Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1942 — Page 3
Civilian Defense—
NEAR COMPLETION]
YCommunications Strongly |
feel that it will co-ordinate all
Emphasized in City Setups Whistles on Steam Boilers Augment Radio And Other. Media.
By LOUIS ARMSTRONG City defense officials are placing great stress on completion of the organization’s communications system. They
the other branches of defense.
With the exception of some new radio equipment, the city’s communication system will be made up largely of
what is already on hand, the telephone, telegraph and whistles placed on steam boilers already in operation.
Rapid progress is being made by|
those whose job it is to prepare the radio communications. The Indianapolis Radio club members are at work building seven zone station receiver-transmitter sets and more than 50 portable receiver-transmit-ter units. The portable units will take to the field in an emergency and will be able to contact zone units from the scene of the emergency. The Bell Telephone Co. has trained emergency units and air aie wardens for each of the substations in the city. Under the setup now, communications between wardens and the central control office, and between district and sector wardens will be by telephone. A survey of all boiler plants which have steam available at all times {is nearing completion. To these boilers will be attached the whistle air raid warnings. However the number of plants will not be enough to supply steam for all the whistles needed so some arrangement for warnings in isolated areas is yet to be worked out. Officials of the Central Indiana Boy Scout council are training
senger duty and many have already been graduated. More are nearing completion of the messenger course. . ” os ” :
Indiana university’s bureau of audio-visual aids has heen designated by the OCD as an official depository for motion pictures dealing with defense training. Information can be obtained by writing to the bureau, of which L. C. Larson is the head. Film subjects include Latin America, civilian mobilization, conservation, physical fitness, children in wartime, first aid, nursing, information and progress of the war effort, vocational training and a series on machine shop. The headguarters of the American Legion here has a supply of slide film kits for air raid wardén training and the state defense council has a number of training films which can -be obtained through the state police and the state fire marshal’s office, 2 EJ 2
Robert O'Neil, a member of the state police force, has been named co-ordinator of civilian protection for the state by Clarence Jackson, state director of civilian defense. He has been given a leave of absence and replaces Fred Morley who was on leave and has been recalled to
scouts and young men for mes-
Strauss
the state police.
Says: IT'S ONE DAY NEARER TO VICTORY
SALE! on the BOYS’ FLOOR! Look what's happened
to prices on SLACK SUITS
SHORTS SUN SUITS
380 SPORTS SHIRTS
$1)
69:
(Were
SHIRTS SLACKS SPORT SHIRTS
(Were $1.65)
1.19
Gay plaids and plain materials with yoked back for action— breast pockets—in cool thin fabrics for summer and heavier weight ones for wear into fall.
Sizes 6 to 20.
147 SLACK
SUITS at 2.49
Washable cottons, in dark Lo practical shades and
lighter tones.
Sizes 6 to 20.
189 SLACKS SALE GROUPED
AT 159; 1
63, $2
~ Sanforized, fast color, various colors, stripes, nubs and plains.
Sizes 6 to 22.
SUN SUITS—washable bia
in pastel shades—all Sanforized
and color fast. while 92 last.
Sizes 3 to 8,
Bc ; 1.25
Tomato Editor Power, on a tour of Indianapolis gardens, wipes
thing to shoot for.
that are shoulder high and loaded with tomatoes.
SUB SINKINGS SPURT TO 397
Navy Reveals Loss of Six More Ships, One at Anchor In Gulf of Mexico.
By UNITED PRESS The navy has announced the sinking of six more united nations’ merchant ships in the West ern Hemisphere, making an unofficial total of 397 since the middle of January. Four of the sinkings revealed yesterday included two medium-sized American merchant ships, a Norwegian freighter and a small Norwegian merchant ship. Today the navy reported the loss of a small Dutch ship off the northern coast of South America. Two of the crew of 31 were lost, The others have been landed at an east coast port. Also reported today was the torpedoing of a medium-sized British vessel in the same area. Three of the crew were lost.
