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POINT-CUTTING WAR IN MEATS CHARGED HERE

OPA Says Some Butchers ~ Use ‘Loophole’ to Reduce

Coupon Cost.

~ By ROGER BUDROW A “point-cutting war” is going on among Indianapolis butcher shops using a loophole in OPA meat rationing regulations to sell slowmoving supplies, the OPA said today. These “bargain sales” are possible through a regulation which permits & butcher to cut the point value of meat if it is in immediate danger of spoiling. ; In the past few days OPA investigators have checked 203 Indianapolis butcher shops and found only 85 complying strictly to the regulations. Promises Correction

W. .H. Snyder, state OPA enforcement officer, said some of the violations may have been wilful and others due to lack of information about the regulations, but

added that: the violations will ‘be

corrected.

Some of the. violations ‘were ‘in 4. butcher - shops: - ‘that reduced the| “point valiie ‘of meatl but did not | cut the price. NEw regulations pro-| Vie SEAL if & Rushes Sts the pete:

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tomer, the price must be cut at least in half. Any point reductions . between these two extremes must be accompanied with a corresponding price cut, Mr. Snyder said.

Fail to Advise OPA

A butcher does not need OPA permission to hold a point sale but he must send a post-card:notifica-tion to the OPA within 24 hours announcing his intention to hold . Such a sale. Most butchers have neglected to do this, Mr. Snyder| said. Many of the violations are in wieners, sausage, liverwurst, and sliced meats. Mr. Snyder said he saw little reason for any smoked sausage or ham being sold at reduced point values because they are liable to spoil only under extremely poor refrigerating conditions. : The “bargains in points” will probably fall off the early part of next month, he said, because after May 3 a butcher can offer only _ two per cent of his inventory at reduced point values.

4 Truck Returned After Tire Theft

IT’S GOING to be tough on these thieves’ when the OPA catches up. with them. They drove a service truck loaded with an unestimated number of tires out of the Goodyear Tire Co., 627 N. Delaware st., last night, ‘then returned the truck. -

NON-STOP ATTACKS ON KISKA CONTINUE

WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P.).— The non-stop battering of Japanese bases in the Aleutians is continuing unabated, with five more air attacks on Kiska and one on Attu, the navy announced today. Hits were. reported on - enemy positions. The: attacks, which occurred on Monday, raised to 51 the total of air assaults on Kiska alone since the first of March. ; s Meanwhile, in the Solomons American airmen struck at Japanese positions at Vila in the New

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purpose.

Mr. Tarkington, a life-long Republican, declared in a letter which was read to the organization meeting of the new group, the Post-war Policies Council of Indiana Republicans, that in his opinion the Republican party must declare for international co-operation.

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IN MIDDLE WEST

Fate of Co-operation Move May Hinge on-Cornbelt States.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer CHICAGO, April 7—The fate of effective post-war collaboration between the United States and the other united nations may well hinge on the Midwestern states that radiate about this metropolis.

A ferment is stirring in this area, once the center of isolationism,

by those doing missionary work here for a united nations organization to preserve peace and prevent future aggression—notdbly Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota. It is difficult at this stage to measure its extent or effectiveness. The post-war controversy cuts across party lines, as is manifest not only by the activity of Governor Stassen, who is a Republican, and by the joint sponsorship of a senatorial resolution by two Republicans, Senators Ball (Minn.) and Burton (O.), and two Democrats, Hill (Ala.) and Hatch (N.M.), but also by other developments in this section. Interesting among them is the creation here in Chicago of the Republican Postwar Policy association, with the purpose of combatting isolationism in the Republican party and of promoting study and thinking about postwar problems. The key figure in this movement .(Continued on Page Four)

Council Is Formed To Keep State GOP From Isolationism

Booth Tarkington Sounds Keynete of New Movement In Letter to Organizers at Meeting in Columbia Club Today.

‘By EARL RICHERT A movement to keep the Indiana Republican party from sliding back to the isolationism of 1920 was formally launched here today with Novelist Booth Tarkington sounding the keynote of the group formed to accomplish this

| opposes it, the party would risk

| policies council, Mr. Tarkington was - {unable to attend the organization

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“If next year’s Republican platform does not include this idea, or

losing the whole of what might be called the intelligent vote, ? he said. “Republicans cannot possibly afford to let the Democratic party untruthfully claim copyright on the idea, and to do so might easily lose an election that now seems yearning to ‘go Republican’.”

