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A CHICAGO, April 13.—Bill Nicol, president of the Mid- | 4 ; i Po . low freezing. ke get Manufacturing Co., snapped his suspenders today and Governor Offers Funds at| i Allies Gain Ground North, “hey also are caused bu in- | Gen. Blamey Says Offensive | §

said: Emergency Meeting on ' ; Re N Elementary flakes are prisms ’ of . Sho orthwest and West Is Blunted, but It’s Onl | ~ “Come on, guys—150,000 pants hangers in 60 days, ; AF : i J of six sides, whose ends are per- ‘ ra ; y ; or the army will lose its press and won't look so natty any Pr oblems. =e ee Of Sousse. The ‘Beginning. more!” : Governor Schricker today offered | | : By VIRGIL PINKLEY Be MacARTHUR'S HEAD. A Bill, 14-years-old and a sophomore in high school, watched his |petween $40,000 snd $50,000 of his| | Sih : : : United Press Staff Correspondent QUARTERS, Australia, April A youthful employees roll up their sleeves for the company’s first test $75,000 emergency contingent fund] | : i ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, 88 ustiralia, Apn 2 production run in the manufacture of pants hangers for the army. t the state be dget. comm vies andy] 0 : : : North Africa, April 13—The allied 4 ; 13 (U. P).—Japan has The Sronlas So and fre Js Av ume evoure seciii : use: imi! : 18th army group gained new ground RR massed 200,000 men and a a bunch of high school kids starting out to fill an army contract— raising we alaries of state in won § i Saday, Siveesing te Xi doops into ; ha Be strong air force north of Aus-~ tion employees for em : tralia, Lieut. Gen. Sir Thomas

and I mean fill it.” nisia, hammering the enemy front

, i of the fiscal year. : si ; pa & A He said Midget’s assignment to Sh} The governor made his offer at] a : and rear in steady aerial attacks : Blamey said today.

turn out 150,000 pants hangers [ nN ! the first joint meeting of the a J = EA Ra pe and boosting the total of prisoners A 4 ER The Japanese, he said, ‘are gams= was the company’s first enterprise ; ¥ personnel board and the state] taken to more than 33,156. : : Fa bling for mastery of the skies over and that it was operating under a ug ” budget committee—a meeting called} | The British 1st amd 8th army . the island fringe in an aerial of« sub-contract from the Agers aa to consider institutional problems|- spearheads pushed up the. coastal ; fensive which cost them 53 planes Manufacturing Co., which Was RECOMMENDED which he termed “the most serious}. road from Sousse to Enfidaville, yesterday. glad to turn over a bit of their ; facing the state government today.” | where Nazi Marshal Erwin Rom- ; Gen. Blamey, commander of allied army contract for us to fill. The budget committee and the] mel is expected to make his next land forces in the Southwest Paoem . T= Bi personnel board were to study the| HE stand. The French pressed east- You may not believe it, but this | cific, said the Japanese offensive A ‘Junior Achievement House Committee. Urges institutional pay scales during the | 1 = I ‘ward, in the Ousseltia sector and| is a photomicrograph of a snow- (marked the beginning of the struge THE MIDGET Manufacturing bie Fagor remainder of the day and to hol { tx :f £ § °F British advances also were reported | flake. gle for air control above Australia, Co. with its all-high school officers Drastic Economies in a final meeting on the matter to-] | 5 3 in the northernmost Medjez EI Bab : with the Japanese challenging an 3 did moITow. afternoon. : a sector. pendicular to their lengths. There allied margin of superiorit a, sna Wy Farm Program Led se EEE] (Radio Algiers reported the Brit-| are fancier designs, too. : p % Junior .Achievement, a national gram. Guards Need Raise | Co : ish had reached the enemy de-| At any rate, all varieties fftir- Solomons Bases Raided

roup created 21 years ago by : Ti / : : Sr Moses, resent the | WASHINGTON, April 13 (U. P.).| Attending today’s meeting were] .|fenses at Enfidaville). . ried in Indianapolis today—April | pooiacure “of the concentration to ; representatives of several state in={ Compilation . of official figures| 13. The last time there was any |,¢ oowerful Japenese land and air

