Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1942 — Page 3

SCANTY FLEET + GUARDS JAPAN

s Bulk of Naval Units Centered in Solomons,

Hawaii Hears.

: By FRANK TREMAINE ; United Press Staff Correspondent " HEADQUARTERS, STATES PACIFIC FLEET, Pearl Harbor, Nov. 26 (Delayed). —Japan

has concentrated all the naval strength it can spare to meet the United States threat in the Southwest Pacific and probably has only _8keleton forces in Japanese home waters and other areas, competent Quarters believed today. On the basis of their information, they suggested that further important engagements could be expected in the Solomon islands area and any important Japanese naval action in the Indian ocean or northward toward Siberia was unlikely. (Japan has reported in the last few days that a big scale naval battle is in progress off the Solomons.)

Truk Island Denuded

‘A dispatch from an allied advance base in the South Pacific, filed Oct. 30, said it was increasingF ly evident that the Japanese had denuded their Truk island naval base north of the Solomons to move . fleet units closer to the Solomons. Because’ of the heavy concentration of Japanese naval strength in the South Pacific, informants here

UNITED

William Henderson goes to work in Indianapolis & Southeastern lines’

YULE BUSINESS T0 SET RECORD

said, any important transfer of Japfanese naval units would almost cer-| % tainly become known to the allies. It was pointed out that Chinese reports gave news of Japanese naval movements toward the South Pacific long ago. - An additional source of information is the American submarine ‘force. Naval communiques anhouncing the sinking of Japanese ships by submarines have provided an indication of the vast range of American submarine®operations, informants said, and one function of the submarines is to scout enemy fleet movements.

19 SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS, SAY NAZIS

BERLIN, Nov. 27 (German broadcast recorded by U. P. in New York)—A special communique issued at Adolf Hitler's headquarters said today that German U-boats had sunk 19 ships, totaling 123,000 tons, in operations “from the Arctic to the entry of the Indian ocean, E .. The date of the operations was not specified. “These successes particularly hit the enemy supply service to northern Russian ports and to the Middle East,” the communique said.

FIRE SWEEPS HOME ~KTNDALLVILLE, Nov. 27 (U. P.). Fire at the residence Hf the Frances Conrad family, nesr Brimfield, caused an estimated $1300 damage yesterday. Fire depariments from Rome City, Albion and Kendallville fought the flames. The fire started

by sparks from the chimney.

All-Time High Dollar Volume Seen; Big Drop Due

Next Year.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. P)). —The dollar volume of Christmas trade will be the highest on record, with the prospect of a sharp reduction in 1943, the department of com-

merce predicted last night. While the dollar volume is expected to exceed last year’s by 6 per cent, the quantity of goods sold will be 4 per cent less, due to curtailment of consumer goods, the department said. Normally Christmas trade begins n late November but October sales this year were the highest for any month on record except December, 1941. This probably was because gifts to men in the armed services overseas were mailed early. November and December sales are not expected to show much, if any, gain over corresponding months of 1941. Stocks in durables, particularly among metal products, have been hard hit. In apparel, style limitations have curtailed slightly the variety of merchandise available but no severe shortages are expected in silk or nylon products.

VERDI HOUSEKEEPER DEAD

IN, Nov. 27 (U. P.).—The German DNB news -agency, in a broadcast recorded here, today reported the death. in a village near Bologna of Teresa Nepoti, 94, for many years the housekeeper of the

Out of his driver's uniform and into coveralls and

Italian composer, Guiseppe Verdi, who died in her arms in 1901,

servicing one of form to haul a

busses. of Shelbyville,

| | Tunisia are prepared to

t | world are progressing favorably,

OF FIERGE FIGHT

| Nazis Have 12,000 Troops

Strong Air Force in - Tunisia, He Says,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. PJ). —Allied operations all over the

bu 12,000 to 15,000 German troops “offer strong resistance and a stiff fight may be anticipated” when the bat-

t | tle is joined, Secretary of War

E | official

| Henry L. Stimson said today.

Secretary Stimson's figures, given at a press conference, were the first estimate here of Nazi strength in the eastern Tunisian

£ | triangle.

He revealed that the Germans had built up considerable air

| strength from bases in Sicily, Sar-

= dinia and southern Ifaly, and that

At the end of the day, back into his driver's uni-

load of passengers to Shelbyville.

He’s punching the ticket of Miss Martha Van Cleve

One More Vehicle and 78 Pct.

