Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1943 — Page 3
URGES LIMIT ON
~ GARDEN VARIETY|
Irwin Advises Tillers of
‘Small Areas to Plant ~ Six Vegetables.
In two lectures today at the Vonnegut Hardware company’s victory garden school, A. A, Irwin, assistant county agricultural agent, advised persons who intend: to garden small areas to devote their time to some six vegetables.
“Small gardens will give “greater satisfaction if the gardener limits
his crops to greens and small root |
crops,” Mr. Irwin said. He urged Indianapolis gardeners to avoid the use of lime particularly on ground which has been watered from the city supply. “Most vegetables prefer an acid soil,” Mr. Irwin said. Fertilizer Available
Unless some unusual condition exists, soil analysis is not advised at this time because the only fertilizer available is the 3-8-7 victory fertilizer. ical fertilizer designed to meet most garden needs. “It should be applied in bands three inches wide and covered with at least two inches of soil upon which the seed should be sown,” Mr. Irwin explained. “Covering the fertilizer with soil also applies when setting plants,” he continued. “The fertilizer is placed at the bottom of the hole, the earth is then filled .in to cover the fertilizer at least two inches before the plant is set.” ;
Chemicals Burn Plants
“Any chemical fertilizer will burn plant leaves when moisture reaches it,” he said. This warning applies
as well to dew as to rain or sprink-|. ~ _ ling. For this reason the gardener
. should take care that none of the chemical is spilled on the plants during applications applied around growing plants. Today's lectures were the second in a series planned throughout the week at the hardware company, 120 E. Washington st. Horace E. Abbott, Marion county agricultural agent, will speak on “Soils and What They Will Grow” at 10 a. m. tomorrow and Prof. A. A. Hoffman, Technical high school agricultural director, iscuss “Vegetable Varieties, Planting and Care,” at 2 p. m, Moving pictures will be shown at both sessions.
Denies Getting Sailor Released
WASHINGTON, March 23 (U. P.).— Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at her press conference yesterday denied that a certain Alfred Parkhurst had been discharged from the navy at the request of the president and herself. She said she had met the young man several months before Pearl Harbor, after he asked to see her, saying he was a college friend of Franklin Roosevelt Jr. * He told her he was about to be put into the ordinary seaman'’s class, she said, and he hoped to leave the American navy to enlist in the Canadian ground forces of the air corps. She said she referred his case to the president's naval aid, “but I never did find out what they did about him.” “No deferment would ever be asked for any man in the service, either by me or the president,” she said. “We would never “do that.” She said she lea'med this week that Parkhurst was rejected from the navy because of physical defects.
M’NUTT DRAFTS OWN LABOR SERVICE ACT
WASHINGTON, March 23 (U. P.). —War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt is prepared to file his own
‘draft of a national service act with
congress as soon as President i Roosevelt decides that labor must - be drafted to solve the manpower
T problem.
McNutt told his press conference yesterday that such legislation is not yet needed although he believes such a law is “inevitable.” He is known to object to the : Wadsworth-Austin national service __ bill, partly because it provides for © no sanctions against employers who : ja to make proper use of their abor.
FIRST AIDERS TO MEET First aiders of the Warren township civilian defense district will meet at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at Warren Central high school. M. C. Twinham, director of the emergency medical unit, will make appointments t6 the casualty station. L. H. Bowers swill Speak. x
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RUSH DEPLETES CANNING JARS
Housewives Cleaning Out Stores in Buying Spree.
Indianapolis housewives are clamoring for canning jars. They're “grabbing up” what they can get now and cleaning out stores faster than the stock can be rénewed. It’s “scare” buying and gives neither the stores nor the manufacturers a chance to stock up. Reports that there will not be enough jars available for canning victory garden crops were denied here today by canning company brokers. They pointed out that the early demand this year was unusual and that the situation would be improved if buyers would wait until the canning season. Both the Ball and Kerr canning companies are taking orders as fast as they can ship them, but they are not taking them for immediate delivery—only for delivery at their option. At present they are swamped but believe they will be able to catch up on orders before summer once the buying lets up. They insist that the supply will be sufficient.
