Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1943 — Page 4

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voted to 32-year-old Edward C. - Wells of the Boeing Aircraft Co.,

for young ~ nautical science, is accompanied by

ES OF COUNCIL NAMED

Schumacher Is New President; Bowers to Head Finance: Group.

Following the swearing in of its

‘members, the city council yesterday elected John A. Schumacher presi-

dent and Edward R. Kealing vice-|

~ president by a unanimous vote at a special meeting. Mr. Schumacher made the following appointment of members of committees:

Finance, Herman E. Bowers, chairman; Mr. Kealing, R. C. Dauss, Dr.

City Welfare, Mr. Jordan, chairman; Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Manly, Dr ‘Meriwether and Mr. Bowers. Elections, Mr. Sullivan, chairman; Mr. Jordan, Mr. Dauss, Mr. Bowers and Mr. Manly. The first regular meeting of the council will be held Monday.

AIRCRAFT DESIGNER GETS SPERRY AWARD

By Science Service

3 NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The -Law- © Yence Sperry award for 1942, given fn recognition for high achievement in aeronautical science, has been

© by a committee headed by Maj. Gen. ~~ James H. Doolittle. Mr. Wells has devoted practically all his efforts to the improvement, ~~ of the four-engined flying fortress, * and is credited by his colleagues with many of the advances that * have made the big plane into the formidable instrument of battle that it is. « The Sperry award was founded in memory of the late Lawrence Sperry, pioneer aviator and inven- ~~ tor, who was drowned at the age . of 31 as the result of a forced landIng in the English channel. The © honor, which is intended primarily en in the field of aero-

shell destroyed his hearing.

Ernie Pyle Visits in

nt in Algeria, roving reporter Ernie Pyle of The Indianapolis

xiond Astrackon of New

York; Sergt. Ralph Gower, Sacra-

| of Detroit. Sergt. Gower, who learned lip reading from a

deaf mute neighbor when he was a child, found the knowledge useful after the explosion of an enemy

RITES MONDAY

FOR MRS. 6IBBS

Wife of Curtiss - Wright Executive Dead After Brief lliness.

Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie R. Gibbs, wife of Rufus Gibbs, production superintendent of the Curtiss-Wright Corp., will be held at 10 a. m. Monday at the Dorsey funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Mrs. Gibbs died Thursday after "a brief illness. Born in Williamsport, Pa. 45 years ago, Mrs. Gibbs came to Indianapolis two years ago. Survivors besides her husband are

two daughters, Lieut. Martha Gibbs of the army nurse corps in New York and Miss Barbara Gibbs of Indianapolis; two sons, Robert and Philip Gibbs of Indianapolis; four sisters, Mrs. Helen Raker of Gulfport, ., Mrs. L. E. Ives of Tonawanda, N. Y., and Mrs. Bertha LeMunyon and Mrs. Elmer Everetts, both of Elmira, N. Y. and two brothers, Paul and Louis Wheat of

a cash gift of $250.

Lakemont, N. Y.

OPA DIRECTOR SEEKS

PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE

Indiana OPA Director James D. Strickland told war price and rationing board workers in a New Year's message yesterday that their biggest job in 1943 is to “keep the confidence of the public.” “Let us all resolve,” Strickland said, “that throughout the coming year we will make rationing and price control not only our work but also our war effort.” He urged both paid and volunteer workers to be pleasant, pafient, “clear-headed” and cheerful and to avoid indefision or insufficient knowledge of price and rationing regulations. ,

PRICES CUT ON USED VACUUM CLEANERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).— The OPA yesterday ordered substantial reduction in wholesale and retail prices for used household vacuum cleaners, saving buyers an estimated $800,000 to $100,000,000. As a result of the order, OPA said, consumers will pay an average of $4 to $5 less for most models of used vacuum cleaners, It said there are about 2(0,000 rebuilt machines available to meet the brisk consumer demand resulting from wartime curtailment of new models:

WHATS CEBKIN 7

Jan. ¢ 2, 1943

Continued from Preceding Page

. Mike Morrissey Resigns—

POLICE CHIEF MIKE MORRISSEY

Architects. . named president of club. . .

Glen W. Funk has been

. Samuel C. Walker is the Garfield Republican club president. .

the Irvington Republican

. . Sam Tyndall,

resigned from the police force just before the | close of the year. . . . He's now on pension,

says he is anxious to get into some sort of © war work. . .