More Business Than Year Ago

With mechanis and the superintendent doubling: as drivers the Indianapolis & Southeastern bus line is handling a 78 per cent increase in passenger traffic with only one more bus than it had last year. Last year the small line had 13 busses. It now has 14. And with those 14 busses it has to make 26 trips daily and carry from 700 to 800 passengers. The line runs between here and Cincinnati, Madison, Aurora, Lawrenceburg and intermediate points in the state. Its main runs are four round trips to Cincinnati, two to Madison, and eight to and from Shelbyville, all of them daily. Altogether, the line has 10 fulltime and seven’ part-time drivers. That's where William Krebs, the superintendent, . Roy Jones, Ted Harley and William Henderson come in.

Mr. Krebs Fills In

The latter three are mechanics who keep the busses in good condition. They live in Shelbyville and to relieve the shortage of drivers, they load up there in the morning and bring in a load each morning. When they get to the garage they take off their drivers’ uniforms, put on coveralls and go to work in servicing the busses. Mr. Krebs doesn’t do that every day—just when some of the regulars are off. He does fill in, though, on some of the special runs the line has in handling draftees from Shelby, Decatur, Ripley, Jefferson and Dearborn counties. He attributes the big jump in their business to the large number of war workers now commuting between their homes and Indianapolis.

STRAUSS SAYS:—IT'S ONE DAY, NEARER VICTORY

A FLURRY! 1,200 OF OUR REGULAR $1 NECKTIES

IF A SPECIAL SELLING AT

(3 for 2.25

) (DOZEN FOR -9.00)

This is a compliment that our tie shop extends—ijust prior to the Holidays.

It is a Service to men who buy for themselves. It is of benefit to Executives who buy in quantities. It is very helpful to the LADIES who have gift lists. Wool Ties—Also Foulards, Repps, Satins, and the dike.

They're in strict masculine taste. They’ re from the heart of our regular $1 stock—While this quantity lasts, Be.

L. STRAUSS & CO.

ne. THE MAN'S STORE.

To handle the increased business the line needed additional busses. It ordered one and prepared to order three more. Then the ODT freezing order came along and all it could get was the one.

Every Bus Checked Daily

“We knew we'd have to run our present busses more and wouldn't have the time to service them that we had in the past,” Mr. Krebs said. “We got around that, though, by working out new schedules allowing our busses to be in one of our garages for two to three hours after each run, and every one of them is checked daily. Boy, how we are servicing them now!” Without extra equipment and with the 78 per cent business increase, some of the commuters often can’t find seats. “About 99 per cent of our passengers realize we're doing 'everything we can,” he said. “The other one per cent are new riders, most of them shoppers, who don’t realize our problems.

Asks Midday Riding

“To them the best advice I can give is to miss those commuters’ busses, to ride during the middle of the day. We ought to give the war worker a better chance to sit down.” And with busses jammed, what do the drivers think? Hear Mr. Henderson as he takes off his coveralls and puts on: his driver’s uniform for the trip back to Shelbyville each evening:

he said. “It’s just like a big family, and I'm a family man.”

In Indianapolis

EVENTS TODAY

Sonja Henie with 1943 Hollywood Ice Revue, Coliseum, state fair grounds, 8:30 p. m. City and town transportation administrators, state-wide meeting, Merchants , National bank branch, 21 W. 38th st., all day. Pan-American educators, ference, Claypool hotel. Marion county war savings staff and L. S. Ayres & Co., “Mystery Tea,”’ speaker, Mrs. Mary Ann Kullmer Dickson, former war correspondent, Ayres’ auditorium, 3 to 5 p. m. Indiana Women’s Republican club, meeting, Columbia club, 2 p. m. State Older Boys’ conference, Y. M. C. A and world war memorial, all day. Indianapolis Federation of Civic Clubs, meeting, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. m. Optimist club, luncheon meeting, Columbia club, noon.

DEFENSE MEETINGS

OCD ‘home finding’ classes for day care of employed mothers’ children, lecture, Indiana university extension, 9:45 to 11:45 a. m.

