Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1943 — Page 1
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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 257
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943
‘Board of Safety Unanimously Appoints Beeker Police Chief
Acts on Letter From Sidney Miller, New City Corporation Counsel, Calling Elevation To Top Rank Entirely Legal.
Clifford Beeker was appointed chief of police by the Indianapolis safety board effective at 10:30 a. m. today. The appointment, made possible by’ a recasting of the police merit system regulations, was made without any
, member of the safety board uttering anything other than
“Congratulations, Mr. Beeker,” said Mayor Tyndall as the board voted
in the new chief,
ge:
par Remy,” said Paul Robertson (left), “are you in complete concurrence with this appeintment?”
“Thanks,” said the new
chief,
“Yes, I am,” answered William Remy, president of the safety board
should select his own chief.”
1943 TRAFFIC TOLL ~ HERE RAISED TO 5 2 Fut Victims;
Driver Arrested.
- Marion county's traffic death toll for - -1043 rose to five today with the deaths of two more persons injured in accidents. George -H. Carrigan, 7, of - 1026 Collier: st, was killed just west of the city limits at Washington st. and Luett ave., shortly after mid{night today when he was. struck by a car as he walked east on Washington st. Police believed Mr. Carrigan had: just ‘alighted from a streetcar. The driver of the car was William J. Curtin, 42, 2932 College ave. who also was traveling east on Wash-
"Dies of Injuries The body of Mr. Carrigan was
taken to the city morgue and later
to the Beanblossom funeral parlors. He is survived by his wife, Anna; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Kaney, Mrs. Katherine Dunean and Mrs, Dorothy James; four stepchildien, Elmer Jones, Emery Jones, William Jones and Miss Irene Duncan, and a brother, Frank, all of Indianapolis. - “Charles E. Ritter, an employee of the - American Can Co. died last night in City hospital of injuries received -when he was struck by a , ear at ‘Bast and Washington sts. Saturday night. He was 59 and lived at 2815 Meredith ave. Gilbert Stambro, 3715 N. Temple {Continued on Page Five)
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Smiley Chambers (right), Democratic member of the board, seconded the motion to make Mr. Beeker chief and was the first to congratulate him.
New Officials Find It Tough Using New Help in the Rough
By NOBLE REED Difficulties encotintered by newly inaugurated Republican officials, in ‘operating their offices with new personnel this week, revived discussions ‘today on the need for some kind of civil service system for county and
city employees.
In some departments where mass production of specialized work is required, operations were near collapse yesterday and today despite
the reappointment of some Demo- | cratic workers to “train” new Republican appointees. The training, however, was sketchy in most instances, since
‘Democratic - workers, persuaded to
stay on their jobs, naturally showed little or no incentive ‘to teach their political opponents to take over their * jobs. .nearly every office where extensive government operation must be maintained without interruption, Democratic workers, who have been trained in their jobs over a period of 10 or 12 years, ran the whole show. And they obviously didn’t like. it. “I can’t get any work done and teach two or three others how it’s done,” said one Democratic worker as she gestured hopeless ‘confusion. Some said they were quitting. - Many newly appointed Republican clerks sat around yesterday doing nothing while” waiting on somenhne
to show them what to do.
Many Are Pensioners
Many of the court house. jobs were filled by older men and women, some of whom had no previous experience in government office work. Many of them were retired pensioners. Advocates of civil service for local government employees argued that the system could be installed without endangering the two-party system of government, - © They contended that civil -service for employees would in no way in-
terfere. with - the general policy-
making rights of elected officials and their administrative assistants. Of course, professional politicians have in the-past and always can be expected to oppose bitterly in the future any merit plan for local government jobs.
