Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1943 — Page 3

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OPA CRACKIN

OFFICIAL SAYS

But Administration Won't Let It Collapse, He

Emphasizes.

WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P.). —A well-informed official admitted today that the office of price administration is “cracking at the seams,” but emphasized that the administration could not and would not let it collapse. This official pointed out that the price and rationing program has gane too far now to risk complete chaos by a thorough overhauling of, policies and personnel. OPA policies are being denounced by congress, housewives, labor and industry. “Giddy,” “feeble,” “fumbling” are sore of the epithets used to describe them.

Manager Search Fails

OPA’s search for a hard-boiled “general manager” has failed. There is general agreement that such a

{ man is needed to supplement Price

Administrator Prentiss M. Brown, who is regarded by many officials in and out of OPA as too mild— a man desirous to please everyone. . Mr. Brown has been looking for a “general manager” who is capable of saying “no” to all factions, and (then stick to his decision. It was leirned, however, that the last on a list of possible candidates for such a Job had turned it down.

Brown Under Fire

Mr. Brown is being attacked by all groups affected by OPA policies —for doing both too much and too little. Senator Henrik Shipstead (R. Minn.) said Brown’s promised “roll back” of prices was a “swindle,” inasmuch as it actually was a “roll up.” He charged that the new

community - wide dollars-and-cents|

prices in Washington jumped prices “by something like 20 peg cent over the former retail price level.” Labor and consumers’ organizations complain that Mr. Brown has not carried out President Roosevelt's “hold-the-line” order of April 8 to

pléce ceilings on all important cost- |

of-living items and to roll back! prices that have soarad above reasonable levels. Delegates from the New York City consumer council] conferred with Acting OPA Admin- | !strator J. K. Galbraith yesterday | and extracted from him a promise ta place dollars-and-cents prices on| “most-consumed” fresh vegetables! and fruits eariy next month.

USO GLUBS TO HAVE

SECOND BIRTHDAY

It will be happy birthday to the) Indianapelis Service Men's Centers, Inec., tomorrow for the organization | will be two years old. | Back in 1941 the first small club opened -at 128 W. Wabash st, but today there are four with over 3000 time for

" those in the armed forces.

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Tomcerrow’s birthday celebration! will be for the men who have as-| sisted in the organization's work. Other than the Wabash st. branch | the centers are located at the Vaile station, the Maennerchor building | and 219 N. Senate ave. Originally supported by the In-| dianapolis Park board, WPA and interested citizens, the U. S. O.! stepped in with financial help in Jan 1942. The present organization is managed bv a board of directors, plan- | ning board, men’s governing com- | mittee composed of service men and staff volunteers. The board of directors includes! Harry Reid, president; William | Book, vice president; J. P. Frenzel, ! treasurer; Mrs. Dorothy

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mann, secretary, and A. H. Gisler,|extinguished before severe damage

J.: W. Joseph, J. J. Kiser, Kenneth | Miller, William J. Mooney, Nicholas| Néyes, Mrs. F. B. Ransom and Afcner Sinclair.

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Burean

(All Data in Central War Time) Sunrise 5:24 | Sunset ..... 7:39 TEMPERATURE ‘ —May 21, 1942— Sam :......54 | 2p.m. v

/ Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m. O04, Total precipitation since Jan. 1 16.5 Excess since Jan. 95 The following table shows the temperature in other cities: Station Atlanta Boston Chicago . Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Evansville Fi. Wayne Indianapolis Kansas City, Miami, Fla Minneapolis-St. Paul New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha, Neb. Pittsburgh San Antonio, Tex. St. Louis Washington, D.C.