. Patrolman Clifford Beeker, scheduled fo succeed him, has had to postpone moving into the chief’s office. . . . Jt was discovered that under the merit law, only those of the rank of lieutenant or higher . . S50 now Patrolman Beeker will have to go through promotional ‘school and be named a lieutenant. . . . May take a month. . . . Meanwhile, Inspector Jess McMurtry will be acting chief. . Deputy Inspector Ed Helm has retired on

. pension after 36 years on the force. . . .,

. And two retired policemen have gone back . on the job. One is Harley Reed, who retired 12 years ago. . . . The other is Howard ~ L. Sanders, who quit last July and returns as 8 sergeant, www

sIt Was Moving Day— . FRIDAY WAS moving day at the court house and city hall.

+ « » General Tyndall was sworn in as mayor at noon Friday. . . . Among his latest appointees were the new park board members. . + « Miss Gertrude V. Brown and Paul E, Rathert, Republicans, were reLeo C. McNamara and Jos-

+ « » « Over at the court house, most the retiring judges were busy opening privite law offices. . « « Jim Bradford is out county auditor after serving since . the . . » In one of his

Ralph FP. Moore, auditor-elect, should take office Jan. 1 instead of a year later. . . . f Ofio Petit has hamed Herman hoff, former police chief, as chief jailer. , . Stanton S. Montague is to be chief ty sheriff. Mrs. Montague will be safety or, and Walter Davis, turnkey.

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kpot for the Axis— ONE OF THE LAST acts by Al Feeney sheriff was to smash 38 confiscated slob and turn them into scrap metal + More bombs for the axis: , , . There’s pality sketch of Marmon-Herrington’s

W. Herrington in the January Coro.

magazine. . . . John R. Kelley has been 1 president of the Indiana Society of

son of the mayor, has been promoted to public relations manager for the CurtissWright Corp. propeller division.

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Loses Liberty Papers— HOME ON FURLOUGH from the naval

base at Kingsville, Tex., Painter 3/c¢c Robert .

Atkins (657 W. 30th) had the misfortune to

+ lose his wallet. . . . In it were his liberty

cards. . . . Tough luck, sailor. . . . Herbert Lee Fulmer, a fire department lieutenant and son of the fire chief, has a leave of absence to enter the navy. . . . Garnet DeBaun, who worked at Kingan’s before joining the navy, has been awarded the navy and marine corps medal for rescuing an injured shipmate on a sinking ship. . . . The home folks have received word that Pfc. Harold Goodwin, of the marines, is being treated at a navy hospital in San Francisco for “minor injuries received in combat on the Pacific front.

w ww The Mail Bag—

MRS. FLOYD C. OLDHAM writes us that her son, Lieut. Leon Oldham, soriewhere in the southwest Pacific, asks her to “keep sending What's Cookin’ for it’s truly a letter from home.” . . . His twin brother, Leo, recently was promoted to captain, at Camp

~ Swift, Tex. . . . Corp.-Robert E. Nickey

writes home from Camp Santa inita, Cal. that he has seei most of the celebrated stars and glimmer-glammer gals of Hollywood. . . , But he concludes that he could pick out more betier lookers in 30 minutes back home on monument circle than he’s seen out there in 30 days. And that’s no kidding, folks.

> M .M. 2/e Louis J. Schumacher, of the Sea

Bees, writes from Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Va., that he’s lost his address book and wishes his friends would write. .| . . Wish

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Photographer’s Mate Edward C. Fulke reports he’s been stationed at the publi relations office at the Ft. Sumter hotel, (Charleston, 8. C., as photographer, writer and publicist. c. /George Wood, down at Camp

_ Carrabelle, Fla., writes that he enjoys What's:

' Cookin’ so much that he thinks we ought

to commend publicly Miss Virgisiia Adams ,

for sending it to him. . . . He mails it on to a pal at San Antonio, Tex. . . . Well, the best of Juck to all of you, fellows, and we'll be. seing you Bex. Week Wha. itu atest in “What's Cookin’.”

Satirp. contents copyrighied, 1303, L.. Strauss & Ov, Ine.

STRALSS & co.,

ic. THE MANS STORE

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INSIST NUTT CLEAN HOUSE

Demand Reorganization * Of USES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).— A coalition of house and senate members investigating the war program has assured Manpower Chairman Paul ‘V. McNutt of co-operation in the new congress providing he conducts a.‘thorough housecleaning” of the U. S. employment service to remove incompetent personnel, it was learned today. The group, composed of members of the house defense migration committee and senate labor subcommittee on manpower, made it clear that the gesture does not imply a cessation of efforts to set up an overall office of war mobilization. Rep. John M. Tolan (D. Cal), chairman of the defense migration committee, said he will submit a new omnibus bill covering the top recommendations of his group early in the 78th congress. A similar measure submitted to the last congress died in the house military affairs committee.

