Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1942 — Page 3
RDAY, AUG. 29,
JOUBT FDR POWER |_ - ON FARM PRICES
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Senators Point to Statute Prohibiting Maximums Below| 8 110 Per Cent of Parity; Concede His Right : To Stabilize Wages.
: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (U. P.).—Senators of both parties believed today that President Roosevelt must seek - new legislation to combat inflation, particularly where agri‘culture is concerned, despite his reported intention to initi‘ate the program by executive order. . Mr. Roosevelt has given no information on his plan—to be outlined to the nation on Labor day—except to say that it will be flexible and will not attempt to “freeze” wages and
: farm prices. Informed quarters said
equality of wartime sacrifices by all groups—labor, agriculture and -capital—and predicated on the belief that no one ‘group should profit from
the war effort.
Mr. Roosevelt left the definite impression that he will initiate the _program by executive order when he ‘declared -that procedure to be followed would be explained in a mes.8ageé to congress. He later will explain it to the nation in a “fireside chat. ”» But congressional circles held that e the president has sufficient he, ~time powers to stabilize wages ¥ nd to grant allowances to producers ‘caught in a “squeeze” by - eelling prices, he would require new
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the plan will be founded on
SENATORS CALL
RUML FOR TALKS|
Finance Committee Seeks
Acceptable ‘Pay-as-Go’
Grant R. Dazey, former national roque. champion and present champ, takes aim in an effort to drive his ball through the arch,
Tax Collection.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (U. B).| — Senate finance committeemen called Beardsley Ruml, New York
legislative authority if he plans to
curb farm prices below levels prescribed in the price control law.
ge ue Foresees Speedy Action
The statute specifically prohibits
maximum farm prices below 110 per cent of parity, or below levels attained on Oct. 1 and Dec. 15, whichever is higher. The prohibition ex- '* tends to prices on commodities processed from farm products. Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla), often an administration spokesman, advocated placing “all economic controls” in the hands of the . executive branch of the government : “so that things may be kept in balse He felt that some legislation would be necessary and that “congress will act with dispatch.” . Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0), describing the “immediacy” of inflation as “over-played,” said the war ‘has in no way increased the president’s power over wages or prices." “I don’t see how he can fix farm prices under that fixed by congress” ‘-4n -the price control law, he said. #I. wouldn’t object to using subsidy payments to a limited extent in gifficult situations.”
) 0. K's Subsidy Payments
He believed wages could be conrolled partially through the war jabor boards as long as labor abides p its decisions, but pointed out at thousands of wage increases
jader collective bargaining con-|
‘acts never come before the board. Senator Harry F. Byrd, another administration critic, said action on
age stabilization is overdue, but ed he was waiting to see the p/resident’s proposals before com-
menting further. He reiterated his opposition to “wholesale subsidies to civilian business” and said that “labor, agricultural products and all the other elements entering into the cost of the finished article” should be controlled. The president . told . yesterday's press conference that he heartily
* indorses the position of Price Ad-!
ministrator Leon Henderson that strict controls must be placed over wages, farm prices and corporate Profs.
| Thomas Brydon Burial Arranged
| THOMAS W. BRYDON, 5724 : Beechwood ave., will be buried in D Washington Park following servicés at 1:30 p. m. Monday in Shiney Brothers’ Irving Hill . He died Thursday in St. ts hospital. He was 74. A] FA ‘resident of Indianapolis 40 years, Mr. Brydon was born in Madison. He was a member of the ‘Irvington Masonic lodge. J urviving are two sons, Ralph A. of Indianapolis and Thomas ~ W. of San Lorenzo, Cal.; a daughter, Mrs. Mary F. Speakman, New York; a brother, Charles, of Inx and three SPanehy-
HOMECOMING IS SET Sahara Grotto auxiliary will regular homecoming next pday ‘at society headquarters, ih: st, and Park ave. Luncheon B )'be served at 12:45 p. m. Mrs, Chester Ellis is chairman and Mrs. Claude Butz is arranging the pro- »
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department store executive and Federal Reserve bank chairman, for consultations flext week in.an effort to evolve an acceptable plan for “pay-as-you-go” income tax collections,
BY EARL RICHERT
Senator Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.) said he and Senator Bennett C.
