Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1942 — Page 1

FORECAST: Continued warm with likelihood of some light rain tonight; slightly cooler laté tomorrow forenoon.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1942

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NAMED ECONOMIC CHIE

AGES STABILIZED AS OF

A Weekly Sizeup by the. Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Watch for an aerial smash at Britain. That’s believed to be the secret of the lull in air-fighting on eastern front. Luftwaffe is building up necessary numbers for the revenge Hitler promised. Unanswered: Reason for the long lull in American air fighting over Europe. 'Is our side, too, cooking up something special? : » » » » » » Fall of Stalingrad is already discounted here. Feeling is that Hitler must take it (for -face-saving, but especially as anchor for his

right flank), and will take it. Big enigma {s Japan. Siberian winter has started without action there, and what’s she waiting for in India? Possible answers: Expectation that Hitler will subdue Russia, make it easy prey for Japanese; hope that Indians and British will knock each other out; Promise that ‘new action in Egypt will keep British busy there. ‘o » » » » _Reporis of slowdowns rather than strikes cause ‘concern among those watching production. You may hear more of this. ann : : 8 =

‘Manpower Draft Being Written

. © ‘DRAFT OF A national service act is being written quietly by two businessmen, two labor men, one federal official, despite efforts to play it down. It will be saved for the new congress. Writers are Arthur S. Fleming,’ civil service commissioner; Randall Irwin, vice president of Lockheed; R. C. Cooper, vice president of Wheeling Steel; Clinton Golden, vice president of United Steel Workers: and Frank Fenton, A. F. of L. director of aqrganization. Meanwhile look for more orders freezing workers to jobs. » » » » » Disaffection of Democratic party officials weakens position of administration in forthcoming elections. It starts near top—goes down to precinct chairmen. Party men - feel they haven't been given fair deal on patronage, particularly by’ ' Henderson’s, OPA. . Many are Farley appointees, sympathize with Jim in his fecent showdown with FDR. Many say secretly they'd like to see. administration defeated ‘nationally 50 party “ofgauation would Have: be rcbuif on fie lines. SH % ® x» :

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Garner in War Job?

WILL JACK GARNER show up in a war r job? Somé Texans here think it’s likely; think the Roosevelt stop at Uvalde was mare than a gesture, ‘Others see now presidential policy of conciliation toward Democratic conservatives in the making. Garner wasn't the only one to get a call. Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland, a chief target of the 1938 purge, got presidential thanks, by phone from Los Angeles, for his help in getting a farm compromise into the anti-inflation bil. It was the first time since 1938 the senator had heard from Roosevelt.

He was surprised. : » » » #® w ” Politics make strange, eic. . . .:John J. Bennett, Democrats’ candidate for governor of New York, will get a heavy. Republican vote, say latest reporis from upstate. It will come from Republican Roosevelt-haters who want to help clinch - Jim ‘Farley’s grip on Democratic machinery in New York. It’s worrying upstate | G. 0. P. leaders. » » » ® » » ' Final add politics: Samuel B. Pettengill, ex-Democrat of Indiana, now Republican finance committee head, stole the show at G.O. A recent. dinner here for Frank Gannett, party's new assistant chairman. .He made a fiery speech, brought the Republicans to their feet Sheeting: the way they used to cheer another ex-Democrat. # ” » » ” ®

Seek New Tire Rationing Plan : ;

OPA WASN'T TRYING to get your. car oft the streets when it froze used tires and tubes. It's the first move in the “tires-for-everybody” program—everybody meaning you, too, if you obey conservation regulations. Freeze order will be lifted when OPA completes new system for more liberal rationing of new and used tires; meanwhile it will safeguard mileage left in old ones. Don’t hope for much if you hold an A-card. Youll get the Jowest grade of recaps, perhaps cast-off tires of Higher ranking drivers. (You're least essential.) sn ” » Congressional sources say the squeeze is being put on Argentina (Continued on Page Two)

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Legion Post at Broad Ripple + To Give 2 Tanks as Scrap

.and; four small cannon amounting to about 15 tons. The tanks each weigh six tons and they will be hauled to Kokomo on truck trailers. Before going there, however, they will be paraded around: the circle here ‘about 10 a. m. Monday. They will be escorted to Kokomo by an -henor guard of Broad Ripple post ‘members.

