Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1942 — Page 18
SHIFT CHANGES REDUCE SLEEP
Physiologist Asks Rotation Only at Intervals of
Several Months.
CHICAGO, July 14 (U, P.).—An authority on sleep reviewed the problems of “graveyard shift” workers today and condemned war industries’ practice of frequently changing workmen's shifts. Dr, Nathaniel Kleitman, University of Chicago physiologist, reporting on recent research conducted for the department of labor, said the customary weekly or bi-weekly rotation of day and night shifts left the worker “sleepy when he should be wide awake and wakeful when he should be sleeping.” “This leads to a decrease in production rate and a greater tendency to accidents,” Dr. Kleitman said. He said such reactions should be prevented by keeping each worker ‘on a given shift for extended periods of time.
Asks Late Movies, Radio
“Since rotation of shifts is very often adopted as a measure of fair-| ness to all workers, the principle can be preserved by having all workers change once in several months instead of weeks or days,” he said. ~ But ‘regardless of whether the shifts are stable or rotated, Dr. Kleitman said, that some effort be made to modify community life to coincide with workers’ leisure hours. “For instance, broadcasting companies might be induced -to make transcriptions of their popular evening hour’ programs for rebroadcast in the afternoon and late night hours, and movies could be extended either way a few hours.”
Suggests Shift Revision
_ * Dr. Kleitman also suggested a re- ' *wision of present eight-hour shifts to provide sleeping periods avoiding extreme variance from that of the customary work-sleep cycle. Men in the “sunset shift, especially suitable for young unattached persons desirous of night recreation” would work from noon to 8 Pp. m. Men in the “graveyard shift, for older persons with no children at home to disturb daytime sleep,” would work from 8 p. m. to 4 p. m. In the “dawn shift” the worker would start at 4 a. m and quit at noon. “This shift timing,” Dr. Kleitman said, “has a number of advantages. One is the relatively small displacement of the customary sleeping hours, and no one is compelled to sleep in the afternoon hours when it is hardest to sleep.”
FDR TO GET REPORT MIAMI, Fla. July 14 (U. P).— Norman Armour, U. S. ambassador to Argentina, arrived here last night by clipper from Buenos Aires en route to Washington “for consultations” with Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
SEW FOR ‘BUNDLES’ Brightwood chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will meet in Veritas Temple, 3350 Roosevelt ave. fomorrow at 1 p. m. and 7 p. m. to sew for “Bundles for America.” Mrs. Clarice Davis is chairman.
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Heads Bombers
Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, 46, is the new chief of the U, S. bomber command in the European theater of operations. He is second in command to Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, recently named commander of the U. S. army air forces in Europe. Gen, Eaker, a Texan, was formerly a test pilot,
HAWAII FORCES T0 MANEUVER
Gen. Emmons to Commercial Radio
Contacting Troops. HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY,
Use!
14 (U, P.).—Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, . commander in chief of the Hawaiian land forces, announced today that full scale departmental maneuvers, the largest in the history of these islands,
would start Friday. At the zero hour Friday morning, the defense forces built up since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will start maneuvers in Oahu and
Gillette Charges Board With ‘inexcusable Care-
lessness.”
WASHINGTON, July 14 (U. PJ). —Senator Guy M. Gillette (D. Iowa), yesterday charged the WPB and the Rubber Reserve Corp. with “inexcusable carelessness” in their handling of the nation’s synthetic rubber program. Senator Gillette is chairman of a senate agriculture subcommittee which is investigating, the production of industrial alcohol ‘and synthetic rubber. “A situation has developed ‘that shows that one of two things is true,” Senator Gillette told the subcommittee. - “Either there has been inexcusable carelessness and an inexcusable lack of knowledge of the subject. matter, or there is afoot the very reprehensible purpose of retarding the development of certain synthetic rubber processes. Nelson to Protest
“We are rapidly reaching a point where forebearance ceases to be {a virtue.” | Meanwhile, WPB Chairman Don‘ald M. Nelson today was to protest to the senate agriculture subcommittee against legislation which would ‘deprive the WPB of some of its power over synthetic. rubber
HAWAIIAN DEPARTMENT, July|manufacturing.
Introduced by Senator Gillette,
measure has already provoked an attack by Mr. Nelson in which he termed it “extremely dangerous.” In a previous appearance before the group, Mr. Nelson said passage of the bill would “take out of the hands of the president the right to control priorities.”
