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(scures “aowakell VOLUME 54—NUMBER 8

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1943

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Indianapolis, Ind, Issued dally except Sunday.

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WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington

Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, March 20.—Every able-bodied father from 18 to 37 (inclusive) faces a draft call this year, unless deferred as an essential worker, You can write that down as definite and make your plans accord-

ingly. It doesn’t matter "how much legislation congress passes postponing induction of fathers, because—

be—there’s no other place to get the men.

Unless the size of the arfed forces is 7 "

The Figures Speak

HERE ARE: figures that talk on deferment of fathers:

by law—and it won't

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ouder than congressional debate

22,000,000 men from 18 to 37. dnclusive) registered for the draft.

From that subtract:

7,300,000 already in the service; 8,800,000 (40 per cent of the 22,000,000) physically unfit;

1,500,000 deferred agricultural

1,000,000 deferred industrial workers.

ready has more deferred than war

workers; and (Note that agriculture alindustry).

It leaves you a total of 3,400,000 (18,600,000 subtracted from

22,000,000).

But the armed forces, with 7,300,000 enrolled, want 10,800,000 in 1943. That means they must enroll 3,500,000 more. There’ll be approximately 360,000 physically fit boys becoming .i8 in the next nine months. The 360,000 plus the 3,400,000 left from the -original registration—total 3,750 ,000—is the only pool from which

to draw the 3,500,000 needed.

That leaves a theoretical surplus of 260,000 fathers—but it’s not a real surplus, because replacements must be made to keep the army at 10,800,000. We've been warned to expect high casualties.

38-45 Group Not Wanted

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DON'T EXPECT the army to fill up its ranks’ with the 38-45 age group. It has found they aren't capable of standing up to the physical

hardships of this war.

It won't take them till there’s no. one else left.

First it will ask selective service to go over -its deferred lists again and again, looking for men whose physical defects are remediable, men once deferred for occupational reasons who can now be replaced.

But all they find will Probably. be by casualties.” * »

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needed for plug

: THE DOPE HERE—rightly or wrongly, for these things are mili-

tary secrets—is that the European

pot is about to come to a furious

boil; that the axis will soon be thrown out of North Africa (60 days,

~ perhaps) ;- several Wes at once.

British oe aloally cheerful

that landings will be made - on the continent, maybe in

» about Tunisia.

Et 4 ® They have confi-

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Circle Is Scene Today of '‘Avenge Vincennes’ Rally

Indianapolis’

scenes today of the touring navalcade designed to

Monument Circle and Fountain Square were the

“avenge the

Vincennes” by the purchase of enough war’ “bonds and stamps to buy

another cruiser.

The program was opened at noon with Governor Schricker and

MINERS PROPOSE T0 EXTEND PACT

Insist Any Benefits Be

Retroactive.

NEW YORK, March 20 (U. P.)— The United Mine Workers proposed to the joint wage conference of both northern and southern Appalachian regions today that the present contract remain in effect for 30 days after its normal expiring time, ‘april 1, with the understanding, however, that any agreement reached later would be applied retroactively. Both wage conferences consid‘ered the proposal but thesoperators did not answer immediately. : . The operators previously suggested an extension ‘of the present wage agreement but had avoided any reference to retroactive application.

3 CHILDREN BURNED AS STOVE EXPLODES

Three ¢hildren of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baker, 925 Dreier pl, were burned slightly today when one of them attempted to light a coal oil stove. Vesta, 10, Martha, 5, and Marion Albert, 1; received burns on the face and hands when the stove exploded. Three other children, in another room, were not injured.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Inside Indpls. 9 ‘Men in Service 5

Amusements. . 5 Ash .......... 8 Books . veseee. 10| Millett veavenn 10 hurches veos. T Movies ...... 14 PDT ...... “ olopitarion av 8 Comics ...... 13 Pegler ....... 101 i 1g Pyle ..iiaeese Outigus World 9| Radio ... Editorials . 10 Bdson ....... 10 Financial .... 5

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the area’s naval ranking officers as guests. . Miss Mary Lou Westfall,