Clark (D. Me.) have an understanding with committee chairman Walter F. George (D. Ga.) to permit Mr. Ruml to testify before the full committee on his once-rejected plan to place collections on a current basis. But Senator George told newsmen he knew of no plans to have the New Yorker, who previously testified before a finance subcommittee, appear before a session of the full group.
Byrd Favors Hearing
Senator Byrd said in any event Mr. Ruml will be in town early next week and that if he is not invited to appear before the full group, he personally will move that an invitation be extended. Senators Byrd, Clark and Robert A, Taft (R. 0.) are searching’ for some plan to put tax collections on a current rather than the present year-late basis. The committee postponed until next week a decision on the corporation tax structure.
Treasury Modifies Plan
The treasury presented a second modification of its plans yesterday and had the support of the staff of congressional experts for all major provisions except a 55 per cent normal and surtax rate. Headed by Colin E, Stam, the staff wants 40 per cent. The house adopted 45. It appeared that the committee might be inclined to adopt a higher rate than the house figure because of its action late vesterday in repealing the declared value capital stock-excess profits tax,
Rumi Sees Adoption
Of Plan This Year NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (U. P).— Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the board of the Federal reserve bank ot New York, said last night that he believed his pay-as-you-go income tax plan had attracted such tremendous popular interest it would be adopted this year. Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia indorsed the plan yesterday. In answer to a letter from Mayor George W. Welsh of Grand Rapids, Mich. urging him to get the United States Conference of Mayors behind the plan, he wrote: ’ “I, too, heartily approve of the Ruml plan. I am sending your letter with my comment to Senator George, chairman of the finance committee.” -
EX-CITY RESIDENT DIES IN NEW ORLEANS
A former Indianapolis interior decorator and painter, William Singer Bridwell, was buried yesterday in New Orleans, where he died. A native of Indianapolis, he lived here 40 years. He was a member of the painters’ local union No. 47. The wife, Anna, lives in New Orleans, and a son, Farrington A. of South Bend, formerly was employed in the advertising department of the Indianapolis Star.
FATALITIES County City Total 1941 S000 00000 45 50 95 1942 e000 0t sess 27 - 58 —Aug. 28— Accidents .... 18] Injured ...... 6] . FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT
Hollywood
Fathers War Memorial, 1 p.
ton. 3p. m. ton, 2 p. m,
HOOSIER POLITICAL GENERALISSIMOS, Republicans and Democrats alike, are going into the fall election campaign with their
fingers crossed.
For they realize that events beyond their control—events abroad
and in Washington—rather than
‘ticket the Indiana voters place in office next November.
For example, politicians feel that allied successes during the fall would tend to help the Democrats while conversely allied reverses would tend to make the independent voters listen more attentively to the Republican cry that our war effort is not being run properly. And, strangely enough, the leaders of both parties are hoping there will be no gasoline rationing in the state, at least not until after the election. The Republicans are fearful that gasoline rationing would keep the farm vote, their strongest bloc, away from the polls. And the Democrats are afraid that, should gasoline be rationed, the national administration would * fail to sell the citizens on the idea that it was absolutely necessary for the war effort, thus causing a lot of resentment
against the administration, 2 8 8 ’
Congress Races Feature
AS INDIANA does not elect a governor or a senator this fall, the 11 congressional races will highlight the fall campaign. (The state lost one of its 12 congressional seats in the 1941 reapportionment.) Except for Democratic Congressman William T. Schulte, Hammond, who was defeated in the primary, all of ‘the present congressmen, eight Republicans and three Democrats, are seeking to be sent back to Washington. The fall campaign, which will get underway formally the middle of next month, probably will see plenty of mud-slinging. Democratic State Chairman Fred F. Bays plans to din what he terms the isolationist records of the Republican congressmen
“into. the ears of every voter”
and to ask them to vote for the Democratic congressional and legislative candidates who will support the president and the governor. And Republican Chairman Ralph Gates plans to place before the voters the question of whether they want “New Deal experimentation and waste” to continue, making it clear in the meantime that the G. O. P. is “all out” to win the war. Three congressmen, two Democrats and one Republican, are regarded ‘ as cinches for re-elec-tion. They are ‘Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis, and John W. Boehne Jr., Evansville, Democrats, and Charles Halleck, Rensselaer, Republican.