Strathmore Paper Co. Spring- |—The house appropriations com- ; field, Mass, who. wanted to give {mittee hit the jack-pot in its econ- stiitions and institutional boards of showed that allied forces in Tu- Show here on this date Was In ( uengtn to the orth followed: & -| trustees. i i young persons a chance to study ony. drive today by: A Miive. 5 menibsr of tHE nisia Sinegt Nov. 2 When Tunisia The snow was’ just a prelude to communique announcing that allied business first hand before actuall i » : ny or 4 : ; was invaded, aken at leas forces knocked out 37 of 100 planes ing into it. y 1. Slashing $240,093,647 from the state prison board of trustees, said “After two bation } 33,156 prisoners. In addition, many| Some real winter due to return in the heaviest raid of the war on 8! ig A olevenint does the |B88riculture department's appropria- it was jmperative that a $20 a oo to 0 0 g hundreds of -other prisoners stili| tonight, and Victory gardeners |, key New Guinea base of Port great things for the city kids tion for fiscal 1944. month increase in minimum salaries| ow were uncounted. should take warning.« Moresby, along with 13 more in “ : : | Pibirwmnrers Solel Bonin This would raise the average pox. have taken more than 5000 of the| fake a dive to 25 to 30 degrees, a an Washington the Suwy on ; Ea ; ny lene - — “necessary” functions to the farm from $140 to $160 3. month. total number. lutle below Jresaing. in vealed that fliers under the Sou ears Ahn, Dntineas aa make e | 3 Declining fo appropriate $100, |for etter paying jobs during the ow pi a: # # | The bulk of Marshal Erwis Rom- wembipusbiniee tender. vege. | Weather to raid five Japanese bases little money doing it.” 000,000 for ineentive payments for past year and thas the Institue SESE SHI PRET SRI | ga’ |mel's battered German and Ttalian| pion. trom: this danger of (frees in the Solomons, as a part of the: “There are five operations, Joe Selita] ror thy chopping $100,- | was now 22 guards short. TIRES + aA, rvtae 1. 3 7 § 7 |armies were digging in for a last ing.) gu) effort to Soma the growing Japa= +. over there,” Le said, nodding to | i Png Lo hw Many Are New stand in the rocky hills, deep gorges| Below: Freeing opbeturts nese power. o flying fortresses ra carrot-top 14-year-old, “cuts the Abolishing the Idderal crop in; and narrow passes of the Cartha-| will prevail in northern and most. [Were lost in Hy Gaid) .

. surance program. “Most of our guards are green Pe L N. 6 hei i £ wood to size. Gus does the a ’ Tf 4 ginian promontory guarding the| central sections of the state. Res notching. Ralph assembles. John | 0: Refusing to auttiorize payment |and the inmates know We don't] o 1 Ber y a ew ri n © | approaches to Tunis and Bizerte. There will be near freezing in Important Results Foreseen inserts the felt pads and Delbert |CL1"5 parity prices for ihe 1943and| want spother Pear] Hathor to hap- (London observers estimated that| southern Indiana. Despite the official assertion that 1944 crop years. - { pen up there,” he said. * ‘WASHINGTON, April 13 (U. P.) —President Roosevelt rededicated| Rommel still has around 210,000 to| g.r.r.r. . . |the Japanese air offensive was bes

slips on the plastic ring. Presto! Ah 6. Prohibiting government loans| The governor told members of the 220,000 men, including about 150,000 lieved to have been blunted m A hanger svey three minutes.” to farmers where credit is obtain-|two boards that he wanted: them to the nation to ‘the democratic ideals of Thomas Jefferson today with the a p18 g : Pg mie nd

’ i i 5 ; » ar L warni ; “te : 3 : : » . Takes 60 Days able from private lending agencies. Ree out a Somfortalie and ap = ng that en who will not fight for. liberty can lose it Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Blamey warned that it was only Claims ‘Actual Reduction’ Made ' | PEA108 scuedule so thal we can re- peaking in’ person at, broadcast ceremonies dedicating the new daily communique said that patrols beginning and “the results will be

THE COMPANY, together with : : tain the good people at our insti: jefferson Merhorial on the 200th anniversary of the ‘third president’s!from the 1st and 8th armies were of the greatest importance.” its three subsidiary companies The committee approved direct! tutions and attract others. ’ birth, Mz Roosevelt. drew parallels between the issUes of Jefferson's day pushing northward from Sousse be- T 0 n OND RE 0 OR D A communique describing the ate

. more recently formed at Calumet |aPpropriations for the department| C. Anderson Ketchum, state tween the coast and the hills. tack on the allied-held south New high school, expected to finish the |totaling $707,040.844 which compare |hudget director, reported that it! - Toy and those now at stake in world It was possible that Rommel left Guinea coast base described it as a

pants hanger contract 60 days with budget estimates of $947,134,- would take an additional $340,000 DR AFT BOARD AT war IL rear guards to fight another delay- glia. “complete defeat” for the raiders,

