Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1943 — Page 1
‘FORECAST: 'Warmér tonight and tomérrow forenoon.
Entered as Second Class Matter at Ponotiion, ndianspolls, 3nd: Issued daily ‘except Sunday.
Two or. Three’ Favor 4th Term if War Is Still Going On. VASHINGTON, March 3 (U. P.). me members of the Democratic
committee today urged dent Roosevelt to run for a
WASHINGTON, March 3.— Wendell L. Willkie now has a : standing among Hoosier than at any time . his 1940 presidential cam- , Senator Raymond E. Willis
from Indianapolis today. “There was much’ talk about - Willkie and the G. O. P. tial nomination in 1944,” tor Willis said. “I believe . ‘Indiana Republicans are quite open minded about the patter if Mr. Willkie should re his voting address to ville from New York city. He. migh t go to the convention with the Indiana delegation backig him as their native son candi-
term if the war is still in in 1944.
Roosevelt gonferted | with
; 33 ‘came Here: to discuss
1 party problems, The meet-
i from his “Fecent illness, 10 os in the presi-
Walker told newspaper men during the meeting he heard of the men say that if the] on, the president should R candidate” in 1944.
“Ne Answer from FDR
alker added that the. “two or ee” who spoke to Mr. Roosevelt of a fourth term “got no response 1 “the president.” fe said that when he met with special subcommittée yesterday ‘were “three or four” members thought the president should for office again. e added that it was the conus of the party leaders meeting bre now that the war would not over ‘before ‘the “time for an-
NEW YORK, March 3 (U. P). Lord: & Taylor, Fifth Avenue tment store, bet $5000 today at. clothing will not be rationed 1943.
The store made the het in a p aper advertisement which
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ire wager $5000 that clothes ll “hot be rationed this year. r best information from Washon as well as our own sources information brings us definite“this conclusion. If we lose mind you we=don't think we will divide the ‘above
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Bromfield’s Program
"Freeze" All Farm Labor,
Provide More Machinery,
Says Author in Response to Request
For Constructive Ideas. By LOUIS BROMFIELD MALABAR FARM, Lucas, O., March 8.—The controversy over the growing food shortage speaks foritself, and will continue to speak more loudly until it attains the proportions of one of the greatest scandals in American
history.
However, there are several polite in the recent articles by Mr. Wickard, the secretary of agriculture and food administration,
which are inaccurate.
As far back as June, 1941—six months before Pearl Harbor—at a meeting of editors of agricultural publications in Washington, I tried to convince Mr. Wickard of two things, both definitely constructive:
1. That enormous demands for food would be made 'upon the United States in the future. 2. That, in view of these coming demands, it would be absolutely necessary for some action to be taken to protect skilled farm labor from the draft and unskilled farm labor from the inroads of high industrial } wages. "In January, 1942, I addressed an open letter to Mr, | Wickard. It was § published in the Farm Journal (which has iE some 2,000,000 . Mr. Bromfield subscribe rs), and it reiterated the points I ‘had made more than . six months earlier. : j At no time was. there any eviderce of the secretary making any
slicer, | notable fight to protect the labor supply. of the farmers.
Editor's Neda: Tous romfield, novelist and farmer, recently wrote for The Indianapois. Times and the wh How: ard newspapers four articles in which he ticized severely what he termed the failure of the ad-
ministration to make an ade-
quate plan for increased wartime production of food. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, writing in reply; as-. serted that Mr. Bromfield: had ‘offered no constructive program. In the accompanying ‘article Mr. Bromfield proposes. his - program.
Mr. Wickard now asks me for a constructive program. I offer it to him, with the suggestion that, if it is not accomplished by himself and the commissioney’ of manpower and their aids, it wi be ‘accomplished by their successors, under the grim pressure of politics and necessity. It is this: 1. To “freeze” all farm labor exactly where it is, without leav(Contiuued on Page Four)
DEAD BOY'S MOTHER HEARD IN LEE CASE
Ran at. Warning but Was Struck, She Says.
