Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1942 — Page 1

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CITY'S RELIEF

GOST CUT, TAX DROP POSSIBLE

Balances From This Year|]

And 1941 May Provide

For Welfare Needs.

Prospects for a substantial reducin property tax rates for 1943 ¥ere brightened today by figures hdicating that Center township evy for poor relief will be elim inated. entirely. : Direct relief expenses, for many lears one of the biggest tax bur lens in the county, have been esti

ted at only $369,000 for next year|:

“In Center township.

' However, County Auditor Glenn| B. Ralston reported that balances| + left over from budgets this year| and from 1941 will more than take|

care of next year’s relief expenses. The 1942 relief budget was the same as that proposed for next year. > Expenditures Decline

“Due to rapidly falling relief expenditures late in 1941, there was a balance of $500,000 left over from last year and anh additional balance is expected to be left in the treasury at the end of this year. Unable to foresee the rapid reduction in relief costs a year ago, a tax levy of 10 cents was fixed for this year. Direct relief budgets during depression years ranged as high as $1,500,000. Other factors that may develop into reduced 1943 tax rates include predictions by city hall officials that the municipal corporation budget for next year will be reduced due to curtailment of mateMals and building projects due to] war conditions.

Hero of Sinking

Al Rust

LOCAL SAILOR SEEKS REVENGE

Swimming Champ Was Gun Captain on - Ship Sunk In Caribbean.

nery post on one of Uncle Sam's cargo ships next week—and he’s going back with a vengeance. The champion Indianapolis swimmer hopes to spot the German submarine that torpedoed his ship “out

Al Rust is going back to his gun-

U. 5. TO PROBE BLACK MARKET

Higgins _ Says Hel al Proof of Charges That

Amaze Congressmen

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 5 (U.P.).— Frank O. Higgins, ‘who amazed a congressional investigating subcommittee by reporting that steel for his father’s shipyards was obtained from “black markets” which sold above OPA ceilings, said today he would provide proof of his assertions before an executive session of the group. Later Chairman J. Harden Peterson (D. Fla.) said that he knew the names of “black market” steel

". |operators, but that they cannot be

made public, “because they might be moving steel now.” The committee, he said, might give out some of the names if it “didn’t hurt the case” but he warned that these ‘dealers “might move steel overnight—in fact they might ‘be moving steel right now.”

Fears Hurting Case

Rep. Peterson apparently meant that revelation of the names of operators might result in their transporting steel from “black market” depots to other warehouses, thus destroying evidenee. Earl A. Goodenow, regional OPA price officer, said that if allegations of a black market made by Mr. Higgins were true “then it will result in an investigation throughout the entire United States.” Meanwhile, in Washington, Price Administrator Leon Henderson ordered an immediate investigation of

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United Press

air-borne whippet tanks deep lines in the Caucasus today in

whelming.”

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DROP TANKS IN SWARMS BACK

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‘Suicide’ Units of Nazi »¢ Nazi Tommy Gunners At

Fights in Retreat Forces Intact.

By EVERETT R. HOLLES

Cable Editor

The Germans dropped swarms of parachute troops and

behind the wavering Russian an effort to split up the Soviet

armies falling back in almost all vital sectors before the biggest tank assaults of the war. The stubborn Soviet withdrawal was made against odds which the Moscow official press described as ‘already over-

The Germans were following their now-familiar strat-

tank and plane strength and

then attempting to disrupt enemy rear-line communications with paratroops and small “tankettes” landed at vital spots such as railroad and highway junctions.

Fight to Keep Russ Army Intact

N o longer was it a question of merely defending the rich oil centers .and communications of the Caucasus because much of the oil already has been cut off by the swift Nazi drives and important railroad lines have been severed. It was a battle’ to keep Marshal Semyon ' armies intact and prevent them from being brdken into segments and ground beneath the charges. of fleets tanks—driving forward in some places at the rate ‘of 50 miles a day over the Caucasus plains Which. are almost ideal

imoshenko’s

South of the Don river, west of the Volga and north of the lofty ‘Caucasian mountains, Germany is

County Budget Up j from under” him in the wild At-|markets.

for this mechanized warfare. : ®

Although the county government Judgets proposed for next year

close to $500,000 more | ‘Tdke ‘most heroes © va BB pri han was reluctant to talk about the nine

1942 appropriations, the county council has indicated it nay eliminate a $250,000 item proposed for reappraisal of real estate.

If this is done, the county rate May be kept about the same as is year despite salary increases

amounting to about $200,000.

The city tax rate for this year was $1.43. This may be reduced as

much as 5 or 10 cents.