: in ow : 491. But they were $20,939,259 more to keep the institutions operating: “He faced the fact that men who : from Monday—the day when they pe & will not fight for liberty can lose Ng stand in the eight-mile coastal | It was the largest blow ever aimed

will go into actual production. The |than the $686,101,585 appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year ” |corridor bounded on the west by! ]st Day Sales of 12 Coun- [at Port Moresby. J 60 boys will work in shifts from 3 for fiscal 1943. ow |and that the funds which can be COLUMBUS QUITS. t,” the president said. “We, too,| the salt lakes Sebkret Nalk El Men- The battle lasted 40 minutes, to 9 o'clock after school and on The committed said the bill rep- made available for this purpose are have faced that fact. ... {zel and Sebkra Kelbia 12 to 14 miles ties Total 65 Million; Lightnings, Airacobras and. Kitty= Saturdays no employee working |eSents an “actual reduction” under| just about sufficient to do that. daitanily “He loved peace and loved liberty, Inorth of Sousse. hawks intercepted the fleet of 50 . more than 12 hours a week. The |last year's of $172,675,731 because Practically no money would be left! ‘ . Sauy 3 yet on mote than one Sceasion However, French forces advancing Allen Leads. bombers and 50 fighters 60 wage for officers and employees |it Makes no provision for parity) for salary incresSes. Charges ‘Inconsistencies’ in he Was forced to choose between 'through the hills east of the Ous- north of the port over’ the alike is 35 cents an hour. payments in connection with the| He said that the $340,000 could : them. We, too, have been com- {Contiued on Page Six) (Another Story, Page 7) mountains and fought them from “We built up $100 operating 1043 ou crops. It pointed out that (Continued on Page Six) New Regulations. pelled to make that choice. ty yr pe 18,000 to 23,000 feet. The Japanese capital,” Bill said, “by selling 200 |‘he bill carries $193.623,000 for : Shrine Shines in Sun Indiana was well on fs way to|formation quickly turned back,

shares of stock at 50 cents a share, |Parity payments for 1943, although COLUMBUS, Ind, April 13 (U. angther war bond record today. 19 Bombers, 10 Fighters Downed . they were authorized in last year’ Yo -.| Mr. Roosevelt had laid the Sor : & 4 limiting purchases to four shares |'1¢Y We yoars On the War Fronts PF.) ~The Bartholomew county. se nerstone of the memorial o re a spectacular = buying| The outnumbered allied planes

bill which made no| appropriation lective service board resigned toto a customer. We all bought up day because of alleged: “inconsten-|15, 1939. Today he stood betore wy ‘BRE AK AT T ALG ATR Al pace yesterday, the opening day of yee aided byantiairarutt battery

for them. to the limit ourselves. With that (April 13, 1943) The agricultural d ’ ” i completed structure, shinin; beau- | we can pay the $10 rent on our g! epartment had cies” created in draft regulations g the second war loan drive, 12 out fighters by aircraft, two 3

factory building and start paying asked for authority and money to TUNISIA — Allies push northward |, he regulations issued Monday. silly In the Sun on the south side of the state's 92 counties reported shot down by anti-aircraft and six

; ke full parity payments for each |: In a statement issued with the |Of the Tidal Basin. : on the machinery. Junior Achieve- ma Pp from Sousse area towar - \ a The roun nn do 800,000 wa am uld ¢ sment backed us to the tune of [Of the crop years 1943 and 1944. The| ' ¢qinous corner of oan Tou announcement of their resignation, € round, colonnaded, low-domed, Police Hear Two Two Men Are pohial les Ya ohn a Sthers ou ge 30 hadlly ey sould committee rejected tie request, “be-| pisig and advance in Medjez E1|the board said: “We do not feel |Mmemorial now takes it place in the its aie only two planes

$200 for that.” om ae is $81,000,000 : lieving that observance of ‘existing ih : ourselves qualified to continue as|ca8Pital with shrines to two other In Water, Swimmin 15 pl : He pointed out a merry, plump : Bab sector to withi q : : ’ g. Bor ono Iekios Veo wag Sire (Continued on Page Six) Tunis Hn 9 miles ©f | hoard members under the revised |§rest Americans, George Washing-| a a battle as that 28 allied pian van DE ch of Te vel 5 : draft regulations announced Mon-|ton and Abraham Lincoln. | SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (U. P.).| neck - with Connecticut for. first was that 28 allied planes wi is. IR WAR—Bombers, presumably | goo The president said Jefferson, —Reports reached the San Fran- (honors in the war loan drive. Shek owls, ole Jranaport sunk and

