Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1942 — Page 3

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Frank E. Best .

. . more than 100 patents to his credit.

Lock Co.

A wooden model lock operated by Miss Opal McElfresh, office worker.

C10 ASKS RAISE BY ‘BIG STEEL’

Accepts WLB Decision at FDR Urging, Seeks to

Extend Provisions.

PITTSBURGH, July 18 (U. P.).— The C. I. O. demanded today that the nation’s steel industry extend to more than 650,000 workers the “basic features” of a war labor board award which recommends a 44-cents-a-day wage boost, dues checkoff and “union security” for companies. 3 After a “policy” commitfee acceded to a request by President Roosevelt for “co-operation” and unanimously approved the WLB decision, C. I. O. President Philip Murray announced last night that the United Steel Workers would reopen virtually all of its existing contracts, including its agreement with “big steel’—the U. S. Steel Corp. Reads Roosevelt Telegram

Approval of the WLB order, which slashed the U. S. W. A. demand for a $1-a-day pay increase by more than half, came after 125 committeemen from the mills of Bethlehem, Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Inland Steel companies heard Mr. Murray read a personal

. message from the President.

Mr. Roosevelt's telegram said he considered that the “control of the threatening rise in the cost of living is of paramount domestic importance,” and expressed his confidence of co-operation from all citizens, “including the steel workers.” “As workers we embrace the opportunity of being in the forefront in carrying out the national policy which will aid our nation in its war for survival,” the steel workers’ resolution replied. "Hail Membership Clause “In the spirit of President Roose-

_velt’s. message, we call upon the

corporations involved in ‘this proceedings to accept the award of the national war labor board in the interest of national unity,” the resolution declared. “Our joint efforts may then be directed toward the single common national objective of winning the war.” The resolution hailed the recommendation that union members be required to maintain their membership and that dues be deducted from pay: envelopes. : Mr. Murray, who heads the U. S. W. A. as well as the C. I. O,, revealed he had summoned representatives of union lodges in the many plants of U. S. Steel Corp. here Tuesday to formulate demands on “big steel,” based on the WLB award. A clause in the present contract permits. reopening of. negotiations on 10-day notice.

"DRUG STORES SERVE

AS RECORD DEPOTS

Marion county drug stores will act as collection depots in the American Legion's drive for “Records for Fighting Men.” Paul Gastineau, 12th district chairman for the drive, which started yesterday and will run through Aug. 2, urged that everybody turn in all the phonograph records they can. He said that the condition of records makes no difference, that even broken ones are welcome. The records collected from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky will be sent to the RCA plant here where they will be reprocessed into new records. Nationally known bands will donate their services in making new records which then will be dis- " tributed to the armed services. Kay Kyser is national president of the committee in charge of the drive.

3 FROM HERE WIN FRANKLIN HONORS

Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., July 18.—Three Indianapolis students at Franklin

Y college today were listed on the

school’s scholastic honor roll as being in the upper 10 per cent of the entire student body. They are: Helen White, Marilyn Templeton and A Josephine Best. Miss White, who will return to Franklin fall as & junior, has been warded the Elsey award, scholastic prize, for the past two years. The prize is given by Brodenhurst Elsey of Indianapolis, president of the board of directors.

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BY EARL RICHERT

AFTER TWO MONTHS of the most bitter internecine warfare, Marion county Republicans, finally have decided to walk down the

road together.

That's bad news to the local ‘Democrats.

Naturally, they had

hoped that the split between the Robert T. Typdall-James Bradford forces couldn't be mended, at least not before the fall election. And, to the credit of the Republicans, it can be said that in choosing Henry E. Ostrom as a compromise county chairman, they chose

the best man possible to do the mending. He'll mend things if they can be mended.

