34 tanks, three armored 112 troop-laden trucks, 16 mortars, four anti-aircraft batteries and more than 2000 infantrymen. Many other tanks were disabled.

(Meanwhile the Russians struck heavy blows against the enemy in air and land battles on the central and northern fronts. (The British radio reported that a new Russian offensive had been opened in the Smolensk or central front area but there was no indication of its importance as yet.) On the Kalinin front the Red army and guerrillas beat off a strong German attack in infantry and tank fighting where 550 Germans were killed in one battle after being drawn into a Soviet trap with the aid of guerrillas who attacked from the rear.

Guerrillas Seize 3 Villages

(The German communique reported a strong Soviet attack on the Volkhov front, south of Leningrad, but claimed it had been repulsed.) On another central front sector, dispatches to the Red Star said, the Germans were attacked from the rear while trying to ford a river and were forced to retreat with loss of 700 men, seven tanks and two armored cars. Guerrillas in the same area recaptured three villages. On a northwestern front 10 of 27 German fighters and bombers were destroved and three others damaged in an air battle with seven British-built Hurricane fighters, dispatches reported.

Forceful Dentist Gets His Tooth

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 20 (U. P.).—A strange man called

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ted by Jap Bombers

A united nations’ cargo vessel lies on her side by the pier at Darwin after being blasted by Jap bombers.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1042

HINT CHURCHILL RULE AT STAKE

‘Libyan War Brings Political Unrest; War Decisions Debated With FDR.

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Churchill as facing distrust of his military leadership in some British quarters and as asking for urgent | American reinforcements to stabi- }

lize the Mediterranean front. There was speculation here that Mr. Churchill may seek the basing of additional American air forces in North Africa in an effort to hammer at remnants of the Italian fleet and to strike at German Gen. | Erwin Rommel’s mechanized units) which forced the British withdrawal. If Mr. Roosevelt agrees to divert more men and material to that theater, a serious problem would arise on the question of supply lines. Allied convoys still are open

BRITISH CHECK [Conferences Based on Need

STAB AT EGYPTI For Allies

Rommel Hesitates 32 Miles |B It and the general staffs of From Border; BR. A. F. |iodey ere noking meabsions upon

Raids Emden.

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fight when attacked by British tank units. At Tobruk, which the British apparently will attempt to hold for some time at least, the axis began aerial bombardment and was expected by London to attempt a bigseale parachute attack in co-opera-tion with Rommel's mechanized land forces. Now the time has come to conBy using paratroops, Rommel|centrate on a few particular points. might attempt to overcome the Today the greatest clash of arms strong outer fortifications encircling|in all history is beginning to get ‘the port of Tobruk by landing welll under way. The eastern front is {inside the defense perimeter and| flaming into a struggle which can thus avoiding the heavy losses that|{hardly fail to spell the defeat of seem certain if he attemplts a Germany or of the Soviet Union frontal attack. before it ends. In any event, it was believed that| in Africa, the axis is driving tothe Germans would seek to elim=|ward Suez with a view to forming inate Tobruk from their flank be-la junction with the intended Gerfore making a full scale attack ON/ian advance southward via the Egypt, especially since it Will belmaycasus to the oil fields of the more difficult this time for the Middle East. British to supply the besieged gar-| ry, aga, Japan is seeking to knock rison by sea. out China, and Prime Minister CurRome Claims Gains in Libya fin of Australia revealed yesterday The Rome communique claimed hat the Japanese are moving large . orces northward to the Siberian that “offensive thrusts of our ar- border to but : the R mored forces were successful” in pus pressure on the Rus-

Libya and said that many fires had sians, if not actually to invade the been started by axis aerial bom- maritime provinces. bardment of British mobile units Australia Not Safe and of Tobruk port. There were more German-origin an New eehlug rake Aor American bombing planes es ) ae BS no means safe from invasion. In

in the Black sea area, but the only . y {definite information came from India, Gandhi, Nehru and others are threatening the British and

Ankara in regard to last week's Ameri : attacks on Rumania where the main ericans, and anything can now happen in that subcontinent of

