Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1943 — Page 1
HOWARD
VOLUME 53—NUMBER 262
FORECAST: Somewhat colder tonight and Tuesday forenoon.
FDR BUDGET
Rutledge Named
essential to win the war.
The strategy in global war is not solely a military question. In total
war between great nations the home as the military front.
which weakened her army. France
front in the third year of that war had it not been for American support
to the civilian population. There have been explosions of Western civilization into world wars before but total war was new in 1914. Great nations in total war, in addition to military forces, now pit against each other their total resources, the total emotions, the skill, the sacrifice, the work of every adult civilian. It becomes a contest of strength, spirit ua and endurance of : civilians against Mr. Heover civilians, as well as between armies and navies. Today the only limitation on the size of the military forces is- the number of men who I ‘can be spared from the two jobs * of producing arms and supplies for
the ‘front “the military front ate keeping
civil population’
~ And total war is not algne-com-}-
bat between armed men. It {sig
war between armed men and civil-| ians. Since the last t $otal War thel
jmp ‘airplane and submarine ensely. increased the powpg meen gi mi populations and their war efforts.
Enemy still Powerful
_ The improved submarine through its intensified - sinking of ships increases the power of blockade; the plane ‘works to ‘relieve and intensify it. ‘The improved ‘plane and the improved tank have increased the power of land offensive and mage ‘the blitz possible. On’ the other hand, the airplane has’ immensely “increased the power of defense against invasion by sea, making it : practically impregnable if the sea is wide enough or there are landbased planes enough. And the radio has increased the power of propa-
ganda. The united nations have now closed iron rings around the European and the Asiatic axis. But both of them still have tremendous powers of defense through their powerful armies with interior lines of communication and their air and submarine protection. from over-
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CLAIMS. PLANE SCORE 104-18 IN OUR FAVOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U. PJ. ' =Lieut. Col. Carl Norcross, member of the staff of the eighth army air forces, said today that in 23 consecutive missions by American bomber crews over enemy-held Europe, 104 Germans were shot down, 108 were probably destroyed and 117 damaged. Only 18 American planes were lost in those engagements, he reMorale in American pilot groups continues to be of the best, he reported, despite earlier speculation about the ‘alleged superiority of Focke-Wulf 190 and Messer_schmitt 109G planes.
Can We Take 1? Healthy Home Front “Essential, Hoover Says
War a Race of Exhaustion—Can We Outlast The Germans and the Japs?
By HERBERT HOOVER
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (U. P.).—So important is the home front of the enemy in its bearing on our military strategy that by its correct or incorrect appraisal the lives of hundreds of thousands of American boys miglit be saved or lost. And healthy home fronts in the united nations are
Wars can be lost or won on the home front. Germany lost the last war by exhaustion and collapse of the home front
‘county board whom to appoint. .. .
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front is, in many ways, as important
would have coliapsed on the home
HOOVER WRITES SIX ARTICLES—
Mr. Hoover presents, at our request, in a series of six articles of which this is the first, an. appraisal of the global strategy of the war as it is af-| fected -by the home fronts, foreign and domestic, in the trying months ahead. Probably no living man has so wide and intimate knowledge J of the political and econoinic conditions, both normal and wartime, of the nations involved in world war II, as former President Herbert Hoover. Drawing upon a vast fund of knowledge-governmental, economic and military—obtained 4 irom his years of world travel
from his organizing ‘and ad- | ministration : of - Belgian relief ge States food ads Lode bol from Mis ‘experi‘ence. as the ra dictator of | continental 'Burope after the | 1918 armistice, and from his. eight years as. secretary of; commerce and four: as president and commander-in-chief. And in this appraisal he has had military advice upon purely military matters. — Editor's Note.
DELAY FOREGAST ON NEW WELFARE CHIEF
Feeney Says Appointment Won’t Come Today.
The Marion county welfare board will meet this afternoon, but the board will not appoint a new director, Al G. Feeney, a board member, said today. Mr. Feeney said the board woyld not discuss the possibility of making former Juvenile Court Judge Wilfred Bradshaw the director. On Saturday, Judge Earl R. Cox told one newspaper that Mr. Bradshaw was being considered for the director. Mr. Bradshaw said simply he would accept the pest if it were offered him. Mr. Feeney issued a statement immediately declaring he would not vote for Mr. Bradshaw. “I am not and will not be a party,” he said, “to any plan to place anyone in the county welfare department as director unless the law is followed to the letter for there has already been too much local twisting of the merit law to suit the whims of those whe would circumvent what is left o the merit system. “Then, too, I am unaware of any authority possessed by any judge either to select a director or tell the
I have never yet become a tool, and do not intend to become one.”