One American Lost
A submarine slipped in close to shore to torpedo one of the American vessels, which was blacked out and anchored on a clear, moonless night, in the Gulf of Mexico. Flames quickly enveloped the bridge and forward part of the ship and 27 men lost their lives. The second American ship was sunk off the North Atlantic coast of South America on an undisclosed date. One man was lost. - The Norwegian freighter was torpedoed in the North Atlantic and sank within five minutes. Survivors said the submarine circled among their life boats, while the commander questioned them. Fourteen crew members died. One man was lost when the small Norwegian merchant ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico on July 1.
SPEEDY PROMOTION PROMISED BY NAVY
9 Navy recruiting -officials today announced that speedy advancement was in order for men enlisting for service at the naval reserve aviation base near Peru, Ind. Comm. R: H. G. Mathews pointed
"out that the aviation branch is rap-
idly expanding and for this reason promotions will come more rapidly. The Peru base has asked for 250 men between 17 and 51 to enlist as seamen, to be taught trades as they work at the base. Recruits are to begin service immediately. Thirty-five trades are involved in the operation of the base and recruits are not required to have pre-
vious experience in any in order to}
enter training.
MARMON-HERRINGTON 10-YEAR CLUB ADDS 2
Two more Marmon - Herrington employees were welcomed into the company’s 10-year club yesterday by A. W. Herrington, president of the large war production industry. The men were Robert C. Wallace, 331 E. 47th st. chief engineer, and Fred Mitch, in charge of the receiving department. tial bonus accompanied the 10-year service pins which each man received.
A sukstan-|
M. O. Backus, 759 N. Lynn st, has tomato plants higher than his hot brow as Henny Blaschke, 1450 Hiatt st., shows him some- his wife’s head, as ihe demonstrates here. Mrs. Backus, incidentally,
Mr. Blaschke has a half-dozen Baltimore plants made a hit with tl: tomato -editor’s horse, Joe, by giving him sugar.
With no regard for fhe ration, she gave Joe a heaping handful.
BY EARL RICHERT
‘control of the state senate this fall.
1940 election. (The state senate is a majority is needed for control.)
Thus, unless the Democratic county committees file candidates in these districts, most of which are heavily Republican, the G. O. P. will go into the election with 21 of the necessary 26 seats assured. The Republican candidates who are unopposed are Davies A. Batterton, representing Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin and Union counties; Willlam T. Kine der, Boone, Hamilton and Tipton; Dr. R. G. Brooks, Jay and’ Randolph; John’ W._ Van Ness, Jasper, Newton, Porter and Pulaski; James E. Armstrong, Lawrance, Martin and Orange, and Albert Ferris, Wayne.
War Helps Democras
THE DEMOCRATS have " war to thank for a chance for a whack at two oi the 17 senate seats that are to be filled in November. : Republican Senators Edward Green of Indianapolis, and Harold W. Handley of La Porte, both holdover senators, went into service as officers with the navy and army, respectively, and Ate torney General George Beamer ‘ruled ‘ their seats vacant. : He held that it was illegal to hold “lucrative” state and federal offices at: the same time. ” 2 2
They May Come Back
HOWEVER, should Senators Handley and Green be able to get furloughs and come back for the legislative session, it would" be up to the senate to determine whether to seat them or the persons elected to succeed them. And a G. O. P. senate probably would overrule the Democratic attorney general, particularly if the successors should be Democrats.
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Glen Williams Called
GLEN WILLIAMS, New Castle, assistant auditor in the motor vehicle license bureau and a longtime Republican worker, has been called to the army as aj infantry major. A world war veteran, Mr. williams had retained his officer’s status in the reserve. Que of his sons is in Australia ‘with the air corps and another is in. the coast guard on the west coast. Promoted - to succeed him is William Harvey Smith, Fountain, who has been in charge of the drivers license division. ” af ”
Beveridge Keeps Seat ONE OTHER REPUBLICAN holdover senator, Albert J. Beveridge Jr., Indianapolis, is in the army as a private. ; But since his position in the army is regarded as anything but
IT'LL TAKE VIRTUALLY a landslide for the, Deni serats to gain
With 15 holdover senators, the G. O. P. has to capture only 11 of the 27 seats up for election to the retain control it sained in the
composed of 50 mer; ikers and only
And of the 27 seats up for election, there are six in which the G. O. P. candidates are unopposed.
