Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1942 — Page 1

Consumer Can Only ~ Read the Papers

| Scrubs as Farm Groups Wage Bloc-by-Bloc and Houseby-House Battle for Higher Prices.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. -25.—The professional farmorganization leaders have marshaled a lobby here, some 250 or: more persons altogether—surpassing anything of the sort before—to put through amendments to the so-

called anti-inflation bill.

From all parts of the country they have come, includ-

ing representatives of state . tions, even to the Avocado Poutry association of Oregon, and the Dark Fired Tobacco agsociation of . Ken-

tucky and Tennessee. Such buttonholing, such inspired telegraphing, such telephoning, such : gallery watching! Poking behind the sleek facade of the well-fed and bulgy professionals to PM find the reasons. | for this descent upon the capital, it is discov- * éred that among them is politics —not only a struggle for ' power in cone gress by the farm organizaa To tions against Mr.O'Neal .the administra-

tion, which has fallen:wout with them, but. leo politics of the reg» gh : x variety, ieiing the coming e onal tion ‘and the; 1944 presidential eleetion.

O'Neal om the ‘Outside’ Edward A O'Neal, president of

the American Farm Bureau fed- |

eration, largest and most powerul of . the ‘agricultural associations, no fonger can sidle in and out of

the White House as of old. Presi- .. dent Roosevelt is not . offering speaking terms. ; This represents the climax of a conflict between the farm bureau federation and the farm security administration of the agriculture department. The latter saw the growing political power of the farm bureau federation, which was moving openly ‘into. politics in some states. The FSA challenged ‘the federation in many quarters. ‘The struggle for power has been going on for some time, and it “bolls behind the scenes Jn this eurrent fight. ; Play Politics The administration has built up its own champion, the farmers union. This organization; alone, is backing the administration in the farm parity fight. Politics of the regular, orthodox variety is all mixed up in the current. fight; for anti-adminis-tration forces are capitalizing it ‘to break ‘what hold the adminis- * tration still has on the farmers, outside the South. Ready to be capitalized is a general resentment among farmers over the increasing and critical shortage of farm labor, for which they blame in part the ‘ handling of the draft, and ii ‘ large part the high wages in war industries which drain men and | women , away. ‘from the farm. fa Meet Every: Morning The farm leaders meet in conference every morning at a hotel here ‘to plot the day's strategy.

- Then they and their many agents ou and ‘tackle doubting - mem}

LM O'Neal snd the. top group lt in the galleries and watch the Progress of battle. 4 ‘About all the consumer can do in to read the newspapers while

the cost Bis dving is being mee {l

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|tle of the. vear. ‘lquire that farm labor costs be in-

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and regional farm organiza-

association of California, the

CLAIMS ACCORD ON PARITY BILL

Barkley Says FDR Forces Have Votes to Approve Compromise.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (U.P.). —Senate Oemocratic Leader Alben 'W. Barkley of Kentucky said today that the administration had sufficient votes for adoption of its compromise farm amendment to the anti-inflation bill. Just before the senate convened for the fifth day of depate on the measure, Senator Barkley said “many senators” had told him they would support the ..compromise,| pe which would direct President Roosevelt -to take into. farm, labor costs when he fixes price ceilings. “Many ‘senators have indicated to me that the compromise is not only satisfactory to them,” Barkley said, “but that they regard "it' as more workable than the Thomas amendment.”

Favored by Norris

He referred to the farm bloc pro‘posal, sponsored by Sen. Elmer Thomas (D. Okla.) whiche«precipitated the hottest congressional batThis would ' re-

cluded in computing parity price, one of the ceiling levels for agricultural products in: the pending price and wage stabilization bill, The administration has estimated

‘this would increase living costs

$3,500,000,000 a year. Dollars and cents effect of the Barkley plan was not estimated. ; “The compromise,” said Mr. Barkley; “does not have the vice of attempting to rewrite the parity formula.” President Roosevelt already has expressed “unalterable opposition” to any rewriting of parity. Senator George W. Norris (Ind. (Continued on Page 16)

POWER & LIGHT PAYS $105,000 TO PERRY

Receipts of Back Taxes Cut Township Levy. The Indianapolis Power & Light

Co. issued a check for $105,000 today to Perry township officials in pay-

| ment for back taxes over a’ period A of sev ‘seven years.

