Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1942 — Page 1
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“. “reach the $1,500,000 Silos Wil. Have to coms, “That's the
point Mr. Tarkington has brought home to the cty's school ‘children,
Twenty-four leaders ¢ ‘the
\ stent, pupils in the frst grade at Sehool. 50, make: their small but important “the war fond “chest” laced, Just inside the building's entrance. >
Want. to Help Win War.
Tarkington Says; Warkers |
hich of Indianapolis” and| “problem of : the ‘war fund}
"Copies, of this letter: went. to thous | sands: of ischool pupils. - “Today thousands of pennies were triékling into tiny “war chests” im-|
of provised from card board boxes, tin| ‘cans, yases' and Jars—the- voluntary}. ering
HE Deyond “his! erpesations. The war fund’s } Ss. Were exresults today, too. At ‘the’ seventh - ‘report meeting of volun-| workers in" the Claypool hotel,
the fund up and over the $1,000,000 ark LL: Sampler, h believe the
viday snd. to 1 even pen-
The drive: closes
“Whoever. : thinks ~* American (Continued. on’ Page Hew.
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: yo | CFO Bll from 2 to 4 p. m.:
] Some Parasites
i President ‘Roosevelt reported to
Quit Washington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (U. P.).
his press conference yesterday that some of .the capital's resi"dents he criticized as “parasites” ‘have moved away and their homes ; ‘are available for. ‘Sovernment
EIONLY 2 NIGHTS LEFT
banks. 's: written. a" letter “to Abe Mayor Urges Al All Citizens
- junit of the: United States army ‘exi|cept. the ski
{which -artillerymen ‘set up their {guns and fire and a variety of other
i |aianapolis : |e
! - at ‘the War Mémorial plaza remains 5! open ;to-the- -publi¢ from 2 to 10
*/BRUSH. FIRE PERILS
FILM STARS’ HOMES| | LOS ANGELES, Oct. 91" w. Py.
0 SEE ARMY SHow
To Attend; Boosts Fund. -
‘Only two ‘performatices of .ithe Army War Show, representing every
ops ‘and the paratroops, remain’ for: Indianapolis—to- | ~ night and tomorrow night at 8:30] o'clock : in the | Butler bowl. ‘Designed : 1o/ make: ‘the American people : service+conscious, - the ' show demonstrates how enemy aircraft are shot out 6f the sky, how antitank guns stop the iron ‘behemoths |: of the battlefield, the speed with
activities of American fighting men. “Show officials said today ' that! large blocks of B5-cent and $1.10 tickets are available and that ample parking space is being provided for ‘motorists. = Pp, Sdnmutation to and from 8 Ww is ‘being. provided by InRailways.
Indianapolis citizens to atdayor Sullivan said: “Our citizens will spend a most thrilling evening * wa ‘this show and, what is more important, ‘they will be helping the extremely worthy army emergency relief fund.” “Meantime, the show's battle depot,
Pp. m. today snd the bivouac ‘at
ei
: A brush fire Taced : over the rohMalibu
e’ Tops went to Rushville. to: pay his
lernor John W. Bricker of Ohio,
WHO'S a WHO IN STATE?
Gales Hints Th That Willkie May Give Cold Shoulder : To Hoosier. GOP, ..
ey
| talk things ‘over and Foegne away with the distinct. pression ‘that Mr. Willkie may ignore thie Indiana Republicans instead.
. Cancelled by Tatts Office They just ‘do not- know what to do witht but the Indiana G. O. P. always has been. ef 8) ative so they will take no changes on. offending him. ih In line ‘with this new policy, Mr, Gates, returning from Rushville, a1 neunced : that Senator Robert Taft (R.°0.) is mot going to a at the windup of the campaign here et, 28 4s originally announced,
| NEW. YORK, Oct, 21 (U.P) — Wendell Ba Willkie’s report to the nation | ‘on “his: trip around: ‘the ‘world will: ‘be made over. the four national radio chains on Monday from 9:30 to. 10 p. m. (Indiandpolis. Time), it was annunied today. | : . 4 WN
{Nor will! the Indiana Republicans hear from any other 1944 presidentinl possibility at this time—such as Senator Arthur R. Vandenberg, Gov-
Thomas Dewey of New York and | others; Mr. Gates emphatically. de-~ clared. “We are not scheduling’ any such speakers with Mr. Willkie here in the state,” Mr. Gates: explained. “But. do not misunderstand. me. Senator Taft's office cancelled that announced date and not us.” - So: far, however, the state headquarters in the Claypool hotel hasn't | hung any picture of the titular head of the party on the walis.. They do ‘have such has-beens as former Senators James E. Watson and Ar-|q thur R. Robinson, however. - LOCAL. TEMPERATURES
88 10am
| hospital. rapidly and he ‘bécame | unconscious
this unpredictable fellow,|
AUDITOR POST
Death : Follows slows. llness. of
‘Week; Active in-Politics For 20 Years.
