Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1943 — Page 1
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| ALLS FOR A O¢ TAX INCREASE
Board Tentatively Adopts Total of $7,598,707,
Increase of $574,000; Teacher Raises
Necessitate Additional Funds.
A $574,000 increase in the city school budget, which .~ would call for a 9-cent raise in the property tax rate was approved tentatively by the board.of school commissioners
today.
The board tentatively adopted a total budget of $7,598,- * n07 for the 1943-44 school year, calling for a rate of 98 cents,
9 cents more than the current
89-cent levy.
Most of the increase was caused by two successive raises
in teachers’s salaries, adding $545,288 to the instruction payroll for the term Dbeginning next month. A sliding scale increase in salaries was granted by the board in May, 1042, effective last January, and another raise was authorized by the board last May. Janitors Get Increase
Another big increase is for janitors’ wages, adding $105,500 to the operational budget. Auxiliary agencies’ (libraries) budgets were up a total of $71,000 and the requests for general administration expenditures were up $24,163 over current appropriations. These increases were offset slightly by a cut of $13,758 in the ‘debt ‘service budget and $3206 off capital outlay. ‘The board is scheduled to formally adopt the budget and tax rate following ‘ a public, hearing on the proposed expenditures Thursday, Aug. 26. ‘The budget then will be submitted to the Marion ‘county tax * adjustment board for final Apprgval
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in. September, : yA Good ct ionomies
A B. business ‘manager ot the schools, said” that the 1043-44 rate would have been around $1.04 if it had not been for some drastic economies effected in expenditures during the past school term. “The effect of these economies is reflected in the board’s balance last July 1 of $249,328, which is ‘being used to help finance the new budget,” he said. School “officials pointed oui that - sctually the proposed 98-cent rate ‘is ‘only two cents higher than was originally requested by the board in August, 1942. = At that time the board adopted a 96-cent, rate, but later voluntarily agreed to cut it down to 89 cents as a result of an increase in the state’s payments on teachers’ salaries. The proposed new budget ticlades an item of $12,500 for the Indianapolis symphony orchestra for the first six months of 1944 as authorized by an act.passed by the ' 1043 legislature which said the school board may levy as much as $25,000 a year for the orchestra.
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CHURCHES GIVE $1,000,000
CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (U. P.)—Lu- . theran churches in all parts of the country have collected more than ~$1,000,000 for emergency war. pur- . pases, the Rev. H. Conrad Hoyer, of the National Lutheran council an-|
not ced today.
MNUTT GIVEN PLANE PROBLEM
WMC Head Told to Solve Production Lag in ~
Aircraft.
‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (U. P).— White House Secretary Stephen T. Early revealed today that airplane production problems had been discussed at -a meeting of the war mobilization board two weeks ago and that the problem had been turned over to Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Early’s statement was in response to reports that War Mobilization Director James T. Byrnes had called in Bernard M. Baruch, who is an adviser to the Byrnes group, to work on lagging aircraft Pproduetion. Early said he had checked Byrnes’
Jd lattice and was told that “at a meeting of ‘the: war: mobilization board. -
two weeks ago the manpower shortage ‘and airplane production questions came up.” “The ‘matter was " discussed and turned over to Mr. McNutt to" try to work something out,” he added. “It’s there still so far as I know.” + MeNutt’s office already has granted a trial 60-day:blanket draft deferment for west coast ‘aircraft workers. ~ It applies to all workers employed in the dustry as $i last Monday.
Convert Yeast Into Beef Steak
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—. Anheuser-Busch, Inc, world famous brewers, are producing synthetic beefsteak, and already have delivered thousands of pounds of the new foodstuff to the army and the lend-lease adntinistration, it as revealed today. According to Anheuser-Busch, the cost, of the synthetic beefsteak is about one-fifth that of natural beef and will “satisfy the most sensitive palate.” The new food is made by mixing yeast with water and molasses and treating it with ammonia which converts the yeast to protein. During the process, air is stirred into the mixture and aiter | 12 hours out comes meat. -
,. Anyway Our 'Crank’ Knows ‘What's in ODT Form 610-02
Sp By JOAN HIXON : f The other day I read in: the papers a story about the office of de~fense transportation: getting “crank” letters protesting Mrs. Roosevelt's trips. A : ported press association that rethe matter said that the
Pitated citizens received a form|
‘letter in reply to their complaints but that no copies of the f letter . were ‘available for inspec Just for the fun of it, I ‘decided to become a “crank” so I could see what the ODT had to say. I penned a fairly discreet’ crank letter .in in which I said that I too * wanted to take a trip. (The ODT ‘has told people like me to stay at home.) : Today I 8 a reply (form 610-02) Stevenson, assistant
director of the passenger cakion: |
division of traffic movement, office of defense transportation. ’ The reply made no. mention of Mrs. Roosevelt and although I've read it several times I'm still confused. , . Here’s form ‘letter 610-02: “Thank “you for your -letter of July 29 to Mr. Eastman which has been ‘referred to this division, “Our recent’ press- release, a copy of: which I am inclésing, » indicates ‘what we ‘are tryi accomplish in the way of ‘W tary travel conservati
American for you to be content with - your own contribution in this respect and not } around for others who are not as great a contribution
“It is the support we anticipate receiving from the great
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majority of our citizens that gives us confidence that the war job of our carriers can be accomplished. “You will observe. from the in. closed press release that we are not advocating the elimination of vacation travel entirely but rather a ‘modification of the ~ vacation
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*|opposiTioN 10 FATHER DRAFT * GROWS-WILLIS|
Senator. Predicts Majority In Congress to Seek
Amendment. i
Increasing opposition in congress to the drafting of fathers was predicted today by Senator Raymond E. Willis, (R. Ind.) who was in Indiana, conferring with Republican leaders. Senator Willis also predicted that when. congress reconvenes in September there will be a definite move-
ment "in both houses to “stop the waste in war spending.”
