Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1942 — Page 3

ALT RECRUITING, “WMC T0 ASK FDR

Moliut Commission's Action Seeks Tighter Control Over Manpower; Request for Draft of 18-20 Youths Also Hinted.

_ WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 commission, seeking tighter

(U. P.) .—The war manpower control over manpower re-

sources, has voted that the army and navy be ordered to stop all voluntary recruiting, it was learned today.

. WMC Chairman Paul V.

McNutt has or soon will ask

sident Roosevelt to order total responsibility for procure-

ent of fighting men turned over to the selective service Bystem, it was understood. . Competent sources said such action almost certainly would be accompanied by a request to congress that the minimum draft age be lowered from 20 to 18. . Mr. McNutt’s proposal, it was _ sad, still faces stiff opposition from the army and navy; particularly the latter. They argue that morale is more easily maintained among volunteers and that volunteers generally are of better personal and physical quality. Proposal Has Backing Mr. McNutt’s position — backed strongly by selective service, the U. S. employment service and the war production board labor pro“.duction division—is based principally on the belief that the government, not the individual, is better able to determine where a man can contribute most effectively to the war effort. Mr. Roosevelt has expressed no opinion on the issue publicly, but it was recalled that his executive order creating the WMC instructed Mr. McNutt to work out an over-all manpower policy, even to the extent of recommending special legislation where necessary. e commission already is draftfng a national war service bill which is expected to authorize use of compulsion as a last-ditch means to move recalcitrant workers into war jobs and. order compulsory registration for war work of the nation’s 41,000,000 women from 18

Claim Individual Aid Manpower authorities, pointing

stopped during the last months of World War I, listed these reasons for WMC's decision to favor similar action now: 1. It would relieve the individual of the difficult responsibility of deciding — amidst barrages of army and navy recruiting advertising and “white feather” talk among his friends—whether he should enlist or stick to his job, where he often is more valuable. 2. It would stop army and navy “raids” on skilled workers in war end essential civilian industries. Enlistments and the draft already have caused serious labor shortages in the shipbuilding, mining, aireraft, lumber, agriculture and other vital industries. Ickes Offers Help Harold L. Ickes, solid fuels coordinator, yesterday appointed a special committee to aid WMC and selective service in solving a “progressively worse” labor shortage in coal mines. 3. Combined with labor “draft” . authority, it would give the federal

DEFENSE RALLY ATTRACTS 1500

North Siders Told of Peril As 58 Air Raid Wardens

Get Diplomas.

More than 1500 residents of District 40 on the North side of Indianapolis were introduced to 58 new air raid wardens of the district in

ceremonies last night in Caleb Mills ball. All the men, women and children attending the meeting, as well as the new wardens, took the oath of allegiance to the Constitution. administered by Maj. Herbert R. Fletcher, chief air raid warden. He told his listeners that the group was the largest to attend: graduation ceremonies for air raid wardens so far in the city.

Cites City’s Importance

District 40 extends from 34th to 46th sts. and from Keystone to Capitol aves. Warden Fletcher said “we are confronted with a serious proposition. I don’t know that Indianapolis ever will be bombed, but it will be too late to organize after that happens.” Indianapolis very definitely is a military objective—the second city in the nation in importance in the manufacture of war munitions, he said. Enjoy Music Program

Others who spoke were Irving W. Lemaux, district warden; Leroy J. Keach, safety board president; L. P. McGehey, class instructor; M=s. William Logan, district chairman of women’s defense activities, and Mrs. Brandt C. Downey, county chairman of women’s defense activities. Miss Phyllis Wilcox of Indiana university, who recently gained na-tion-wide radio prominence, led the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and gave a solo, “This Is Worth Fighting For.” She was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Albert Campbell. - “Ready on the Home Front,” a motion picture explaining the duties of an air raid warden and the civilian defense air raid orgenisiion; was shown. ‘

