Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1943 — Page 1

| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1963.

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‘ear 2 Missing Schoolk oys

SEEN HURLING STONES FROM STREAM BANK

Police Aiding Search” for William Stevenson and William Long.

The possibility that two nine4 year-old boys drowned in Fall creek ‘yesterday was seen today when the youths did not return home from play. William Stevenson, son of Mr. and

Mrs. Ray Stevenson, 131 McLean place, and Wil-

liam Long, son of| &

Mr. and Mrs. Har“lan Long, "Kenwood ave, disappeared about 4 p. m. yesterday after coming home from school 32. T h e parents first believed that the boys had gone W. Stevenson {op play near 22d gt. and Illinois st. and to earn a few pennies carrying grocery packages gor shoppers in the neighborhood. Police were notified when the boys did not return for supper. Mr. Stevenson was the first to voice the possibility that the boys had gone to Fall creek and might have fallen through the thin ice.

A Talked. 10 Schoolmate

tioning at the school Joley asso that a schoolmate, Henry

16 W. 21st. st.; had seen wi

the youths at the water's edge of the creek between 4:30 and 5 p. m. Young Hagerman said he had walked with the missing youths from McLean place to the creek and had talked with them for a while. When he left, the two boys were standing on the stone ledge on the * north side of the creek and throwing stones into the stream. “They said they were going to stay and play for a while, so I went on,” he said this morning when questioned by his principal at school

4 Questioned as to the strength of the ice, he said that it might have been strong enough in spots to bear the weight of a boy but that the stones being thrown plunged through the thin coating.

: Seen’ by Newsboy

* Later Homer Ritchie, 2251 Pierson st. was returning from his paper route when he saw the Long and Stevenson ‘boy onthe north bank of the creek between Illinois st. and apitol ave. . o in were down along the water's edge and throwing stones out into the stream as young Hagerman had said. This was at 5:30 p. m. Apparently the last to. see the ths was another school friend; Be Kocolawski, 116 W. 21st st. . ‘About 6 p. m., after ‘having supper, he said he went up’ along the creek and saw the two boys on the north bank between the Delaware st. and Central ave, bridges. They were

wing stones in the water. ow parents of the missing boys

ain fad warned them time and ag x. to stay avay trom the creek. Recently the long boy bad broken through the Ice along the bank,

difput had escaped without any ficulty. His mother sald he had

concerned over the incident. Been UntaRe to the parents, neither of the two boys had ever disap-

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RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW, SAYS BUREAU

This morning’s early - forecast, which covers only this fafternoon, said: Sesiaph rain and continued mild y, becoming colder tonight with i y thunderstorms.” And the late forecast, covering tonight and tomotrow morning, |

says Rain, changing to snow and cona colder tonight and tomorrow forenoon.” ‘Looks as if we may have o litle) dof everything. |

HOURLY TEMPERATURES

Sam. ... Tam... 4 11 a. m. .

IRGAF SINKS SUB

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Here at work in the nation’s

RUSS RETREAT TO DONETS BANK

Yield 8 Cities in 80-Mile Withdrawal, Continge “ Vyazma ‘Drives

(Whe Moves Today, Page Seven)

‘By ENTTED PRESS Soviet armies, firmly entrenched on the north bank of the Donéts river after abandoning eight newlywon bases in an 80-mile retreat, hurled back wave after wave of German troops and tanks south of Kharkov today. On. the central front other Russian forces smashed to within 17 miles of Vyazma. A round-about report received in Stockholm said Premier Josef Stalin, now a marshal of the Red army, had left Moscow for military headquarters on the Donets front. The Vichy radio claimed that axis troops were within nine miles of Kharkov.

Expect Kharkov: to Hold

In the Donets valley the Red army had suffered its first important- setback in more than three months. The Soviet spearheads appeared ‘to ‘have: been extended too far at a time when movement of reinforcements was extremely : diffi¢ult: The retreat was ordered to avoid a threat of encirclement by 25 German divisions. Russian admissions regarding the | German counter-offensive in the Donets basin and. .of their .own retreat were believed by some observers to indicate the Nazi attack is now fairly well stopped. These sources thought the Red army would be able to hold Kharkov. On the central front, the Russians. still were . smashing ahead. ‘(Continued on Page Five) a8 8 8

On the War Fronts

(March 10, 1943)

AIR WAR—R. A. F. makes’ heavy attacks on Munich, birthplace of Nazi. party. Allied attacks on three’ Sicilian: cities Monday ‘night : revealed.’

