Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1942 — Page 1
"FORECAST: Considerably colder tonight and tomorrow forenoon.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942
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PRICE THREE CENTS |
- Don’t Hoard—It's A Test Of Good Citizenship
YET MANY PEOPLE will be tempted to stock up far beyond their immediate needs—as many already have—
(An Editorial)
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EVERY GOVERNMENT agency, Food Administrator Wickard told the country last night, “feels strongly that all rationing programs should go into effect just as soon as possible after they are announced.” Some time, we hope, this principle will be practiced. It is a sound principle, because the announcement of a rationing program is an invitation to hoard—an invitation
which, unfortunately, patriotic appeals and even threats of drastic punishment do not prevent a great many people
from accepting.
Salvage Committee Gets WPB Award |
= “For esspedilie the 100-pound civilian defense salvage commit: collection ran 116 pounds-per ta. Sh
BUT-—AS IN the case of sugar, of coffee and of other cdmmodities—a rationing program for canned fruits and vegetables, canned soups, and dried and frozen vegetables is now announced far in advance of the day in February when it is expected to go into effect.
Secretary Wickard,
‘ Price Administrator Henderson
and War Information Director Davis explain that a tremendous iob must be done before the rationing can stars. Ration books must be printed and distributed. The
mechanics of the plan must dustry at thousands of mee
be explained to the food intings. And the public must
be informed on the use of the point-rationing system.
THE FIVE WEEKS or
more which must elapse b
fore the new rationing program gets into operation w: | prov¥ide a test of good citizenship. Messrs. Wickard, Henderson and Davis assure tl: country that there is food enough to keep everybody we fed, if nobody hogs more than his share. They say that every individual will be required ! declare how much canned food he has on hand when © gets his ration book, to give up a corresponding number rationing coupons if he has more than a reasonable amoun and to be subject to heavy penalties if he doesn’t tell th:
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APPEAL TO PATRIOT! TO PREVENT HOARDING OF FOOD
DEATH TOLL IN ONTARIO TRAIN WRECK NOW 40
1150 Passengers Are Hurt;
Bodies Found on Tracks
And in Coaches. ALMONTE, Ontario, Dec. 28 (U.
ita quota in the scrap salvage drive of last fall, the Marion county
y awarde d a pennant by the war production ‘board. The actual with the banner are (left to right) Dudley Smith, William H.
Frimble, L. B. McCracken, Mayor Sullivan, L. W. Hull y, Robert D. Johnson and Wilkam E. Munk. Blodgett Brennan, chairman of the civilian defense conservation committee, is not in the picture.
Temperatures Like Winter ‘Predicted Late Today; Wind Damaging.
TEMPERATURES ... 40 10a m. ., 40 11am... 3% 12 (noon) . 39 1pm...
The “spring” weather which has confused Indianapolis residents for “most of the past week was scheduled to come to an end today with temperatures ‘dipping back. toward “something more like mid-winter, <The official weather. foreéast thisi, morning was colder for today and ete with light rain or. drizzle during. the day. ; Feels Like April
Temperatures more ' like April than ‘December were accompanied | yesterday by high winds caused scattered damage to Indianapolis Power and Light Co. equipment. In the 600 block on S. West st, two 4000-volt feeder circuits blew together, shorting out several spans ‘of line and leaving: a’ number of South side homes without electricity for more than an hour. Trouble crews and an emergency fine crew worked most of the day to repair the damage. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 57 to 60 degrees and the average EE of 58 was 28 degrees above normal. -
34 FREIGHT CARS DERAILED IN OHIO
RAVENNA, O., Dec. 28 (U. P.).— Erie railroad trafic was routed over tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad today as work crews cleared! - wreckage of 34 freight cars which derailed late yesterday near Windbam, OQ. ilroad officials said it wou 3 dppr tely four days clear away the cars and rebuild a : on of track. Crews from Meadlis Fo 3um Yousestows. 9. Were
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LONDON, - Dec. 28—
portant junction of Medjez-El Bab, 27 miles southwest of Tunis. Allied North African headquarters “United States bombers and fighters resumed their smashing attacks against the port of Bizerte and Sfax, on the Tunisian east coast, Saturday. Apparently there had been a
ing up the allies both in the air and on land, Flying fortresses’ sank two large "'veSsels and a small one, damaged a medium-sized ship and scored hits with heavy bombs on the docks at Sfax.-
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in the Don-Volga pocket. In the ‘Middle Don ‘area they pressed into a small triangle the thousands of Germans east of the Rostov-Voronezh-Moscow railroad and it was estimated that they had now freed between 10,000 and 12,000 square miles of Middle Don tertitory, isolating inside it hundreds of hopelessly trapped German detachments. Red army troops driving fbxough snow ait temperatures far below zero made gains on the Middle Don, Southwest-Stalingrad, Northwest-Stalingrad, Stalingrad city, Caucasus and central fronts. In each of these areas the high command in its noon communique announced important successes in
break ‘in heavy winter rains, hold-!