Will Suit Doubles

Girl's Allowance

DEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 5 (U. P.). ~Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill, beautiful 16-year-old amateur figure skating star, will receive $4000 2 year for life and a $75,000 lump sum on the death of “her mother, “under a compromise court settlement today in her fight to break ‘the $1,000,000 will of hel late grandfather. The residue of the estate goes bo Phillips Exeter academy. * Under Frank A. Merrill's will, Miss Merrill had been bequeathed $2000 a year until her 21st birthe day, and $25,000 on the death of her mother, with the academy as Fesiduary legatee.

RUSS MAKE NEW PLANE

MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (U. P)—A ; ewly designed Russian warplane, ore heavily armed than its predecessor and more efficient in is being produced in quantity, the Tass news agency said

operation, today.

. capt. Boltonosov, tests of the planes,

taking.

who directed said they A weighed less than the old models “despite increased armaments, were more streamlined and efficiently arrangd for observation and sight

lantic waters 400 miles off the Dominican Republic island.

ot the was, Al|

days and nights he was tossed on the choppy waters in the Caribbean only a month ago .. . not knowing hungry shark, a German shell,’ or

being awakened at his home, 2222 W. 65th st., while: enjoying a 15-

of the most thrilling sea dramas of

morning of June 29.

torpedoing: of . a ship, "” Al said.

a jolt.” Al grabbed his swimming trunks

‘Ito. direct, operations of the guns.

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JUGOSLAVS REPORT

LONDON, Aug. 5 (U. P.).—Gen.

of west-central Jugoslavia, advice said today.

troops, it was said.

Brightwood Démands Police End Work of Hoodlum Gangs

City police were blamed for “slowness” in answering calls by Jesidents of the Brightwood comed before y with de-

munity when they a le sie board yes

end to hoodl

um ‘gangs in neighborhood,

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“rowdy. ers awake until as late as 3:30 a. m

front porch.

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‘Clapper oer en 9 Comics ...... 17 ‘Crossword vee 11 torials ... 10 , ®eesone 10 ia 13

Movies Senses Mowrer

seen

11 David Nichol, 11 Obituaries .., 15

when citizens cannot get.a police-

driven by the offenders.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES a m. oes 64 1 +m

when he might fall victim to a

starvation. But he was polite about

daf furlough for his part in one

8s ringing wasn’t nearly as pt as the thunder of that tordo which ripped the aft portion

about 7:25 on the

“It's impossible . to describe the

“There was just a terrific noise and

The gun was under water, for that portion of the ship had been

1400 ENEMY DEATHS

Draja Mikhailovitch’s patriot army has killed 1400 axis troops, wounded 600 and captured 1000, including Germans, Bulgarians and Croats in a major battle in the Bosnian area

Bulgarian troops were compelled to retire from the sector and heavy fighting is continuing between the Jugoslav patriots and the other axis

mands for police action to put an that

A committee of Brightwood residents appealed to the board to stop “brawls” “petting parties” and ” which keep household-

After two residents charged that q|1t took police from “two to three” hours to answer calls, Chief Morrissey said that there is no time

man within an hour when needed. Eeroy J. Keach, safety board president, said that police would be 9 eep a watch on the neighborhood and added that the 17 residents could help by taking down license numbers of automobiles

The report also diew comment

WEB Chairman Donald u Nelson said that He would investigate the charges, but did not. indicate whether it would be in concert with Mr. Henderson's investigation. Lauds Frankness Rep. John B. Sullivan of Missouri, a member of the subcommittee, praised Mr. Higgins’ candidness and said that “this young man has told us more in five minutes than we have found out since this investigation started.” Mr, Higgins, son of Andrew Jackson Higgins, was the chief witness yesterday before the house merchant marine and fisheries subcommittee, which is investigating cancellation of government contracts for 200 ships to be built at the yards in Michaud, La. When he revealed the existence

he said, the handiest piece of cloth. of the “bootleg trade” for the high

ing available, and rushed to the largest. gun on the: deck. He was gunnery captain and it was his job

priority product, the committee members did not attempt to conceal their astonishment. Prodding him, they obtained testimony which prompted ‘Mr. Higgins Sr. to jump up and interrupt. Warehouses “Bulging”

cried. “We'll kill the source of our supply, but the tallow might as well go with the hide.” The younger Higgins then testified that the steel was obtained from warehouses all over the counfry “bulging to the doors with black market steel as prices above OPA selling on. 40,000 pound carload

5TH COLUMNISTS IN

STALINGRAD PURGED

Pravda Reports Nazis and

Czarists Join Hands.

MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (U. P)~—A purge of White Russian fifth Columnists and German : spies smuggled into Leningrad at the height of last winter's Nazi siege of the former czarists capital was revealed today by the official Communist party newspaper Pravda. ss The German agents, who made contact with underground counter-

They claimed that in one te revolutionary groups including for-

a brawl wound up on a minister's

mer czarist officials and officers, were said to have attempted to

: “what Pravda ed a “purge of gangs of enemy agents and ‘spies” were former white guard (czarist) officers,

magistrates servants of the czarist regime. Russians whose

anti-Soviet activities, P. Kubatkin, commissar for state security, was quoted by Pravda as saying that the spies sent into Len-

from President Roosevelt, Who said}

“Go ahead and tell them, son,” he|

and former high eivil| Others were identified as young ci 'had been arrested and sentenced for

forward in a struggle which could decide the fats of Russia and possibly the outcome of the

world- “Wide wag

Manpower Problem: May Force Lower Standards, Board Warned.

By NOBLE REED One of the most serious man power shortages facing Indianapolis is in the police and fire departments, safety board members revealed today. The board was warned by Ww. Roland Allen, merit board chair-} man, that most of the requirements under the merit system may have to be scrapped. for the duration: of the war in order to staff the departments with mén over 45 and those physically substandard. : The present age requirements are 24 to 32 with minimum height and weight classifications. They also must have lived in Indianapolis three years.

“Facing a Nightmare”

Mr. Allen said’ that within a short time the safety board may

(have to go to the far corners of the

state to get men for police work here. “We are facing a nightmare in man power shortage,” he said. “The situation may get to the place soon where the board will have to enlist civilians, older business and professional men, to help out on the force for periods of six months.” More then 100 policemen and fire‘men have left their posts for induction in the armed forces within the last ycar. Right now there are not enough men on the merit board eligible list to fill all these vacancies, especially on the police force. Furthermore, Police Chief Mor(Continued on-Page Four)

On the War Fronts

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The map Sagnifics the battle area.

REYKJAVIK, Teeland, Aug. 5 @. P).—A. German ; ; honibing plane came within striking distance of Reykjavik, the chief occiipation center of United States forces in Iceland, for the first time yesterday when it machine-gunned a lighthouse without inflicting casualties or serious damage, the U. S, army announces today. German Tetonnalssance planes, coming from bases i) Norway 600 miles d@cross the Arct® & : ocean, previously attacked boat: in Iceland i waters and a few days ago bombed linstallations far distant from Reykjavik. A second Nazi plane early today skirted the south coast. tiying westward and then turning north just east of Reykjavik, the army said.

Near U s. Base hh Iceland

(First planes in‘t the army only one.)

of the attack.

any serious damage.

been revealed.)

repots mentioned two he lighthouse ‘attack but unique mentioned

The automatic-type lighthouse is not connected ‘with .army operations. The damage was slight. No one was in the tower at the time

German. reconnaissance over Iceland has increased in recent weeks. Observation flights first were fol-) lowed by attacks on trawlers and then by bomb and mgchine gun raids, none of which have eausad

(Whether American forces have engaged the German planes with aircraft or anti-aircraft fire has not

IS NEAR JURY

Silver Shirt Leader Sought To Poison America, _ Prosecutor Says.

By EARL RICHERT William Dudley Pelley was aiming “a poisonous dagger”: at the heart of America by deliberately disseminating axis propaganda in his publication, “The Galilean,” Prosecutor Oscar R. Ewing charged today in summing up to the jury the government’s case against the Silver Shirt founder and two associates. The case. was expected to reach

Report Indian Move to Back Allies 'If Granted Freedom

BOMBAY, India, Auz. 5 (U. P)—

Nationalist leaders irfend to give the British Indian :overnment a one-week ultimatum: immediate independeiice with the alternative of a civil disobedience campaign, well infoimed sources said today.

A member of the working committee or- executive 0o: the nationalist All-India congriss said that the ultimatum wouic be sent to British authorities by TMohandas K. Gandhi,

(The British radio said that Gandhi addressed the working committee today and that Maulang Azad, president of the ‘All-India party, said a new resolution is being drafted saying that “6nce the British have granted ind TICE to India, the Indian onal government will wholeheartedly and unreservedly declare itself on the side of the united na ions.” (The new resolutivn, it was reported, also will state that if independence is grantec the Indien people will “meet the Japs or any other aggressors wit armed resistance.”)

demanding!

an ultimatum,

tionalists.

movement.

fore fencing,” she. said.

“We would have gone all out for the war effort. But now we have no alternative but to go our way. We cannot fight for the defense of a country which is not ours yet and whose freedom: is not in sight.” Congress leaders made no attempt

(Continued on Page Four)

= Shitt i in British Naval Setup x" Seen as Second Front Step

through the lin

— presumably pmugsls d| serve. es—during t

| LONDON, Aug. 5 (0. P).~Im-

petus was given to specculations that the ‘allies are prepariag for a second front by an anno: ncement here today that a new high British admiralty ‘post has be:n created so

of naval

|may devote ‘mote’ trae 10 to “duties|

connected with ‘plan: and opera-

‘| tions.”

