Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1942 — Page 2

FACE 1943 C4 cuff

a Amy of 10 Miljon by End

Navy to Include 2,500,000 More; 18-to-19-Year-.. ~ Olds May Furnish Only 1,250,000 of Needs. .

By DICK THORNBURG Times Special Writer _ WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—One man out of every three now deferred from the draft in class 3 is likely to be called

for military service in 1943. © That heavy drain on the 17,000,000 registrants now in class 3 would mean the calling of five out of six -of the physically fit men who are now deferred because of de-

pendents. "By the end of 1943, the United * States can have an army of 10,000,000 in the field, plus 2,500,000 ‘dn the navy, marines and coast guard. .. Precise figures are pot made _ public because they constitute military information but the gen- .. eral draft picture shapes up thus: _.. Approximately 27,000,000 men are “registered for military service, 17,000,000 of then deferred in class 3, another 1,000,000 deferred in class 2 (for occupational reasons). That leaves about 9,000,000 single , men .plus the married men who have been drafted, and from that pool will come the 4,500,000 who are or will be in the army by the . end of this year. The other 4,500,000 were or will be rejected for physical ‘yeasons. Recruiting to Cease

By next Jan. 1, the draft will have to start calling on class 3 to supply men, draft leadquarters has . -waried. By that time, it is expected, * yecruiting by the navy, marines and coast guard will be ended and those _ services will have to look to the "selective service system: for their _ manpower. : And, by that time, congress un~doubtedly. will have amended the draft act to permit the calling for service of young men 18 and 19 years old. That pool of young men, which once numbered approximately 2,400,~ 000, probably will be found short of that total, because it has furnished most ‘of the volunteers for the air corps, navy, marines and coast guard. The largest number which draft headquarters may expect to ‘get from the 18's and 19's is estimated at 1,200,000.

7,000,000 Men Needed

There have been no recent official estimates of the number of men that will be wanted for the army, but the original top figure— 10,000,000—must . still be accepted because of the many fronts’ on which Americans are stationed today—Australia, Africa, Iceland, England, Ireland, Alaska, and so on. ° Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, says there will be o——————————————————————————————————

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4,500,000 men in the army by the end of this year, so that §.500,000 more would have to be drafted to reach an ultimate goal of 10,000,000. If recruiting is ended, it is estimated another 1,500,000 men must be supplied to the navy, marines and coast guard, making a draft total of 7,000,000 for all services next year.

Recall Hershey Estimate

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, said recently that draft boards will have to start on their . pools of married men (class 3) by Christmas time. Hence, from the present class 3 registrants and the 18's and 19's must come the 7,000,000. If the 18-19 group supplies 1, 200, - 000, that leaves 5,800,000 to be taken from the 17,000,000 presently in class 3—about every third man. Any estimate of the number of men in class 3 who can pass the physical examination must necessarily be a guess. But taking it at 40 per cent, then 6,300,000 men in that classification are physically qualified. Since the armed forces will need approximately 5,800,000 it can be reduced to this formula: Five of every six physically fit men in class 3 must be called.

Ignores Replacements

That would still leave at home about 17,000,000 men of military age to carry on essential civilian work and supply the men in the field with weapons and food. This summary takes no account of replacements that may be necessary if, for instance, a second front is opened in Europe and there are many American casualties. How fast can selective service call men next year? Monthly quota figures are strictly . guardgd, but Senator Robert Taft (R. O.), recently told the senate that men are being inducted at a rate in excess of 300,000 a month. And Gen. Hershey said, in his Evanston, Ill, speech that the draft “needs men at a rate we would have considered super-human & year ago.”

‘BIG BUDDY’ GUIDANCE AT |. G. ARRANGED

The “big buddy” and, “big sister” guidance for freshmen at Indiana Central college will be in charge of Miss Frances VanBuskirk, Ft. Wayne: and Kenneth Kraft of Day. ton, O Prior to opening day, Sept. 14, each prospective freshman will be assigned to an upperclass student who will advise the student on registration and opening events. They will become acquainted through correspondence and visitation to give the freshman that “at home” feeling when he enters the campus. The annual “walk-out” campfire program on the campus will be held Sept. 16. The annual “big mixer” is set for Sept. 18 and the tug-o-war between the freshmen and sopho-

more men will be staged Sept. 25

at Lick creek, Longacre park.

- | Glaser, {the study and function of locating

Miss Hattie McDaniel, Hollywood actress, and Governor Schricker

Indianapolis Negro church and

| social groups saw to it that Gover

nor Schricker had a happy birthday yesterday.

They sponsored a rally—Amerfcans for Victory Day—at Victory field and subscribed $55,900 in war’

bonds to help push Marion county's August war bond total nearer the $4,337,000 mark. They were ably assisted by Miss Dorothy Mgayner, famous Negro soprano, and Miss Hattie McDaniel, Hollywood actress. ‘More than 7500 attended.