And from this could grow an interesting situation. Should the Rejublicans cop only 26 of the 50 s:iiate seats, as has happened befoiiz, they would have only 25 serzlors actually present because itis highly unlikely that Pvt, Beveridge could get a leave to attend to his legislative duties. Under this cond tion, the Republicans would lave to argue one Democrat int) voting with them in order to have -control.
STATE MINE GROUP
-|GETS: 40-GENT RAISE.
: TERRE HAUTE, nd., July 17 (U. P.) —A 40-cent daily ‘wage increase was granted Indiana ceep coal mine drillers and shot-fiters yesterday by the three-man | federally-ap-pointed arbitration board investigating the controversy between miners and operators. ’ James F. Dewey of Washington, chairman of the pari¢i and a mem~ ber of the U. S. conciliation service, said the increase is retroactive to Jan. 1, 1942. Miners had sought an increase retroacti ive to April 1, 1941. Dewey said the three ‘arbiters
‘| were not unanimous in the decision
but he would not fame the dissenter. Other members of the board were Judge John P. Jef cries of Terre Haute and Judge Henry B.. Brown of Jellico, Tenn. { The dispute inv olved directly abou. 250 miners, nithough 14 of the state’s largest d¢p mines were shut down when thé drillers and shot-firers quit wok May 25 to force. payment of an allegedly “promised” pay boosi, Work was resumed June 10 atier union officials and operators ‘signed settlement papers in Washington agreeing to be bound by Gepartment of labor arbitration. Hl
Something, New
A Private General
JEFFERSON BAL RACKS, Mo, July 17 (U. P.).—liot even the privates salute Gen:ral W. Deerfield at this army post, but he doesn’t care. He coegsn’'t expect them to, because he is ‘a private himself. Pvt. Deerfield; whi sakes plenty of ribbing because nf his first name, says he was :hristened for his great. grandfathier, who was a general in the | {Confederate army. © Deerfield comes tim Huntington, W. Va., and gos plenty of mail from back hoine to confuse the clerks in the sorting rooms
“lucrative,” his seat is not being filled in the fall election.
who never heard or a private general. !
QUARTERS, Australia, July 17 (U.
{BOEHNE FLAYS
TAX DICTATION
Defends House’s Prerogatives in Fieriest Speech Of His Career.
. Times Special WASHINGTON, July 17—~Rep. John W. Boehne Jr. (D. Ind) member of the house ways and
.|means committee, made the fieriest
speech of his five terms in congress debating the tax bill in the house today. He served notice on the administration that the constitution provides that the house must draft all revenue bills and therefore the ways and means committee is definitely charged with doing the job free from all departmental dicta-
pion,
Then he ripped into the present measurue for still eliminating the mandatory joint income tax returns for- husband and -wife, charging it represents a $420,000,000 tax subsidy for a 5 per cent elitein the nine community property. states.” ; Asks. Senate Support Finally he advised the senate to give r proposal for ~war reserves in taxing cofporations; predicted a sales tax as inevitable, and wound up by urging -that the house approve the ways and means committee work (estimated to raise between $6,250,000,000 © to $7,000,000,000 - in new. taxes) by a “unanimous vote.” “That would be one more notice to our enemy that'we mean to see our present struggle through to a successful, victorious conclusion,” Rep. Boehne declared. In opening his remarks he paid high tribute to Chairman Robert I. Doughton (D. N. C.) of the ways and means committee and outlined the months of work which had been carried on in drafting the bill.