Unable to Attend While one of the sponsors of the

meeting at the Golumbid club and he sent the letter to acquaint members with his sentiments.

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of world war can be prevented and a just and durable peace attained only through effective international co-operation in which the U. 8. shall participate. “We believe that the success of the Republican party in 1944 is dependent upon its sincere advocacy of post-war international co-opera-tion in the interest of peace.”

Leaders Not Invited

None of the top-ranking G. O. P. state organization officials were present, but sponsors of the council explained that while these Republican leaders had been advised of the meeting they had not been invited “because it was not deemed advisable at this time.” While most of the group backing the movement are definitely proWillkie, sponsors say that the policies council is not designed to sponsor the candidacy of any presidential aspirant and that while similar groups are being set up in other states the Indiana organization has no connection with them. John K. Ruckelshaus Jr., Indianapolis lawyer who sent out invitations to the organization meeting, said he had received letters of indorsement from between 40 and 50 prominent: Republicans whoa: could not attend the meeting.

La Follette Indorses If

Among this group were Congress-. man Charles La Follette of Evansville, the state’s newest Republican ‘congressman; Maurice G. Robinson of Anderson, former secretary of state; Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, mayor of Indianapolis; Charles J. Frank McDermond of Attica, president of the Hoosier State Press association; George Henley of Bloomington, Republican house floor leader in the ’43 legislative session, and Circuit Judge- Charles H. Robertson of Lafayette. One of the main themes of Mr. (Continued on Page Four)

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Gentlemen—I most warmly agree with the principles of the proposal you outline and I shall be glad to be one of the signers. I think the Republican party

operation. That is, we. should avocate a co-operation for the prevention of future wars. Our pres-

kept to the utmost simplicity—only the restoration, or creation, of law

its unceasing rhaintenance; law between nations to be defined as ex-

clusive of laws within nations.

Text of Booth Tarkington s Letter on Post-War Policy

Here is the text of Booth Tarkington's letter on Republican party policies which was read today at the organization meeting of the PostWar Policies Council of Indiana Republicans at the Columbia club:

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between nations and provision for|.

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over and between nations. This law would be that all nations shall henceforth settle their disputes means of negotiation instead of

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BONDS T0 OPEN NEW CAMPAIGN

White House Staff First,

Buyers in Drive Set For April 12.

WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. P.).—| |

President Roosevelt swung the $13,000,000,000 second war loan drive off to a head start today by personally selling bonds to the White House staff and calling upon the people at! large to follow the slogan “they give their lives—we lend our money.” ’ The drive formally opens next Monday, The president and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr., however, got together with the White House staff to do a little advance selling.

Morgenthau told the president |

that the bonds offered the people of America “the opportunity to

lend their suppert to ‘our fighting

men in the great spring offensives.” Messenger First Buyer Before starting his one-man sales campaign, the president looked at he staff packed around him and “If I might paraphrase the slogan

‘of this new drive to maintain the

war and turn out more our troops at the front—the is for us—They give their lives. lend our money.’ ” Ho sooner had. the

Negro Messenger, 5 n Pye.

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to purchase the first bond. Pye was Mr. Roosevelt's chauffeur when he was assistant secretary of the navy in the last war and has been in the White House since 1933. They All Buy : Pye was ecstatic over the fact that he was the first White House purchaser in the new drive. “I'm a great salesman,” the president observed, as porters, clerks and messengers crowded” around him to ‘buy bonds. The president took their money and handed it to Morgenthay, who was kept busy recording the sales. The president ruffled through the stack of bonds before him and spotted a $1000 one. “Have you got any bigger ones, Henry?” he asked Morgenthau, who nodded.

Announce Sou

For Yellow Fever

NEW YORK, April 7 (U. P.).— The Rockefeller Foundation has developed a new serum which will immunize every American soldier or sailor in any part of the world against yellow fever, President Raymond B. Fosdick, disclosed yesterday ina review of the organization’s 1942 activities. Fosdick said four million doses of the serum have been shipped to all the fighting fronts.

