Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1943 — Page 6

Critical Materials, He Tells Truman Committee; Says Estimates Were Delayed.

WASHINGTON, April 28 (U. P.).—Petroleum Adminfstrator Harold L. Ickes today told the senate Truman com- _ mittee that if there is any shortage of high octane aviation gasoline, the responsibility should be laid on the war production board and, to a lesser degree, the armed forces. Testifying in the committee’s investigation of the con- * flict between the rubber and high octane gasoline programs, - Ickes protested that the rubber program was receiving an “unduly large proportion of critical materials for plants. He

‘said he would take the army’s

word for it that the rubber

_ pavy both were slow in realizing the . full extent of the need for aviation gasoline, and that they had fur-

mished no accurate estimates of

Wn their needs in this respect until "May, 1942, although his own or-

‘ganization had instituted a new ‘aviation fuel program in the summer of 1941 and had expanded it in

: February, 1942,

Accepts Army View

Ickes estimated that the preference directives given by WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson to the synthetic rubber program already ‘have resulted in loss of 4,413,600

“barrels of 100-octane gasoline which

‘might have been produced if the

-WPB had given equal treatment to

- Asked specifically if he agreed with Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson’s contention the WPB decision is responsible for a shortage of aviation gasoline, Ickes replied: “I'm not a military expert. I can

«only rely on what the army says

it needs. If the army says it needs more gasoline, I try to get it. I beL lieve the army needs more gasoline. 1 don’t believe the army would say $0 if it didn’t.”

Lauds His Organization Ickes said he hoped that the new

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among the

_ rubber, gasoline and escort vessel

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pend upon how effectively it is administered by the WPB. He said his organization has done “a damned good job” in directing production of high octane

sented by the policies of the armed services and the WPB. The army, he said, will get as much aviation fue] by this June as it estimated a year ago it would need.

Reserves Judgment

Committee Chairman Harry S. Truman (D. Mo.) reserved judgment until he has heard Ickes, Pate terson, - Undersecretary of Navy James V. Forrestal, whose valves for combat escort vessels also are involved, and Rubber Director Wiiliam M. Jeffers. Forrestal is scheduled to appear late today, after Ickes and Patterson and Jeffers will be called either Thursday or next week. Jeffers is scheduled for a critical examination of his continued demands for high priorities for the rubber program on the one hand while promising “tires. for everybody” on the other.

RUML TAX PLAN GAINS SUPPORT

Minor Revisions Calculated To Swing 20 New Votes For Pay-as-You-Go.

WASHINGTON, April 28 (U. P.). —A “family” agreement, calculated to swing 20 new votes to the Carl-

'is being worked out among house | Republicans; It involves minor amendments to the plan which the house rejected, The strategy is to meet objectiohs ‘of the 23-man Republican bloc which voted against it then. -:° The changes, suggested by leaders of the Republicans opposed to forgiving any taxes, would strengthen anti-windfall provisions of the Carlson bill, but still permit cancellation of a year’s income taxes. They are understood to be acceptable to Rep. Frank Carlson (R. Kas.), sponsor of the proposal. If the agreement is perfected, Rep. Carlson’s supporters claim they will lose only a handful of Republican votes in the showdown next week. Major point in the intra-party compromise effort calls for lowering from $20,000 to $5000 the income level beyond which taxpayers would be required to pay either 1942 Lor 1943 taxes, whichever is greatest. It. was part of the plan offered by Republican tax leaders during the bi-partisan compromise conferences which collapsed last week.

ICE CREAM CONES’ INVENTOR IS DEAD

ST. LOUIS, April 28 (U. P.).— Funeral services for Ernest A. Hamwi, originator of the ice cream cone, who died at his home here yesterday, will be held tomorrow. He was 59. Mr. Hamwi, born in Damascus, came to St. Louis during the world’s fair in 1904. While visiting the fair grounds, he noticed many purchases made from a hot waffle concession and an adjoining ice cream concession. The ice cream cone was born through his idea of combining the two delicacies.

- BELIEVE 8 FLIERS KILLED

SAN LEANDRO, Cal, April 28 (U. P.).—Eight men were believed to have perished when a

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TRAINMAN RESCUES 1 FROM WRECKAGE

AURORA, Ill, April 28 (U. P.).— A train conductor was credited today with rescuing seven trapped passengers from :'a blazing coach after it collided head-on with a freight locomotive, killing four persons and injuring 14. He was Patrick Henry Folliard, 65, of Streator, Ill, sole surviving crew member of the gasoline driven passenger coach. Both trains were traveling 40 miles an hour on a curve which obstructed the engineers’ view until they were only a few hundred yards apart. The wreck occurred yesterday on the Fox river branch of the Burlington road, a single track line between Aurora and Streator. Fuel tanks in the coach exploded spewing the wreckage with flames. Folliard was hurled through a doorway into an embankment when the crash occurred.

