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Small July Draft Quota Delays State Fathers’ Call

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By VIRGINIA HATFIELD By JOHN B. McDERMOTT going! Akron Production in Fourth

Odyssey of 132 days alone, stark naked on a liferaft after his English ship was torpedoed, today had resulted in one major change in a Chinese sailor's appetite—he had eaten

his lifetime fill of fish.

For over four months, 2d stewa

rd Poon Lim, 25, flirted with death

as his seven-foot raft was tossed about on the stormy waters of the

South Atlantic. His diet consisted with a bent nail as a hook. Approximately 55 of his ship- | mates are unaccounied for as a result of the November attack by | an Italian submarine. Poon Lim is believed the lone survivor. | His journey on the raft, an al- | most incredible story of nerve racking loneliness in the face of virtually certain death, is unequalled in maritime history. It surpasses by 49 days the time spat on a raft by Basil Izzy, Ital-jan-American seaman, and four Dutch companions who were rescued from the South Atlantic about two months ago. & » =

He Gave Up Hope

LIM, SPEAKING through an interpreter, said after drifting for several days he gave up hope of being rescued. The seventh day he saw a ship in the distance. It did not see him. Later, patrol planes flew over. They, too, failed to sight him. + “I thought I might just as well die,” he said. Lim didn’t pray during his voyage. He doesn't believe in life after death. He wasn't afraid to die, but he said he did want to live. Worries failed to occupy much of his time. The Chinese are a stoic race, he said. When he wasn't fishing or sleeping he just sat—did nothing, thought nothing. His Odyssey began when he was washed overboard while trying to climb into a lifeboat following the torpedoing. A big wave picked the 140-pound steward off the deck and left him struggling in the water. The turbulent ocean tossed him about for an hour and a half. Then he grasped the side of the drifting liferaft which was to be his home for the next 132 days.

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Lives by His Wits

THE RAFT WAS well stocked with provisions. His drinking water lasted 65 days. His food— biscuit, chocolate, malted-milk tablets, and canned meat—was consumed in about 55 days. After that he lived by his wits. He wrenched a nail from the floor of the raft and bent it in the shape of a hook. Then he took a small spring from a flashlight and made another smaller hook. Lim said he used some of his waning food supplies for bait. He caught small fish which he used to bait the larger nail-hook. It was a fisherman's paradise. His catch was good. He said he hooked several fish which weighed about 50 pounds. But eating was a different matter. He ate the fish raw. At first, they were unappetizing, but as time went on they tasted better and better. »

Condition Is Good

FINALLY, IN APRIL, as he gighted the South American coast, a fishing boat picked him up. His physical condition was good, only his stomach and legs were weakened by the ordeal. Toward the end of the journey, gome black birds landed on the lifeboat. At night, while they roosted, Lim would grab them and eat them raw. He caught fresh water in a canvas when it rained. Lim spent 45 days in a South American hospital recovering from exposure. His first meal after his rescue changed his appetite for life. It was fish, with a side order of beans, the only food aboard the small craft which picked him up.

CEILING PRICES ARE PUBLISHED

Top ceiling prices for four classes of stores, as compiled by the OPA, are published today on Pages 14 and 15. The maximum price lists go

primarily of fish which he caught

TORPEDO IN THE NIGHT-42 DEAD

Dutch Vessel Sunk in North Atlantic; Captain Lost in Jump Overboard. BOSTON, May 25 (U,

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sel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the North Atlantic

early last month, 38 survivors reported today after their arrival here. The torpedoing occurred at night and killed instantly about 25 men who were attempting to launch a motor lifeboat. For hours previously, the undersea craft bad pursued the mer-

chantman and shots had been exchanged.

As the survivors pulled away from the sinking ship, the submarine surfaced alongside one of the boats. “You're Lying”

The enemy commander demanded to know whether any of the ship's officers were in the boat. The captain and the chief officer replied “no.” “You're lying,” the commander barked. “I'll give you 10 minutes to come alongside.”

commander ordered one of the men to jump ino the sea and swim to the submersible. The captain jumped and swam to the U-boat. He was taken down the conning tower.

ordered to pick up the captain. The survivors saw him jump into the sea, but they were unable to locate him, The captain is believed drowned.

