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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 110

FORECAST: Continued, hot this afternoon through ‘tomorrow “orencon. :

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1942

arade Tonight I

MEN AND WOMEN in thelr working clothes will. parade through downtown Indianapolis tonight in honor of Indianapolis men in the fighting force as a climax to the ‘observation of American Heroes day. : Today, banks, post offices and stores were selling ‘war. bonds and the purchasers were dedicating them to rela-

tives or friends in the service.

Soldiers, sailors and ‘ma-

rines to whom the bonds are dedicated will be notified, by letter from the treasury department, giving the name of the individual who purchased and dedicated the bond. The hero parade tonight will start at 7:30 on N. Pennsylvania st. and move south to Washington st., west

to Illinois st., north to Market st., east around the circle

to N. Meridian st. and north past the reviewing stand at

the west side of the Federal

building

* _ Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except sunday.

* RIDING IN THE cavade will be Governor Schricker,

whose two sons, (George W. service, and Ma Sullivan. will march along

and Henry F. Jr., are in the A Ft. Harrison detachment

and a squad from the marine corps recruiting office. Robert A. Adams, executive chairman of ‘the Marion county war savings staff, is parade chairman and will

present a scroll to e men. James Aherr,

Mayor Sullivan dedicating the day to

‘parade marshal, today directed indus-

trial groups to for in on N. Meridian st. between North and Michigan sts. facitz south; employees of stores and finan-

cial institutions to form on Meridian st. between: Michigan

and Walnut sts. {acing south, and miscellaneous groups to form between '}alnut and St. Clair sts. on Meridian st.

FINAL HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS h

ith sailors from the naval armory here

9GAT1P.M.IS NEW HIGH MARK FOR THIS YEAR

Yesterday's Level Beaten!|

And It'll Be Still Hotter Today.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

. 8 bo . 18 .m, ... 81 m ... 84

10 a. m. ... 88 11am ... 92 12 (noon) .. 94 1pm, .., 9

Ol’ Sol today broke the record of +4

5 degrees set at 3 p. m. yesterday.

At 1 p. m. the mercury hit 96—one |

over yesterday's. highest recording. “The weather pe undoubtedly would ge warmer’ this

afternoon unless, by chance, it|§

should. clouft ‘up. “And the skies show no indication of doing so. The 90’s were reached at 11 a. m.

said thet 16)

today when the thermometer stood at 02—six degrees over the reading yesterday at that time. At noon, today's recording was five degrees ahead of yesterday. Two Persons Overcome

The néw season's high yesterday caysed two persons to be overcome and another man died of a heart attack believed to have been brought on by sweltering heat. William C. Kent, 57, of 2943 N. California st. died in his automobile parked in front of the Capitol City Gun club, 3200 Belmont ave. Dr, James Leffel, deputy ' coroner, said the intense heat probably caused the heart attack. . Mrs. Hattie Waggoner, 545 N. Davidson st, was reported in a “critical” condition today at City hospital. She became unconscious in her home yesterday.

“Balloon Man” Collapses

Nicholas Vallier, 56, of 613 E. Norwood st., and adults here as the “balloon man,” collapsed at his regular spot at Delaware st. and Fall Creek and was taken to City hospital for eatment. ‘rv The 95-degree temperature reached yesterday was two degrees higher than the former record for the year established June 29. The alltime high for July 16 was 98 in 1887 and the all-time record for the month was 108, recorded July 14, 1936. Yesterday's average of 82 was six degrees above normal, the weather bureau rted. The lowest temperature recorded was 70 degrees at 5 4. m, after climbing to the 95degree mark in the afternoon, the

mercury dropped slowly, staying in|

the 90's until after 7 o'clock.

PLAN $300,000 LAND SUIT PERU, Ind, July 17 (U, P)— Attorneys for owners of approximately 2200 acres of land now occupied by a U.S. naval reserve aviation base near here said today proceedings to obtain payment of $300,000 set aside for purchase of the land by the navy probably would be started next week.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

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vase 30 Obituaries .. 5| PAU. .orv. 16}

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known to 'children|

Between Joe’s ‘nose and the bucket of water lies a considerable area of uncertainty. Harold L. Barker Jr, 109 S. Hancock ave, didw’t know just how Joe was going to act. And Joe didn’t know what Junior was going to do, exactly. But after a while the two got on closet terms and Joe got his drink of water. (Other photos, Page Three.)