Final Report Drafted

By the time congress convenes Wednesday, the Tolan committee hopes to have completed its final report on defense migrition, a document calculated to add weight to the congressman’s legislative proposal and show how the existing manpower organization could fit into a blanket administration of war agencies. On this basis, the coalition is ready to co-operate with the manpower commission under the new alignment of agencies set up by President Roosevelt's executive order. In several conferences between Mr. McNutt coalition, emphasis was placed on the need for an exhaustive shakeup in the employment service personnel, it was learned. The legislators are said to have argued that it would be impossible for them to get the war manpower commission adequate appropria-

{tions unless the reorganization is {made immediately. shot The coalition’s proviso’ was based

Tolan committee in its sixth in-

| terim report, which said:

ployment service was prompted by

spirit of localism permeating its field offices was detrimental to mobilizing the nation’s whole manpower. “Today, the employment service is still composed of separate operating units which respond to state and local pressures before taking] co action in accord with national|ki manpower policies.” .

WAR BOND PARTY

BOSTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).—Nine teen couples atfended the New Year's eve celebration at the Satire room of the Hotel Fengate at $100 a pair.

special favors—a $100 war bond to

each couple. purchased $21,500 more in bonds.

FUNNY BUSINESS

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Gottschalk Says Building

Congressional Coalition to

. courts. They were sworn in yester-

and members of the|-

in part on the findings of the| with

“The nationalization of the em- ‘Lights

a recognition that the mnarrow| Results

But the management passed outu’'s. And the 33 presenti the

AT COUNTY JAILS

Inadequate for Prison Needs Here.

provements in the physical structure of the Marion county jail are urgently needed, Thurman A. Gottschalk, administrator of the state Yeliars depastment, soported yester-

The jail was inspected on Nov. 5, 1942, by Fred R. Farnam, of local institutions for the state

Sheriff Walter Davis. Stating that the building was un-

can be operated from the lobby rather than from inside the prison quarters as at present. Balcony en-

mended that mattresses replace the| Peru. straw ticks now used in the male quarters, tending , to eliminate vermin in the dormitory.. Better facilities for the segregation of prisoners with venereal diseases were suggested.

Kitchen Too Small

The kitchen was found to be too small and in need of a new floor of cement, tile or terrazzo to provide better sanitation. Although jail deputies were said fo have sufficient control over the prisoners, the report criticized the overcrowding and poor natural light in the institution. The administration was praised for its management, keeping of jail records and. checking of admissions and releases in accord with the staprte. |

FOUR NEW JUDGES STEP INTO OFFICE

Five Republicans moved _into their offices at the state house today, four as judges of the Indiana

appellate court ‘and one as clerk of the supreme and appellate

day in ceremonies at the state house. | The oat of office was administered to Judge Wilbur ‘A. Royse of Indianapolis and Judge Harry Crumpacker of Valpariso by Judge Dan C. Flanagan: of Ft. Wdiyne. Judge Harvey J. Curtis of Gary gave the oath to his successor, Judge Floyd §. Draper, and Judge Paul F. Dowell of Madison was sworn in by Judge Harry E. Nichols of the Jefferson-Switzerland circuit court. Thomas C. Williams of Jeffersonville took the oath as clerk of the supreme courts from Judge Royse.

Communiques

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 235

Yozra PACIFIC: .On Dec. 30 at 9:30 p. m,, of " “Mitchell” medium Enbres American B-25), escorted “Lightning” fighters (Lockheed P-38), was intercepted by four Japanese ‘zero’ float-planes while proceeding to attack two enemy Sa ships (or transports) in Kiska ar Two Lightning’ and ug “Zero'’' were dow the fight. The “Mitchells attacked the enemy ships uncertain restite, One of our Bombers was shot dow. Dec. 35 at Tar 2. m, U 8S medingn bom again enemy ships in gi harbor. Three hits were scored the No U. 8.

of and two hits on the her, planes were lost. UTH PACIFIC (all dates are east

s force,

longitu ongitude: 3. On Dec oy force of ‘‘MaCO! (Bell-39 field at Munda | on New

were not (B) U. S. troops on Guadalcanal island killed 20 Japanese in routine pa activities.

NAVY COMMUNIQUE NO. 236: (Issued Saturday, Jan. 2)

NORTH PACIFIC: 1. On Jan. 1, a force of *[iterany heavy bombers ’ (Consolida: nas od by -Lighinieg fighters Rockne el attacked Japanese shi har 8ix en “zeros” at~

tempted to {nterce t the Bitack and one was down, near Sant Clouds “prevented ore observation of results, No U.

planes were lost. P (All dates are east

iY ACIFIC: lone On Jan. 2 Dauntless” dive baitkels dropped bombs in vicinity Kokumbono, where Japanese ns on Guadalcanal island are believed to be located.