The ‘superior court order provid. ing for payment was a comproniise agreement on a suit filed last Saturday by Perry township, claiming ‘the light company owed $600,000 back taxes. The payment ends ,more than hine years of litigation over. a

| REICH MAKES NO REAL GA FOR 10 DAYS

Red Army Reports Casualty Rate Exceeds That of Verdun in 1916.

By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Sept, 25.—Front dis-|

patches reported today that the

Red army has driven deeper wedges| : into German lines northwest of]

Stalingrad and beaten off a terrifice attack in the ‘city itself, prompting a Soviet military commentator to report ‘that the initiative slowly is passing to the Russians. Soviet ‘sources estimated German casualties are piling up at a rate equal to or exceeding the frightful rates of the first world war battle of Verdun. Front reports indicated the Nazi attack was gradually losing momentum in “the face .of the fierce defense within Stalingrad’s shattered walls.

Germans Need a Rest : No appreciable German gains have -been made for the past 10 days Xt Was significant that the battle was now in its 32d day. In previous campaigns the Germans have been] unable to sustain their mass ‘drives for ‘much more than a month. A pause for reorganization and reinforcement now seemed to be needed by the Nazi high command, but it was “unlikely the Russians would permit such a lull:at a moment: Wherl they might have the advan-

The English language Moscow] News reported a sharp reduction in the ferocity of Nazi air attacks, estimating. that the Juftwaffe is now operating at a level only 30.to 40

per cent of the pedk set. two weeks|v

ago. Casualties May Top 100,000 Maj. Gen. Zhyravelev, writihg in the Moscow News, said the battle had reached a stalemate with the initiative passing over toward ‘the Russians. A Soviet military commentator, Col. Surgeyev, estimated that the Nazis lost 25,000 men. killed in action on the Stalingrad front last week ard that 3000 had been killed in two days’ fighting northwest of Stalingrad. If German casualties followed the!

(Continued on Page 16) Coldest Sept. 25 Recorded Here |s

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am. .., 37 10a m ... 0 48 7am ,..3 11a m...5 8am ... 41 12 (noon) .. 50 9am... 44 1pm... 5 ‘THE COLDEST SEPT. 25 in the history of the weather bureau was recorded at 4 a. m. today when the mercury .dropped to 37 deBrees. . : While the city shivered through this low mark, the freezing temperatures sand heavy frost predicted by the weather bureau yesterday failed to materialize in the city although a low of 31 degrees was ‘recorded at the -airport- be-, tween 5:30 and 6:30 a. m. and a ‘light frost was visible. The previous all-time low for tt1s date wus 38°degrees, recorded in 1879. Peak temperafire yes terday was 56 degrees at 3 p. m. and the average was 48 degrees, 16 below normal. - There won't -be much of a change in temperatures today, but the weather bureau did predict that it would be somewhat warm-

er “tonight.

: "The basic aim is to cuit dows the

“mmiered as Second-Class ndiang an

teer at "Postoftice, except Sunday.