‘oil centers were bombed so heavily that fires raged for two days. 390,000,000 souls. The doors may be

American bombers also flew over|oPened for the Japs to come in and Bucharest and apparently bombed rendezvous with their axis partners Rumanian ports. in the Middle East. The German reports of a new Meanwhile, the Japanese are bombing attack said that 13 to 15] busy in the north Pacific, trying to planes had flown over Turkey but|occupy the Aleutian islands. They this appeared to be another propa-| Want to cut us off from Rusisa and ganda blast intended to stir up|the Orient by that route. Midway Turkey against the allies, and Bjawall are still in danger, In the lantic our ships are being R. A. F. Attacks Emden sent to the bottom in such numThere still was ho Waid fo he bers as to cause the gravest concern, Sonal. ge Procigant oe SE . Patently, the United States and Churchill except for speculation on as falliss Ran net be strong everywhen and whether a second front] “here. By trying, they only mancould be opened in 1942. The two |28¢ 0 be weak. For some time, leaders presumably are considering therefore, it has been increasingly that problem in relation to the clear that somebody would have broad program of winning the war to decide where and how to bunch but so far there has been no indica | Our shots. Burden on U. S. and Britain

tion of either plans or decisions. In western Europe, the R. A. F. van into bad weather while at-| The chief burden of this unpleasant decision, of course, falls on the United States and Great Britain—

United Press

depends.

nations would like to give them if they could. For months this decision has been approaching as inevitably as death and taxes. Allied forces, dispersed over six continents and seven seas, have been too weak to do the kind of job anywhere that they wanted to do everywhere.

Axis Making Gains

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WASHINGTON, June 20.—Prime Minister

today are making decisions upon which the outcome of the whole war| ... would permit strong counter-

They are deciding which fronts must be given priority and how,|. forces and might do much to and which must manage to get along on somewhat less than the united fe faith b Mr.

to axis attacks despite the successful bombardment of the Italian fleet and the route through the Red sea to Suez is so long it would to Bunch Shots place an even greater strain on an already-overloaded shipping capacity. Some sources here were confident that more American assistance

Churchill, President] , : } will be promised despite the transGreat Britain and the United States portation difficulties. They felt such

Foreign Editor

strokes against Rommel’s Libyan

Churchill's military leadership at home. answer all the calls made upon it. Not only is the war in the Atlantic, i : in Europe, Africa, the Mediterran-| Meeting Proves Allied ean, the Near and Middle East our . war, but, we are told, the chief Weakness, Axis Says burden of the conflict in the Pa- By UNITED PRESS cific and Far East must also falll The axis picked its propaganda OO nd Ye Jive 12 line today on the talks between Harbor and all the rest, not for- President Roosevelt and Prime Mingetting our obligations to our al-|ister Winston Churchill lies and friends in Latin America. After some uncertainty it decided On the whole, the president will| that the meeting was entirely due have quite a week-end. to allied weakness and that Mr.

Churchill went to Washington to

beg aid. | CHINESE PUSH JAPS {| “If enemy propagandists hope

that the purpose of the sudden’

FROM KIANGSI TOWN visit will remain a secret they are doomed to disappointment,” the Diplomatische = Politische KorreCHUNGKING, June 20 (U, P.).— spondenz, organ of the German Heavy fighting in Kiangsi province| forejon office, announced. “The Was reported in today's war Com-|gecpet js revealed by simple refermunique which said that “numer-|ence to the fact that bad news ous” casualties had been inflicted| hag kept pouring into London from on the Japanese and that the town| 4) fronts.” of Kutu had been recaptured by Inspired by the propaganda mine Chinese foraes, istry, German newspapers chorused Fighting was most intense around that Mr. Churchill had gone to Rwangfeng, the communique said. Washington partly to avoid quesThe Japanese broke through a tions in the house of commons Chinese cordon around Shanchi, : . = : : four miies southeast of Kwangfeng, Virginio Gayda, editor of the and forced their way across the annie Dla, . > ion, sum- |

Sin river, occupying Kutu. b HR ‘ : abv p The Chinese later, however, at-| “bly on Berlin's suggestion.