Dense Jung prevented observation result . B. “Marauder” medium bombers (Mar- ), racobra’’ (Bell “Lightn (Lockheed p33,

ing and k’’ (Curtiss P-40) oberg is

P-39), “Warhaw

Jlunds area of New planes returned unda ed, Be. pA or the raid were not repor

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New equipment and extensive im-

ir home. Coroner T. C. Goracze:

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Spend Hol.

Reporters, Other Other V/o

Visit Newspaper In Uniform.

in an armored 1: " he was assigned to Ft. Kno

trol levers in the two cell blocks for women be changed so that they|

Sass; ak. the naval svation |

Another ex-Times adie: is

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Voyl joined the army about two ago. Before he took over the job

class petty officer at the nuva cruiting station at Vinceniie: has been in the service about months. Shields Is Veteran Veteran of the group which aged to get back to Indiana;c Christmas is Capt. Homer E, St previously district supervisor the circulation department. Shields left almost three year with the Indiana national gi which he was a lieutenant. he’s with a quartermaster’s at’ Camp Shelby, Miss. His Virginia, and his son, Tim, are him in Mississippi. Eggert left the sports staff of Times a couple of weeks ago fi Harrison, where he’s serving i public relations office. A ate of Butler university, he’s son of Mr. and Mrs. H= Eggert, 1518 S. East st.

SAILOR’S ‘GRUDGE LEADS TO ARRES ; ms NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (U. P.) -- Po= lice called the federal bureau vestigation today into the ci Burton Houk, 18, who workec | a grudge against the governme passing manifest sheets shipping company among the trons of a restaurant. He pleaded guilty to disor er conduct yesterday, and Magis ¢ Henry A. Soffer told him tha would be sentenced after he h been further investigated. =< called him a “seventh column Corp. Charles Newbert, a nu

on furlough, signed the comp! : | Houk, “when cautioned by déno: or

four

ANfor >ids, for apt. 280 in Now 1cfit vife, vith

The he due-

the nan

ora became abusive, said he ha

grudge against the government - spat upon deponent’s uniform,” complaint continued. Houk told Soffer he had grudge against the government i self, but felt the navy had g him a dirty deal when it discha: 2

attacked the | him.

INVALID BURNS TO DEA’ iI SOUTH BEND, Jan. 2 (U.P Elton T. Hughes, 60, restau owner and invalid, burned to dlast night when fire swept

ant 1th his ski

[said Hughes apparently went to

trol [sleep in a chair while ‘smokiv : a

cigaret. \ REPORT PALERMO RAID ROME, Jan. 2 (Italian Broad st Recorded by U. P. in New York — A high command communique id d| today that allied planes ra ied Palermo, chief axis base in &i ly, during the night but damay:e as not heavy. Six persons are kn wn ‘| killed and four, wounded, the c nmunigue said.

Ft.

Charles Voyles William Eggert

SEVEN INDIANA MEN ARE KILLED IN ACTION

Seven' Indiana men were included in the casualty list announced today by the war department in Washington. Killed in action (the next of kin in parentheses): In Africa:

Pic. Eugene 8. Bricker (Mrs. Grace Jones, mother, R. R. 5, Elwood). Sergt. William T. Butts (William

"| T. Butts, father, 319 Chandler st.

Evansville). Pfc. Victor C. Butz (Joseph Butz, father, R. R. 2, Greensburg). Staff Sergt. James E. Holcomb (Mrs. Cecil Holcomb, ‘mother, R. R. 1, Peru). Corp. Billy S. Layton (Mrs. Lucille Layton, wife, box 234, Summit-

| ville).

Pvt. John S. Miller (Mrs. Thelma I. Miller, mother, 919 Oxford. st. Elkhart). In South Pacific: Pvt. Lloyd C. Williams (Mrs. Ettie Williams, mother, R. R. 1, Rensselaer). The list included the names of 407 men killed—224 in ca, 48 in Europe, 99 in South Africa, 31 in the Southwest Pacific and. 5 at sea. sea. It was the first list of casualties in the North African’campaign.

PERU BASE BECOMES NAVAL AIR STATION

PERU, Ind, Jan. 2 (U. P)—

serve aviation base here has officially become the U. 8. Naval air station, according to an announcement by naval officers. They said the change was effected to streamline the administration of interior U. S. naval aviation activities ‘and that there will be no change in the present organization of the base.

