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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 161
PROGRAN SET
UP FOR STATE
Hoosiers to Get 3 Cards :
As in East; Boards to Be Named Soon. By WILLIAM CRABB
The pattern for gasoline rationing
in Indiana is cast.
If county boards were trained to}
handle the task, rationing could start tomorrow. There are only a couple of things the ne¥ gasoline rationing boss, William * Aitchison, ‘doesn’t know—how much and when.
In 3 month the personnel of each|:
board. will be prepared and there will be 15 supervisors throughout the state to answer questions the boards can’t answer.
Three Types of Cards
James D. Strickland, head of the OPA in the. state, has just announced Mr. Aitchison’s appoint-
ment, but really he’s been at work |
for weeks.
Some time ago he went to the|: eastern states to study their ra-j¢ tioning setup there. He was to|; ‘stay. 10 days—he was there two | 4
‘months. ' Here's the setup:
We will have the “A” “B” and ||
#C” books like they do in the East.
‘A” books are for the average|: drivers; ‘B” are for those who have || no other means of transportation |i to their work and they are entitled |} to additional mileage, but with al} definite limit: “C” are for certain] highly essential occupations and} But also |!
are for still more: miléage; with definite limits.
‘No Unlimited Mileage
There will ‘be no “X” books for unlimited mileage. : In order to ‘get either “B” or “gr books, the motorists will . have to fill out” ‘four-page applicafion’ blanks which will let Mr. Aitchison know almost as much about the applicants as their family doctors. It is predicted that by the time} many drivers: get through filling
out the questionnaire, they will de-|:
cide maybe they don’t need preferential books after all.
All drivers will have to stick to]
their windshilds little tickets to tell what. type of ration books they
‘hold.
Neighbor Can Check
If he holds a “B” book because he has to go too far to work with-
* out other transportation facilities,
and he uses his gasoline to go see his mother-in-law in another town over the week-end, his neighbor, who is playing fair, will know it.’ . And his neighbor will be a check on him—in fact Mr. ‘Aitchison expects to have more than 3,000,000 assistants, every citizen in: Indiana. As for defense workers, their:
. plant advisory committees will be
gasoline rationing boards in them-
‘selves, handling the gasoline prob-
lem like they already do tires. : Know Workers’ Problems There are 54 ; for example)
plants in Indianapolis, for example who have more than 400 workers.
This will give an idea of how great assistance they will be to Mr. Aitchison’s office. They will know the transportation problem of each worker and assign him to the classification he belongs, They will know the route eath
worker takes to work when he drives
and where he has to stop for the passengers he is carrying. : Mr. Aitchison ‘will try to have installed in each plant a scale map with workers designated by differ-
ent colored pins. ‘One colored pin
will designate a worker who must drive, another a worker who shares-
“the ride and a third the ones who
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NEW F00D P POWER 1S | Is ASKED
Hefidérson. Says ‘Says Inflation] Threat Jeopardizes War. Program...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15° (u. PJ, —Price * Administrator Leon Hen-
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| derson, warning that the inflation
threat “jeopardizes our entire war program,” asked the senate bank-
specific ‘authority fos gpattrel food prices than is contained :in’ the senate anti-inflation bill.
threat is “as deadly as a bomb and as treacherous as the Japanese.” Henderson objected particularly. to a clause in the bill which would set the minimum ceilings on farm product prices at parity or “the highest market price for such commodity between Jan. 1, 1942, and Sept. 15, 1942,” whichever is higher. He said this would tend to “freeze” prices of several commodities which already have risen to inordinately high levels. Rigid -adherence to. this formula, he said, “would ‘not be price control, but price raising.” Committeemen said unusual situations could be ‘met through ‘another. clause of the bill | empowering President Roosevelt to set lower ceiling prices in cases of “gross inequities.” Henderson contended this was too un(Continued on Page Five)
IT CAN. BE DONE! -
In spite of all the headshaking and hand-wrin ing in Washington and ¢ re | about Henry J. Kaiser's claim $hat he. can get ‘the materials to great cargo-cafrying airplai
IT CAN BE DONE!
And it can done “ae if there is & wil todoit. .
- The facts and figures on ‘how it can be done hive how painstakingly assembled ‘by John .F. Cramer, who is wring. a. series oh, articles ‘showin e. mate. ‘rials moved on wre they ‘can be had. The first article His ; Dawspaper 1 Page; 2.
