Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1942 — Page 2

3 “AGENCIES D GAS, OIL POLICY

Rationing Structure May

Be Overhauled, but ‘Don’t |

[Expect Restrictions to Be Decreased, Byrnes Tells: Nation After Conference.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22

ernment agencies are drafting new plans fo meet East coast 5

(U. P.).—Heads of three gov-

‘gasoline and fuel oil emergencies for submission to Stabili-

- zation Director James F. Byrnes at a second White House

‘conference tomorrow.

“They were expected to deal particularly with means of ;

ightening up existing rationing control and bringing maxi‘mum possible, petroleum Sais to the 17-state emergency

area.

RELOCATION OF DOCTORS NEAR

Compulsory Action Seen to Guard Civilians in This Area.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dec, 22 (U. ).—Compulsory relocation of phyans and dentists to areas where ortages exist ause of recruitgent is planned by the procure-jent-and assignment service comf the fifth service command, said today. L. Henderson, chairman of mittee, declared: are determined to provide an population with adeedical care.” Dr. Henderson said immediate rerts will be made by representaes of the procurement and assignt service in the area’s four tes regarding “possible critical

as. _ | Scan Critical Areas

If critical areas are found, he d “all efforts will be made to gcure voluntary relocation of phyians ine dentists in these areas.” f the voluntary method is inadeate, the procurement and assignlent, - service, through Washington quarters, will seek power to ) physicians and dentists to lote themselves in area where they needed.” Tt is) recognized,” Dr. Henderson “that the health of the civiln population is as important as health of the men on the fightg fronts and that one cannot be ficed to the other since the two ire part of the same cause for which e are fighting.” The fifth service command is prised of Indiana, Ohio, Kenky and West Virginia.

DENIES EISENHOWER COMMANDED ‘ROCK’

| LONDON, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—Lieut: Dwight D. Eisenhower outed Maj. Gen. Mason MacFar-

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, British commander of Gibral<|

but did not take command of fortress while he was there in first days of the North African t gn, an ‘American headquar- § spokesman said today. senhower established, temporary dquarters at Gibraltar in the ning phases of the campaign. had’ been reports that, as nder-in-chief of the allied tions, Eisenhower commanded ibraltar, becoming the first fcrigner to do so in the 238 years of ‘fortress’ British history.

[AFT STARTS FIGHT TO ENACT SALES TAX

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U.P). — nator Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) fired

e first shot today in what was in- Fava

ted as the preliminary bout

forthcoming fight in the new|

ess for’ enactment of a sales|

"Senator Taft, leader’ of sales tax|

vocates in the old congress, retd his recommendation. for a per cent -levy on.all sales—exfood=to defray part of. the of war. "He estimated that || a tax would raise $4,000,000,000

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‘terial change in

. Mr. Byrnes held ‘a first meeting at the White House

ordinator Harold L. Ickes, Price Administrator Leon Henderson, Defense Transportation: Director Joseph B. Eastman and Deputy Petroleum Co-ordinator Ralph K. Davies. |

lay the groundwork for overhauling the whole petroleum rationing structure, At the end of the meet» ing Mr. Byrnes said he saw no hope for lessening restrictions on use of gasoline and fuel oil.

Pipe Line May Be Extended"

He added, however, that steps would be taken by the three agencies to “increase the supply and improve rationing methods” for gasoline and fuel oil. Officials declined to amplify what was meant by that, But it was generally assumed to refer to the possibility of extending the oil pipe line netwofls.to Eastern states and building additional vessels for transportation of petroleum by inland waterways. Mr. Byrnes asked the officials to come to his White House office to report “in what respects our existing polities and machinery may not be effective, and what remedial action should be taken both for the present and the future.”