Democrats Pleased
STATE DEMQCRATIC leaders say they gre glad of the appointment of Samuel. Pettengill, former Democratic congressman ° from South Bend, as chairman of the
Gates Rubber Co., meeting, Hotel Sev-
erin, 9:30 a.
War Bond Community Sing, World War memorial, 6:30 p
Defense Meetings Today township civilian defense work-
ers, picnic, Longacre park, noon.
‘MEETINGS TOMORROW
WAR BOND RALLYE, Jeatusm soprano, and Ha I Daman ‘actress, Victory Pia, 3 p.m. of Sons n Service, election,
Maintenance of way ‘Foreman, meeting,
motel & Severin,
Delta Sigma a tea, Hotel WashingPress, meeting, Hotel Washing-
BIRTHS . Girls , Edna Goes, at. Methodist.
: Metealf _ Emmett, Helen Dalridge,
Nanc, s EE pri ER isc
local issues will determine which
national G. O. P. finance committee. “This brings him out in the open definitely as a Republican,” commented one. “He can’t hurt us nearly as much this way as he could , speaking as a Democrat.” Democratic leaders say they intend to inform the voters in such areas as Mr. Pettengill may choose to speak of his: “utility connections.” .
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Chief Johnson?
REPUBLICANS are passing out the word Police Inspector Louis Johnson is the choice of Judge Dewey Myers, Democratic mayoral candidate for chief of police to succeed Michael ‘F. Morrissey. Friends of the judge deny this and say that, naturally, pending the outcome of the election he hasn’t made any choice of a successor to Chief Morrissey—slated for ouster by leaders of both parties. With the: report now out that both the Democratic and Republican mayoral candidates intend, if elected, to oust the police chief, a number of local merchants are reportedly prepared to go to bat for. him. This group has done some effective work for Chief Morrissey in the past: when “the heat was on” and they may be able to repeat again, if the chief chooses’ to make a fight to hold his job—a thing many of his
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city and state
By VICTOR PETERSON
Take the “c” off one end of croquet and the “t” off the other and you have roque, the highly scien-
tific offspring of the one-time sport
of kings. If your ego is highly inflated over your game of croquet, step up for a
‘crack at roque, and your erstwhile
perfection is likely to be severely punctured. : To give you a slight hint, it is almost impossible to make your arch if the ball is only a foot away or the slightest bit out of line. A quick glance at a roque court will convince anyone that it is a game of skill ., . . skill derived after years of constant practice.
The Playing Court The game, a combination of croquet and billiards, is played on a court 60 feet long and 30 feet wide, with a six-inch-high, 10-inch-wide retaining wall on which to bank shots. The retaining wall is marked with diamond-shaped. signs at eight-foot intervals for judging the angle of bank. The four corners of the court are
clipped off to make banking’ possible |
there also. ; A fine sand is spread over the playing surface of hard clay, and
the court is pampered like a base-|
ball diamond. Most players refuse to play if the surface isn’t as level as the dining-room table, Before playing, the court is wet down, gone over with a .sweeperscraper broom, wet down a second time and brushed again. -Then, around and between the arches, the surface is smoothed over with an instrument similar to a cement trowel.
4 Colored Balls Used
Players lag to see who will be|
the first to shoot and to determine which colored ball they. will have. There are four balls, painted red,
‘| white, blue and-black, and they are
shot in that order. With the exception of the start, the game is played a great deal like
friends believe he will not do.
croquet. A ball is live, however, on
- THe September quota for new tires for Hoosiers will be cut: 34 :per cent while the -month’s quota of new automobiles to be rationed will be approximately double the August figure. The OPA office here announced that there ‘will be mr new tires available in September, a drop of 617 from the ‘number - available
throughout the state in August. In Marion county there will be available in September: 175 new tires for passenger cars, 459 tires for defense workers, 1925 passenger car. recaps, 1333 passenger car tire tubes, 1252 truck tires and the same number truck tire recaps, and 1105 truck tire tubes.
175 Cars for County -
There will be 175 new cars available in Marion county. James D. Strickland, Indiana OPA director, said . that new regulations call for all’unused quotas at month's end to be recalled and not added to the number of cars available the following month, ; He said that defense workers will get an increase of about 53 per cent in tires ‘and that puibite utili-
IN INDIANAPOLIS
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James and Katherine Sullivan, Vincent's. 1501
- Walter and Jaouusiity Harold, Martindale.