A new first’ deputy sea lord was

to ged ‘Ady. i Oe: los Kennedy:

num time to alliage: questions in

the fighting efficiency of the fleet as regards ‘training and 'material.” He said that Kénnedy-Purvis would take over Pound's administrative duties, including superintending the ‘work of the naval staff.

ti ol ue that a second front mig opened in western Europe, Sir Staf-

In event Gandhi decided upon it would be addressed to the Marquess of Linlithgow, viceroy of India, it was said. It would give him one week: in which to hand India over to the na-

Also it would outline an alternative plan under which nationalists would try to get India’s 300,000,000 people behind a civil disobedience campaign despite the threat to India, China and the entire united nations war effort, informants said. Mrs. Saronjini Naidu, member of the working committee and leading woman nationalist, confirmed to the United Press that Gandhi would tell the viceroy the time and manner of a civil disobedience

“It will be the usual saluting be-

connection with the development of

commons members eagerly bility

soon be

ford Cripps, lord privy seal and a announced that

the jury this afternoon. The prose-

two hours for closing arguments. Mr. Ewing pointed out to the jury that one government witness had testified that a study of copies of “Galilean” issued since Pearl Harbor, showed 1195 statements which were’ consistent with the 14 main themes of axis propaganda and only 45 inconsistencies.

Hits Axis Preachings

“Now, genitlemen of the jury,” Mr. Ewing said, “a man can hate Roosevelt, he can hate Great Britain, he can despise Churchill, he can admire Germany, he can admire Japan, he can have views that are consistent with one or two or three or ‘four of themes of axis propaganda and still be a loyal American. “But no" man can be a loyal American and preach all the themes of axis propaganda!”

six Miss Marion Henderson and Law-

department objected to the intro- * (Continued on Page Four)

SOLDIERS MAY BUNK : IN TOMLINSON HALL

| Use as Dormitory for Men On Leave Studied.

‘The possibility ‘of converting Tomlinson hall into a dormitory to accommodate hundreds of soldiers stopping in Indianapolis on leave Nas discussed by she board Of Works today. : Proposals were made to use the building after a. survey showed that|' there may be no vailable overnight rooms for soldiers coming to Indianapolis from Camp Atterbury near Columbus, Ind. The camp is expected to have many thousands of men in training within the next few weeks. Hundreds of them will be coming to Indianapolis on Jock ends,

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cution and the defemse each had

The government dropped count of the 12-count indictments against Pelley and his associates,

rence A. Brown, because the navy

‘The Germans were exerting their full shrengtis. paths

troops, suicide units of tom-

“| my-gunners. and tanks. slagh--ling’ in upon the Soviet army almost constantly in waves of.-50 and 60. Russ Admit Withdrawals

The Russian high command ackowledged withdrawals in Bieleyoglina ‘sector only- about 50 miles north of the vital railroad juncfion of Tikhoretsk to the south of ov. It was the second time in 12 hours

that the Soviets had reported a German advance in the area.

The thrust of the Germans southward to and apparently beyond Bieleyoglina threatened the encirclement of large Russian forces still battling around Kushchevka, 48 miles north of Bieleyoglina.

~ For the first time in 12 days the Russians also admitted a German advance in the Kletskaya sector, about D miles northwest of Stalin. grad. © It is around 'Kletskaya that the Russian - defense has been the strongest because Timoshenko has been able to reinforce and supply his forces there by the Volga route and from Stalingrad’s war planes,

Other Russian withdrawals oce curred in the Tsimlyanskaya sector rear the Don, midway between Rose tov and Stalingrad, enabling the Germans to push the center of their line down closer to their advances in the Kushchevka and Salsk ree gions.

Claim Drive at Britain Next

Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian war core respondent, reported the capture of a German order of the day dated July 10 stating that “the fuehrer demands the utmost exertion of eve ery effort . . , and demands that the schedule of - operations be strictly adhered to so that neces< sary forces may be released in time for Subsequent transfer to the west.” According Ehrenburg, Hitler is hopeful of beating any allied in- ° vasion by means of a quick victory in the Caucasus whereafter he ine tends to release 200 divisions for the west to strike at Britain, The German high command’s claims today were at wide variance with the Russian reports and claimed a drive by S. S. troops that captured Kropotkin, 125 miles deep in the Caucasus, and bridgeheads on the west bank of the Don north of Amavir which is a railroad and pipeline junction 50 miles southeast of Kropotkin. kL Cossack Charge Kills 3000 ~The Soviet noon communique said a Cossack cavalry charge killed 3000 Germans on one sector near Kushchevka, 50 miles south of Rostov. An infantry formation destroyed six German tanks and killed 580 of the enemy. The profusion with which the Germans used tanks showed that they had thrown the greater part of their panzer forces into fighting around Bielayaglina, Russian mi tary observers said. : Lieut. Col. Nicolai Denisov repel ed in a front line dispatch to Star Soviet army newspaper, the