Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1942 — Page 2

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R. A. F. BLASTS NAZI FACTORIES

Strong Bomber Squadrons Attack War Plants of “‘Rubr and Rhine.

LONDON, July 2¢ (U. PP).

Strong forces of R. A. F. bombers ||

attacked objectives in Germany's industrial valleys of the Ruhr and the Rhine last night while their supporting aircraft bombed airdromes, railways and other targets in the occupied lowlands, an air ministry communique said today. At dawn British planes still were sweeping out in force over northern France. Seven British bombers were missing, the air ministry said. Asthe R. AF. w ctive on the continent, German planes ranged over England in one of their most extensive operations this summer and the Berlin radio, unconfirmed by other sources, said that Soviet bombers raided east Prussia again. The British said that their night fighters shot down seven of the

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Civilian Factories to Be Regrouped and Some Weeded Out.

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ing the same article are producing only at one-tenth normal capacity, nine of them will be closed down or converted and the

j| other allowed to rum full blast.

2. Small plants, as a rule, will be

4 | allowed to continue operation while

larger ones will be turned over to war production. 3. Civilian production will be suspended in areas where labor is needed in war plants, but allowed to continue in areas where labor supplies are ample. 4. Production will be suspended or curtailed where power supply or warehouse accommodations are inadequate. :

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Only “7 or 8 on Finance

« Russell Robbins to Head Speakers Bureau in Fall Campaign. Russell Robbins, clerk of the

Wayne circuit court at Richmond, was named today by State Chair-

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Senate sales tax advocates report:d today that a private survey of sein ment in the finance committee 1 vealed a lack of sufficient stre: for adoption of the proposal on ie new tax bill, it

of the 2l-member committee present favor that method of taining more money for the | 'ernment’s war needs. They si however, that many senators) iz: still undecided. ar Among advocates of a sales tix|is Senator Arthur H. Vandente: (R. Mich.) who led an unsucce; attempt to incorporate. a gor manufacturers’. excise tax in| year’s bill, i

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Committee Favor Lev! To Boost Revenue. WASHINGTON, July 24 (U. P.)

They said only “seven or eink ’

Undecided on Rate

'RIDAY,

Bomb Germany Out of the Warl U.S. and.

Great Britain Have What It Takes to Do It

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accredited tonnage. One thousand planes, then, could deliver at least 3000 tons a night, which was the load dumped on Cologne, but with heavier loading the total would run higher. More than 1000 planes were used in the Cologne raid. Figuring 10 operational nights a month, as a maximum expectancy, though bad weather might reduce this some months, that would mean 30,000 tons a month,

| though with heavier loads and

with more than 1000 planes used some nights, which would be the objective, the monthly bomb load would run close to 40,0000 tons, probably to 50,000.

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THIS WOULD mean, at the top estimate, a total of 150,000 tons in three months. That's a terrific load of destruction, dropped, too, with the accuracy now achieved by both British and

bombers a month, which would be the replacement factor. It can be stated authoritatively that present British and American production exceeds this replacement requirement. ”

In other necessary directions, the requirements are being built up for smashing blows by. the army air forces. Msgj. Gen. Barton K. Yount, commanding general of the flying training command, announced re-

cently that the training program |

for pilots and crews was being stepped up considerably.

“The army air forces is today undergoing what will undoubtedly be regarded by future historians as the most extraordinary air expansion program that any nation has ever attempted,” he said. “America is well aware of the potency of modern airpower, and our nation is determined to have, not only the finest air force the world has ever seen up to this time, but the biggest as well.

Plenty of Airdromes

many, assuming that two squadrons would operate from one aire drome, more than 120 airdromes would be needed,” he added. “That problem could be met.” A huge ground force of mainte.nance crews is required. A total .- ground staff of at least 20 is necessary directly or indirectly

ing built up. British maintenance crews are seemingly slower than Americans,

been further behind schedule than ~ is believed necessary. HF When Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the army air

Cologne raid, it was suggested in press dispatches from London .

the whole job of maintenance - and repair of all combat planes.