List Wardens and Aids

Sector wardens and their assistants are:

John A. Mahr, 3428 Carrollton ave., and Ray Fatout, 3432 Winthrop ave.; nt Martin Luther Sutton, 3727 Carrollton ave., and W. E. Call, 3447 College ave. E. Park Akin, 3858 Carrollton ave. + ud

government complete, efficient con-|Ike Riley trol. over human-power resources, a|F. Sa ge

step long ago taken by other war- ‘ ring nations. Observers generally agreed that

action probably would be postponed | Albert

until after the November elections since congress, fearing political repercussions, probably would avoid any major decision until then. New indication of the situation’s growing tightness came from selective service headquarters where a high official reported that local draft boards are finding it necessary to dip further and further into reserves of men deferred for dependents. . Doubt Luther Statement

However, that official described as a “misunderstanding” reports from Boston of a statement by Ted Luther, a selective service public relations official, that a general draft of young married men with dependents will come “in the not far distant future.” ” "The headquarters spokesman, who |T asked not to be quoted directly, said there is “no immediate likelihood” of a change in a July 14 directive to local boards that such men not be called to the colors until further instructions have been Javon from Washington. declined to estimate when _— with children would begin to be called. But he did say: : “It should be perfectly obvious that you can’t have your cake and eat it, too, in a situation like this -=you can't have thousands of men deferred in war industries and other. essential activities without dipping eventually into the married men.”

_ HOOSIER IS GIVEN MEDAL FOR BRAVERY

Second Lieut. Norman B. Willey of Mulberry, Ind, was among six . ‘men receiving the soldier's medal recently in Australia. ~ In an announcement made at Gen. MacArthur's headquarters, Lieut. Willey was cited for his courageous action in an airplane

crash. . He assisted in recovering the ‘body of a pilot from a burning naval plane which crashed somewhere in Australia. ‘He and three other companions fought the flames » {for 0 minutes desplie fhe danger)

LIST JAP PLANE LOSSES | MELBOURNE, Aug, 19 (U. P)—

Charles E MeCoy., 4241 College ave., and Dan Moran, 4344 College ave.

K. L. Dotterer, 4151 Park ave. .; Patrick A Quinn, 3947 Broadway, and Edward M. Lillebiag, 3846 Park ave.; Percy E. Koplein, 522 Powell pl.,- and Wilbur Shook, 3674 Watson rd oseph Fiorella, 3433 Central ave., No, 7, and endell DeWitt, 548 N. Central ct.; John E. Messick, 3525 Washington blvd. and E. W. Harris, 3510 Washington blvd.; Robert J. Boyle, 3761 N. Meridian st. Dr. Thomas Leonard, 3916 N. Delaware st. and Henry 8S. Shepard, 3920 N. New Jersey st.; Marion S. McComas Jr. 3534 Central ave. and Ralph E. Ittenbach, 4014 N. New Jersey st.; Arthur L. Peterson, 4400 N. Pennsylvania st. and Dan Brosman, 226 E. 45th st. Louis J. Langer, 3508 N. Illinois st. and Fred V Seaman, 18 W. en st., Michael H. Cain, 22 W. Joseph A. Delaney, 3630 N. 3d Ea st.; John 8S. Beaty, 3536 N. Meridian st. and Norman Miller, 3951 N. Illinois st. R. V. Cherry, 4303 N. Capitol ave. and Robert W. Clark, 4365 N. Illinois st.; Liebert I. Mossler, 129 W. Hampton dr. and Ed J. Aspinall, 135 Hampton dr.; Joseph Hollowitz, 3529 Balsam ave. and William Middleswort, 1128 E. 35th st. Bs hard. A. Miller, 4480 Marcy lane and . L. Riddick, 4510 Marcy lane; Raymond E. Billhymer, 4446 Kingsley ave. and Wil liam . Basham, 4444 Kingsley ave.; Thornton L. Davis, 4514 Crittenden ave. and Robert Atkinson, 4496 N. Keystone ave.; J. A. Raney, 1200 E. 42d st. and Charles C. Rawlings, 4455 Marcy lane, Apt. 158

"Arthur C. Shea, 4246 Park ave., is assistant district warden:

TOWNSEND 48 TO MEET

Townsend club 48 will meet tomorrow night in room 124 of the Hotel English. Motion pictures will be shown.

