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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 135

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1942

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ered as Second-Class Matter at Postotfice, janapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday.

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A Weekly Sizeup by the Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, later than you think.

Army’s calls for manpower are so heavy that earlier™ forecasts of the time when local boards would run out of 1-A men are being shortened drastically. Three months ago, the supply of single men was expected to last at least to Christmas, possibly to February.

running out of 1-A’s. .

Once 1-A’s are gone, boards have no alternative but to call up 3-A’s—first, those whose dependents are brothers, sisters, parents,

etc.; next, men with wives but no

NOTE: Army still would prefer 18 and 19-year-olds. legislation to draft them seems inevitable—but exceedingly unlikely

before elections.

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WPB'S TIN-CAN unit has been showered with angry mail from Reason: A newspaper report that used cans, painstakingly salvaged by housewives, were being used to make beer-bottle caps. (Fact is, machines that stamp out bottle caps can’t use cans

. drys.

smaller than gallon size.) # #2 =

Will Kaiser Stay “Brushed

HENRY KAISER'S 5000-cargo-airplanes plan wasn’t just some-

thing pulled out of the hat.

Before sounding off, Kaiser had checked with top aircraft manufacturers—who agreed it could be done. Kaiser engineers, teaming up with experienced airplane production men, were already well along

on blueprints.

Washington's can’'t-be-done buresuerats gave Kaiser the brushoff, but you may hear more soon of his plans to put wings on war freight.

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IF KAISER gels a cargo-plane contract, most of his new workers will be women. He has tried women in shipyards, likes their work. And he thinks women will soon be ouly workers available.

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Work Out Plans for More Day Nurseries G OF WOMEN in industry. FWX “5 "weikifig out pla"

to finance local school boards in setting up day nurseries for children

of women in war work.

"WPA already operates 1200-plus nursery schools, serving some 50,000 children from 2 to 6, and plans more. . ”

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MARK IT DOWN that one change in tax bill is certairt. Chairman George of Senate finance committee will insist on some kind of relief to Sgbi-ridden businesses. He believes in keeping tiie goose

laying eggs.

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. Navy ‘Seizure’ Not Confiscation MANAGEMENT'S OUTCRIES at navy “seizure” of General Cable

Co. may later seem overdone.

Action in this, as in five previous cases where government took over plants in labor tieups, is trusteeship, not confiscation.

Stockholders lose no profiis. In previous

labor feelings,’ g What offen is that strikers not penalized. 2

Copy Boy ‘Tells Off’ the White House

ON NIGHT

asked a desk man for figures.

to be interested in this stuff.”

(Continued on Page Five)

Aug. 15.—Tip to 3-A men:

cases, while army or navy officers have been sent in as bosses, reinforced by a civilian labor expert, the former operating personnel has been retained. Wjsen time has softened managementyovernment withdraws. ds some management men most, in General Cable case, are in the wrong (their union officers admit it) but are

of N. Y. primaries, a press-association office here got calls from White House for returns. A copy boy, answering one call, “The White House isn’t supposed to be interested in politics,” cratked the desk man. The boy picked up the phone and told 1600. Pennsylvania ave.:

Washington

It’s

But some boards are already

children. Fventual

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“You folks aren’t supposed

‘Famous Old 83d Division Reactivated at Atterbury

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Times Staff Writer CAMP ATTERBURY, Aug. 15.--A sprawling, newly plowed encampment, with: buildings mush-

-rooming skyward, was the scene of

the reactivation ceremonies of tie old 83q division here this morning. With the division drawn up in parade formation om the green parade ground, Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, commander of the second army, cautioned them that they “faced a grave responsibility -in this hour of emergency.” Gen. Lear told the men of the that they had a proud rebility to live up to set for them by the men of the old 83d

. who fough in the first World War

and were credited with having stopped the Austrians.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

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Approximately 20,000 people crowded the camp this morning for the reactivation ceremonies. and then began an inspection of the camp and its fighting equipment. - The old division flag was formally presented to the reactivated troops by Henry O. Leery, president of the 83d division veterans association. Brig. Gen. Frank W. Milburn, new division commandant, accepted the flag and placed it at the head of the division. . Governor Schricker welcomed the new troops to the soil of Indiana and expressed his gratitude tq the thousands of Hoosier visitors who attended the ceremony. Despiie an overcast sky, thousands poured into the grounds to view the ceremony and stood in line in front of camp buildings for their first look at the cantonment. Field artillery pieces and antitank guns studded the camp grounds for inspection of the visitors. At one area, a slit trench had been dug, showing actual field 3 ndlons Army cars, equipped 3| with radio sending and receiving sets, toured the grounds and hundreds of little “peeps” carried officers and men ‘on: various official duties. Gen. Lear appeared at the parade grounds in his old, wide-brimmed campaign hat. It was the only ‘hat of its style on the grounds but it was the popular headgear for men during the first World War. H. H. Sand of Ohio, a member of the 83d division in the first

World War, attended the ceremonies|

13 OTHERS HURT

2 POLICEMEN IN CLASH HERE

Activity by Japanese Agents Hinted After Fight

On Indiana Ave.

