Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1942 — Page 26

BILL GIVES CAB VOICE IN CONGRESS

GIVES CABINET

WASHINGTON, Dec, 4 (U, P.).— Rep. William R. Thom (D. O.) has introduced a bill to give cabinet officers the right to participate in

deliberations of congress and, he believes, make federal government more effective.

Rep. Thom told the house that

his measure does not and could not:

constitutionally give cabinet members a vote, but that the suggested change could be accomplished by modifying the rules of the house and senate. He anticipated that the next congress, with greater Republican representation and with conservative Democrats freer to express criticism of the administration, may find itself in a “struggle that may seriously disrupt our program for.the win-

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Q. Austin East

Mrs. Madge Robertson

The tanker-barge Cleveco was bhe-

| down with her 14-man crew during | & storm Wednesday.

{ROME SAYS ALLIES

FEAR TANKER BARGE AND GREW OF 18 LOST

lieved today to have sunk in Lake Erie with the loss of its entire crew of 18 men. \ : One of the vessels searching for the missing ship, adrift since early Wednesday morning, —reported a “bubbling” oil spot about four miles off Cleveland harbor. Eight bodies were recovered from the lake near the area where the Cleveco was last seen after the tug Admiral, which was towing it, went

REACH. IVORY COAST ROME, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—The Rome

radio, heard by the newspaper Star, reported today that United States

OLIS TIME!

'1-071-PLOF, Etc. Mystery Solved WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U.P). —Still wondering about that gov-

ernment questionnaire headed “1-071-PLOF-5-NOBU-COS-WP”?

Budget Director Harold D..

Smith has solved the mystery and

described the furore raised about’

it in congress as “another example of the tendency to leap at conclusions when government agencies are under attack.” " The symbols, he said, had nothing to'do with the OPA 'questionnaire which C, M. Van Kirk, vice president of E. R. Squibb & Sons,

‘told a congressional committee

Tuesday was identified by those letters and figures, Mr. Smith said they were “merely the printer’s notaions,” meaning: : 1—Printer’s designation for OPA, “1071—Serial number of job

VOTE COSTS EXCEED BUDGET BY $10,000

The Nov. 3 election expenses amounted to $61,000, or about $10,000 more than the budget appropriations allotted for that purpose, according to a financial report prepared by County Clerk Charles R. Ettinger. As a sult, the county council will be asked next week to appropriate the additional $10,000 to meet the deficit, Mr. Ettinger said. The principal items in tHe increased cost including hauling of additional voting machines to new precincts and higher cost of labor and materials.

GEN. MacNIDER WOUNDED WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U. P.).— Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider, Mason City, Iowa, former national commander of the American Legion, was wounded slightly in action in

the southwest Pacific area Nov. 23,|}

performed for OPA. “PLOF-5—A misprint of Pi of 5, meaning is the first page of five pages. “NOBU—No backup. A printing instruction. “COS—Collating and stapling. A printing insfruction. “WP—Wrap. A printing instruction.”

and British troops had entered the French ivory coast territory on the]. gulf of Guinea, 1050 miles southeast of Dakar. According to Rome, the Americans crossed into the ivory coast from Liberia, marching eastward, and the Britons: crossed from the British gold coast, marching westward.

ning of the war in the shortest possible time.”

the war department announced yesterday.

REVEAL QUAKE IN TURKEY - ANKARA, Dec. 3 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Four persons were killed, nine were injured and all houses were destroyed at Gorun, in central Anatolia, by an earthquake Wednesday night. :

The subject will be “How Fraternalism Can Assist in Winning the War.” Lodges and temples participating.are Olive branch 2, Indianapolis 56, Capital City 97, Arion 254, Myrtle 7, Banner 37, Monitor 244 and Irvington temple. Lodges in adjoining counties are invited to

Q. Austin East, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and Bloomington city attorney, and Mrs. Madge Robertson of Indianapolis, grand chief of the Pythian sisters, will address the Pythians of Indianapolis and friends at a meeting at 8 p. m. tonight at 230 E. Ohio st.

BUS DRIVERS STRIKE MUSKEGON, Mich.,, Dec. .4 (U. P.).—An unauthorized ‘strike of 45 bus drivers, members of local 527 of the A. F. of L. Teamsters union, today tied up bus service in Muskegon for the third time this year.

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