TOUR 1S CONTINUED BY TOMATO EDITOR Pal Joe Gets Handful of

Sugar From Housewife.

By FREMONT POWER Times Tomato Editor Joe was standing out back, acting moody and staring over the fence.

He probably was of the opinion, I imagine, that the grass was greener|-

on ‘the other side, which it was. But as it turned out, Joe didn’t have to eat any old grass. No sir, not Joes Yesterday, the third day of the garden tour, Joe met up with a real friend. Like I say, Joe was just standing there, gawking at that grass. Then he turned his head and vg the walk came his friend, Mrs. M. O. Backus, 769 N. Lynn st. . Grew With Abandon Mrs. Backus had a whole handful of precious, granulated sugar— and all for pal Joey. There was enough to put on your breakfast for three or four days, I imagine.

Mrs. Backus’ hand with 15 or 20 swoops of his trusty tongue. . While he was trying to lick the last grains of sugar. off his nose, Mrs. Backus and I talked of Mr. Backus’ tomatoes. He was gone and she said he sure would be disappointed, not seeing Joe and all. . In the backyard: are. a dozen thriving plants, one of which has already outgrown Mrs. Backus by about a head. It has at’ léast 25 tomatoes on it. * Without special’ treatment or care, Mr. Backus just put. “ (Continued on Page

NO "CHANGE ON RENT

“Tinies Special WASHINGTON, July 17.~Indian- | apolis landlords who mark rent re-{ 23 | ceipts “conditional” in .the hope

Sate from July. 1, 1941, are just , the |

Joe, though, consumed it all from|.

that OPA will change the ceiling; B

> F.D.R. STUDIES

EFFECT OF PAY HIKE ON LIVING

.| WLB Ruling in ‘Little Steel’

May Help Shape Inflation Fight.

WASHINGTON, July 17 (U. PJ). —President Roosevelt said today

‘boost the price of steel and thus ‘hike war costs: ° | Mr. Roosevelt told press conference questioners that a 5 per cent

Tincrease in wages for producers of products like steel, would not- k Lote p:.the- :

Tn parable increase ina camming factory.

|’ In granting the raise to “little | steel,” the WLB established a policy

of giving workers “as a general rule” 15 per cent more wages than they had on Jan. 1, 1941. :

May Seek Wage Control

“Little steel” workers, however, had been: granted an increase of about 10 per cent last year, so that the new 44-cents-a-day increase— approximately 5 per cent above present wages—brought them to the 15 per cent ‘general rule.” Mr. Roosevelt reasserted his opposition to any action which would lead to an increase in. the cost of living, and said, in response to questions, that he is studying the advisability of asking congress for legislation for more effective control of living costs, including wages. He said he had discussed the steel industry's wage ‘situation, as part of his over-all study ‘of the inflation problem, with Philip Murray, president of the C. I. O. and of the United Steel Workers. He refused to elaborate on. their talks, however.

F. D. R’s Course Undecided

Observers interpreted his remarks as indicating at least partial agreement with the labor board’s decision. He left no doubt, however, of his opposition to wage increases which would boost the cost of living. : There was no word as yet from either management or labor about their reaction to the board's decision. Next step is for both sides to say whether they accept or reject it. In. event either side rejects it, (Continued on Page Nine)

RECLASSIFYING OF HUSBANDS PROCEEDS

‘Many to Be Called Before Task Is “Completed.

(Another Draft Story, Page 6)

State selective service officials said here today that every effort was being made to reclassify married men in local draft boards but until the reorganization is complete many married men will be taken for service. When the amended dependency policy is in working order, all local boards will keep the state headquarters informed when one de-

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out and| pendency classification is exhausted

80 that the state director, Col. Rob-

calls for men to prevent one local board from calling geisixants trom

ther local boards;

he is studying the 44-cents-a-day|: wage increase granted the “little}. steel” industry by the war labor} board, to determine if it would}

ad food-|

a group too far in advance of the : Eenslte beg must | ot Jo cons ;

Lsha Elopes

Yosia Fuser iit Ablywook day by plane for Las Vegas, Nev, to be to" Stephen Crane, 21-year-old wid business.

fight - the time,” has Crane for’ a year:

0STROM IS SEEN

AS. PEACEMAKER

‘Reportedly Agreed Upon by

G. 0. P. Factions as

Bradford Successor.