RUSSIA — Red army entrenched along upper Donets after an 80mile retreat and abandonment of eight major cities. Russians drive within 17 miles of Vyazma on central front.

TUNISIA—Land fighting dies down and bad weather Mnpeties air activity. :

OFF CANADA GOAST

| Three Others Dan Damaged, Air

* Minister Reports. OTTAWA, March 10 (U. P)— Minister

Typical Housewife’ Helps OPA

capital is Mrs. Philip L. Crowlie, of Spearfish, S. D., who has been

chosen by the office of price administration as the “typical housewife” to. advise that agency on fair rationing and price control procedure for the housewives of the nation. She is well qualified for the position, as she has bcen married 20 years, has raised three children, and is prominent in her community.

By Labor's

nity. pact-announced by thé AF. |~ of L.-and C. I. O. last Dec. 2 is to the effect that nothing in’ the peace agreement “will conflict with either party's 1 e.g al rights,” and this permits continued union organization activities within the Kaiser plants under the rights granted by the Wagner act, despite the fact that these shipyards have A, PF. of L. contracts. ud The three A. F. . Mr. Edson of L. conferees of Dec. 2, who accepted the sqcret clause, were directed a short time later—after the apparent meaning of the paragraph asserted itself—to get in touch with their C. 1. O. co-peacemakers and ask them point blank if they interpreted this legal rights protection clause as authorization to continue raiding, That was early in December, 1942. ;

Cites NLRB Action

Three months have elapsed’ and nothing has happened except that the national labor relations ‘board counsel have presented their arguments against the Kaiser company for its alleged unfair and discrimin-

atory labor practices and the hearings were first adjourned to March

1115, and then to March 29, when

counsel for the Kaiser interests may present their arguments in rebuttal. cam! Meantime, at an NLRB hearing in Portland, Edgar F. Kaiser stated that if the NLRB nullified the existing A, F. of ‘L. contracts, and forced new union elections to determine which side should do the bargaining for the Kaiser employees, ‘the damage to working efficiency that, would result would be : (Continued on Page ‘Five) ,

INVITE SERVICE MEN

Service men in uniform will be admitted free to the Indianapolis Symphony - orchestra concert at Cadle tabernacle at 8 p. m. tonight.

The concert is sponsored by the Lukas-Harold Corp.

Labor Turmoil Increased

Secret Clause

By PETER EDSON (Copyright, 1943, NEA Service, Inc.) in WASHINGTON, March 10. —Production in the Henry J. Kaiser shipyards on the Pacific coast ‘has dropped. 10 ‘per cent in efficiency, the’ ‘company says, solely because of labor turmoil which ont ines as

CIA: Poel LL! representatives, “first revealed in: st v. A This unpublicized clause wares to in connection “with: the peace wna} A

FRENCH KILL 500 NAZIS IN4 IN4 DAYS

Patriot Army of 1 of Thousands - Fights Guerrilla War Over Nation. LONDON, March 10 (U. P.) —New reports of violence including the killing of more than 70 Nazi troops in the blowing up of a munitions train, today brought, to more thah 500. the number of German’ soldiers killed in ‘France in the. pest four days. The train explosion was betwéen Valence and Vienne in south Prance. In the narrow streets .of ‘Lyon 29 soldiers were wounded in another protest against the roundup of Frenchmen for war work: in the Reich. A Fighting French spokesman said a French guerrilla army numbering many thousands was mas-ter-minded by a committee known as the “secret five,” which includes former French army officers. . Reports from the French underground said many secret organizations are fully armed and waiting the signal to strike against a Nazi campaign to draft ’'400,000 for labor details in Germany.