Would Create Agency The proposed legislation would
other islands in a dress rehearsal|establish a rubber supply agency,
for a possible test such as that
headed by a $10,000-a-year director
which might have come had not|who would have complete author-
the navy and the air force won the battle of Midway Island. At 5 By M. Thursday Gen. Emmons will address all officers and men of the Hawaiian area, in their
wireless. Uses Commercial Radio
He will discuss fully the maneuvers and defense plans for all elements under his command. Brig. Gen. Leonard R. Boyd, revealinng that Emmons would use commercial radio to contact his troops throughout the island, said that this was a new and important means of military communication.
ity over production of synthetic rubber from farm and forest commodities. The director also would be empowered to obtain priority ratings for manufacturers desiring
camps and defense stations, by|to make synthetic rubber from al-
cohol distilled from farm products. Yesterday Senator Gillette asserted that “it is little short of criminal to learn of the futility” which faces persons who attempt to aid the war program by offering synthetic rubber processes to the WPB and the Rubber Reserve Corp. Senator Gillette expressed his views after Arthur E. Pew Jr., vice president of the Houdry Process Corp., had declared that his firm
Several thousand radio sets now|was not given a “fair and impar-
Hawaiian department. From time to time, Boyd said,
cast channels to issue general in-
Emmons plans to use the broad-
are in the hands of troops of the!tial hearing” by the corporation.
‘Wave of the Hand’
Mr. Pew asserted that Eugene J. Houdry, president of the Houdry
structions and orders for simulated | firm, has developed a method for
—or real—combat conditions to the | making synthetic rubber from pe-
men of this department.
troleum which is much cheaper and quicker than existing petroleum
rubber formulas. KING OF THE INSULT He added that the Rubber Re-
DIES IN NEW YORK |serve Corp, when offered the proc
ess, dismissed it “with a wave of
NEW YORK, July 14 (U. P.).—|the hand and the mere phrase— Jack White, 49, night club comedian |‘it is insufficiently developed.’”
RUBBER RECORD |
ToL FOR STREET
“USE IS FROZEN
Dust fo Go Unheeded Until Disposition for 60,000 Gallons Is Decided.
Indianapolis’ street oiling plans were at a standstill today because of. a. federal ruling which froze the city’s: supply of road oil. Until further orders, approximately 60,000 gallons of oil will sit idle on’ city property and residents along dusty city streets will continue to seek relief, in their back yards. The government order froze all
| oils on hand and in the process of
Flight Capt. Charles C. Kegalman of El Reno, Okla. receiving the distinguished flying cross from Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, com-.
_mander of the U. S. army air forces in the European theater of war. Center is Lieut. Dalton who also received the D. F. C.
Capt. Kezal-
man was pilot of a Douglas twin-motored light bomber that bounced off a Nazi airfield during a raid over Germany, when it lost altitude
because of fire around one of the engines.
Kegalman managec to
lift the plane off the field, after blasting a Nazi air-aircraft unit ato. silence, and bring it back to its home base.
on behalf of the subcommittee, the |:
SET CHILD BRIDE’S HEARING IN MURDER
JASPER, Tenn, July 14 (U, P,) — A hearing for 15-year-old Mus. Lillian McNabb Rarsons, Tennessee child bride accused of slaying a neighbor because “he slapped my face,” has been set for tomorrow. The young wife was one of eight persons - arrested Saturday night, after what Hamilton county-officers
battle,” in: which Sellis Redmond, a mountaineer was wounded faially. Arrested with the girl wer: her husband, Walter Blanton Pesrsons, also 15; his parents, Mr. anc Mrs. Ben Picket, Henry Carter and Buck Redmond, brother of the slair man. Officers quoted Mrs. Parsccs as admitting the shooting. The’ said that Buck Redmond told ther: only that “Snooks hi-jacked 50 gallons of whisky.” They said, Redmond didn’t identify “Snooks.”
being ordered and even the city oil trucks, filled and ready to begin their job of laying the dust, cannot be emptied. Louis C. ‘Brandt, chairman of the works board, said today that if the city was allowed to use its supply of oil on hand nearly all of the dusty streets could be oiled. The federal petroleum - officials are deciding what disposition will be made in the case of cities which have sup-
; | plies of oil on hand: described as a “whisky feud gun|
The use of asphalt is regulated now, also, No new projects can begin unless they are approved by the state highway commission and only those projects already underway can be completed.