Meeting of everyone interested in first aid courses, Little Flower church, 7:30 p. m

national con-

EVENTS TOMORROW

Sonja Henie with 1943 Hollywood Ice ReView, Coliseum, state fairgrounds, 8:30

p. Town Hall, lecture, Archduke Otto of Austria on y RUI0De in Revolt,” English theater, 11 a. State Older Boys Conference, Y. M. A. and world war memorial,all day. Indiana Poetry Society, meeting, Cropsey auditorium .of central library, 1:30 p. m. Pan-American educators, national conference, Claypool hotel. Murat temple party, Bob Strong and his orchestra, Murat temple, 8:15 p. m. Stein club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. Yard clubs, local meeting, Hotel Severin, Hotel Severin,

Hovee ot rane, dinner, 7:30 p. m,

BIRTHS

Girls

William, Josephine Ellis, at St. Francis. Merrill, Helen Scruggs, at 8t. Vincent's. Joseph, Catherine Bell, at St. Vincent's. Seward, Harriett Baker, at Methodist. Alfred, Elizabeth Courtwood, at Meth‘odist. Raymond, Helen Stanley. at Methodist. John, Donna Spall, at Methodist. Boys Robert, Mary Hueber, at St. Francis. Arnold, Thelma Clark, at 8t. Francis. Maurice, Marie Cowan, at 8t. Francis. Anthony, Dorothy Lee, at St. Francis. Roebrt, Kathryn Adams, at St. Francis. Robert, Velma Turpin, at St. ancl,

Fred, Helen Barrett, at Methodist. Embert, Louise Gardener, at Methodist, Cloyd, Louise Spikes, at Methodis

OFFICIAL WEATHER le ____U. S. Weather Bureau

(All Data in Central War Time) Sunrise 44 |

=Nov. 27, 1941+ 2p. M....c.

Precipitation 24 hrs. end. 7:30 a. Total precipitation since Jan, 1.. Excess since Jan. 1

The following table shows the temperature and precipitation in other .cities: tati High : Lo

Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver ..seese Evansville Wayne

18

2 22 21 22 25 60

w 2 «43 3 9 0

mi, a. Minneapolis-St. Orleans

“I'd a lot rather drive a full bus,” |

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axis planes had been dealing heavy blows against allied land operations eastward from Algiers. Stimson said that the Germans had been dropping spikes which fall in such a way that they endanger truck and armored car tires. They also dropped “bobby bombs” in the form of wallets, watches, notebooks and other articles “designed to explode when they are picked up.

Hold Naval Base

Stimson said the Germans appear to have 12,000 to 15,000 troops in an area 30 to 35 miles deep along the gulf of Tunisia. They hold Bizerte, with its naval base; Tunis, Sfax and Gabes, all of which have good airports. But the British first army under Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson, augmented by American.and French troops, is now developing’ a powerful assault force in Tunisia and in recent days the allies have “combined forces to carry out a vigorous offensive against scattered forces in central Tunisia,” Stimson added.

HOTEL FALL KILLS WALTER SPREEN, 41

A 4l-year-old man’ died in the admitting room of City hospital yesterday from injuries received when he fell over a banister to the first floor of a downtown hotel.

W. 16th st. suffered a punctured lung and internal injuries, accerding to Dr. H. L. Collins, deputy coroner.

STRAUSS SAYS:

The BEST WEIGHT for year round!

Hand Crafted Tweeds—

Raglans Sizes 34 to 46 Longs and Shorts

195 Coats— No more—no less

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STIMSON WARNS

The victim, Walter Spreen, 5054

BY EARL RICHERT

Except for the three top positions, there will be little change in the personnel of the secretary of state’s office when Rue Alexander, secretary-elect, takes office next Tusday. Gilbert Ogles, Putnam county G. O. P. chairman and now an employee of the state auditor's office, will be named deputy secretary of state and Warren Day, Noblesville lawyer, is reported the likely choice

of Mr. Alexander as securities commissioner. Both positions are now hela by Robert H. Loring of Rising Sun. .George Fate of Rensselaer, long a personal friend of Republican State Chairman Ralph Gates and now an employee of the mgtor vehicle license bureau, will be named deputy securities commissioner succeeding Sam Busby of Richmond. ; Mr. Busby will be retained in the securities commission as head of criminal investigators, however. Among the other employees whom Mr. Alexander intends to retain are Miss Jane Lamb, William Hutchinson, Irvin Glosson and Fred Hoffmark. Miss Lamb will serve as Mr. Alexander’s secretary. She has worked in the secretary of state's office during the terms of six secretaries and most of the time has held the position she will hold under Mr. Alexander, Mr. Hutchinson is the chief clerk in the secretary of state’s office and Mr. Glosson is an auditor in the securities commission. Mr. Hoffmark, a Democrat, has served as an examiner in the securities commission since 1937, being employéd by Democratic Secretary of State Gus Mueller and holding over under the two terms of Republican James Tucker. No changes, except for the filling of replacements, are contemplated by Mr. Alexander for the stenographic staff. Although considerable pressure has been brought upon him, Mr. Alexander has not changed his previously announced intention of retaining R. Lowell McDaniel as director and Harry A. Sharp as assistant director of the motor vehicle license bureau. Two magn, Ernest R. Reicheldeffer of Geneva and J. R. Jarrard of Greensburg, are under consideration for appointment as chief auditor in the motor vehicle license bureau, the post now held by Mr. Alexander.