Hoosier Heroes Joseph Peav Is Killed in

South Pacific

Killed

THE WAR DEPARTMENT today announced that Pvt. Joseph T. Peavy, son of Mrs. Carrie Sullivan, had been killed in action in the South Pacific war area. Mrs. Sullivan, who resides at 1727 W. Morris st, received a letter from her son’s commander Feb. 22. He said that Pvt. Peavy had been killed and was buried Dec. 7, 1942, just one year after Pearl Harbor. A war department notice that he was missing followed and word of his death arrived recently. Pvt. Sullivan was 23 years old and had been in the army since. He attended Asuncion school and St. Meinrad's high school.

OTHER MEN listed by the war (Continued on Page Four)

CHARGES ATTEMPT TO CONTROL PRESS

PHILADELPHIA, May 25 (U. P)). —The New Deal today was charged with attempting to gain control of the nation’s newspapers by infringing upon the constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press under pretext of keeping information from the enemy. SB The accusation was made by Rep. J. William Ditter (R. Pa), in an address before the Republican women of Pennsylvania. Ditter referred specifically to press restrictions at the international food conference at Hot Springs, Va.

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Forty-two saliors perished when a medium-sized Dutch merchant ves- |

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A few minutes later they were!

Calls Now, Hitchcock

Explains.

By EARL RICHERT Indiana's draft calls for July are at the same low rate as those in effect for May and June, Col. Rob|inson Hitchcock, state selective | service director, reported today. This means that the date when | bona fide fathers will have to be

called in Indiana has been delayed further. The small calls here are due to the nation-wide leveling off process so that the call of fathers will start throughout the nation at about the same time,

State Has Met Quotas

“The people of Indiana should know,” Col. Hitchcock said, “that {we have been meeting our calls

| since the beginning of the draft and that now we are reaping the benefits.” Other states that have not sent their proportionate shares are still getting heavy draft calls. Col. Hitchcock said that it was impossible because of the present period of adjustment te predict when fathers would have to be called in Indiana.

Youths Fill Third .

“One draft call a€ heavy as those of last ‘winter and early spring would practically exhaust the available supply of non-fathers and would make it necessary for the draft boards to begin processing fathers as soon as the call was received. However, if the present low rate of calls is maintained for Indiana it will be several months before bona fide fathers have to be called. There are approximately enough youths reaching the age of 18 each month to fill one-third of the present monthly calls.

Increase Expected

And under industry replacement | schedules placed in effect last spring | there are enough previously deferred | men being released each month to fill the entire present monthly calls. This group, of course, eventually will be exhausted. Col. Hitchcock said, however, that he did not expect the small calls to be maintained long. He said that the heavy casualties resulting from an invasion undoubtedly would necessitate an increase in calls,

‘DISHPAN HANDS’ KILLER SENTENCED

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 25 (U. P.).—Helen Aileen Randle, attractive third wife of socialite Ulmo S. Randle, was sentenced to five years in prison today for killing Allen Willey, 17-year-old high school student. Circuit Judge Ridgely P. Melvin rejected a defense plea for .a suspended sentence.

Mrs. Randle was convicted of manslaughter after a trial last week in which she testified that the shooting climaxed a quarrel in her home during which Willey “called me a prostitute” and told her she had dishpan hands.

RAIL WRECKAGE CLEARED DELAIR, N. J., May 25 (U. P.) — Normal traffic was resumed today on the Pennsylvania railroad’s horseshoe curve here, scene of the derailment of the New York-bound express which killed 14 and injured more than 100 Sunday night.

LONDON, May 25 (U. P.).—German troops have been shifted to Sardinia, strategic Mediterranean island athwart the approaches to both south France and northwest

have moved into the Sicilian narrows, axis broadcasts said today. ~The growing preparations by both sides for a showdown struggle in South Europe coincided with a Russian report that Gen. Kurt Zeitzler, chief of staff of the German army, has arrived in Helsinki for a conference with senior German officers in Norway, probably to

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The superstitious maintain that when the number of girls born starts exceeding the number of boys, things are looking up. When the girls hold sway, the war is drawing to a close, they say. Well, the trend in Indianapolis is gradually toward girls. The first three months of last year show a

total of 1108 boys and 1027 girls. "That's 79 more boys than girls. Official data on the first three months this year show 1188 boys and 1167 girls. The girls are gaining and are edged out by only 21 boys. In February the girls even outdid the boys by 18. Were those February girls indicating the turn of the war tide —our victory in Africa and. the predicted invasion of Europe? It's a moot question, but who among the superstitious would deny it?

