Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1942 — Page 8
AND OFFENSIVE Frases
U. S. and. British Agree on Plan for Conduct of World-Wide War.
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fn western Europe. He said that such operations “are likely to be increasingly numerous and on a much larger scale.” Churchill expressed confidence in the imperial position in Egypt where ‘he said the defenses now are in shape to hold for months ahead ‘ghd that “further developments
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. Malta in Strong Position
Malta, key to the central Mediterranean, Churchill revealed now is in position to carry on for “a good many months” thanks to the
arrival of a big allied convoy of|
three weeks ago—a convoy which suffered important but not excessive losses, Churchill said, in view of the results. He declared that “our warfare on enemy submarines is more successful than at any former period of the war” and said that sea war was the foundation of all united hations efforts. He announced that Great Britain and the United States by the end of July had reached complete agreement on “the future conduct of our operations not only in Europe but throughout the world.” Talks With Stalin Secret This agreament was negotiated before Churchill went to Moscow. It was made between American and British chiefs of staff and Churchill and Harry Hopkins, special envoy of President Roosevelt. He declined to reveal the conclugions reached with Stalin, saying that the purpose of the trip was to %“establisn the same relations of confidence with Stalin which I built up with Roosevelt” and added that Stalin had discussed “everything with utmost candor.”
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WAR TRAINING URGED AT I. U.
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Tells Freshmen.
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retreat from the world struggle but instead an opportunity to make an important contribution to victory.” He advised all able-bodied men students to join the enlisted reserves or advanced military, all other men to direct their training toward industrial fields most essential to the war effort, and women students to prepare to share “a large portion of the responsibility for industry and a major responsibility in many fields such as teach-
jing, health and the home front gen-
erally.”
VOWS RIGID PRICE CONTROL NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (U. P.).— Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced today that OPA’s price control regulations, bolstered by President. Roosevelt's “new offenive against inflation, hereafter be enforced “to the hilt.”
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White House . Statement Reveals Agreement on Conduct of War.
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via Iceland and inspected American bases there. The London conference lasted 10 days and is believed to have been a factor in persuading Mr. Churchill subsequently to visit Moscow. : Churchill Confirms It The announcement was made in Washington coincident with the beginning of a Churchill speech in the house of commons saying that Britain and the United States had
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whole field of the war in every part
of the world by the end of July, just before Churchill’s trip to Moscow. In view of today’s and previous statements and announcements, it is obvious. that the final decision has been made whether a second front actually shall begin this year in Europe. : And in view of previous public commitments on a second front, it seems unlikely that the decision was “no.” Today's announcement and last night's chat inevitably were construed here as a movement toward the land fighting front in Western Europe to which Mr. Roosevelt pledged himself after a June conference here with. Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov.
“Full Understanding”
“In the course of the conversations,” the White House announced ‘after those conferences, “full understanding was reached with regard to the urgent tasks of creating a second front in Europe in 1542.” By indirection last night, Mr. Roosevelt revealed that more than 525,000 United States men now are serving overseas. That is three times as many as went overseas in the first nine months of World War I. It is no secret here that the largest concentration is being’ built up in Great Britain which probably would be the base of any land action against Germany in Europe.
; Not Large Enough
But Britain’s share of the 500,000 to 600,000 United States service men now on foreign service does not
t the manpower demands a
Jsecond front would impose. And,
more important, there is no evidence that American air, armored and tank forces in Great Britain have received equipment sufficient
{for big .scale operations as of to-
day. On the contrary, dispatches passed by the British censor convey unmistakably the judgment of ex-
than it requires speedily to establish an all-out fighting force.
Prontises Move Against Nazis Mr. Roosevelt: is aware of that
opinion here and abroad and he dealt with it last night.