AXIS LEADERS PLAN BRENNER PASS TALK

High Commands to Discuss

Allied Invasion.

LONDON, April 7 (U. P.). — The German and Italian high commands will meet soon in the Brenner pass to discuss the defense of Italy against an allied invasion, which the axis believes may follow close on an Anglo-American victory in Tunisia, reports reaching allied governments in London said today.. Rumors circulated in Switzerland that Adolf Hitler and Premier Mussolini plan to ‘attend the meeting, but competent allied quarters believed this unlikely. \ However, Germany is expected to send Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop momentarily to Rome to confer ‘with Mussolini on Ifaly’s appeal for-seven additional army divisions and two more air corps to counter any landing attempt. . Informed sources said the un-

ted allied aerial offensive|

precedent from North Africa against Sicily, Sardinia and southern Italy have intensified the fears of both Germany and Italy that the AngloAmerican high command is plan-

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nrimony Je Festerday afd n enlisted men and one ‘officer received the Award of the Purple Heart at Billings General

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Pursuit ‘Now in Open Country, Churchill, Says; Allied Planes Smash at Enemy

‘Shipping, Sink

Seven Vessels.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED. HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 7. The British 8th army in a savage night attack had crushed

on the South;

i | enemy flank in stiff fighting on two sectors of the cen

Wounded: in Battles- around’ the world, ‘these canaiiies of world war II accepted the award founded by George: Washington from Col. James M. Churchill, new commanding officer -of the: fort.

FURY OF ALLIED AIR MIGHT RISES

Axis Sub, Plane, Transport Facilities Blasted by U.S. and R. A. F.

"By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent "LONDON, April. T7.— Mounting allied air power has reached a pitch enabling the prosecution of simultaneous assaults on the three major targets — submarine, plane and transport facilities. In the past two weeks the United States army air force and the Royal Air Force carried out 31 missions. The heaviést weight of bombs was dropped on the so-called ' general targets against which the RAF made three massive attacks—two raids on Berlin and one on Essen.

Two blistering RAF raids hit sub-

marine targets—Lorient and St. Nazaire. Four others were against objectives definitely identified as submarine facilities, including Kiel.

Transport Hit Hard = The next largest weight of ex-

plosives was loosed on transport

targets—railroads, docks and shipping, which were hit 14 times but generally on a smaller scale than the big 1000-ton affairs. Third place went to attacks against Nazi air manufacturing works and key airdromes in north France and Holland, with a total of six. The exact nature of the targets of two attacks was not revealed, including the raid on Bochum.

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In addressing the honored‘ men Col. Churchill said: “Each of you will be filled with everlasting pride for : what you have done for: your country for:the order of the Purple Heart is awarded for meritorious acts - of extraordinary fidelity.” Col. Churchill pinned the medals on each. Half a dozen of the men were in wheelchairs and a few received the award in bed. Music for the event was furnished by the Finance Replacement Training Center band and the invocation was given by Lieut. Col. David. D. Donahoo, hospital chaplain. Col.

‘| Churchill was introduced by Col.

Harry L. Dale, commanding officer of Billings. . Capt. John P. Mason, hospital adjutant, read the citation orders.

BRITISH TORPEDO ITALIAN CRUISER

Subs in Mediterranean Also - Hit. 3 Other Ships.

LONDON, April 7 (U. P.). — The admiralty announced today that a British submarine had torpgdoed an Italian cruiser of the Regolo class in the Straits of Messina. A heavy explosion followed the attack, but full results could not be observed. The Regolo class comprises 12 new cruisers of 3362 tons which mount eight 5.3-inch guns and carry only light armor. An admiralty communique said other submarines operating against axis supply lines in the Mediterranean had torpedoed two tankers and a medium-sized supply ship and at least one tanker was believed, to

have been sunk.

Indianapolis Times will publish

Dr. Masters will tell how to do it. He will advise on what to do before the doctor comes, how certain diseases can be prevented (with or without telephoned advice from the doctor), how to tell the difference between serious and benign (self-limiting) illnesses and how "people may conserve and use | | to best advantage the energy of

Indianapolis Times to Publish Health Column Starting Monday

' Realizing the importance of “health on the home front, ” The

Thomas D. Masters, starting Monday, April 12. The strain on doctors at home already is terrific and will increase. This means that everyone will have to get along without as much medical attention as has been available in the past.

a daily health column by Dr.