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS

HERE IS THE TRAFFIC RECORD | Fatalities

County City Total vv: 18 31

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Accidents Injured THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic< Fines,

Violations Ties tions Pad Speeding 9 $75 Reckless. driving 1 15 Failure to stop at through street 0 Failure to stop at signal .. Drunken driving “ania oh Al others 3

Totals

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EVENTS TODAY

“Good Turn Day” drive of Goodwill Industries, extended for three days, second day. Bookwalter-Ball Athletic association, meet“ing, Hotel Washiagton, 8:30 p. m. Indiana United Commercial Travelers, meeting, Lincoln hotel, twa days, first day. Central W. ©. T. U. military tea, L. 8. Ayres auditorium, Indiana School for the Blind, Somentement, school auditorium, 8 p. R.O.T. C an second Wash19:15 a. m,, Techp.m.

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| which crashed in the Pacific.

'he married in November, 1941, he | Messick had preceded him north to

| fort when informed of the disaster. A | African area.

{ed the University of Cincinnati for

Busch- |

Camp Mackall, N. C.

ber, crashed into a huge gas tank

LOGAL MAN DIES IN PLANE CRASH

Lt. Harry Messick Jr. Was On Way Home to Visit Wife.

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both families were awaiting his ar-| rival when news of the crash was) received. Enlisting in the army air forces in January, 1941 he was about the; 300th navigator to be graduated .in| the country. He received his early training and commission at the] Pan-American Airways se¢hool at Miami. Later he was stationed at Kelly | field where he had as his students Elliott Roosevelt and the navigator of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’'s plane

Headed School

Assigned to a base at Hondo, Tex., 4 | Lt. Messick was transferred so Tar-| rant field where he headed the] school of navigation. There he or{ganized a complete course of navigation and wrote the text book in use. The course was a concen- | trated one designed for bomber pies who had completed their final training. With his wife, the former Miss Ann Armstrong of Frankfort whom

made his home in Ft. Worth. Mrs.

visit her.parents and was in Frank- |

Born in Terre Haute

Born in Terre Haute, he came to this city with his parents in 1926 and graduated from public school 60. He attended Shortridge high school for three years and then graduated from the Lebanon high school in 1925. Following high school, he attend-

two years and then Indiana univer|sity. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the Indiana State guard. Returning to Indianapolis in 1939, Lt. Messicks became associated with the Businessmen's Assurance Co., {Indiana office, in the group hospita- | lization department. Within the past -few months Lt. Messick had flirted with death and (danger twice on flights over the country, In both cases his plane | caught fire, but the flames were | was inflicted. The most recent ex|perience was about a month ago after he had spent the night with his parents here.

Rite Being Arranged He is survived by his wife, his | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. | Messick Sr., and a sister, Mrs. F. E. |Carrel, who is with her husband at

Funeral arrangements are not complete. Other dead in the crash include eight officers and enlisted men from | Tarrant field and three officers traveling as passengers. Those identified are Capt. James R. Gilerease, flight instructor and commanding officer of the 1014th squadron, Houston, Tex.; 2d Lt. Frederick L. Dutt, Wadsworth, O.; 2d Lt. John W. Wallace, Luling, Tex.: S. Sgt. Norman W. Wutzy, Canton, O.; T. Sgt. Ben F. Zunwalt, Ingram, Tex.; Sgt. Arthur A. Huber, Queens, N. Y.; Pfe. Nick Lonchar, Wierton, W, Va.; 2d Lt. David S. Alter, Pittsburgh, Pa. and Capt. A. W. Lent, passenger, Hamilton field, Cal.

Indianapolis Civilian Defense organization, meeting entire staff, Cadle Tabernacle, 8

p. | American Society of Migchanieal Engineers, meeting, Athletic club, 8 p | Indianapolis Optimist in meeting, Columbia club, noon. Navy Officers’ Parents club, meeting, { World War Memorial bldg., 1:30 p. m. | Allied Florists’ association, meeting, 309 ’ N. Capitol, 8 p. m. { I. U. extension center, fifth annual con-

8 luncheon

ference of fire and gasuslty insurance, 122 E. Michigan st., 1 p. Indiana Whist association, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p. m.

EVENTS TOMORROW

Girl Scout Cookie Day. “Good Turn Day” py last day. ~ | Mystic Tie Lodge 398, F. & A. M. dinner dance, Scottish Rite Cathedral. OCD, district meeting, county nutrition Sumiviees, World War Memorial bldg., a. m. Demotratis state committee meeting, Claypool hot Colonial Paking Sper meeting, Hotel Severin, 6:30 p.

MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from official records in the county court house. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.

Where 12 Died in

This is what happened when an army plane, in which 1st Lt. Harry B. Messick Jr. was a crew mem-

in Chicago yesterday.

Germany Can't Escape Allied Aerial Siege, Expert Declares

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coming. By fall a thousand heavy bombers will be roaring over the Reich day and night for periods of weeks on end, dropping up to 5000 tons of death-dealing explosives each 24 hours. There will be a gasoline problem to be solved, and a few other bugs to be ironed out, but these problems are all being liquidated and Germany is being mapped out for systematic destruction by the British and American air fleets. Most shrewd military thinkers today see Japan like a turtle, with a hard and impenetrable shell jutting out through the lower reaches of the Pacific and protecting the Nipponese islands themselves. The soft underside of this shell is the little fringe of land which Japan holds in Asia, ® 2 » ONCE EUROPE FALLS, unoccupied China is no more than a few hours from the principal cities and munitions centers of

the Mikado’s realm. Korea 1s

only a matter of minutes away from the very heart of Japanese industrial power. By rolling our huge air power forward and basing it on the shores of the Yellow and East China seas, it would become the decisive factor, as it was against the Germans in North Africa. All other forces would be auxiliary. The threat to lay Japan's cities and munitions centers ‘in ashes” can mean nothing less than this. There is a quite understandable demand that we revamp our strategy for the purpose of taking a healthy swipe at Japan. It has even been advanced in congress that we fortify our position in the European-African theater by taking the islands of Sardinia and Sicily, and then transferring the bulk of our forces for an assault on Nippon. If Hitler could be satisfied that we could be relied on to adopt such a course as this; I am confident he would give up these two islands without a struggle.

C. W. Brown, Local Soldier, Is Killed in North Africa

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| Grimm of Ft. Wayne, has died of | return to his base, could be ar-

wounds received in the North |! He enlisted in the | army in March, 1941. = = = Prisoners (Japan) ENSIGN NORMAN W. LAUCH- | NER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lauchner, Frankfort, is being held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese. He was reported missing on Corregidor in May, 1942, = = ” International Red Cross officials |; have notified Rueben Perkins, Bicknell, that his son, Sgt. Gordon Perkins, is a Japanese prisoner. Sgt. Perkins lived in Washington, Ind., before he entered the army. n " 2

Honored ENSIGN CHARLES B. IRVINE, brother of Mrs. Walter Janneck, 1714 N. Rural st, has been awarded the air medal and the distinguished flying cross for achievement against enemy forces in the South Pacific war area. The citation accompanying the air medal read in part: “For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight as the pilot of a scout bomber attached to a U. S. aircraft carrier in combat against enemy Japanese naval forces ...on Nov. 14 and 15... engaging the enemy in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, and fighter opposition . Obtaining a heavy bomb hit on an enemy vessel . . . an inspiration to the officers and men fighting on Guadalcanal. , . .” He received the’ DFC for scoring a direct hit on an enemy carrier of the Shokaku class in the face of heavy opposition. Mrs. Janneck has had two letters from her brother since the awards were made. The first, dated March 10, told of promotion to the rank of lieutenant junior grade. In the second Lt. Irvine told of being forced down at sea. He rowed to a nearby island in a rubber boat and was fed and

| the navy in April, 1941.

cared for by friendly natives until

Fueresa Nellie Kuzma, 54, Silverwood, ch Kenneth Eugene Sheeks, 21, Camp Peary, Va.; Betty Jean Mills, 19, of 2020 West-

view dr. Thomas Philip Toon, 29, Ft. Harrison; No E. LaMar, 32, of 526 E. Fall Creek v Robert E. Upton, 25, of 1137 Park; Eldora Mae Deitz, 21, of pan: Woh Carl H. Barnett, 21, Archieatee Petty, 186, of 3213 on Robert Lee Collins, 21, of 1213 Gimber; Eileen Claire Newton, 19, of 322 Caven. Horace Reid Crowder, 26, Camp Atterbury, Frances Marie O'Connor,

2009 hiland pl; Ruby Bee A “32, of 524" . st st. Civde Irvin Lackey, 26, U. S. army, ; Geneva Winnie Collier, High School r 22, of 2317 Delaae Tillie, 21, my 2317 N.

