Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1943 — Page 8

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U. §. EMPLOYEES GET SHORT PAY

Congress stil Deadlocked. On Money Bills; OPA Faces Slash.

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WASHINGTON, July Congressional failure action 1944 appropriation bills was todav the short paychecks of thousands govern-

to on reflected in of ment emplovees The break in the deadlock holding up funds 18 agencies, four departments and President Roosevelt's own emergency fund senate-liouse conferelice agreement to cut senate figlites for the offices of price ad ministration and war information A congressional summer until mid-September was abandoned until next week The house voted more to liquidate the national youth adminfstration by allowing it only 000.000 in the $48.800.000 !aboy-fed-eral security bill. The senate wants to continve NYA and expand fits operations First to feel the appropriation delay of the war production board, the office of war information, lend-lease administration, and the central administrative services. Their paychecks today contained only 13 days’ pay instead of the full half-month die them

only

for wal

was

once

effects of the

were employees

Others in Jeopardy

Unless the deadlock broken within e next week pay. checks of every other newly-created agency will be affected m jeopardy in the event of a lengthy deadlock are the paychecks of employees in such old-line govern nent offices as the agric ulture

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terior and labor departments and the federal security agency. The only headway made by co gress was on the $2.900,000,000 appropriation for the 18 war agencies Mm their first meeting, house and senate conferees agieed on all but one point—a senate amendment requiring [agency employees receiving $4300 or mote a yvear. The house will submit that to a separate vote today.

OPA Funds Slashed

The conferees agreed to big ents

in funds for OPA and OWI OPA—Trimmed from the genate figure of $177,333,000 to $155,000,000, but above the house figure of $130.000,000, OWI—Domestic branehh cut from the senate figure of $3,561,499 to 82 750.000, and overseas branch eut from the senate figure of $25,033,390 £24 000.000 The house had the domestic branch

10 eliminated entirely There was no sigh of a break on the other pending bills

ROOSEVELT SIGNS RECORD ARMY BILL

WASHINGTON, July 2 (U. P) — President Roosevelt today sighed the record-breaking $71,898,425700 Arty appropriation bill for the 1944 fiscal vear, including funds for aequisition of 99.740 new airplanes, My. Roosevelt also sighed legislation transferring the womens army auxiliary to the army of the United States. It provides that present members of the WAACs must re-enlist in the WAC within B80 days or rom the corps. The huge army supply bill, biggest | appropriation in history, $23.700.000,000 for fiscal 1944 operations of the army air corps, ing the new planes. It pay for formed personnel,

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“ YANKS CAUGHT New Commander JAPS NAPPING

Eyewitness Watches Torpedo Hit Ship and

Bounced. (Continued from Page Ohne)

four, including The Can, proceeded west, heading into Munda point with the object of drawing Japanese fire | The Can was second in line as we swept in toward the reefs waiting S ; for the enemy to show he was still around after the terrific aerial battering he received the lest few days prior to the landing A quarter of an nour later the loudspeaker connecting the battle] circuit of ships participating in the] operation crackled. The calm voice [of a destroyer captain announced: Theye shooting at us. Theyre] shooting at us Several shells

Lt. Cmdr Roy Callahan

Lt. Cmdr. Roy Callahan, U. 8 RR. ic the new executive officer at the naval air station at Bunker Hill, arriving yesterday from Miami, Fia, On duty at the Miami naval air station for the past three years, Lt. Cmdr. Callahan was operations officer and later superintendent of aviation training. He was commissioned a second lieu tenant in the army reserve in 1926. but in 1929 he enlisted as a second clas: seaman in the naval reserve. He took Aight training at Pensacola, Fla, where he reBoats Land Supplies ceived his wings and ensign's The cease fire order came at! commission. From 1931 to 1940 he T1156 A. Mm. as we observed anti] practiced law in New York eity. faireratt fire from Munda. Six planes] : :

were then over the field. Two de- | strovers thereupon began laying! MARSHAL 1S BEATEN

smoke-screens around the trans(Continued from Page One)

5 | | fell around the] leading destroyer. The commodore spoke over the battle circuit, “We can outrange them; move over’ | Immediately our guns opened five. | The blast and concussion of the salvo shook the ship. Within 10] minutes the frst shore battery to open up was silenced completely | while the second kept quiet in order not to give away its position,