George E. Talbbert, 4159 Broadway, and }

SEEK IPA 1 HELP

Plead for Relief From ‘a ‘Squeeze’ Between Costs And Price Ceiling.

By UNITED PRESS Small meat packers looked to the office .of price administration and the war production board for relief today from “a squeeze” between

prices which they said threatened them with bankruptcy. The small packers said the market situation was responsible for ine

plies which threatened hotsewives with meat shortages in some dreas. The small packers sought to combat the difficulty by: Reducing operations and the size of the territory they serve and by rationing sales “among “old customers” and refusing deliveries to new stores.

Prepare Ration Books

Meanwhile, the office of price administration officials speeded plans for a “universal ration book” to be

comes necessary. If the meat shortage ‘should worsen within the next few weeks— before a new book can be distributed—officials could use coupons in war ration book No. 1, now used for obtaining sugar, to ration meat. Millions of Americans now hold war ration book No. 1 and use of it would be a faster way of putting meat rationing into effect.

Plan for Emergencies

The government printing office has designed various kinds of rationing books for about 15 or 20 different commodities, OPA officials expect to have those books ready for distribution by the end of the year and hope that actual meat rationing to consumers will not be necessary before then, OPA officials are developing the “universal ration book” to provide for all probable emergencies arising during the coming year. The book would contain both weekly or periodical coupons—the system now used for sugar—and those for the so-called point system, such as that now used in Great Britain for gis tributing clothing.

Ask Rationing Plan

The foods requirements committee of the war production board has asked OPA to formulate “as rapidly as possible” a consumer meat rationing plan if other methods fail to provide equitable distribution of meat supplies tp all sections of the country. : The WPB committee wants to use the meat rationing plan only after trying out a system of allocating government meat purchases among packers, a program of regional meat allocations and some proposal for adjustment of price ceilings.

Directs Grotto . Band in Concert

THE SAHARA GROTTO band, directed by Harry B. Duncan, will present a concert tomorrow night on the lawn of the Grotto clubhouse. ~ The concert, which is being given in. connection with a fish fry, is sponsored. by the “odes National Womarry Duncan en's Service league, an organization which provides food each day for enlisted men and recruits calling at the federal building.

LOCAL MAN INJURED IN GUN ACCIDENT

George Cushenbery, ‘62, of 341 W. 21st st., received a superficial head wound early this morning when a gun was accidentally discharged at the Circle Motor Inn. . Wade Sanders, 81 ‘S. Whitcomb st.,, night manager at the garage, was cleaning his revolver when

machine. Half of the bullet ricocheted and struck Mr. Cushenbery. He was treated at City hospital.

WYOMING RACE CLOSE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 19 (U. P.)—E. V. Robertson of Cody, former G. O. P. national committee man, held a narrow lead for the Republican senatorial nomination today as returns mounted in Wyoming’s primary election. He held

‘a 655 vote lead over Dr. A. C. Crane of Cheyenne. :

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equitable distribution of meat sup-|

ready for meat rationing if that be-|.

it discharged, a bullet striking a a

high livestock costs and ceiling| Sig ot

American and Minute Man flags

ALLISON UNIT MEN HONORED

Workers on Big Project Spurred to Attain

Even More Speed.

It was fightin’ words of fightin’ men yesterday afternbon on the grounds of the great new Allison plant at Tibbs ave. and Raymond st. when the treasury department presented American and Minute Man flags to the National Concrete Fireproofing -Co., builder. With . construction ahead of schedule and a 100 per cent co-op-eration of the builder employees in the 10 per cent war bond deduction program, company and government officials and military representa-

tives lauded the men and urged them to greater effort.

