Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1942 — Page 4

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Curious and Anxious That Japs Would

Communication

By GEORGE WELLER Copyright, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. AN ADVANCED ALLIED OPERATIONAL BASE, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 18—A fortnight’s distance from the navy’s and marines’ daring blow at recovery of the British Solomon islands, snatched from the empire by Japan, leaves many questions still unanswered despite the latest navy

communique indicating that

lished on at least two of the islands.

Enough is known about

officially admitted sunk and two damaged; two destroyers and one transport damaged—to establish that the American move was powerful. Whether it was decisive it will take a matter of weeks to establish. Japan failed to parry the

‘American move successfully but she made the bases gained as costly as possible. How costly that was will be disclosed eventually but certainly

| mot for some time. \ At present we are in the stage \Where the general staffs of both fleets are weighing intelligence reorts of battles which apparently

J went on for several days, if they are

nppt continuing at present. \ Secrecy Necessary Wecause any statement of losses, however indirect, would furnish the enemy indirectly ‘with additional

{ knowledge by a process resembling

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that of a scientist building up a prehistoric monster from a small bone,: each side is remaining as tight ®pped as possible. Each knows that the game of stroke and countek-stroke America’s terrific task, to wrest back losi portions of the British and Dutch empire as well as! hér own Philippines, has hardly begun. Meanwhile, other building of monsters from single bones has been going on during the interval, the artisans im this case being not admirals or generals but journalists. Supplied with details meager in proportion to their terrific magnitude of importance, the newspapers in Australia, the United States and Britain have drawn heavily upon presumption, hypotheses and imagination to supply the deficiencies.

Consider the Source

It is appropriate that a few simple principles for guidance be followed when ascertaining that such thrusts occur. The public can save considerable time by giving only cursory importance to accounts emanating from other sectors than those that are involved. In this case, only dispatches from the South Pacific headquarters controlling the Solomons’ operation and Washington itself can be placed in the top drawer category. From a distance as far away as America, it may seem natural ‘that correspondents with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's command in Australia should be able to speak competently about an area so contiguous to theirs as the Solomons. Actually, however, the geographical nearness is more apparent than real.

Still Highly Exposed

The hardily won base for which American blood has been shed is still highly exposed to enemy attack from several directions. Unlike a land campaign the Solomon affair is being fought over the fast floor of the sea. Tes Two. of the most precious unknown elements here are force and location. In making a preliminary report of American losses, the navy " has already gone far trying to give the public an inkling of ‘the situation. While the navy proceeds with its piecemeal recovery of evacuated keystones of the British empire, it is natural tnat the public should desire more and more earnestly to know what the price has been to the first step in the long road back. But besides consideration of security, * there also is the mechanical problem of communication.

Problem of Radio

In the case of the Solomons security matters are important enough but it must be pointed out that warships while at sea are unable to use their radios without betraying their positions. This means that the number of qualified means of transmission is restricted to shore radio stations ‘whose location is already known to the enemy. But

Here Is the Traffic Record FATALITIES County City Total 1941 0000000000 %000 41 47 88 1942 200000000% 0000 24 56 80 : =—Aug. 17—

Injured eecee 41 | Arrests sseses 0 8

Accidents ecco 24 | Dead ecco 0

MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tions Paid 117 $655 9 56

ce Tried Speeding connes 13% Reckless driving 8 Failure to stop at through street 2 Failure to stop at signal ........ 2 Drunken driving 3 All others se8eee 53

Total sivsesas 105

; . MEETINGS TODAY Mercator club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln,

noon. Rotary club, “Universal club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, Boon. : 3 s Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of evade, noo,

2 1 40 58

1 $812

funcheon, Claypool hotel,

IC MUST WAIT + SOLOMON DETAILS

Nation Must Remember Appreciate Reports; Is Difficult.

the marines are well estab-

our losses afloat—one cruiser

HOPE FOR RUSS STAND IN SOUTH

Position of Allies in Middle East Grave With Axis

Propagandists Active.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS * Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Observers here are inclined to believe that at least two major decisions were reached at the inter-allied conference headed by Stalin and Churchill at Moscow. First, to stop the Nazis short of Transcaucasia if not Baku at any

cost, and, second, to strike a sudden and terrific blow at Hitler somewhere in western Europe. That is to say, open a second front. Great Britain, Russia and the United. States are gravely concerned over the situation in the Middle East. Iraq and Iran are menaced from three directions— Egypt, India and the Caucasus. Already the Nazis have reached the Caucasus mountains and are approaching .the shores of the Caspian sea.