“Various people,” he said, “urge
jthat we concentrate our forces on
one or another of these four areas (Russia, Pacific, Middle East and European fronts) although no one suggests that any one of the four areas should be abandoned. Certainly, it could not be seriously urged that we abandon aid to Russia, or surrender all of the Pacific to Japan, or the Mediterranean and Middle East to Germany, or give up an offensive against Germany. The American people may be sure that ‘we shall neglect none of the four great theaters of war.” The president, in effect, told the world last night that we could and would move against Germany in Europe—and apparently soon— without depriving other theaters of men and equipment. He warned that. in this war it is “kill or be killed” and that the job will be a
: bleody one for us.’ But the pledge
of offensive action in Europe w Reading this in its relationship with the previous pledge to Molotov and subsequent state-
_|ments,. the belief is warranted that
we are about to move on Germany
Runaway Plane
Fires 3 Homes
NEWARK, O., Sept. 8 (U. P.).— A twin-engined army bomber “careened crazily” over downtown Newark today then suddenly dived over the heart of town and crashed, killing at least two fliers and setting three homes afire. . Witnesses said the plane swerved uncertainly overhead then suddenly dived and struck a house but crashed into the Christian Science church, shearing off the front, before it struck ’ the ground. One of the fliers, who was be= lieved to be the pilot of the ship, bailed out before the crash. His parachute failed to open and his - body was found on a loading plat-: form of the B. & O. railroad.
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(Sept. 3 and 4) between the personnel board and the budget committee, resulting in a satisfactory clearing up of practically all statements and charges made in Mr. Rowland Allen's open letter. of Sept. 1, I find myself in agreement with the recommendation of both groups that a public meeting could add little if anything to the solution of our critical institutional problems. “Consequently the meeting set for Sept. 9, has been cancelled.
'|Future conferences, including su-
perintendents and board members,
.|should establish a closer relation-
ship between these important
ing conditions for the several thousand employees at our institutions. = No effort will be spared to realize these, objectives. “I have long been in sympathy with the need of an honest merit system in our state institutions— something that would supply com-
‘|petent help and at the same time
do justice. to our employees—and despite the shortcomings of our present law and its failure to meet our preent war-time problems, I certainly would frown upon any move to destroy it before we had an opportunity to prove its worth under normal conditions.
Cites Own Support
“My sponsorship of the state police merit law in 1935, and’ my steadfast adherence to its sound principles furnish the best evidence of my faith in a real merit system. I cannot subscribe whole-heartedly to a system that tails to give some consideration to the character rating and experience of an applicant and more nearly meet the difficulties our institutions have experienced during the past year. I am determined to improve our present law and not to destroy it. “The personnel board has been seriously hampered in its effort to improve the working conditions and provide ‘qualified help in our 20 institutions because of a shortage of manpower and the lack of funds. Much has been said about the reduction of the state’s budget by the last general assembly, but who is to assume the responsibility for the failure to provide sufficient funds to operate these institutions and guarantee a decent wage to the employees? The merit law is supposed to give them some security in .neir jobs, but who wants to be ‘froze in’ very long on starvation wages? “Our present merit law compels the institutions to pay their pro rata share of the operating costs of the personnel department, but no funds were appropriated to them to meet this cost. It.is now being reluctantly met out of funds that rightfully belong to the underpaid employees.
Urges Care for 22,000
“During the past year I have repeatedly expressed my concern
stitutions. They present our gravest state responsibility in this critical hour. The 22,000 wards in these hospitals, schools and penal institutions demand and deserve our constant care and attention. “You can’t suspend their operations, as you would those of a shop or office, for one single hour. It is the sacred duty of the governor (not the personnel board) to supervise their administration. War or no war, politics or good business, these duties: cannot be ignored by the chief executive of a state, “Scores of vacancies now exist in the personnel of our institutions and the personnel board has been unable to fill them. This has imposed longer hours and increased responsibility on the faithful workers still on the job. “Everyone, I believe, will concede that a more liberal wage scale should be adopted, that working hours ought to be shortened and, in some cases, living conditions improved. But you can’t do any or all of these things without money— as| money that has been lawfully ap85! propriated by the general assembly. “Our state budget committee, with the approval of the governor, tried to cure some of these evils in its recommendation to the 1941 ses-
‘|sion, but unfortunately politics had
to be served first and you now know the results. Some day, I hope, we will be big enough in Indiana to divorce our social and financial obligations from any and all political consideration.
45 TO GET DIPLOMAS AS RAID WARDENS
Forty-five air raid wardens for
tomorrow e and Ver-
diplomas in a ceremo: night at School 9, mont sts. The class was taught by Norbert Pich, district warden, and William Von Willer has charge of first aid instruction. A new class for wardens will start Sept. 16 and those interested may call - Mr. Pich, FR-0462, or Durbin Reeves, LI-3601.