Knife and gun street fighting— believed to be between white and Negro men—broke out on Indiana ave. early today. Four men, including two white policemen, are in City Hospital in critical condition. One of the policemen, headquarters said, had to have 124 stitches taken in his chest from apparent knife wounds. A fifth man was treated by a private doctor for a bullet wound.

statements that “it is possible that fifth columnists have stirred up much of this trouble.” .

Clear Picture Lacking

Chief Morrissey said law and order would be maintained “if it takes every man in the department.” , “White men have been circulating in some of the Negro districts,” said Police Lieut. Arthur Huber, “and told the colored people that the Japanese are their friends. You] can see what a fertile field it would be to stir up trouble between the white and colored people of the city.” Thus far, police ‘have been. unable to reconstruct a. clear picture of what occurred this morning.

WT 17° & “m., gency, under Sergt. Kent Yoh, was sent to the 300 block Indiana ave. on the report of a man shot. On the way, they saw a white man lying face down on the sidewalk in front of 312 Indiana ave. and another man, a Negro, standing over him with a gun in his hand.

ergency car and with his partners disarmed the man holding the gun. He gave his name as Alex Sloan, 28, of 1641 Yandes.st. The man on the sidewalk was identified as George Shook, 24, of 918 Elm st.

- Find Two Policemen

Two hundred feet east of the Cotton club on W. Vermont st, the police found Patrolman Charles M. Cavender sitting on the sidewalk, bloody and with most of his clothes torn off. Near him in a car parked at the curb, they found Patrolman Caspar J. Kleifgen badly beaten up. In another car police found James Riggs, Negro, of 739 Roache st., with a bullet wound in his left side. He told police he saw men fighting on the street and didn’t know who shot. him. William Davis, Negro, 221 W. Vermont st., was found at City hospital.

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BRITISH SHIPS SHELL ISLAND OF RHODES

Many Fires Set, Reporter With Fleet.

LONDON, Aug. 15 (U. P.).—An Exchange Telegraph correspondent gboard a British warship in the Mediterranean reported today that an eastern . Mediterranean naval squadron has carried out a bombardment of the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese. The: squadron, Admiral Philip Vian, Rhodes for 12 minutes “with the accuracy and perfect timing of a postman delivering the morning mail.”

commanded by

columns of smoke testified to the accuracy of the gunnery,” the correspondent said. Fleet aircraft spotted for the naval squadron, dropped flares to illuminate the targets and carried out their own attack, bombing| Maritza airdrome.

Tin Collection

Did you participate in today’s collection ‘of salvaged tin? ; If the story of tin salvage hasn't sunk in, you can start: now preparing for the next collection. Save all food cans, rinsé them, remove the labels and both ends and flatten them. In this way you can save large quantities without using much space. Tin is vital to the |

Police officials issued cautious] j

Saw Who With OM en ’ the police a

Sergt. Yoh leaped from the em-|

Wires |.

‘plastered |:

“As we sailed away we could see} fires burning along the watueriront. adju One was a big one, and numerous ;

dressed in. Ris 1918 uniform. The

war effort. Do your part.

The Time Is Short’

They've got o be tough and ready io “stand the most rigorous ‘ “The time is short,” Lieut. Gen. Dwight W. Eisenhow::

battle front.

ankee Troops

rations,” these Yanks checking in to

on Way

board a transport for duty on some

nerican commander in the European theater warned today.

SAMUEL BACKS Le

Legion Adjutant’ Joined by Stambaugh, Wayne: Coy And Willkie.