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[ports but the Jap shore batteries) jhad too short a range again The destroyers on the stern flank edged up to Munda again attempting to get the enemy to fire

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Three times more in the course of the morning, we on the destrovers were under fire from Munda beach. but the Japanese had no more luck and each of these batteries were knocked out, By 3:15 p. m,

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‘ape attempt was Robert Young, 17, also sentenced to five years for auto Twenty-five torpedo planes, fiving theft were seen. Fighters swooped! U Marshal in hat SUsiit of She dope DOE! WAKE: soll Chritey ck anese machines as they roared over '0 Indianapolis last night to face Soon possible additional charges of ate] 20 enemy planes tacking a federal officer and es-| leaping. Young was taken to the Chillicothe prison by another depAndrew M. Taft,

‘ DEWEESE TO HEAD ‘RENT CONTROL HERE

Robert M. DeWeese, chief exam-

came the third air raid alarm of"

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were only i left | Anti-aircraft from the ships which had closed formation to repel air uty, { attack opened fire, I'wo torpedo planes were hit an | Shot down within a few seconds | They crashed into the sea | The guns were trained almost | parallel with the water as the Jap-| anese came in. finer in the local rent control office, Plane Charges Ship [today became acting federal rent ~The first plane charged the de- control director for the Indianap(Stroyer I was on. As it rushed olis area, [toward us I could see two heads in| He succeeds Herbert J. Reade, the pilot's cockpit. Tt seemed in- rent control director for the past jeredible men could be rushing into year, who resigned to re-enter pria wall of flame and flying vate business, shrapnel, | Mr. DeWeese has been connected Four planes were coming our way | with the local rent control office strung out behind one another. The| for the past 11 months, leaving his [tracers were pouring in and the rental business at Bedford to re[shrapnel seemed to burst right in enter the government service. the faces of the men in the planes| He had been connected with the | The first machine was within 150 or| Home Owners’ Loan Corp. from 200 yards when it dropped a tor-[1934 to 1942, having worked in the (pedo. Orders to turn the vessel] | district offices at Hammond and [ were shouted, but our range was too [South Bend, and as assistant to short. [the state manager in charge of] | ‘The torpedo crashed into the port property management, bows of the sturdy little vessel! Mr. Reade, before becoming vent | Then came a series of dull thuds director, had served as general mane | land jars as the torpedo, deflected in|ager of the John Lees Manufac- | | its course, dumped and bouncec | turing Co. He also at one time | | against the side of the ship to the was manager of the Miller-Parrott | | beam where it cleared the hull, Baking company at Terre Haute | still unexploded. land formerly was associated with The plane continued ite course !Langsenkamp-Wheeler Brass Works, The pilot banked and as he barely Inc. He lives at 4360 Washington cleared the forecastle he went down | blvd. in flames. | Two more tried the same trick | anese platie which hurtled into the | fon the bows but their torpedoes|water directly in its path. The, | missed. little ship passed through un- | One of into | scathed. flames. | ‘The attack lasted no more than| The fourth plane came on the 10 minutes, possibly less. But in | starboard beam. His torpedo rushed that time anti-aircraft downed 12 underneath the ship. {Japanese planes, { Another destroyer smashed right| For us on the ships the day was into the flaming wreck of a _Jap- | over,

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

| for | | county | suk \ lin the drive this month to build the

[quota is nearly $500,000 higher than

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on the ground and commandeered day Say re yee the ONE payks and stores with the exception

of Pwo hours later Sheriff Ora Wile | Monday.

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93 MILLION SET Points Raised on All Meat

AS BOND QUOTA

But Pork; Less Food See

(Continued from Page One)

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 143"

WANT GAR BAN LIFTED WASHINGTON, July 2 (U, P) =" | The special Bastern seaboard con |gressional committee demanding av n easing of gasoline restrietion 13 Northeastern states today’ proved plans to “go to the W | House” in an effort to gain

1 $4.994, 680 Is Sought a8 to the armed forces, lend-lease and Supplies of tomato cateup, chili Moval of the Eastern pleasure

| other government requirements. Pork Remains Same The only meat whose value does not go up Sunday is pork, Officials explained that while they expect the supply to be less than normal, there still should be enough pork available! this month to permit maintenance

County's Share of the July Campaign.