Butler university junior who was awarded the title of “Bond Sweetheart” by her sale of $32,000 in war bonds and stamps out of a total of $100,000 sold ‘at the ‘university, was presented. Autographs of bond buyers in Tell City, Boonville, Mount Vernon and Vincennes have practically filled the stem of the truckmounted model cruiser of the new Vincennes. Today is Indianapolis’ day to autograph the ship for every “extra” war bond purchased at special booths erected on the Circle and at the Square, where the exhibit was opened at 4:30 p. m. Recruits to Be Sworn In The city and Marion county quota for March has been set at $4,777,000—the area’s share in the state’s. drive to reach a $22,000,000 goal, enough to pay for ‘the new cruiser. Reports. through last Saturday indicate that the county: is short about: $500,000 in its $150,000-a-day Vincennes quota assignment. On the : Circle the navalcade. exhibit included . the induction of

1a class of naval recruits, selec-

tions by the drum and bugle corps of the U. S. naval training school at the Naval Armory and the story of the sinking of the Vincennes by Chiet Pharmacist Frederick A. Moody, who was wounded in: the battle. With Governor Schricker on the program was Mayor Tyndall with an address of welcome, Capt. G. P. Kraker of the U.. S. naval ordnance plant, Lieut. Comm. L. F. Brozo, commanding officer of the naval radio training school at the armory and Lieut, Robert Fulton of the naval signal school at Butler university,” who “priseniey + Miss Westfall. 3

E. 10TH ST. TROLLEY TO CHANGE ROUTE

The downtown route of the E. 10th st. trackless trolley line will be changed permanently effective

Trolleys will gd! west from Ala-

bama and Market on Market to Pennsylvania, thence north on Pennsylvania i me be This: change ‘been made, the ; officials said

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20% DEDUCTION PLAN FAVORED,

70 BEGIN JULY 1

Republican Members to File Report Monday Backing

‘Pay-as-Go.

- WASHINGTON. March 20 (U.P.). —The house ways and means committee today formally recommended passage of its new non-forgiveness income tax bill and warned that the Ruml skip-a-year plan is “like robbing Peter to pay Paul.” “To forgive any taxpayer one year’s taxes means that the debt he has already incurred and owes to the government must be borne by some other taxpayer who may in many instances be. less able to pay than the taxpayer whose debt is forgiven,” the report, submitted by Committee Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.), said. The report was not unanimous, and Republican members who favor the Ruml plan said they would file a minority report Monday. The majority report recommended house adoption of ‘an administra-tion-approved plan based on the present tax structure.

Provides Discounts

The plan calls for a 20 per cent withholding tax to start on July 1. Special discounts would be granted taxpayers who get on a current basis by paying their 1943 taxes before they. come due. . The report d “it is. beved that the vast majority of the

of their taxes forgiven.” Cancellation of 1942 taxes also “would constitute. gross violation of the principle of ability to pay,” the committee said. “Forgiveness - would wipe out a large part of the tax increases imposed to finance the war,” it said. “In the case of a_person with a $2000 net income it" would wipe out 77 per cent of the tax increases imposed in the last three years.”

See Shift in Burden

The committee said that at the $100,000 level the amount forgiven would equal 102 per cent of these increases, and at the $1,000,000 level, 320 per cent. “In effect the (Ruml) plan would force a shift of part of the tax burden from the few at the upper end of the income scale to the many at the middle and lower end,” the report said. Under the committee’s pay-as-you-go-if-you-can-afford-it plan, the taxpayer would receive a 6 per cent discount on any part of kis 1943 tax paid before this June 15, if he had already paid his entire 1942" taxes. On 1943 payments before Sept. 15 he would receive 4 per cent discount and on 1943 payments before Dec.

taxes had been paid. Assurance that the Robertson plan for partial forgiveness of 1942 income taxes would be injected into the house fight over the pay-as-you-go legislation next week came from Rep. Aime J. Forand (D. R. 1).

