Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1943 — Page 1

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| A sorrowltul message to Indianapolis’ you

: day, with elementary pupils report

Toachors Brushing U b Today: N - Pupils to Start on Tuesday

/ Indianapolis’ 2000 schoolteachers took paper and pencil and went

back to school today in the first of

“1to the opening of school Tuesday.

The teathers attended a general

nasium at Pupils will return to school Tuesing for one-half day sessions Tues-

except have not enrolled in a local high ischool before, will report at 8:45 a. m. Tuesday. Pupils entering high those Whe have _hot<heen enrolled before will regort at 1:30 p.m. Testiay. = bt Classes Begin Wednesday

| morning

ir | The calendar for the coming] school year is as follows:

fo Priday, Jan, 28, 1944. 31, 1944, fo Friday, June 16, 1944.)

Technical high school, followed by organization work this afternoon which will continue through tomorrow. :

day morning.. High school students, 9 freshmen and those who

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ey Greet You Tuesdoy OPA REDUCES I» ON 39 MEATS

Butter -Points, However, Are - 8 | Boosted; Some Vegetables

th . .. your time is short. These 2000 teachers swelled inte the Technical high school gymnasium this morning. And they mean business come Tuesday. ; ' 1G

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1048 ~~

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the teachers’ meetings preparatory

meeting this morning in the. gym-

VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS State Teachers’ association «= Thursday and Friday, Oct. 21 and

Thanksgiving — Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25 and 26.

4, and open Monday,

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ORAS Soaps. ;

“Storm Yesterday Caused

Some Damage in City.

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- ‘timated the Japanese flight from

Sicily Cast Yanks -|*

WASHINGTON, Sept.'2 (UP). —Total American casualties on Sicily - were about 7500 killed, .wounfled and , Acting

Secretary of War John J, Me- [OF

Cloy told .a press and radio conference today. American troops captured. approximately 121,000

‘290 tanks, 1250 field and large quantities of supand equipment. McCloy said he did not have figures on allied casualties but pointed out that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on Aug. 18 had esti-

mated total allied casualties at |.

BS, ot ai time, McCloy es.

-{ Naples last night, sealing the bottle-

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BIG BOMB SEALS ITALY RAIL YARD

Allied Attack Near ) Naples.

E lwhich, effective Sunday, will make!

Fires Visible for Miles After

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To Be ‘Cheaper.’

blue ration point values ii a" miove 35 meat cuts and some vegetables, cheaper on a point basis, but will| add to the point cost of butter and’ 13 processed foods. : ;-Xhe OPA reduced” the rationing gost. of 35 meat cuts by one to two! points shortly after the, war food administration suspended limita-| tions on livestock slaughtering for

September and October. The point value of creamery butter was raised from 10 to 12 points a pound. These changes, effective

Sept. 5 through Oct. 2, were dic-| tated by what OPA officials called | “the best meat picture since ration-|

ing began and a serious butter out- |

In the realm of blue points, OPA| raised the point value of 13 pro-| cessed foods, including frozen fruits and berries and several types of canned vegetables, but reduced the value of canned soybeans, beets; carrots, green or wax beans and canned fresh shelled beans,

Meat Up 20 Per Cent

The. WFA’s action in eliminating slaughtering quotas for the first two- fall months; it was estimated, will increase overall civilian sup-

oF ~.iplies of meat by about. 20 per cent.

The OPA also ordered downward

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. North Africa, Sept. 3 (U. P)—

Allied bombers hammered the Aversa railroad center 10 miles north of

neck from the yards to the fain: line with a single $000-pouiid block buster, after dirty weather kept daylight raiders away from central

months. i British anadian Welling

3 the bombs ' dropped by Flying “Fortresses on Pisa were revealed to have found their

yards, air fields and. aircraft fac-

"American Boston bombers damaged an'axis radio station on Cape Spartivento at the southwestern tip of Italy yesterday, while American Mitchells and British Bostons and Baltimores bombed and strafed railway and highway targets at Sinopoli, Cape Spartivento, Oliveti, La Gambarie and Boumarino, all in southern Italy. :

On the War Fronts

(Sept. 3, 1943) RUSSIA—Red army offensive de-

bomb Aversa, Naples. SOUTH PACIFIC—Americans cut off Japanese force in one-mile advance toward Salamaua, Ne

10 miles north of

Italy for the first time in two!

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irevisions in the point values of 19 (kosher meat items. In the meat {point adjustments, kosher and {other, only one item--veal sweet- | owed an increase, | All lamb and mutton items, with! ‘the exception of breast and flank. and some variety meats. were ors

The civilian supply of pork In September, it was said, iy expected to be about 13 per cent above that available in August and five per

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THREATEN DRIVE ON MISUSE OF STAMPS

Violations Hurt Program, Says OPA Director.

OPA director, said that evidence is accumulating “at an alarming rate that many consumers have no comprehension of the serious situation that can grow out of the practice of

handing over expired coupons to retailers.”

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (U.P).—| |

The OPA today adjusted red and) hex

| y=—Hoosier Heroes

SN The Indianapolis OPA office today |

change in temperature tonight and tomorrow morning.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued dally except Bundsy

Faces Draft.

THRO

John “Ab” Eyed

Hi | AFRICA VETERAN CLASSIFIED 1-A

wom Ambulance Driver for 8th from

Army 14 Months Now

Near Induction. —

John “Abe” Eyed returned to Indianapolis this week after 14 months as a volunteer ambulance driver with the British 8th army in North

ens to put the finger on him, y

Visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lloyd, 2840 N. Delaware st, here, Mr, Eyed

over with his draft housy/ He was classified 1-A in the arpiy wheh he

volunteered for the American fleld service a year ago last May, but

state departmefit because of his voluntary service. Now befofe he draft: gets him. he wani4 to: join the merchant

marine,

Under fire constantly as he evac- Cantwell’s salary at its July 21|black-haired

uated wounded men from the desert

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L.Milholland | Loses Life in North Africa

"PVT. LEO MILHOLLAND, a ' member of the army infantry six months, was killed in action in

the war department has In- , formed his mother, Mrs. