Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1942 — Page 3

" CREATES TERROR

. Jewish Mothers Throw Babies From Babies From Windows ani Lop After Them as Gestapo Herds Jews in France; - Patriots Help Victims.

LONDON, Sept. 5 (U. P.).—Fighting Fren¢h headquarters said today that a German round-up of Jews in French occupied territory in mid-July had caused 300 suicides in Paris alone and had resulted in some of the most terrible

scenes of the war.

“Jewish women were seen to throw their babies out}

of sixth floor windows and

jump after them, screaming

wildly. » +o Jews were dragged from their homes.

Others were ejected ‘from hospitals.

Among patients

thrown out of the Rothschild hospital was a cancer case, opefated on 12 hours previously, also a woman beside whose

HAS OPEN MIND ON KAISER PLAN

Nelson Views ‘Unfavorable Report’ as ‘Another

Piece of Evidence.’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (U. P.).—

. Production Chief Donald M. Nelson

today . studied an “unfavorable report” on the proposed plan of Henry J. Kaiser to build 70-ton cargo planes, but WPB spokesmen said he “still has an open mind ‘on the matter.” ‘The report was drawn up by a special committee named fo investigate the possibility of using Mr. Kaiser's west coast shipyards to construct giant air freighters to

. ferry materials and men to world

favorable report as

wide war fronts. Its members were plane builders Glenn Martin, designer of the flying boat “Mars” on which Mr. Kaiser based his plans; Grover Loening; Donald Douglas and “John Northrop.

" Time Element Doubted

A spokesman for Mr. Nelson said the ‘'WPB chief considérs the un“just another piece of evidence,” and will not reach any decision until he confers with Mr. Kaiser here next week. The report was understood to hold that he cannot turn out fiying boats within a reasonable length of time and would require too much critical materials. Mr, Kaiser has contended he could start production within 10 months. Mr. Nelson promised if his production plans and material estimates were approved he would be given

an initial order for 500 planes.

U. S. PLANES TOPS, RICKENBACKER SAYS

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (U. P.) —Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, world war ace and president of Eastern Airlines, discounted stories of dissatisfaction over the performance of Amer-ican-buily aircraft yesterday and said’ that ‘plane for plane there 1s no nation in the world that can touch the American product.” Referring to stories from Britain saying that American fighter pilots preferred the British Spitfire to U. S.-made aircraft, Capt. Rickenbacker declared that those pilots wanted altitude in exchange for firepower, armor and range. “The Spitfire has the altitude,” he said, “but on the other points it is inferior. There can be no allpurpose ship, but the nearest thing to it—the Curtiss P-40-F, or “Warhawk—is' being put into service over England now.” Commenting on the bombers, Capt. Rickenbacker said the daily reports from Britain show that the Boeing B-17 flying fortress and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator far outperform and outfight the best the axis has to offer. ’ The real reason so many Spitfires sre being flown by Americans in Britain, he explained, is that English bases have a surplus of machines and it. is easier and cheaper to. put these to a good use than to ship American planes by boat from

the United States, especially with

cargo space at a premium. —————————————

CANDIDATES TO SPEAK County and township candidates will speak at the meeting of the Warren Township Democrat club at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday al the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ettinger, 5790} E. Michigan st. Arthur Marcy, |

newly elected president, will be in charge. :

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY

Aero-Medicsal : Association of America, convention, on Rotel, all day. a club, luncheon, Hotel Severin,

laeon Society, meeting, Hotel Yau ington, 7:30 p.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Nations! Federation of Rural etter artists, meeting, Hotel Washingion

11 Shows of Soms in Service club, slec1%, {lon. Mast room of the War Memorial

lg Astionamical society, meeting,

: “Odeon hall, 2:15 p.

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bed police stood while she gave birth to a child,” the fighting French headquarters said in an official statement. Detailed reports, including eye-

secret channels were cited as authority for the statement.

French Aid Jews

It was noted that French people were horrified and that they helped Jews and hindered police. ‘(United Press reports from the French frontier had reported earlier this week that when Vichy, at the demand of the Germans, started a roundup of Jews in unoccupied territory so they could be deported to eastern Europe, French people resisted the police.) Pighting French headquarters said the occupied zone roundup was started in earnest July 12, two days before Bastille day, and that by that day 28,000 men, women and children had been herded into the Princes park and the Velodrome D’Hiver sports center. The statement, angrily phrased, called the roundup a “pogrom” and compared it in horror to the St. Bartholomew2 massacre of Protestants in France Aug. 24, 1572, when 50,000 Huguenots were massacred, though in this case the idea was not to kill but to deport Jews for slave labor for Germany.

Gestapo Uses Whip

At the Rothschild hospital, the statement said, a Gestapo agent notorious for his cruelty at the Jewish concentration camp at Compiegne “personally directed the evacuation with a whip ‘in his his hand.” x . An eye-witness was quoted as sayng: “I was in a long queue outside a butcher’s shop. A girl about seven raced down the street, shouting: “ ‘Please give me food for mamma. The police are taking her away.’ “Every. woman in the queue gave the girl something from her shopping bag. «<A few minutes. later two. policemen came down the street dragging

¢ {the mother. Several women clasped

the girl. “ ‘Fear nothing, madame, we will take care of your daughter. Nothing will happen to her,’ the women cried. “The police were revolted by their orders.” Patriots Protest

The statement said that thousands of French patriots demonstrated in towns of unoccupied France on Bastille day. Fighting French headquarters said the Vichy policy had roused violent opposition in unoccupied France and that at such towns as Nice, Marseilles and Lyons the people, including many students, defended the Jews, abused police and formed protective cordons to * prevent seizures when Vichy at the behest of the Germans began its round-up Aug. 26. After the papal envoy to Vichy, Msgr. Valerio Valeri, had made one of a number of protests to Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, it was said, the Vichy propaganda minister issued an order to newspapers: “On no account .ghould mention be made of the Vatican protest to Marshal Petain in favor of the Jews of France.”

REUNION IS ARRANGED The 13th annual Daringer reunion will be held tomorrow at Christian park. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Ed Daringer is president of the group.

- IST AID CLASS TO MEET

A standard course in Red Cross first aid will begin at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the University Parkin Christian church, 20th and Ken- . Persons. in this section interested in first aid work are urged

witness statements, received by|——

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Olisrvirs. Say Say American Armored Units Soon to

Play Major Role.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (U. PJ). —Success of American tank units in the battle of Egypt was seen by Washington observers today as a “good omen” for the day when U.

the world struggle against the axis. The Americans, according to an announcement from Cairo, destroyed six, - and possibly eight, German tanks in their second test under fire. In the first, June 11 and 12, U. 8S. tank crews knocked out several. enemy machines without suffering serious damage.

Making the Grade

Observers interpreted this to mean that U. S.'tanks were making the grade and U. S. tank crews were becoming adept at this type of warfare. The army men who part in the combats will return here to pass on their experience to other armored force soldiers. Both versions of the American medium tank—the M-3 “General Grant’s” and the M-4 “General Lee’s”—are in action in the Egyptian desert. Although the latter is rated the better, both have apparently stood up well against German machines. The participation of American crews was not interpreted as the start of major: action by the U, S. armored forces. But it brought nearer .the. day when American mechanized forces will join in substantial numbers the U. S. air forces already operating in the Middle East. : Supplies Stepped Up

The flow of American supplies to the African and West Asian war theaters has increased steadily. The British forces in Egypt first used American planes—Curtiss fighters and Martin bombers—and then lend-lease tanks. When the U. S. entered the war ‘the ferrying comemand began flying planes across Africa and tank experts went to Iibya to. study desert warfare, Army air forces went; into combat in North Africa in June, with B-23 ‘bombers participating in attacks on Italian fleet units in the Mediterranean. , Later. they were joined by American light bombing and fighter units —the exact number unknown, but probably expanding daily.

Bank Approves Ruml Tax Plan

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (U. P.)~ The National City bank, second largest ‘private banking institution in the world, yesterday advocated a pay-as-you-go tax plan such as that ‘ proposed by Beardsley Ruml, treasurer of R. H. Macy & Co. and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. i “That. an adjustment of some wd to a pay-as-you-go basis is needed has become increasingly evident as the war tax program

has advanced,” the bank said in its monthly review * economic con-

to attend.

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Communities Raise Cash For Volunteer: Companies

: By FREMONT POWER More than a year ago Wayne township ‘found itself in - this per-

1. The city had said: No more fire protection. The question seemed to revolve. around whether insurance on city firemen would be valid

when city companiés‘made runs outside the limits. 2. Trustee Herbert H. McClelland Subsequently attempted to get a

$20,000 item included in his budget to set up township fire companies. The tax adjustment board promptly cut out this item on the grounds that it was ‘double taxation inasmuch as more than half of the township’s residents lived within the city limits and already paid taxes in support of the city. fire department.

War Plants Concerned

And so this was the situation in an area containing some of the most, vital war industries in America— Allison’s, Bridgeport Brass, Prest-O-Lite, Esterline-Angus and Electric Steel Castings, not to. mention Municipal and Hoosier airports and Stout field. ; It was not a question of whether the city department would make a run into the : township should a major conflagration develop. It would, -naturally, out of a moral sense of duty. But the fact remained that there was no legally-based fire protection in that two thirds of Wayne town-| ship area that lies outside the city limits. That, of course, was the condition about ‘a year and a half ago. Today ‘Wayne. township has a system of fire protection, one that is improving every day and one that’ costs those it benefits not a red penny. : ! . Come the Volunteers

Volunteer five departments, that hallmark of American democracy in small communities, solved the

Now there are 10 fire companies in Wayne, with volunteers ready and anxious to come a-running once the old siren cuts loose. Many a man who in his childhood, dreamed of being an heroic fireman has at last realized ‘the ambition. How these companies were organized and how equipment was purchased is. a valiant testimony to the civic spirit in Wayne. Some communities sold waste paper, others held picnics, carnivals and fish fries. To raise money for a firehouse, Drexel Gardens sold “gold bricks” for 10 cents apiece.

firehouse : almost compléte.-

_| construction; captain.

Today Drexel Gardens has that

Company by company, here is

township's fire profection setup:

Co. 1—The “W. 16th St.” unit,

the first to be fully organized, has a truck that will be completed in| 10 days. R. L. Stafford is captain.!

Co. 2—Oak Park, truck under William - Shepard,

Co." 3—Fleming Gardens, truck ‘completed; Charles . Hughes, captain. Co. ‘4—Ben Davis, truck completed; Frank Harper, captain. Co. 5—Mickleyville,' truck : completed; Lawrence Trieb, captain. Co. 6—Drexel Gardens; C. W. Denny, captain; firehouse truck near completion. , Co. T—Garden City, Seligman, ~ captain; Well under way. Co. 8—Mars Hill; finances are on hand to. purchase equipment and Lawrence Kelso: is captain. Co. 9—10th st. and High School road; : no truck—as yet; Kenneth

‘Sigmond organization

| Biggs, captain.

Co. 10—Bridgeport; Victor. Vales-

ki, captain; fire fighting force or-

ganized, but no truck--as yet.

Each of these companies have

crews of from 10 to 15 men and these volunteers actually pay for the privilege of protecting’ their neighbor's - properties. Companies

have constitutions and by-laws and |.

crew members are assessed dues. In many .ways the companies are social as well as necessities. etually the system works like S: = If a man with a fire in his house knows the number, he calls the place where the fire truck in his area. is kept. Crews are on call day and night and there is a man to answer: the phone If the. fire vic the number, he may call the city fire department, the latter calls the company . number in Wayne township, the truck’ siren is turned on, the crew members come on the double ~quick from wherever they may be—and the fire truck. whizzes out for duty. A la the Wayne township way.

U.S. Tankmen Hit Rommel

Hard, British Major Says

beat bac kthe German 15th and ast armored divisions in the first stages ‘a

contact British anti-tank: guns had cut them up badly. : Some Britons in the battle, fresh

| from England, were in action for

the first time. . They are full . of fight. | colored pennants on their — lend color to an otherwise bleak

| atmosphere.

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1. : Drexel Gardens sold “gold bricks” for 10 cents each, “convert- Japanese on Timor.

ing” the bricks info cement blocks, and now the fire house is slmust done. ; ® “2 The Mickleyville truck is fully rlgped and already is a veteran of several blazes.

3. Abthur Beckman, of the W. 16th st. company, visits the Ben Davis outfit, accompanied by Capt. "Charles Hughes, of the Fleming Gardens outfit, who has a look underneath. :

‘| tacked a Japhnese Sruiser 4 east of ‘New Guinea with

down a Japanese zero fighter ‘attempted to intercept it. Of the Milne bay area, only that the situation there, | the "Australians were mopping remnanté of. the shattered ene invasion force, was unchanged.

4. Zippiest looking truck in the township is that of Fleming Gardens, ‘show here with three of the crew aboard” (left to right)—C. F. Murray, filling station operator; Capt. Hughes, furniture repairman, and Lieut. Roy Gibson, Alling ‘station .owner.

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Entire contents copyrighted, 1943, 9, L. Strauss’ & Co., Ine.

1 Vol. 1-No. 8 = Saturday

= Tr Fireworks Quer Merit— ROWLAND ALLEN, a member of “state personnel board, stirred up a horny nest this week when Le wrote an open: lette to the governor charging certain public of cials with a “conspiracy ... to destroy merit law.” You should have heard the works.” The governor thought the so serious they should be aired at a" put hearing so everybody concerned can. his say. He set the hearing for next

My ara What's Cookin’ in Sports— DAVIS HAMILTON, ‘law editor for B Merrill, is thie new hole-in-one chan,

the tourney out at Highland, he latd down just 25%. inches: from the” cup.

Dear Fellows—

: “What's ‘Cookin’ ? brings greetings and hopes. you haven't been sighing too much about having to take hikes. For you're going . to be embarrassed when you hear about Ferdinand Schaefer's -vacation.: (Remember him? He founded the Indianapolis Symphony). Well, he. just got back after a 500-mile hike (pack on back) through: th e White mountains a n d along the sea } shore. ' That's ‘his idea of fun, and he’s 81, too. . . . Folks back here can’t figure out “what’s cookin’ ” out at“the Columbia Conserve plant. A lot of the workers are on strike, including a “majority” of the working stockholders that own the plant. They don’t like the way the place is being run by the directors they .elected. ‘They've got a picket line and everything, . ... The kerchoo crowd is sneezing and sniffling at a great rate and complaining ‘about people not cutting down the sneeze * weeks. It’s the worst hay fever season in history, they moan. Oh well, they always say that.

# here, we

rushing the season on basketball NOW An outdoor tournament opens next. TI night at the Speedway stadium. : Jon Ht ings has en ding se fine pitching for our seventh place He's won his first four starts. Nice: Big John.

\ Why. Not Send Lana?

THE GIRLS AROUND town are all ex= ited. over reports that Clark Gable may be transferred to the air commando headquarters at Stolit field here. Bet that if the ... men out there "had their own choice, ‘they'd prefer to have Lana Turner, or ois ing 1, &8- ¥; w ell, w ne °

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