Collection Set July 1

Under the committee’s proposed plan taxpayers, having paid one installment on their 1942 tax debt already, would go ahead and pay the second installment due in June. But collection of the withholding

of the rémaining two installments for wage and salary earners in the first surtax bracket. Adjustments would be made at the end of the year for persons owing the government more or less than the amount withheld.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY x Times Staff Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 20.— Every Saturday night this city has a “WAAC-out.” Thousands of® the trim women soldiers flock to town for thé weekend from nearby Ft. ‘Des Moines. They have taken over two large E. |hotels for permanent headquarters in the city, but on week-ends hey take over all the others. Anyone arriving here Saturday night without a hotel reservation might as well figure on sleeping in the street. For. the WAACs have everything under control. They stalk the streets in pairs. and squads. Some have soldier or

sailor escorts. And what

tax starting July 1 would take care

erican people will not want any|

15, 2 per cent discount, if all 1942|

ommittee Asks Passage of

On the War Fronts .

(March 20, 1943)

RUSSIA — Soviet counter-attack slows Nazi drive in Donets, but Germans continue to exert heavy pressure; mud slows Soviet offensive on central front,

TUNISIA—Rain and mud delay American advance toward axis base at Gabes.

PACIFIC AREA—MacArthur’s planes sink Japanese cargo-carry-ing submarine in Lae harbor; U S. planes bomb Kiksa in Aleutians and Munda in Solomons.

BURMA-—British report progress in drive for Akyab.

(Communiques, ques, Page Two)

JURY DISMISSED IN TRIAL OF LEE

Fails to Reach Agreement After Deliberating For 12 Hours.

The jury in the trial of John W. Lee, charged with manslaughter and -| reckless homicide failed to reach an agreement after more than 12 hours of deliberation and was discharged today, by Special Judge Samuel E. Garrison. Prosecutor. Sherwood Blue said that Lee would be placed on trial a second time as a result of his auto’sdash into a crowd of pedestrians at Washington and- Syeriuian sts. last July 20, killing thr €e persons. He said ‘the second ‘trial would be held “as soon as it fits into our calendar.”

Deliberate All Night

Robert Carrico of deferrse counsel, however, said he doubted that Lee ever would be tried again. The case went to the jury at 7 p. m. yesterday. The jury took an hour for dinner and began deliberating at 8 p. m., continuing until 7 a. m. today when the jurors went to breakfast for an hour. Shortly after resuming deliberations this morning, the jury asked for a rereading of instructions by Judge Garrison. After a brief return to the jury room, members returned to court and the foreman, William H. O'Neill, and all members said they were unable to reach a verdict. The state attempted to prove in its testimony that Lee suffered an epileptic seizure at the time of the accident, that he knew he was subject to such an attack, and that he drank heavily the weekend preceding the accident. The defense tried to show that

Lee had no warning of his fainting|

attack and did not know that his health was such that he might have one, :

DEALERS MUST POST VEGETABLE PRICES

The lid js on the vegetable market in Indiana and from now on every retailer must post his maximum price for ‘each grade variety of each listed commodity, the OPA announced today. Tomatoes, snap beans, carrots, cabbage, green peas, lettuce and spinach are the vegetables for which price ceilings have been set by the regional OPA office in Cleveland, according, to information received by the OPA office at Indianapolis.

The person who buys the com-|

modities at retail in his grocery will know the most he can be charged by looking at the posted

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prices.

Des Moines Has WAAC. Out _ On Every Saturday Nights

consisting of mass talk and laughter, may be heard far into the night. WAAC M. P.’s patrol the streets, but there is little trouble. When the WAAC camp first opened here the women were allowed to wear civilian clothes when they came to the city for a week-end. But it was found that discipline was better with uniforms, so civilian clothes are out. Under Towa law the taverns and night clubs may sell only beer. But they also sell anything else you want to drink. However, the only drunkenness observed on a recent Saturday night was a tipsy sailor, who was being aided in his naviga-

as iA r their Saturday

FOUR SCHOOLS |_ ‘SHOOT WORKS FOR NET TITLE

For Finals of State : ‘Tourney.

Four basketball teams with the same dream shoot the works for Hoosier immortality today. The four teams are Ft. Wayne Central, Lebanon, Bedford and Batesville. Their dream is the’ 33d annual) state high school hardwood championship. Winners of the afternoon Leb-anon-Bedford and Ft. WayneBatesville clashes were scheduled to battle tonight for the title, bringing out the final survivor from the original field of 775 teams that

started the gruelling eliminations four weeks ago.

to witness the annual hysteria session” which will be held for the first time in the new state -fairgrounds coliseum. The seating capacity represented a decrease of almost 5000 from the 15,000 fans that bulged Butler fieldhouse to the ratfters for the past 15 years, before the hardwood citadel was commandeered by the navy as a yoeman center.