Axis Agents Busy

If they advance much farther, it will be difficult if not impossible to get through to the Red army either with lend-lease materials from the United States or with vital oil supplies from Russia’s own fields in Transcaucasia. The population of the Middle East are of very doubtful neutrality. Axis agents long ago took the precaution of distributing small, cheap but adequate radios throughout the region, and their propaganda is pouring into native ears almost around the clock. Moreover, it is cleverly pitched to influence the masses, most of whom have little or no education, whereas British propaganda is professorial and on a plane which only a handful can understand. There is reason to believe that the position of the British in Egypt is graver than is generally supposed in the United States. True, there has been a lull in the fighting, but Marshal Rommel is still at the gates of Alexandria and the delta of the Nile. He is known to be receiving reinforcements. A Russian stand north of the Caucasus, therefore, would be of immense help to the whole allied cause. When and where a second front will be opened may even have been decided. But if so the first the public is likely to hear of it will be when, like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky, it gets under way.

such stations are always loaded with heavy burdens of intelligence matters. What this means is that even after the navy gets around to re-

of transmission must be found. It is natural with any force that they should think first of dealing with the enemy and secondly with .their own public, however anxious. The third principle worth keeping in mind is that occasionally uses are served by keeping “the enemy guessing—that is, by keeping secret a matter which he thinks he knows but which is still not quite full confirmed in his mind. ‘ About the Solomons, the best counsel is still patience and forbearance and attention to authorized

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PA Form Neo. R-315

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local OPA War Price stamped and addressed member of the family unit.

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This form is to be used in applying for a Sugar Purchase Certificate necessitated by home canning. Applicant must present this application along with War Ration Books of and Rationing Board. If application is mailed to local OPA War return envelope must be mailed in with application, along ‘with the

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APPLICATION AND CERTIFICATION

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SOVIET PLAYS UP 20 FRONT NEED

Press Stresses Clamor for Action; ‘Subdued’ on Churchill Parley.

MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—The official Soviet press today commented in relatively subdued tones on the Churchill-Stalin conference in Moscow, but continued to give prominence to dispatches from abroad, particularly London, describing public clamor for a second front. There was considerably less enthusiasm today in the wake of the Moscow visit of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and W. Averill Harriman, representative of President Roosevelt, than was evident immediately after the recent conclusion of the Anglo-Soviet alliance which the Russian people believed to be the forerunner of a second front. Pravda, official organ of the Communist party, seemed to sum up Soviet reaction today with its statement that “the successful results of the negotiations constitute a great political defeat for Hitlerite Germany.” )

War in ‘Decisive Phase’

The government newspaper, Izvestia, stressed that the Soviet army still is bearing the main burden of the war. Izvestia said that the war has entered its “decisive phase” and that Hitler is straining every nerve to achieve a decision before the full might of the anti-Nazi coalition can be thrown against him. Observers agreed that whatever else resulted from the conference, at least there had been complete clarification of views regarding the war, if not also of post-war collaboration.

EIGHT DAYS ON RAFT

PANAMA CITY, Aug. 18 (U. P.) — Eight men lived for eight days on canned milk and peaches while their raft drifted between Puerto Rico and

the Dominican Republic after a shipwreck, their captain, Eugene Merrell, reported in an interview

rather than conjectural sources.

Gyro club, luncheon, Spink-Arms hotel, | noon.

Latheran Men's Service club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, noon.

Milk Foundation, dinner, Hotel Severin, 6:30 p. m.

