Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1942 — Page 6
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War Correspondent Just Returned From Berlin Contrasts
Our Lot With
Drab Existence
Of Germans.
| By JEAN
GRAFFIS
Times Special Writer
SAI
FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.—You're gas-rationed,
_rubber-hungry, short of many once-plentiful household
articles.
Now meat rationing casts its shadow over your
dining table.. So maybe you think this war's getting pretty
tough for the home folks. Well,
to one. who has lived under war coniditioiis in 1 Europe, each new wartime regulation in the United States
‘more sharply spotlights the fact that we Americans: are liv-
ing a free-and-easy life in contrast to Europe’s man-in-
‘the-sireet.
That contrast is, perhaps, my most vivid picture, now that Ihave been back in the United States long enough to achieve some perspective
of my own country against the|: ‘packground of my years in Europe’s
warring nations. Particularly vivid is the contrast with Germany, where the last five months of my stay were spent in concentration centers as the enemy alien “guest” of the gestapo.” Shopping Trip Opens Eyes For instance: back home in the Midwest, I accompanied my wife
to the grocery on a marketing trip.
The place was crowded, she was in a hurry, so.we left and bought our goods at another store. It was impossible not to think of the German housewife in: the same situation. She may trade only at the store at which her ration tickets have been registered.
* There may be a long line ahead of
her. Supplies may be exhausted before she reaches the head of the _ line. But she may not go to an-
_ other store. This is the result of
‘the German system allotting each
store its monthly supplies on the|
basis of ration tickets taken in during the previous month. Jews may shop only between 6 and 6 p. m. A noticeable thing in America is families laying ‘in stocks of unra-
tioned foodstuffs against darker days.
Seek Goods for Cash In Germany, this is punishable] by death. However, the urge to convert ‘money into goods—against
inflation—has gripped the Ger-
mans fatally. Old jaloppy cars bring fantastic prices. Old bed- _ steads, dressers, ancient curtains, boards and other varieties of “trash” are easily marketed. , One German girl wrote to. a friend of mine: “I have just bought a marvelous old lampshade. Pretty well battered and torn, you ‘know, ‘but I'm keeping it-in the
. @ttic as an investment.”
It was amazing, upon returning to America, to hear persons in restaurants, “trains and on the streets severely criticizing our government, and often taking a black defeatist attitude, without. objection and hardly any notice from persons around them. ; In ‘tontrast is a scene which occurred one evening in a small beer
gellar in Berlin. Some soldiers were
discussing the war—a dangerous
pastime at best. One of them bel-
ligerently remarked, “Well, we'll show the world when this war is
over.”
Another soldier at the table answered simply, “Yes, but this war isn't over yet.” Someone got up and left quietly. Fifteen minutes later the Gestapo
~ entered, arrested the soldier who
had been “defeatist” by suggesting the war still had some time to go. Sitting in an American restaurant here one day, I was startled by tha blaring of a radio loud-
speaker. Then, as it brought the play-by-play description of a base-
ball game, I sank back thankfully in my chair. Momentarily, I had been thrust back into my days in Germany, where every hotel, restaurant or ott public place is provided with a loudspeaker extension of radio broadcasts. These speakers are silent, day and night, except for army communiques -or -announcements from Hitler's headquarters:
:Everyone:Is Hushed When such an announcement is begun, everyone stops eating end talking, waiters halt in their tracks. With heads bowed in earnest or simulated concentration, patrons ireeze’ themselves until the Nazi : ” has been read. . ‘In
“American. subways, buses, ftrset there is laughter, conversa-
friendliness in the public. Commuters sit silently, disdaining news-
‘even when it tells of victories. The travelers speak only when addressed, and then only in monosyllables,
a stranger. Life Drab in the Reich
This drab, smothering atmosphere carries into. many other phases of German life. It has been inculcated by the Nazis, who preach that war is serious; that laughter and gayety have no place in it. Thus, dancing also is among the strict “verbotens.”
can in Germany is the : clothing situation. After landing over here, one of my first moves was to buy a new pair of shoes. I merely walked into a store, tried various ppairs until I found what I wanted, paid tor them and walked out wearing them—all within 20 minutes. For the same thing in Germany, I had to obtain a shoe ration card, then wait three weeks for a dealer to obtain my size. An American here can have a suit tailored and delivered in a few days. The German may be meas-
ured and pay in full, but he will be he
to 18 months. No Respect for Anthem
Upon returning to America, I sent out a suit for dry cleaning and had it back next morning. © A German must wait four to six weeks for similar service. . Furthermore, German cleaning fluids are disastrous service is almost as bad. Another scene which strikes the refugee from Europe is the instant response of Americans to thé passing the flag or the playing of the national anthem. + Only on patriotic ‘holidays, at great parades or in mammoth mass meetings have I seen the Germans or French show this instant’ display of. respect. The German national anthem is played dozens of times each day by radio and in public . functions. But the crowd doesn’t seem to pay much attention.
CORN FAVORED IN‘ RACE WITH FROST
By Science Service ‘WASHINGTON,’ Sept. 14.—Outcome of the annual .race beétween corn and frost is still uncertain. The bulk of the crop has been slow i maturing, dampness, and two or three weeks of warm dry weather are needed before it will be safe from frost, according to reports reaching the U. S. Weather Bureau here. Killing frosts usually start in the northern states about Oct. 1, but corn as far north as southern Ohio has already been cut and is therefore safe. Wheat and cotton have also suffered somewhat from dampness, but the wheat crop is good and cotton picking is progressing. Grain sorghums in the southwest are some-
bitten. But soybeans, tobacce and sugar beets are in excellent shape. Truck: gardens, and presumably|m Victory gardens, are doing well.
TREASURY OFFERS NEW SAVINGS NOTES
—The treasury today begins the sale of two new forms of tax savings notes which can be used to pay federal income, estate and gift taxes. :
will not be ready for delivery to
of the month. They replace series A-1944 and B-1944 which have been available - since last January and]. which were withdrawn from sale at ‘the close of business Saturday. Announcing .the new issues, Secretary of the Treasury Henry L. Morgenthau Jr. said series C was adaptable for accumulation of. tax | at
reserves and temporary or short io 88: C term: investment of cash balances. her
papers because news is monotonous, Go
fearing to say the wrong thing to Good
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to fabrics, Laundry)cCommon and medium
principally because of | 3% IS
what behind and may. get frost|i®
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| Receipes, 3 . The new notes, designated as tax P series A-1945 and tax series C-1945,| (hous
purchasers, however, until the end|}
250-Pound ‘Weights; Receipts, 13,100.
The hog market was generally steady in active trading today at} the Indianapolis stockyards, according the agricultural marketing administration. . The top was $14.35 for 240 to 250-pound weights. Receipts included 13,100 hogs, 2900 eaiile, 575 calves os and 2250 sheep.
HOGS (13,000) ;
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400- 450 pounds ..scscoessess 450- a pounds sed sesantoete
Mediu; 250- 350 pounds "Slaughter Pigs
Medium and Gaod.90- 120 poun [email protected]
LE. (2900) Slaughter Cattle & Calves
Steers Choice— : } 700- 900 pounds ...c.oeeenes: < 3M; [email protected]
po - 50@ 13; ™ 1100-1300 pounds . Bgl 1300-1500 nds i 16.00
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Common-— .700-1100 pounds
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Choice— 600- 300 pounds 800-1000 pounds Good=— 600- 800 pounds . 800-1000 pounds ..
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Balls (all weights) (Yearlings Excluded)
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CALVES (518)
_' Vealers (all weights) Good and choice
Cull (75 lbs. up) Reeder & Stocker Cattle & Calves Steers . Cho! 0108
500-800 POUNAS ..ccovcecaney 13. Ra13. 25 300° uso Pounds |: sess Reet ee 12.00 Q@13 00
Goo 300-1050 pounds sesssssesenss 11.50012.25 edium $1065 pounds esses sessesnse [email protected] Com . 500 900 ) pounds veersenseeens [email protected] Calves (Steers) Good and Choice— 500 pounds dOWD ..ceeee vee [email protected]
Medium—500 pounds down 11:[email protected]
dtd and anil (heifers) an oice— 500 pounds down ... 13.00015.00 Medium— :
500 pounds doWR ...cas. sss [email protected] SHEEP AND:LAMBS (2250)
Eves (shorn) $ : 10 5. 3.12
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Good and chol Common and Ree ice Spring Lambs Good and ghaice Medium and good
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
Hogs—Receipts, 14,000; ghostly Stsady to bulk good and ghaice 00-
seeps anse
8 lower; sows steady, weights 1bs. a 85@14; 400-550-1b. weights, $13. [email protected]
eep—Receipts, 5000; spring lambs very slow, most early bids at $14.25 down; on good natives around 25 cents Jower: asking fully steady or upward to $14. for a few choice decks; sheep and us lings steady: few decks medium .to good yearlings, $11@12; strictly choice kinds eld $12.50 and ‘above; bulk fat. ewes, 6.