tacked and recaptured Kutu. A| “The purpose is to revise and heavy Chinese attack on the Jap- | intensify United States co-operation anese north of Kutu still was in| 'n the Mediterranean at once,” he progress, the communique said,| Wrote. “The defeat in Libya rewhile the Japanese also were being | Quires additional material from the engaged several miles southwest of | United States. Kwangfeng, 3 _ A life or death stand on the Nanchang defense line, and a new scorched earth policy under which

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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Troops have got to have the trains. If passenger travel is rationed, it probably will come first in the East. ” =» ” 5 ” EJ No other rationing (except gasoline) for about two months, officials

hint. * » =n 2 8 =»

Barracks for War Workers?

DON'T BE SURPRISED if housing officials start building bare racks for war workers instead of family homes. Or if they start tsirne ing public buildings into dormitories for them. Lumber shortage, piled on other building-material shortages, probably will be last straw for family-unit housing, (It's barracks and dormitories or forced billeting in private homes.) ” » » ” ” » SHEPPARD bill to dry up military reservations is dead, despite promise of Senator Bilbo, its adopted father, to reschedule once= abandoned “town meeting” in its behalf. War department is against the bill, » ” 2 » ” ” Get-rich-quick war contractors are in for another panning by a congressonal committee which has been conducting undercover inquiries. » » ” o ” » ARMY SPECIALIST corps, in throes of organization for weeks, is about to swing into action. First call for white-collar workers to re= place army officers at desk jobs, releasing latter for combat duty, will come soon, ” ” ” ” » ” HOUSE LEADERS plan a short summer recess when tax bill is passed. Wisest political heads here believe they'll find, at home, that voters don’t like postponement of vital decisions: want everything necessary for winning the war done now, no matter how unpalatable, » ” ” 8 2 o MEXICAN GOVERNMENT is making up its mind whether to let its citizens come here to work and harvest crops, especially cotton and sugar beets. Chances are that Mexico, now a fighting member of the united nations, will say no. ” ” ” ” ” 8

Prices in Serious Peril

PRICE CEILING is in greater danger of being pierced than OPA cares to admit. That's why administration is renewing pressure on congress for subsidy legislation. But congress is cool to Connally-Steagall bill for a $500,000,000 War Petroleum Corp. to subsidize the oil industry, and hearings were called off after having been scheduled. Congress asks: If it takes half a billion to subsidize the oil ine dustry, how much, in heaven's name, will it take to subsidize all ine dustry squeezed by price ceilings? OPA says: If subsidies aren't given, concessions to large industries endanger entire price scheme, threaten inflation. Canned goods are problem No. 1. Henderson says (when asked by a senator if resignation rumors were true): “Why not? You fellows don’t seem to give a damn about making price-frgezing work. Why should I?” But he’ll wait a little longer for wage stabilization, high taxes, subsidy legislation. ¥ & = ’ a 8 =n SENATE PROBABLY will confirm Commissioner John W. Scott of Gary, Ind.,, for another term on federal power commission despite stalling of interstate commerce committee, covert sniping by another commissioner. He's strongly backed by Senator Norris for his public power record. o o

Dehydrated Dinners Next YOU MAY soon be buying—anrd eating—dehydrated dinners. Grocers will start to feature dried and packaged foods of all kinds from dried tomato-juice cocktail and soup to dried macaroni dinners, dried vegetables, dried dessert preparations, dried bananas. EJ » » ” a 8 OPA says only 3300 of its 65,000 new employees will be investigators —one for each county. Most of them will be clerks and stenographers for local price and rationing boards.

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railroads would be torn up and the| roadbeds and highways flooded, was demanded today by the influential newspaper Ta-Kung-Pao. Admitting that fighting was going against the Chinese in the Jap- | anese drive in Kiangsi province, the | newspaper called on the army to | hold the Nanchang line, 300 miles | in from the coast.

