Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1943 — Page 1
_ VOLUME 53—NUMBER 259
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943
FORECAST: Snow, mostly light tonight and tomorrow forenoon; possibly ‘mixed with rain early tonight; colder late tonight and arrow [reno
mi Beond-ciass Matter at Pe {0i(ic8, Indianapolis, ‘Ind, Issued daily except Faniay.
War- Conscious Legisla tors Open 83d Session Without Usual Gaiety
Party Leaders Introduce Bills Houses as Serious-Minded Law Makers Seek Quick Action.
(Photo? and committee appointments, Page 3; other stories, Pages 2
and By EABL
The 83d session of the state general assembly opened here today with the membership in a serious frame of mind. There was little of the customary opening day gaiety. Most of the members have sons or other close relatives in the armed forces and these members were anxious to begin work and get the necessary business of the session transacted in less than the maximum 61 days, if possible. To demonstrate to the public that they meant what they have said concerning making this a business-like session,} party leaders introduced 16 bills in{both houses covering It is unusual to have a number of bills introdu¢ed on the opening day of the session.
their platform planks.
Both houses convened shortly after 10 a. m., with Chief Justice Frank Richman of the supreme court and Justice Dan Flanagan of the appellate court swearing in the
members of the house and :
t senate. Fespectively.
H Grant (R. Indianapolis). ator Conrad is a chief petty foi in the coast guard and Rep. Grant ‘is & private in the army. Both obtained furloughs for the session. Another senator in the army, Albert Beveridge (R. Indianapolis) could not obtain leave for the session. Leaders in both houses impressed upon thé membership the historical fact that this is the first wartime session of the state legislature since the Civil war and, said that this was no time for the usual legislative frivolities and horseplay.
“Remember the War”
Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson, presiding officer of the state senate, who himself has two sons in the armed services, told the upper house in his opening remarks that “our first obligation is to remember the war.” He said that all legislation per- | taining to war matters should come | first and that politics should be forgotten on such problems. Rep. Hobart Creighton (R. Warsaw), who was formally elected speaker of the house, told the house members that “at this particular time we certainly have a great responsibility, not only to the folks at home, but to our noble boys-and. girls who are giving their lives on battle fronts in all parts of the world.”
Opposes New Taxes
Rep. Creighton asserted ‘that this “is no time for new taxes nor is it the time for the state to take on any new obligations.” He declared that the apprOnias tions. bill should not be made a political football, that incressed appropriations would have to be provided for state institutions and that higher wages would have to be paid institutional ‘employees. The house speaker asked the legislators to make few changes in the present state governmental setup and said that as presiding
officer he would endeavor to pre-
side fairly. Rep. Creighton was nominated _ for the speakership by Rep. James Knapp (R. Hagerstown), the man he defeated for the position in the party caucus. Rep. Creighton and his Democratic opponent, Rep. Rob(Continued on Page Four)
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SKIP POLITICS IN NEW BILLS
of a strictly political nature. ‘The G. O. P. bills follow:
lieutenant governor, superintendent
point the state chairman of de-
the council; present advisory and administrative defense councils would be abolished; a $500,000 appropriation is proposed. Unemployment Compensation — Would increase the . present payments from $16 for 16 weeks to $18
of checks and permit $3 a week to be earned without impairment of benefits.
Asks Increases
Liberalization of Workmen’s Compensation—Would increase maximum weekly payments for disability from $16.50 to $18.15 and increase maximum overall benefits from $5000 to $5500. be Common School Fund Loans— Would take the counties out of the school fund loans business, liquidating all loans within a period of 20 years. Free Textbooks—Would provide for the gradual establishment of free textbooks in elementary schools, with the first texts to be purchased in 1944 when some of the present (Continued on Page Four)
SHERIFF SHIES AT FEDERAL FOOD FEES
Says Payments Must Go Into County Fund.
Sheriff Otto Petit today said it had been definitely decided that he will have nothing to do with ‘collection of fees paid for the feeding of federal prisoners in his jail,
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Some confusion was reported yesterday over the legal status of federal fees that usually had been paid directly to the sheriff for feeding federal prisoners.
Both Republican and Democratic| | steering committees today had bills; : ready for introduction on the first| roll: call, only a few of ‘which were|,
Civil Defense Council — Would}: create a new bipartisan .state war] council composed of the.governor,|:
of public instruction, attorney gen-|.. eral ‘and two citizens’ appointed by| the governor; the council would ap-|
fense to serv€'as vice chairman of |
The Neutenaot gaveinor, ahr . sion of the Indiana: senate with a solemn
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opened the house session.