URGES STUDENT VICTORY CORPS

MoNutt Pushes T Training’ of Youths; Wgrbacker to,

Paul V. McNutt today announced

high school students. in ‘the country to prepare for war service, .Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, world war I. flying ace and. aviation leader, ‘has accepted the chairmanship of’ the national policy com‘mittee of the. corps. “The: s of the corps will be to train.its volunteer student members for war service they may’ be expected to perform after leaving scohol ‘and to provide opportunities for them participate in community war efforts while still in school. . Lists § Oblectiver

‘time now: needed: to: train men and Women after they ate enrolled in the armed services or in war industries. *'The: corps will be divided into five ‘special’ service ‘divisions for those in the last two years of high school: 1» Land service calling for preinduction training for all branches of the army except the air; 2. Air service; 3. Sea service providing training for all branches of the navy except the air; 4. Production service preparing for - war industries and agriculture; 5. Community service preparing for medical, nursing, teaching, business and civic services. | Objectives of the wartime program, both inside and outside classrooms, are: : 1. Guidance of youth into critical

better understanding of the war, its meaning, progress, :and problems; 3. ‘Physical. fitness; ‘4. Voluntary military * drill * for = selected boys; LS Competence in | science and mathematics; 6. Pre-fiight training in ‘aeronautics for prospective aviation cadets and ground crew maintenance men; 7. -Pre-induc-tion training for critical military] and production occupations; 8. Community service including train-|

ing for essential elvitian activities.

the Liberty Bond drive of '17

WASHING pO, Sept. 2» @. P). ~War = Manpower Commissioner | bo

Hoke, local manufacturer.

Hoke Contributes German

Going! Going! Gone! Into the Scrap Pile

A \ eouple 0 of German mementos of another war contribute to the scrap metal drive with the help of Fred

i »

Helmets, Mementos of '17

When Mrs. Fred Hoke got: throgh ARaEie: in her attic today,

She presented Mr. Hoke as

| cdntributed tothe scrap metal of "42, left for the office with two German helmets—one had "belonged to a world war I officer and had a

108 spike in the top, while the other had been worn by an infantryman. Take them downtown: Ak oes

occupied ‘8 corner in the Hoke]. attic at their home, 3445 Washing- : ton blvd: So Mr. Hoke ‘brought’ the} ‘helmets « to the ‘ Holcomb & Hoke office. where * he’s” going ‘to smash

them with a sledgehammer. before

putting them on: the scrap heap.

» » » Miss Kath8rine O'Connor, 2002 N.

Talbott ave., also went through her attic this week.

She dug out an old iron bed, two

old lamps, an onyx :stand, a corn popper and an old brass boiler.

And then she decided that “Billy”

wouldn't mind if she donated to the scrap metal drive his metal stand.

“Billy” had been her pet canary

and was more ‘than 10 = years old when he died. She kept his cage and stand for a long time thinking that she might: buy another bird.

“But I guess I'll never find a pet

like ‘Billy’ again,” she said.

And the scrap metal drive bene-

fitted by her decision.

KNOX SAYS CANAL

DEFENSE PERFECT

BALBOA, C. Z., Sept. 25 (U. P).

—Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said today that he believed the Panama canal “has as perfect af defense from air attack as any place in the world.”

Knox, who arrived here by air-

plane yesterday for what officials| said was a routine im:pection of naval “installations, told a press conference:

“Nothing could be more com-

pletely adequate ‘than the co-or-

Cop, Kenned 9, Always i in Thickest Smoke | rn 2

Cink Pood. . Eesitssrthe tain

A a sad

one of the most daring “smoke eat- ou th. ers” of the Indianapolis fire depart- c y 208

m nha wrap metal pile,” she

| depots | in front. of ‘every filling ‘station’ in the:

'| Berap ‘metal;

~ Scrap Facts “How you dai dispose. of the 1. Place it in one of the 700

ty. 2: Sell’ it - “to: a scrap metal dealer. : ‘3. Donate it. to. a charity.’ Call. Market 3321 and theyll aie, care of it.

DOROTHY READY FOR BOND SALE TONIGHT

'She’ll Appear at $100-a-

Ticket Tabernacle Show.

