Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1942 — Page 7

* Thousands Affected by|&

Changes in Office, Factory Hours.

¢ Transportation in . Indianapolis||

will go on a war-time basis tomor-

row and thousands of .persons in|

the city will be directly affected by ” the change. The biggest factor in the change will be a shift in downtown office workers’ hours and new hours for department stores. Office workers who formerly left their work at 5 p. m, will now be released at 4:45 to avoid the 5 to 5:30 p. m. jam on busses, street cars and trackless trolleys. Workers will shorten their noon hour 15 minutes to allow for the change.

Store Hours Changed

Department stores generally will open a half-hour later on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and close a half-hour later. at 5:30 p. m. Formerly they were open from 9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. during the summer months. They will remain open every Monday night as has been the custom during the past few months. The new program represents three months of planning by the Chamber of Commerce transportation committee, which: enlisted the of the Indianapolis Railways, ne. It has received the authorization of Edward Zink, Indianapolis - administrator of the Office of Defense Transportation, and chairman of the chamber’s transportation committee. Pay Day Changes Mr. Zink pointed out that many industries already - have staggered hours of employees to spread the

peak load.on transit vehicles, and many more are preparing to do so, depending on the recommendations of the street railway firm. Pay days in Indianapolis industries are being altered to relieve the Friday and Saturday shopping load and “auto pooling” is being encouraged. The Indianapolis Railways, Inc., has begun a selective stop system to conserve’ vehicles, and casual riders and shoppers are being asked to use trolleys and busses during off-peak hours.

CLEMENCY DENIED 2 COUNTY PRISONERS

Clemency pleas of two Marion county inmates of the state reformatory were denied today by the state clemency commission. They are Clarence Manns and Alex Nagy, both serving 10-year terms for robbery. The commission granted paroles to three Lake county inmates of the reformatory, 11 of whom are serving sentences or robbery.

PROSECUTOR QUITS IN GREENE COUNTY

Robert L, ‘Stevenson, a Repubcan, today submitted his resigna-

tion as Greene county prosecutor) to Governor Schricker. He will en-|:

ter the military service.

The governor named Mr. Steven-| |

son’s deputy, John O. Moomaw, also & Republican, to succeed him until 8 new prosecutor is named in the fall election.

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Service men and their cadettes will dance to the music of Ted Weems at the opening tomorrow of the new Service Men's Center, 502 N. Illinois st. The party will start at 8:30 p.m. with a local orchestra starting the program. Mr. Weems, who now is playing at the Circle Theater, will appear with his orchestra at the Center about 10:30 p. m. Dancing will be limited to serv-

“We'll be there,” two soldiers tell Ted Weems as they thank him for donating the services of his orchestra to play at the opening of the new Service Men’s Center, 502 N. Illinois st., tomorrow. right are Corp. Ernest J. Smith from Stout Field, Mr. Weems, and Corp. Kermit (Tony) Dyer, Ft. Harrison,

Left to

ice men in uniform and cadettes. The program for the opening week of the new center is being arranged by Miss Grace Hawkins, program director, and her committee. Included is an “open house” for citizens on Sunday, July 12, from 11 a. m. through the evening. The fourth such center to be opened, it is sponsored by the ' USO, Indianapolis park board and the WPA,

The nation went back to work today after enjoying the most “safe and sane” Fourth of July holiday in years. The accidéntal death toll for the three-day, war-time holiday stood at 216, approximately one-third the number of casualties for an average peace-time week-end. The nation reported 116 traffic deaths, 61 drownings and 39 miscellaneous | deaths. Indiana i reported at least half a dozen traffic deaths, over Saturday and Sunday, including one Indianapolis resident. In addition, there were several miscellaneous deaths over the state. The local victim was Herman Ditmar Jr, 32, of 1217 E. Ninth st., who died in City hospital yesterday afternoon of injuries received a few hours earlier when a motorcycle on which he was riding collided with an automobile at Tecumseh st. and Nolan ave. The auto was driven by Donald Scheuer, 16, of 1410 N. Gale st. Mr. Ditmar, an employee of the Hendren Printing Co., Inc.. is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna Ditmar, with whom he lived. Services will be at 3 p. m. Wednesday at the Harry W. Moore chapel, 2050 E. Michigan st, with burial in Washington Park.

