Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1942 — Page 10
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Oakland cemetery at Montezuma, Ind. He died Sunday at the home of friends in Bridgeton, where he resided. He had been in ill health the past year. A coal and clay miner all his life, Mr. Billings was one of the best
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western Indiana. Born in Mason City, he moved to Newport with his family when a small boy. He spent the remainder of his life in Vermillion and Parke counties. : Surviving are his wife, Nancy; four sons, Claude, of Akron, Ind.; John of Elwood, Ill; Frank of Montezuma, and Clyde of Dana, - and four daughters, Mrs. Mattie Walton of Mansfield, O.; Mrs. Maude Brown, Miss Mary Billings and Mrs. Minnie Back of Monteguma.
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MINE DELEGATE SPLIT WIDENS
Questioning of Reaffiliating With C. I. 0. Is Near
Floor Debate.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 7 (U. 2). —A split between delegates to the 37th. biennial convention of the Uinted Mine Workers of America on the question of breaking away {from the Congress of Industrial: Organizations appeared to be widening today as they prepared to act on resolutions for and against the C. I O Any movement to remain affiliated with the C. I. O. would meet
with violent opposition from Presi-
dent John I. Lewis and other U. M. W. leaders, but the United Press learned that there was a growing bloc in favor of reaffiliation. No date has been set for consideration of resolutions,” but the 2800 delegates were expected to expedite action on less important questions to speed thé C. I. O. problem to the floor. A committee will offer the officers’ report to the convention today. Those seeking’ a reconciliation based their efforts on a desire for “redoubled strength for the war effort and the labor movement.” The U. M. W. broke with the C. I. O. shortly after Lewis stepped down as C. I. O. president in 1940. Of 376 resolutions submitted . by locals, at least 27 demanded that peace be made between the U. M. W. and .C. I. O, and that the two
organizations declare: “an unbreakable solidarity.”
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Fail to Bomb Air Base On Guadalcanal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P)—
any! time since the marines landed there early in August.
reinforcements on Guadalcanal and despite the fact that American fliers are maintaining air superiority. Latest word on the battle of the
Japanese attempt to: bomb Amer-| icah installations on Guadalcanal ended in ignominious failure. Seven navy Wildcat Grumman fighters went up to meet 30 zero fighters which were accompanying “a small group of Japanese bombers.” The bombers were sent scurrying before dropping their bombs and when the “fur” from the fight between the Wildcats and zeros had settled, 11 of the zeros had been shot down. The other 19 had turned
All-Out Attack Expected
One Wildcat was lost; “its pilot was saved. But intensive activity by American airmen is no* preventing the Japanese from landing men on Guadalcanal, ‘although the last enemy attempt was somewhat frustrated by an attack of American dive bombers and torpedo planes which left a heavy enemy cruiser smoking after
There . was no indication: of the numbe. of men the enemy has landed, but the last two naval communiques have mentioned specifically that landing operations were continuing. The lac: of ground fighting on ‘Guadalcanal recently indicated that the Jepanese. are using the lull to strength their forces before undertaking another counter-drive. Another all-outf-attack on the Guadalcanal air fiéld, seized by the marines from the Japanese early in August, is expected : momentarily. If the enemy succeeds in recapturing She
Solomons may become untenable.
EDWARD C. WACKER, MERCHANT. IS DEAD
Owner of the Wacker meat market, 59 Virginia ave., Edward C. Wacker died today at his home, 2625 N. Illinois st. Mr. Wacker was born in Indianapolis and had been in the retail and wholesale meat business for 40 years. He was 64, and a member of the Zion Evangelical church and Comanche tribe 128, Redmen. Surviving are his wife, Jessie M.; his mother, Mrs. Emma . Wacker, both of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs Florence Boecher, of ‘Vincennes, Ind.; a stepson, Albert ‘E. Gulley, of Indianapolis, and two -grandchildren, Dolores and Donald Gulley. Private funeral services will be Held Friday morning at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, with burial in Crown hill cemetery.