The new speaker of the house, Rep. Hobart, Creighton R. Warsaw), He: was® he was one of only nine Republicans.
of the 1933 ‘session when
whose services are necessary.”
A. Deming, who said he had noticed workers’ in some jobs apparently had nothing much to' do while others - were carrying heavy work with low pay. : Scores Underpaid
“There are scores of workers who are underpaid for the work . they do,” and these must be given increases, while jobs of others must be eliminated if ‘we are going to have a government conducted effi-
The council’s action followed fhe disclosure of weaknesses in personnel setup of county offices when newly-elected | Republican officials took them over last Friday. Operations in. some of the larger offices were near collapse earlier this week when. .newly-appointed employees attempted to take over: specialized work without previous: ex-
Under a new 1941 law fees were a
taken away from the sheriff and
Council Seeks fo Prone. _ ‘Unnecessary’ County Jobs
By NOBLE REED
A SWEEBIE investigation of personnel conditions in the entire county government was ordered today by the county council. Councilmen voted to conduct an extensive survey of all jobs, “eliminating many, unnecessary posts and raising the wages of the employees
The ‘action was taken following a statement by Councilman Sherlie
ciently and economically,” Mr. Dem- | |ing said.
* |Homtelosing . their dogs in. - he.
{considered the economies in bakery
BAKERS ‘HERE. ASK "BREAD PRICE RISE
Assert Action Needed to
Save Some Dealers. By WILLIAM CRABB The Indiana Bakers’ association ‘has demanded a 10 per cent in-| crease in the price of all bakery products to prevent. almost a fifth of the independent bakery operators
next few months. h: At a special meeting this watk; the association voted to demand] the price increase—one-half cent = each pound loaf—from the office administration and the Inliana delegation in congress. Charles Ehlers, association secre-tary-manager, said the organization operation ordered by the: aopare. “negligible.”
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NAZIS EXPECT RUSSIAN DRIVE ON BLACK SEA
Soviet Thrust Carries to Within 75 Miles of Key City of Rostov.
By UNITED PRESS
Germany is expecting a Russian offensive on the Black sea coast of the north Caucasus at any hour, neutral sources in Stockholm reported today, and a Berlin radio re port said that fighting had already broken out in the Tuapse-Novoros sisk area of the coast. Informants, quoted in a Stock:
|nolm dispateh, said that it was be
lieved the Russians would attack in
.la combined land, sea and air operation, using their powerful Black
sea fleet. i Stockholm said the German posi
{tion was even more dangerous in
the coastal area than in the eastern
{area of the Caucasus because of the “[Mleet.
Recapture 23 Towns “ Another Red army drove to within
475 miles of Rostov, gateway city to the
Caucasus, today in an offensive that
{moved down from: the north and en-
| gulfed ‘the town of Bolshayaorlovka.| ____ This. victory put the Russian army ‘under - command of Col. Gen. N. F.
Sg Vatutin in position to drive toward
or to move against the im-
wn of Salsk, where the
Eb eT a the
Caucasus and Don fronts alone. ‘ Advance in Caucasus
Vatutin was now but 63 miles]; north of the railroad junction of Salsk, where the Stalingrad-Cau-casus and Salsk-Rostov railroads meet. *¢ A Russian drive southward would threaten with: encirclement the entire German force retreating down
! [the Stalingrad-Caucausus railroad.
Further, Vatutin’s army formed the southern claw of a pincers aimed at Rostov, the northern claw being in the neighborhood of Millerovo, 135 miles north of Rostov, In the Caucasus, in a ferocious night attack, the Russians stormed and captured a large inhabited place, the noon. communique said.
| They killed 600 Germans and took
200 prisoners. Ski Troops in Action
On the Middle Don front assault troops ripped intd*the German rear, smashed reinforcements still advancing foward the lines, and captured 12 anti-tank guns, four field guns and 48 trucks. They left 400 German dead on the field. South and southwest of Stalingrad, where two fronts have been merged into one, Russian infantry tore through the German defenses and captured two inhabited places in a wild fight in almost pitch darkness with bayonets and hand grenades, They killed 200 Germans. On the central front, in the area west of Rzhev, Russian ski troops went into action in a surprise attack on a German held fortified village. They broke into the village streets, killed about 300 Germans; and took some prisoners. The Russians on the northwest Stalingrad front captured 20 trenches and took prisoners during the night.
{On the War Fronts ;
(Jan. 7, 1943)
LZUSSIA—Soviet army drives to within 76. miles of Rostov; Stockholm reports Germans expect another Russian offensive on Black sea coast,
NORTH AFRICA—German counter-
attack forces British to withdraw from newly won hill positions in
Tunisia; Hitler ousts Col. Gen.|
Walther Nehring from North African command.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Allied planes blast airdromes at Lae and Gasmata for 12th straight
day: U.S. platens Jap cen 108 :
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War Discussed.