‘Glenn B. Ralston, county auditor
land a Democratic candidate for re-| {election in the Nov. 3 election, died} early today at ‘Methodist ‘hospital| | following more . then a week's il1|ness: He was 50.
He became seriously Al following a severe cold and was taken to the Complications’ "developed
Sunday night, remaining in a coma
until, the ‘end. "
Mr. Ralston had been ‘Prominent in Democratic politics for more than
20 years. . He was first elected to
public office in 1930, when he. be-
| came county clerk.
Was Seeking Re-election He was ‘ré-elected clerk in 1934 and ‘in 1938 he was elected county auditor. - Last sprihg he was renomihated on the Democratic ticket 1for that office. The late Samuel Ralston, govérnor of Indiana and U. S. senator, was an uncle of Mr. Ralston, He was born here ‘Nov. 21, 1891. Aftér graduatibg from Manual high school, he attended Indiana university and received a law. degree there in 1915. ‘At college, he was president of the senior law class and was active in campus affairs.
Served. in War 1
concerning teal estate values here
as any other man in Marion county. |u
He served for a time as Democratic chairman of the old Third ward and in 1828 he was a candi« date for: county treasurer. He led
.| the’ Democratic ticket An the elec-
tion but" was - defeated. Set Record. for Clerk
By ‘serving two :consecutive terms as. county. clerk, he became the only. man in the history of the county to achieve that distinction. He had a wide personal following which helped him materially at election time, especially in such elections as the May primary where he did not! have the indorsement of the county
-1 organization,
As county clerk, Mr. Ralston served ‘as a member of the county election board for eight years. When
‘| the present ‘voters ‘registration law
was passed, he set up the machinery now used by the clerk’s office. for the registration of voters. Democratic County Chairman
} . |Russell Dean today issued a state-
‘ment in which he said: “it was with deepest regret that I learned of the death of ‘Glenn Ralston. ' His lovabl¢ ‘disposition and intense loyalty endeared him to us that were. associated with him. The city loses a successful businessman, a good county" officer and a muchloved character. His death is.a personal loss to me. ”
Funeral Friday
Mr. Ralston was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Hoo|sier Athletic club, the “American legion and the Iridianapolis’ ‘real es-| tate board. His home was at 56th st. and Eagle. creek. He is survived by his wife, Call two children, Nancy and Glenn B. his father and a sister, ‘Mrs.
: a Barth of Indianapolis,
Funeral services will be held at
% p. wm. Friday at the Flanner &|® “| Buchanan mortuary with the Rev.
George Arthur Frantz of the Pirst ‘Presbyterian church officiating.
BtEial Wilf be in Crown HI.
/ Glenn B. Ralston . veo only aman ever to serve ‘two consecutive terms as 3 county clerk.
CITY PREPARES. FOR TEACHERS
|‘Education for Winning War’ ‘Theme of Parley - Opening Tomorrow. ‘Indiana teachers will be here tomorrow for business, shopping, polities and fun. ~~ % Groups of them will all neatly every meeting place ‘in the downtown area. They will throng the stores, the movies and—tomortow night and Friday-—assemble in the Cadle Tabernacle to hear. outstanding rs, “It will'be the 89th annual session: of the. Indiana Sate Teachers isos
“th v el i ‘the War. iT is followed in . BH. Wyatt many of the. subjects of addresses scheduled, Robert: H. Wyatt, executive secretary, pointéd out. The teachers’ convention again | will be divided into two parts—sectional meetings for the more than 40 specialized groups of teachers; and the general sessions.: . The sectional meetings, with the county ~ superintendents excepted, {Continued on Page Eight)
ROOSEVELT TO SIGN BIG TAX BILL BILL TODAY
Record Ebverie Measure * Effective Nov. 1.