SWISS FAIR THRIVES DESPITE HANDICAPS

which may come to

Warning to Civilians

| As a part of the Better Business Bureau's contribution to Civilian conserva- | tion of materials and war effort, and as a protection to reputable business and the consumer, the Bureau herewith outlines a few of the schemes which have appeared throughout the country as an outgrowth of our war activities. You can help to protect yourself and others by reporting any such activity

—Gyp house-to-house salesmen selling metal tags as necklaces or bracelets,

vour attention.

tempting a large scale bombing of Emden and Osnabruck but apparntl did considerable damage and SSbevially dhe United Seales Cio ost nine airplanes. Several hundred RR x Sire believed to have three, she has her hands full withparticipated in the attacks. in her own borders. Only Britain In the Far East, allied bombers and America have a certain freehit a 10,000-ton Japanese transport dom of action, hence they must and blasted docks and other targets determine where and how they will at the Japanese base of Rabaul, on utilize the material and the manthe island front north of Australia, |POWer at their command. Three or four Japanese planes were| That Russia will be given No. 1 shot down. priority is certain. Both Washington and London agree that HitMICHIGAN MAN SLAIN ler must be stopped in Rusisa this summer, IN TIMES SQ. HOTEL! corollary to the above is the defense of Suez and the Middle East. Mogi a er June 20 (U. P).—|They form really a continuation of Mot. w Xod Boa o Grand Rapids, (ihe long Russian line beginning in Ba a oun slain vi his room| ihe Arctic and continuing, via the B es Square hotel today. Caucasus and the Middle Eastern roadland had registered at 12:30 oil fields, to Egypi, the Red sea agin. Two wea Seseen > Bu and the Indian ocean. Another ne signe nd dal ae ane corollary is that the sealanes across From the room, Broadland tele- oy ashe Hush We kel open al phoned the desk that he wanted to : be called at 6:30 a. m. No one saw Japs May Attack Siberia ous Jane iii Nevertheless, the Pacific and Fer Di G y went to the mastern theaters of war, if not room to see why Broadland had not|equal in immediate importance to answered the telephone. He found the others, may momentarily behim flat on his back on the floor, come so. The Japanese may exQuant from two stab wounds in the|pioge in any direction. Russia may » be attacked around Vladivostok at any time. If so, the fantastic batRURAL CARRIERS tleline of the Soviets would curve

across the Siberian steppes to the AID RUBBER DRIVE | sea of Japan. Whereupon there WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.). would be further need of American —Rural letter carriers who deliver aid.

maii to the crossroads of America More and more, the role of ihe

> United States is becoming unbetoday we J zed - y Were authorized by the post lievably colossal and often some-

BASEL, June 20 (CDN) .—A trib-| ute to the wartime ingenuity and skill of Swiss industry, this year’s spring fair at Basel, figures show, topped last year’s in numbers of exhibitors, visitors and orders, lead- | ing many to believe that if Switzerland can maintain its pace after the war, it will rank high among | world traders. | This banner exposition was) achieved despite the absence of] American buyers, despite the neces- | sity to utilize ersatz materials and, | in many cases, to defer, deliveries | 10 months or more, and despite re-| stricted frontiers and transport and | travel obstacles. . It was an axis-dominated exposition in the sense that Hitlerite| nations placed the lion's share of] orders, although, all in all, non-| Swiss attendance was a very small percentage of the whole. ! Basel’'s annual fair was started | back in world war I and in this, the | third year of world war II, marks] a survival of 26 years.

JAPAN FEELS STRAIN | OF FAR-FLUNG RULE

By UNITED PRESS Japan after only six months of war apparently is feeling the strain of administering the territories it | has overrun. { A Japanese cabinet decree an-| nounced a “project for rationalization and effective reorganization” of | governmental administration. | Under this scheme there will be| a 30 per cent reduction in officials lof the central government, a 20 per| cent reduction in provincial admin- | istrations and a 10 per cent reduc-| tion in the postal, telegraph and|