MEETINGS TOMORROW D. of A., state council, Hotel Lincoln,

p. m. Lions elub, luncheon, Claypool hotel,

noon. Do Purdue Alumni association, luncheon,

Severin hotel, noon. i Alpha Epsilon, luncheon, Board * ndiane; lis Beal Estate board t, anapo Es a Tr managers’ division, luncheon, Canary Cot. tage, hoon: ' lab L Indi -operative 0 anapolis, luncheon, Columbia club, noon. Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Canary Oottage, noon. ‘ Kiwanis club, luncheon, Columbia e¢lub,

noon, - ; Forty-two club, dinner-bridge, Hotel Washington, 6:30 p. m. » United Brethren church, White River conference, University Heights U. B. church, all day. Co A EFEENSE MEETINGS TODAY Ninth district air raid wardens, Keystone community house, 8 p. m.*

MARRIAGE LICENSES

These lists are from official records in the county court house. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses. 8

Charles Edward Huddleson, 21, of 426 Parkway; Dorothy L. Stadtfeld, 19, of 1505 Union. gs William Earl Jacobs, 29, of 404 N. Delaware; a Dugan, 23, of 2318 "Dear-

iy. of Michigan club, luncheon, | porn noon. Me. C. Af.

with the Panama American today.

Pennsylvania; Helen Henry Patton, 23, of 8177 N. Pennsylvania. Charles Sam Burden, 20, New Augusta, Ind.; Mildred Mabel Taylor, 21, of 6137 Hazelhatch dr. Walter Harman, 20, of 1358 Nord Mildred Lucille Davis, 21, of 537 S. Robert Criss Ray. 45, of 614 N. Chester; Ethel May Winsor, 42, of 1958 Ludlow. Joseph Earl Wineland, 21, Methodist Josphiay Ethelmae Leonard, 19, of 14 N. aub.

ul Roach, 22, of 708 Virginia; ett, 18, of 306 E. New York. Roy Hox, 27, of 1308 Polk; Hazel , ‘of 1008 Harrison. Lloyd R. Hurst, 26, Oxford, O.; Nellie Kivett, 25, Coatesville, Ind Olin Thompson, 33

Moore, 16, of 4542 Evanston. rt Kopperud, 21; Evely Cregor, 19, n, 21, of 433 St

Robe both of Chicago, Ill Everett 7 Peter; an, 16, of 1014 Hosbr:

Eugene Do: Catherine Sal osbrook. David C. Moore, 29, Fairgrounds; Kath-, eryn Baugh, 31, Dayton, O. George R. Conover, 43, of 915 Ft. Wayne; Beatrice Devlin, 46, of 915 Ft. Wayne. Edward H. Maine, 31, Indianapolis; Mildred N. Stuppy, 23, York, Pa.

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: | Girls Charles, Jean Lively, at Methodist. Eajoid, Elizabeth Hinckley, at St. Vin-

8. . Karl, Bessie Theilig, at St. Vincent's. Claude, Mary Little, at 8t. Vincent's. Paul, Mary Blanford, at St. Vincent’s. arry, Mary Rail, at St. Vincent's. Houston, Catherine England, at St. Ss. Kenneth, Flora Mahurin, at St. Francis. Henry, Felma Terddy, St. F ~ Frederick, - Anna Moots, at 713 E. Ver-

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SPECIAL FOR REGION III

Applications Can Be Sen By Mail Under New

The . above form represents the Marion county rationing board's new system for making canning sugar available to housewives in a more convenient manner. Previously, the applicants for canning sugar had to appear personally at the rationing headquarters and fill out the application blanks after they arrived. But under the new system, said Alex L. Taggart, county rationing administrator, all the housewife has to do is: Fill out the form clipped from the paper, answering each question carefully. Enclose in the envelope all the war ration books issued to the family unit. Also enclose a stamped envelope bearing the name and address of the applicant. Return by Mail

The certificate for the purchase of sugar, if the applicant is approved, will be mailed back to the applicant within a few days along with all the applicant’s war ration books. Persons not desiring to use the mail system may fill out the form and bring it to their district rationing headquarters. Persons who do not have war ration books must apply to their rationing boards in person. After the ration books are issued, the eligible person may then get his permit for canning sugar. If the applicant still has an excess stock of sugar, the quantity of canning sugar allowed will be deducted from his excess stock.

Check Time of Need

The fact that a person already has received canning sugar does not mean he cannot receive canning permits. These applicants

12-YEAR-OLD BOY IS WOUNDED BY GUN

A pistol in the hands of a playmate which discharged yesterday critically wounded Henry Holland, 12, of 630 Douglas st. He was taken to City hospital with a bullet wound in his chest. Police said the shooting occurred at the home of an 1l-year-old Blake st. boy who was taken to the juvenile aid division by police for questioning.