By HELEN RUEGAMER . Mrs. John. Hall, Mooresville,
{mother of 3-year-old Richard Hall,
who was injured fatally by John W. Lee's car:at Meridian and Washington sts. last July, today described the accident, in which she was also injured, to a criminal court jury. : Testifying at Lee's trial on manslaughter and reckless homicide charges, Mrs. Hall said that, holding her son’s hand, they were (Continued on Page Four) -
Arabs Herd Camels and Plow Fields ih ~ While | Bartle R Rages, Ernie 0 Pls Says STi
‘PAY CUT’ URGED
FOR ABSENTEES
Favored by Knox Who Sees Week-End Dissipation as No. 1 Evil.
WASHINGTON, March 3 (U. P.). —Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
today described week-end dissipa-
tion as the most serious cause of ab-
Senteeism and recommended that
chronic war industry absentees be hit “in the pocketbook” by penalty deductions from their earnings. He told the house naval. affairs
committee, considering a bill to have}.
absentees reported to their draft boards, that any such legislation would be “lopsided” if it affected only ‘werkers of draft age.
pgelsm, he ihe sud bo { draft in’ ih isk : ‘Costly 4 Per Cent’ Warning that absenteeism is “an
lintricate, involved thing,” Knox said
blanket legislation “may do grave injustice. He said that absentees in navy yards in January amounted to 9.4 per ‘cent of the total number of} workers but that only about 4 per cent were unauthorized absentees. | “But we must not minimize the effect,” he said. “That four per cent can build a lot of guns and ships. In time of war no one is given unauthorized leave from the front lines.” Knox and Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson both specifically absolved unions from blame in connection with absenteeism. On the contrary, they said, unions have made substantial efforts to combat this growing menace to war production.
List Causes of Absenteeism Knox said no government agency had made an overall study of the problem, but he listed the 10 principal causes of absenteeism as follows: : 1. Bad transportation. 2. Bad housing. . 3. Long hours of work. 4. Monotony of jobs. ' 5. Necessity for shopping, banking, “and other personal services.” 6. Lack of opportunity for entertainment. (He said this was a minor reason). 7. Visits ‘te distant homes. can’t stop this, he said). =» 8. Care of children. This is a big factor among women workers, he said. 9, Week-end dissipation. (This isi: the “most serious reason). \ 10. Earning more Honey ‘than a yorker ‘is accustomed to
SOLES FOR REPAIRS
- WASHINGTON, March 3 u. P). —The war production board yesterday required sole tanners and converters to set aside 25 per cent of their manufacturers’ type sole ‘leather production for repair of civilian shoes until further notice
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RECORD COLD DUE TONIGHT
Mercury Slides to-1 Below For Coldest March 3 .in 70 Years. q
Warmer weather. tonight and” ‘tomorrow morning was promised by the weather bureau today. after/the mercury sagged t0 '1 below zero at 8 a. m—a 70-year record low for March 3. The mercury ‘declined ‘steadily from midnight until it touched the low mark and then ‘began a slow climb. It was even colder at the Munici-
pal airport where 5 below was}
recorded at 6 a. m. : Streets Are Perilous
One woman was burned to death when fire destroyed her home late last night, but fire department officials today had not determined whether the blaze was the result of the extreme cold or was of incendiary origin. Snow and ccld turned city. streets
Temperatures Midnig’t 10 7a. m... 0 lam... 9 8a m.~1
2am... 9 9%9a.m... 0 Sa. m.. +8 10 a. m...
into a slippery surface, making traffic and walking hazardous. Automobiles froze and workers left them parked in streets, scurrying for transportation on street cars, trackless trolleys and busses. :
House Desiroyed Quickly Indianapolis Railways carried peak: loads. During the early morning rush hours, cars and busses pulling into downtown stops were lined up for-as far as a half block. _ The fire victim was Fannie Price, Negress, of 545 Holton pl. The flames enveloped the onestory frame dwelling so rapidly that when firemen arrived it was in ruins. A search revealed the body of the dead woman. : Police who were called to aid in the investigation arrested = 58-
address and his former wife for questioning. The coroner's : office
also was called to TALS an investigation. :
BAI CALLS FOR NEW GRAND JURY PANEL
Action Follows Discovery of
: Helfenberger Contract.