PASTOR NAMED IN ASSAULT CHARGE

JONESBORO, Ark. April 28 (U. P.) —Mrs. Bonnie May Samples, 20-year-old wife of a Lake City minister, was to testify today to tell how the Rev. Joe Ellis, 46, allegedly raped her while her husband was way and threatened to kill her husband if she ever mentioned it to him. Ellis was expected to answer the charges later today. He said he was an evangelist representing the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, a pentecostal church of Indiana. He denied the charge, said he al-

he had a wife in Peoria, IIL

12 DEAD, LOSS HEAVY

IN OHIO TORNADO

CLEVELAND, April 28 (U. P.).— Property damage was expected to

{lll | run into the hundreds of thousands lilly | of dollars today as a result of a fill | tornado which struck mainly at fll | northeastern Ohio last night, kill-

ing at least two persons and injuring hundreds of others. The high wind, worst this area has experienced since the Lorain, 0., tornado of June 28, 1924, struck heaviest in southeast Cleveland, where four war plants were knocked

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Homes were uprooted

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‘Super Spectacle’ Pageant Among Cole Bros. Features

Get out those alarm clocks, kids « « » for tomorrow’s the day. Yes sir, the circus—Cole brothers by name—will roll into Indianapolis promptly at 7 a. m. It will unload at the Fletcher ave. tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. And then the work will begin. The some 1000 workers, stars and pgrformers will start the usual race against time, the fight to get ready for the 3 p. m. matinee tomorrow. The show will be here for four days, tomorrow through Sunday. There will be matinees at 3 p. m. and performances at 8 p. m. daily at the showgrounds, Southeastern and Keystone aves. The circus will bring with it 28 tents, including the big 10,000-seat “big top,” a victory model of blue canvas. Its arena will be decorated in bright red, white and blue colors, Circus officials promised that the 24 elephants will be as hungry as ever for peanuts and that their next best attraction — 150 chimpanzees and monkeys—will entertain with their usual antics. Each of the Ee or anens will be launched by the “super-spectacle,” the Conquest of Coronado. It is described luridly as a “gorgeously garbed and brilliantly lighted panoramic pageant, with a cast of more than 300 persons, horses, animals and elephants, gay in trappings of gold and .silver cloth, studded with thousands of simulated gems.” Other features include the Hanneford bareback riding stars; the

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Petroffs, the Russian trapeze stars; Ruth Nelson, equestrienne; Helen Partello, aerial gymnast—and 50 clowns. Performances here will be under the auspices of the 11th district of the American Legion whose proceeds will be used to purchase recreational facilities and equipment for servicemen and war veterans.

TRAFFIC DEATHS IN STATE OFF 54 PCT.

Traffic fatalities in Indiana decreased 54 per cent during the first three months of this year, compared

to the corresponding period last year, the governor's co-ordinating safety committee reported today. The traffic deaths this year totaled 129, while 279 persons lost their lives in the first quarter of 1942, Don 'F. Stiver, state police superintendent, attributed the decrease to the slump ire driving because of gasoline rationing and the slower driving speeds.’ Of. the 129 that were killed, 48 were pedestrians. Accidents involving two or more vehicles claimed 30 lives; auto-train crashes, 26; autobicycle, two; fixed object, six; animal, one, and other non-collision, two. Sixteen persons were killed when motor vehicles crashed after

leaving the roadway.

(1)==Jean Allen, trainer, and “Bombay,” titantic leader of a troupe of 23 elephants, are two of the attractions of the Cole Brothers circus which opens a four-day engagement here tomorrow at Southeastern and Keystone aves. (2)=Literally dancing in thin air is Helen Partello, aerial gymnast, one of the fea (3)—When the show trains roll in early tomorrow morning Francis Ormond and baby animals will be aboard. The animals sre

(4)==0tto Griebling and Horace Laird, funsters, ieqtuve two of the circus youngsters to each other. “Baby, meet the pony colt.”

MANY DRIVEN FROM

HOMES BY FLOODS

BRADFORD; Pa., April 28 (U. P). —Hundreds of persons were made homeless today and damage was believed to total thousands of dollars following a “flash” flood in the

Bradford area of northwestern]

Pennsylvania late last night. Firemen and civilian defense units were pressed into service as the waters quickly réached a height of three feet in some sections. Weather observers believed, however, that the flood waters had reached a crest but emergency crews were kept available in case of a further rise.

ALLIED DESTROYER LOST LONDON, April 28 (U. P.) ~The Norwegian government-in-exile announced today the loss of the Hunt class destroyer ‘Eskdale, taken over by the Norwegians and commissioned on July 20, 1942. Circumstances of the loss were not re-

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Piliboxes Blasted by Planes And Artillery Fire in Fighting Lull.

MOSCOW, April 28 (U. P)~— Soviet bombers and artillery shattered German military trains and enemy strong points in a systematic bombardment today while the lull in ground fighting continued. (The British radio quoted Stockholm reports that both the Germans and Russians are making preparations for large-scale activity on the Leningrad front.) At least four trains, one of them loaded with German army trucks, were destroyed in two Soviet air raids in 24 hours south of Balakleya in the Ukraine, the Russian high command announced, Artillery and machine-guns demolished several dugouts and pillboxes in the same area.

Pillboxes Destroyed~

A similar number of pillboxes and dugouts was knocked out on the Volkhov front southeast of Leningrad. Russian snipers there were credited with killing 24 German soldiers attempting to build a river crossing.

On the western front, Soviet

scouts killed 300 enemy officers and men. An artillery battery set fire to axis dugouts and machine-gun-ners killed nine German soldiers as they attempted to flee from the burning fortifications. Russian pilots shot down five German planes in dogfights and de-

-stroyed 12 more German planes on

the ground in the morthwest Caucasus, the high command said. A 2000-ton German transport was sunk by Soviet warships off the Crimean coast.

(FOUR INJURED IN AUTO-TRUCK CRASH

Three persons were in City hospital today as a result of injuries received ‘last night ‘when a passenger car and a semi-trailer truck collided at East and Michigan sts. . They are Carl Engle, 33, of 242 N. Jefferson ave., driver of the car;

his son, Carrol Engle, 8, and Rose-

mary Dale, 15, of Shelburn. Mrs, Carl Engle also was injured slightly. The driver of the truck was un-

‘injured,

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