John William Lentz, 21, U. 8. arm Waneta Alice Keever, 18, of 305 La Salle. . BIRTHS Twins som, Je Jewel Martin, at St. Francis (boy an Girls Roy, Bethe La lin, at City. Homer, Maude Malone, at a. Howard, Louise Abbott, at an, , Evelyn Jackson, at Coleman. J. H. Tressa

Charles Ruth” Miller, > Sibert, : d,

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1s. . | Francis, Emma Byrnes, at 2129 Martha.

‘Ella Irwin, 83, at 2254 Central, cerebral

ranged. Lt. Irvine was born in Indianapolis and is a graduate of the Masonic high school and Franklin college at Franklin, Ind. He made his home with Mrs. Janneck and operated the Physician's Oxygen service prior to his enlistment in

He received his training at Pensacola, Fla. and was commis-/ sioned in Feb. 1942. He joined the fleet in October, 1942. A brother, John T. Irvine, lives at

5301 Carrollton ave. ” " ”

Sgt. Allen S. Guthrie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo L. Guthrie, 3629 N. Illinois st., has been awarded the air medal for services as 1 radio operator. Sgt. Guthrie, who is now visiting his parents, is a veteran of more than 200 hours in the air. He is a graduate of Shortridge high school and has been in the army since October, 1942.

FIVE HURT AS TRUCK OVERTURNS ON CAR

Five Shelbyville Rersons were injured, one seriously, early today when a large truck overturned on top of a passenger car at Kentucky ave. and Harding st. The top of the automobile “in which the five persons were en route to work in a war plant, was crushed down nearly to, the seat levels by the weight of the truck. Mrs. Zelfa Egan, 35, received a broken leg and a crushed foot. Claude H. Rodes, driver of the car, Joanne Forsythe, 22: Mrs. Joseph Stout, 20, and Rosalind McKinney, 29, were only slightly hurt. Ray Walker of Evansville, driver of the truck, was arrested and charged with reckless driving. Abe Brodey, 1351 S. Meridian st., was badly injured last night when he was struck by a car driven by Albert Randall, of Westfield, at Meridian and Ohio sts.

Boys David, Mary McCartney, «sat St. Francis. Earl, Marcella Rutherford, at St. Francis. Edward, Helen Fink, at’ St. Vincent's. Daniel, Beatrice Geller, at St. Vincent's. Eimer, Emma Sanders, at Coleman Fredrick, Helen Cramer, at Methodist, John, Susan Whitmore, . at Methodist. Joseph, Flossie Williams, at Methodist.

Austin. Marie Williams, at 2754 Columbia. Roy, Ruby Brown, at 1418 English. James, Dorothy Brady, at 232 Smith. Fred, Isabel fy at 1845 N. Talbott

DEATHS

Alvert Jahier, 76, at 3319 Robson, myoca Robert Page, 67, at 2132 Boulevard pl, acute cardiac dilatation Maria Goodloe, 75, at 1309% Lafayette, hypertension. . | Anthony James Raymond, 74, at City, cerebral hemorrhage. "

hemorrhage. James L. McGee, 56, at 1012 E. 46th, coronary occlusion, August Fearnaught, 87, at 2254 Central, arteriosclerosis. Rosa yielhaver, 63, at City, uremia. George L. Cregg, 58, at City, diabetes mellitus. Eva 8 dee, 41, at 716 Pleasant Run pkwy.,

ma. william H. Hartwig, 74, at 342 BE. Orangé, carcinom becca A. “ake, 0, at Methodist, cardio vascular renal, Lasison, 53, at Long, cerebrospinal

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