THOSE TWO TANKS out at the Broad Ripple post ‘of the American Legion are going into the scrap pile Monday. Together with six guns from the - War ‘Memorial plaza, they will be sent to Kokomo where they will be cut up’ into pieces and used as scrap. metal at the Continental Steel Co, : The guns weigh somewhere “around 35 tons. There are two howitizers Weighing 10 tons each

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» » # Scrap Road Signs? THE INDIANA salvage committee today said it has been receiving many letters urging the scrap‘ping * of the ‘metal advertising signs located oh Indiana high-

ways. Text of most of the Yeibers: the committee said, is to the effect that motoring is coming to. a standstill and companies ‘having signs, up will gain little advertising value from the tons of metal

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RAF BOMBERS SET BIG FIRES

Non-Stop ‘Raids . Resumed: U. S. Fortresses Stage Biggest Attack.

LONDON, Oct. 3 (U. P.) —<British bombers left a trail of fire through the German Rhineland during the night in a raid which brought into its second day a non-stop united nations aerial offensive. An air ministry communique, reporting that a strong force of the

mand were engaged, said many fires

were left burning in the heart of war industrial Germany. . Seven planes were missing. Germany, giving the first report of the night raid, admitted damage to “residential quarters” but asserted that numerous planes were shot down, Daylight Raid a Record

The great four-motored royal air force planes of the night shift took over from planes of seven nations which in yesterday’s daylight left a big area of northwestern France dotted with the ruin of war factories and the twisted wreckage of enemy planes. Eighty bombers, Boeing flying fortresses and Douglas A-20, attack bombers of the United States army fair force and the. new secret {mosquito bombers of i the RAF

set up a new record. for daylight activities by: the army. : British, American, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish, Norwegian and Belgian squadrons were included in the 400 allied fighter planes which swept an area 160 miles long and 50 miles deep.

Six Allied Planes Lost

The intrepid fortresses themselves shot down 13 German Focke Wulff200 fighters which attacked them, former members of the R.A.F. Eagle squadrons now in the army air force shot down four and a Polish ace shot down another ior a total of 18 against a loss of six allied plahes, the pilot of one of which was safe. The allied planes ‘were in complete command of the air. Not a single German plane was reported over all Britain during the night.

13th Fortress Attack

It was the 13th bombing attack by the: fortresses. They had shot down in their first 12 raids 25 German fighters, and their bag of yesterday brought their total to 38. Only two fortresses have been lost in all operations. Yesterday's fortress formation was the largest since operations were started with the raid on Rouen, France, Aug. 17.

SPEECHES CURTAILED {FOR WAR FUND RALLY

Tibbett and Sevitzky to 2 Run Monday Program.

It’s going to be an all-entertain-ment. program Monday, with speeches curtailed, when Lawrence Tibbett and Fabien Sevitzky appear in the United War Fund rally in Cadle tabernacle. And it isn’t going to cost a penny ... . not even a pledge to the fund. That was the promise of Stanley W. Shipnes, general chairman of the campaign, as he urged war industry workers, “the man on the street,” business leaders and music

‘lovers to be in their seats for the

8:30 p. m. overture. Mr. Shipnes also promised that Mr. Tibbett would sing numbers

a recent tour he made of army

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Spurgeon Chandler

RECORD CROWD LIKELY TODAY

Chandler Starts Against White, Cards’ ‘Nothing Ball’ Pitcher.

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CARDINALS Brown, 2b T. Moore, cf Slaughter, rf Musial ML. COOPEF, £)..c: Hopp, -1b Kurowski, 3b ~ Marion, ss White, p Chandler, p

Ump! iresr Baty, (N. L.); plate; Hubbard (A. FR first; Mag (N. L.), second; Summers (A. ), third

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By. LEO H PETERSEN ' United Press Spérts Editor

YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Spurgeon Chandler, the Yankee sinker ball’ expert, and Ernie White, Cardinal southpaw known to the trade as a nothing ball pitcher, were the opposing moundsmen today as New York and St. Louis met in the third game of the world series. The early crowd indicated that an all-time series attendance record might be set. The. bleachers and upper grand stands were filled two hours before game time when standing; room only . tickets ‘were being sold. Capacity of the stadium is around 70,000.