* WASHINGTON, Jans T wu. Fo A tight cordon’ ‘of -capitol and mili‘tary ‘police safeguarded . Presiden Roosevelt's. appearance before i: oint session of congress. All roads but the main driv: ‘the capitol. wére closed, and so! guards were deployed every 25 i: along that" thoroughfare. Nohoc
was admitted to the capitol through
the congressional entrances except those who produced passes aut/10rized by ‘the capitol police or ‘house and senate officials. The house convened af 11 a (Indianapo time). sentatives took their seats in - rear’ the chamber, leaving iront of the senate.
The President Arrives
The president and his: party arrived in the capitol plaza at 11:14 after the short procession of Ww Be House ‘cars had made their trip down Constitution ave. In po e| president’s party were the members
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Freedom of Want to Be Task for Nation; Views Lasting Peace and Permanent Jobs as Chief Post-War Objectives.
(Text of message, Page 1m
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (U. P.) .—President Roosevelt today delivered before a joint session of ‘congress a mailed= fist annual message promising victory—perhaps in 1944— and calling for post-war unity of our allies to disarm Gers many, Italy and Japan and to keep them disarmed. “Yes,” he said, “the Nazis and Fascists have asked g for it—and they are going to get it.” 3 He revealed that 1,500,000 American fighting men are serving outside the continental limits of the United States. The over-all armed force now numbers 7,000,000—and it is | going up. : He revealed enormous 1942 munitions production, ale though tanks and airplanes fell short of numerical goals. : And to Germany, Japan and Italy, to their peoples and
* AN their leaders he uttered the solemn Warningthe Yanks are ig ‘coming and they are full of fight.
Againstthe tirgent advice of some of his own legislative leaders the. president bluntly insisted that this new ¢on-
"ihe gress proceed fo bring about the third of the four freedoms
—freedom from want. He did not, however, present a de--tailed program.
Peace and Employment Are Aims He said he had reason to know that “our boys at the | front” are interested in two broad aims beyond winning. ‘ the war and he named them: 1. A lasting peace. 2. Permanent employment for themselves, their fame £4
“They want assurance,” he said agaist the evils of al major economic hazards-—assurance that will extend from the cradle to the grave. This great government can and must provide this assurance. -“I have been told that this is no time to speak of a better America after the war. I am told this is a grave error on my # ‘part. “I dissent. “If the security of the individual citizen, or the family, should become a subject of national debate, the country, knows where I stand. Mr. Roosevelt’s assurance of victory was absolute and | unqualified. His judgment on the time was more cautious.
Advance Toward Enemy Capitals “I do not prophesy when this war will end,” he said.
Samuel I. Roseman of New York. «put do believe that this year of 1943 will give to the united | :
and Robert E. Sherwood, overseas
director of the office of war ivfor-
mation, both of whom assisted in preparation of the president’s address; Crown Princess Marthe of | Norway and Mrs. Roosevelt. At 11:19, Vice President Henry A. Wallace and ‘members of the senate entered the chamber. The senate had convened in its own chauier| at 11 a. m. It adopted a resolufion authorizing the swearing in at home, of Senator Carter Glass (D. Va.) He is ill at Lynchburg, Va. At 11:23 members of the:diplo-|
matic corps entered the chaypier|
and took reserved front row scals The British ambassador, Lore Eiali(Continued on Page Five ve)
FOR ADMITS RULES CAN BE NUISANCES
Defends Capital as a City!
0f Fighting Madness.
nations a very substantial advance along the roads that lead to Berlin and Rome and Tokyo. “I tell you that it is within the realm of possibility that | this 78th congress may have the historic privilege of helping greatly to save the world from fear.” By freedom from fear, Mr. Roosevelt meant assurance Lo the world that it would not again be subject to further | aggression by the axis or by any other; that before this. congress ends sometime in December of 1944 the business of ‘disarming the axis and keeping it disarmed may well be under way. The axis powers knew they must win the war in 1 and having failed, he said, they must eventually lose every (Continued on Page Five)
['43 to Bring Advances on Way to Berlin, Rome, Tokyo
WASHINGTON, | Roosevelt’s annual message to congress The state of the nation 1s good—the heart of this nation is sound =
Jan. 7 (U. P).—Punch lines from President
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (U. B.).--
President Roosevelt agreed in his
annual address fo corgress today
that there are “burdensome ov.
bir smn 868 Lest sear, we. to) At. we intel fo advance.