His Word Is Law, Drivers!
EFFICIENCY OF
The “A”. sticker—for . he average. 5
ing - committee today for - more]:
He declared that the inflationary
The “new gasoline rationing “boss, ‘William Aitchison, is an oldtime automobile man—carburetors, he points out, can be fixed for
aig Eicher tor i ow [ast Series Game To Open Sept. 30
"CHICAGO, Sept. 15 (US P)— Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw
| M. Landis announced today that
‘the. first game of the world series will be played Sept.30 in the park
of the National league winner. Landis - said the ' series would opén Sept. 30 “regardless of which team wins the National league
championship.” | He made the an-
nouncement at a meeting of league officials and representatives of competing teams. Entire proceeds of the series will .go:to the united service organizations, Landis said. It:had been estimated previously. that if the series went the full seven games the proceeds would approximate $679,000.
DID JAPS ‘DROP 1ST BOMB IN OREGON?
if They’ Did, i, t Ca Caused Only
“Small Forest Fire.
BROOKINGS, Ore., Sept. 15 (U. P.)—Residents of this seaside town
learned with' surprise that Japan's first: aerial blow at the continental United States apparently was a feeble effort to start a forest fire on nearby Mt. Emily. Many heard the small unidentified seaplane, believed to have dropped a bomb on the mountain last: Wednesday, ‘but only a few saw
ite:
The western defense command at San Francisco announced last night that a forester who had spotted and extinguished a small ‘fire had found what appeared to - be frag-
‘iments of an incendiary bomb. The]. : {AY Suggested the
without slowi Oiher 2s | service. Pech. of war produchin. 18 240 p. m.
ns 3 Cie
~ |regime,” he i |rection
A I shall let the record or itself.
POLICE AT NEW LOW-
Gity Third in Murders, Candidate Says in
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Opening Campaign.
~ By EARL RICHERT Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Republican candidate for mayor of Ine dianapolis, opened his fall campaign today with a scathing denunciation of the administration of the city police’ department. “The record shows that Indianapolis has had in recent months about the worst police administration of any large city in :America,”
hotel. \ “Under present Democratic tinued, “police di-
to a new low in
C Robbery Rate High
®4 recently published report of the federal bureau of investigation, as of you no doubt read, placed
“| Indianapolis second among Amer-
ican cities in its population class in e number of robberies committed, third in the number of murders,
; and third in the number of aggra-
vated assaults. “In extenuation of this poér showing, it is argued by defenders
‘of the city administration that the
police department is short-handed, that it is carrying an added burden in guarding defense plants, and that the city’s rapid growth iln re-
‘cent months has aggravated the ;Jcrime problem,
1.assure you that when I am mayor, excuses for poor performance of duty will not: be accepted.” Gen. Tyndall also assailed the Democratic administration handling of traffic and vice problems.
Scores Traffic Situation
After pointing out that, according to the survey of the National Safety council, Indianapolis is now leading “all cities of her population class in traffic fatalities, he asked: “What is being done to prevent this needless bloodshed? Why, the police have been directed to concentrale on arrests for minor trafic law violations, which the record shows, have little or nothing to do with the accidents. “And the Democratic administration’s handling of vice conditions seem fo have been on a par with its “handling of street traffic and general crime. “A few weeks ago city authorities proclaimed the vice and gambling clean-up that usually precedes an election. It was then disclosed that these twin evils had gotten almost beyond control in Inidanapo Gen. Tyndall told his audience that he pledged “an honest and competent police administration.” He also announced that as mayor he would “restore” the women’s division of the police department to look after wayward and unfortunate (Continued on Page Five)
CAMPBELL RESIGNS STATE SCHOOL POST
Arthur ' Campbell, - Democratic member of the state board of education, today submitted his resignation from the board to Governor. Schricker. Mr. Campbell, who has been city superintendent of schools at Ander-
and a city school, superintendent. | h
he declared in a talk before a| group of approximately 1000 Re-|. publican, women’ at the Claypool
Gage of Chicago.
AS 6. A. R. CHIEF
Delegates Elect Thursday; Stage Two Parades Tomorrow.