FIRST: INNING

CARDINALS—Brown out, Chan dler to Hassett. T. Moore was called out on strikes, Slaughter struck out. NO RUNS, NO HITS, YANKEES—Rizzuto beat out a bunt to Kurowski. Hassett fouled to W. Cooper. out ‘on strikes. Rizzuto stole second and went to third when W. Cooper threw wild into center. DiMaggio struck out. - NO RUNS, ONE HIT.

SECOND. INNING:

CARDINALS-—Hasseit was taken out because of his ‘injured finger. Priddy moved to first and Frank Crosetti took over third. He bats in Rizzuto threw’ out Musial. -W. Cooper : and Hopp grounded out. NO RUNS, NO HITS. YANREES-—Gordon struck - out. Keller grounded out. Dickey singled to right. Priddy flied to T. Moore. NO RUNS, ONE HIT. y

THIRD INNING

CARDINALS—Kurowski walkekd. Marion bunted and beat Chandler's throw for a hit, Kurowski' going to second, White sacrificed, the runners advancing. Brown grounded. out, Kurowski scoring. 'T. Moore was called out on strikes. ONE RUN. ONE HIT,

The air raid wardens’ class. ut school 8 learned a lesson that wasn't in ‘the curriculum last night. . ‘Even the teacher was instructed. Henry. Henderson, 2407 Ethel st.,

Cullenbine was called |

'If the Bomb Had Been Real’ —But Let Air Warden Explain

BOMBERS FRE 2 JAP SHIPS IN RABAUL RAID

Australians Take Key

Base in New Guinea.

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Oct. 3 (U. P.).—Allied bombing planes have set fire to two big Japanese transports, probably hit a cruiser and an unidentified vessel and possibly damaged a second cruiser in a day of shattering attacks on enemy bases in the northeast Australian zone, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. The attacks, made while Douglas attack bombers and fighter planes gave heavy support to Australian troops driving up the Owen Stanley mountains of New Guinea, approached a record for the Southwest Pacific. Airdreme Also Bombed

Boeing flying fortresses, in a big raid on Rabaul in New Britain island, most important Japanese ‘base in the entire New Guinea-Solomon islands area, set fire to a 15000 ton Japanese transport and a 7000-ton transport with direct bomb hits and probably hit a Japanese cruiser and an unidentified ship. They also bombed the big Rabaul airdrome and blew up an ammuni-

tion dump.

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the vortHern Solomons, attacked a second enemy cruiser with results that could not be observed because of the darkness.

Bridge Badly Damaged

They scored direct hits on the plane dispersal area of the Buin airdrome. While Douglas A-20 attack bombers and fighters were bombing and machine gunning enemy positions along the trail through the Owen Stanley mountains, Bell Airacobra fighter planes equipped with bomb racks almost destroyed the Wairopi bridge which had been damaged several times. The Australian ground forces who had driven the enemy back

air miles from the allied base of Port Moresby in New Guinea passed Menari, last Japanese base on the Port Moresby side of the mountains, yesterday.

On the War Fronts

(Oct. 3, 1942)

MOSCOW—Stalingrad battle en-

city; Russian drives northwest

headway.

BERLIN—Center of gravity of Stalingrad battle reported shifting to the north; allowances to wounded soldiers and survivors of those killed boosted.

LONDON—AIllied air offensive against western Europe resumes on 24-hour basis; American and British planes hit Meaulte, St. Omer, Le Havre, Liege = and Rhineland. i

a CAIRO—Five Nazi fighters shot down in air battles.

NEW DELHI-U. S. bombers hit Japanese bases in North Burma.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Australians advance past Menari in New “Guinea; allied bombers blast four or five Japanese ships including one and possibly two cruisers.

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Two Cruisers Probably Hit;

spite heavy losses that exceeded the

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Gets High Post

Associate Justice James F. Byrnes

SOVIET STIFFENS AT STALINGRAD

German Losses . Put at 2000 a Day; Timoshenko

Forees Gain.