Caitle<Receipts, 22,000; calves, 1500; Shojce best steers and yearlings steady to weak; all others weak to 25 cents lower; liberal | 2Uply light cattle in crop; common a m grade -scarce and both nagud and Western stock cattle steady to Strong; about 2000 Western in rough; early sib fed steers, $16.25; heifers steady best $1 »: Na steady with wel by sutters an
fat sin B@11. 8: ~ bulls steady with weighty sausage afte $12; vealers unchanged at $16. Western bred stocker yearlings oo 15014 gstly with common and m um grade, $10. 50@12. 15.
OTHER LIVESTOCK WAYNE, Sept. 14 (U. P.) J Hogs
FT. 10. cents lower; a-3 ae $13.80; 200-220 1 $13. 70;" 160-180 : 260-280
Ws. 3; 11, 25; 1 1 50; lambs, $13. i C 25 Fa sig us.
steady. ‘only vg in; any wi sees ond early 1 uti | s steady; early to {or Fgh AHS-Ib ’ oe Several
Top Is $14.35 for 240 to] 1
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| wagon were two snout-like conground. The piece of equipment housewife’s carpet sweeper.
noticed various degrees of leafshattering but didn’t realize’ this residue contained any. appreciable amount of valuable mint oil. . Now, as a result of some revo-.
couple of Purdue university -agricultural experiment station workers, the mint sweeper took to the field to suck up any.broken leaves which might have fallen: to the ground . . . like salvaging an entire new ‘crop from the field. ; sw = iW “THE “EXTRA CROP” came about in this way. Back in 1940, N. Kent Ellis of the Purdue horticultural staff in charge of muck crop research in Indiana, started
PROVING PLANT
Pennant. to Be To Jefferson Works On Oct. 1.
In recognition of high achievement in the production of - war
| equipment, the coveted army-navy
“E” pennant will be presented .to the Jefferson Proving Ground, army ordnance testing plant, at noon Thursday, Oct. 1. A color guard, chosen from’ the military police au ry of the post, will unfurl the flag as a highlight of ‘the ceremonies at the administration building.
ing officer of the. post during its construction, - will represent Maj.
Gen. Levin H. Campbell, chief of|n
ordnance, in presenting the award to Col, I. A. Luke, commanding of-
5| ficer of the proving grounds.
Wins Patterson Praise -
Miss Maryland V. Roop, head of the procurement section, will re-
10.50 veive a token “E” pin, one of which will be awarded to .each employee
at the grounds. - Employees who can
be spared from their duties at the
plant will witness the ceremonies. Robert P. Patterson, undersecretary of war, in announcing the award said:
ism ‘of the men and women of the
ing and’ heartening.” Their record will be difficult to surpass, yet the army and ‘navy haye every confibree that it was - “made only to be en.”
BUSINESS AT A GLANCE
Aetna-Standard Engineering Co. year to June 30 net earnings, $513,186 equal to $2.56 a common share vs. $305,645 or $1.66 in the Ppreceding year. : Blue Diamond Corn. six months ended June 30 net income $92,536 equal to 13 cénts a share vs. $129,087
as{or 18 cents in the 1941 period; net sales $3,041,047 vs. $2,379,461.
“Hilton-Davis Chemical Co. year to June 30 net income $309,461 equal to $1.68 a common share vs. $235,324 or $1.17 in preceding fiscal year; net sales $6,579,634 vs. $3,489,097. Merrimack Manufacturing Co. six months ended June 30 net income $147,665 equal to $3.63 a common share vs. $195,270 or $5.32 in the 1841 period. Republic Petroleum “Co. June quarter net loss $53,383 vs. net income $37,452 equal to. 10 cents a common share in the March quarter
2.4 this year and $37,335 or 10 cents in
June quarter 1941. Schumacher Wall: Board Corp, quarter. ended June 31 net income $32,665 equal to 28 cents a common share vs. $68,648 or 73 cents in the 1941 period. Michigan Die Casting Co. year to
08. June 30 net profit $108,306 equal to] dbs 48 cents a share vs. $154,131 or 69|ied wheat other’
cents .in the preceding year; net sales $1,430,346 vs. $1915.08. :
a study to determine just what
WINS ‘E' AWARD,
Given Am T& T
Col. DeRosey Cabell, command-|Int T&T
Swif “The high and practical patriot- Pex Jefferson Proving ground is inspir- v
Attached to thie: rear of the CB traptions which reached to the - was sweeping the field’ like a | For years, mint growers have |
lutionary research work by a.