Nation Observes Sane 4th, But Still Counts 216 Dead

Frank George, 42, pyrotechnician for the Cincinnati Fireworks Co., was killed by a bomb which ex-

ploded prematurely at the Connersville fireworks display. Pvt, Cecil Asbury, 28, of Ft. Knox, Ky., died of head injuries received when he dived into shallow water while swimming at Hindostan Falls, in southern Martin county. Jerome Back, 16, of near Sunman, was drowned when a canoe from Which he was fishing was overturned in a reservoir. Floyd Bowyer, 23, New Waverly, was killed in a feature stock car race at Logansport when his sedan was struck from the rear while roaring down the straightaway at an 80-mile-an-hour ‘clip. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Berger, EIkhart, died yesterday when their car was struck by a passenger train near New Albany. George Bowers, 57, Troy, O., died of injuries received when two cars sideswiped on Road 27 near Garrett, Ind, and one of them struck him as he stood beside the road. Arthur Monnier, 46, truck driver, was killed by a hit-run driver at Ft. Wayne. i Mrs. Mary Crawford, 30, of Tonawaha, Okla., was killed by an auto

at Hammond.

Today's War Moves

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE

the time to take the offensive and drive Rommel back to Matruh and beyond before he can revitalize his| forces, worn down by the exhaust-

of desert.

check his drive, it is a question whether they are strong enough to reverse the situation and start driving westward, . By bringing in New Zealanders, South Africans and other reinforcements from Syria and Palestine, the British mustered just enough strength to’ halt Rommel in the El Alamein bottleneck by a narrow

margin. New Paratroop Threat?

There probably are no more reinforcements available to.the Brit-

‘ish in the Middle East, although the air force is being steadily , strengthened. As it is, the withdraw‘als from Syria may have danger-

ously exposed the British position there. . Assuming that reports of heavy enemy concentrations of parachute troops in Greece, Crete and the Dodecanese islands are true and not axis propaganda to mislead ‘the British, & new threat may lie from that quarter. Such troops could be moved in either of two directions—south to Africa to reinforce Rommel or east-

ing drive across hundreds of miles!

While the British were able ‘to

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United Press War Analyst

The swift axis advance into Egypt has been halted, thanks in large part to allied air superiority, but the peril remains. Marshal Edwin Rommel, in the opinion of Maj. Gen. Charles L.. Scott, senior United States military observer in the Middle East, will have to reorganize and bring up reinforcements for a new offensive. British and United States bombers, if they can maintain their present j| hard-hitting pace, should be able to make Rommel’s task difficult, but it is doubtful if they alone can prevent it.

Gen. Scott believes this is

| {ward by way of Cyprus to attack Syria. Hitler's Stakes Are High

If the troops are there in the numbers indicated, it seems odd that they did not strike at Syria simultaneously with Rommel’s drive into Egypt.

Perhaps they were held to see how Rommel would make out. Axis strategy in that case would have been to strike for Syria in the familiar two-way squeeze offensive as soon as Rommel crashed through’ to Alexandria. Since he has failed to do that, they may be employed to replenish his ‘forces for a fresh attempt. It is questionable whether Hitler would-be content with a stalemate in Africa at this juncture if he can possibly help it. The stakes are high and he has much to gain and everything to lose if he does not press his advantage this summer.

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'MANY SEEK POSTS

White House.

WASHINGTON, July 6. (U, PY President Roosevelt canvassed possible means of combating inflation in an hour-long: conference with congressional leaders today as the legislature headed into a two-front battle over major points of the chief executive’s economic program. Senate Democratic Leader Alben

{W. Barkley of Kentucky reported

that “no particular remedy” was

|discussed in the White House office,’

but it was believed the entire anti- | inflation program was gone over thoroughly, including Price Administrator - Leon Henderson's plea for, sufficient funds to enforce his price! edicts. Discuss Deadlock

Senator Barkley indicated that a major portion of the conference was given over to the deadlock be-| tween the house and the senate’

partment supply bill for fiscal 1943. He expressed the hope that this stalemate would be broken by enactment of a continuing resolution

rent operations of the department. Shortly after the White House| meeting the senate appropriations committee approved such a resolution. It would permit the department to spend, during July, onetwelfth the amount it spent during the fiscal year of 1942, which ended last Tuesday. The amount spent will be deducted from the $680,00,000 1943 appropriation which has been held up because of a dispute over sub-parity sales by government-held surplus grains by the commodity credit corp.