Mr. Ostrom is that rare type of a party leader who commands the complete confidence of practically everyone in his party, including these who worked against him in his unsuccessful mayoralty fight in the primary with Gen. Tyndall. With Mr. Ostrom as the helm as county chairman and with Gen. Tyndall as the mayoral nominee, the Democrats can count- on a tough fight this fall. » ” ”

A Compromise Choice

SELECTION of Mr. Ostrom as the compromise choice for county chairman represents no clear cut victory for either the Bradford or Tyndall fofces. It is. a victory for the Tyndall group in that they accomplish their objective of getting Mr. Bradford out of the chairman's post. And it is a victory for Jim Bradford in that it is his personal friend and the man for whom he sought the mayor's n mination that goes into his spot. Bradford declined to resign in favor of anyone other than Mr. Ostrcm. And so strong was Mr. Brad-’ ford’s position with the precinct committeemen and vice committeemen that it would have been impossible for the Tyndall forces to put through a successful ouster movement. ” » »

A Simple Matter

FORMAL TRANSFER of the county G. O. P. leadership probably will be made some time next week. Bradford, according to present strategy, will call the precinct committeemen and vice committeemen together, submit his resigriation and recommend the election of Mr. Ostrom. Gen. Tyndall also will ask the delegates to elect his former opponent. And that’s all there'll be to it. ” ” ”

Tyndall Adamant

THE FIGHT between the Tyndall and Bradford groups came to a head at a meeting of the Republican state finance committee at the Claypool hotel early this week. Then and there, Gen. Tyndall, in his characteristic; blunt military manner, told party leaders that he would go oui and raise his own campaign fund rather than co-operate with the regular

organization as long as it was headed by Bradford. The general's statement brought home to high party leaders, including State Chairman Ralph Gates, the fact that there could be no unity in this vote-heavy county until someone gave way. So, with pressure from on high, those local Republicans (headed by Herman C. Wolff) who had been working unsuccessfully for the past two months for a compromise, began to get some place. And after innumerable conferences, including several with Joseph J. Daniels, 11th district chairman and Mr. Bradford's political mentor,. the Ostrom-for-Bradford deal was worked out. And even after the warring factions agreed, it took a lot of highpressure salesmanship to get Mr. Ostrom to accept the proposition. He had told friends after the primary that he was trough with politics for good. P. S. That's politics for you.

STATE LIONS GO TO CANADA TOMORROW

The Lions club state band will give a concert at 10 o'clock tomorrow night at Union - station prior to leading an Indiana delegation to

Toronto, Canada, where Edward H. Paine, Michigan = City, will be elevated to the presidency of Lions International. The international convention opens Monday. A 36-foot ‘scenic display of Indiana parks, highways and agricultural districts will be erected in the Maple Leaf auditorium at Toronto Tomato juice furnished by the Indiana Canners association will be dispensed. In the Indiana delegation from the Indianapolis club will be Mr. and Mrs. Glen Campbell, Howard Lewis, . Charles Merrick, Dale Tumbleson, Miles Hooket, Ralph Hoffheim, Ted Liebtag, Clarence Dombhoff, J. R. McCoy and F. E. Thornburg. Six daughters of Lions members will he Indiana hostesses. Mr. Campbell, president of the Indianapolis club, is international convention chairman,

SAILORS GUESTS AT BOOSTER CLUB PICNIC

" Thirty sailors will be guests of the Booster club of the 17th organized division, U. S. N. R., at a picnic at noon tomorrow in the Garfield park community house. Tumblers from the South Side Turners will entertain. Mrs. C. Henniger Jr. heads the committee in charge. Mrs. Roy H. Brandes is

president of the. Booster club.

ALLIES IMPROVE LINES INDI DESERT

Situation ire Favorable Than at Any Time Since

Rommel Broke Through.

By RICHARD D. .IcMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent WITH BRITISH FORCES AT EL ALAMEIN, July 17 (delayed)—The Australians have advanced southwestward, beyond El Alamein railroad station and have taken an important ridge. They captured a number of Italians. In the dust bowl toward the central sector the imperial troops, with the aid of American General Grant and General Lee tanks, have beaten off a succession of German attacks. As I write the situation is more favorable than it has been since the Eighth army withdrew to this battle line. The Germans again are re-

grouping their forces for an attack

and a big battle is brewing. Axis Attack Met

The axis forces tried an attack in force on the central sector last night. As the sun set, the enemy guns suddenly vpened up with mass fire and German and Italian infantry began creeping foward the British lines. ; The British were ready. Their tanks were drawn in a line from north to south. Their guns, closepaced, opened fire which hurled back the enemy infantry. I watched the attack start. German tanks and truck-borne infantry appeared on the southern slopes of a hill which dominafes two valleys leading through the heart of the dust bowl. The flash of the Nazi guns could be seen through the low waves of dust driven by a warm sea breeze.