WASHINGTON, oct. 21 (U.P) .— President Roosevelt's sighature today will enact into law the greatest tax bill in history, adding upward of $9,000,000,000 to the ‘present war revenue burden and making nearly $300,000,000 in new excise levies effective Nov. 1. Enactment of the measure will end. nearly eight months of work to bring taxation into line with the ‘requirements of . an .$80,000,000,000-a-year war, but will not end the search for new revenue. President - Roosevelt has served notice ‘that he plans to k: for “substantial” increases inthe social security old age benefit tax, and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau already is preparing another {tons bill to. raise “ab least” $6, ,000 mere. Congressional tax experts believe a federal sales tax is inevitable in| any new revenue measure, and also
that compulsory savings will be hi in’ eansigotion with: the, next
BRITISH SUBS K FOUR. ENEMY SHIPS
Y Srinralty announced “today that | four more enemy supply ships had {been sunk in the ‘Mediterranean ‘by |
| British submarines since Oct, 16.
_ Three submarines scored the suc-
‘| Russians
{dicated some.
Counter-Attack; Wells Are Battle Keys On Barren Steppes.
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent ‘Evidence mounted today that winter ‘is ‘bogging down German operations : seriously on. the long Russian front, possibly io the point
{where further large scale offensive
- faction. may become impractical. Rain turned the front and hundreds of miles of German. com- | munications into a quagmire and both Russian and } German accounts ‘spoke : of incr g difficulties of supply. Both: Berlin and Moscow agreed also that vigorous Russian counterattacks had multiplied Hitler's dificulties further. . Report Nazis Eat Dogs Supply difficulties, said Moscow, are so serious that some German troops are “starving”. Others were said to be reduced to eating stray dogs. Rain had fallen steadily at Stalingrad ‘since the start of the week, Moscow reported. In contrast to the Germans, Red army forces inside besieged Stalingrad were ‘said to be getting two substantial hot meals of meat or fish daily, brought under cover of night “across the Volga river. The . Germans, despite the reported hunger of théir troops, were still - attacking in the city with 30,000 troops and 60 tanks, Moscow said. ‘The German: high command in-
pessimpism regarding prong in its regular
satan "drive: nor
es v Falls in Catieasus | “rhe Germans claimed the attack
i hed been repulsed ‘with heavy cas-
(ualties ‘and. the loss of 40 Russian
‘{tanks. ‘The : sector between the
Volga and the Don was not the only point of Soviet attack. The Germans said that new Russian efforts to smash back across the Don were ‘being countered, while Moscow reported that Red army troops south of Stalingrad had seized the injtia~ tive and were ‘advancing.
being fought in barren and unfortifled steppes for possession of iso--1lated water wells. Domination of a single well often means control of an area .of hundreds of square miles, dispatches said. The ‘wells are a necessity, not. only. for infantry troops; but: for tank, cavalry and motor patrols. : German reports ‘said that the bad weather extended into the Caucasus, where incessant snowfall impeded fighting. Regarding Stalingrad, the Germans merely said “struggles are ‘being continued” in the city. ‘French reports, presumably from German sources, described “violent battles” north of ad and radio Berlin said that the front areas had turned into a sea of mud.
U. S. FLIERS STEP. UP “ATTACKS IN EGYPT
CAIRO, Oct. 21 (U. P.).—American bomber ni ots up their attacks on enemy installations in the Egyptian - desert battle area yesterday, United States army headquarters ‘in the Middle East announced today. Direct hits were scored by the bombers on : grounded aircraft and troop concentrations, the communique said. The forays were made hy _ | medium bombers operating in’ co- "| ordination with royal air force aircraft.
In that region big battles were
'offensive against the air field sooner
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 Commissioner Paul V. McNutt
said bills now pending fail to requirements.