ALL QUIET IN AUSTRALIA GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, July 14 (U. P.) —Activity in the Australian zone yesterday was confined to aerial reconnaissance, a united nations
communique said today.
H. L. Martlage Harold Switzer
LEFT. Herman L. Martlage, 2541 ‘8S. Meridian st., who was 21 years old the day the United States declared war. on Dec. 8, 1941, has been promoted to aviation machinist’s mate third class, and is stationed with the navy at Pearl Harbor. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Martlage.” Before enlisting he worked at the McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Co. RIGHT. Harold Switzer, son of Ollie Switzer, 545 Berwick ave. now is stationed at Blythe air base at Blythe, Cal. ‘He has been with the army air forces for 13 months.
LEE’S SEAT AT STAKE AS ‘OKLAHOMA VOTE
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 14 (U.
P.) —Oklahoma nominates candi-
dates for state and congressional offices today: in its primary elections. + Senator Josh Lee’s seat was at stake in the Democratic senaforial contest. His opponents were former Governor William (Alfalfa Bill) Murray and former State Supreme Court Justice Orel Busby. A vote of 450,000 was forecast. In the Democratic gubernatorial primary, Robert S. Kerr faced
NAVY RECR
* RECORD IS SET _
More Than 600 600 i In Indiana Last Week; Indianapolis 7th.
More Hoosiers signed up. for war, service with the navy last week than in any week since world war I, the recruiting office announced today. Altogether, more than 600 volun= teered. Lieut. L. D. Blanchard: of
tation said that that number was igher than any week, including the rush weeks which occured after Pearl Harbor was bombed. : Though Hoosiers poured into the navy, Indianapolis and Jicinity re= - mained in seventh place throughs out the state. Kokomo jumped into first place and Columbus followed in second. Lafayette, which led the state during June, dropped into third place. Other standings were Marion, fourth; Ft. Wayne, fifth; Terre Haute, sixth; Richmond, eighth; Vincennes, ninth; Evansville, tenth, and Muncie, eleventh. The navy is seeking 2000 recruits during July and Lieut. Blanchard said - that if the current .rate is maintained the navy will get its men.
fi Indianapolis navy recruiting
BLAST KILLS MEAT WORKER CHICAGO, July 14 (U. P.)—Lowell B. Kern, 23-year-old Swift &z Co. employee, was killed and IR others injured yesterday in the exe plosion of a refrigerator unit at ‘the company’s lard and shortening ree
Gomer Smith, wealthy attorney,
finery.
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who achieved his greatest success| Earlier, Clarence H. Thayer, chief by “insulting” the customers, died|engineer of the Sun Oil Co. told yesterday at his home after several|the subcommittee that gise of grain months’ illness. alcohol as a basis for the synthetic A bricklayer in his youth, Mr.|rybber program offers “more posiWhite was helped to fame by Irving|tjve assurance of success” than the Berlin, the song writer, who saW| government's petroleum program. him in amateur theatricals. He added, however, that utiliza-
Part owner of the Club 18, Mr.|,; ; ’ ‘| tion of a process developed by the White entertained patrons as mas- Houdry Process Corp. of Marcus ter of ceremonies by hurling insults Hook, Pa., “offers equal assurance 8% ismous movie stars, -Broadway/ successful operation.” celebrities and sports figures who Mr. Thayer, also an engineering
Fiiered Ths Discs. They: Were %1- consultant of the Houdry Corp., appeared before a ‘senate agriculture subcommittee headed by Senator Guy M. Gillette, (D. Iowa), which is investigating production of industrial alcohol and synthetic rubber.
Operate in Nine Months
Mr. Thayer testified that his proc ess for making synthetic rubber, developed by Eugene J. Houdry, French scientist, would use less critical materials and could be put into operation in nine months or less, compared to at least 13 months for current petroleum processes. Mr. Houdry, who also appeared before the subcommittee, said if the United States should begin utilization of alcohol rubber processes on a large scale, “I would suggest that our government get from the Russians technical collaboration for building the plants.”
Inserts WPB Letter
Senator Gillette inserted in the record a letter written by rubber co-ordinator Arthur B. Newhall of the WPB, khich stated that the reason contracts were not being awarded for construction of alcohol rubber plants was that too much critical materials would be neces- * * *
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