Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1942 — Page 5

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Elmer Davis, OWI Chief, Fears Petrillo Stands i in Way of War Effort.

WASHINGTON, Sept. AT U. P). ‘=-Director Elmer | Davis’ of the office of war information told ' a . senate committee today James C. Petrillo’s ban on | ‘recordings and: transcriptions by ‘union musicians may “seriously hamper” the operation of the

‘government's var information. pro-|.

gram. Testifying a the first witness before a senate interstate commerce

Subcommittee, Davis said that the|”

American Federation of Musicians president’s ban on. records used commercially by radio stations and juke boxes has had the practical effect of stopping all record maleing. Davis said that Petrillo had agreed to permit record firms to make ' records for non-commercial use, but because there is no legal way to enforce such a guarantee “recording has stopped.” Pointing out ‘that there are 150 communities not within the jurisdiction “ ‘of any local. of Petrillo’s Anion, where there are few if any Amemployed union musicians,’ Davis said: radio stations in those communities must have recorded music to hold their audiences. “This office (OWI) has a direct and vital concern with the maintenance of the radio coverage in’ this country,” Davis said.

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"A picture of confidence, Brig. Gen. R. M. Littlejohn, European quartermaster for the A. E. F. in Europe, is shown shortly after arriving in London.

‘Basis at Exchanges After Nov. 1.

| WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P.). '—That popular arniy institution known as “jawbone”—credit for officers and enlisted men at army post

exchanges and other post shops— will be abandoned throughout the United States after Nov. 7, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson anncunced today. After the date, transactions at commissaries, theaters, barber shops, tailor shops and other post stores, in this eountry will be strictly on a cash basis, he said. Outside continental United States, continuation or abandonment of “jawbone” will be up to the commanding officers of individual posts.

DEFENSE DISTRICT 7

fense district 7 will hold an or ganization meeting at 8 p. m. to-

ave.

The decision to end credit dealings was made after several wagks of experimenting at Ft. Bragg, N

PLANS 1ST AID UNIT [c. where credit was abandoned

The first ad post. of civilian de-

| Aug: 1. The blow there was softened, however, because inaugura- . tion ¢ of the cash business basis coin- | cided with the start of pay in(creases voted by congress for serv-

morrow in the E. 10th st. Method-|jss men. ist church, 10th st and Keysions

Hereafter purchases will be for! cash or with coupons paid for in

All first aiders in the district are 2dvance. The change will eliminate

requested to attend. = The district | is bounded by E. 10th, E. Michigan | increasingly complicated and bur-

{company collection sheets and other | paper work, which was becoming

| |) Cy ORE Be T0 END CREDIT ,

{Stimson Calls for Cash

* 1 : ® Is Tire Patriot - FT. WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 17 (U.P.).—The Allen county rationing board, still a little dazed today, regards Dennis Gerig, 31-year-old Ft.. Wayne resident, as a most unusual man. - Geérig is a war worker in a’ Ft. Wayne plant. He used Yo drive daily to his job from his home in St. Joe in De Kalb county, some 30 miles. One day ‘he needed tires to continue his commuting. His claims were Valid, so the rationing board granted him certificates for three new tires and tubes and one recap. Then Gerig moved to Ft. Wayne. Back to the surprised rationing board came Gerig and turned in his certificates. - “I can get to work by bus now,” he told officials. “Give the tires to someone who needs them more than I do.”

4 MORE STATE AREAS UNDER RENT CONTROL

' CHICAGO, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—Four defense rental areas in Indiana will be brought under. federal rent control Oct. 1, the regional office of the office of price administration announced today. Rents in the areas will be reduced and stabilized at levels of Maich 1. The areas: Ft. Wayne, Allen county; GaryHammond, Lake County; Vincennes, Daviess and Knox counties, Ind., and Lawrence county, Ill.; Wabash,

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MERIDIAN

MASSACRE IAPS,

~ Attempt to Retake Guadalcanal Isle.

Here is the first : eyEwilngy secount of the Solomon islands moonlight battle in which the Americans trapped a Japanese landing force and mo

the entire enemy force of 750 men.

By ROBERT C. MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent

M A RINE HEADQUARTERS, Solomon Islands, Aug. 21 (Delayed).

Tenaru—the first serious Japanese attempt to regain a foothold on Guadalcanal island—into a —

sacre. The battle has been raging sirfce

about 3 o'clock this morning and the marines have penned the Jap-

grove on a beach.

down the road and out onto a sandbar that constitutes no man’s land.

Marines Yell and Attack

Every marine in our outfit let out a yell when the tanks appeared and the whole American side of the Tenaru front sounded like the bleachers at Ebbets field when the Dodgers win a close one. The tanks rumbled down in single file toward the coconut palms where

the trees and brush. There were only two t | Japs could do. They could ble “and run—and be mowed down by machine guns. Or they could lie

them as they roared back and forth, blasting the ground as they moved.

anese try to fight the tanks. They fired their rifles and machine guns

lets pinged off harmlessly. Landing Party Wiped Out

American marines climbed out of their positions and watched as the tanks methodically went about their work.

tanks had finished.

750 had been wiped out. American casualties “were 28 marines killed and 72 wounded. this morning. - Japanese scouts, on our outposts located in ‘a coconut grove on the west side of the Tenaru. The Japanese tried to infiltrate behind our positions by crawling down the beach, swimming out in the ocean and wading the shallow river upstream. About 3 a. m. the main Japanese attack opened, supported by heavy machine gun and mortar fire. The Japanese charged down the beach and tried to cross a sandbar at the mouth of the Tenaru.

Japs Pinned in Pocket

But a murderous fire from our light and heavy machine guns,

the coconut grove. The Japanese bodies piled up on the - sandbar like sandbags on a Mississippi river flood dike. The Americans, under Lieut. Col.

swept up on the Japanese while forces under Lieut. Col. Edwin A. Pollack, Augusta, Ga., pinned them along . the Tenaru river front. That put the Japanese in a pocket and their position was desperate. They. could not advance across the river, the otean held their right flank and Cresswell’s men bottled them up on the land side. Cresswell’s . men then cut through to the Ilu river to complete the encirclement of the coconut grove,

Ring Tightened

they must have known it.

front lines I could watch the ring being drawn tighter around the enemy.

pounded to pieces, the Japanese fought on and made no attempt to surrender en masse. Individual groups of prisoners, however, unable to withstand the withering fire, ran out with their hands raised and surrendered. The Japanese were members of the imperial army—the first army troops the marines had met. The

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| JAPANESE IN BURMA

U. 8. ARMY AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, New Delhi, Sept. 17|buildings of the railway yards and (U. P). have been conducting offensive patrols over northern Burma, a communique announced today.

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