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS

Delmer, Ruby Moldson, at 518 Chase. Joe, Bernice Smith, at 1725 Cottage. Boys Walter, Eleanor Graver, at Methodist. Edward, Madeline Tryon, at Methodist. David, Helen Dean, at Methodist. Martin, Stella Toombs, at City. John, Mildred Madinger, at Coleman. Charles Ruth Nickel, at Coleman. Robert, Helen Hiatt, at St. Vincent's. Clarence, Orha nn, at St. Vincent’s. John, Helen Feeney, at St. Vincent’s. Malcolm, Mabel Ellis, at St. Vincent's. Dale, Martha Taylor, at St. Vincent's. William, Catherine Hill, at St. Vincent’s. Ervin, Virginia Engelking, at St. Fran-

s. y James, Leona Burnett, at 1120 E. Raymond. : Earl, Veana Strate, at 708 S. Mount. Don, Mildred Carr, at 2209 Winter. Paul, Beatrice Garner, at 530 W. Ab1

ott. Robert, Bernice Baker, at 123 W. 11th. Otho, Rosella Davidson, at 1620 Wilcox. DEATHS Ronald Gene Long, 2, at Methodist,

polio-encephalitis. » iam A, Seitz, 73, at 1710 Cruft, carcf

cerebral thrombosis. Robert Hugh Devine, culous meningitis. Minnie Jaeger, 79, at 421 E. 18th, cerebral hemorrhag Robert

e. ] t E. Sutton, 74, at 1427 N. Dela-|] rditi

ware, myoca tis Frank H. cerebral hemorrhage. “Sadie Elizabeth G 82, at. 702 B. Georgia, chronic myoca. Sa . Dorotha Peters, 35, at St. Vincent's; carcinomatosis. Lo

oma. Norval Millér, 61, at City, coronary|Chi rombosis. . Mattie B. ‘Wallace, 82, at 58 Market, |i 1, at City, tuber-|] ver.

o ; Mi Steinkamp, 90, at Methodist,

Weight value

should follow the san as the others. Under no circumstax gart said, should any for canning sugar ths: used before Dec. 31, 1! plicants should carei: the quantity of suge: ~ Canning sugar will | the rate of one pound quarts of finished cai: fruit juice for home and one pound per pti to put up preserves, ji i fruit butters.

Other Factors

Other factors in | program include: 1: No applicant w: has received canning ments for finished cat | fruit juices and has : that sugar at the rate for each four quarts o ucts can expect a del future allotments. 2. A consumer Ci; sugar for the canning fruit juices and then ': : for putting up preser: lies or fruit butters. 3. Each individual ¢; | canning sugar will I its merits with the 1: dividuals in the far: | being an absolute | quantity of sugar ti: | rationed. Six rationing boards central one at the V!/ are in operation in Three more will be act « North headquarters 819 E. 63d st.; east at i! ington st.; west at 2} igan st.; south sout! Prospect st., and sout 8S Meridian st.

BRITISH SUB FOUR TO §)

LONDON, Aug. 18 admiralty reported tc: : ish submarines hav: four to six axis suppl’ Norwegian coast and teranean. : v The communique s: naissance disclosed fi: cruiser hit by a tc: week’s + Malta convc: about 60 feet from h: The Mediterrahea included a large ship convoy. of three sup: another large ship p: the same convoy. A sub attacked “and =» tainly sank an enem: which was escorted stroyers.”. -

-. |Gen. Eaker said. anxious to get started.”

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BOMBING YANKS SET FOR MORE

Back from Rouen the Men Report They’d Like to See Berlin Now.