FLYNN IS GIVEN NOMINATION AS ROVING ENVOY
Former Hoosier Student and School Teacher Chosen “For Byrnes Post.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U. P.) .—President Roosevelt today nominated Wiley Blount
tice of the U. S. court of appeals for the District of Columbia, to succeed James F. Byrnes as associate justice of supreme court.
At the same time the president!
nominated former Senator Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan to be price
administrator, succeeding Leon Hen-|"
derson.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Edward J. Flynn was]
nominated to be minister to Australia. Mr. Flynn will succeed Nel-
tire.
All three of these nominations|
had been generally expected. Mr, Roosevelt former Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma to be a member of the civil
aeronautics board. Mr. Lee was de-| :
feated for re-election in November, Flynn Is ‘Personal Ambassador’
Senator Brown, also’ defested in| 3 November for re-election by Judge :
#8 an engineer prior to 1934, | |publican,
Rutledge, now associate jus-|:
son T. Johnson, who plans to re- J
also nominated |
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943
FDR Choices
"Wiley B. Rutledge |
-{month. : Mr.: Henderson:- Dias, = oes y
. Mr. Hn. who. pecane. 5.
{ot ‘the Democratie party
party ‘organiza tion for the third-ferm campaign in
1940, was named minister-to. Austra- 2
lia, but Mr. Roosevelt also. gave him the rank of personal “ambassador.” Explaining this unusual rank for ‘Mr, Flynn, the president in a. letter:
dated Jan. 8 told Mr. Flynn he was}: being given the dual role “because in the very large area of the South} west Pacific, I want to feel free toi: avail myself of your services in vari- |’ ous other forms of activity, over} and above your duties as minister.” |:
Rutledge Lived in Indiana
The Democratic committee will meet on Jan. 18 to elect Mr. Flynn's
successor, expected to. be Postmaster
General Frank C. "Walker.
radio university law schools.
Colo.
and the University of Iowa. He has been on the appeals court since 1939, : Explain ‘Premaiure’ Talk
Mr. Flynn first announced his new job in New York Friday. The White House said the premature disclosure was because a White House official told Mr. Flynn “erroneously that the president was sending his nomination to the: Senate Friday.” : Mr. Roosevelt's Flynn -follows: “Dear Eddie: “I am sending your nomination to: the senate: on Monday as minister to Australia. - | “In addition, I am appointing you my personal representative with the rank of ambassador. I do so because in the very large area of the Southwest Pacific, I want to feel free to avail myself of your
Judge Cox said simply that he had “no comment at this time.”
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Inside Indpls. g|spot of Indiana ave. night life, was Tone Jordan. 1aissued today by Special Judge ClarMillett ....... 10 The padlock order followed a plea 13/of guilty entered by Sea Ferguson,
51 not. guilty 10 the nuisance charge t ojagainst his place which was closed 10/by temporary . 10) tus, 3 11, 12{sulted in
An injunction, closing permanent: ly the Cotton club, once the bright
, to charges that the club nuisance.
injunction few days after a riot re-
his a
Cotton Club Closed for Good:
Nuisance, Ferguson Admits
last] ‘the wounding of two|t)
admitted the Judge Weir fined Ferguson: $100 and’ costs in addition to the padlock order which will prevent the building from being used as a cafe. The injunction order, however,
withdrew- the not guilty plea. and charges,
Judge ‘Rutledge is 48 years of}. age and is a native of -Cloverport,} Ky. He studied at Maryville col-}' lege, Tenn., the ‘University of 'Wis-}« consin and’ the ‘Indiana and Colo-}" . Hel? has taught at high schools in}¢ Bloomington and Connersville, Ind.,]. Albuquerque, N. M., .and Boulder, He was on the law school|s faculties at Colorado university,|Washington university.of St. Louis|:
letter to Mr.}
YANK. FORCES MAKE GUADALCANAL GAINS
Advance - Slightly After ~Air-Artillery . Barrages. ". WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U. P.) — American - forces: on Guadalcanal have attacked enemy positions on the ground and from the air and have scored small advances, the navy announced today. A series of actions on Sunday began when U.S. artillery laid down a barrage on Japanese positions,’ a communique said.
f jcobra fighters next bombed and strafed the enemy areas. Then U,
Enweak.