claiming that the law requires all citizens to wear such identification. —Phony air-raid wardens selling fire extinguishers house to house on representation that the Government requires all householders to have at least one extinguisher on hand. —Fakers offering to test and refill extinguishers at a low price. —Itinerant fake service men who obtain radios, vacuum cleaners and other appliances from unsuspecting housewives on the pretext of repairing them in co-operation with the Government's “War on Waste” program, but do not return the appliance. . —Peddlers selling sand “specially tested” for its effectiveness in extinguishing incendiary bombs. —Agencies who promise for a fee to obtain birth certificates for persons born in other states or countries. —Fake doctors, sometimes in Army uniforms, who offer selective service registrants advance physical examinations for a prepaid $2.00 fee. —Plumbers who “prepare furnaces for air raids,” supplying parts at fat profits. —Furnace repair men who deliberately destroy good parts so they can sell you new ones. — Bigger swindlers, including those who organize phony charities and benefits to give aid to refugees and service men. —Unreliable salesmen selling or bootlegging retreaded tires which are absolutely worthless. . —Irresponsible insurance salesmen who falsely claim that their policies will cover a man in military service. ; —Men selling worthless oil shares with flashly pamphlets and tales claiming that the shortage of oil and gasoline would increase prices and make their oil fields positively priceless. —Or a possible new scheme inviting investment for growing domestic rubber or making substitutes for rubber. —Persons soliciting orders for what they cail “official” service flags. (Such claims are false as the War and Navy Departments advise that neither has adopted an official fiag.) ; —Gyp artists soliciting cash donations from housewives on the plea that such donations will “help the City buy air-raid sirens.’ — Promoters who, contrary te the wishes of the Federal Government, use defense stamps and bonds in endless chain schemes or business stimulator promotions for private gain. —Gyp artists selling worthless seeds, bulbs, shrubs and other gardening materials, capitalizing on the food production for defense programs. —“Watered” paint, sold by out-of-town concerns. —Busybodies, who for selfish, unofficial purposes, ask numerous personal questions under the guise of making a “survey” for “war records.” —Memberships in professionally promoted “patriotic” organizations. —Canvassers selling plaques or signs to display or “advertise” patriotism. «

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dreds of miles of stormy weather during the night to bomb the German naval and submarine base of Emden and the great railroad center of Osnabruck.

on Mrs. Mabel Foulkes yesterday, said he had come at the request of a friend of hers to examine her teeth, then pushed her into a Aside from the concentrated raids; chair, extracted one of her teeth on the two chief objectives, the| and ran out of the house shoutplanes bombed secondary targets in! ing: the area and attacked enemy held “What a beauty!” airdromes in Holland. Police said the man had men- ————————————— tioned the name of the friend. FISHING BOAT WITH 8 LOST He said he found one of her KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 20 teeth infected, produced a forceps (U. P.).—The fishing boat, Holly-| from his pocket and shoved it into wood, with Capt. Pete Roev and her mouth before she could proseven crewmen aboard, disappeared| test. : in Johnson straits southeast of Mrs. Foulkes’ sister, who was a

office department to transport rube ber scrap to collection depots from

what thankless. It can not possibly | railroad offices.

homes on their routes. Smith W. Purdum, second assistant postmaster general, asked postmasters to instruct rural carriers to co-operate in “every reasonable way” in promoting President Roosevelt’s scrap collection drive.

0. KS DEFENSE COURSES WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P). —President Roosevelt has signed legislation appropriating an addi-

% WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT TODAY?

owes

The ALLIED FLORISTS ASS'N Be ouv of Indianopolis

tional $9,500,000 to finance the cost of training war workers in vocational courses of less than college

here June 15, the United States| witness, ran for help but it was coast guaml revealed today. tocrlate. Mrs. Foulkes fainted.

grade, the White House announced

U.S. WAR Co-operate with UNCLE SAM! STAMPS Order Your FLOWERS Early!

AND BONDS

In the months to come, a growing scarcily of consumer goods may invite a horde of schemers and chiselers peddling “ersatz” merchandise and offering slick proposals for snaring the dollars of the unwary and the uninformed. Don’t let yourself be victimized! —to buy bombers and ships—so protect yourself, your family, your employees—from fakers and fraudulent promoters—by investigation first— and reporting to your Better Business Bureau any questionable or suspicious sales or advertising practices.

THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU 930 Lemcke Bldg.

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Distributed in co-operation with Consumér Interest Division of Marion County Office

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