Praises U. S.-Made Tanks

.The tanks, including some General Grants, moved out from concealed positions in the southern valley and raced into the midst of the attacking Germans while guns bombarded the enemy and the infantry advanced to meet them. A tank man I met at an advanced dressing station where he was being treated for wounds praised the General Grants. “The enemy moved up Italian infantry,” he said. “Tanks of the German 15th and 21st divisions followed, and behind then came infantry in trucks. We got a direct hit on one tank and it went up like: a rocket. . “Our General Grants easily matches the enemy's 75-millimeter (3-inch) tank guns.”

British Make Gains

The Germans kept up this attack for hours, but found it was hopeless and withdrew to the west. The. British moved up a mile or more and the engineers started to clear enemy mine fields and barbed wire. - In the southern sector British columns pushed forward -as much as five miles. It looked today as if the Germans and Italians might have to make a further withdrawal in the center. They are in an . exposed salient.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County City Total 1941 eects snsesse 37 39 76

1042 L..eeeerinnen. 23 43 65 July 17= Accidents ... 34|Arrests ......151

Injured .....

FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid Speeding . 14 —13 $131 Reckless driving 12 10 93 Failure to stop at through street 6 5 Failure to stop at signals ....... 0 0 0 Drunken driving 6 3 5 All others ..... 36 32 91

$397

Totals aeons 74 63

MARRIAGE LICENSES

These lists are from official records in the county court house. The Times, therefore, is mot responsible for errors in names and addresses.

James R. Long, 43, of 508 a Aiabaia; Mabel Wanda Snyder, 46, of 50. . Ala ama

Robert K. Skinner, 40; igan; Helen Moore, 33," Emerson Bikins,

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of 3035 W. Michpolis. Indi

Sarah L. Arnold, 20, of 117 E. Grant st., Greenfield, Ind.

Fred E. Kline, 31, of 322 N. Emerson; Genevieve Verbarg, 31, of 3851 Ruckle.

Martin E. Snyder, of 2606 N. New Jersey; Julia M. Prosser, 24, of 2515 N. New ersey Menton Wallace Reed, 36, of 610 N. Denny; Helen Schrontz, 36, of 446 N. Sherman dr. Robert Harold McCoy, 21, of 5121 Guilford; Jean Frances Miller, 20, of 30 S Bolton. Clarence B. Reid, n. Dayton, O.; Mary E. Yancey, 46, Dayto oO. Thomas Clark Ford, "53, of 2822 Ruckle; Dorris Walsh, 21, of 3475 Forest Manos. Robert L. Timmons, 20, of 803 Sanders; Mable Lee Corbin, 21, of 352 N. Arsenal, John Earl McGinness, 25, Scott Field, In; Helen Harkins, 21, of .6909 E. Wash-

in en Lee Wade, 22, of 1147 N. Minois: Leutta Mae Crowe, 32, of 120 W. George Edward Milburn, 22, of 525 Woe ou ly Ruby Faun Milburn, 20, of 1262 Edward Urban Parker, 25, of 2328 Shelby; Floranna Framer, 20, of 2328 Shelby. Charles Edgar Hindsley, 27, of 3345 Roosevelt; Estelle L. C. Wilson, 25, of 1001 College. Carbett Lee Goins, 88, of 940 N. Ala-|© bama; Blahche Darlene LeBarr, 38, of 0 N. Alabam A. Walter Broce, 33, Hanna, Ind.; Pauline Conrad, 18, Indianapolis. Edward Everett Bayer, 23, of 1701 N. Illinois; Fern Thurston, 18, City Juspital, Clifton Gatlin, 27, of 1015 Beech Grove; yrvian, M Rader, 23, of 131 N. 18th, Beech Gro Herbert Paul Schmaliz, 18, of 1156 Knox; Martha Kemp, 17, of. 2888 yd. William R. JHopicins, 3 of 627 N. PennPky Edith McLe ‘23, of U. 8. Vet-

erans fos Boras Marion, Jad. igo Zant wand, . 30, Box 219, ana; Marie 3 a Milie , 33, of