The Church Denominational ex-]
Pormitied We We of ths hulliingjecutives of Indiana in a meeting).
for other purposes. It was Te-|
“| House only at breakfast. “| Eleanor. Roosevelt told a press con-
butter substitute: in. cooking meals ‘Jother than’ breakfast. Not even a {butter substitute. 'is put on White| ‘tHouse tables for lunch or dinner, |Mrs. Roosevelt said. *
Dauntless dive bombers and Aira-|
tm Tian to the advances wa
CHURCH GROUP ASKS 1
MNUTT SEES EARLY RATION OF MANPOWER
Move Necessary to Halt Hoarding of Skilled Labor, He Says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U. P) —
{| Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the
war manpower - commission today
! [told a press conference that man-
power soon must be rationed to correct unbalanced conditions in labor-shortage areas. He said that this must be done to bring an end to hoarding of work-
‘lers by employers of skilled labor in _| anticipation of contracts for in- .| creased production.
“There's been more of it (hoarding) than I like,” McNutt said. “It’s
Ja very human trait.”
Withholds Details
He said, however, that employers were “realizing more and more that we need all the manpower we have and that hoarding is going to upset the schedule of production.” McNutt said that the plan to ration skilled laborers among war in-
“| dustries in. shortage areas was - | being carefully worked out. He de-
clined to disclose the details. He also said that he ‘was making
| considerable progress in persuading ; {the various armed forces to stand-
one of the things which is delaying!
institution of his Blan. + for ge
centers which
Butler now: Is ‘serve:at the: White
ference today.
The White ‘House : cook uses a
“The White House ran: out of
imeat over the week-end. A: turkey
which -arrived late for Christmas
‘|saved the day.
“We have only one cup of coffee in the morning, and tea for lunch,” Mrs. Roosevelt added.
On the War Fronts
(Jan. 11, 1943)
RUSSIA Soviet armies continue advance in Caucasus, seizing 17 “villages in addition to 43 seized earlier in week-end.
NORTH AFRICA — Rommel establishing two defense lines to halt British march toward Tripoli. Air activity intensified. =
BURMA—Fighting resumed on both sides of Mayu river north of Akyab.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Americans attack last Japanese stronghold in Papua; allied planes continue attack on convoy at Lae. U. S. forces on Guadalcanal gain some ground.
(U, S. Communique, Page 5; War Moves Today, Page 9).
Garcia Message
Carrier Is Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (U. P.).—Col. Andrew Summers Row‘an, 85, who carried the famous li “message to Garcia” in the Spanish-Ameri-can war, died § at Letterman “hospital yesterday, the fourth army annour today. - Col. Rowan had been confined to Bed for
LOCAL OPTION BILL!
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WASHINGTON, Jan. | 903,047,923, the president's few ideas: If you had been able minute when Christ was [i« the end of 1943. It took the United Stat to spend $100,000,000,000. I can war, Spanish-Americer
child in the country. That goods and services which - for civilians in that year
$108,903,017,923? Here's
(Could Do With It
the nation’s official living ¢: Next year’s budget rep: sents $825 for every man $325. more than the average amount cf E :sident Roosevelt says 1 be available
oenses in those years.
(U. P).—How much money is $108,sposed budget for 1944? Here are a
tart spending it at the rate of $106 a , you'd have enough to last you until
government 141 years—1789 to 1930— :t financed the war of 1812, the Mexiar and world war I as well as all of
, woman and
U.S. and G/
Extraterr
WASHINGTON, Jan, 1: States’ century-old extrate:: ‘at the state department. - rx (A similar treaty was si; tof Great Britain, India an: in “London said British do»
‘rights. "The text of the tray | . announced, in keeping tom of withholding , it ant fication. However, the state dep | announced that when the © into effect the Upiterl relinquish: Extraterritorial jurisdictic’ Special rights accorded the “Boxer protocol” of 1¢ cluding the right to stdtion in China: Special rights in relation
“rial rights to China was signed today
«1 today in Chungking by representatives
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2af Britain End ‘oriality in China
17. P.).—A {treaty ties the United
‘hina, and a foreign office spokesman ions would make similar agreements.)
the| system of -treaty ports and in re#0! lation to the diplomatic quarter at Peiping and to the interna- - tional: settlements at--Shanghai Sand: Amey, ineluding" the special coufts at Shanghai. The two governments agreed to co-operate with other. governments -| for the transfer .to. China of the administration ‘and ' control of the international settlements. at Amoy and Shanghai. and the diplomatic quarter at Peiping. Property of Americans in China will be subject’ to Chinese laws concerning ‘taxation, national defense and eminent domain. Practical = effectiveness of most sections of the treaty will await "| liberation of Chinese territory now occupied by the Japanese.