PLATE OUTPUT DIPS WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P)— An August flood which curtailed
- {production at the Lukens Steel Co., caused the first|
Coatesville, Pa., monthly drop in steel plate shipments since October, 1941, the war production board reported today. August shipments were 1,097,866 tons, a reduction of 26,252 tons from the record ouput of July.
agencies and result in better work-|~
about the problems in our state in-|
defense district 6 will be awarded
~ Indiana’s institutions, I am happy to say, have rendered a marvelous service over a long period of years and they compare favorably today with the best in the country. No other state has made greater strides in the industrial and agricultural development of its institutions, and the rehabilitation of its wards has won national recognition. “Unfortunately not many of our
citizens are acquainted with this
8 Killed in State as Tire Saving Cuts Holiday Toll)
Gasoline and tire conservation measures were proved today also to ‘be life-saving measures as the death toll of the holiday week-end traffic totaled about 134 for the nation, more than 200 less than the prediction of the National
Safety council. Six hundred died during the 1941 Labor day weekend. At least eight of the fatalities occurred in Indiana, but none in Marion county. Dead in the state: . GUY FARRELL, 51, of Frankfort, injured fatally when his truck collided headon near Elwood with a bus transporting war workers from Anderson to Tipton. BEN MCcINTOSH, 55, of Boonville, Ky. injured fatally - when he was struck by an automobile near: Austin. VIRGIL MONJON, 26, of’ Goodland, killed instantly when struck by an auto. FLORENCE TILLIE, 4, and LOU TILLIE, 7 months, daugh=ters of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tillie of Holland, Mich., injured fatally in an accident near Michigan City. JOHN HILL, 62, of Albion, killed in an accident near Wayne. WILLIAM THOMAS, of Phil,
Determined to Improve It, He Declares n
feature of the state’s many obligations. It receives only the slightest public attention and even the general sesembly .possesses very limited knowledge of this inescapable re-
sponsibility. “Is it asking too much to solicit the interest of the Indiana press in the program and problems of our
institutions? I am sure that our]
people will be interested in hearing this sto:
on a highway near Whiteland. GLENN PLATZ, 22, of near North Liberty, victim of a twocar crash at South Bend. In a headon crash near Kosmosdale, Ky., Paul H. McCarty, 21, of Corydon, Ind., and Walter Sams, 63; of Louisville, Ky., were killed. They were riding in the same car. : Riding in the other car were the following, all from Indianapolis; Walter Wright, 37, chest injury; Miss Louise gan, 36, both legs and an arm fractured, and Charles Patterson, 29, head injury and fractured hip. Wright reportedly faced manslaughter charges, police charging he was driving north in a southbound lane of the two-lane Dixie highway.
Two persons remained in critical condition here today at City hospital from injuries received in week-end accidents in 'Indianapolis. Paul Wilder, 22, of 1205 Madison ave., received a skull injury and a lacerated right arm early Sunday when an auto in which he was riding went out of control in the 4800 block on Road w north, and overturned. James Breeden, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Breeden, rural route 4, box 445, was injured Saturday night when he fell from the back of his parents’ car onto the pavement of
AS SINGLE MEN FOR 2 MONTHS
Seeks to Avoid Call of! Those With Dependents;
Covers Big Area. (Continued from Page One)
ply of single men than most county draft boards because it covers the West Side industrial area of the city. a \ During the early months of the draft, there were many unemployed single men in the area who were called. Many men in the area are single because they are financially unable- to marry. About one-third of the population of the board area is colored, and the board has comparatively heavy calls for colored men. The Rev. Mr. Cross said that the board had been able to meet the calls for colored registrants easily. Ma, since Dec. 8, 1941, are ignored by the board and the registrant is called even though his wife is pregnant. : Work With War Plants On occupational deferments, the board is respecting the wishes ‘of war plant personnel managers on all cases where board members are convinced the individual has been at the plant long enough to become
‘proficient at his job.
“But we don’t believe,” commented the Rev. Mr. Cross, “that a young man who has been working < in a war plant for six months or less is so proficient that he shouldn't be called into the ar~v” Board 5 has jurisdiction over an area running west from West si. v0 the city limits. It is bounded on the south by Washington st. and.on the north by a line running from 10th st. west to White river and up to 20th st. In addition to the Rev. Mr. Cross, who is pastor of the West Michigan. Street. Methodist church, board members are F. B. Ransom, city councilman, and M. B. Loudermilk,
Bluff road at Hanna ave.
Ky., injured fatally as he walked
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