They contend that job patronage is the very life’ blood of any. political tion. , civil service advocates
maintain {ha the reduction of job
patronage would work fairly for both sides since neither “could |b
formal comments. William Remy, president of the board, called the meeting to order. Acting Chief Jesse McMurtry submitted “evidence” to prove that Mr. Beeker was eligible for a lieutenant’s ranking and informed the board that the promotion to a lieutenancy had been approved by the police promotion board. Mr. McMurtry then submitted his resignation as chief and the board declared the post vacant. Mr. Remy proceeded to read a letter from Mayor Tyndall asking “Lieutenant Beeker’s appointment as chief” and followed this with a letter from Sidney Miller, city corporation counsel, which gave the opinion that the appointment
(center). ““The mayor certainly
FORD PLANT STRIKE JOINED BY 15,000 Army’s Production Chief Fears for Situation. DETROIT, Jan. 5 (U. P.).—An|
unauthorized strike at the River|
Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. spread to an estimated 15,000 workers today as an army officer expressed fear the situation was “growing more serious by - the hour.” A company spokesman eviilnated that 8470 day shift workers had ‘been’ idle in addition to 6000 forced to lay down. their tools last night when ‘maintenance workers. in several buildings walked out to protest the company’s: reorganization of maintenance crews. Col. George E. Strong, plant protection chief for the army air forces, estimated that 30,000 manhours of work were lost last night and that another 80,000 would be lost today. Strong said units affected by the stoppage included four foundries, a machine shop, the power plant and the motor building. : At the same time, the Chrysler Corp. disclosed that the tank engine assembly ‘line at its Jefferson plant had resumed work affer a 12-hour shutdown resulting from a strike of more than 400 tank engine testers.
HELD FOR GOLD SMUGGLING "BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan.5 (U. P).
—Sam Stein, 46, Detroit, and Mich-|
.ael C. Minneci, 39, Buffalo, were indicted by the federal grand Jury est yin _connection with the seizure by U. §. customs officials
was entirely legal. . The motion for Mr. Beeker’s appointment was made by Paul Robertson and seconded by Smiley Chambers, the Democratic appointee on the board. Mr. Beeker than was declared chief as of 10:30 a. m. by unanimous vote. . Chief Beeker, sitting at the table with the board, smiled broadly and
| gestured his approval.
Mr. Chambers was the first to offer his congraiyiations to the new
{ chief.
“The, appointment followed several
Fs days of confusion. Mr. Beeker orig-
hs navy
was designated to take office n. 1.
Was Termed ' Ineligible
ph: a pale anno Acement 3 effect that Mr. Beeker was not eligible under the merit law to become a lieutenant and that “the law would be: observed.” The board announced that Mr. Beeker . would attend a school for lieutenants. Inspector McMurtry was appointed acting chief by Mayor Tyndall and Mr. Remy announced that Mr. Beeker would not become chief “for about a month.” Then, on Saturday, the new police promotion board met and City Cor--poration Counsel Miller announced that the board had promoted Mr. Beeker to a lieutenancy, At that time, Acting Chief McMurtry said this action was “not to his knowledge,” and Mr. Miller said angrily: “Why does he say a thing like that? He was at the meeting.” Claims He Misunderstood
Yesterday, Chief McMurtry said he had “misunderstood” what reporters asked him, that he thought they had asked “if we had named him chief.” There were reports yesterday. that a motion would be made in city council last night to recommend that the legislature change’, the merit law, but today city hall workers said Mr. Miller had taken this step under advisement. The safety board formally voted Capt. Donald Tooley to the post of inspector, named Mr. McMurtry to be chief of detectives and reduced former Detective Chief Fred Simon to a detective captain. The safety board also formally reappointed Harry Fulmer as chief of the Indianapolis fire department.
NEIGHBOR'S TWINS ‘SAVE’ DONNELLY
Date of Celebration Blocks Extradition. -
A home-coming celebration for newly arrived twin girls was the chief reason for the denial today by Governor Schricker of the request of Massachusetts authorities for the extradition of Stewart Donnelly, internationally-known confidence man, in connection with an alleged $15, 000 race horse swindle. Several neighbors who live in the same apartment house as Mr. Donnelly at 1450 College ave. told the governor that Mr. Donnelly was present at a party held in fhe apartment of Mr. and Mrs, Henry ‘Bowsher on last May 29 when Shey brought their twin daughters, St iey Dean and Sylvia Kay, ome from St. Vincent’s hospital. This was the day Mrs. Etta. M. Washburn, Lakeville, Mass., who (Continued on Page Five)
FIRE CAUSES $2000 LOSS «Damage - estimated at $2000 was. caused today to the residence of
Norman Brennan, 5450 Crawfords-
last Sept. R50 19, rounds of gold
{of white women.
I. SUB SAVES 29 FROM ISLE, RULED BY IAPS
Sneaks Into Shallow Water And Rescues Refugees
Under Foe’s Nose.