BRETT GIVEN FLYING CROSS FOR HEROISM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P.).— Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett, until recently commander of the allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific, today ‘was ‘awarded - the distinguished flying cross “for heroism and’ extraordinary achievement” there. The ~ award : was presenfed by Lieut. Gen. Henry :H. Arnold, commanding general, army air forces, who cited numerous flights which Gen. Brett made over enemy territory. Gen. Brett recently returned to| Washington on temporary duty awaiting future assignment.
| That belief prevailed because of|‘the continued landing of Japanese};
Among Missing LIEUT. (jg) James E. Tearney, . who has been on duty on a sub-
versity where he studied mechani“cal engineering. He had seen service the last two years on a cruiser and was Lleut. Tearney transferred to submarine duty in His wife, the former Miss Maxine Ferguson, lives at 437 8. Pine st., apt. 5.
WAR SACRIFICES
‘Good Day’s Work’ May Decide Struggle, Patterson Tells A. F. L.
TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 7 (U. P.. —Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson warned American labor today that the difference between victory and defeat may lie in labor's willingness to do “a good day's work” on a wartime instead of a peacetime standard.
.- Patterson told the convention of the A. F. of L. that war workers
and courage” of fighting men. “I am not going to speak about labor having the greatest stake in this war,” he said. “You men of labor, Americans and Canadians, have the same stake as the rest of your countrymen—no more, no less. + « oyWe are all in the same boat, and it is up to all of us to pull our weight in the boat.” Patterson said the United States now has an army of 4,000,000 men and that to equip it and at the same time furnish other united nations with munitions “is the biggest production job we have ever tackled.” “That job calls for the greatest ®| production effort by the army and
:|by industry, management and labor
alike,” he said. “Production of this armament will require deeper and deeper cuts into production of goods to satisfy civilian demands. It will require the suspension of many of our peacetime standards as to hours and conditions of labor. “Strikes are few and far between now.. There should bé none, and I'am confident that as the full significance of the war is brougit home to all our people, there will be none.”
Dogs: Excluded. in. Méaf Rationing
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P). —The dog in the family will have no opportunity to ration his meat voluntarily—his supplies will have to come from his master’s allowance, The food requirements committee handed down that decision when it decided the dog is “not essential.” The committee has asked all persons to limit their meat purchases fo 22 pounds each week unti! formal rationing is instituted, and as for the dog— “If you insist on feeding pets these meats (pork, beef, lamb and mutton) you should, in fairness, subtract them from your personal allowance for the week. If you give your dog, for example, a pound of these meats your own personal quota should not exceed 1% pounds.”
FIRST. AID WORKERS MEET
First aid workers of defense district 22 will meet at 7:30 p. m. to‘morrow in the Rhodius Park community center, 1000 S. Belmont ave. The. district is bounded by the Pennsylvania railroad on the north,
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He ‘Will Do All ‘He Can to Get Maximum Aid for ‘Russians. MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (U. P)—
k | Admiral William = E. Standley,
American ambassador, prepared to to tell President Roosevelt of fight Russia is making and to seek means of co-ordinating more ciosely American and Russian war efforts. # Fylly informed of Russia's atti tude on the second front and sup-ply-aid problems after a conference yesterday with Premier Josef Stalin and Foreign Commissar Viacheslav
Molotov, Stanley planned to fly to
| Kuibyshev tomorrow and contipue on to Washington. With him will go Col. Joseph A. Michela, military attache, and Capt. Jack Duncan, naval attache. Loy Henderson, chief of the state department eastern European division now visiting here, will remain as charge d'affaires.
Says Russia Is Loyal to Allies
Admiral Standley told correspondents that he would tell the president that Russia is giving loyal support to the allied war effort, that Russians ars making great sacrifices and that they are determined to fight to a finish. Admiral Standley said he wanted to see Rusisa get as much aid as possible, but said the question of increased aid must depend on factors in the United States of which he was not yet informed. There had been so many changes in American production, he explained, that the aid question must be studied in the light of new developments and new possibilities, as wel as of the needs of American forces fighting in all parts of the world. There was an impression among “certain people,” Admiral Standley said, that a monkey wrench had been thrown into the war aid machinery and that the utmost was not being done to aid Russia. He declined to go into details or to commit himself on possible reasons why aid might not be up to standard. There might be many reasons, he said, but he did not yet know what conditions were.!