MONDAY: How. German and British bombing strategists differ.

for every man in a bomber, it is i estimated. This personnel is be- “

and ‘consequently repairs have

forces, was in England discussing ; : air plans, which was during the ...

that the United States take over .

craft were being sent to Gers '

man Ralph Gates as head of the G. O.. P. speakers bureau for the fall campaign. Mr. Robbins was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination of clerk of the supreme and appellate courts at the party’s recent convention here. He is completing his second term as Wayne court clerk and previously he held positions as secretary of a|Robert A. Taft (R. O.) and ¢ building and loan association at|Herring (D. Ia.). ho Richmond and as assistant chief| Chairman Walter F. George (D. clerk of the Richmond state hos-|Ga.) told reporters that earl) in pital. He is 36, married and has|the hearings’ the committee | wi

three children. have a closed meeting to crystallize

The WPB admitted many problems are yet to be solved—compensation for closed-down firms, maintenance of trade-marks and rearA. M. Taff, deputy marshal, made| rangement of distributive channels. the arrest yesterday on information| But it added that compensation given by the federal bureau Of| for suspended factories should come investigation there. Stermer iS| from those allowed to continue charged with failing to report|,rodyction, and said “concentration for his physical examination and iS| plans should not foster post-war being held here under a $1000 bond | jomination of an industry by one pending notification of his draft|,. 5 few companies.”

board. Plan Maintenance Crews

Under one plan now being considered, small maintenance crews would be kept in closed-down plants and the cost of this service pos-

German planes which scattered over the east and northeast coasts and the east and west Midlands taking advantage of low hanging clouds and a bright moon to bomb a num"ber of localities. Women of the British auxiliary services, going into action for the first time since their assignment to anti-aircraft batteries, were given credit for driving a German raider away.from an east coast town which it tried to bomb.

American bombers... Germany never dropped more than 15,000 tons on England in any 80-day period. } In Germany there are 31: key industrial cities. Such raids as desribed can be translated into 5000 tons on each of these cities in the three months. Cologne’s industrial section was wrecked by 3000 tons of bombs dropped in one night. The heaviest single load ever dropped on England in one raid by the Germans, and that for two successive nights, was less than 700 tons for the two nights, according to an offiical English

of German descent, has been arrested in Frankfort by a deputy U. S. marshal for failure to report to his draft board in Donora, Pa.

“EVEN BEFORE the United States entered the war,” he explained, “tremendous steps had been taken and unprecedented plans set up for a program of national defense. . The schedule .called for the training of 30,000 pilots and 10,000 bombardiers and navigators a year. and 100,000 airplane mechanics and technicians per year. ~ “In order to meet the immediate goal of 1,000,000 officers and men for the air forces these rates are being considerably stepped up as rapidly as facilities become available.” i There are sufficient airdromes

Asked if he intended to renew iie attempt this year, he said: | “I'm way beyond that now for a federal retail sales tax.” He added that he is not r:.dy to suggest a rate or to say ii commodities should be exempt

SOLDIERS VOTE BILL = PASSED BY HOUSE .

‘WASHINGTON, July 24 (U. P.);¢ —Legislation to allow members. of ** the armed forces in the continen- .. tal United States to vote in the 1942 elections went to the senate today ¥ after house debate in which the '™ questions of poll taxes and Negro voters were bitterly discussed. . The bill was passed, 134 to 19, but only after a small group of southern representatives

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as to narrow the hearings to I: taxes it wants to consider. |

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sibly met from the profits of producing concerns. WPB officials said this would allow closed units to resume production as soon as the war is over.

cific proposals by Secretary ol |

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House Opposes Sales Tax | That would apply, he said, fo :oe-

announcement. . Average bomber losses in the Cologne and Essen raids were ¢ per cent quite a drop from the average of 10 per cent in smaller

in England as-bases, according to an article by the air correspondent of the London Observer some time ago. He was discussing the possibility of sending out 3000

it so vigorously that supporters

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WPB Chief Donald M. Nelson pointed out that heretofore the cutdown in civilian production had been accomplished by percentage reductions in each factory. “The war program has now

ate include in the bill taxes oi income from state and mun securities, provide. for mar joint returns by married co: and reduce the oil and gas c¢¢b tion allowances of present 1:

bombers some nights over Germany to maintain a 1000-a-night average, since bad weather conditions ‘would reduce the number on other nights.