“Jerome's our sales manager Russians, attack Koenigsberg and nud g tis E Cc 114 tat ti : , “Qur resigna i oss 150 years of time, is “closer cisco mainland today that there [Eugene C. Pulliam, state executive . nd already hes got a foundry HOPE F OR CONTINUED other points in East Prussia. Fesignation is hob a. protest, | R%H i Fifteen Japanese planes her i Fegilati . |by much to living men than many had been shooting and a ible [chairman of the Indiana war p p were but the new regulations created in g y g Possi® © | finance committee, today urged the |downed in other peridl actions. A

X fra ; : : lined up for our next coniracts American raids on Naples Sunday | oon cictencies with which we of the |Of our leaders of the years be- attempted prison break at Alca-

t rds cut for C bores an whieh SMALL FARMER AID 5 drone glen, board felt we couldn't cope.” tween.” |traz island federal penitentiary in|8200 volunteer fleld workers to re-|Liberator, on reconnaissance,

boxes in which castings are e ! : RUSSIA—Red army repulses series| The board said it had been class-| “His cause,” Mr. Roosevelt said, San ‘Francisco bay. Souble thelr efforts during the next nonlid over eves). Tomes ol

molded. We small companies EE —— of German attacks southeast of ’ “was a ca The Francis n SO mes Ppai Leningrad, killing more than 2000 040 as. RH alias 2% ee Io on ih ne eae | police a ae 8 Dera ree| “We can win if everybody who| Besides the serial triumphs, &' that give the large manufacturers | Schenk Praises State FSA; enemy troops and wiping out|gering their induction even if they |but by our sacrifices. . : |ceived reports that “two men are intends to.buy a bond in this drive [bomber hit and sunk, a Japanese EE en gam wedge driven into its lines. |yaq children. The regulations an.| “Thomas Jefferson believed, as we in the water, swimming around. makes the purchase this week— [Submarine during a heavy attack om NEE han pre jobs.” it Employs 480 Here. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Allies nounced Monday classified all (Continued on Page Six) The police boat D. A. White was but we must act at orice,” he said. Ritromes av Rabaul, the his enémy P down 52 Japanese planes, includ- {fathers whose children were born Lhe sent to Alcatraz, presumably to aid [We beat Connecticut last time— off Wew

RUSS RAID PRUSSIA | By ROBERT BLOEM ing 37 of 100 which struck heavi-| prior to Sept. 15, 1942, as deferrable. KYSER IS RE JECTED other boats in a search. let's do it again!” A compilation of aif fighting res

sults in the Southwest Pac Possibility that congress, on tht| est blow of the war at Port The board said the inconsistency It was reported without confirma- Allen County Leads during: the past week showed th

basis of recommendations made by, Moresby. Five J bases i it] t that t east 2D TIME IN 3 NIGHTS the house appropriations commit: | “sclomons nombed | roomeen these two rulings made it| FOR ARMY SERVICE pon, “te ts of Prisoners had) Waste a Allen Ee otrort a . ranked a nation’ " >

IN : : tee, might abolish the farm securit; a, i By UNITED PRESS ’ y ; which houses some of the nation’s Russian bombers appeared _to|Administration caused little excite-| (War Analysis and U. S. Communi. | IDdianspolis draft officials were| HOLLYWOOD, April 13, (U, P).|Which houses some of the nation's) (U0 5 CALE 40 BE OEE FOU thlgtroved tn the Solomons.

ment in Indianapolis today. : ques, Page Five) Specie hive is Sfernoon to con- | —Kay Kyser, leader of one of Amer- Warden James A. Johnson Was when the county’s: $13,600,000 goal}

BE Gs Regional FSA officials were mildly with: the board, fca’s most popular dance orchestras, not, available and a spokesmen said: | Was exceeded by $2400000 yester-| LOCAL TEMPERATURES surprised at the hduse committee's) BE BRAVE LIKE us’ i was rejected for military service] “Were too busy now to talic|d8y. Today the colinty headed for| 6a. m.... 41 10a. m. ... nights. oe report Dut ‘did not | ed | FRANCE TOLD FREEDOM NEAR ; A new goal of $20,000,000 by May 1. | 7 0 The German radio acknowledged Por bu Rot @Dpéar Worried. By. UNITED PRESS i when he reported for induction into about if: ; |? y May am... 38 am, .. raids last night on several local- Comment from farm sources was. LONDON, April 13 (U. P.).—The the army today. The county quota was more than] § a.m, ... 37 +12 (moon) , 37 ities in East Prussia, mainly|limited to expression of hope that] A German speaker on the Tokyo Algiers radio told France today that ASKS ‘HOME FRONT’ HELP [reached through the purchase of] 9a m....37 1p. m.... Koenigsberg. The Russians raided if PSA is abolished, at least some radio warned the Japanese people{the day of liberation now was Army doctors who examined Ky-| WASHINGTON, April 13 (U. P.).|$15,000000 by the Lincoln Life In- vi : the same area Saturday night for aid for the small farmer would con- Of “violent” air raids to come and|“near.” ser at induction headquarters re-|-—Joseph L. Weiner, director of the surance Co. of Ft. Wayne and $1, . fF the first time in months, tinue to be provided. . urged them to accept the situation| “You have resisted - magnificent. vealed that he had been rejected on office of civilian supply, declared|000,000 more was pledged hy cor- Set Can Pickup 4 Probably the most serious inpli- “as bravely as the population of|ly,” the broadcast said. “The glo- grounds of physical unfitness, They today that civilians in this country porations and individuals. | cation of the move, as a matter of German cities,” the London radio|rious day of liberation cannot be said he was suffering from arthritis should have a government agency| Members ‘of the “Bartholomew South of 16th st TIMES FEATURES | iach seemed to be thai the citys said todey. . lous delay and hernia. to battle for their needs, . [county ‘women's committee, whol ” - | conducted