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GOP Neare
Republicans moved a si government today as James
Mr. Emmert, the first. ele in by Supreme Court Chief . the supreme court chambe::
Single Adoption.
By WILLIAM R. CRAE The. first rift in the ranks
Republicans’ in the legislature appeared troversial i
‘Several G. O. P. membets 0 houses said they will oppo:
This is one of their chief pi: measures. The hill would retain the
to purchase the books out of : tral textbook “fund.” The opposition legislators ar ported by the state teachers’ multiple adoption system eq!
state.
bridge), caucus chairman in {!
As Em mert Takes Office
court judge, took over the atic.
REPUBLICANS: SPL ON TEXTBOOK P.
Some Oppose Jose Retentic |
overwhelming Li
single adoption method wil: state board of education emp
ciation which is anxious to uc viding textbooks adopted in
Provides Uniform Books * "Senator O. Bruce Lane (R. ©
Complete Rule
closer to complete control of the state Emmert, former Shelby county circuit =y general's office. cd attorney general since 1932, was sworn tice Frank N, Richman in ceremonies in ‘The judge then swore in the staff of eight deputies. “We are going to work as hard as we can for the next two years,” he remarked following the ceremonies. “We'll score them just like they go in the target.” Many members of the legislature, which reconvened here today following the week-end recess, attend¢d the ceremonies.
The state senate delayed convening for a few minutes so that its members could attend the ceremonies. Included in the crowd of more than 100 who watched the induction were G. O. P. State Chairmen Ralph Gates and George Beamer, outgoing Democratic attorney general. Judge Richman paid tribute to Mr. Beamer and his staff for their
then under the control of Governor Schricker’s app ‘mer, that play role. in the governor's successful fight to invalidate the “ripper” program passed by the 1941 G. O. P
Is the ney Sis assistant attorney The induction of 1s Emmert as left only four
GEST ORLD;
Further 20 Per Cer Cut in Standards Of Living Due.
(Budget fable and side Page Two)
WASHINGTON, Jan. (U. P.) .—President Roose today submitted to cong for the 1944 fiscal year $108,903,047,923 “maxim effort” war budget calling new taxes and forced savi to raise an additional $ 000,000,000 of revenue a
nually. That would increase ry gross revenue to $51,000,000,000 yedr, enabling the present gen tion to bear about half the cost as we fight. Mr. Roosevelt said the tax p gram “must be harsh” although again endorsed some form of * as-you-go” plan to simplify payments. He warnéd Americans to pull § their belts by another File and prepare or a simpler life many frills _ Wants to Extend $25,000 : He would extend to all ‘iricot the present limitation of $25,000 on earned income. The pr told questioners that in | total war he Shout $25,000 n after payment of insurance miums and certain other
tres
; congress one he probably will go to the ¢ try on it either now or in the presidential campaign. ; “There is no easy, pleasant to wage total war,” he said. . “ duction of goods should be sim fied and standardized; unnece costs and frills should be eliminate Total war demands the simplific tion of American life.” Learn by Trial and Error ‘He acknowledged the incon ience but bore down on the nece
lof submitting to regulations
restrictions that are beginning complicate American lives. “We save rubber, metal, fa everything,” he continued. “We # out forms, ~CaITy coupons, ans questio s. This is all new. ¥ have overdone it in many cases. trial and error we are learning simpler and better methods. “But remember always that rea ing the objective is what cou There is no easy, pleasant restrict the living habits—the ing, clothing, heating, travel | working habits—of 130,000,000 ple.” | In spite of the enormous posed expenditure—and Mr. Roc velt said $100,000,000,000 from budget weuld go for war—he é mated that there would be ak $500 worth of goods and services per capits, available to civilians du the next fiscal year. That we be a reduction from approxi $625 per capita in 1941. Still World's ‘Best Off" That $500 worth of goods services for each person repre what will be left aver of nul productive and sevice effort al the war effort—the military, | lease and such—have s 0 what they will need. Many # viduals will actually buy more and ‘services than that, largely cause many other individuals not have the $500 to spend. ent estimates that the ave 8 - income per family of the lower th of population in 1942 was only for a family of four. Even so, Mr. Roosevelt said most Americans would contin {Continued on Page Two)
| Budget i in Bri
By UNITED PRESS The 1944 U. 8. gest governmental budget in { history of the world—at a lan
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