Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1942 — Page 8

ra : (Contimed trom Page one)” ar cons. tsi Tones ‘Reports will be by Christo Pe > matetial, § nore » {historical society; John" G. Rauch, |*

Hiflers: ‘shift in his ‘general stall. sod reparts of unrest in Italy: which .have ‘been permitted to pass] through the’ censorship indicate ‘that the two Buro-| pean pattners of ‘(ge axis are getting extremely ner-|\ Yous-over the turn. of affairs in the war. ~~ Hitler's appointment of Gen. Kurt Zeitzler to chiet]

tr as egal in Tak + Historians have even: begun” to of the general staff seems significant in the light of write papers about interurbans and the treasurer, and Donald §, Morris, Zeitzler’s close connection with Heinrich Himmler, head of the gestapo

~~ To Mayors. {to_collect historical data about|the trust officer. Officers are ot and:commander of the Hitler elite guard. o i!

them. ‘Among, SpdalersWith his big army of secret police and the, black-uniformed 8. (Continued from Page One)

‘Right today at’the Indiana con-{,. include NeW York, fi, 8) =A troops at his command, Himmler : |terence, the Indiana History society papers on highway soeniery and. his] group of 28 R; is prize actually has more power than any| On top of this, their chief cities nent attack to acquire private winners--are being bombed mercilessly by|Property and arrange for compen-

yon ELECT URN 1. OF C. LEADER

tory by J. H. Schnitzius and the

Is giving such a paper a. place 5 puilders by Glenn A, Black

alongside treatises on steamboats now living in the United States,

omer “troop trains. have becorné more and more a daily occurrence

Thice Vice, 2. Presidents and Treasurer Also Given

man in Germany except—for the present—the Fuehrer. This recent shift in command suggests that Hitler has placed his trust in Himmler and is digging in

British and American planes, The civilian populace is terrorized and, according to apparently authentic reports, is evacuating the large

sation to the owners. Senator Biddinger said that oe state constitution: expressedly hibits one of the three branches of

and mound builders.

PrO=\hy Prof. George T. Oborn of Taylor university, Upland. His paper

of Newburgh. John G. Cady, Franklin college, will speak on India at a breakfast

for college .teachers in Indians, apolis Athlstic club SEA Gen

It will be presented this afternoon

met at a dinner last night come memorating the anniversary of’ fdeath of Alfred Nobel, founder o the: awards. : author and only

* gor the rail lines and many lounge 8 cities in great numbers, government from performing the|peging with the interurban decline ‘Pearl Buck,

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+ Passenger cars have already been converted to day coaches. The _ Pennsylvania has reconstructed a . ‘few oversized boxcars into emer-

© gency passenger carriers.

* Passenger miles are already 50 per. cent above the 1929 figure and

‘Railroad men anticipate at least 8.25 per cent increase in 1943 and = gee. little hope that = commuter © service the Indianapolis area in view of the equip‘ment shortage and the load level ‘They point out that all the na_tion’s lines, combined, have a total - of 1,981,000 freight cars, with: short-

is possible in

“Second ¥ Terms.

George A. Kuhn *- re-elected president of the rots Chamber of Commerce: at the annual meeting of the board of directors last night in the Indianapolis Athletic club. Mr. Kuhn, a member of the property management firm of Klein & Kuhn and a lifelong resident of the city, has ‘been active in the Community fund since its organization and in other civic and community affairs.

to prevent the Prussian army clique from taking over. Hitler, it would appear, fears that because of the bad military situation the old-line army chiefs might revolt and try to seize control. His best chance of avoiding being deposed is with the support of Himmiler and his organization. As for Italy, there can be no doubt that morale there is bad. The Italian people, robbed and betrayed by the Germans, are hungry and war sick. They see their Duce discredited, Italian arms suffering reverses instead of the glorious victories he promised them, and the

The peace demonstration in Rome: which is reported from London sources might well have been spontaneous, under the circumstances. It- might on the other hand have been inspired; just as the “Nice, Corsica; Tunis” demonstrations were early in the war. It could be that Italian leaders are heeding the warnings of Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt to get out of the war. If so, there is no- better . mediator to turn towards for. a favorablé negotiated peace than the pope, to whom the reported demonstration was di

African empire shot to pieces.

rected.

tutionally,” he said, “I believe that records of past events, during the year that we have been at war, will demonstrate that such action by “the legislature is not now necessary,” do Senator Biddinger said.

erence to the action of state officials in suspending “for the duration” the enforcement of such laws as the

duties of another, and. thus the governor could not: take over the leg-) islature’s inherent sighs to suspend, even Vempotarily, - thie 8 operation. of laws. Thinks it Unnecessary