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent

IN BRITAIN, Aug. 18.—American and British officers were throwing a baseball around or lobbing a football, not for fun, but to relieve the tension. A few minutes later, misty shapes in formation appeared on the horizon. A man in the control tower shouted: “They are all there.” “They” were the United States army air force fiying fortress that had just bombed the railroad yards at Rouen. They circled low once and began coming in like so many

transports making scheduled landings. Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, commanding general of the United States army air force bomber command, stuck his head from a fortress labeled “Big Punk.” The ground crews grinned. : The pilots and crews were jubilant. All were ready to go back agin, “right to Berlin.” One of the fortresses taking part was named the Berlin Sleeper. One German plane—probably a

-| Focke-Wulf 190, fell to the guns of

Sergt. Kent L. Wes§, 21, of West Blocton, Ala., the belly gunner of a fortress named “Birmingham Blitz,” which returned with 12 bullet and shrapnel holes in its tail and wings.

Gen. Spaatz Greets Men

Sergt. E. L. Love of Elgin, Okla., belly gunner in another fortress, saw the encounter. “The attacking fighter was one of three,” he said. “After receiving the fire from West’s guns it simply dropped. The other two fighters cleared off.” “I'm particularly well satisfied,” “We were very

The active leader of the formation in which Gen. Eaker flew was a colonel from Nashville, N. C. Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of United States air forces in the European theater, welcomed the returning crews. “I think they all behaved like veterans,” he said. “Everything went according to plan. This is a real start, and we are going to. keep it up as often as feasible. It couldn’t have been better as a test of daylight bombing.” “If they are all as easy as this one, I'd like to go back tomorrow,” Sergt. Frank Christensen, 18, of Racine, Wis.,, youngest member of the outfit, said. He is a gunner.

Spitfires Were There

“I could see bursts of smoke and dirt on the target. All bombs were in very close proximity,” Gen. Eaker said. “There was some ack-ack on our level. I saw three Focke-Wulf 190’s, one of which attacked the plane on my right. But he pulled away at, I should say, 2000 yards. “We bombed in close formation. The Spitfires stayed right with us and gave us fine protection.” It was just a “nice, cross-country run” to 2d Lieut. James Sammons, 217, of Louisa, Ky., a pilot. “Everybody was on the intercommunications system all way,” he said. “Our bombs fell on the target. The guys were disappointed, especially the gunners. They had nothing to shoot at.” West, the gunner who did have something to shoot at, described the fight as follows:

Rose Bowl Veteran

“Just after we left the target, a fighter which had dived, climbed up underneath us to attack. I got him in the sights of my .50 calibers and gave him a ,burst of 15 or 20 rounds at about 800 feet. He went down smoking, but I couldn’t see what happened to him.” Ce “I saw him underneath us smoking heavily. He didn’t seem to have control of his ship,” Mortimer V. Walsh, of New York said. “Birmingham Blitz” was piloted by Lieut. Tom Borders of Birmingham, Ala., who played tackle for Alabama on the 1938 Rose Bowl football team. “The 12 holes in our plane didn’t seem to hurt its performance any,” he said. “It was really a good flight.” Second Lieut. W. C. Lewis, of South Birmipgham, Ala. . said he saw a red-cowled German plane with two Spitfires around it.

Birthday Celebration

“It looked like they had him,” he said. “I think our bombs were in dead center. It was a beautiful setup.” Second Lieut. H. J. Booth of Charlotte, N. C., celebrated his 23d birthday as a bombardier on the fortress “Hideho.” His was one of the first planes to go in over the target. : “All that flak behind us was, just like a Sunday afternoon picnic,” he said.. “I'm really glad those Spitfires were along, though.” “I sure want to go back, right back to Berlin,” Sergt. William T. Highsmith of Jessup, Ga., a fail gunner, said.

SEEKS PEACE IN INDIA

CHUNGKING, Aug. 18 (U. P.).— The newspaper Ta Kung Pao today

o|appealed to the British to open 8| negotiations for a quick solution of

the Indian question, expressing the fear that “unrestrained complications may lead to:the tragedy of tragedies.”

REPORT WARSHIP DAMAGED LA LINEA, Spain, Aug. 18 (U. P)).

trious and a number of smaller ves-

. |sels, all damaged, are now at Gib-| : |raltar, British naval \

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Michael F. Morrissey ‘has been chief of police in Indianapolis for 11 years and during that time he has successfully weathered several political storms, fomented for the purpose of blowing him

out of office.