COMPELS PUPILS T0 RESPECT FLAG
,- CHARLESTON, W. Va., Oct. 7 (U. P.).—W. W. Trent, a West Virginia school superintendent, said today that school pupils who are members of Jehovah’s Witnesses would be expected to show respect for the U. S. flag by standing, even though a federal court has held that they need not salute the flag. A three-judge court composed of Circuft Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte, N. C.; District Judge Harry E. Watkins of Fairmount, W. Va., and District Judge Ben Moore of Charleston held late yesterday that the compulsory flag salute violated the 14th amendment. The court's opinion was contrary to that of the U. 8. supreme court in the Gobitis case involving the Minersville, Pa., school district. Judge Parker pointed out in the
written opinion that four members
of the court which ryled in the Gobitis case had since stated that they thought the decision unsound.
REALTORS WILL HEAR KENTUCKY EXPERT
A, J. Stewart, vice president of the Fidelity and Columbia Trust Co. of Louisville, Ky., will address the local real estate board at its luncheon tomorrow noon in the Hotel Washington. Mr. Stewart’s topic will be “The Downtown Real Estate Situation.” A few years ago he was in charge of the revitalization and rehabilita~ tion of an entire city block in downtown Louisville. He is the author of a report on the downtown real estate situation which has been issuéd in booklet form for the urban land institute, a subsidiary of the national real estate association.
‘Neither Will Use asic
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind, Oct. 7 (U. P.) —“Longhair” music and modern jive will be stirred together into
an entertainment potion for soldiers Oct. 29 when Fabien Sevitzky, con-
“We don’t use music. It would only slow us down.” Most of the 10-piece Bobcat jive ensemble, which incidentally does not play what could be termed as dinner music, come from “name” bands in the nation. Sevitzky asserted that he'll get along with the Bobcats—he won’;
use music either. .
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BY EARL RICHERT
, : THE HOME-COMING event for Indiana politicians, the general election on Nov, 3, is less than a month off now and, as usual, the state chairmien of both the Republican and Democratic parties are claiming victory—and a five-touchdown victory at that, _ Republican State Chairman Ralph Gates predicts a majority of
from 75,000 to 100,000 votes for landslide in comparison to the
majorities’ of the last two general -
elections. Democratic State Chairman
Fred Bays claims victory for his
party's state ticket but isn’t ready yet to go on record as to the margin of victory. Mr. Bays said the Democrats will win 10 congressional seats (they now have four). Mr, Gates says that “there is a very good possibility” of -the Republicans winning all 11 congressional seats
‘but he predicts that they will
pick up at least one, bringing the G. O. P. congressiona] delegation to nine, (Indiana has lost one congressional seat through reapportionment.). Both chairmen predict that their parties will win control of the next general assembly, # H »
Must Be Confident
SOME PEOPLE may wonder why party chairmen do not take a cue from football coaches and adopt a gloomy note. But politicians say this wouldn't work in politics. Too many people, especially those who want to
foe G. O. P. state ticket—a virtual
get their fingers in the pie, want to get on the winning horse. And for one party leader to admit that his organization was going to have tough sledding this year would be to invite these people to get out and work hard for the opposition, Strangely enough, however, only a comparatively small part of the optimism of the party chairmen is forced for.the benefit of the general public and party workers. They believe, for the most part, what they say. They have at their fingertips glowing reports from throughout the state and they interpret trends and local situations in a manner that would convince the most cynical that they were going to win, Of course, one of them will discover ‘after the election that he was looking at the world through
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G. 0. P. Looks to Women
CHIEF REASON for Republican optimism is alleged resentment over conduct of the war and
* They look Sucktat ther section ot 1938 when only 4 fw days bfore the armistice with all war news good news, the G. O. P. swept, the state and can see no reason why they shouldn’t repeat
- this year with war news not near-
ly so good as it was then, They think that approximately 60 per cent of the vote will be cast by women and that most of them, particularly with sons and husbands in the service, will vote Republican, Democratic chieftains can't see this line of reasoning at all, They think that most people, particularly the older ones, will recall what happened to President Wilson's league of nations prorgam when & Republican congress was elected in 1918 and will be definitely against making a change at this time, They think that; because of the manner in which the U. 8. entered the war, that there is no resentment against the administration over the fact that the country is at war and that women will not vote Republican because their sons-are in the service. Too, they think that with the war in its present critical state most neutral voters—those are the ones that swing elections—will be against changing horses in the middle of the stream. These people, they believe, will be inclined to support President Roosevelt and Governor Schricker, both of whom are in office until 1945, And, of course, the Democrats
feel that their chances are def-
initely improved with Wendell Willkie out touring and not heading the opposition ticket as he did in 1940.
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