Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1942 — Page 4

indicted Welfare. Employee| Is ‘Cleared’ by County . Board Vote.

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“ments for the child's care were go-

ing to another person. ‘Mrs. Leeke denied that she had

received any of the refund money ”

and insisted that she kept a child in her home because of an “emergancy.” “Bverything I did in somiction ‘with these cases was approved by any Superiore before $F wy :

Sar Symmes, board ae . |Al G. Feehey, Mrs. Emma: S. inch; jana Mis! Flofencel Chiles. 0 -

resolution ‘absolving Mrs. Leeke. . ‘Another resolution;: ‘adopted . by unanimous wwote; directed that. writ‘ten, rules: ‘governing: all details of

| civilian! ITY IS SEEN 18 OBJECTIVE NO. AEs

Lieut. Jvjian A Kiser

SETS RECORD AT ARMY SCHOOL

Jilin ‘Riser Achieves: High

Scholastic. Mark at

-| their: fourth . objective Lei Bradley, Marion county: director of

| wardens last night.

Raiders From North Wauld : Aim for Allison's, ‘Bradley ‘Says.

north would ‘have Indianapelis as)’

civilian: defense, told 30 new air rafd

_~He pointed ‘out’ that the planes] would swoop down on the Sault Sainte ‘Marie locks to cripple iron ore transportation; then on Detroit, with its war industries; into the Calumet : district with. its oil refineries and other ‘industries, and then aim for ‘Indianapolis and the Allison division .of General Motors, “The objectives would be worth the attempt and’ loss of many bombers,” Mr. ‘Bradley emphasized: Wardens .Get Credentials The wardens were graduates of the first wardens’ school in ‘the 38th defense district of the fifth zone at Kirshbaum center. They received certificates, whistles, arm bands and

Tuesday night's ing.

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Only 3016 voters. out “of.

“Air raiders sweeping in from the} jj les

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Treatment.

; LONDON, Aug. 18 ‘

5 constituency os ain aged by the a: foi

aE 541 for: hea ; il ing ahead at their former rate. 4 ponent, ‘the Rev, “Patrick 18s, a “Christian Socialist.” on i

MAIN Ea " FOR 20 NIGHT

RAF. ‘Gives Nazi Rail Genter “The Pulverizing

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46- minute blast-|:

= But Germans. stil Gain

Mountains and" on One

Stalingrad Front. (Continued-from Page One)

| Grozny, were the Germans storm-

(The German ‘high ‘command

* |claimed Naz forces ‘have captured |c

the Caucasus city of ‘Elista, only 140 miles from the Caspian ses Sst Bud ‘about 160 miles dirgctly west of the big port” of Astrakhan| at. the mouth of the Volga. ! (Elista, capital ‘of the Soviet Kalmuck republic, lies midway between Stalingrad: ‘and the Armavir-Baku [railroad along which other German forces are driving.)

Russian reports said the Germans "Ihave taken several more villages in ‘|what presumably was an. effort to

drive along a military road that leads over the Caucasian ‘mountains to Sukhumi, 200 miles south of the first Black sea base. of Novorossisk. - The possibility. ‘was not .excluded, however, that the Germans also ‘might drive on toward Grozny and

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foothold on

Malaita, A navy Washingto: 1

“=~ {that the mat “Itheir landicg

| mean that if

§ . {they were lu 8 some 75. ‘miles southeast of ‘Armavir and 175 miles from the oil fields of

mand one f bor and bs. on’ Guacial believed to Bn,

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shore, 17:3 1 channel” f1'0

] determine!

able airdrol the mountiii Some of f of the sot in progress the air. Fear A The Japa perately, cn battle of tie fense of ie great Unit backed LY units. | So impcrt in the min it was belie at any tine

surth island, probably nmunique “issued - at st night reporting 188. were consolidating was believed here to /as now about certain ¢ to stay and to comae most valuable harreas in ‘the’ Pacific.

nal, ‘the. maries were . Jghting. across a five

“taliplain on the north 12s across the Sealark

Florida and Tulagi, take a vitally valusite nestled among 1s southern Solomons. : most savage fighting vest Pacific war was 1 land, at sea and in

sck on Australia

se were battling descis seventh day of the solomons island, in debase against the first i States offensive, lied aerial and naval

it did the battle loom i» of Australians, that «d the Japanese might tart a mad dog attack

‘attack Australia.

‘island battle—in which the con‘solidation by" marin

American victory—withou

offensive against’ India, they were much closer to the Netherlands East Indies from which they might

Informants said the enemy could not admit defeat in the Solomons

on the southern islan:

ditch fight, and a retort other theater. How Battle' Progresses Reports indicated: that in the present phase of the bdttle: 1. The United States attack fleet was heavily engaged with Japanese naval units probably strongly reinforced during the seven days since the American attack on the Tulagi area of the Solomons, started. : 2. Japanese planes, bombers andi. fighters, land based and possibly carrier based, were attacking feroci-

ously the marine shock troops who had effected safe landings and: the

United States supporting fleet. 3. United States naval planes were protecting both the fleet and the landing forces. 4. The marines were battling through the island step by step, through swamp and grove, over grassy plain and up crocodileinfested streams.

the Solomon islands forces, a. fleet of new Boston flying ifn resses into a dramatic daylight attack on the great Japanese base at Rabaul, in New Britain northwest of the Solomons and east of New Guinea. The. great four-motored - bombers struck a 15,000-ton enemy ship. dl heavy bombs and left it aflame. They saw a second ship of simi~ lar tonnage sinking ‘by the stern and left two medium. sized ships

{aflame and listing for a :plunge.