‘Not Far Enough Ahead’

“We are ahead of schedule now, but not far enough ahead,’ said O. T. Kreusser, director of service and training at Allisons. “We are man hours ahead, we are building time ahead, but we have to double, triple our efforts. What we are doing today should have been done three years ago.” “We can’t be like the man on the job who said, ‘Why boss, I got brains I ain’t even used.” We've got to use all our brains and all our brawn.” With the American and Minute Man flags attached to the pole rope, there was a sudden, thunderous roar and an Allison-powered P-40 dove on the 1900 assembled workers, rolled, did a wing-over and went into a steep climb.

Roar Thunderous Cheer

Robert W. Emerick, director of General Motors department of public relations here and master of ceremonies, said: “And men, your work here is going to make possib'~ more and more of these planes °° ake less ahd less of the Japa: .”. And a roar and a cheer, almost as thunderous as the plane itself, went up from the construction gang. Presentation of the flags was made by James Frenzel, deputy administrator of the war savings staff of Indiana. Paul B. Hunt, vice president of the construction company, accepted.

DEFER DECISION IN 'FIREMAN’S ‘APPEAL

The safety board has taken under advisement the case of Frank M. Quinn, former fire department captain, who was demoted to private and suspended for 30 days by the department trial board. Quinn appealed the trial board’s verdict to the safety d which heard evidence in the fase yesterday and postponed action until Sept. 1. Quinn was charged with being under the influence of liquor

The national anthem is played, all stand at attention and {

are raised in ceremonies at 1

new Allison pant M Tibbs ave. and Raymond st.

Haines Portrait Is Given Schoc

A PORTRAIT of the late I: Matthias Loring Haines was u veiled yesterday in the India: : Law school. Dr. Haines was pre: ident of the board of trustees un his death in 1941, The pictu was the gift of Dr. Hain daughters, Mrs, Julia Haines Ma: Donald and Mrs. Lydia Hain: : Biggs. In accepting the portrait, HE !: ton U. Brown, present head of f.: board, outlined contributio made by Dr. Haines to the scho. , Henry M. Dowling, another mez: - ber of the board, spoke briefly. The picture will hang in t office along with the portraits men who have played importa roles in the school’s history.

TEACHERS FIGH MINORITY BLO

Federation Leaders S:\ + ‘Communist’ Control Will Be Kept. Out.

GARY, Ind, Aug. 19 (U. P. A minority bloc last ‘night si) mitted 10 unit resolutions, call for reinstatement of three east: : locals, to the resolutions commi ! at the American Federation Teachers’ National convention.

The resolutions seek reinstst ment of a Philadelphia and « New York locals ousted from me: bership for alleged “communi i activities.” The same minority up st back to committee considerat : recommendations asking the $ ecutive council for a program education for peace and war. Ira S. Turley, president of Chicago Federation of Teach

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charged “a big majority of teacl::

is opposed to these radical p:

Fight Radical Groups

John M. Fewkes, Chicago, ch: i" man of the national .convent t committee, predicted that munistic” attempts to regain un. control would fail. The alleged “radical leadersk | element of the union was ous: at the 1940 conevntion when | George S. Counts, Columbia Unis : sity Teachers college, was elec: : president. Reinstatement of purged locals was blocked at 1941 convention in Detroit. The executive council's statem : regarding schools and a peace :.: war program adopted the Amer: : Federation of Labor’s program education calling for adequate forcement of compulsory school : ¢ tendance laws, adequate approp: i tions for maintenence of sch: and the “social well-being of : dents, professional and social sec . ity for teachers and ho subst:

while on duty.

tive legislation on curriculem mi: ing.” 3

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VI TAL STA TISTI cS

Here Is the Traffic Record FATALITIES . "County City Total 1941 socevenscioee. 41 49 1942 00000000 0% cn 24 56 —Aug. 18— .. 24 | Arrests ...., 346 7 | Dead ....... © TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convie- Fines Tried Speeding .......~ 31 Reckless driving. 11 Failure to stop at through street. 1. Failure to stop at

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Accidents .