(Photos, » Page Three)
By ARTHUR HUR WRIGHT Election of John S. .Dumser, - year-old {Civil : 1 Oakland, Coa, chief of the Grand ‘Army of the Republic, was conceded in many quarters today as the 76th national encampment swung into its third day. While there was yet time for other candidates to enter the race, a survey at headquarters in the Claypool hotel failed to uncover any opposition, The election will be delayed until the final business session on Thursday.
mander-in-chief ‘at present. If he takes office as expected, he will succeed George A. Gay, a native of
hau, N, H Mr. Gay is 94. Born in Illinois Mr. Dumser, who was born in Wheeling; 1ll., enlisted in Co. K, 52d volunteers: infantry at Elgin, Ill. at the age of 16. He served in the Army of Tennessee under Generals Dodge, McPherson and Sherman and engaged in many battles of the AtJanta campaign. - He was seriously fijured in’ the battle of Kenesaw and Atlanta. 1 ‘He joined the G. ‘A. R. in Tilinois in 1881 and served as post .commander two years. and as chaplain 10 years. He went to California in 1900. : Selection of the encampment city for mext year also will be made during Thursday’s final business session. : . He'll ‘March Again The veterans and their five affili- | ate-organizations were preparing today for the two parades, five minutes apart,’ which will be held tomorrow in downtown Indianapolis. The big question .today was “who
Army parade. ‘They say at convention head-
quarters that’ R. R. Graham of Madisonville, Ky., was the only veteran who walked in last year’s encampment at Columbus. = Despite his 97 years he insisted he: would "| march again fomorrow. ‘Business meetings high-light the calendar again today. Tonight at
10|8:30 the G. A. R. and its affiliate .|groups will attend a reception: at
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Mr. Dumser is junior vice ~com- |
Massachusetts, who lives in Nas-|
ADM. TOWERS GIVEN
will walk?” in the colorful Grand
L’ il Abner
U.S. Fliers Giv Give Comic ‘Strip Names to
Planes.
AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, AUSTRALIA, Sept. 15 (U. P.)— “The terrors of the New Guinea skies are the death-dealing attack planes named after the char= acters in the Li
meet the Japanese are Lil = Abner, Mammy Yokum, Pappy Yokum and Pig Salome. They come from an airfield called the Dogpatch. At one time there was a Daisy Mae, but it cracked up. Now there’s a Daisy Mae II. Robert Strickland, Clio, Ala. heads the “Lil Abner boys.” . “You'd think it was Sadie Hawkins Day the way. those Dogpatchers chase the Japs,” he sid.
FLEET AIR COMMAND
Navy’s ‘No. 1 Airmen’ Lead Whole: Pacific Area.-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (U. P). —Rear Admiral John H. Towers will be relieved as chief of ‘the bureau of aeronautics to assume the newly created post ‘of commander of the Pacific fleet air force, Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced today." Admiral Towers. will hold the rank 8 vice admiral in his new post, which the navy: described as “the most important air command afloat in the navy.” . ‘Rear’ Admiral John S. McCain, who has had an important air command .in the: Pacific: fleet, will relieve Admiral Towers as chief of the bureau of aeronautics, bringing to the bureau “the viewpoint of an officer who has actually been in combat ‘with the - enemy.” The new post, it was explained, has thie effect of unifying the navy’s air command in the Pacific, ‘which heretofore : ‘has been distributed in| various operating categories. = Admiral Towers—*“the navy’s No. 1 aviator”—has been flying since 1910, when he was one of the first three naval officers trained by Glenn H. Curtis. In 1912 he set a world endurance flight record and in 1919 he organized and let the first transAtlantic flight, made in navy NCboats.
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The Memory of John C. New Lives On
The memory of John C. New, quartermaster general of Indiana during ‘the Civil war, lives on into the spirit of ’42 as his life-size bronze bust goes into the current scrap metal drive. His daughter, Mrs. Bernays Kennedy, "5335 N. Meridian st, turned it in for scrap at the Standard Oil station operated by J. J. Coyne at 5628 N. Illinois st. Saluting the spirit of ’42 are two veterans of the Civil war attending the G. A. R. convention. They are (left) Lient. Milton H. Myers of Park Ridge, Ill, and Maj. Albert E. Lieut. Myers is 100 and Maj. Gage is 97.
R.A. F. ATTACKS U-BOAT HAVEN
Raid Marks Anniversary of Turning Point in 1940 . Battle of Britain.