federal family would be cut to the {per cent paler Jo. raise & If you live south of 16th st., : y put your tin cans out at the }

ON INSIDE PAGES |G Re" wae counted iat. eit of North Side bith I s f | i F Hi Ma || ported total sales in excess of the| | TY ob SL OTL Sl TES : : : the employees in the regional office wo 1 Nl’ n rgl a ry uspec S e or go en nl 10 per cent mark in the first three Fidos ar hurd, ww Amusements... 8 Dr. Masters.. 3 (Continued on Page Six) THAT ALLEGED N orth side : hours * of we. . Total sales City trucks canvassed the Ash ......... 16|MeninService 23) = ——uwu with. irs unt Police ar- hedges. Probation Officer Andersen Cor- (Fan over RAs homes north of 16th st. 3

Clapper ..... 11{Millett ...... 12| Qurglay who operated in that ares. THvedt lS He waived Juvenile court dction lej of eriminal ort said he : Crossword ... 20 Obituaries ... 4 QF CRUISER, 2 SUBS arrest, police revealed today, but - confessed to entering 100 Police thought the youth was few days ago when he found a 1 day. Editorials ... - 12/Pyle sxssaeeve 2 BP els the Torotien man, 3 ames, Hi ed that he neve : s and/ might note on his desk saying the OMAHA’S AIRPORT Tih in rural areas may be. X sn eli a 30 ORDO. AUER 13 (00) mit oad midi an| on toon Gime he was. He sald he will toes. | OMAHA, April 13 (U. P| | taken to rural school buildings .... 14/Mrs. Roosevelt 11|Italian communique today ‘admitted ] 4 : 7 oe said they unde 1 Was. said he investi PY Financial eens 21 Side Glancés. 12|the loss of a cruiser, two submarines| ment to police who could, not He said he’ £ ‘court was going to send him to gate the status of the case. . Omaha's $4,000,000: airport was| | OF given to school children,

Porum ...... 12/ Society .. 14, 15 and three torpedo boats “in recent| catch up with him despite: : iE Reet Replle. ¢ ‘City hospitai for observation. - The prosecutor's office said the [flooded today when the raging Mis-| | — pong » ntl Freckles ..... 19 Sports ... 16, 17| weeks.” boldness of operation and special of Chief of Detectives Jesse Mc- only papers it had received in |souri river swept in from the north ge h, Opened at 1 Gardens .... 3 State Deaths' 4! (An allied cominliigte from Pplahs to nab him. : Pe il in the D Whe Murty investigated and learned the case was the waiver notice. |after pouring through a dike last ends, py uld Sha put my Hn Hold Ev'thing 11|Voice in Bal.. 8{North Africa yesterday that one of But finally one night in mid- borhood ‘he frequented. He said the -youth never had been taken The" spokesman said criminal [night near the Socony-Vacuum Eg to Other mi ox Homemaking. 15 War Analysis. 5 two Ifalian cruisers attacked by| February he was caught in the ne never crossed in alley, except there. Lieut. Harry Schley, chief court and juvenile court will have | plant. fo Yon. = SF metals ould, In Indpls. ... 3 planes off La Maddalena, Sardinia, | 2400 ‘block of Guilford ave. by 8 by Ving ia ake peoie thin of the burglary division, investi tb work together toward obtain- | The weather : bureau. reported A = centers ‘Inside Indpls. 11 38) Saturday was suk. ship was| resident whose home he attempted he w gad ¥ where the youth was and ing a satisfactory disposition of fl adel that the crest uf the| throughou e olty, od

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