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EVEN SCIENTISTS have developed a theory for the birth rate phenomena during wartime. One explanation offered is that in years preceding the war and in the first few months of the war, younger women have babies and aré more likely to have boys. As the war gains momentum and the younger men form the bulk of the fighting forces, older women have babies and are more likely to have girls. . Scientifically speaking, “the ratio of males to females at birth diminishes as the age of the mother increases.” The fact that the girls are trail(Continued on Page Four)

WEATHER HAMPERS CLEANUP ON ATTU

But Navy Says Enemy Still

Is Being Driven Back.

WASHINGTON, May 25 (U. P). —Sleet, snow and rain are hampering American troops in their efforts to mop up remnants of the Japanese forces on Attu island, but the enemy nevertheless is being driven back slowly. A navy communique also revealed that during the raid by 16 twin-engined Japanese bombers on Attu Sunday, army Lightning fighters probably destroyed seven of the attackers in addition to the five listed yesterday as definitely destroyed. Six Lightnings dispersed the attackers, the navy said, and forced the four undamaged bombers to flee westward after jettisoning their bombs harmlessly. The communique said that on Sunday army ground forces on the westernmost of the Aleutians string “continued to advance and exert pressure on Japanese forces on Attu, despite sleet, snow and rain which handicapped operations.” The communique was issued shortly after Secretary of Navy Frank Knox told a press conference that the battle of Attu was “still continuing where we have the enemy corralled on the penin-

Italy, and major allied naval units

sula” at Chicagof harbor.

Report Allied Fleet Units Patroling Sicilian Narrows

Disclosure that German troops have reinforced the Italian garrisons on Sardinia came in a German transoceen agency broadcast. Repeated allied bombings of Sardinia’s harbors and airfields have given evidence of the strategic importance “with which the AngloAmerican command regards the island. The Paris radio broadcast the report that big allied fieet units now were “cruising” in the Sicilian narrows, a tacit admission that even that narrow corridor of Ss “mare nostrum” now was under ort was attributed to sources in

‘On the War Fronts

To Sardinia; RAF Resumes Raids.

By UNITED PRESS Allied air squadrons roared over | northwestern Europe again today after American planes in the Mediterranean area struck heavy new blows at Sardinia and other islands om the invasion route to southern Italy. More than 300 U. S. bombers, fighter bombers and fighters raided Pantelleria island twice and hit nine targets on the island of Sardinia yesterday, sinking or damaging about 15 axis ships, blasting airdromes and bridges and smashing at the mainland ports of San Giovanni and Reggio Calabria. In all, 10 more axis were downed for a total since last Wednesday of 320, compared to 22 allied craft lost. Nazis Raid England

The heavy aerial assault followed reports that the Nazis were rushing reinforcements to the strategic island of Sardinia. German planes raided the south coast of England during the night, killing at least a dozen persons, but the R. A. F. was idle until allied planes went over Europe again in daylight this morning. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were reported today to be fixing final plans for hurling the concentrated armed might of the allies at the axis. Yanks Set Pace

But the public may learn what has been decided at Washington only when the thrusts are made. Sardinia lies on the approaches to both Italy and France. Flying Fortresses hit ships, ammunition dumps and warehouses at La Maddalena and Terro Nova. Marauders hit Algehero airfield and Mitchells bombed Olbia and Venafiorita airfield. Other bombers from the 9th U.S. airforce in the Middle East kindled fires and caused explosions at San

notices at the federal building.

200 perspiring workers.

will be posted. And when that day in June rolls around state residents will have contributed another $125,000,000 to Uncle Sam's billfold.