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a : Louise Love, at Richard, ‘Katherine McElroy, at : MethWilliam, Ethel Drane; at 83 W. 27th. ‘DEATHS: William ¥. Wright, 82, at 1218 E. Verment,
monar > deme. 7, at Methodist, pul-
E ‘Cox. 7, st 368 Reisner,
war industry workers in ratings for
Meatless Days WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (U. P).
quirements committee probably will back President Roosevelt in recommending meatless days in a report due within ‘a few days, informed sources predicted today. They said there will be no provision for. meat rationing. The committee, headed by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, has been considering the meat-less-day plan as a: preferred alternate to rationing. At a meeting yesterday, it agreed that approximately one-fourth of the U. S. meat supply will be needed for military and lend-lease use. Some officials believed the committee would also recommend regional allocation of meais with definite "action to be taken, Within a few days. + + Lounging Robes - WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 .(U. P). —The war production: board today
‘| prohibited the manufacture of men’s .|and ‘boys’ lounging robes from wool
cloth to be effective after the. supply -of cloth now in the hands of
army, navy or maritime oupisies SA. seoeivel. Filer
A difficult shot, wherein top-spin is required but the ball cannot be properly stroked, is executed by Donald Jay, member of the Indianapolis Roque club.
Offshoot of Croquet Also Like Billiards;
Years of Constant Practice Essential
whether an arch has been passed or not. The balls are of hard rubber and measure three and one-fourth inches in diameter. And there is the hard part. The arches have a span .of only three and threeeighths inches . . . a clearance of one-sixteenth of an inch on either side of the ball . And as it sometimes takes a long time to negotiate an arch, players| carry clothespins with colored balls attached, which they. clip on the arch they are trying to make. There is one more arch.than the standard number in croquet, and it is placed in the center. The two center arches face toward the sides of the court and all shots for an arch must be made toward midcourt. A foul line, 28 inches in from the
all others in the next turn of play :
of Roque
Win Commissions in WA Forces; Six Others in State Promoted. Three Indianapolis women today
| joined 433 others who became the
first feminine army officers. They were: commissioned at Ft, Des Moines, Ia. and received third
able to that of second lieutenant
.|in the regular army.
Mrs. Harriet C. Stout, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cracraft, 473 Washington blvd.; Miss Pauline F, Pierce, daughter ‘of Mr. and Mrs, Oral A. Pierce, 3935 Carrollton ave., and Miss Doris M. Norrel, viet 3 530 N. Senate ave.
Six Others Comuilssionll
Six others from Indiana also were commissioned. They were Louise E. Bain, Danville; Gladys E. Hole, Bridgeport; Ruth M. Morton, Terre Haute; Ruth S. Reece, New Castles Mary M. Walker, Terre Haute, and
| Eleanor M. Morrison of Gary.
The Indianapolis Roque club is the only one of its type in the city and has a playing membership of 16. They can be found any afternoon and evening on their two
courts at the Fall creek recreation center. Two of its members, Mona Wood, 2437 Guilford ave, and Grant R. Dazey, 927 N. Bradley st., have been playing the game since 1919. Mr. Dazey and George Atkinson are former national champions as well as divisional champions. At present, Mr. Dazey holds the chy and state championships. The club was. organized in 1026 and its other playing personnel, includes King Laughrige, president; Dwight Pearce, vice president; John Worley, secretary-treasurer; David McCabe, D. C. Hills, L. P. Malott, Merle McClung, Donald Jay, Irving
The women were praised by Col, Don C. Faith, commandant, who said that they “are as good soldiers as I have seen in 25 years of training.” : The commissioners today were on a temporary basis as the women must complete two weeks of post
o| graduate work before receiving the
single gold bar insignia of rank. ‘Many of the new officers will assume regular duties at Ft. Des Moines where they will train other WAACS. Some will be assigned to overseas duty while about 50 of them will go into recruiting service throughout the country.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, CONTRACTOR, DEAD
Rites for William L. Wright, ree tired roofing contractor, will. be held at 3 p. m. today at the Clyde V, Montgomery mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he died Thursday at his home, 1218
E. Vernon st. He was 82, A charter member of Center lodge 216, Knights of Pythias, he also was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church.
ties employees will be classed ‘with!
ants’ and toddlers” sizes 1-3, the-| atrical costumes, garments for the| son, und; robes Susde In foreign
retaining wall, runs around the court, and gny ball that stops within the zone must be placed immediately within the line of play.