With the Indiana war bond quota $23,000,000, Marion $4,904 680

July set at

will have to raise

mystery ship Shangia-Lia to bomb Tokvo | The the state

of present point values, Only meat cuts which were duced in value in the new tables were tAree fatty pork euts == fat backs and clear plates, jowls and regular plates, all of which may be used as lard substitutes. Their value was eut one point a pound, as was

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county's share of

the total amount wanted the highest

ever assighed the state except for the first and second war loan drives | the value of lard i In the national campaign de=! The euts in value of canned beans increasing financial and of three tomato products ranged needs for invasion and offensive on rom eight to bitree poh Bub they) the world’s battlefronts, the quota|Wete more than ofiset by Hi® OS) calls for sales of series B. F and G0 four point advance in values of]

| other canned items and a sevens ivr ops SHere bY Whe Westy) point jump=from 13 to 20 points]

A : in the value of standard sized con=| The payroll saving campaign,

tainers of tomato catsup and chili meanwhile, is supposed to increas e| sauce. payroll savings by 50% in SIOFes. yalyes of all canned fish went up) offices and factories, and is moving | four points to 12, except ahead in all 92 counties of the state,| gosters according to Charles EB. Hoover, only two points. Officials explained |g executive manager of the payroll] that under the present eight-point gavings division of the war finance value for canned fish, demand has committee | been considerably greater than sup=| Complete sales reporte on the ply | June drive for $20,808,434 will be re<| “Process” butter appears on the leased through the Chicago and | official chart for the first time with St. Louie federal reserve banks a value of four points. Regular | within a week or 10 davs, the Re ver remains unchanged at eight

finance committee has announced, |points. Sold principally in the

south, “process” butter—also known PUBLIC BUILDINGS as “renovated” or “reworked” butter TO CLOSE MONDAY

| was removed from regular butter classification and given a low point of publie

last month, and

in Indiana is

| value to increase its use and keep it | Independence | from going to waste, Margarine also| | is reduced one point. buildings, | ¥ }

observance all

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federal offices will be closed

The holiday will be observed for- ductions have been ordered from

two other prisoners in a woods nearijmaily Monday since July 4 falls on! group IT and group IIT cheeses. | Sunday. They were Harvey Walker, 21, and | puilding will be open throughout the |chatel and creamed cottage cheese, both | gay with the exception of the post-!all now listed at two points per

Offices in the federal Group II comprises cream, neuf

Group III, made up of [ Swiss, brick munster and all other | rationed cheeses, is reduced from) six to five points per pound.

a holiday schedule, Some of the city's war plants will

levels in June, OPA stantial point advances were made |

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Point advances in processed vege- |

[table items are listed as follows: Apples, from five to seven points, apricots and fruit cocktail, from 19 to 23 points: peaches, 21 to points: pears, 13 to 15 points; [lima beans, 19 to 20 points: vacuum packed whole Kernel, 20 points; other corn, 14 for points; peas, 16 to 18 points; to | paste, OPA pointed out that corn, lima | beams, peas and tomatoes were go ing out faster than advisable and has harried the | prakes in the form of point ine with attacks creases were applied to retain stocks

BIG BATTLES’ NEAR RUSS, GERMANS SAY

(Continued from Page One) 19 to

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which never developed, such as the in trade inventories until new pro- g latest reported seizure of a strate-| duction in these items is available. 8

gie height northwest of Moscow, which the Russians said they had held for six days against 23 Gers man counter-attacks.

Report Yanks Shifted

Axis radios continued their specs ulation that a new blow against the European defenses might fall tomorrow, the day before American Independence day. The broadcasts linked with such feeler speculation a report that American troops were being transferred from Northern Ireland to South England. The Germans were reported to have taken new defense precautions in Norway and Holland, while across the continent the British battleship Nelson and four deSt pOyors were said to have followed series of “invasion convoys" out | clos od was received from of Gibraltar | Clark, Chicugo, German troops estimated at seve lager, who sald that all employees eral divisions reinforced axis de- | were to remain until the fenses in Greece following allied | of the month. pounding of the southern| The Indianapelis branch office is European invasion approaches and one of 46 branch offices and 12 serious demonstrations in which a [regional offices which will be closed | number of Greeks were shot and|as a result of (he Copiressional hundreds arrested, London reported. laction. |

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