Coastal Cities Evacuated

- Axis reports sald plans have been worked out for complete evacuation of all French cities along the coasts. It was reported that 55,000 persons have already been evacuated: from the submarine base at St. Nazaire; and that’ Lorient soon is to follow. A large number of German tanks

‘|were reported standing by in the

Paris region, but the Fighting French said the Zurich estimates of 600 Nazi tanks were exaggerated. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, Fighting French leader, told the United Press: “The situation is grave in France. The allies should lam as soon. as

\German Refugee C Offers 1

\Pint of Blood

By ROSEMARY REDDING He served with the German army in world war 1. Today he’s a refugee. The first day he landed in

he’s a citizen-to-be,

America he took out his first papers |

possible.” hird

RAF. BONBS

ROCK MUNICH, NAZI CAPITAL

Germans ‘Show Extent of Damage by Angry ‘Press Comment. By HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, March 10.—The allied

verizing attack on Munich, following a raid of equal devastation on

[Nurnberg — the two top ranking symbols of the Nazi party. Loa The terrific hitting power of the|{i =

new air attack was indicated clear-

Germans are trying to get Pope Pius to intervene in an effort to halt the bombing. For the first time since the starf of the war the German press was filled with accounts of vast devastation wrought by the British and American attacks. The Nurnberg destruction was compared with the obliteration of Rostock and Luebeck last summer. Munich was believed to have suffered almost equally heavy damage. Sicilian Targets Bombed

allied medium bombers from the Middle East made widespread attacks on Sicily Monday night. Bombs were seen bursting in the harbor at jSaleune; fires were Started at Fen

“residential buildings and cultural monuments.” However, the broadcast did not say whether the “eul-|: tural monuments” included build-| ings ‘sacred ‘only ‘to the Nazi party. The bombing force took an hour and a half to pass over the English southeast coast last’ night and the loss of 11 aircraft indicated that it numbered at least 220 planes.

was the heaviest so far directed against: Munich. ; Many War Factories There - Munich is Germany's “second capital,” since all of the key Nazi party. ministries, whose jurisdiction parallels those of the German government, are situated there.

portant railroad targets, Munich is the site of many war faetories, the most important of which is the Bayerische airplane motor works. . British planes now have have been over Germany on 12 of the last 14] nights.

W AVE—Attorney In Highest Court

WASHINGTON, March 10 (U. P.)—Ensign Lucille Pryor, 32, a graduate of Indiana law school, was admitted to practice before the supreme court today, the first WAVE accorded this right. Pryor, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Pryor, live at Martinsville, Ind. is on active duty in’ the office of the judge advocate general of the navy. She was, presented to the court by | Comm, Eugene M. Meachem, her commanding officer, who was a Washington attorney prior to entering ‘the service.

LEWIS ASKS RAISE ~ AS PARLEY OPENS

Operators Oppose Including Indiana. Miners. NEW YORK, March 10 (U. P) —

John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America

Lo.

to Red Cross/m

ie AM send e aidan A A fans of tho refuges I

waiatusions. had ‘saved. Bis ite gud], “THe the lives of some other members|.

air offensive against Europe swung « [back to full scale today with a pul-

ly by the angry comment of the! Nazi press and reports that the|

Meanwhile it was revealed that! :

oh. par niafly to] nlled.

British sources believed the raid|

Apart from these offices and im- |

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‘Firemen tought a ‘re 100 feet in the “air! this morning’ when’: corn stored in th jeonopste dryer at the

} acral’ exterision. laade's the firemen poured. water’ through

| in the

’ Water: poured through vents of. Acme-Evans corn dryer,

vents in the storage bin for more than two hours. , The fire started when flames trem an’ ofl heater basement of: the, plabt, shot.

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yg ve TINA. T dent; Soper. nia was mt large. The: fire ‘Was discov Ora Powell, foreman of Be] 553

s Believed

{words “usually :are—European observer existence of serious divergencies re the allies and: that. these have

considerably increased during the past few: months. The first reaction to the American. ambassador's statement in this

neutral capital was that it was out of the question’ for an accredited diplomat to pronounce such words without some ulterior motive: ‘Oth-

ing ‘into axis ‘hands by supplying its pro nda ‘with the’ very propaganda they: want—which is hardly his job. 1 * A subtle motive which could lie behind ‘Admiral ‘Standley’s words] as found : by perhaps ' optimistic: oh= servers, was an attempt to lead the axis ‘up the garden path on the very eve of an :allied landing in Europe. . % ¥ A Swiss newspaper yesterday afternoon -suiggested that since. an Anglo-Russisin controversy immediately preceded : the North African landing = which Prime Minister Churchill sul bsequently described "it

for: the. ‘time: being on, the Standley affair.: Pending receipt of 2 requested. report on the affair, officials were af| a loss to explain the unauthorized | bluntness = with Admiral Standley : charged that. Russia was

concealing She tye exten of. Amer.

ican: aid. ‘They ‘were sncstued lest the ex‘which’ JJolloved Standley’s

erwise,. the wdmiral ‘was only play-|.