Drunken driving 2 All others essees 35

Total

0988009 81

MEETINGS TODAY gD: of As state cotnoll, Hotel incor, Lions olub, luncheon, Claypool hotel,

Put a state uni, Hotel Lincoln,

Co-operative Club of Indiana luncheon, Columbia "club, noon. poll,

Junior Chamber of Commerce, lunch Canary Cottage, noon. ic Om,

Kiwanis club, luncheon, Columbia club,

88 noon. | 80

wieriy-twe Fo dinner-bridge, Hotel United hen ch conference, University Heig Shiupeh.» all day. 0. U. A. M., state gonvention, coms= mies meetings, Hotel Lincoln, all day. Women of the Moose, Se 11 Shar men meet ine, Moose Temple, Alpha Beta Gamma, Bows pid Hi c= wl Riverside park, 6 Dp. P ol

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MEETINGS TOMORROW

" Knights of Columbus, luncheon, 1308 N.

1 | Delaware st., noon.

| oh Indianapolis CE club, noo funch-| 50

+0il club, luncheon, Severin hotel, i New:

Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Cot-

dianapolis tion De Tha vriatle

Retired railroad _| meeting, Unis = station, 1:30 hp Saploress;

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es Vernon > iJ s4é? Mario bs SS

Charles Franklin ‘Keller s 43. of 8. East; Martha Ella Artley, 23, % 3 5

& Robert, Nathaniel Chattin, 21, of 2152 mite 2411 Ls Alabama. : :

Sigma Nu, luncheon, Columbia club, | Odessa

" Ceeil, Julia, Wood, at 509 St. Paul. Mildred

United Electric, Radio & Machine - Hae

Eloise Autten, at Methods! peg a Smith, at City. Anthony, ‘Olive Domogalik, at 8t. cent’s. Wilfred, Betty Winkel, at St. Vinee ¢ Gerald, ri A Green, at St. Vinee : at St. Vinee: : ° Raymon d, Aline Hembree, at St. ': cent’, John, Donnabelle Dunn, at St. Fre «i: Ray, Mary Anecker, at sh Phe Roy, Loretta at Fred, Blanche at St. Fra i i Ma Joanne Ramsey, at St. Fra: i

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' ampaign details.

"STL D ONVDED,

Lobia re Candidate Who Will Back F. D. R.

In Keynote.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (U. P)— (rovernor Herbert H. Leman, keynoting a Democratic state convention of national political implica‘ions, indirectly suggested the -possibility of compromise today to forestall an impending floor battle be{weeni. Attorney General John J. {3ennett Jr. and Senator James M. \Iead, candidates for the guberna(arial nomination. Governor Lehman told the dividd convention delegates that the arty must unite behind a candidate or governor who “will stand square-

'¢ behind President Roosevelt in|:

/ighting and winning this war.” The president is backing Mr. fead while Mr. Benneti has the upport of James A. Farkey, state hairman. ‘Farley “still Confident

Mr. Farley was confident he had]

nough votes to put Mr. Bennett ver. He revealed he had received , letter from President Roosevelt uggesting a compromise for party armony. - : . After organizing shearing Mr. 'ehman’s keynotejithe convention djourned until 10 a. m. tomorrow. Though Mr. Farley did not make he president’s communication pubic, it was learned on reliable aunority that the president had sugested that both Mr. Bennett and Ir. Mead withdraw in favor of a ‘andidate acceptable to both factions.