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. Flying Forts Hammer Axis PE ications i in. Africa;
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent fortresses and the newest, “Amétican fighting planes were ‘believed engaged today .in. a. supreme offensive utterly to wreck axis communication - lines. and transport in
deadliest
The German controlled Radio Vichy said there had been violent fighting in Tunisia for the last 24 hours, particularly around the im-
Docks and enemy shipping were set on fire, and amidst ‘the holo-
caust, American bomber pilots saw
one large ship ‘blazing’ fiercely. Two fortresses were shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Bizerte, and two other planes, presumably fighters, were lost in Saturday’s operations. An axis fighter plane attacked one of the lost fortresses as it was falling. Curtiss P-40's and Lockheed! Lightnings escorted the bombers | and shot down two Focke-Wulf 190s near Bizerte. Additional reports to (Continued on Page Four)
Russ Advice on 6 Fronts; 22 Nazi Divisions Trapped
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (U: P.).—Russian troops in a wild night of fighting. from the central front to the Caucasus made new gains on six ‘separate fronts, the noon high ‘command communique said today. By their advances in the last 24 hours southwest of Stalingrad, dispatches’ indicated, the Russians finally and inescapably trapped the remains of 22 divisions of Germans originally upward of 300.000 men
which thousands of Gorgias were killed and 27 German tanks, 29 field guns, 33 machine guns, 33 motor trucks, two food depots and a great war supply dump captured or destroyed. Southwest of Stalingr d, where they were now within 20 miles of
{the Stalingrad-Caucasus = railroad
center of Kotelnikov, the Russians to|advanced throughout the night, the noon communique said. | . They smashed a desperate enemy counter-attack, killing 600 Germans, destroying eight tanks and capturing three field guns, 11 machine guns and 14 fully loaded war supply trucks.
time) 9} beach. It was believed to be the first time the Japanese have atfempted - to supply their troops on Guadalcanal by air. : The communique said that “dauntless” dive bombers and “airacobra” fighters also bombed and g| Sirafed :
~~ Blast Jap Supplies Dropped rachutes on Guadalcanal
GTON, Dec. 28 (U. P.). "The navy announced today that : fighters bombed ‘and strafed enemy supplies dropped [fares Aster agers vombea on the beach at 10 miles west of Henderson airfield on Guadalcanal island. “A communique said that aerial observers on Dec. 27 (South. Pacific discovered about 30 cargo laden parachutes on tie Tessafaronga
Tassafarongs about
the New Georgia ‘group of the Solomons disclosed that a second enemy des .a vessel of (3000 tons reported destroyed in yesterday's attack. The communique also said ‘the attack occurred Dec. 26 (South Pacific Tunes) instead of Dec, 25 as
P.).—The splintered wooden coaches
-1 of a Canadian Pacific railroad train,
filled with holiday travelers, yielded the bodies of 28 persons today after a troop train crashed into it at Almonte station. The injured, believed to number at least 150, overtaxed nearby nospital facilities. The wreckage was so tangled that rescue workers laboring through the night had not completed the search for bodies, ‘some of which were. pierced with shattered planks or trushed beyond recognition. Victims on Train
The station platform was filled with passengers ‘boarding the train and friends seeing them off after the Christmas week-end, . The dead and injured all were on the train at the station. Most of the 28 known dead were thrown clear of the wreckage and their bodies were found on both sides of the track, along with scores of weeping and screaming men, women and children, some gravely injured, some more shocked and frightened than hurt. Strangely, no one aboard the troop train, which was bound from Petewawa to a secret destination {was injured, and only the last i:.ree jcoaches of the commuters’ train were destroyed. Injured Fill Theater Doctors and nurses from Almonte and from neighboring communities rushed to the scene and a theater, the nearest heated building, was
into a ‘makeshift hospital. It soon was. filled to overflowing and the notel and finally the town hall were taken over. : The most seriously injured were transferréxd at once to regular hospitals here and in nearby towns as soon as they had received emergency medical attention.