Worhen Must Be Called Soon, He : Declares Would Control Utilization, Force Men to Stay on Job.
w. P.). — ‘War ‘Manpower today said he expected wit!
two weeks to submit to President Roosevelt proposed legis lation to mpbilize men and women for war production.
meet such a program’ 8 ba
He told the senate military” affairs committee that WMC management-labor, policy committee is now d the legislation. He said the committee does not believe: a law should be adopted by congress until all indirect x
available for mobilizing manpower are exhausted.
the labor force by ‘the end of
JAP SOLOMONS BLOW DELAYED
Offensive Stil . American Planes Pound
Nippanese Forces. ASHI F smi, Qet. 21 . PJ,
ese "t100p “and oncent: ations on .Guadal{sian almost “continuously for fou: days, are carrying the burden’ of combat activity in the battle of the Solomons today. Officials here were unable to say from this distance ‘whether those relentless air attacks by army, navy and marine fliers were responsible for the delay in the anticipated enemy offensive. But the fact re+ mains that the offensive: has not materialized -although :the navy as late as Sunday announced that a “strong assault” against the air field on ‘Guadalcanal was expected. (Allied plates of Gen. MacArthur's Australian command resumed their support of the American Solomons forces by blasting aggin at the big Japanese air base at ‘Buin on’ Bougainville island and shipping in the vicinity. They were believed to have inflicted heavy damage.
Big Blow Still to Come All signs still point to a Japanese
or later. Large numbers of enemy warships and auxiliaries are massed in the area. There was no indication in the navy reports of the effectiveness of the American air raids on enemy positions: and, because of the thick jungle, it was doubtful that a complete picture of ‘damage done was available even to the commanders on Guadalcanal. The navy released its latest communique a few hours after the Rome radio was heard broadcasting that “the greatest battle ever fought in Pacific” was in progress on Guadelcanal. Today this claim was expanded by! the German radio, which broadcast “Tokyo dispatches” saying that the Japanese, with dive-bombers and tanks, had retaken three important harbors on Guadalcanal ‘and repelled American counter-attacks
with heavy losses.
‘LONDON, . 21 (U. P.) ~Field, Marshal Jan ian Smuts, premier of South Africa, told a joint gathering of parliament today that the hour of the great ‘allied ‘offensive ‘is’ nearing. He addressed a unique gathering of the house of commons and the house of lords after engaging inextended consultations with Prime
1] Minister ‘Winston Churchill, pre-
sumably: on the strategy. of the Text allied war moves. = Although the historic address was all over the world, the
{broadcast ‘ place of the session was secret. Par-
Moment for Big Offensive Approaching, Smuts Warns
his address increased speculation on the possibility that the initial blows of the allied counter-attack against the axis would be struck in Africa. “The time has come, Smufs said, for “far-reaching ' developmen However, he carefully avoided any geographical references which might give the axis any clue as to what might be expected. “The explosive limits of endurs ance ‘are nearing,” he said. “We are approaching the point when both: the war fronts and the home fronts in enemy countries are ripening for far-reaching developments. “Once the time bas come fo take the’ offensive and strike while the
iron is hot, ould be folly to de-|
Womanpower will be required to solve the manpo problem, he added, because 5,000,000 workers must
1943 if the goal of 65,500,00 persons ‘in employment in the armed forces is to ba realized, and most of the new
‘comers will have to be women,
Mr, McNutt said national servic legislation “must do more th grant sweeping authority to. president.” He listed these as
Expected; ;three essential powers that must
provided: “ Authority to’ require empl in any area to hire all through a central agency, employment service, Yor other. central. hi
Bs rp Ses to anteol, ; of ‘labor . utilization, p transfer of workers from % ving when they are. needed ‘to 'oh& where the demand is caiised “s by ‘improper utilization of labor of a desire to hoard workers.” '8. ‘Authority to compel individuals fo remain on the job or to transfer to another,
Dislikes Current Bills
“Each of the bills now hefote the committee fails to meet one or of these basic requirements of tional service legislation, ? Mr. Mg Nutt’ said. : “Thé power to keep men on: Jobs he added, “or to send them to job should not be permitted to be tk instrument for undercutting estab lished wage standards. Cae “On the other hand, no individ i can be promised that the power assignment will not require him make sacrifices.” Asserting that tht compuls aspect of national service legisl could be “grossly exaggerated, McNutt said: i “The power of compulsion is essence a protection to. the majority who act voluntarily. must be made to feel that when act voluntarily the government proves the action, and is prep to require: compliance by the who refuse to co-operate. Thus th sacrifice will not be jeopardized.”
Doesn’t Fear Friction
He dismissed as “not a seri issue” the question whether a wo assigned to: a plant should be quired: to join a union. ; “Representatives of both max
difficulties arising on this score be ironed out through existing chinery in a manher satisfactory management, labor, and the g
ment,” he said.
(Oct. 21, Coa
es on around Stalingrad, ‘by bad Weather.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC—Amerios planes carry war. to ‘enemy.