Hines.
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Vol. 1—No. 7
Dear Fellows— “What’s Cookin’” brings you greetings from the-home front (our seventh letter, by golly)’ and hopes you're all well and happy. . . . Things are going fine here. The weather’s cool and everybody's happy except the hay fever vic- . We are going to havegour first downtown dimout next $ week. T he moon put one on for us last week — t h e eclipse, y ou know. . ... Suppose you saw it, too. . . The papers report there’s a critical shortage of teachers throughout the whole state. . .. . Why couldn’t something like that have happened when we were kids? . . . And the word from the .Indianapolis Service Men’s Centers is that there’s néthing to the rumor that the war has cramped the jitterbugs’ style. . . . Might be so elsewhere, but not here, . . . Our Governor Schricker is going to be a year older tomorrow. It’s his 59th birthday, . The boys out at the U. S. Rubber made news this week. They announced they're going to build those new “tire sandals” for tired tires. . . . Wish they'd hurry up. We see Where he. war is changing the die vorce pictures. The judges at the court house aren’t unhitching wives whose hubbies are in the service. . . . And all alimony payments are automatically suspended when hubby is in the army or navy.
Rx® What's Cookin’ in the Army—
PVT. LAWRENCE G. CAIN who worked at Allison’s .until six months ago has landed safely “somewlere in England.” We'll bet Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cain (R. R. 3, Box 887) were mighty glad to hear fram, him, .
The: news. #1om
the camps makes “it 10 0 k like Uncle Sam was getting pretty smart about pro ‘motions. . , . F or instance, there's Pvt. John
¥ A. Biggins who's’
been moved up
to. corporal out
. at. the Presidio, at San Francisco, “His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J Michael Biggins, live at 4314 Park ave. Con-
Ripley, Harold Moncreif, Charles A. Pearce, Clifford Crooks, J. W. Summers, Charles E. White and Charles
Saturday
Surviving are a son, William F. of Plainfield, N. J.,, and two brothers, Dr. Fred N. and Edward of Stilese ville, Ind.
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to Sergt. at Blythe, Cal. . . . From nearby McClelland field, we hear Pvt. George E. Vickery (3114 Park ave.) has become teche nician. . . . One of our newest corporals is
- Harold F. Lasley (3302-Northwestern) who's
at Camp Grant, Ill . And then there's ‘Corp. Frank H. Auble I (733 Orange st.) who has been commissioned a 2d Lieut. down at Camp Davis, N. C. . . . That gives you an idea how our fellows are getting along in the army. . . . “What's Cookin'” hopes they're all generals before Christmas. ;
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The “I Do” Department—
YOU'D THINK IT was June, the way the boys in the service are getting kitched, op at least engaged. . . . For instance, there's Ensign Walter Daniel Kibler. He was wedded to Miss Martha Moore at the I. A. C. the other : day. Made a nice looking couple, too. . And then there's Ensign George Ayres Wildhack. : He said “I do” to Miss Mary Stuart Wilson, out in Seattle. . . . Ensign John McDaniel Ammerman (son of the Broad Ripple H. S, principal) is to marry Miss Vivian Marie Peterson Sept. 6. . . . Pvt. Harold C. Arney is another. - His bride is to be Miss Norms Renihan, Sept. 5, in Omaha. . . . That's Just a sample, but it gives you an idea. oan Congrats to all of ‘em.
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Can You Loan Us a Tank?
MAYBE YOU MEN are lucky you aren’ back Lome after all. It isn’t safe ‘here, Someone up at the C. of C. got out pencil and paper and figured out that your chances of walking away from a traffic accident are
out of every 89 crashes here thus far ti
odds—one out of 141. . . . And then there's the Abe Fishman family (1423 Congress ave.),
who was inducted into the army a week
50 ago. A couple of nights ago, younger son, Paul—he’s 13—entered the door of an ice
~ cream parlor where—of all places—ke
shot accidentally by another youth: nla with a .22 caliber rifie in the store. . . escaped with a minor flesh wound in