British raids over the two previous years. Losses over 10 per cent are regarded as too costly to justify raiding. AT THE FOUR PER CENT rate,

‘land Alaska an opportunity to vote in the congressional election if they ™ are qualified as voters in their" states. To get an “official war bal=~ lot,” however, they must swear that”

Bradford Group Agrees to Beaten "Mayoral Aspirant

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reached a stage, however,” he said, “in which the imposition of straight percentage cuts on all firms does not provide for the most effective use of the nation’s resources. “Consequently, the ‘board has decided that wherever possible a policy of selective limitation be applied, with essential civilian production concentrated in certain plants and regions.”

Conditions Illustrated

The concentration plan will be imposed, he said, whenever one of these conditions exists: 1. Some or all firms in the industry are needed for war production and can be converted. 2. Civilian production has been so restricted that economic operation of all firms in the industry is not possible. 3. A significant part of the production is continuing in areas where there are bottlenecks in labor, transport, power or warehouse facilities. : The plan has been under study by WPB officials for some time, and follows closely experience in Britain and Germany. Another feature of the program is standardization and simplification of civilian products, already in force in one of the “guinea pig”

'| iIndustries—bicycle making.

Woodstock, for example, is. apparently to make what typewriters continue to be turned out. In the farm implement field, however, there are 800 plants, not counting 600 very small cnes, and though ,they are still making. 83 per cent of their 1941. production, it is expected this will be brought down to 30 or even 25 per cent. Of more than 400 metal products whose manufacture was recently forbidden, none are to be allowed to return under this plan, unless some of them should prove to be more in the nature of necessities

| than was supposed.

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No Hard, Fast Rules

The announcement of Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the WPB said no hard or fast rules could be laid down for the concentration, but it made clear that production was to be continued in places which have ‘the fewest shortages of labor, power, transportation and warehousing space. It is also to go in general to the smaller plants. Cities like New York and a number of middlesized industrial centers in Indiana and Ohio are expected to inherit most of the “nucleus” plants, to use a word Mr, Nelson borrows from England.

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at the meeting which was held for the specific purpose of getting the Bradford-supporting ward chairmen to agree to the change. These chairmen minced no words of their disapproval of Charles W. Jewett, Gen. Tyndall's campaign manager, and the general assured them that with Mr. Ostrom as county chairman he would follow the campaign lines laid down by the new chairman.

Both Gen. Tyndall and Mr. Jewett:

had refused to along with the regular party organization as long as Mr. Bradford remained as chairman. >

Ostrom Compromise Choice

And Mr. Ostrom, whom Mr. Bradford supported in the primary mayoralty fight against Gen. Tyndall, was agreed upon last week by both factions as a compromise choice for county chairmen. But last night's meeting was necessary to get the ward chairmen to approve the change. In addition to the ward and township chairmen, the only Republicans attending the closed meeting were District Chairmen Joseph J. Daniels, State Chairman Ralph Gates, Mr. Bradford, Mr. Ostrom and Gen. Tyndall. Mr, Jewett was not invited. Mr. Ostrom said today that as county chairman he was “not going out to dehorn any Republican. We can’t have a baseball game without two teams.”

He said he contemplated using |i

both Mr. Jewett and Mr. Bradford in the fall campaign. Mr. Gates announced at the meeting that Mr. Bradford will take charge of organization work in the industrial areas of the state for

the state G. O. P. committee oni:

Aug. 1. ; A meeting of G. O. P. candidates is to be held shortly. to notify them officially of the change in. party leadership.

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Mayor Sullivan.

A delegation representing” the: State, County and Municipal Work- |: ers of America, a C. I. O. affiliate, |:

called at the mayor's office yesterday and requested that department wages be raised at least 15 per cent. Delegation spokesmen urged that the Mayor recommend ' additional

money be provided in the 1943}

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