Cites the Constitution
Citing the constitutional provision that “all bills for raising revenue, shall originate: in the house of representatives,” the Evansville congressman said: “It is a significant fact that this is the only grant of legislative power. in the constitution, which is expressly given to .either branch of congress. Actually speaking, there has been little occasion to question this provision. Recently, however, a new theory has been propounded and to some extent accepted, which should cause us to stop and think even in these precarious days of war, “I refer to the theory that a government department ‘should determine in advance the amount of revenue, which should be raised, or that it should propose the sources of revenue which. should be tapped.” Outlining . the . historical background for keeping the purse ‘strings in the hands of the people through their congressmen, Rep. Boehne said: “It is the function of a governmental department to advise and counsel the house in this task, not to insist or direct or demand.”
tna ita mins ol RESUME JAP BOMBINGS GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD-
P.).—Allied planes, resuming offensive activities affer a period of bad weather, bombed Japanese -installations in Ceram island, in the Moluc-
cas southwest of New. Guinea.
IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE LICENSES
the county court house. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses. = Frank Davison, 69, Lafayette | Ind.; Emma Sune; oy of 112 E. py: Clair st. Low hE
Dalla 8 Richard Matthews, 40, tian: Ethel Mae Buchanan, 255 N. Meridian. Forrest Mitchel Quinn, 24, of 738
738 Elm; n ‘Anna Marie Rogers, ‘22, of 7233 S.
25 h Grove. Ellsworth John Dabner, 22, 6f 4074 Sor a
Fneliug; Sarah R. Minor, 23, of Clin
Robert Ernest Haulk, Wash; Mary
gen Gerald oaton Bo lan;
Ha y8ry Lo ttt 2, ary Elle ssell
Boy. 30. of er "Ways rating
° | Betty Jane Barnes, 21, of 518 These lists are from official records in X 928
, of 1430 St. Paul fhe Vivian oh Gordon, 20, of 3015 Brad-
of 2255
31, of 2 Winifred Morris
Louise Cir ii Bu
of ny i ators, Furni . Op
Charles A. Ogden, 232, of DIS ya aren;
Clifton Atwood, 22, of 8. West; “Pearl Mt 17, of 240 w. n
'M. Brand, 2220 Thorn- | perry: BY erin D. Ly 2070 of 327 8.
Parl Herman C. Rackon, 31, of 4037 W. 23d; Roberta ta May Galloway, Yee of 962 E. 42d. Manford Franklin ones, 26 , of 862 Eugone oh Martha Elizabeth Sullivan, 29, of George aR Bi 23, Sin: Pauline F, BowIal el, 30 of ida” Shetny; Dora
ohn A. Sarsity. 3 of 2408 Roosevelt; Mary Gershanaff, 2 +) 1314 Milburn, mind : MEETINGS TODAY dl dianapolis American Hers Day, down-
or all day; parade; at 73 Indianapolis . ountry ‘Club
Delta Tau Delta, Iusicheon, Columbia club, noon.
Kappa Sigma, luncheors Canary cottage, noon.
plyruss | club, dinner, | | Columbia club, nig i
Belmont | recreation cen) : 7, fleld day, center, 1 p.m : +
MEETINGS TOM Meridian 3, cub, might club, 18th anniyersazy party, club, night
BIRTHS
rnin
Michiga
, Mary Fack, at St. Vincent's. Weiter Izabell Mallory, at St. Vincent's. Robert, Cecelia Biehl, at St. Vincents. William, Willehine Hoover, at Methodist. Roberts "Helen Ditton, at Methodist. Vaughn,” Helen Hardin, at Methodist. Woodrow, Mary West, at Methodist. George, Victoria Pierce, at Methodist. Clarence, Jeanette Gates, at Methodist. James, Glendora Lott, at 1922% W.
wed consideration to the.
| HIGH IN EGYPT Axis Prisoners Are Tired And Disconsolate,
Says McMillan.
By RICHARD D. McMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH FORCES AT EL ALAMEIN, Egypt, July 16 (delayed). —An Australian army doc-
Crete told me that the fighting in the last seven days west of Alamein was the fiercest he ever had seen. © “Yes, this show’s even more bitter,” he said, “but of course, our spirits are different. We’re winning here and we've got some real weapons. » The doctor’s view confirmed what Bob Palmer, 24-year-old American from Manhasset, N. Y. told me after he came down from Hammer's hill. He formerly was an American field service ambulance driver, and now he’s driving an ambulance for the Australians and trying his hardest to get on the firing line with them.