. No Shortage, if-—
One company representative pointed out that there would not be a shortage of jars if the government .would give the company materials enough to operate seven days a week. Meanwhile, Rowell C. Moyer, director of the containers’ division for the war production board in Washington, announced that there would be plenty of metal closures for glass containers to handle the housewives’ expanding home canning program. WPB has removed all quota restrictions—except those concerning zinc caps. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard recently assured a radio audience that adequate supplies of jars will be’ available. His department has published a survey indicating a demand for more than five billion jars—an increase of 51 per cent over last year.
‘No Cause for Alarm’
Mr. Wickard said he received this assurance of an adequate supply from officials of the WPB, who have announced that the outlook is “hopeful” and that there is no cause for alarm. One local buyer says that he has plenty of stock on hand and points out that his store is selling selfsealing lids which will fit one pound and two pound coffee jars and other jars. They are called 63 millimeter lids. Advertisements have been in these jars for months urging people to save them for canning purposes. The facts are that there will be no shortage if sane buying in the canning season is resumed and if the government holds to its promise
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This illustration of war ration book two shows how meat rationing
mE ION DATE A
valid on April 25, but the expira-
tion date has not yet been announced, Only the one-point stamps can be used as change by storekeepers, which means that they will be the only stamps that a customer can carry loose. ment allows for 16 points a week for meat, cheese and fat. tration shows the order in which the red stamps become valid.
The present allotThe illus-
Rationing Dates
Sugar ~ Coupon 12 good for five pounds through May 31, Gasoline
A book—coupon 5 good through May 21.
Fuel Oil
Coupon 4 good for 11 salions through April 12.
Tires
Tires for holders of A gas books must be inspected by March 31.
Canned Goods
Stamps A, B and C good through March 31, Stamps D, E and F good March 25 through April 30.
Shoes
Coupon 17 good for one pair through June 15.
Meat Rationing begins March 29. - Coffee
Stamp 26 good for 1 pound through April 25.
+= PLEDGES PROBE
OF DEFERMENTS
Employees’ Status to
Be Investigated.
WASHINGTON, March 23 (U.P). —Chairman John M. Costello (D. Cal.) of a house military affairs subcommittee promised today that his group - would investigate the draft deferment of between 120,000 and 150,000 government employees “and at least 1,000,000 industrial workers. Costello gave the figures to reporters following an executive session of the committee which is investigating draft deferments. Rep. Forest M. Harness (R. Ind.) said that unjustified deferments amounted to “at least a million” in industry alone. : Elmer Davis, director of the OWI, whose bureau is now under examination by the committee, formally protested charges of his fellowHoosier, Mr. Harness, that the OWI is harboring draft dodgers. Rep. Harness had said at a hearing yesterday that the OWI had more than 1000 draft age employees, nearly 10 per cent of whom were single men “mostly under 30” who had never been classified. Mr. Davis replied in a statement that the agency has 1237 male employees between 18 and 37 who are eligible for the draft, but that request for deferment had been
Government and Factory|
for materials.
‘made by the OWI for only 82.
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Debut of the Smelt:
coast to coast in the next three department. The fish will be packed on ice and sent out after the early April runs. A considerable quantity will go to midwest army camps this season.
Restaurant Rations
OPA is aware of the necessity in some areas for larger restaurant rations to take care of war workers. Many workers live in rented rooms where they have no way of cookihg, and unless restaurants are geared to this situation, serious hardships may result.
Linoleum
Recapping
keep them in working condition.
HOME FRONT FORECAST By ANN FRANCE WILSON Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, March 23.—Expect the office of defense trans=- . portation soon’ to prohibit stores from delivering packages less
than five pounds. ' The drive to popularize the victory shoulder sack has this Ultimate aim in mind.
About 10,000,000 pounds of smelt will be on the markets from’
Here's one product of which the WPB seems sure there is enough. Production has fallen off somewhat but stocks are tremendous. Even though further cuts are imminent, you'll still find pretty much what you're looking for in any store.
Don’t wait too long to have your tires vecapped. If you do, it may be too late to do anything about them: Time to have a tire recapped is when the non-skid pattern has worn off. Any recapping expert can tell at a glance whether your old tire is worth spending $6.50 on. That is the ceiling price for all recapping jobs. If your tires.were good to start with, and have not been injured by under-inflation or scuffed on curbstones, it’s worth-while spending the money, rubber and manpower to
weeks, according to the interior
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Do Not Let Plants Hinder : Corner View, Mayor Asks
Mayor Tyndall today asked cooperation from victory gardeners in planning gardens so that tall plants will not obstruct the view at inter-
'sections.