Zan had the earliest har-
vest season this year in any of the
ue results have “shown that 1g the mint crop as the men-
_thol content approaches 50 per
) quantity of oil the. Shattered mint | - leaves contained. That year he obtained encourag-" $ ing ‘results, so the next year, he
and R. H. Wileman, Purue agri~
cultural . research engineer, : col-
laborated .in building a miniature
field sweeper to gather the leaves. . But that didn’t satisfy them so : this year’ they built a much’ larger sweeper out of “salvaged parts from Junk yards, garages and ré=
pair. Shops,
men Tow
Allied Chem ...181%. m Can’ 87 6
Bendix Avn ... Beth Steel .... 33% Borden ve a1 Borg-Warner. « «26% Bdept B ase ru 8%
Chrysl Comwitn &. 80, A= 32 Cons Edison . 13 Cons Oil ; Corn Prod .... Curtiss: Wr... East Kodak ..
Kroger G&B .. L-O-F Glass ... : Link Belt .... 33% Mont arg .. 20% Nash Kelv va n@ Nat Biscuit '... 15 Nat Cash’ Reg. 16% Nat Dairy .... 15% NY C . 8% Ohio Oil 3% Owens Ill Glass 49% Packard Pan Am Air's. 18Vs: RR on 21% Phillips Pet ... 381% Pullman 25%
7%
Socony- Vaccum. «13%
South Pac ..
West Union . West Air Bie. . Wes “El .
White Mot «. 112% Woolworth = .... 28 Yellow Tr .... 10%
Es Re IN. GRAIN. FUTURES
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (U. P)—
narrow ranges on the board of trade today while traders awaited the outcome of congressional action eon
sympathy with’ the hog and cotton markets. L At the end: of the first hour, wheat was up 3% to 1%: cent a bushel; com off is cent; oats®up 1, to 12 cent; rye up 1% to 1%
active. " Rye gained 1% cents a bushel on the basis of the proposed floor on|
mand found little rye available. Commission house buying in the wheat pit turned fractional losses caused by the northwest selling into small net gains.
: WAGON WHEAT ; Up to the
Ne] ‘Last. Change | 131%, — 3% | ATR
% Invitation
; spools 2451.82 Ribbons, ulugraph duplicat-
we 2454-S2—Stamps,
Grain futures’ fluctuated within|
price control. ‘Rye, wheat and oats| strengthened while corn eased in|
cents a bushel; ang ‘Soy beans in-| :
farm prices. Commission house de-| hg
Hetults were that the feld
| sweeper of suction machine Cost
~ about $450 and gathers ‘enough: ! residue leaves, heretofore lost, to produce as "much as three pounds of mint oil per acre.
| leaves is’ extremely high” in men-
| thol'and is expected to command a. premium . from: American men=. + thel: buyers, who are now unable
to get their normal supplies from
apes The oil is genesally no as.
The ‘oil from these ‘salvaged.
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. production board, 10th .floor, Circle Tower building, Indianap-
“’1,| olis. Asterisk .indicates plans and
specifications are on file there.
BIDS WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS 3 Date Bid Number Item Oita 2447-810—Cases, storage or transter 3 (with cover for 5x8-in. cards).. 210-8 S14--Coul ers, water; non-electric ooled, inverted bottle. type . 208 “Faster. adhesive, zinc oxide
machine, b 2452-85 Tage hi shipping, paper, No. dating, rubber-band, staples, paper fastening 2455-S2—Cards, index, 50% rag 2456-S2—Tape; gummed, de Papen transparent: weight, Aner aste, asparagus tips,’ i pods; liquid coloring, D'Zer cake . flour, sem, Juice, oe ach. Jun=Ho tablets, . marshmallows, "mush= . rooms, mustard seed, nuts, okra, olives, orange juice, . Postum, poppy seed, ‘chili powder, sage, celery salt, sauce, spices, thyme, salt, tobacco, pinto . bean Cal-C-Tose, citron; orange peel, raisins, almonds, figs, Shermes. , Riasapple. Jemon- peel, Vet. Adm. Indianapolis 16 2448-810 Receptacies, waste fiber, round, wood bottom A re paper-wrapped, wax; ing, black’ penholders, wood.. 1 sen Sil office, steel; pens; writs To erwas inne veinm Pann pean
2s8.8010Cutiérs.