By EARL RICHERT

Bfforts of many G. O. P. leaders to heal the breach between the Robert Tyndall-James L. Bradford forces by naming a compromise county chairman to succeed Mr. Bradford appeared near successful conclusion today. Henry E. Ostrom, defeated by Gen. Tyndall in the G. O. P. mayoralty. fight and a personal friend of Mr, Bradford, has been agreed

upon by leaders on both sides as a alert.

successor to the present sounty chairman. Mr. Ostrom reportedly was the only man in whose favor Mr. BradJord, recently re-elected, would re-

The unsuccessful mayoralty can-

didate had turned down numerous

requests that he take the county chairmanship in an effort to unite county Republican forces but he was reportedly persuaded to reconsider and accept at a meeting of local G, O. P. leaders here Yesterday afternoon: Despite the reported agreement of both sides as to the suitability of Mr. Ostrom, there is still a possibility. that a hitch may develop. -Mr. Ostrom declined to make a (Continued on Page Nine)

B® aeht, aght, I known - rounding reports by an ::tate care-|

a REOPEN

SEARCH WOODS

(NEAR FDR HOME

FOR 'CHUTISTS

Priests at t Nearbh School Doubt Story as Army’ Joins Hunt! RHINEBECK, N.Y, ny 17 (U.

P.) ~The search for se ral “parachutists,” who reportedl; were seen

;ldescending near the Hjcle Park es{tate of President -Rocsevelt, was | pressed today by federz!,

| state and local authorities deploy’ ed over a 20 to 30-square mile a 23.

Maps of the section 1: ped guide an undisclosed number of searchers through the woods and thick

the mysterious cireums tinces sur=

taker late yesterday tliat “six or seven parachutists” ore seen Patrols along the Hi: son. river halted all automobiles ¢ 1:4 checked each occupant. Persons walking on back roads were requilsd to produce identification betordl they were permitted to proceed. *

-Taking No Char des

At the Cardinal Far] ay military academy estate, near th: center of the search; priests wei¢ doubtful that any parachutists Lad landed. Brother Patrick O'Ryaii| said he neither heard nor sav | anything late yesterday that wolid bolster reports of “parachutists.” The academy, ‘with = 930-acre grounds, is north of Mr] Toosevelt's esta A caretaker, Dennis Hc! Noten, ‘who was: working on’ the grounds late yesterday, said he saw ‘Do parachutes. . However, the search | with Polite of nearby sti.

continued 2s on the

Pennsy Police H sp

The Pennsylvania state - motor patrol was Fequestes to watch for parachutists in northern. Pennsyl-

|vania. New Jersey si:ie police

halted automobiles at tli: Holland and Lincoln tunnels bet ween New Jersey and New York. Connecticut state police came here to aid New York sta:: police. Clyde Swendson, careta:cr on the former John Jacob Astor ::tate, two|D miles south of Rhinebecl. reported having. seen parachutist: | dropping.

EE ———————. =. 5. w— 20,000 JEWS ARRE! ED By UNITED PRES: The arrest in France i possibly 20,000 Jews for deportatic n to east‘ern Europe was reporiec ‘day by

: the ‘Berlin radio. . ~

House Group Votes to Outlaw

Agent Fees

WASHINGTON, July 17 (U. 2. —The house naval affairs committee today voted unanimously to report favorably a bill to outlaw payment of contingent fee ~commissions to agents of navy contractors, affer Chipinmap Carl Vinson said

value of a given: contract if

on Navy Work

before a congressional ::mmittee in ‘May that he had earnc( $600,000 in commissions on navy ‘contracts, was indicted today on ciarges of receiving commissions on ‘ar work while still in the emple; of the federal government. j The 12-count indictmen: tetufned

| by a federal grand jury inv :: tigating

alleged war frauds, chaiz:d that the/| Stone, while employed as :: under-

agent js. successful in securing the the iting inson. Hitchcock, may adjust his{ islation Wi til dria

At the Front?

Premier Josef Stalin, according to an unconfirmed dispatch to Stockholm from Ankara, has left Moscow to join the Russian general staff on the Stalingrad front. The: ‘dispatch, ;which quoted no Sughoriative. .source,--said- that.

g Fo FOR NILE

British Hold Against Heavy Axis Tank Attacks on Central Sector.