Medium bombers strongly attacked: shipping in the Banda sea where the enemy had occupied--the Kai, Tanimbar and .Aroe islands, and attacked installations at Japanese bases in the islands, between northern Australia and New. Guinea. Another fleet of medium bombers attacked enemy shipping off the south coast of Dutch-Portuguese X ‘Timor island at the southwest. side iof the Banda sea.

Aid Kokoda Fight

MacArthur sent fighter-bomber planes into’ action for the first time in the southwest Pacific to -aid the Australians who are fighting the Japanese in the Kokoda area of New Guinea between the new enemy Gona-Buna base on the north coast and Port Moresby, the big allied advanced: base,

It was believed Here they might have noted weaknesses in the German defenses. as. a basis for new lines of entry to the target area: The “réporter bombers”. were Halifax bombers carrying specially picked observer crews. They were Followed by daylight reconnaissarice |; planes nosing over the town to find

Miami, :

: Enlisting as’ a private last Pebruary, Julian A. Kiser, 1 son of Mr. and

) is’ “dealings with recipients be: drafted and put into effect Ammediately. ati © Ne Written’ Imitruction Under questioning by board memb ‘Mrs. Dora Rgbson, su-i pervisor of the child-aid division, ‘and Mrs. Mary: Frances ‘Trout said

A big force of new Bell Airacobra P-39 fighters, among the fastest and most heavily armored planes in the world, ‘were equipped with bomb racks and sent Sgainsty the Japanese. : They bombed gunned ° Japanese troops and machine. gun. nests, which they

coast of Australia as a ing at the great allied in. | :se have-been heavily this northwestern

on the no:t! diversion. a base of Dar ‘The Jana reinforces a zone recat More J » Troops on Way?

A Chung! ng spokesman for the

placards © from Mayor Reginald Sullivan. Leland. P. Davis, ‘the district ! i a warden, - is asking for enrollées ih Mrs. J. J. Riser=of 3080 N.- Meridian, second “series of classes to start st; emerged from the army air COrPs| wednesday night.: More than 100 officers’ candidates school at Miami| sector wardens will be needed .in "the district extending from College’

Beach, Fla, last. week.:as a second

the Caspian ‘sea. In the Krasnodar area, an , un-

usually eo ‘was raging Vi

Report Formosa Attack

The southwest Pacific battle zone had now spread over a gigantic area in which Gen. MacArthurs’ planes were making their greatest raids of the war on Japanese bases and shipping, United States army air corps planes were not only attack-

along a r (presumably - -the Kuban), and Spviet * artillery and aircraft hurled masses of Germans into the river. The Germans had not advanced for 24 hours. Fighting was spreading on the

and machine

'to Capitol ave. and from Fall Creek

there were no: written: instructions

lieutenant with a full-blown, U. S.

\guiding case whrkers.

army silver cup.

boulevard to 21st st. Cs x 8

Mr Symmes’ criticized . Mr. Neal fof not presenting charges against Mrs. Leeke before the case was given to the grand jury.. ~ “These things happened last April and this board had no official knowledge of them wiftil last month | after the grand jury had heard the _ | evidence,” Mr. Symmes said. | Mr. Feeney said there was no evidence presented to the board yesterday that proved Mrs. Leeke is | guilty of the charges. ~~ “Under the evidence, we certainfy had to restore Mrs. Leeke to her Job,” he said. The hearing yesterday was an"other episode in: the long-standing . conflict : between. members of the county welfare board and Director | Neal, who was appointed to the post | by the state welfare board under a special 1937 law. x The county board has been at {odds with the state welfare hoard over administrative policies for sev 1 eral years.

CLAIMS, T0I0 SHOT BY KOREAN - PATRIOT

WASHINGTON, Au 18.(U.-P).

Gen. Ing.

or 's “said: ryesterday Sas ing “ armation. Lom secre . sources in the Far - Haan said ‘that his ‘report—not confirmed from any other .source— _glso revealed that the would-be assassin shot and- seriously wounded former Premier Koki Hirota, ‘who was taken to.a hospital. :

SURFACE RAIDER RUMORED RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 13 (U. ‘4 P)—News of a possible naval clash in the South Atlantic’ was awaited ~ ‘here today as ‘persis ent reports of 8 hunt for a German surface raider _ gontinued despite abserice of any official confirmation.

Shop in: Air.Cond

The army gave him the cup for hitting the highest academic average among his 2000 brother officer

Il. A. C. Is Cited

‘against Mainz and the surrounding industrial objectives. : . -Early morning after the first raid found. pillars of smoke rising 15,000 feet in the air over the shambles

new: targets for the second blast]

cil:

candidates in the class. His average was 9447. points—just 553 short of a possible 10,000. The next ranking officer-scholar in the class trailed him by 60 points.