Frank E. Samuel. national adjutant of the American Legion, today indorsed the United War Fund of Indianapolis and in a letter to Arthur R. Baxter, war fund president, wished the coming campaign “deserved and unbounded success.” Lynn U. - Stambaugh, - national | commander of the American Legion who arrived today for the legion’s state convention here, said: “Frank Samuel's letter speaks for me. Certainly, I give unqualified indorsement of the drive.” Mr. Samuel's and Mr. Stambaugh's indorsements came onthe heels of a succession of = telegrams from nationally . known figures — including Paul V. McNutt, Alfred E. Smith, Owen D. Young and Thomas J. | Watson—supporting the war fund and specifically Russian War Relief, Inc, the agency which had been challenged by Homer - Chaillaux, Americanism director of the Legion.

BULLETIN

drive because it includes. a war relief,” said Mr. Coy’s message. “Such an unwarranted action is divisive of national unity. To my mind it is much more serious than a challenge to the should be for gush for what It really is. I urge ut wipport of the reliet drive.” : “relief has my full indorsement 1 urge its support.” 5

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took Américan indusiry 24 months to get started,” Dr. Smith said that industry has accomplished more in those two years than Hitler did in 10 years. He charged that 6,000,000 man hours’ were lost in war industry in the first six months of the war and that 18,000,000 man hours were lost In the next six months, because of labor disputes. “Enough,” he charged, “to make 7200 tanks or 8000 combat planes; enough to have saved Greece, Crete . and the Ukraine.” Turning to the present, Dr. Smith said “industry, labor and the people are producing unitedly for victory.” Dr. Smith charged that “we are tinkering with our own problems while civilization burns.” “Doesn’t,” he asked, “America make sacrifices in an election year?” He wanted to know “why we are spending millions on new roads (Continued on Page Five)

By ARTHUR. WRIGHT

The American Legion, in its if convention here- today, was chat with the .duty of “waking up” nation to realities of the war “Gel the mind of the n:i: straight,” urged Dr. Charles C: land Smith, of Chicago, repre:¢ ing the National Associatior Manufacturers, in one of the 1: cipal addresses of the opening ti: In =a vigorous address Ww! pointed a finger at politicians, labor and ai the nation’s per, attitude,” he told the Legionna! “Today we're paying the pric: our neglect of your warning preparedness.” In defense of American indus i in war production, which he he represented, Dr. Smith as: the Legionnaires “you don’t t to worry about American indus; give them the. specifications . give them the raw materials.” In answer to criticism tha:

"wo Sectors rard Stalingrad

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (U. ¥ \counter-attacks slowed the Germans Front-line - dispatches and : 1 ‘in the areas of Maikop, Cherkessk ny re today that and Mineralnye Vody. (A German high command com{munique said today that the Ger- ¢| mans had occupied Georgievsk, on || the Rostov-Caspian sea railroad 125 | miles northwest of the Grozny oil | center.) In the Krasinodar area, the Ger‘(mans assaulted in two directions / simultaneously = yesterday, overi whelmed Soviet forces and drove

Nazis Gain ir

In Drive To

grad, one of the most cov objectives in Hitler's’ campaig! The Soviet noon commu: | said Russian forces, under I enemy pressure, retreated sli: and fortified themselves in positions ‘south of Kotelniko: . which ‘is 90 miles’ southwes! | deep into their defenses. Stalingrad. | The Russians were rushing reinDispatches reported that 1 ! forcements to the Kotelnikovski and Germans had advanced on s¢!: ||[Kletskaya fronts for an imminent, sectors and had penetrated to (all-out struggle for Stalingrad. bank of the Don river in || Dispatches said the Germans had Kletskaya area, after all-nigh! {tried to regain positions they had all-day tank and motorized . {lost on the Voronezh front, on the fantry- attacks. upper stretches of the Don, and

In the: Tor Caucasus, Rus 1 | failed.

Newest Invas n Weapons Eased ask for Marines

] What must. be called “heavier | stuff” followed.

It was regarded as certain here -| that the marines had made effective ‘Juse. of their “heavy stuff” Bieause jof the indications that they had | succeeded quickly in fanning out “| from their landing points and consolidating their positions. - marines practiced exhausPhi for the Solomons landing on the beaches of several South Pacific ports. ° Previously they had had months ! of . rigorous training in the United

1 ADQUAR TERS, ure

[STATES SQUTH PACH IC 1. NEY , Aug. 15 (U. *.

| vasion “va after weeks of =i

close Ee atoelly the mew we i) Nin which the marines are § ii ing the Japanese. Th is possi il: say. that the Japanese must | got some rude shocks whe {marines ‘landed. | States. Ingeniously devised assault tt if ~The Japanese, on the defense, :{ had every advantage in the swampy /\| Solomons country, with formidable hills behind them. That on the ‘{ ninth. day of" the Solomons battle ithe still :

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U. S. Fliers Blast Convoy South of Rabaul as

Marines Gain.

MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Aug. 15 (U. P). —American forces in the Solomons today appeared to be strengthening their footholds while-allied bombers

plastered Japanese ships and bases which could be employed to reinforce the enemy’s beleaguered island garrisons.

Australian observers believed that

the Americans: steadily were improving their positions in the Solomons. This view had partial support from axis sources. : It was speculated in Sydney that Tulagi may be rapidly transformed into an .advanced base . for allied operations against more northerly Japanese positions. * The axis reports, relayed through Berlin, admitted that the American marines had achieved their landings on at least some of the Solomon beaches by surprise and also said that the U. S. forces were holding at least two points in the islands. Landings Were Surprise According to the axis version, the American landings were well under way before Japanese reconnaissance planes discovered what was up. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced that American and Australian bombers attacked a Japanese convoy steaming south from Rabaul and some reports said the Japanese ships were forced to scatter out to sea. : . Simultaneous air assaults, it was believed, were being rammed home against such Japanese bases as Kieta on - Bougainville island and Carola on Baku island. Evidences that the United States (Continued on Page Five)

REPORT NAZI RAIDER

SEIZED OR TRAPPED

Operated Near Brazil Goast, Rio Hears.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (U.|

P.) —Unofficial reports circulated. today that a German surface raider operating in the South Atlantic either has been captured or is close to being ‘surrounded by pursuing forces. : ‘According to these reports the Nazi sea raider was discovered

about 75 to 100 miles off the Brazil-

ian province of St. Catharina. The same sources reported that the raider was believed to have re-~ fueled from a coastal base, ns, presims ably on the Brazilian shore.

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naval atithorities have requested another Brazil government department to end thom scone ‘some powerful

EISENHOWER HINTS ZERO’ “HOUR I NEAR

‘Rigorous Operations’ Due, American Commander

Says in London.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press War Writer

The shadow of forthcome ing American offensive action against the axis ’round-thee world lengthened today witht a warning that the “time.is

|short” to prepare U. S. troops

for the heavy tasks ahead. The warning was issued by Lieut, Gen. Dwight W. Eisenhower, come mander-in-chief of American forces. in the European theater. As he spoke, Amefican marines in the first U. S. offensive action of

-|the Pacific war strengthened their

hold on the Solomon islands. Axis broadcasts, admitting for the first time that U. S. forces had landed in the Solomons, said Americans were holding their footholds and that the Nipponese were fight= ing to prevent further gains. :

Hints ‘Zero Hour Near’

Meanwhile, American fightep pilots went into action for the firs§ time on another front—the western il desert of Egypt. Eisenhower did not forecast any date for the zero hour of American land fighting in Europe. But he

said the time is short to | toughen” American’

command “to stand the most rigots ous operations.” The American commander said that the training of U. S. forces must “be intelligently directed. so that every individual including the last private in the ranks can under= stand the reasons for the exertions he will be called upon to make.” “Morale,” he said, “is the most highly important of any military attribute. But we must produce a type of morale that results from self respect through discipline, ine tensive training and adequate leads ership.” The American commander also denied reports that any friction had arisen between the royal air. force. and the American air units inBritain to impede the promised : of a joint air offensive against Nazis. 3 held Europe.

U. 8. Fighters in Ent

It appeared that Eisenhower’ 5 des nial of friction was prompted by New York Times Washington dise patch of a week ago which received great prominence in the London press. The dispatch reported that divergent views of the two air forces were delaying inauguration of the air offensive. American fighter action in the Middle East was on a small scale but it followed the pattern of ini tial fighter operations by U. 8S. aire men in Britain. American fighters went up with R.A.F. squadrons to get a ‘bape tism of fire. U. S. bombers already have been in operation in the Middle East for some time. 8. 8 8

On the Wer Fror

‘SOLOMONS: Allied bombers + Jap convoy south of Rabaul, ate _ tack Japanese island bases support of Solomons operation; axis propaganda admits u. 8.

bombard - Rhodes; Lieut. Dwight W. Eisenhower, U. 8S. ropean commancer, warns U. 5: prepare faster; Nazis begin e: tion of Dutch ‘hostages.

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LONDON, ‘Aug. 15 (UL. P)~ Dutch government day that Germans had begun prisal slayings of hostages in Netherlands with - five

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