By H. E, L. PRIDAY United Press Staff Correspondent A SOUTH PACIFIC BASE, Jan. 5.—A United States submarine, racing against time, carried out a daring night operation in rescuing 29 persons, mostly missionaries, from a Japanese-held island of the Solomons group, it was disclosed today. Admiral William . F. Halsey’s headquarters disclosed the exploit and said 17 of those rescued were women in imminent danger of mistreatment or death. Three more were children. Admiral Halsey’s headquarters said the operation, one of the most daring of the Pacific, involved dstaching a submarine of the Pacific fleet from normal activities of sinking Japanese ships and sending it into shallow water to effect the rescue, under the noses of the Japanese. Whites Flee to Jungle
The information arrived late in
December that the party had been| unable to evacuate the island when|
the Japanese occupied it last spring, the headquarters announcement said. The party’s capture by several hundred Jap troops was threatened when the Japs heard of the presence
Two enemy raids already had sent the white people to the jungle protection of the inland for safety, the announcement said. The navy had two methods of rescue to choose from: The submersible or airplane. The submarine was divsen jover the plane and it put out for the island, guided by radio messages to| which it could not reply lest it disbo
ders were. issued to the sub’s com= mander.
Take Refugees Aboard
Actually the submarine reached the predetermined rendezvous on schedule and stood in close to shore. Following a predesignated signal, the refugees went aboard. ‘The navy disclosed that had the plan failed, a second attempt would have been made the next night. A second venture may have had tragic ‘consequences for the morning after the submarine and its refugees departed a large Jap force landed.
IAPS’ NEW PLANES SUPERIOR TO ZEROS
Fighters Used Over China, U. 8. Officer Reports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (U. P.;.— The Japanese are using two new fighters over China that are superior to the zero type, Maj. David L. “Tex” Hill revealed at a piess conference today. ‘One is the 97-2, which is similar in appearance to the German Messerschmitt 109 except it is aircooled. It has an indicated speed of 230 miles per hour, approximately 20 miles faster than the old zero. Actual speeds at certain favorable levels will exceed the indicated speed by about 50 miles an hour. The other is the twin-motored I-45, which is similar in appearance to the Messerschmitt 110 except it also is air-cooled.
'Four Freedoms’
Stamp Due Feb. 12
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (U. P). Postmaster Frank C. Walker last night announced a new green 1 cent “four freedoms” stamp will go on sale Jeb, 12—Lincoln’s birthday. The issue will replace the 1 cent defense stamp and will have the wording “freedom of speech and religion, from want and fear.” A united nations stamp will be placed onsale Jan. 16. °
BINGO! BINGO!
PATERSON, N.,J., Jan. 5 (U.P). --Mrs. Veronica Dersch, 39, had not fared well at a bingo game and was gloomily ' walking home. A little man, holding one hand in his over-
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later by U. S. torpedo boats we able to get through. He said that two of the destioye were damaged severely by the ¢ forces, and that three others we damaged by the PT-boats. He sa the Japs succeeded in dumpi: drums of supplies into the water the hope that they would flua astiore, but that the next morni
these drums were. sunk by “our =
power and PT-boats.” Concerning the reports from Au tralia that a large concentratic of Japanese warships and tran ports has been detected at Rab:u New Britain, apparently prepari for an all-out attack on Guacs canal, Mr. Knox said that
Signs of Impe: Attack
By EDWAE United Press =
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Signs of i increased today. Allied North African headqu= had reconnoitered in force around Tunis, without meeting effective © This might indicate that the : before making a quick stab to th sea between Tunis and Bizerte. . The Germans attacked arour ouk-El-Aouared, 55 miles soutl of the port of Sousse, mel
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud’s hes
quarters announced that the Ge: ‘mans. attacked Sunday with 20 1 30 tanks. For a time, the situatio was precarious, the enemy havin surrounded allied defenses.
Then French forces, Americ:
fighter planes and bombers and tan destroyer forces — presumably tb heavy guns mounted on tracic treads that had spread havoc amon the Afrika Korps armored forces i Egypt ané Libya—smashed- into th axis tanks.
The enemy’s losses were hea;
Gen, Giraud reported. They wei:
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Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said ition goes there -have been no Jap i ypHEs Ton" arin
“onference that none of the 10 de'd Guadalcanal and intercepted last
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navy’'s information here gave no credence to such reports. A little later the navy issued a communique announcing that U. S. forces on Guadalcanal have gained new ground positions and killed 170 more Japanese, while American air forces operating from Henderson field executed ancther series of air attacks on the new Japanese base in the Munda area of the New . (Georgia islands in the Solomons. Mr. Knox discounted a published report, claimed to have been passed by the censor, that the allied nadons were losing approximately 1,000,000 tons of shipping a month oy submarines. “That figure is definitely wrong,”
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pending big-scale fighting in Tunisia
ters announced that armored forces Medjez-El-Bab, 27 miles southwest of ery opposition. lies were feeling out enemy positions 2 ” »
On the War Fronts
(Jan. 5, 1943)
| RUSSIA—Red army’s Caucasus offensive smashes German counterattacks in three-way drive toward Rostov. Stockholm sources report - Nazis withdrawing behind Dor.