all legislators that it is time to make a closer ‘check on the billions of
tion,” he said. Sees Majority Support -
Discussing deferment of fathers, the senator predicted that when congress reconvenes a majority in both houses probably will develop support for an amendment to keep fathers on the home front. Regarding post-war planning, Senator Willis warned that the real dangers after the war will be impairment of private enterprise by heavy tax burdens. “Peace-time industrial possibilities in America appear to be the greatest in our history if industry is not hampered too much’ by government control,” the senator said,
‘Home Economy. First
Discussing world-wide post-war planning, Mr. Willis asserted that domestic economy in America must be adjusted first as a basis for any world-wide economic program. “We must have a firm economic foundation in America first before attempting to ‘help organize worldwide economy,” he said. The senator said there is a growing tendency. in the country'to favor closer co-operation between the executive branch of the vernment and con
cis Te Avoid Mistakes’ “If we are to avoid the ‘mistakes,
| following the last war, the executive
branch ‘of the government must work closely with congress,” he said, recalling thé breach between congress -and President Woodrow
{Wilson on post-war. peace plans 25
years ago. “The senator said he found Hoosiers “more wide-awake to the war effort” than he bad noticed a year ago. Disc Senator/ Willis said government statistics) indicated that Indiana’s over-all production ‘this year will be only ‘80. per cent.of normal,
‘SHORT SORTER $1|
AIDS CIGARET FUND
Unknown Flier Donates al ~ Signed Bill. 3 (List .of Donors, Page Three)
Some “short snorter” is going to turn up minus his dollar, because it is in the Times overseas’ cigaret fund now. Dr. L. 8. Fall, local dentist, discovered among his bills a “short snorter” dollar, belonging to a person who has flown across an ocean. It was signed by five persons. Times Columnist Lowell Nussbaum in “Inside Indianapolis” told of the incident, but no one claimed the - bill. Dr. .Fall sai that he thought whoever lost it would want it to go to ‘the ‘soldiers.. This dollar bill that will cost the “short -snorter” another one when he is asked to produce his at a meeting of fellow fliers, will buy two cartons of cigarets for the armed forces.
TIN CAMPAIGN NETS 543 TONS IN STATE
Pigures just compiled show that Indiana shipped 543 tons of tin scrap
{in June, leading the district and
completing a top record for the six months’ period ending June 30, Clarence A. Jackson, chairman of the state salvage committee, said today.
The 'state’s total scrap | lection ‘between -Jahuary
etal col d June,
“There. is 8 growing feeling among | -
dollars being spent in war produc-
‘the - crop ' situation, .
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1943
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis Tue. Issued daily except Sunday : : 4
SICILY'S D RUSS SWEEP
“eral German and French coins. -
Tien
invasion of Sicily, Fireman It town’ ci beachhead.
Hoosier Heros 2 Reported ‘Missing, 1 Over India|
TWO HOOSIERS have beén re.ported . missing following flights over Europe and :India, according to word received here today. Radio Operator-Gunner Sgt. W. A. Miller .of South Bend was among “the crew of the Flying Fortress, Ramblin’ Wreck, which failed to return from a/bombing mission ‘over Europe. ‘Orin ‘Welch, (Continued ‘on Page Two)
100 CATTLE KILLED IN TRAIN DERAILMENT
Loss ls $10,000 in State t+ + Accident.