By HARRISON SALISBURY : United Press Staff Correspondent. The battle of Stalingrad today entered its 40th day—40 days of the most stubborn conflict the war has seen. There ‘was no indication that the Russians were weakening in their

fight fo save the(} via ga wa eG :

bloody toll of Verdun were bringing up more and more men, guns and planes to the narrow front. Meanwhile Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's powerful Don river coun-ter-attack was reported to be | battdlions — including Americanmade machines.

American Tanks in Fray

Timoshenko’s diversionary assault was reported to be driving a deepening wedge into German positions in the Kletskaya area, hammering |along the eastern bank of the Don {in an effort to slash the rear communications of the Nazi army at) Stalingrad. Private advices from the fighting zone reported that American tanks are playing a part in the action designed to weaken the terriffic Nazi pressure on the beleaguered Volga river city. Timoshenko’s drive was reported to have captured an important and strong fortified height where a considerable amount of German equipment and™arms was seized. Russian reports estimated the Nazis were losing 2000 to 3000 men a day at Stalingrad—a figure which would indicate that the cost of the battle thus far to the Nazi high (Continued on Page Two)

CRISES RACK VICHY AS TERROR SPREADS

Dakar Fleet Reinforced; Nazis Deport 6000. By UNITED PRESS Reports from the French frontier today presented a picture of a nation racked -by internal crises, Nazi deportations, spreading anti-

Nazi terror ‘and efforts by the Vichy regime to appease the Ger-

mans and guard the strategic port|.

of Dakar. Highlights of the dispatches: Admiral Darlan has ‘dispatched a submarine squadron from Toulon]

ality. The German command has deported 6000 persons from Paris, largely Jews, in an attempt to halt

Spreading wave of anti-Nau ‘at-.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U. P.)=~Price Administras tor Henderson today established 60-day emergency price ceilings, effective Monday, over virtually all food items. The order freezes quotations at the highest levels for the. five-day period Sept. 28-Oct. 2.

(Text of FDR Order, Page 5

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U. P.) .—President. ‘Roosevelks today named Associate Justice James KF. Byrnes of the : supreme court to be director of economic stabilization with © full control over the anti-inflation program. ; At the same time the president ordered wages, sala¥ies. ‘and farm prices stabilized at Sept. 15 levels in. accordance

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| with the new law which he signed last night.

He ordered Price Administrator Leon Henderson to. fix rent ceilings throughout the entire United States, including urban and rural communities alike..

Accepts Byrnes’ Resignation From: Court

Mr. Roosevelt accepted Byrnes’ resignation from’ the high court shortly before he announced the appointment. The series of steps taken to stabilize the cost of living came \ simultaneously with the appointment. oy Henderson also was instructed to establish collings 8 on all agriculture commodities not covered by the original price. control, hg Ordered to determine all ceilings in a mapThe presidential executive order establishing an of economic stabilization, with Byrnes at its head, also pr vided for the appointment of a board including the secr i, wi of wregsary, agriculture, commerce and labor, the. —

— will work with ‘Director Byrnes.

WLB to Control Wages, Salaries

of $5000 a year be approved by the board ates otherwise | determined by the director. The war labor board also will not approve any salary that exceeds a net $25,000, a provision which Mr. Roosévell sought unsuccessfully to have incorporated in the present tax bill before congress. 2

Sept. 15 levels “so far as practicable . . . and in compliai with the legislation he signed last night. 3

velt provided for agricultural prices to be gmt | maintained or adjusted jointly by Secretary 0 Agriosth Claude Wickard and Henderson.

Byrnés Will Resolve. Differeness. > “Any disagreement between them shall be resolved the director,” the order, said. vi This was the basic provision of the president's’ and salary stabilization policy: = “No increases in wage rates, grated a a soniitia voluntary . agreement, . collective “bargaining, concilinti

| arbitration, or othefwise, and no decreases’ in: wage

shall be authorized unless notice of such increases ~ -

creases shall have been filed with the national war’ (Continued on Page Twe) i

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