Mid-East’s Fiercest Fghting
He said all the Australians who are helping ‘hold the important ridge on the desert line agreed the blazing seven-day battle surpassed in intensity anything they had seen in the Middle East. German and Italian prisoners,
action since Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck made his stand on this line, still were flowing through the British lines. All were tired and disconsolate. But one German said:
ere, We will soon have all the oil and minerals in Russia and then Germany will be unconquerable for ever.” British Morale Is High
The spirit of the imperial troops could not be higher. In units and individually they are taking the offensive at every chance. An Australian, during the fighting around the Hill of Jesus went out as
’la lone commando and bagged three
enemy tanks by night. . He used the sticky bomb which I have mentioned several times. It is one of the best weapons the war has. produced for infantry use
been knocked out with it. The sticky bomb is a sort of explosive black-jack. It was developed as a result of the success of the Australians in using the Molotov cocktail, an empty beer bottle filled with gasoline and fitted with an incendiary cap which is detonated on contact and lights the gasoline.
«Sticky Bomb” Takes Toll
The new bomb. is less than 12 inches long. - It has an explosive charge fitted within a thin metal outer covering, and on ts end is a metal sticks ~~ = name. is deri from the uly chemi Lda = exudes when the explosive charge is set off, This sticky, inflammable substance, resembling thermite, sprays flames. The bomb does not explode -instantaneously. A man can approach a tank, plug a stick bomb against its side; nose or track, and get out of range before the explosion. Troops who have used the bomb sdy that once a tank is within
a sure kill for a cool infantryman.
RICHMOND MAY HAVE NO TAXES NEXT YEAR
RICHMOND, Ind. July 17 (U. P.). —The city of Richmond will have no municipal taxes next year if a recommendation announced yesterday by Mayor John L. Britten, whereby earnings from the citys municipal light plant would be substituted, is adopted by the common council. Mayor Britten recommended -that ar appropriation of $380,000 be taken from next year’s anticipated earnings of the electric light plant to help finance the city’s expenditures, which, according to the 1943
less than a half million dollars. - The difference between the budget and the appropriation, he said, would be drawn, from unexpended balances in the city’s general fund, the fall tax distribution and miscellaneous revenues.
1941 were $521,226.60.
FLANNER HOUSE FAIR WILL BEGIN MONDAY
The seventh annual Flanner house country fair will open Monday at 25th st. and Ralston ave. for a six-day stand.
6:30 p. m. Admission will be free.
‘| A special matinee will be held July
25 at 1:30 p. m., wh the public price of one a ee tickets will be distributed to social agencies for orphans.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
Sunrise Sunset
(Central War Time) 5:30 | TEMPERATURE ~July 17, 1941— 60 2p m..... Frecipnation 24 hrs. end. 7:30
Total precipi agian since Jan. r Excess since Jan.
The follow: i shows the maximum atures in other cities
and minimum .}in_the past 24 ‘hours, : Station
tor who wernt through the hell of}
now numbering more than in any}
“It does not matter what happens|.
against tanks. Many tanks have
throwing range, about 40 feet, it is}
proposed budget, would be slightly |
Net earnings of the light utility in|
The grounds will be open daily at]
eeU= 8. Weather Bureau.
STRAUSS SAYS:
THE
MAN'S STORE IS
OPEN ON
Sy
FROM
9 ill 530
HONDAYS
- from
115 il
(THE STORE Cool and
Pleasant . . .
which extends to the Prices)
And incidentdlly .—our MILITARY SHOP is: terrifically busy— Saturdays till the closing gong rings —(And on Mondays.)
And incidentally —we have a tremendous attendance on Saturday afternoons (and Mondays) of men who are on a brief furlough from the WAR GOODS
PRODUCTION “LINES!
L. STRAUSS