Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1942 — Page 8
Allies Slice Tunisia in Two
In Move to Split Axis Units
(Continued from Page One)
dered all French ‘artillery regiments with effective anti-aircraft weapons
posal of the allied high command r defense of ports, highways and
American and British planes pro-
vided an aerial umbrella for the
deveolping Tunisia offensive. They patrolled the coastline, constantly ‘on guard against heavy ship-borne reinforcements which the Germans are believed attempting to move into Afri To the east the rapi "advance of the British 8th army—it was expected to occupy Benghazi by nightfall—brought strategic air bases under allied control,
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They were expected to Hays 8 vital part in smashing: axis attempts to reinforce their weakened Africa forces, Royal air force units at Malta also
were on the alert—both against] -
convoys of Junkers 52 troop-carry-
ing planes and an effort to bring in,
possibly r. protection of the Italian fleet, believed to be .assembled at such points as Salonika, Greece, southern Italian ports and. Sieily, Allied submarines, it was believed, may be- concentrated in the narrow
waters of the Sicily channel and;
off the Tunisia coast. British reports said Rommel had returned - to Africa by - airplane, after a conference with Adolf Hitler in Germany, in a desperate attempt to reorganize ‘his shattered axis army The British first army, -re=inforced by United States army mobile ' units, was reported driving rapidly into Tunisia behind three spearheads on a 60 mile front in the northern coastal area. A separate force struck through the interior toward the Gulf of Gabes to cut off the axis line of supply and retreat into Libya. A United Press dispatch from Oran, Algeria, filed Saturday, reported also that ¥rench authorities were then negotiating - with the American army - for the entire French army in the Oran zone to join the allied forces for combat
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National Conference ~ on ‘Labor Laws Considers : : : RA oy . Overtime Wages. ‘(Continued from Page One) wage policy in wartime, workmen's compensatioh, new demands on state ‘labor ‘departments, child labor and youth development, industrial homework, regulation: of private ‘employment agencies, discrimination in employment and adequate housing for war workers. Some delegates were expected to make a vigorous attempt to support, payment of overtime for all over 40 hours per week. They assert a switch to a 48-hour week without overtime would be equivalent to an § per cent reduction in wages, since a large number of industrial plants®operating on a 48hour week now are paying time-and-one-half for the eight hours over the limit. Cite New Living . Costs
They planned to present Jabor bureau statistics showing that liv-| ing costs were 17 per cent higher in|: September, 1942, than the average for 1940 and 12 per cent higher than the average for 1941. Le « Miss Frances Perkins, socvelatye: of labor, claimed that there is “no}
reason why the 40-hour wégk should 2»
pe eliminated during the war?
“I know of only one war plant}
which is working less than 48 hours and some of them go up to 72, she said. _ At the conference vhiteiday; Peter Seitz, a solicitor for the U. S. department of labor, explained executive order 9240, which became effective Oct. 1, 1942, and which abolished payment of overtime wages on Saturdays and Sundays.” He said. it calls for the payment of double time on .the seventh successive day of work and does’ not affect contracts calling - for payment of time and a half after a
‘1|-40-hour - work week.
Aspects of the Walsh-Healy act,
which provides that all fedegal con-
tracts must conform to the minimum safety and health standards required in the states where the contracts are in force, were = explained by L. Metcalfe = Walling, wage-hour and public contracts administrator of the labor department. Capt. Charles Ballou of the war department discussed present regulations covering inspections of war plants by state labor commissioners.
WEEK STUDD
Elmer F. Straub (above), state adjutant general for 10 years, has been called to active duty in the army as a colonel. Capt. William P. Weimar, state property officer, will be acting adjutant general
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Thunderstorms Like Last Nights Occur Only Once
In Novembers.
WEATHER NOTES: Thunderstorms, ‘like the one last night, have occurred on an average of only once every November for the last 72 years. The rainfall in:the- last 36 hours ‘has been 1.38 inches which is-almost half the normal amount for the entire month of November. The temperature: all night didn’t vary more .than two : degrees—between 49-and 51. , This morning’s fog: was thickest on the north side; but it was plenty thick all over,. There was very little smoke in it. The temperature at Evansville yesterday and last night remained constant—53 degrees. It will be slightly colder here tonight.
“BRIDGE CLUB. TO MEET * The Indianapolis: Women’s Contract. Bridge club: meeting at the Indianapolis Athletic club will begin at 9:45 a. m, tomorrow: The club will meet at this time-for the rest
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| More Pay for Teachers,
‘Tax Deduction Plan Urged by Schenck.