TUNISIA—Patrol activity near Medjez-El-Bab hints major action is near. Severe sandstorms hamper wetion in Libya.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC—No Japanese supplies landed on Guadalcanal, Knox says. Allies clean out last Japanese pocket near Buna
AJR FRONT-—R. A. F. bombs Ruhr for second successive night.
| (U. S. Communigues, Page Three)
sar of Nazi Straight Night
n’s heavy bombing planes, developir force, bombed the Ruhr, heart of | straight night last night. : ack, in which it was estimated that
“residential hulldings” ana “small |
ot down 3 German fighter planes
St oildhiolin 823 Says Nazis Already Drawing - Back to Don.
(War Moves Today, Page 20) fo: : By UNITED PRESS : From | allied, neutral and
indications that the next few weeks might be the most crucial of the war for Nazi Germany.
British Labor Minister Ernest Bevin said that German armies in Russia were in jeopardy and that
before many weeks Adolf Hitler would be faced with his greatesy disaster.
7”) Neutral sources in Sweden ex- : 4w pressed the opinion that the: Germans were planning a general withdrawal from the north Caucasus and said a large part of the Gers man army already had retired be-. nind the lower Don river.
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Dispatches from Bern, Switzer:
<7 land, made it evident that the
their growing anxiety at the cours the Russian offensive is taking.
4 German counter-offensives on three southern fronts and resumed’ its offensive which threatened tg. split the German : forces: guarding the road to Rostov at the Don's mouth. ¢ Bevin, a key Rn of the Brit: jsh war cabinet, made his speech at a government training center. He said he hoped the allies would bes fore long be able to bring their whole power into force against on axis and urged his Listeners to take the attitude that 1943 offers a chance to get in a knockout against the Germans. : The Stockholm sources said that one of the reasons for the recent removal of Gen. Fritz Halder as chief of staff of the German hight command was his insistence that the German troops be withdrawn’ from the Caucasus for the winter. = Hitler overruled him and removed him, but it was said that now Gen, Kurt Zeitzler, Halder’s successor, would have to carry out the orig inal plans at least in part, use of unexpectedly heavy Russian pres« sure and increasing supply’ ifs culties. .
Berlin Grows Worried
Berlin spokesmen meanwhile were bluntly admitting, Bern reported, © that the Russians have su in men and materiel. They were even conceding the umeral ‘$uperiority of the Red air force. ‘ Naturally, the Berlin complaints did not forget the weather, al=though the confession that the Russian soldier, from ¢ physical viewpoint, is better able to endure cold than the Germans, is new, : Finally, mention is made of the: inevitable “difficulties of the terrain.” : One Bern story commented, “the : bad workman is blaming his tools.”
Russ K. O. Nazi Tanks
Moscow dispatches reported tha German tanks and infantry were thrown into the counter-attacks on the Caucasus, middle Don and southwest Stalingrad fronts yester< day as axis forces attempted . to break the ring that is closing con= stantly tighter around them. * In the Caucasus, Russian artillery knocked out eight enemy tanks and then, in hand-to-hand fighting; Red army men drove the German infantry from its position. hot A special communique recorded another major Russian victory when the Red army captured Chernyshkovsky and the adjoining railroad station of Chernyshkov, 100 miles west of Stalingrad. Seventeen grounded airplanes, 500,000 airplane bombs and 2,000,000 artiliery shells were among the booty.
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PRIORITY BAN PLACED ON GOSHEN COMPANY
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 (U. P.).—A" day priority ban was in effect day,6 against the Superior Co Corp. of Goshen, Ind., as the res of investigation by the war prod tion board of charges that two con
pany officials ‘placed priority:
tires on their personal cars, -
'DINKEY HEADS EXCHANGE "PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 (U. P) Charles E. Dinkey Jr. was e president of the Pittsburgh
Sachalige at the. annual,
even axis sources today came =
there was no doubt in his mind that °
Nazi leaders are no longer able to '| conceal from the German peoplé
The Russian army smashed