Receipts Increase

Receipts on the 1942 tax from Jan. 1 to April 30 of this year totaled $125707,441.57 or $49,026,856.18 more than the taxable income of 1941. And Marion county is carrying ifs share of the burden. This year more than 200,000 returns were filed by residents of the area as compared with 137,146 of last year. But while the figures represent a lot of money, there are many other sources being tapped for income. Pooling all revenue streams, the office has collected $190,604,509.39 from the first of the year to the end of April.

You've Got to Pay

Giovinna and Reggio Calabria, in the toe of the Italian boot. Both are ports on the Mediterranean next to Sicily.

(May 25, 1943) AIR WAR: American planes pace explosive blows at Italian coast and islands, 300 hitting Sardinia from North Africa as Germany reinforces troops in Sardinia.

RUSSIA: Soviet planes and warships wreck six Nazi barges in Black sea.

PACIFIC: Chinese prepare defense of Enshik in Hupeh province as Japanese offensive pushes west ward, threatening Chungking approaches; allied bombers raid Rabaul.

SCHENCK TESTIFIES ON LABOR RACKET

CHICAGO, May 25 (U. P.)— Nicholas Schenck, president of Loew's Inc, and other theatrical and movie producers testify today at the removal hearing of six underworld leaders charged in a New York grand jury indictment with labor racketeering. Schenck, one of 14 movie executives subpenaed by the defendants in their fight to avoid extradition, told yesterday of coming to Chicago during the 1935 strike of International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (A. F. of L.) members in 1935.

KLOR KNOWS WHAT TRANSFUSIONS MEAN

Capt. Samuel J. Klor, who from actual experience knows what a blood transfusion means to a wounded soldier, is here to help the Red Cross recruit much-needed blood donors. An Indianapolis resident and Indiana university graduate, he is in the medical corps of the army transport service. He had administered transfusions to wounded men in flight back to hospitals in the United States. Part of his program will include talks to group meetings at the Bridgeport Brass Co. between 2 and tomorrow, Red Cross work-

With the deadline approaching, Mr. Smith issued a word of adwice.

| He said, “The proposed changes in

law now pending in Congress should not cause failure or delay in payment. The 1942 revenue act is still in force and effect.” And so this year as more people dig into their pockets and more dig deeper into the family purse, the only answer can be that tickets to Tokyo and Berlin via Attu and Tu-

nisia cost money.

OSTROM DECLINES POST-WAR OFFICE

Cites Political ‘Contention’ As Reason for Refusal.

Republican County Chairman Henry E. Ostrom today turned down the chairmanship of Mayor Tyndall's post-war planning committee on grounds that his acceptance would possibly involve political entanglements. A written statement from Mr. Ostrom to Mayor Tyndall ended a month of conjecture as to whether the county chairman would take the post despite his position as head of the anti-Tyndall Republican county organization. The mayor invited Mr. Ostrom to become chairman of the committee last March. The letter stated: “My Dear Bob: I Had sincerely hoped that before this the Republican party in (Continued on Page Four)

Flood waters still covered the lower Vincennes area and other southern Indiana sections today, but river channels started a slow decline and the taking stock of damage began. The Wabash crested at Vincennes and was expected to reach its top level today at New Harmony. But below Vincennes, a break in the Brevoort levee released water over hundreds of acres of corn and wheat. More than 300 families remained

Flood Crest Hits Vincennes; State Crop Loss Surveyed

in refuge in homes of friends.

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Day of Paralysis; 49,000 Now Idle.

AKRON, O., May 25 (U, P.).—Pickets standing shoul« der-to-shoulder blocked the

main gate of the big Good-

year Tire & Rubber Co. No.

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and women from getting to bw | their jobs as 49,000 idle work=

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560,000 Hoosiers Must Dig For 2d Income Tax Payment

If the 560,000 Hoosiers paying their income tax on the installment | put the line was unbreakable. plan don't pay their quarterly bill on or before June 15, it will not be| Officials of the United Rubber the fault of Will H. Smith, collector of internal revenue, and a staff of | Workers (C. I. O. continued to

CROP DAMAGE IN MIDWEST RISING

25,000 Given Shelter, Says Red Cross in First Official Report.