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other positions requiring like train-
” {ing and like time involved. On this basis should teachers be employed
and on this basis I hope we shall stand,” he said. Mr. Schenck said that it seemed
tion plan in the amount of the gross
ileged to receive refunds on the $1000 exemption by making proper application, “It is estimated that this would bring into the state treasury an additional $2,000,000
amount of property tax,” he said. Seeks Property Relief
He asserted that property can be further relieved by using a portion of the state surplus to supplant a portion of the state tax levy against property. rg * “It would seem advisable to freeze a goodly portion of our state surplus against that day when difficulties in raising revenue because of decreased ability to pay taxes will be faced. I suggest that a reasenable and proper amount be so: frozen by legislative action invested in war bonds and redeemable by legislative action, if and when such funds are sorely needed,” he said. “All types of construction work in local municipalities should be deferred until the time when we are again faced with unemployment problems, the only: exception being the replacing of structures destroyed by fire, flood or tornado and the caring for largely increased populations" in defense centers = where normal facilties will not acecommodate the increase in population,” he added.
Backs Wartime Powers
Mr. Schenck recommended that the delegates go on record “favoring granting to the governor wartime powers, whereby various ¢commissions and departments of our state government can function efficiently, speedily and legally during the emergency without changing many of our established and fundamental laws.” Mr. Schenck’s suggestions came after Governor Schricker called on Indiana farmers to “produce more of everything because back of the production line is food and without more than enough of it we could not keep the assembly lines rolling and our boys couldn't fight at all.” Governor Schricker said that no other agency could be looked to with more confidence and that it is “needed ‘more today than ever in American history.”
Calls for Co-Operation “We. can’t raise - food by wishful
thinking,” the ‘governor said, “and
neither can we: raise products on the farm by sending our help to town,” adding that the farm hand today is “almost ‘an extinct species. Many have gone to war and many more will in the near future.” The governor said that he wanted Indiana to be able to “take it on the chin” and be willing to share trials with those who are fighting for us. “We must learn to work together in this tragic hour,” he said. “We need to reconsecrate ourselves to the faith of our fathers and to-the institutions that make us a great people.”
REPORT GIRL OF 11 TO BECOME MOTHER
The parents of an 11-year-old girl appeared in juvenile court today and reported their daughter was to become a mother soon. Juvenile court authorities said she was one of the youngest prospective
record in many years. Judge Wilfred Bradshaw ordered an investigation to determine the identity of the father and circumstances surrounding the case.
LIEUT. HUEBER ILL; TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Lieut. Arthur Hueber, head of the police department homicide squad, was taken seriously ill at his office at the police station this morning. He was found unconscious at his
desk by Detective William Larman
and was taken to City hospital. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
A. J. PRATER DIES OF FALL INJURIES
A, J. Prater of Mars Hill died last night at City ‘hospital of a skull fracture received in a fall yesterday ‘afternoon while working on a house under construction at 421 S. Dearborn st. Mr. Prater, who was 68, fell into the basement when his ladder broke.
CHURCH TO HOLD FESTIVAL : St. Mark’s Lutheran church, Prospect and Linden sts., will sponsor & fall festival tomorrow evening, serving dinner and supper. Fancy work booth will be in charge of Kings’ Daughters and apron booth will be
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_ CAIRO, Nov. 18 (U. P.).—Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, Middle East com-mander-in-chief whose forces were ‘within 70 miles of Benghazi, according to today’s communique, believes the fleeing Afrika Korps of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel may attempt, a last stand at El Agheila, about 180 miles farther along the ti
“He intends to fight,” Alexander said, “because he hopes that if he can maintain the Agheila line it will result in a stalemate. He is certainly doing his utmost to get reinforcegnents by sea and Air. .
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_“Agheila already Tos been prepared as a defensive position with mine fields and barbed wire.” Alexander, claiming that Rommel had saved only 15 out of 500 frontline tanks, warned that the marshal has not yet shown any intention of abandoning Africa altogether, although, “thanks to the navy and the R. A. F.,, the enemy is not getBe new equipment in any quan-
a task is made difficult by the rapid advance of allied landing fields,” the general continued. “The enemy may iry to evacuate troops from Tripoli, but it would be an expensive operation.” Alexander warned that the battle
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is not finished, but is in a middle stage “with the enemy very groggy.” He estimated that the axis has, lost 75,000 men in killed, wounded, prisoners and missing, of whom 30,« 000 had been killed or wounded. Of the estimated 30,000 prisoners now in camps, he said, about 8000 were A. Germans. : Allied killed and wounded are ese timated at 14,000. There have been
‘no allied: prisoners.
The 8th army of Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery had taken or : by-pasied the coastal points of El Gubba, & Apollonia, Cirene and: Slonta and had reached the neighborhood of Maraua, 570 miles from the frontier of Tunisia.
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