Veto Announced

In response to a question, Sen. Barkley said the possibility of a presidential veto of the farm legislation was not discussed and added that he hoped the bill would not bé in shape to require a veto when it reaches the President. There have been reports that Mr. Roosevelt might veto the bill if it is passed in the: form. desired by the house.

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“No Particular Remedy” | Cited at Conference in. |

over the $680,000,000 agriculture de-!

which would provide funds for cur-

Pvt. Streightoff

PVT. FRANK DOAN Streightoff, son of Mrs. Frank Streightoff, 733 E. 33d st., has been assigned to the medical reception center at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. Pvt. Streightoff, a member of

the American Chemical society, | |:

had been employed in the biolog-

ical laboratory at Eli Lilly & Co. |

and also worked at Allison’s before his induction last month. He was graduated from Shortridge high school in 1935 and At

ARMS OUTAUT

1,000 Planes Sent to Front Last Year, General in

U. S. Reveals.

| WASHINGTON, July 6 (U. P.).— Lisut. Gen. Gordon Nevil MacB -ady, head of the British army aff in Washington, revealed today t at in 1941 England sent to battle-

‘-lds abroad nearly 10,000 airplanes i Ad 3000 tanks, and is how producing tanks and other mechanical vej icles at the rate of 250,000 a year. . Speaking at the opening of an ox hibit of photographs. of British! war weapons at the Smithsonian’ institute, MacRready—who is also 7 member of the combined U. S.priuah chiefs of staff—presented a ¢ ~omprehensive review of British war ciivities and achievements on the Rone front. : | ‘Great Britain is now producing fiice as many tanks as in August, 1°41, and five times as many as in Jigust, 1940, he said. Two thou“free

42nd tanks have been sent charge” to Russia.

They Collect Scrap

tended Indiana university. He was graduated from the California Institute of Technology and also attended Chicago university.

HOOSIERS GIVE USO $240,000

Amount Is 60 Per Cent Of ‘Slate’s Spring and Summer Goal.

Hoosiers have . contributed $240,000 toward the goal of $832,000 in the current USO drive, it was announced today by Frank K. Zoll, Anderson, Indiana campaign director. The amount received is about 6¢ | per cent of the spring and summer goal, he said. Thus far, 108 campaign units have been organizec and 13 counties, cities and towns already have exceeded their quotas. |

will be conducted this fall, the Community Fund campaign. Bartholomew county, where Camp Atterbury soon will house ar estimated 30,000 troops, was among the first in the state to over-sub-

"Ruler.

THOMAS NAUMSEK, police detective for the past eight years, last week served as personal | guard for 18-year-old King Peter of Jugoslavia. Detective Naumsek, a native of Macedonia, but a resident. of this country since he was 15, received word Tuesday that he was to act as guard. Leaving immediately for Washington, he served his special mission Wednesday through Friday. “I was with him all the time,” said Detective Naumsek today, “and he is a fine young man. We had any number of conversations in the native tongue, but he

“There were about 20 of us in the party and five of us, including King Peter, spoke the Jugoslav language. The king is from Serbia and we had no trouble understanding each other as our dialects are very similar.” Deteciive Naumsek was not permitted to state how or why he was chosen, but he did say that there was no disorder at any time during the three-day period. He has been with the police force for 13 years.

AS AERIAL GUNNERS

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 6 (U. P.).—Take it from First Lieut. Sam Rubenstein of Syracuse, N. Y., the United States air corps in the Southwest Pacific never will face a shortage of aerial gunners. “There’s keen competition in the American air force ranks to join the combat crews,” he said today. “Every one of our fellows wants a crack at the Japs.” Lieut. Rubenstein, a bombardment group adjutant, exhibited a stack of letters from enlisted men seeking information as to how they could join combat crews.