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MEETINGS TODAY

Meridian Hills country club, 18th anniversary party, club, night.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indiana Rural Letter Carriers association, convention, Claypool hotel, all day. Former residents of Fortville, 15th annual reunion, Brookside park, 2:30 p. m Garfield unit 88, American Legion, and joint picnic, Longacre park, noon. Manual high school band, Soneert, Garfield park bandstand, 8 p.

BIRTHS Girls

Ralph, Nina Davis, at Coleman Dale, Lucille Newlin, at Methodist. William, Ruby Engels, at Methodist. Orville, Mary Shinkle,’ at Methodist. Ralph, Vivian Elrod, at 3131 Grace-

nd. Wesley, Mildred Roberts, 1524 Lambert, Bere

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Lee, Mary Whyde, City. Robert, Bernice Chall at Coleman. bert, Jean Wiedenhaupt, at Meth-

odist. Paul, Jean Miller, at Methodist. Burrell, Emma Lawton, at Methodist. Grant, “Thixley Eldredge, 55 N. Jefferson.

DEATHS

Otto E. Zander, 80, ‘at 5338 Julian, ,| coronary occlusion. Luther Nelson, 57, at Long, arteriosclerosis. Minnie = Resener, 67, at St. Vincent's, carcinom a Samii Linson, towel obsirucue rey . Keeler, 71, at Methodist, general. I hein

Landed For

Dorothy Crabtree .". , com

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By VICTOR PETEE 50N Thirty-two years ago } Hank Ellison Best, then head of he indus-

Anne high school, Seati 2 had too many keys for | is locks. i Knowing nothing of Best spent the best pa! time outside school hou years in the study of al | locks on the market. He got comp. any catalogs, government materia and the locks themselves. . Thes apart and with a ch him, noted down all th that would some day ga into his product and all the oth ures he would avoid. : Today Mr. Best heads| i Universal Lock Co. In Washington st., which hat crease its personnel 33% H ner cent since the outbreak of the | i war.

Working 7 Days a Videk

"Deep in government | contracts for locks for the army, nd vy, maritime commission and gercral governmental agencies, the employees are working 10 hours a ¢: days a "week with some pat: plant operating on a 24-hp basis. Driving hard to win tiie battle of production, the compe ny yesterday received reward efforts. Lawrence Impey, for foreign correspondent fo don Daily Mail in the O: Andrew W. Knebel, mariné of World War I from Add son, N.Y, addressed the assembled Vorkers at a noon meeting. Mr. Impey and Mr. Knetel represented the office of nationzl service, an instrumentality of tig U. S. Maritime comission. Appeal for United Eifdrt

EB The purpose of the mesfing was to bring a direct appeal {a workers for a united effort and c¢ncentration on the job. i Mr. Knebel, tofally blad as a result of wounds, spoke briefly on the job to be done by workers and quoted an unknown soldi¢: | taan, who said in regar of materials: “Don’t bl this battle be lost.”

[for two

he Best

years e Lon-

at least 50 per ‘cent w Impey pulled no punches i tailed the ruthless tactics Japanese soldiery toward } i conquered territories. 4 He cited several instances | tality which so obviously {:

DR. BARRY fi

president of the Indiana of Health last night at

He succeeds Dr. Georg staedt, whose term expir Frank G. Laird, vice pr been in charge since Dr staedt’s term expired. Siice Dr. Kohlstaedt on the boa A. F. Weyerbacher. The following were re-el¢ Mr. Laird, vice pe

city hospital; Dr. Kennel u staedt, assistant superinten ic: Albert F, Walsman, business ager. il

OFFICIAL WEATHE! U.S. Weather Bureau...