KENDALLVILLE, Ind, Aug. 6 (U, P,) —One hundred head of cattle were « killed | instantly today - when 16 cars of ‘a ‘speeding east-bound New York Central freight train were derailed as the train passed through Corunna, ‘a few miles east of here. In -addition to 80 calves and approximately 20 head of heavy cattle killed outright, railroad officials said that about 20 more probably would have to be shot. Loss of the caftle was estimated conservatively at $10,000. Local meat packers, who were summoned to the scene to determine - whether any of .the cattle could be. salvaged, said the dead animals would be shipped to a fertilizer company. The injured animals, were taken. to packing concerns. where they will be dressed
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First Back Here From Sicily, . Seaman Describes Invasion By HELEN REEGAMER.
Aboard & navy transport; Fireman Hixon, the son of Mr. and Mis. Ray M. Hixon, 1205 'N. Colorado ave, saw the hundreds of allied ships which dotted -the Sicilian - harbor| -
prior to-the invasion. He ‘felt the piercing glare of enemy searchlights on the coast, heard ‘about Italian soldiers stacking their guns on the beach and
- | then helping the allied forces land,
and watched enemy planes ‘become helpless” béfore the smashing sea and air superiority of ‘the allies,
"No One Knew Where
“We had an idea where we were going,” but ‘no one actually’ knew,” Fireman Hixon said. “We even had pools ‘aboard ships as to when we would hit. and where. Then as we approached the island we could see the fires started by our bombs Jong before we sighted Sicily." “We. were in the harbor on Thursday night before the ‘invasion -on Saturday.” For four days and_four nights ‘we all worked Without sleep. (Continued * on Page Tw,
Ban by Sender: Gratifying—Hull
. (Another Story, Page 22).
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (U. P.). —Secretary. of State Hull said today that Sweden’s action in terminating movement of German troops. and supplies through her territory is significant because of the fact that Sweden: feels able to take the. step at this time. The Swedish development, "Hull said, at a press conference .is a ‘matter of gratification fo this government.
GEN. STRAHM WINS THE LEGION OF MERIT
CAIRO, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—Brig. Gen. Victor H. Strahm, chief of staff of the 9th United States air force, has been awarded the Legion of ‘Merit for “efficient and meritorious conduct” in performance of his duties during the North African Strahm’s home is at Bowling
for consumption.
Green, By.
was 154,205 tons, J
: on said— “virtually doub
e quota.”
hostery and waste paper.
ENTERS HOME, DIES OF cut
BOSTON, Aug. 6 (U. P). While trying. to get into his own house
52-year-old "Ralph Gadman shat-
[tered a window and severed a wrist
artery. He died « Tew hours lair at. a hospital. -
paigns | such as salvaging of waste fats, |"
A ‘man’s ‘occupation and not the
number of his dependents will ‘be | without disturbing his sleeping wife, |.
"Job, Not Dependents, Draft Deferment Basis '—Hershey
ll {growing Soviet . suspicions ‘that rea-
A Whiff of African Face Powder
Fireman 1- William Hixon, Just roluened from the Sicily: invasion, gives his wife, Jacqueline, a whift of the odorous face powder which women in Africa use. Arrayed on the floor in front of ‘them are souvenirs gathered by the local sailor on previous trips to Africa: French cigarets, an American flag’ worn by a soldier in the North African invasich, a U. S. label from goods exported to Africa, and sev-
SICILY BATTLE INLAST STAGES
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Warns. in Citing Toughness of Germans.
By HUGH BAILLIE United Press: Staff Correspondent
' ALGIERS, Aug. 6—All reports from the Sicilian front, plus personal observations during’ a trip
over the entire front from flank to flank, indicate that the campaign is entering its last stages, with the Germans ruthlessly herded into the |, Messina cul-de-sac less than a month’ after the initial landings. - ‘However, it would be ‘a - mistake to conclude’ that the battle is over. After ‘extricating portions of "the Catania garrison retreating around Mt Etna,” the ‘Germans ere still capable of the stubbornest and bloodiest resistance ’ preliminary of attemptihg a “Dunkirk evacuation” of survivors to the Italian. mainland. ’ The allied victory is not . being accomplished without. tremendous effort. Ten divisions of the world's best-trained troops .are pressing the
ship of somé of the most. outstanding - fighting :leaders the :war has produced—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Sir Harold Alexander,
. |Gen. Sir Bernard: L. Montgomery
and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. —plus air and naval superiority. Modern war requires the exercise .. (Continued on Page Two)
RUSS PAPER LASHES DELAY ON 2D FRONT
‘Failure of Allies Prolongs War,” Says Pravda.
- MOSCOW, " Aug. 6 (U. P)—A blunt statement that the allies have failed Russia by not opening a second land front despite pledges by London and Washington was printed. today in Pravda, the official Communist party organ.
and the United States had solemnly promised the second front to Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Volotov in June, ‘1942, and that -the - pledges were followed by statements of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill that action would be taken to relieve the Russians. No attempt was made in the article to. disguise Soviet disappoint ment and irritation. The article clearly expressed
sons other than technical military problems were responsible for allied mig. include It was implied. Fiat these
| tensifying air, land and sea attacks
allied offensive under the.general- |
The article said Great ‘Britain |pineers maneuv
Desperately Fighting Germans Rolled Baci Toward: Messina; Soviets Rush to Hivirels Kharkov Nazis.