Standley.

Played Trick on: the Axis

E By PAUL GHALI id Copyright, 1043, by The Yadisaspolla Times and The Bhicasos Daily. News; Inc,

BERN, March 10—1If American Ambassador’ Admiral «William H. Standley’s ‘words ‘must be given their full value—and the ambassador's

today can no’ longer doubt the

“

as a “trick” was played on the axis, other’ simliar tricks might be expected of the allies. The similarity between the present period and the first days of last November was a favorite topic of yesterday’s Bern conversations. This morning, however, a quite different tone prevailed in the Swiss press and among observers: here. Washington’s disavowal of Admiral Standley, the revelation coming from both Washington and Moscow in the form of Lend-Lease Administrator Eaward. R. Stettinius’ report which was published in Pravda, It has convinced observers here that Admiral Standley was acting without - Washington's © consent, meant every single word he said, and that no trick lay behind‘ his)

Standley. Feces Reprimand Or Recall for Slap at Stalin

| WASHINGTON, March 10 (iP. ) —An official reprimand’ or perhaps \bie' recall of Ambassador William H. Standley were among the possiblé courses suggested todqy asthe United States sought to smooth the serisa: tion ‘caused by his'criticism of the Soviet union. . Acting Secretary of State Sumer Welles cancelled his regular press conference; today with the explanation that he had no further comment

sensational statement.

{ROMMEL IN: PERIL FROM. BOTH SIDES

Bad Weather Forves Lull in Land, Air Fighting.

TRE

Exemptions $11 s $11 for single Persons, $26 if Married, - $8 Per Dependent.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (U. P.) —The house ways and means committee today voted to inaugurate an at-the-source system of collecting income taxes by deductions from pay

|checks, but rejected the pay

as-you-go principle. In effect, the committee's plan means that the withholding device —to start July 1—would be used to collect the last half of taxes due

this year on 1042 income, which _ {under present law would be paid

quarterly - installments due Sept. 3 and Dec. 15. The withholdthg tax would be 20' per cent of earnings in. excess of personal exemptions on a revised basis to cover both the present first: bracket income tax and the victory

Includes Victory Tax’ = For persons whose incomes ‘last’ year were notlarge enough to make them liable for federal income taxes, :

ing returns by March 15—next Monday—on last year’s income. The committee set the withhold=. ing rate at 20 per cent of taxable income in excess of revised exemp-~' tions—an amount calculated to equal roughly the present combined normal and first bracket surtax and’ the 5 per cent victory tax after deduction of post-war credits, “hin Members of the armed forces, farmers, domestics and self-em-ployed: such as professional would be exempted from the wi holding levy. They would pay now-—either in full-on Mareh 15, in quarterly installments.

Post-War Credit Given Up

The committee’s new withholding tax, actually, embraces two taxes First—Seventeen per cent of earn ings above personal exemptions ($1 a week for single persons, $28 for married persons and $8 additional for each dependent) to cover income ‘taxes; Second—Three per cent of earn ings in excess of $12 a week to cov er-the victory tax. “The second provision represents cut in the victory tax rate, now set at 5 per cent. However, the

in 1944, The committee’s new plan would eliminate that credit as gards future victory tax, Nine' of the 10 Republicans mem bers of the committee, all committed to the Ruml “skip a Jour? plan voted . against the Rep. Bertrand W. Gearhart ®. Cal) voted with the 15 Democrats.

Promise Battle on Floor

The opponents immediately issued a statement predicting the commit~ Et action will be a “great disappointment” to taxpayers w favor a pay-as-you-earn collect system. . They said they would con tinue their battle for the Rumi plan on thé house floor. § i “The mountain has labored | brought forth a mouse,” sald statement issued from’ the ) of Rep. Harold Knutson (R. “All the committee has dene. continue tem of collecting the income

: She ventas 4 the income is earned.