Marines Bag 7

More Planes

In Rout of Japs in Solomons

. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (U. PJ). —U. S. marines in the Solomons, “well established” on six of the islands and using airfields and seaplane bases captured from .the Japanese, have shot down at least 111 enemy planes and are believed to have gained complete control of the air in the Tulagi area. Latest air success came on Saturday, Washington time, the navy revealed in a communique last night, when seven Japanese planes were shot down during two air raids. Earlier, land-based planes from Guadalcanal sank a large destroyer, probably sank another and set a smaller one on fire. The Japs sent six planes over American positions on Guadalcanal and eight hours later sent over 18 bombers. ‘Three bombers and four zero fighters were shot down. Damage to American positions was

minor and no American planes

were lost, the communique said. The navy said, “Every attempt by the enemy to recapture his lost positions has resulted in the complete anpihilation or capture °by U. S. marines of all troops that have landed.” HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, Aug. 31 (U. P.) .—United States forces in the southern Solomon islands—marines, warships and land based planes— are ready to meet any Japanese challenge, well informed quarters said today. Informants said the American forces unquestionably had won the first two rounds of the Solomons battle. ; There was no over-confidence here but it was said that the United States forces had held superiority ever since their first landings were made Aug. T.

Japanese Whipped by Allies In Trap Sprung at Milne Bay

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that in the Buna-Gona and Salamaua areas the Japanese were attacking, it was believed possible that they had sensed preparations for an allied offensive threatening their entire position in New Guineg, To the east of New Guinea, allied heavy bombers yesterday attacked a Japanese cruiser and g transport off Rabaul, New Britain island, but|com bad visibility prevented observation of results. Failing that, the Japanese tried to attack Port Moresby from the sea with a large convoy force. This

attempt was broken, MacArthur re-

vealed, in. the battle of .the. Coral sea, Japan's first big defeat in the Pacific war. Then the Japanese tried to push troops through the center, from the Buna-Gona base to Kokoda and on across the Owen Stanley mountains. They found Australians waiting them in sufficient force to prevent their crossing of the 8000-foot pass. Then they tried the attack on

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the allied right flank from Milne bay, but MacArthur had outsmarted them. They had sent secretly a strong force of some of Australia’s best troops under Australian Maj. Gen. Cyril Clowes to wait for them.

completeness of the surprise which awaited the enemy.

and all their supplies, tanks, artillery and everything else, and then gave them the work. The story was told in one of MacArthur's informally wcrded communiques. Since the enemy troops landed last Wednesday morning, MacArthur had given no hint of what was in store for them.

said allied patrols were in contact with the enemy, reported heavy fighting and then reported the arrival of the cruiser-destroyers force Saturday night, when the weather was so bad allied planes could not attack them. All this was part of MacArthur's trap. It was impossible to advise the worried Australian public of the true position without tipping off the Japanese. Hence by mid-morning today, anxiety had risen higher than it had been at almost any time since MacArthur took command.

Gypsy Rose Lee And Actor Wed

HIGHLAND FALLS, N. Y., Aug.

queen of strip teasers, and Alexander Kirkland, actor and producer, were married early today im Miss Lee’s country home. The bride, wearing a black dress

ly grapes entwined in her hair, : nervous. The marriage reey Mie Lou ant har mother, Mrs. Rose Thompson, who had not been friendly since Miss Lee's first marriage to Robert Mizzy, which ended in divorce. : Miss Lee and Kirkland .returned to New York. City after the ceremony. They must be ‘at

burlesque-revue, and heasa leading actor in “Junior Miss.”

PLANE WALKOUT CONTINUES

PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 31 (U.P.). Hundreds of Wright Aeronautical

| Corp. workers remained away from

their jobs in the company’s Fair Lawn plant today, though a walkout which began last week has not been authorized by their union, the

= {craft ashore.

The fact that the Japanese land-f ed their men only six miles from fs Clowes let them land their men}

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31 (U. P.). — Gypsy Rose Lee, |

with shoes and stockings to match; |

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Charged With Interfering | In Prosecution of War. (Continued from Page One)

longer, under lease to the British

purchasing commission, but did not report their availability to the OPA

: or WPB.

Instead, at a meeting here May 19, he allegedly gave Rhoads and who “were ¢ ed with

all available used machine tools and putting them into use and production of war materials at the earliest possible moment” an option to pur-

: chase the tools for 70.000 on or before June 25. 5

Claim Réport Withheld

Emerman, the indictment charged, agreed to. make no report to the OPA or WPB on their availability, while Rhoads and Glaser allegedly to make no recommendation for a “freeze” order against the tools or to report their existence. The option was signed in Chicago June 10 and the next day, in Philadelphia, it was transferred to the O'Brien Machinery Co. for $30,000. Two checks for $7500 each were executed by Clarence J. O'Brien, payable to Rhoads and Glaser, and six days later he mailed Rhoads another check for $7500 and delivered to Glaser $1000 in cash and a check for $6500, it was charged. Glaser was employed by various machine tool companies until May, 1940, when he was hired as a technical adviser by the British purchasing commission. Both joined WPB in January.

Robert B. Rhods was president

Co. of Indianapolis from 1926 to 1941. He lives in Wynnedale, a suburb, and also joined the WPB last January. © Officials of the Gates company said he no longer has any connection with the firm.

MEXICO HAS CYCLONE MEXICO CITY, Aug. 31 (U. P)— Residents of the island of Cozumel off the nartheast coast of Yucatan, were ‘digging out today after a cyclone of strong intensity had wrecked buildings and swept small

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of the F. E. Gates Marble & Tile

No fatalities were;

TROOPS must move. Raw materials must go through. War supplies must roll. Government and important war _ business traffic must have cars.

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