Parents Delighted

Delighted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kiser, (Mr. Kiser is well-known a$ a USO executive) showed no concern whatever over their son’s in-

perfect score. But Lieut. Kiser probably - was -concerned, for he emerged - from - the University of Chicago in, 1937 with Phi Beta Kappa, highest collegiate adademic honor. Upon enlistment at Ft. Harrison, Lieut. Kiser was assigned to the army finance school there for eight ‘weeks. After completing the course,

” he: was sent to Maxwell Field, Ala.

Transferyed ‘there into the air ‘corps, he was: assigned to the officers’ ‘school whetle, along with 2300 of“ whom’ 2000 were: graduated, he uniderwent a Bit: 12: weeks of train-

He is a Shorlsidge high school

radia dabbled in high school

there,and continued this : ityiof Chie student newspaper editor. sia ‘the. ymiversity’s class of 37, he. Was 20D ‘Student, but he didu’t receive a: “Cup. : He was, connected with the investment ‘firm’ of Kiser, Cohn & Shumaker. until his enlistment.

CONTINUE RATION BASES WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (U. P). —Basic sugar rations will continue at a half pound:a week through the, first nine months. of 1943, providing the Caribbean. shipping situation ““does ‘not take - -a,_radical turn .for the worse,” Harold B. Rowe of the office of price. administration, said today. 3,

E—— .

itioned’ Comfort in

THREE SISTERS ECONOMY BASEMENT

¢ Outiits | Trim and

Crisp

chantung. two-piecers. amazingly,

low priced for the warm days still to

come.

Navy, 12 to

yrklin | er |

Six S Brown, 20. Open. a Clidrge. Account’: ‘or. Use Our Laymeay

explicable loss of 553 points from|

‘will be instructors for the classes

The Indianapolis Athletic club is the first in the club and hotel field to receive the civilian defense compliarnce . certificate. The club's defense program, bLegun early inthe year, will be outlined in ‘the. September issue of Club Management magazine, a national publication for town, ‘and country club. managers. Early in the year, a committee of employees and A. E. Martin, the| manager, began the study of OCD publications, releases of building management: groups and records of European = bombed areas., From these .they drew up plans for “protection and precaution” in the club. Employees and members were organized as night and day floor wardens, first aid wardens, fire wardens and check wardens. Arm bands, flashlights, etc, were distributed as early as May. Safety zones were designated and. equip-| ment for fighting bombs was placed throughout the building. Several months ago, a bell alarm system was installed. 2 8 =

Fire Defense Course Lessons in how to cope

with

be outlined’ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a: fire defense course to be taught at St. Joan of Arc Catholic church. The classes for orth side residents are being

Battalion Chief Charles Gregory, Battalion. Chief Frank Craig and ‘Chief of Fire Prevention Eernard Lynch of the city fire department

from 9.a.'m. to noon each morning. The course will cover fire prevention, bombs, gases, extinguishers and a demonstration. of an incendiary bomb. Interested persons may register with Mrs. Wilbur A. Royce, fire defense chairman of district 40.

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Bradley on Program

Residents of division 1 of air raid district 39 will have an opportunity to- meet their air raid wardens at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Grace Church of the Brethren, 32d st. and Capitol ave. . C. Harvey Bradley, county civil-| ian defense director, will speak at the meeting. Mrs. A. W. MacDonald is chair man of division 39. ” » #

New Wardens’, School

A new school for district 21 air raid wardens will open at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at Riley park, 901 Oliver Ave. Boundaries of the district are] the Pennsylvania railroad on , the north, White river, east, and the Belt railroad on the south and west.} Further information can. be obtained by calling MA-8980.- ! Albert Gullion is the chief district. air raid warden.

2 Raid Wardens Graduate At 7:30 p. m. tomorrow, Tl air raid wardens will graduate ®*from the ‘training . school in district 25 and receive their certificates from Mayor Sullivan. . The meeting will be held in the LaVelle-Gosset post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 701 N. King ave. Persons interested in attending a new school esinning Aug. 25 should contact ‘George M at BEIment .4057. District. 25 1s bounded on the south by Michigan’ st.; on the east by White river, and on the hotth | and. west by the city. limits, :

PLAN ICE CREAM SOCIAL:

ice cream ‘social and motion pictures tomorrow on the lawn at the

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corner of Olin and W. 10th sts.

A MILE FROM HIGH PRICES!

arranged by ‘the county office of ’ t civilian defense.

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20 YEARS OF SQUARE DEA NOW SERVING THE SECOND GENE

said today tHat enemy rrying 20,000 Japanese speared in the Gulf of 1 the French IndoTuesday.

‘Formosa off the southeast. China

ing the chief enemy bases in central and southern China, but were reported ; to. have attacked Japanese

‘coast.

suggested they might ‘ay to Burma for an

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SUMMER STORE HOURS: Monday 12:15 p. m. to 9 p. m.

Gen. MdcArthur, concentrating every available plané in support of

“Other Days Including Saturday,

9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m,

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