Dorothy Lamour; who for some reason - doesn’t ‘have to use high pressure tactics to sell record numbers of war bonds, returns to In-

diana show al

‘today for a’ $100-a-ticket :30' o'clock tonight at

Cadle- tabernacle. - Following "her arrival here yesterday morning, Miss Lamour start

immediately for Kokomo, Ind.

where a luncheon resulted in bond sales of $100,000. At a La Porte Ind, dinner, $400,000 worth was sold and in Lafayette’s show last night on the Purdue : university Sampus, sales Jotaleq a half mil-

It apparently was an “average day” for Miss Lamour, who is credited with being Hollywood's ace bond salesman.

After a night spent in the Pur-

due.

Union building, Miss. Lamour

was to return "here today in time

Yo make a 15-minute appearance at

Allison's and be ‘hostess at a lunch-

{eon’at the

» who have: sold five or more for the rally tonight.

- i i P ANICKY

BE Am

owe mu quoting him as

botel for sales-|.

“PRICE THREE CEN

London Admits Loss of

By HARRISON United Press Staff

convoy. The victory was reported

tic ports, laden with munitions States.

‘3 REICH MUST WIN BY OCT. 31"

So Says High Nazi Official; -Alibis Growing for - Volga Failure.

8y "UNITED —

‘The Geéithan press today was full ‘ by. Nazi reconnaissance re four days later fhe running k began.

of alibis for the Nazis’ failure to take Stalingrad, while allied diplomats studied carefully. a copy of . recent speech by Dr. Albert Speer, Hitler's minister of armamen ‘and ying: “We must win this year by the end of October, when the Russian winter begins, or we will have lost once and for all. “We must. win with the weapons we have now and not with those we will have next year. ‘“We can only win if every man capable of bearing arms is at the front and ve. must put all we have in the ‘front line whether this is going to he deleterious to post-war industry or not.”

Hitler Explains

The most; ingenious of German explanations of the 8 stalemate - was: in Adolph. Hitler's own YVoelkischer Boebdachter yesterday. According to this most authoritative of Nazi papers: “The battle of Stalingrad is oi only’ secondary importance, as the real objective of the German summer drive was attained on. Aug. 23, when the Wehrmacht reached the Volga.” This amounts to' a considerable backing down from the ambitious, objectives of summer, Before launching the offensive, the Ger-

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indicated by the | ment that it was one of

eSNG option 1. to Hime

heavy ships, including the battleship Tirpitz, and a large x» ber of U-boats in Norwegian f and had concentrated many ail in northern Norway. Thus were conveniently situated on flanks of the route to,attack convoy from- Sept. 13 uph} Jus fore the allied ships . reached Russian ports, probably on 16 or 17.

lenged Nazi propaganda which: had claimed that the mans sank or damaged some an estimated 45 ships in the

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Destroyer and Min

sweeper; Allies Lose Four Aircraft; U. S. Merchant Ships Among Those Attacked.

SALISBURY Correspondent

The British today reported a major victory over forces attacking a big Russian-bound British and Amer

by the admiralty which:

vealed that at least 40 Nazi planes and probably conside more were shot down in a four-day running battle which e ed with the arrival of the bulk of the convoy at Russia's:

from Britain and the Un

Nazi submarines joined the battle and two of the were sunk and possibly more, the admiralty reveals

British naval losses include y the destroyer Somali and a mis sweeper, the Leda. : =

The admiralty attributed the 5

cessful repulse of the atts Nazi air and ses forces in part to British. carrier-based fi er planes, known as Sea E

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The importance of the y's

Battle Lasts 4 or 5 The convoy was a

The Germans had concen . 1K

The British version sharply ¢

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‘Great Majority Arrive’ The battle was the largest

series of running sea-air e ments which have been since the inauguration of the ern supply route to Russia:

The exact number of ships :

safely ran the Nazi attack w |revealed but the adimifalty had said that the “great n

ports. : It was believed that Adolf

had intended to use the the convoy attack; but it to return to its

to avoid British forces wh

rTetls force turned:

, | homewanl from Russia. convoy also suffered lo : Unhouts, it was not attacked

Rusa On the W. War |

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