\By UNITED PRESS United nations armies struck powerfully today at t vital German defense bastions of Kharkov and Bryansk. n Russia, and rolled back the stiffened axis defense line ac ] northeast Sicily. There were signs that the Nazi command was ge ready to try a Dunkirk evacuation:of the battered dwindling Sicilian bridgehead. Flying Fortresses, Wellingtons and other allied bombs
| ers focused a mighty bombardment on Messina at the norths
eastern tip of Sicily, leaving massed evacuation .ships and harbor fixtures a welter of flaming destruction. y ‘The mightiest concentration of air power ever mass on a Russian front pounded the tattered German forces ha
ing out from Orel and Belgorod.
By-Pass Kharkov Russian dispatches said the Russ army was ‘plunging behind Kharkov, after by-passing that city, and to the not was aiming a pincers compaign against Bryansk. Unexpectedly stiff opposition in Sicily put a damper’ hopes for immediate conclusion of the invasion campaign, bu observers predict a complete victory within a few days. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s 7th army\found the goin; tough in the area of Troina at the center of the Etna li once reported captured, but now revealed to be in Gern hands. To the southwest they captured Gagliano, while vances of two to three miles were scored on the north coast Canadians on the American right flank drove to wi five miles of Odrano, key transport center on the outer of Mt. Etna, threatening to cut the German communicatio] loop arqund the ¥olcarm,
Allies Gain on M#. Etna Line | Against Stiffening. Resistan G
patos ly ; fons ATI ' o “HEADQUARTERS, North Alrice, hg ~6.—ATlled sihktied Tt Bao axis resistance to within five miles of key comm! wn of Adrano on the Mf. aerial squadrons gs tow pig roads in Sorthéasterh Sicily and fi enemy evacuation ships at Messina. i pois forces of the 7th army under Gen. George S. Patton Try LONDON, Aug.6 (U.
‘were meeting ‘strong opposition r— a oe, vt h ked or a
around the mountain town of Troina but: Canadians were reported axis aircraft had been counted om Sicilian airfields up to Aug. 4, tl
threatening Adrano after pushing five or six miles eastward as the Algiers radio, recorded in said today.
allies advanced steadily from the Centuripe-Regalbuto sector. The Americans occupied the town of Gagliano, six miles southwest of Troina and behind the forward lines, and also advanced two or three . miles on the north coast where naval and air bombardment of the énemy again aided their progress, today’s communique . from headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said. The closely co-ordinated and-in-
allies’ additional bases from wh to press their all out aerial ass as land forces fought to close Mt. Etna trap on the enemy. The Italian 434th battalion, wh was left behind as a rear gua outfit when the Germans mo\ northward from Catania, surren ered unconditionally to the Bri 8th army because the capture Centuripe ‘by a famous Irish b gade which fought well in ! had made the position of Cat: untenable. But there was bloc fighting ahead on ‘the roads Adrano and Randazzq, which 1 north of Mt. Etna. The Germans were fighting d perately, especially : {Continuey on Page )
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on the northeastern Sicily “coffin corner” was said to make the position of the axis forces hopeless and it was doubtful whether an evacuation would be possible except for a few specialists and key personnel. The capture of Misterbianca, which was doomed by -the fall of Catania, and of the 13 Gerbini airfields, wes of Catania, gave the
Victors of Belgorod Speed |: ~Troops in New Offensiv ;
i By HENRY SHAPIRO - United Press Staff Correspondent - MOSCOW, Aug. ‘6.~Victory-flusheéd Soviet forces wheeling sout westward from . captured Belgorod today by-passed Kharkov, Russi fourth city and industrial capital of ‘the Ukraine, in a flanking ( threatening to encircle the great German-held base. ji The fall of Belgorod, 40 miles north of Kharkov, laid opel the German flank north of the war-torn city keying the whole st Ukraine. Leaping to the opportunity, Soviet striking forces passed by Kharkov and swung. d in what shaped up as 8, and confident effort road lines radiating fr
moving in hot Du of the tered .German units. : Swarms of Russian planes: through combats, threw G armies fleeing Orel and Bel into chaos as Moscow hailed liberation of the two cities wi 120-gun salvoes. The double Soviet victory, est in any Russian summer sive since the start of the war, I (Continued: on Page Two)
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Yanks Used Liquid Flames To Smash Munda Defende ;
stroying the remnants of the arth
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most - powerf ‘stronghold on the lower central front against which the Soviet sag—ys. of Orel were
By GEORGE. JONES.