FDR Calls fo In 1943-F

By UNITED PRESS The following leaders gave ii messages on the occasion of start of a new year: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (a press conference)—The unite | tions have a three-fold task ah: at the start of 1943. “Pirst, to pr on with the massed forces 0! f humanity till the present Lian assault upon civilization is co pletely crushed; second, so to the relations among netic that forces of barbarism can ne again break loose; third, 1p operate to the end that mak may enjoy in peace and in freado the unprecedented blessings vil divine providence through the po: - ress of civilization has put Ai I our reach. KING GEORGE VI OF BRITA (to President Roosevelt)—“I ard my peoples deeply appreciat: that the United States has achiev in the common cause under y¢ leadership. We feel cc fident that the recent victori:s

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runners of heavy blows whic, be sopiing yeat, they will togeth strike at he ‘enemies of elviliy: tior™” s §

3-Fold Task | itler Tries Again

Jewish brain trust, the Jewish press of America,

an equally Jewish frame work of the leadership of the Soviet Union. . + « The day will come when one of the contending parties in - this struggle will collapse. That it will not be Germany, we know.” : GEN. HENRI HONORE GIRAUD, leader of the French in North Africa—(To French troops)—*In this fight, all Prance has 71a] turned jon us. Let us never forget that millions of prisoners in Germany and France are awaiting salvation from us. As I already have said to you, we are inspired by only one aim—France and her pire. We have only one watch word —victory. ”» : GEN. SERGE INGR, Czech min-

.|ister of defense—(In broadcast to

Czech people)—“Germany’s military

"| defeat 1s sealed.. It now is only a -| matter of time. Germany has lost - her offensive war and is now on the

The name of the U. S. Naval Re-|of

Jewish broadcasting g - | 6ystems which are nothing else but

ons Committe | Out Need for Heavie Collections. “Complete conversion of \

| | materials into war supplies.”

That's one of the New Year's ri olutions which the Indiana Salv committee is hoping Hoosiers adopt—and keep. “War industries and mills find a use- for every type of ntaterial which the homes and of Indiana can produce in the committee pointed out. ; “Critically needed materials scrap iron and steel, rubber, m of all kinds, kitchen fats, silk

: | tee sums up its part this way

+ SCRAP IRON AND

gathered in 1942 still is lying in the form of hidden rails, bi and structures, old farm ms and obsolete industrial equipr To get these into war produ calls for community reso | and special effort. SCRAP METALS—War ‘ copper, brass, almuinum and other non-ferrous metals are stantly growing and local scrap ¢ lections are a valuable and essent source of supply.

use. Every scrap of rubber & be saved and turned in to the salvage depots, dealers or to ¢ Hes. * . . Cans to Be Saved

TIN CANS—Every kitchen in diana has the chance of making contribution to the winning of f war by saving and preparing cans. Cans must be rinsed, lak removed, ends cut out and firmly to be acceptable. household can goes directly to official detinning plants to p two essential war materials—tin steel. Proper preparation by bh housewife is most important. Indis aha is one of 16 states in whi Li every home is asked to produce prepared tin cans. The goal is 2 tons of tin cans per month. KITCHEN FATS—Every p kitchen and housewife also has the opportunity of making an important ‘war contribution by straining : saving waste kitchen greases. > will bring four cents per pound at the grocery and meat counters. DISCARDED HOSIERY. powder bags and other war x rials are made from discarded silk, nylon and rayon hosiery which th ho ves can deposit at the

and variety stores. Beauty pa and school girls in many places making door-to-door col Stores are authorized to ship | stockings in 100 pound lots larger, freight collect, to Supplies Corp., care of John Ryan Sons, Inc, Green Island, Y.” and to send notices of ship= ment to that address and to “Defense Supplies Corp. Sixth Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa.”

Markets Available

TOOTH PASTE TUBES—These still must be turned in at drug and toilet goods counters in

them over to the wholesale dru houses which ship them freight paid to the “Tin Salvage Institute 411 Wilson Ave. Hillside, N. J. RAQGS—All kinds of cotton, burlap, rayon, gv badly needed by war industries a may be disposed of to scrap mates

engaged in salvage work. KEYS—The ogcial key camp conducted by the paper indy was for limited duration. EH keys no picked up by paper houses may still be di to large scrap material who pay prices prevailing ferior grades of ‘brass for “Scrap and waste material maintain a market for any types of waste materials, and w local salvage committees quantities of keys, tooth tubes, hosiery, rags, and small br objects such as sockets of e light bulbs on hands,

ccumiilias

scrap off the hands of salvage o

defense.”