Assaulting 14

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa., July 6 (U P.).—Charles Sebaucak, 23-year-old draft dodger, who shielded his flight from army service with a 14-year-old girl whom he purposedly abducted and shot, today faced additional charges of criminal assault and assault and battery with intent to kill, Sebaucak, who failed to appear in Federal court at Williamsport, Pa., May 22 for trial on charges of evading selective service, was captured 3 nearby Nicholson, Pa., yesterday y 8 sse as he slept in an er pole coop. po Police said the man lived on sand-

his sister, Anna, ‘15. Authorities said Sebaucak went to the home of Louise Oakley Tuesday and forced her to accompany him into the woods. There, the girl told police, he attacked her and ‘forced her to stay with him day and night. Yesterday they were found by the

Draft Dodger Accused of

.|girl’s grandfather, Norman Oaklay,

{in the air, and begged the men not

Year-Old Girl

62. Sebaucak held the girl in front of him as a shield and began backing into the woods. - Then he fired a shot from a revolver and the girl dropped to the ground, & bullet in her thigh. The man fired five more shots, emptying the gun, and two more bullets lodged in the girl's leg: Oakley shot three times as Sebaucak turned and ran, but missed. A posse of 60 farmers, armed with rifles, tracked.him to the abandoned chicken coop, surrounded it with leveled rifles and ordered him to surrender. .He stumbled out, hands

to shoot: -

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! scribe its quota. A. E. Schumaker county chairman,

reported. tha! $11,000 had been subscribed, $400:

| over the county quota.

— destroyers.

In Indianapolis, the campaign with |

| materials for this program, he said, | Britain instituted an intensive scrap drjve, and obtained 800,000 ons of metal—enough to build 800

MacReady discussed the severe rationing restrictions on food and clothing in his country—not more than two ounces of butter and tea is obtainable weekly and at times os even one egg a week is availaI! LW was non-existent during the “winter, he said. An attempt is being made to improve the situation by more cultivation, he said, and Great Britain, usually considered an industrial nation,” is actually now the {most highly mechanized farming | country in Europe.”

In order to secure the needed raw

PITTSBURGH, July 6 (U. P).— ‘The United States army intelligence today attempted to: “get to the bottom” of “an effort to confuse the American public”’ through the sale of pennants bearing the inscription, “Made in Japan” at the army war relief show appearing here. Eleven men employees of a concessionaire holding a contract for

sale of the pennants at the show

during its nationwide tour were held in jail without bail pending completion of the investigation. The “Made in Japan” trademark on the cane pennants was discovered by purchasers of the banners

last night at Pitt Stadium, where a

‘Made in Japan' Pennants . Start Probe in Pittsburg!

» record-breaking crowd of 60,000 witnessed the show’s third nightly appearance. Ray Harrison, executive chairman of the lochl committee for the show, said the sale was “inexcusable.” After several purchasers had an= grily complained to police when they discovered the inscription, offi« cers went to a storeroom at the sta< dium, where they found several

‘thousand dollars worth of pennants

—every cane bearing the Japenese trademark. Purchasers were told their money would be refunded if they returned the canes, broken in half, this aft ernoon.

‘BIRTH RECORDS NOT REQUIRED—M’NUTT,

WASHINGTON, July 6 (U. P.).— Birth certificates no longer will be required .for persons seeking employment in war plants, according to a ruling announced by Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the war manpower commission effective today. Information from the U. S. employment offices throughout the country indicated that many valu-

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MONDAY—

FRENCH MURDERESS

"KILLS SELF IN PARIS

VICHY, France, July 6 (U. P.).—

| Germaine Berton, anarchist mur‘deress who advocated political | theories based on violence, com- | mitted suicide in Paris Saturday, | dispatches reported today. She served a short prison term for the assassination of Marius Plateau, royalist leader, in Paris on Jan. 22, 1923. It was one of the most publicized political murders following the first world war. She insisted before and during her trial that political violence must be repaid with violence. Following her liberation, she became a citizen | of the Netherlands by marrying a | Dutchman.

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| able man hours of production were being lost because of difficulties and delays in obtaining birth certifid cates, Mr. McNutt said. i

WAACS TO BE NAMED : WASHINGTON, July 6 (U. P.).— Successful candidates for the Wom- : en’s Auxiliary Army Corps ofiic: training school will be advised within the next few days of their selco= tion and receive instructions as to where and when the report, war d.partment officials said today.

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