Everything Is Ready

“There’s no doubt: about the fact that we'll have a sellout,” said

ness, and reports from all centers

days ago.” War-busy Hoosiers apparently were - eager to flock to the final battles in even greater numbers than they turned out for the 64 sectionals; 16 regionals and four semifinals. Realizing basketball was the chief wartime morale-builder in Indiana, citizens have . used their gasoline to attend the tournaments in numbers equalling peacetime crowds. Dick Miller, manager of the coliseum, said the new floor, shipped in from Chicago for the tourna(Continued on Page Eight)

AUTO DEALER HEADS COUNTY GRAND JURY

County Infirmary Probe to Be Continued.

A new grand jury was selected and sworn in today by Judge Wil-

_|liam D. Bain in criminal court.

He named Charles C. Babcock, 7068 Broadway, foreman. j Mr. Babcock is the president and treasurer of the Thirtieth and Central Sales Co., Ford dealers at 3009 Central ave. and also has several farms. The other members are Mrs. Florence Curle, 3921 N. New Jersey st., housewife and active in Red Cross and Girl Scout work; Harold E. Wurster, 912 N. Audubon rd., a pharmacist; Henry Warweg, 858 N. LaSalle st., retired; G. D. Nicherson, 1114 N. Gladstone ave., hardwood floor contractor, and Louis V. Prinzler, 4218 College ave., retired’ plumber. The new jury replaces the | ‘one discharged by Judge Bain several weeks ago after it was disclosed by The Times that the grand jury foreman, while the jury was investigating awarding of county con- ‘| tracts, received one himself for repairing the county jail. Ws new jury will convéne next| .. The awarding of county con« bi for supplies. at Sunnyside sanatorium, gravel contracts and

ished addition to the county infirmary at Julietta are scheduled to come before the jurors. 3

U. S. BOMBERS RAID “JAP. BASE AT KISKA

J YASHINGTON. March 20 (U.

EE : o ivy SEEORRIES 00a. i uch: ber of attacks made on that enemy base so far this month. Ri of the latest raids were not ‘observed,

11,000 Bans oS Jam Coliseum

Nearly 11,000 fans were expected |

Anne L L. Trester, commissioner of | “ithe a High School Athletic | ee, 1g is inreadi=1

{indicate that tickets were sold out|

‘Gen. Charles de Gaulle today an-

the unfinished probe on the unfin-|

50 mediiinlate being t-ansformed by chemical

Bete the Semteh a Qaky material,

None of our planes was lost. Mean- 3

Miss Franchen Manners, billing clerk in the order AcPaitmont at Electronic Laboratories, Inc, prepares to take her daily vitamin pill before starting to work.

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Electronic Employees Take

*_ By HELEN RUEGAMER To most people vitamins stand for vim, vigor and vitality. But at Indianapolis’ Electronic Laboratories, Inc, it’s Simple a case of. “Vitamins for Victory.”. Just as Uncle Sam ‘is using vitamin: pills: to- build: up the fighting strength of his.armed forces, 'so-are the. Electronic officials providing employees with the power- -packed capsules to increase their production

fs RAINS HALT U. S.

Ln tomorrow, {| freeze which might halt the rise : streams, :

g RESDRICES LOWLAND ARE

Many Evacuate Madison

Homes; War Materia Lost at Corydon.

Rivers in Indiana continued their rise today and some secs tions, principally downstate

|faced serious flood threats.

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* Meanwhile, the weather bureau here said it would be contin cold tonight and not quite so

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

26 10a m..... vee 35 11a. Mm..... 12 (noon).. 33 1p. m.

thus preventing

water. Red Cross Prepared ° The Red Cross stood by to gi

-|all possible aid to any commun

ties in which emergencies may arise. Governor Schricker has ins state agencies t6 prepare to gi whatever assistance may be hecess

at Madison, Evansville and ye and its rise is expected to. conti: for several days. The swollen has caused an undetermined am of damage and forced scores families to flee their homes. Corydon was experiencing one its worst floods in history. Keller. Manufacturing Co. there fered a loss of more than $50, to war materials. - City Without Power

The 17100 workers have started on

their third week of taking one small Yanks Consolidate Position

red pill a day—a pill packed: with all ‘the vitemins from A to Z. At El Guettar; Rommel Faces Trap.