“Splendid Co-operation”

After today’s. conference Byrnes made this statement: “Secretary Ickes, - Administrator Leon Henderson, Director Joseph B. Eastman and Ralph Davies, deputy petroleum administrator, met with

Mr.

tion with reference to petroleum, products. The discussion involved the available supplies, ‘the anticipated demands, the: methods of rationing, and - the supply available for civilian purposes. - “The agencies involved hive shown a splendid spirit of co-op-eration in the effort .to solve the immediate problem resulting from unanticipated demands for military.

‘purposes. It is not expected that for

the present there will be any mathe procedure adopted by the respective agencies.

: Seek to Improve Methods

‘ “The agencies will submit to me in writing ‘suggestions as to previous phases of the problem and we will meet Wednesday morning for further discussion. In the meantime steps will be taken by the respective agencies to increase the supply, and to improve rationing methods. However, in view of increased military demands and the delays in securing critical materials to extend terminal facilities and complete pipelines and barge construction, the agencies involved hold out no hope for any lessening

fon the restrictions upon the use of

gasoline and fuel oil.”

‘Mother’ Okehs Grog for Sailors

KEARNY, N. J, Dec. 22 (U.P.). ‘Mrs, Janet Roper of the Seamen’s Church Institute, New ' York, “mother”. to thousands of seamen, smashed .a bottle of champagne iron the prow of the S. S. Andromeda, 10,000-ton cargo ship, at a launching ceremony today and I Feros a few remarks in defense f sailors who take a glass of grog now and then. “My boys may drink a little,” said Mrs, Roper, who has been | associated - with the institute for 54 years, “but they are doing great. things. Nothing is too good | for them.”

By UNITED PRESS Italian propagandists, in an un-

E | disguised effort to sow dissension fk | among allied troops in North Africa, i |asserted today that Gen. Henri

Honore Giraud, military leader of French forces British and Americans, had refused to collaborate ' further with Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The report was without Substan-

tiation,

oe i da seabetbng aboit it it. Don’t mtinu £ to guffer needless pain ; ;; and perhaps,

acl for self hat re ove iso A ete Dr. Scholl's Foot Comfort® Service

, Dr. See Shoes Arch Suppor, Rem. Pads, Plasers and other foot relief aids,

me and discussed the entire situa-|

yesterday with Petroleum Co-| |

Tee TRE SALES

FT: WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 22 (U. P.) ~M the last action before adournment of the winter terms of

1 hy £ i

a 3 deral eourt here yesterday, Judge

nomas W, Slick heard pleas of inccence by John R. Watts, 29, of - Wayne and Decatur} and Paul I idenbach, 21, of Decatur, both ‘charged with “black market” opera-

~ tions in the sale of recapped tires.

Trial of. the two men is scheded for the spring term of court ne next April, The two were named in indict-

ments returned here two weeks ago, | * coast, which marked the deepest

loging that they sold recapped res to persons who did not have certificates from ration boards, and 124 they charged more: than the;

= i iling price for the tires.

START PIPELINE WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U. P).

"| Construction crews began work

Silhouetted against the late afternoon sky, these soldiers at Ft, Harrison return to their ‘barracks from a tough run over the obstacle course. - The soldiers are members of the 729th M. P. battalion now being trained at the fort.

The conference was designed to ||.

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LONDON, Dec. 22, — “Laie pantie flak” i3 the term Amertcan pilots in Britain give the newest decoy the Germans are using in futile attempts to outwit allied aerial formations. This innovation in anti- aircraft: fire was encountered by American flying fortresses in Sunday's large-scale daylight raid over the plane repair shops at Romillyand ‘180 Sur-Seine, 80 miles south of Paris

penetration yet by Yank pilots and bombers into hostile territory. Capt. Allen Mdrtini of “San Francisco, who piloted one of the | flying fortresses over Romilly, de-. scribed the “lace pantie flak” as

“a “mass of pink flash shots fired

from = anti-aircraft guns, that burst harmlessly to distract the ‘bombers’ gunners from German fighters trying to slip in from the other side. » “But,” added Capt. Martini con"fidently, “it did not fool us.”

miles from the French .