Jury commissioners will be asked tomorrow by Judge W. D. Bain of criminal court: to draw a panel of from 25 to 50 names from which
new grand fury.
Selection of the: new Sgrena. tory]
was declared an emergency by Judge Bain as a result of his dismissal of
the previous grand jury following] on | | disclosure that the: foreman had
accepted a contract rem ‘county commissioners.
It was disclosed Monday that|e
Charles Helfen -a contractor, and foreman of the Jury. which had
been investigating country con{Continued on Page Four)
‘| South Pacific and gain a foothold on ‘|the south China coast and then de-
Saturday a baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Morelock; 510 N. Gray st., at Methodist hospital. Nothing unusual about that. Sunday a child was born at Methodist hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoggins of New Augusta. Mrs. Morelock and Mrs. Hoggins are *
sisters. And then Monday Mrs. George Lovell of 315 N. Gale st. gave birth to a boy at Methodist hospital. Hospital authorities were
amazed, for Mrs. Lovell is the -
twin sister ‘or - Mrs, Morelock. Shown at top (left to right) are Mrs. Hoggins, Mrs. Lovell and
Mrs. Morelock. ‘And holding the babies (beiow, left to right) are Miss: Dorothy Cowger with Nancy Jane Hoggins and Miss Mary Kestner with the Lovell child and Sharon Louise Morelock. The mothers are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cregun, Lebanon.
LAND-SEA WAR CAN BEAT JAPS
Dr. Bates Says Bombing Isn't ‘Enough to Crush
Nippon.
By SEXSON E. HUMPHREYS Bombing alone won't defeat Japan; according to Dr. M. Searle Bates, Far Eastern consultant of the International . Missionary couneil and the Foreigh Mission conference. He believes it will be necessary for the united nations to break the Jap-| anese blockade of China in the
feat Japan in land action in China and Manchuria. - No nation has been defeated by bombing, he pointed out, Here to address a conference of the Indiana Christian Ministers’ association, ‘Dr. ‘Dates. is skeptical’ of
irip, Union is sending in a smal! amount | of artillery. Dr. Bates’ formula: for vietory in (Continued. on-Page Four).
) | British planes banbed western Ger-
14-Ship Japanese Convoy Scattered by Allied Planes
Mac ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, March 3 (U. P).— Allied flying fortresses and Liberators roared through tropical winds and rain today hounding the remnants of a’ shattered 14-ship Japanese convoy of the wide sea ‘area around Finschhafen, on the northwest New Guinea, coast, ‘The enemy vessels were believed to be attempting to get into Lae, on the ‘Huon gulf, one of the remaining Japanese bases in New
Guinea, if it deprives the enemy of needed reinforcements and supplies. Allied planes caught the convoy between New Britain island and Lae
yesterday, ripping it to pieces, a’
headquarters communique said. Incomplete reports revealed that a 10-000-ton transport was hit: by five 1000-pounders and left burning and sinking, while an 8000-tonner ‘was hit emidships and broke in two, sinking quickly. A -6000-tonner and another medium-size vessel were hit directly hy bombs, and sev warships andl cargo vessels were either hit or besrely missed.
‘Allied bombers and fighters shot | up 13 Japanese fighter planes, with |B
{five definitely destroyed and ‘the others either destroyed or put out
|ot action.