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are Y ype: suitable for automatic - operation when used in n with N recorder 16 ~SP5—] 8 and ‘kneading ma- . a: leather su; en for men : IeAthE: non-elastic woven belts, sum-26360-8P 00-881 White fe heel pads, ieather Joles, leathier taps, leather under- 1
ift 6 Class 33—Fire-surfacing and heat inulating : material for the period Oct. 31, 1942 to Oct. 31, 1943 26853-SP8—Dressers uipment
= Elschn cal eq supplies: conduit, steel, fittings “or * conduit, aera. push buttons, oute - let boxes, ete. 43-360--Steel.’ wire and copper rod., 8-S—Coffee a 43-387—Drill rods, steel and brass rods 21 Class 70—Agricultural implements and mat a Eo aes period Nov. 1 ast Az 3 s paper 30-8—Fruits, boite Caps: {water-packed) 28
canned 26950-SP8—tisi wooden, at least pop lar ,or equal, approx. 50” wide 130” pH ouble: estal Chas 13—] jofler feed-water rad for the oid Tee, 1, 1042 10 Nov.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT
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spaces, . spacers, sp.
ports, i yashers, tur ting,
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“LOCAL ISSUES.
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these: materials, contact the war |
+ 15! changed.
5 a S. Meridian x . faaian ndiana Nan
AS ave.,
cent will produce ‘the maximum amount of oil per acre. : Mint oil production per acre ranges from 10 to 60 pounds per acre, depending upon the season and whether it is first-year row
“mint or old meadow mint. Last |
_.year, Indiana's crop averaged 35 ; pounds per acre, a ‘higher average “than ’'a few years ago when’ crop diseases and other ‘production difficulties ‘hampered high yields. ° Northern Indiaha and southern Michigan form an: area which foi + years has produced more than 80 per gent of the tations SUPply of
Heavy Turnover | in 1 1. ar.
Issues Feature: Dull Stock Market.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (U. P).— Heavy turnover “in International Telephone &: Telegraph issues today featured an otherwise dull and narrowly irregular stock market. ; International Telephone appeared on blocks ranging from 1000 to 14000 shares. It made a new high at 3% up %. The foreign stock of the company was fairly active at 3, up . : : Steels were narrowly mixed with Bethlehem at 531% unchanged and U. S. Steel 457%, up %. General
| Motors gained %: to 37% on a few Pt | sales.
Tire issues were little
Rails were quiet with prices firm.
15 ; Sh s| Incorporations
es. O Outhiiting te ARC Tndian-
pO People’s Service Co., Connersville; cha. of agent to Samu in
a E. Nima, 528 Central Connersville.
Hammond Glass Co., ‘Inc., 5417 Hohman ave, Hammond; agent, Hyman M. Cohen. 3420° Michigan ave., East Chicago; 500 shares no par Yelue; lass and paint business; Hyman n, Flossie Cohen,
Asher Se Grizzly ite. Co.; Los Angeles, Cal; 3 Teg. istration of AE AeE. “Grizzly” and design, class 34; belting, hose, packing and non-metallic tires. Hoover Hosiery Co., Concord, N.istration fol trade-mark,
Ril | : ‘Hoaver,” 38; . cloth
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: Noton Creates New Unit Within WPB: in Effort To Spread War Work.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (. Ploy —War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson today announced establishment of a smaller war plants . division within WPB and
placed his deputy chairman, Lou °
E. Holland, at its head. . The move, Nelson said, was des
signed “to provide machinery for the widest possible spread of war
work, to the smaller manufacturing
plants of the country.” Meanwhile, the senate small busi« ness committee began a poll of small manufacturers for data needed to provide “stand by” ase sistance for firms. unable to get into war production. Chairman James E. Murray . Mont.) announced that a questions
naire had been sent to 346 wholes
sale and retail trade associations
asking for opinions on such pros
posals as extending rent control to stores, adjustment. of leases, gove ernment purchase of stocks, loans,
.|and rationing of wholesalers to ens
able small ‘business to survive -the war. Nelson, scheduled to be. one of the
{first witnesses when the committees ~~ |starts hearings Sept. 29, has sug | gested that the government, through i the smaller war plants corporation, Tl Er iae funds to small firms unable
{lo convert to war work. * The committee is studying a pro« posal to have the government pro« vide “essential” expenses, which would include taxes, insurance, interest necessary upkeep, but * not improvements or debts. Loans to permit plants to carry inventor. ies would also be provided. =
U. S. INCOME SET RECORD FOR JULY
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 v. PP) The nation's income rose to a new all-time monthly high of $10,680, 000,000 in July and probably will reach a record annual peak ' of $120,000,000,000 this year, the Alexander, Hamilton Institute said today. : The total for the latest month compared with $10,287,000,000 in June, the previous record high of $10,391,000,000 in October last year, and $8,496,000,000 in July last year, The increase in July was the fifth in succession. For the first seven months of 1942 the national income totaled $68,773, 000,000 against $52,043000,000 in’ the corresponding 1941 period. Farm. income for 1942 is: expected to reach the record level of $14,814,~ 000,000. the institute
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