The mayor's statement followed a letter from the Lions club asking him to “urge citizens to plant corn and other tall plants on the back portion of their lots and use the space nearest the intersection for smaller plants.” In the letter, the club ‘pointed “out that it has campaigned for a number of years, in co-operation with
the police department, asking citizens to cut down tall weeds and bushes at intersections of city streets. Ross J. Moore, chairman of the club’s safety committee, said that members concurred with government officials as to the necessity of victory gardens and will support projects of this kind to the full measure of its ability. “We believe that all citizens would
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Under Fire From Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 23 (U. P.)—Price ‘Administrator Prentiss M. Brown is considering revoking the office of price administration's order providing for compulsory grade labeling of all canned foodstuffs, it was learned today. The order, originally issued Feb. 26, compelled canners to label their products with the letters “A” “B” or “C” in accordance with the department of agriculture’s food labeling standard. H's purpose was to enable housewives to know the quality of foods they buy and at the same time to simplify 'OPA’s job
prices on canned foods. The order recently has been under severe attack both in congress and from the canners themselves, who charged that it threatened to eliminate the value of many leading trade names. «ha Counter pressure in favor of re-
a delegation of women claiming to represent 12 national consumer organizations visited OPA and left a letter for Brown urging retention of grade labeling. “There is no subject on which the consumers of the country are more unanimous than the necessity for grade labels if price control is to be a reality,” their letter said. “This issue is one of which the confidence of consumers In your Sdminisaion
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LIONS WILL HEAR LOPEZ, FBI AGENT
Julius M. Lopez, special agent in charge of the Indianapolis office of the FBI, will address members of the Lions club at their noon meeting tomorrow in the Claypool hotel. His subject is “The Jurisdiction and Work of the Federal Bureau of
{Canned Goods Regulation
Investigation.”
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be pleased to co-operate in this} -. safety matter,” he said, “if the reas} «= =
son for such an. arrangement is brought to their attention. 1
Today
's War Moves
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst : The present allied offensive in southern Tunisia looks like the opening of the second phase of the
This, from all
campaign which, in allied strategy, is to pen all of Rommel’s forces in the northeastern corner of Tunisia around Bizerte and Tunis and the coastal strip below.
the signs, is the real thing. As
‘United Press Correspondent Edward W. Beattie points out in a dispatch from North African headquarters, the allies are through with “piecemeal” strategy in North Africa. Gen. Bernard, I. Montgomery, commanding the British eighth army,
made his plans methodically and thoroughly. Observers have predicted for weeks that when he struck, it would be in overwhelming force. Nor is he striking alone. Excellent allied co-ordination appears to have been achieved and the Americans in south-central Tunisia are making a timed drive toward the sea which is a serious threat to Rommel’s position. ° Montgomery's main attack is at the northern end of the Mareth line, directed at the road leading along the coast to Gabes. Allied control of this road would put many difficulties in the way of a German withdrawal northward. Meanwhile, an allied flanking tank column has swung around from the southern end of the line to within 10 miles of El Hamma, the axis strong point 20 miles from Gabes. If either this column or the Americans reach the sea, any Ger-
mans remaining in the Mareth area would be in grave danger of being
cut off. Rommel undoubtedly is too smart to be caught in such g trap. It is
‘|possible that he is sacrificing a
holding force—including many Italians, no doubt—while he effects an orderly withdrawal of his main forces through Gabes to Sfax. It would be a race to get there
] before the Americans. They never-
IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STA TISTICS
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-off, Caps vs, Sioysiand, fale Sounds, 8 m.
te class, i 1:30 Pp.
State Defense Sounlell, meeting, Board of | Alv
Trad aiang. 3 wales Cham EE los. . a Associ on f Indianapolis _Assacis al o Credit , Men,
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James, Aina Holloway, Louis, Marie O'Neal, at 40 Tr ide. Earl, Marsio Story, at 3454 W. Michigan. Darskey, Laura Gordon, at 3015 Broadway.
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Ernest, Beulah Baker, at St. Francis. Jack, Margaret Mora, ay St. Francis. Ann t St. NR AaLEIE.