(Central War Time) Hi Sunmrise 5:31 Sunset .. | i.

TEMPERATURE -—July 18, tl 1 2 m.. f Precipitation 24 hrs. i 7:30. 2. m. Total precipitation since Jan. ™ lees Excess since Jan. 1 ly

The following table shows we tures in other cities: Stations— Atlanta Bismarck, N. D.. Boston

Cincinnati ..... Cleveland ,,. Denver .osee. Evansville .. Ft. Way Todianinoits cesente Ranisas City, Mo

Virginia Nadine Ma cough,

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|For the five-pin tumbler,

Mr. Impey, left, and Mr. Knebel, right, confer with Howard N,

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all that silence is not the word to express the quiet that prevailed. Then Mr. Impey also pointed to the excellent work being carried out by the Best Lock Co. But the plant itself speaks for itself, Flexibility seems to be the motto. All employees are imbued with the term and carry it into ac-

*{tual operation.

The guiding light of the flexibility of the plant surges from Mr. Best, with whom everything must be flexible.

‘Every Best lock has a detachable core which can be placed in any other Best lock with a similar number of pin tumblers. Locks are made in five, six and seven-pin tumbler sizes. The addition of each pin increases the number of possible combinations. 100,000 different combinations are possible. For the six-pin, one million combinations. And for the seven-pin, 10 million combinations. " And now Mr. Best has patented

‘a new lock which is claimed to be

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possibility of one billion combinations, Of course, combinations are repeated but the chances of a person having his key fit another lock is 100,000 to one, one million to one or 10 million to one. In fact it is even more remote for combinations are never sent to the same or neighboring sections of the country.

Beginning Aug. 1, the company, on government orders, must cease the production of all locks made of extruted bars of brass. Production will be then carried on with malleable iron. However, officials of the company have appealed to the govarnment to continue the production of brass locks on government contracis wherever the locks will come in contact with sea water. In peacetime the company deals almost exclusively in the production of locks for industry with very little catering to home trades. But Mr. Best does not spend his entire time with locks. Starting his company in Seattle, Wash. in 1925, he brought it here in 1938.

Sweetman, general manager of Best's,

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Frank E. Best Guiding Spirit Behind Production

With his organization well under

way, he turned his attention to other fields of invention.

To date he has over 100 patents

in his name with 10 per cent of them actually being used. In time he predicted at least 75 per cen would find their way into industry, And they are not all locks. A plastic airplane, plastic airplane wings molded all in one piece, oile less roller bearings and scores of others are credited to him in Washington. At present he is nearly equaling Thomas A. Edison's récord of an invention a month. : Yet he still has time to delve in the physical aspects of chemistry, make a study of the origin of the world and write numerous treatises on such subjects as molecular theory.

But today his thought and the

thought of every employee of the Best Universal Lock Co., Inc. is “Flexibility—flexibility for the gove

ernment so that the united nations

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may win through tp a glorious

absolutely *‘pick proof” and has the

victory. and peace.”

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Saturday

Dear Fellows— THIS IS A special chow that the home folk will enjoy—and that the men in the service—(in camp and on the battle fronts) will relish immensely. . . . They're all hungry for news from the home town. It's served by The Man’s Store—The Indianapolis . Times assisted this time in its preparation. . . . It’s a toothsome “stew.” . The recipe includes meaty news that sticks to the ribs. . . . Flavored with news of a lighter vein. . , . Seasoned with good nature, . And spiced with Indianapolis home town hospitality and friendliness. “What's Cookin’” , . . This is it. . . . It will appear in this space each Saturday. ... With our compliments. . . , We hope you'll enjoy it. . . . We had it published in this convenient form. ... Here and on the next page, hopeful that it would be clipped and enclosed in letters. . . . The letters that our citizens send to their boys who are away from home. . . . The boys who are helping Uncle Sam to victory.