‘LONDON, Sept. 15 (U. P.). — A strong force of royal air force hembers, marking the second anniversary of the ‘enti of Germany’s|
all-out daylight air attacks on Britain, raided Wilhelmshaven during the night. The air ministry. sald many large fires were left burning, particularly in the dock area. Only two bombers were reported missing, ‘an infinitesmal percentage in view of the.number of raiders, If .the unreliable Vichy radio is to be believed, the Russians last night contintted their share of the two-front air attack. The Vichy report: was that air raid alarms were sounded in Poland, eastern Germany, Helsinki, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria. The Wilhelmshaven raid followed a devastating attack on Bremen the previous night, in which a force estimated at 400 to 500 bombers participated with 19 planes lost. Authoritative sources, believed that ‘between 700 and 800 bombers hammered the two key naval ports in Germany: in the two-night span.
:|Submarine building yards were the chief targets at both ports.
Radio Berlin, said’ British: bombers raided “a “northern German port.” Ii admitted that fires were started, and claimed, as usual, that damage was inflicted mostly in residential sections.
The Changes of Two Years
The Wilhelmshaven raid came on the second anniversary of the R. A. F.s greatest victory over Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering’s German air force. On Sept.”15, 1940, indomitable British ‘fighters ended
Germany's daylight efforts to “blita” in
London by knocking 185 of 400 atattacking Nazi planes out of the sky, losing only 25 British planes. Although mass night attacks continued during the winter, most observers rate Sept. 15 the turning point in the Battle of Britain. During the preceding 14 days the situation had been so critical that on: Sept. 11 Prime Minister: Winston (Churchill warned thai invasion was imminent, “perhaps next w
Draft Board No. 11— HAS, ENOUGH SINGLE MEN UNTIL JAN. 1
>| Many : 20-Year-Olds Live
‘In Allison ‘Area. By EARL RICHERT
From a manpower . standpoint, comioriabi postion of say of te|C
| Russians
Reinforce | With Planes, Cavalry
. Forces.
By HARRISON SALISBURY: United Press Staff Ee uaat
The battle of Sta raged toward a decision tod: A Nazi report claimed German forces storming thi eity had captured the: mai
[railroad station in some of
war's fiercest fighting, * Russian dispatches reported
{Soviet air and cavalry reinfoi iments ‘have arrived on the s¢
at a moment when a. ge Soviet withdrawal under contin air and land pressure seemed minent, Russian planes, Moscow rep were - unable to challenge the Na air superiority but afforded ficlent cover to enable the army troops to hold their lit except at one point on the sc western approaches to the city. Available maps did not indicate which railroad station was referred to in the Nazi claim. Stalingrad has at least three railroad static one of them in the western suburbg about seven miles from the Volga.
Timetable Upset?
While the tone of Moscow disw patches was slightly more encours
.| aging, than for several days, they
left no doubt that the Russians were under the most critical pres= sure to hold off a full-scale Nazi attack now being directed on & semi-circle from -the northwest: the- southwest of the city. The German advance to | Volga or close enough to the riv to bring transport under artillery fire and Nazi eontrol of the north south railroad, Moscow indicated, is hampering efforts to bring troops and supplies up to the fron However, London again reported a growing belief in allied que that the unprecedented Soviet sistance at’ Stalingrad had twisted Adolf Hitler’s timetable. They s gested that the Russians may hav delayed ‘the Germans long enough to make possible a damaging allied attack somewhere along the peri ery of Nazi power.
24th Day of Battle
The German attack after 24 of bitter fighting, was, ho reaching a climax and it se that the next few days would termine whether the present d to oust the Russians from strategic communications and industry center Would succeed. The German fliers, Russian patches said, marked off Sovi positions in squares. Then fii hi after flight of bombers—as many 1300 at once—systematically dro thousands of explosive and
mentation bombs in an effort to
stroy every living thing and open 4 road into the besieged city. In the Caucasus the Rus reported they had fallen b: farther in the Mozdok area, whe! the Nazis, attempting to push. thé Grozny oilfields, had suce a strong column : the Terek Fiver. / g
On the ‘War Fro
(Sept. 15, 1942)
RUSSIA—Hundreds of Nazi } ers attempting to blast path Stalingrad by ‘mile-by-mile molition raids; situation tal new critical turn;
#4 feuding Grozny ofl forped
Wilhelmshaven with loss of a two. bombers.