EXTRA GAS 0. K.D FOR 2 MORE GROUPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. P.). —Su engaged in rhaintaining the wholesale distribution of newspapers were made eligible for “C” gasoline rations under an order issued by the OPA today. The OPA also authorized extra gasoline for jury members while they sife or. court duty: OFA officials said the allowance for newspaper distribution was made in recognition of “the importance of speedy delivery” and because of the unusual hours during which such work must be done,
On the War Fronts
(Dec. 28, 1942)
MOSCOW—Russians advance on six sectors; tighien ring around 300,000 axis troops trapped between Volga and Don.
LONDON—American planes hammer axis Tunisian supply ports; rain halts ground activity.
CAIRO—British imperials reach Wadi Bei el Chebir, 40 miles west ‘of Sirte,
39,000 tons of Japanese shipping; Jap supplies dropped by parachute Guaralcanal blasted.
taken over and quickly converted|
Returns to Duty
Detective Harley Reed
DETECTIVE REED REJOINS £0
Retirement Because Of Emergency.
Some policemen never really can retire. : Twelve years ago Harley Reed, 316 Euclid ave., then. a detective sergeant, retired on his pension efter 22 years of service. Today, because there is a war and because lots of younger police officers are being called. to service, he is back on the job—the first officer to break re-tirement-in world war IIL Although a state of emergency has been declared under which physically fit retired policemen may be recalled to duty, none has been calied officially, Mr. Reed is strictly a vol-
unteer. Sa i Glad to Be Back .
“It wasn't just the emergency that made me come back,” he said. “I'm glad to be back at work again.” Mr. Reed first joined the force on April 17, 1906. He worked his way up through the ranks, serving among other jobs as a bicycle policeman, until in 1917 he became a captain, a post which he held for four years. In 1921 he quit the force to farm for a time, but came back again in 1923. During his last six years on the job he was with the detective office. Since his retirement, he and Mrs. Reed made their home at Noblesville, where Mrs. Reed now is Hamilton county chairman of war production for the Red Cross.
Waives Old Rank
So anxious was Mr. Reed fo°return to his old work that he agreed to waive a pension board rule that pensioners be reinstated at the rank held at retirement. When he left Oct. 25, 1930, he was a .detective sergeant, but there was no vacancy in that rank when he came back to work last. week. He said ‘he would take the job of detective investigator and wait until a vacancy occurred. He was assigned to the pawn shop detail. ‘One of the highlights of Mr. Reed’s long police career came back in early 1917 when he slapped the (Continued on Page Four)
FDR. FIXES RULES FOR OVERTIME PAY ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. PJ. President Roosevelt today issued regulations governing overtime compensation fof-federal employees who work in excess of 40 hours a week. No overtime is to be. paid on any
Volunteers to Come Out of
LOCAL WOMEN
REFRAIN FRON FOOD HOARDIN'
Checkup of Stores Shovs No Rush to Get Supply ~ Before Rationing.
Indianapolis housewives today a. peared responding patriotically
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from hoarding canned goods. All but one of the groce checked in a cross-section 'survr late this morning reported runs.”
were “just ordinary.”
two cans at one time.
were wondering if women were: ju:
ing and would -begin their unusu: buying tomortow or the next day.
Can’t Guess Reaction, Last night when Secretary
forthcoming rationing, local grace: were reluctant to hazard a guess : to how the woman of the hous would respond to the simple test ©
for. Remembering their experience with hoarding of sugar and coffee
skeptical than anything else.
‘can well be proud of the way ir which women of the state capito are responding. ‘Maybe they will be surprised Many of the grocers here were. They were simply shaking thei: heads a bit in bewilderment.
Grocers Relieved
“What a relief,” sighed one. “I never expected it,” said second. “We can’t believe it,” said another. “They're behaving like human beings should,” philosophized still another. Of course, if women had rushed in and demanded a case of this or a case of that they wouldn't get if. The limits in the groceries checked ran from one can to a customer to t caps of any one item lo 8, customer. Only one of the stores tnicluded : in the survey was allowing its customers to “buy as much as they want.” Several of the grocers reported that their supplies were low and that they had been restricting their customers to limited amounts for “several weeks.”
FEW RUSH TO BUY FUTURE SUPPLIES
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In Washington.