The author was graduated from the University of Chicago and Rush Medical college. Well-known as a. specialist in metabolic and gastro-intestinal diseases, he is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, »a member of the American Dia‘betic association and a diplojmate of the American Board of

itself untenable.

front. : “The sudden forward thrust by the 8th army under Sir Bernard L. Montgomery established a wide bridg in the axis lines by seizing the key hills of Djebel {and Djebel El Roumana, which are about two miles ap the upper end of the water-filled Wadi Akarit, some

north of Gabes. 'This made

BOLIVIA JOINS WAR ON AXIS

Becomes 33d Nation to Line Up on Side of United Nations.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 7 (U. P.). —Bolivia today became the 33d nation to enter the war on the side of

the united nations. The cabinet, in a special session last night, approved a decree declaring the existence of a state of war with the axis effective at noon today. Under the Bolivian constitution, the decree must be adopted by congress to effect an actual declaration of war. The Bolivian congress is not in session and would have to be called into an extraordinary -meeting for this formality. . The cabinet’s action coincided with a visit by U. 8. Vice President| Henry A. Wallace, who said it was “a complete and agreeable surprise to me.” At the same time, President Enrique Penarands announced he would leave May 1 to pay the United States an official visit.

LEGION COMMANDER S ON AFRICA FRONT

Waring to Tell of Trip at

May Meeting Here.

The American Legion today disclosed that its commander, Roane| Waring, is at the fighting front el North Africa. Accompanying the national a mander are Warren H, Atherton,

‘| chairman of the national defense

committee of the legion, and an unidentified officer of the war department, legion officials said. Mr. Waring is expected to return to the United States in time to re-

the nation also is scheduled. Legion officials said Mr. Waring

the personal request of Gen. George C. Marshall, “not only to take words

went to the African war theater at|

the formidable Wadi |

Barrage Precedes Advance ; (In London, Prime Minister Churchill told commons th ‘the 8th army broke through the German defenses into.¢ Sguniry ahd was hotly pUISuitg the axis yess, streati

: "(Churchill whose information obviously vane] a period than that of the North African communique, said the 8th army 's successful frontal attack should enable ¢ British to join the United States forces “which are unee ingly pressing the enemy from the west.” : (The British advance, Churchill said, was preceded ands covered by a barrage of about 500 guns on practically thi same scale as that which enabled the 8th army to bre

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through the original defenses at EI Al |Egypt, nearly 1500 miles.

the east). po At the same time, the Americans under Lieut. Gen, George 8. Pati on, | Jr., edged forward again in . he: Maknassy sector and east of Guettar, capturing half of the stra= | tegic Djebel Chemsi mountain’ renewing a hard battle for the ke hills south of the Kebill: re junction. ;

Panzer Attacks Fall

Allied air forces again hammenre the enemy mercilessly in front &i rear areas, sinking seven ships fn one convoy en route to Tunisia, h ting many others and shooting dows 31 axis planes. 5 The 8th army launched its o fensive against German Erwin Rommel’s defenses along t northern rim of the wa 1 Wadi Akarit, 20 miles : north of Gabes, at 4:30 a. m. Tuesday after a heavy artillery barrage. ; A special communique last nigh reported that the army Had caps tured its first objectives and regular operational communig early this afternoon disclosed that “wide wedge” had been driven the enemy lines. fs, The Germans put up a count barrage and threw infantry tanks in ceaseless waves against British wedge, but the 8th ar held firm and repulsed the enem

American Forces Gain.

If the British succeed in dislod ing Rommel from his Akarit posi tions, the German commander wi find no other natural defense ling in his northward retreat until reaches the mountains above 8 more than 130 miles north of Gabe Latest front dispatches 0! that American forces pressing d (Continued on Page Four) 3 : . =»

On the War Front

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AFRICA—British 8th army sma through axis line north of Gabe is pursuing Afrika Korps nc ward across plains, as Amer troops drive for a junction as allied planes hammer enemy J tions and communications,

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