So far the outstanding result is an increased appetite, but beALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, March 20 (U. ‘P.).—Ameri-

fore many weeks are past, the workcan forces are consolidating their

ers expect to profit frora better health and more vitality while pronewly won positions around El Guettar and ‘preparing to .push on

duction increases and absenteeism falls off. ’ As far as anyone knows,. Electronic Laboratories is the first of Indianapolis’ many war industries to venture into the vitamin field to achieve maximum = war pro-| duction. Father of the experiment is Electronic’s William W. Garstang, vice president, general jnanager’ and coeastward as soon as there is-an end to torrential rains which - have turned ravines into small rivers. . (Radio Algiers said today. that the American and French advance in the south-central section of Tunisia. is threatening fo encircle axis positions along the Mareth line. Marshal Rommel was reported to be concentrating his troops in :an.attempt to avoid being cut-off from

founder. To Mr. Garstang thie health and ‘Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim’s forces in the north.) ;

happiness of His employees is of ‘Drenching rain has - turhed the

(Continued on Page Two) battlefields: of Tunisia “into ‘quag-

DE GAULLE THINKS HE HOLDS GUIANA mires three inches to two feet deep, and the American push. toward

LONDON ' March 20 (U. P.). — Gabes in an attempt to cut off Rommel’s southern army was slowed. It will be’ almost impossible for: tanks

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nounced appointment of Maurice ‘Bertaut as governor of French Guiana. The Fighting French had -announced earlier that French Guiana had aligned itself with de Gaulle’s forces, although earlier it hed been said the colony had joined forces with ‘Gen. Henri Honore ‘Giraud. The announcement said that a message from: the Fighting’ French committee in French Guiana detlared. that the population had in|sisted’ ‘upon rallying to the de .Gaullist side.

SWALLOWS ON TIME

CAPISTRANO, Cal., March 20 (U. P.) ~The swallows came back to Capistrano again yesterday, maintraining an unbroken. tradition.’ :

Ach! Now Der Hamburger

the ground dries. : .

HOMES COLD, ‘MINERS STRIKE|

! SPRINGHILL, N. S. March “20 (U. P.).—Fourteen hundred coal}, miners struck today for the second time in less than two weeks because of the alleged failure of the compans’ to apply their homes. with

.YONDON, March 20. (U. P.)—|] Bergius has been getting stiff Adolf Hitler who, it is said, once chewed a carpet in a fit of pique, is all set to feed his subjects ersatz food made of wood. The ‘London Daily Mail reported from Lisbor today that wood chips

the Paris municipal laboratories.

t into. artificial meat, ger-

one 'and one-half cubic yards of a which the Nazis claim is the nutritive equivalent of two and" half pigs unspecified size :

to operate until the: Tain ceases and,

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Kling is said in Nazi propaganda] to: have ‘submitted to French au-|! 1 forifies lal for making Saag at Uhlo

*.'The city was without power i - electric current and the water ply was threatened. At Madison, the Ohio was ported rising at the rate of a a foot an hour. A number of fai ilies already have left their homes and authorities prepared to evact ate many others. The Ohio reached a stage of feet at Aurora and it was feared the expected rains may send the ri | over lowlands. The river was ex pected to reach a stage: of 40 fee three: feet over flood stage at EF ansville. . The flood waters made roads impassable and caused. number of southern Indiana scho to dismiss classes yesterday. ty-five state and federal highw were reported closed.

Flood Stages Listed

"Stages today and flood stages the west fork of the White 4 included: “Elliston, 22.2 feet, 18 feet; wardsport, ‘19 feet, 12. X

14. Williams, 12.6 feet, 10; 237 feet, 25. “The main White at Hazelton '# 19.7 feet against: a flood stage: feet. ee “The Wabash river -atwas 16.1 “feet; 5.1 feet over stage. At. Terre Haute it"

State health board “aitho said “they. were “keeping in

competition . from the Frerchman|PY Andre Kling, honorary director of,