CAIRO, July 17 (U. P.) .—British tanks today repulsed renewed axis attacks in heavy fighting on the central sector of the desert front southwest of El Alamein, and poured an artillery barrage .into enemy positions. on the northern coastal flank. Dispatches filed at the front said New Zealanders ‘had successfully headed off enemy attempts to dislodge them from the western end of the Ruqueisat ridge, on the central sector about 10 miles southwest of El Alamein. Field Marshal Erwin Rcmmel threw his main armored forces into the central sector at dawn yesterday

‘in an attempt to dislodge the im-

perial troops from their newly won dominant Rugeisat ridge and, it was indicated, to get nis ‘Africa corps rolling eastward on a new drive for Alexandria and the Nile. Tank Battle Still Rages The outcome of this battle was not yet known. The fighting was resumed in full fury before dawn ‘today. On the northern sector British artillery was said to have laid down a terrific artillery barrage that smashed German and Italian positions around Tel El Eisa (Hill of Jesus), and station 24.. One front line report said ‘the Australians had. succeeded in regaining their old ‘positions on the hills. Bomber and fighter - bomber planes, supporting: the * ground forces, attacked German and Italian formations in the battle area -and targets to the enemy rear. ;

LOCAL FLIER KILLED IN BOMBER CRASH

SHREVEPORT, La., July 17 (U. P.) —Master Sgt. Harold J. Courtney, 37, of Indianapolis, was killed in the crash of a twin-engined bomber late yesterday, it was announced today. Three officers, an enlisted man and two aircraft -equipment.- representatives escaped serious injury.

| Gauze of the crash was nd: dete:-

United Press

off persistent strong enemy

Voronezh, where the Russian

‘| tive and broken two enemy point near Kamensk, where the Donets basin railroad Tuns

about 190 miles to Stalingrad In the Kamensk area,

east of the Donets river, purs Russian columns falling back Rostov.

On the basis of the Nazi probably astride the Donets

to the Caucasus.

seize that northern entrance

RAF BOMBERS RAI 2 NAZI SUB BASES

Lubeck, Flensburg Blasted;

London Has Raid Alarm.

LONDON, July 17 (U. P.)—Big| Stirling bombers, carrying nearly nine tons of bombs each, attacked two key German submarine yards|Don at the soutiwest corner of the Baltic late yesterday to climax a

man territory, it was announced today.

air raid alarm this morning during

which there was no anti-aircraft

fire or other incidents. Separate formstions of the royal air force planes rained bombs on submarine building yards at Lubeck and Flensburg, an air ministry}

only two: planes. burst among the building areas especially at the big yards five miles northeast of Lubeck. .

ree SUB FIGHT GAINING

series of daylight raids on Ger-|

Meanwhile, Lonilon’ had a brief]

| communique. said, at the cost off Pilots reported seeing their bombs ok

Tr ot rate Caribbean de-

Germans Apparently Seek to Seize Northern Entrance to Vital Region Before a “Attempting to Reach Volga.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS

Foreign Editor

Allied mechanized armies fought back new German’ assaults in a major tank battle on the Egyptidn desert front today but in “southern Russia the axis, offeusiye, naw samp AD 30 miles from Rostov, :

rolled towar

With British anks, aftillery and Siiplanes stand

assaults on two sectors south

and west of El Alamein in Egypt, the enemy’s twin driy toward the Near East continued most dangerous on the broad: Russian plains leading to Stalingrad and the Caucasus Drive Aimed at Rostov. - 3 .The battle on the Russian front now shréluhes. from

army had regained the initia< defense lines, southward to 4

on the Volga. the Germans claimed their

massed forces were pushing forward across the railroad and

uing, flanking and air bombing toward the lower Don east of

claims, the axis offensive wis : -Stalingrad railroad 25 or 30

miles southeast of Kamensk, within about 160 miles of Stalingrad and around 80 mafles from Rostov at the gateway

Russians Admit Withdrawals

The direction of immediate advance was given as southe ward toward the Don river in order to encircle Rostov and

to the Caucasus rather than

against Stalingrad, where some unconfirmed reports’ said Josef V. Stalin had gone to take personal command. SF The Russian army apparently was planning to make ifs

main stand .along the. Don. This might indicate 't Soviet Marshal Semyon Timos shenko would try to take the vt est possible toll of the enemy f rear-guatd fighting in’ the river bend; and mass for a cHm: ’| tic battle on the river. ther f Stalingrad or in, the | reaches of the Caucasus. 2 “Our mobile formations are

suing the enemy east of the river in the direction, of the Don,” the German high cor claimed, while the Russians : said they were withdrawing in face of superior numbers.

(Continued or on Page’ Nine) . I

On the War F

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