Kiss the Girls Goodbye!

ALL YOU BOYS have heard about the Wackys (excuse it, please, girls!), of course, . Well, this was Wacky week in town. . .. The ladies started getting their telegrams saying “Proceed to Fort Des Moines.” . , . You remember that word “Proceed,” don’t you? . . . And listen, fellows, that girls’ army is going to be just as trim-looking as our men’s army. . .'. That's saying a lot, too! ... On their way to Fort Des Moines (maybe you know some of the lassies) are Miss Dorothy Springer, a steno over at Atkins Savings & Loan; Miss Phyllis Miller from RCA; Miss Elizabeth: C. Smith from the local office of the U. S. Employment Service; Miss Gladys Hole from our colieague across the street, Wasson’s; Miss Irene Sweeney, the field secretary of the League of Women Voters; Miss Pauline Pierce, a teacher; Miss Doris Norrel, who’s been working in the city controllers office at City Hall; Mrs. Harriett Stout, from Ayres, up the street, and whose hubby, Lieut. William Stout, is up at Great Lakes; and two sisters, Dr. Elizabeth Garber and Miss Elizabeth J. Garber, whose brother, Dr. J. N, Garber of the I. U. Medical Center, has just been commissioned a captain in the army..., ‘There probably will be a few more to go, too, . « « But more of that next week. . . . If you run into the girls from the home town, give ‘em a snappy salute, won't you?

The OU Professor Holds Class

KAY KYSER and his musical troupe came to town this week. . , . And, fellows, they really did their stuff! , , . Kay had five

July 18, 1942

shows a day over at the Circle Theater. . , But that didn’t stop him a bit. . . . He put on two big “Bond Wagen” shows right on the Circle. . . . The town turmred right out and they were almost doing the jive right there on the sidewalk. . . . The home town folks bought, too. . .. Kay’s two shows sold somes thing more than $308,000 in war bonds. . . , Swell, isn’t it? . . . Then, Kay’s boys went up to the new Service Men’s club to give i a rousing sendoff with his hour-long radio

show. . . . The club is in the old Maenners =

chor building (The Gay Nineties) up at Illia nois and Michigan. , . . Six of the servicemen

from around town took part in the show and

gave a grand account of themselves. . . o Hope you had a chance to listen in. . .. Bug even if you didn’t, you'll be glad to know that Professor Kay’s “chillun” did their ir real well.

The Folks Are Pitching In

IN A LOT OF WAYS, you wouldn't recoge nize the old home town. . .. The busses have gone on the skip-stop plan. ... They've cut out about 40 per cent of the stops .... Ine stead of stopping at every corner, the busses stop at every other, or where the blocks are real short, every third corner... . Speeds up things no end. . And gives us a little ex~

ercise, walking down to the corner, instead :

of waiting on the curb, giving the nod to the

bus driver. . . . More folks are joining up and sharing their cars. . .. And the big dee fense plants keep getting bigger all the time, . . Can't tell you much about that (military

secret, you know!). . . . Allison's, by the way,

opened. up a new cafeteria this week. . . s Covers 30,000 square feet of floor space and takes about 500 workers right in the cafee teria. . . . They're serving six meals a day,

two each for the three shifts. . . . They've 2 |

got two big indoor trucks, which drive = around cleaning up after each meal period;

. . . and, oh yes, we had a little discussion about the girls wearing stockings, or going bare-legged. . , . ladies all wearing slacks. ¢. . Well, we come promised that one just like we did on slacks - « ». Good compromise, too. . .. We decided to let the girls do pretty much as they wanted,

Atterbury Gets Going -

DON'T KNOW WHETHER you've heard about Atterbury, or not , . . It’s the new camp down south of ‘here, around Columbus, . . . New home of the 83d Division. . . . Offi= cers and specialists started piling in this weelg and the rest will be along in a few weeks, just as soon as all the construction is done, « « « Going to be about 30,000 or so of ‘em. By the way, one of you chaps got his picture in the papers this week. . .. Pvt. Warman

.You know, just. like the hg :