By UNITED PRESS The greatest flood to sweep the Midwest in a quarter of a century has inundated 2,756,200 acres of land in five states with an enormous loss of wartime crops mounting steadily into the millions of dollars, the Red Cross reported today. In its first official flood report since the turbulent waters of the Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Wabash and Mississippi rivers began their steady rise early this month, the Red Cross headquarters at St. Louis estimated that 154,248 persons had been driven from their homes. The report covered Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas. It did not include Indiana, where unofficial sources estimated an additional 10,000 persons had been forced to flee high waters. The crop loss in Indiana alone was estimated conservatively at $5,000,-

In its five-state report, the Red Cross said 1,392,600 acres of valuable crops were under water. In (Continued on Page Four)

U. S. ASKS SUMMARY RULING IN A. P. CASE

NEW YORK, May 25 (U. P.).— The justice department today filed in New York federal court a motion for a summary judgmerit holding that the Associated Press is guilty of engaging in an illegal combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate trade and commerce. The motion was filed with a three-judge. court which had been appointed to expedite proceedings in the government's anti-monopoly suit against the A. P. The government's motion contended that material submitted to the judges by the government and the Associated Press established the government's case and left “no genuine issue” of fact which needed to be tried. It said the government was entitled, without further proceedings, to the judgment requested.

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constant vigil. The George field hospital at nearby Lawrenceville, Ill, removed its 43 patients to the base recreation hall, Three George field soldiers on patrol duty were rescued by a Ft. Harrison crew in an amphibian jeep after their motorboat capsized in the Wabash. U. 8. department of agriculture representtives met here today to count the flood damage in 36 Indiana counties and devise methods of making up for losses. The meeting here was called by

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Income tax paying time is near again and Robert W. Murphy is \ber industry paralyzed for the surrounded by some of the 85,000 envelopes that are stuffed daily with

fourth day.

Some 500 men and women, all carrying their lunch pails and dressed for work, were lined up om the sidewalk across the street from: the main gate. Now and then a few of them |tried to get through the line of | pickets. Company policemen inside. | the fence tried to pull them through,

|insist that the strikes tying up the

At the rate of 85,000 a day the quarterly notices are appearing in| main plants of Goodyear, the Firefamily mailboxes over the state, and by the end of the week all notices stone Tire & Rubber Co. and B. F.

| Goodrich Co., all engaged in such | war production as life rafts, gas masks, and other essential rubber products, were entirely unauthorized.

Protest WLB Decision

However, the strikers’ were using union halls to keep their protest against a national war labor board | decision granting them a small hourly wage increase, going. No union official would comment on the appeal of the war department to return to work nor on the labor board announcement that it would not reconsider the wage case until all the strikers were back at work. Approximately 18,000 were idle at

14,000 at Goodrich. Some fist fights occurred late yesterday along the Goodyear picket line, but today there were only cat= calls and derisive shouts, both from the pickets and the men and women who wanted to work. The only concerted effort by work= ers to crash picket lines was at the main Goodyear plant, but only a few attempted it.

Jeers Exchanged

There were no reports of such ace tivity at plants of Goodrich and Firestone, although small picket lines patrolled the gates whenever shifts changed there, Many of the women workers at Goodyear exchanged derisive greetings with the pickets as they left the plant last night. A picket yelled at one woman: “Have a good sleep tonight because there won't be any work tomorrow.” The woman replied: “Don’t wore ry, I'll be back.” Then she added: I have a son overseas that I'm work= ing for.” : The picket shouted back: “I have two brothers in North Africa. do you think of that?” : “Apparently, you don't think jg

she countered. ; Meanwhile, leaders of the Akron locals of the United Rubber Works

settlement,

the little steel formula. SOUTH BEND, Ind,

United Rubber Workers of Ameri (C.1.0.), who struck twice in ong day recently at the Misha y plant of the Ball Band Rubi Products Co., went to work tod under a “no strike” pledge for th duration.

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Goodyear, 17,000 at Firestone and

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ers (C. I. O.) prepared for a confers ence with C. I. O. President Philip Murray in an effort to work out & They charged that the WLB decision, granting them a 3= cent, hourly increase, fell short of

May 25 (U. P.).—Members of local 65 of the =