“The zonvoy consisted of. three
| cruisers, four Sestrovers, seven car-
| Report ‘Noxis Asking Fos To Halt Bombing of Cities
_ LONDON, March 3 (U. P.).—~The R. A. F. rounded out a week of the
| heaviest aerial’ offensive. in history
go vessels and. transports, » an army spokesman said. The first wave of . fortresses on Tuesday did the most damage, meeting between four and 12 Japs anese interceptors and: putting three out of action, and bombing the convoy. : A few minutes later another wave of fortresses scored a near miss or a Japanese light cruiser, battled 1% fighter planes, and attacked a group of destroyers found clustered around a 5000-ton cargo. ship=-possibly ‘en~ gaged in rescue work, A third wave of fortresses and B-24 liberators continued to hammer the ‘enemy ships as they scat tered; ~ Throughout the attacks 15 P-38|; Lightnings covered the allied bomb-
ers.
last: night with another attack on
western Germany as the Reich reportedly sought the Vatican's aid to
_{ halt the illied bombardment of axis cities.
‘Thre: planes were lost and preliminary reports indicated that last
‘The German radio said a “few”
| night's aitack on western Germany was carried out in the face of heavy | weather and consequently was on a Lv=! much smaller scale than the raids ~ | during the previous six nights.
« Berlin itself was still smouldering}
{from the heaviest raid of {he war
Monday night. The German radio announced that. 191 persons wers
a 2
Vyazma and Smolensk Now! - Face Threats of Red © Army Advances.
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent.
LONDON, March 3.—Ger many today announced what appeared to be one of the Red army’s most important strategic victories of the war, “evacuation” by the Reichss
wehr of Rzhev. Last fall Adolf Hitler was said the Russian military organ Red Star to have warned his army ths the loss of Rzhev would be eq to “the loss of half of Berlin.” == Rzhev has been the hedgehog
ianchor of the Nazi salient stretch= ling within 130 miles of Moscow.
" Although the Red army. still wa silent on the Rzhev triumph, th Nazi high command’s admission © the loss of the key stronghold on the central front evidently reflec another smashing Soviet offensive of the long series in the winter campaign. Smolensk in Danger Now.
Besides breaking off the point of
_|the German spearhead ‘aimed a | Moscow, the fall of Rzhev laid open
the Nazi positions on the whole, central front to a grand scale on-.
| slaught.
Observers believed that ‘the. Caimy now would roll German fo bag ds far as Smolensk, 140 miles west of. Rzhey. a Rzhev and Vyazma, 70 miles ‘to the south, the 2 launched their all-out atismpt to take Moscow in 1941. ;
Outflanked by Russians. : Last fall ‘the Rusisans reported
they had broken through the German lines into the outskirts of Rzhev and.
there. Its capture never was ¢
| however.
Rzhev subsequently was outflanked. by the capture of Velikie Luki, $ the west, and Bey,-60 mies to: southwest, in the 1942-1943 winter offensive on the central front. This cut Rzhev's main supply railroad from the west, leaving only the railroad coup’ to. Vyazma which to move.froops and war material and this line was under cons stant attack by Soviet planes and raiding parties. 7 The evacuation of Rzhev le: V a opep to attack from Soi east and ‘sou ] t was believed likely that this strong point also would be evacuated, thus wifling out the dangerous axis salient west of Moscow.
Shortening of Front
The German decision to. evacuate Rzhev' may have been: influenced: also by the successful Russian : fensive below Lake Ilmen: to northwest, since any major.offer on ‘the. northern front would: the Red army down foward the borders of the former Baltic Soult tries, * completely outflanking . the German positions on the front. "The German high commands the evacustion was in line planned shortening of the front. .- The: Berlin communique said Nazi: rear guard stayed in the
tered city until last hight, -
“disengaged itself from the e
| |unnoticed after blowing up
bridges ¢ver the Volga.” i ‘On the muddy southern tront he big battle in the Donets basin: raged . indecisively, with Germ counter-attacks continuing.
J ® 8 = : : On the War Fro (March 3, 1943) i e
RUSSIA—Germany reveals evacu= _ation of Rzhev, anchor point ¢ salient aimed at Moscow. Ri \ gain slight ground in both Ilmen and Donets regions,
AIR ‘WAR — British make | bad-weather raid on westers many; allies bomb Tunis and