Party Litaders Meet

Mr. Farley said the president had offered several recommendations to ring about harmony. and prevent | floor fight.” He said the president ad not suggested a compromise andidate or candidates. ‘The president’s plan was placed efore Mr. Farley and 26 other arty leaders last night by retiring overnor, Herbert H. Lehman, who Iso supports Mr. Mead. Mr. Roosevelt, is was said, told he leaders that Mr. Bennett was a good man” but did not have fr. Mead’s vote-getting power. He aid that if Mr, Bennett was desigated he would vote for him but rould - not take an active part in is campaign. Mr. Mead’s supporters suggested 5» the meeting of party leaders averal compromise candidates.

O'Dwyer on List

First on the list were William yDwyer, prosecutor of Murder, nc., and unsuccessful candidate for 1ayor of New. York City last year; ourt of Appeals Judge Albert Conray, and Secretary of State Michael Valsh, all of Brooklyn. They were 11 rejected by Mr. Farley. Mr. Benett is also from Brooklyn. While the immediate stake was he gubernatorial nomination, it 7as becoming more and more evi‘ent that the fight was a struggle ietween Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. ‘arley for control of the party in Jew York and the 94 delegates it 7ill send to the national convention n 1944.

Showdown Is Delayed Mr. Farley, who broke with the

resident over the third term, ap-.

rarently held the edge. He claimed 50 of the 1014 convention delegates, . majority, and the willingness of Ar. Mead’s backers to accept a ompromise was interpreted as a ign of weakness. Mr. Farley had originally planned op force a showdown at the conention’s opening session but after ast night's developments, it was lecided that the nomination would i0t be made until Thursday.

h 0. P. CHIEFS MAP ‘CAMPAIGN: POLICIES

| Republican leaders from throughut the state met here today to "ecide upon party policy for the all campaign and to hear Samuel 3. Pettengill, newly named chair1an of .the national G. O. P. nance committee, speak on the oming election. - State Chairman Ralph Gates said ‘hat the meeting, which began with luncheon, was for the purpose ot only ‘of deciding upon broad iolicy but also of working out

| It was expected that party leadrs would indorse the statement nade recently by Mr. Gates that ‘he Republican party’s prime obsctive is the winning of the war, Among the yere candidates for state and conressional offices, members of the ttae executive committee, U. S. jenator Raymond E. Willis and irnest M. Morris, Republican na-

OFFICIAL WEATHER

—U- 5. Weather Bureau . Central War Time ' Sunrise..... 6:00 |. Suset. : —Aug. 19, 1941— 7p Ma..iie. 68 2p m......

‘recipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m. .00 ‘otal precipiation, since Jan. . 40 Xcess since Jam. 1... cocci ieeiiainen 3.24

i mt warmer this afteroon through Thursday forenoon.

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DOUGLAS, Ariz, aug 19 (@. P)., —Authorities believed today that the quarrel which ended Bb Feds haired t Herlihy, a

Capt. David Carr, 27, was engendered by her discovery that though he had just married her secretly, he ‘| already had a wife. - 4 The suggestion that Carr left two widows ‘came from Miss Herlihy, who, from the hospital where she is being treated for shock; hysteria, and bruises, confirmed that she had arried ‘Carr at Auga Prieta, Mexre June 21, and from Ruth Duke Carr, 24, a "nurse: .of° Phenix City, Ala., who said Carr had married her "Jan. 24. : - Saying: she still Joved him and refusing to believe that he. had been unfaithful to her, Mrs. Duke Carr was attempting to have his body sent to Alabama for burial. She

said Fhe Wa SUpcine Carrs baby this fall.

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Herring said the state would: tend that Miss Herlihy quar with Carr as they returned Agua Prieta because he wanted to postpone their wedding or did not want to dis close their Mexican marriage was shot at the climax of the quARe rel. Herlihy posted a $5000 bond for his daughter a few hours after’ her arraignment Monday night., § "The other “Mrs. Carr” in Phenix City, Ala., denied that she had been estranged from the captain or di

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