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Lillian Barbara King, 48, at City, bronchopneumonia. Henry H Burks, 8, at 604 N. Jefferson, myocardi erry Sohnson, 2, at Methodist, acute
59, at Methodist, carcinoma. Genevive Downham, at Methodist, peri-
Annie White, 4, at 1412 King, coronary occlusion.
Broaddus, 73, at 2165 N. or mit
it iency. | Paul Elsworth. Felix, 50, at 1547 W. New
York, coronary Willis’ alker, 60, at City, carcinoma. Pray’ Troper, , at Ceniral, ar-
toentral, cere:
theless would be still menacing his flank while Montgomery, with overwhelmingly superior air support, would ®be pressing hard from the south.
OPA HAS MESSAGE | FOR FUEL OIL USERS
WASHINGTON, March 23 (U.P). —To oil rationed householders the .office of price administration today addressed this message: “Don’t throw away the identity stub of your heating ration.” The stub, the remaining part of the coupon sheet after all individual coupons have been removed,
contains the code number of the rationer, the date of issuance and expiration and amount of the ration and other information. Local. boards will require the consumer to present the stub when the 1943-44 rations are distributed.
At the same time, OPA said ra-|-
tioned consumers would not be penalized for thrift. Whatever portion of this year’s ration the cone sumer saves will not be deducted from the new ration.
JAIL PRISONER DIES RE Frank P. Stalkamp, 63, held in the county jail on a vagrancy charge, died in his cell early today. He had lived at the Salvation army.
OFFICIAL WEATHER.
U. 8. Weather All Data in Central War Time
Sunrise Candas 6:44 | Sunset....... 6:59 |
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BY EARL RICHERT
ONE VERY IMPORTANT phase—the financial—of Ralph Gat
already is under way.
‘campaign for the Republican nomination for governor next
. Close personal friends of Mr. Gates, most of them Legionnail are out obtaining pledges of $100 apiece now from G. O. P. ie throughout the state who are friendly to Mr, Gates. ;
Their plan is to get 200 men to chip in and thus be able to turn $20,000 over to Mr. Gates or his campaign manager when the Republican state chairman for-
mally opens his campaign.
These Gates men are anxious to get the: financial problem solved, at least to a certain extent, now. For they know that with the higher cast of living plus income and other taxes, campaign contributions probably will be hard to get next year, While Mr. Gates, of course, hasn't made any announcement concerning his future intentions, there isn't a man in the top circles of the Republican party who doesn’t regard: him as a “cinch” candidate and his friends are sure he will be.
What About Chairmanship
WHEN MR. GATES gets ready to start his campaign he' undoubtedly will resign the state chairmanship and it is this aspect that is stirring up the most discussion in party circles now. The Gates men are hopeful that they can: get their choice into the top spot in the switchover without creating a great deal of turmoil. The “antis,” of course, are hoping that they can get at least a “neutral” named. They think that if they can \plish this, that Mr. Gates when he steps out will then’ become is another candidate. But that this’ 3 highly unlikely is shown By the frank statement of Secretary of State Rue Alexander that “I'll ‘be for Ralph for anything he wants.” Mr. Alexander is head of the motor vehicle license bureau and
IT'S : ONE DAY.
thus controls raost of the state
publican party today. Among the pro-Gates Repub
as possible successors to the party chairmanship are Joseph J. Dan= iels, 11th district chairman, and Clark Springer, DeKalb county
Millis With Dawson
THE GATES CROWD, which is watching closely the moves of all possible opponents, is much ‘ine terested in the vacation trip te Hot Springs, Ark., of Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson and three other ‘Republicans. Mr. Dawson is regarded by the Gates group as their No. 1 antage onist, ‘at the present at least. Ace companying him are Frank Millis, -State Senator Thurman Riddine ger and Lawrence Crosbie. Mr Millis, one of the tep men in the state civilian defense setup, was she Republican house floor lead= er in the 41 session and was campeign manager for William E. Jenner when he campaigned for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in ’40, Senator Bide dinger was president’pro tem. of the senate during the session just past and Mr. Crosbie is head of the state live stock licensing de- - partment. ———————— ‘FOOD AND GROWTH Mrs. Flora. Lagemann -of the Marion county tuberculosis associge tion office will speak at 1:30 p. m, tomorrow before the Mothers’ club of the Stephen Foster kindergarten at the kindergarten. Her topic vii
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