But this fall, regardless of whether Democrat Dewey Myers or Republican Robert Tyndall is elected mayor, it looks as if Chief

Morrissey will have the fight of his life to hold onto his job— if he wants to keep it. For leaders in both the Myers and Tyndall camps are passing the word around that ‘“Morrissey is going” when their candidate is elected. : The Republicans say they will oust, Morrissey, a Democrat, to put in a Republican chief. And the anti-Morrissey Democrats say they will oust the present chief to put in a new one who will “revitalize” the entire department. A 2 ” 8

Blame the Chief

Naturally during the past 11 years, the .police department has stepped on a good many toes, both rightfully and wrongfully. And, as usual, those “hurt” <dtame the chief. The Democrats are hoping that by passing out word of their intention to put in a new chief that it will serve to a considerable extent to keep these “hurt” citizens from voting for the Republican mayoral candidate. Friends of Chief Morrissey believe it unlikely that he will fight to keep his job. He has been with the city police department for 20 years and is eligible for a pension. Recently, he has been trying to

get ‘into the armed forces. - 2 ” ®

Keep Eye on Minton

Indiana Democrats interested in the 1944 senatorial picture are keeping an eye on former senator Sherman Minton, whom President Roosevelt named to the U. S. circuit court of appeals after his defeat by Raymond E. Willis in 1940. It is reported that Judge Minton doesn’t like the judicial life —that he would like much more to be back on the floor of the U. S. senate. (The judgeship is a lifetime job at a salary of $12,500 a year while a senator holds office for only six years at a $10,000 annual salary.)

MYSTERY OF EMPTY BLIMP IS STUDIED

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—The mystery of the riderless navy blimp deepened today as the navy revealed that the craft had been in perfect working order when

it crashed on the streets of Daly City. The bag was ripped when the blimp crashed and it was believed the craft had glanced against a hill somewhere in its flight. There were two principal theories advanced unofficially for the disappearance of the two crew members. The first held that they leaped

altitude for some reason. The second theory was that when the craft grazed the hill, the men

either leaped or were thrown out.

It perhaps is significant that he is maintaining his residence at New Albany and is keeping in close contact with many state Democratic leaders. If Judge Minton should decide to seek the senatorship, which many Democrats believe to be unlikely despite his reported desires, it would complicate the situation. Close friends of Governor Schricker are confident that he will be a candidate and Senator Frederick VanNuys, the incumbent whose term expires in '44, declined when here recently to reiterate his pledge not to seek a third term.

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Select Dr. Kincaid Dr. J. C. Kincaid, Taylors ville, has been selected by Democratic county committees as the . Democratic nominee for state senator from Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin and Union coun= ties. a He will oppose Davies A. Bat= terton, Greensburg, incumbent Republican senator, in the fall election. ¥ The naming of Dr. - Kincaid leaves only four vacancies in the | state senatorial ticket for the Democrats to fill.

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G. 0. P. to Map Policy

The 1942 campaign policy of the Republican party in Indiana is to . be formulated at a party meet ing tomorrow at the Claypool ho=, tel. ; Summoned to’ attend the conference by State Chairman Ralph | Gates are members of the state committee, the Republican editorial association and congression= al and state candidates. hs The campaign policy adopted =. probably will follow the lines already set out by Mr. Gates in his public addresses—the first object of the Republican party is to win the war; New Deal experimenta= tion’should not be allowed to continue, etc.

FILES LITTLE USED LAW AGAINST ‘HAPPY’

FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 18 (U. - | P.)—A little used legal procedure known as a “petition in equity,” challenging the right of two Kens: tucky political candidates to have their names printed on the No vember general election ballot, was : filed yesterday in the Franklin® county circuit court. ; The document charges A. B “Happy” Chandler, Democrat, and: Richard J. Colbert, Kkepublican, both senatorial candidates, with of= '

fenses ranging from misconduct to’ treason. Ld The petition was filed by G. Tom Hawkins, veteran Pike county attorney and perrenial office-seeker who recently was defeated for the Republican senatorial nomination. :

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CHARGE ACCOUNT—

It comes in pretty handy now and. then—smoothes your shopping—saves carrying -around—what is lightly referred to as Dough, Jack, Kale, Coin, “What-it-takes,” 3 pelf, “The root of all evil”—“I{ ain’t hay”— in other words, “Money!” v

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