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Teckemeyer Retained

Except for one or two minor changes there will be no turnover in personnel either when State

(day by the state OPA officials that |

| ments, pointing out that it is pos-

GLASS ASKS BUYING

Auditor Richard T. James begins his second term next Tuesday. The most important position in the office, that of deputy state auditor, will be retained by Ross Teckemeyer of Indianapoiis. The one or two changes contemplated by Mr. James are in the oil inspection staff.

FUEL OIL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOV, 30

Fuel oil dealers were notified to-

they may accept promissory notes from customers for oil delivered up to midnight Nov. 30. The previous deadline was midnight, Nov, 23. ] The OPA urged consumers to stock up on their fuel oil require-

sible_that some local war price and

rationing boards may not have rationing coupons by Dec.:1 and that dealers at that time will have sup- | plies cut off by the major oil com- | pasies,

OF VICTORY BONDS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. PJ. — Declaring that the soundest treasury borrowing Is _ from individuals rather than from banks, Sengtor Carter Glass (D. Va.) today gave impetus to the forthcoming Victory bond drive with an appeal to citizens to back up their fighting men by buying bonds to the utmost of their ability. Senator Glass, a former secretary of treasury, issued a statement from his home in Lynchburg, Va., urging support of the bond rive which opens Monday. He said treasury borrowing from investors rather, than from banks will avoid laying,

any foundation for currency inflation. |

RATIONING OF CASH STUDIED

Treasury and Byrnes’ Aids May Urge Program of

Forced Savings.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (U. P). —Planners of the treasury departe ment and the office of economic stabilization today are studying drastic forced savings programs and an alternate plan to ration spending money. a Those officials, under Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., and’ Economic Stabilization Di= rector James F. Byrnes, estimate that there will be an annual surplus of $25,000,000,000 in purchasing power even after the American peo ple pay their present taxes. The economists who are see measures to curb inflation believe that a large part of that surplus, - must be absorbed if price, wage and rationing controls are to function. The proposals to ration the spending money of 130,000,000 Americans just as most consumer goods will be rationed appeals to the adminis tration economic planners but it would involye tremendous—if 'not insurmountable — ad m i nistrative problems. . One of the plans being studied youd ration spending money like. this: Pays Tax on Excess Each wage and salary earner or investment coupon clipper would receive a certain amount of “free” ration coupons with his periodia wage, salary or investment income. Those coupons, say in a total amount of $1500 a year, would pere mit him to buy the bare necessities of life tax free. But after an individual exhausted his free coupons he could obtain more by paying a tax oh them. The rate of that tax would be sharp. graduated to the prohibitive leve so that after say $5000 or $10,000 of spending it would take $2 to buy $1 worth of consumer goods or services. No one could buy food, clothing, or other consumer goods or services without rationing coupons covering the amount of purchase. No ration coupons would be ree quired for war bonds, insurance premiums or, other types of savings

STRIKE PARLEY SET

WINDSOR, Ontario, Nov. 27 (U, P.).—Peter Heenan, minister of la= bor for Ontario, was to meet ak noon today with United Automobile Workers (C. I. O) officials in an ‘effort to seitie a three-day strike 'of 14,000 workers in three plants of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada.

WE'RE HA'EN A SALE!

~The Renowned “Lees of Galashiels” —Scotland’s Choicest Hand Woven Harris Tweed Outercoats— London Tailored. $39.75

LEES OF GALASHIELS—gives these choicest hand- loomings 5 nobility of tailor-work.

He is said to make

Raglans better than they are

made anywhere else in

/

the world!

And a Lees Coat—gives ASTOUNDING WEAR—We've never heard of one wearing out (nor have we ever heard of one going out of style). They just don't!

Lees of Galashiels (Riley) had a New York Office

. . . wherein they carried a selection of coats . . , to "fill in" orders.

~

The office is now closed (because of the exigencies of the war).

As a courtesy and a compliment to an old and \ valued account , . . The Man's Store was privileged to buy the collection.

"We are hopeful . . . that after the war. .. we will again re-establish the Lees of Galashiels « . » and the Strauss-Indianapolis relations . . . that have been so cordial . . . and so serviceable fo men of Indiana who have a fondness for genuinely fine coats . . . of the