“Even if it could be done consti-

[This statement was made in ref-

in:1921, but Prof. Oborn has become! so interested in hfs subject that he} #| €¥pects to extend it to include the] ‘(history of the interurban’ system from beginning ‘fo. end. :

already were on the decline, the mileage was 2023. The decline from that date on. was unbroken, Prof. Oborn peints out, not due tp mismanagement. but to being supplanted by ‘other methods of transportation. .

will be an illustrated lecture by W. Hutley Ashby ‘on Ohio River Steama a

eral sessions are being beld at Hotel Jincoln, NE A program on mind. will ibe. featured tomorrow on, the C. B. 8. “God’s Country” broadcast at 10:30. It will be aired: through a Chicago station rather: ‘than through © WFBM as originally planned. Governor Henry ‘FP. Schricker, Governor Dwight Green of Illinois and Maj. Gen. Frank W. Milburn of Camp’ Atterbury will speak at tomorrow night's dinner. = Other sessions tomorrow will feature aspects of ‘genealogy, local historical work in wartime, history of Indiana and France and Germany.

Even in 1921, when the railroads

Also on this: afternoon’s program

The session will be preceded by a

{American woman to win a Nobel headed the panel of speakers, which included Sir Norman Angell, Sigrid Undset, Arthur H. Compe ton, Otto Lowei and Harold O. Urey, Walkegton, Ind. native. .. Thomas Mann, German novelist and a prize winner, sent a message to the meeting in which he sald he did not doubt “that America will make its full weight felt in favor of a peace, which may well be called in advance the peace of Washington, that will not be only another exhausted intermission ‘bee tween two catastrophes, but. that will grant lasting protection to the

one which prohibited women from peoples of the world.”

working in industrial Plants after midnight, He pointed out, too, that cities and towns were doing all possible,| without any change in laws, to help thé war effort.

Cites Aid to Navy Base

“I know that my own city has furnished fire fighting equipment to surrounding cities and towns upon request “and the city officials will continue to respond to the full extent of their ability. For the past| two or three months one 750-gallon| pumper has been loaned to the Peru} naval base until ‘they can get their own equipment,” he said. Senator Biddinger also recommended to the municipal officials {that tax levels be maintained as present-day rates and in some cases even be raised. “Unless a substantial reserve is} created ‘and maintained by our cities,” he said, “we may find ourselves in an embarrassing position}: after the war with.equipment need--ing repairs and replacement, streets and alleys needing repairs and re-| building, and no money" available.’

Seen ne Shock Absorber

“These reserves;- it ‘maintained, can also act as a shock absorber tof assist in the staving off of another depresison, thus aiding the cities and towns in maintaining their independence, because if it is then} necessary that state or federal government render assistance you can be assured that they will want some control over the government unit in which the money: is being spent.” Meanwhile, a bill which would exempt _municipally-owned utilities from state taxes was being drawn for presentation t to the league, which will close its annual three-day ses{sion here tomérrow, The exemption of the dify-owned utilities frog: the payment of state taxes has long been one of the major goals of the league; And the league ‘likely will sponsor the measure in the coming session of the general assembly, Sectional meetings of = mayors, finance. officers, supérintendents of municipal utilities, engineers. and | town board members were held his morning. : Hadden to Speak 1 Speakers on the afternoon “program were to be. ‘Samuel C. Hadden, chairman of ‘the . state highway commission; - Henry 8S. Murray, tax board’ chairman; Otto K. Jensen, chief examiner of

Three of the four vice president of the organization were re-elected to serve with him. They are C. Harvey Bradley, president. of W. J. Holliday & Co.; George 8. Olive, senior partner in the accounting firm of George S. Olive & Co, and Edward Zink of Ell Lilly & Co.

luncheon at which Gornelius O'Brien of Lawrenceburg will preside in the absence of Eli Lilly, president of the Indiana Historical society. The conference is sponsored: by that group, the Society of Indiana Pioneers and the Indiana Historical

BIRTH RATE SOARS WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U.P).—| - PLAST KILLS 8) The census bureau reported today| LONDON, Dac. il (U. P).—Eight that the October biffth rate of 23.8|persons were killed and 14 were per thousand population, figured on | critically injured in an explosion at an annual basis, was the highest| a large chemical factory at Fone recorded since February, 1924. taine-sur-Rhone, Zrance. :

cars like flat wars and "hoppers. «They have ‘been promised only a. 5 per cent addition to this freight _ ear category, There is a total of 28,000 passenger cars in service and there are NO additions to be ‘made to this list. Ft C. E. Whitehill, head of Banner-