By UNITED PRESS The common sense and patriotism of America’s food merchants and housewives combined today to prevent a serious run on foodstuffs which will be rationed under Ue.
waiting for a day or two to mak: it appear that they weren't hoarc -
the government's plea to refran
6 , Business was “as usual¥ar calls for canned goods and dric i and frozen fruits and vegetabl :
. "Most of the grocers, however, i; ° .| limiting their customers to. one fv
One large market on the Nort side - did have a line asking fi: canned goods. Those who didn
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Agriculture Wickard and OWI Di rector Elmer Davis announced ti :
patriotism the government calle
they were more prone to be mor: ;
But the two native-born Hoosier:
Worst Run on Groceries Is. |
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i: it Juices, ineluding spied. frulte; g crab ‘and
and take a chance that the government won’t catch them. If you are one of those who have said that instead of doing so much rationing and imposing-so many complicated restrictions on the public, the government ought to depend more on voluntary co-operation, here's your chance to
prove you mean it.
Don’t hoard canned foods.
ay in the next few weeks
Others may, and they get food you actually need.
. *But if you value a clear conscience, and the knowledge that you did your part as a good citizens, don’t hoard.
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CONSUMERS’ AID QUITS IN DISPUTE
st Wontgomery Opposes wn .
Handling Plan; Offers Owh Program.
WASHINGTON. ‘Dec. 28. (U. PY.— donald E. Montgomery "said today |
hat he had resigned as consumers’ ounsel in the agriculture departnent because the new food distriution director declined to include . spokesman and for conumers in his organization, although n industrial relations division was reated to give food processors and istributors “a chance to say what hey want.” In a statement issued at his ome, Mr. Montgomery: hinted that is resignation Saturday was the sult of basic differences over adinistration of the war food -pro‘am. He criticized especially advance atice of rationing programs’ which ip off trade speculators, pantry »arders and pocketbook’ patriots. ! 11d submitted to Secretary of Agri- | (Continued on Page Four)
JSELESS TO HOARD, SAYS FIRST LADY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. P.). -Mrs. -Franklin D. Roosevelt said oday: it would be useless. for people >» hoard canned goods at this time ecause no one can buy enough to :5t through the emergency. “I hope people don’t go out and uy and buy,” she told a press con-| erence. “It won't do them any 00d anyway, because they will be sked to declare what they have ‘hen rationing goes into effect.”
EWS IN. TUNISIA FINED $500,000
LONDON, Dee. 28 (U. P.).—The ome radio reported today that the xis command had fined the Jewish jopulation of Tunisia 20,000,000 ancs (about $500,000) to compente Arabs for allied air raids which legedly damaged Moslem: property.
Consumers to Get One-Third Less; Buying ‘Runs’ Seen
As Aid to Enemy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. P).
nounced that all canned, dried and : frozen fruits and vegetables will be i rationed in February, began a con(run drive today to prevent a “run” on available supplies of food-
They a all ericans «warning that hoarding would jeopardize the war effort and aid the axis. They said there would be one-third less of the foods to be rationed next year, but enough for a healthful diet.”
effective date has been widely criticized. But last night three high officials: answered that only con=fusion would result if the new program under the “points” system were started without time for. explanation.
Affects Restaurants
OPA officials said supplies of canned goods will be rationed also to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other institutions. The cuts in normal supplies will be proportionate to those imposed on the general public. The ‘method will be approximateily the same 4s that already used | for coffee and sugar. Restaurants {will be required to declare stocks of canned foodstuffs already on hand, and they will be required to . make returns on the amounts consumed during December.
Stress Hoarding Peril
The rationing of canned, dried and frozen foods was announced by Price Administrator Leon Hender~ son and followed with radio explanations by Secretary of Agricul ture Claude R. Wickard and Chairman . Elmer Davis of the office of : war jnlormation. : All three phasized the danger of hoarding in the interval before : rationing starts and called on Americans to clarify the good quali="ties of “their citizenship during the : next five or more weeks. 3 “If you want to help the axis, one of the best ways is to hoard food,” Wickard said. Henderson added: “ . . . we are appealing to every ton to understand first that he must play fair with the nation’s food supply; séc= ond, that there is-no justification for rushing out to the nearest gro(Continued on Page Four) ©
Jere Are Foods Included c dn Exempt in New Ration List
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U. PJ). Following are lists of . items anyunced - by Price Administrator on. Henderson as included or exnpted under the new food rationplan: :
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INCLUDED ‘Canned and bottled vegetables|d vegetable juices; asparagus;
Joy foods; fresh lima beans, green|
nd waxed beans, all canned and
tiled dry varieties of beans, in-|
ding baked beans, soaked ‘dry
cans, pork and beans, kidney}
ans and lentils; beets, including
15” vgelabl fuss and combiaa- t
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grapefruit; grapefruit juice; grapepineapple,
—Government officials, having an- #¢
aled to the patriotism * x