Steel Shortage Cited | Whitehill, ‘Inc. was elected a vice

' There are only 41,500 locomotives| president to succeed Russel 8. Pn American service, with a guar-|Williams. Mr. Williams, president .antes of only 2 per cent more. of Gaseteria, Inc., is now a captain Added to this problem is a short-|in the army air forces. James S. age of sed steel for rails and|Rogan, president of the American other equi t and railroad men|National bank, was re-elected fear that they can get little more] treasurer. than 6,000,000 tons in 43, or 2,000,-| Five directors at large, who will 000 tons under last year’s figure. |serve one-year terms, were named: The extent to which railroad fa-|Donald W. Alexander, general man¢llities have been used is seen in|ager of the Stewart-Warner Corp.; “the fact that the railroads are pool-(R. Norman Baxter of the Baxter ‘ing cars in every part of the coun-|Steel Equipment Co.; Dudley R. fry and in the fact that there is|Gallahue, president of the American “wide observance of ODT order 18— |States Insurance Co.; F. C. Kroeger, “the order which puts freight loads|vice president of General Motors at capacity. * | Corp. and general ‘manager of the . The ODT has assumed arbitrary|Allison division, and Carl H. Wal-“re-routing powers and is in com-|lerich, president of C. H. Wallerich plete charge of all schedules in all Co, Inc. a parts of the nation. ‘The answer to-the Indianapolis DEFENDANT HEARD metropolitan area problem on the possibility of shuttle. service is IN SLAYING CASE -gimply that ‘it’ looks very doubtful,| - ; 5 that the railroads have neither the] PLYMOUTH; Ind. Dec. 11 (U. P.).—The defense resumed its testimony today in the murder trial of William Tucker, 29, South Bend,

~ equipment nor ‘the trackage availaseeking fo prove that Tucker was

ble at this moment, and that if any such steps would be taken, they _ would have to come through the . ODT. temporarliy insane when he fired Count the railroads out, They’re|a fatal shotgun blast into Herman Scott, 31, Mishawaka, last Aug. 1. Tucker, who allegedly admitted the shooting to police, took the

2 doing their part. ; . DENIES COMMUNISM PERIL stand in his own defense yesterday, fourth day of the trial. He told of

" SOUTH BEND, Dec. 11 (U, P.).— at least 10 occasions when he was

_ Hitlerism, not communism, is the “real menace to the United States, Gen. Victor A. Yakhonoff, former |separated from his wife, twice by divorces, both of which ended in remarriage. :

Food Habits Must Change, But No One Will Go Hungry

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can housewives—long accustomed to kitchenettes and can openers —will be the cuts in canned foods: Officials doubted the disappears ance of the tin can. But Americans were expected to have to cut consumption of canned foods from 46 to 33 pounds each In 1943. Some quarters expected the cuts in canned food .production to be followed by rationing. © The war production -board. announced last night that approxiof 200d. to 500 miles or. eliminate mately one-half of the estimated larger stores to concentrate sales |, 1943 pack of popular canned in smaller establishments. = fruits, vegetables and juices will ua be held in reserve to assure the

armed forces, lenid-lease and There’s a Bottleneck other government agencies of an BUT agriculture and office ‘of

adequate supply. defense transportation - officials s recognize transportation as’ a major food bottleneck, -~ President Roosevelt delegated to Mr. Wickard the power to establish priorities on the transportation of foods. And officials here expect an attempt soon to eliminate so far as possible long hauls of non-essential and luxury foods. Much transportation now is wasted. Officials said, for example, that beef is shipped into Nebraska from Chicago, while Omaha packers’ send theirs to Illinois; Buffalo millers send flour to the Midwest and vice , versa. ~ Severest blow ys many. Ameri-

tural war relation, was named director of food production, with M. Clifford Townsend, director of the agricultural adjustment administration and former Indiana goveernor, as his deputy. Roy F. liendrickson of Iowa, administrator of the agricultural marketing administration, will be director of food distribution. Along with the assurance that no one need be hungry came a denial of a report that the government plans to limit movement

. 8 Reserve Carrots THE PRODUCTS reserved ranged from 19 per cent of the grapefruit pack to 100 per cent of the blueberry, fig, blended fruit Juice and carrot pack. The nrder, effective Dee. 31, includes applesauce, apricots, erries, fruit cocktails, orange Juice, peaches, pears, pineapples, asparagus, lima and snap beans, beets, sweet corn, peas, pumpkin, squash, spinach and tomatoes. Officials indicated that no total weekly meat ration yet has been set. Originally it had been hoped to fix it at about 2% pounds weekly, Increased demands by the armed forces and lend-lease may make the eventual ration gopsiderably smaller. “The weekly meat ration n Great Britain -and Germany is about 12% ounces. . :

ROY P. BEIGHTOL, SALESMAN, IS DEAD

Roy P. Beightol, salesman for the C. P. Dolge Co., died today at his home, 706 W. 43d st. : He was 63. A resident of Indianapolis since 1913, Mr. Beightol was a native of Ft. Dodge, Iowa. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Centre

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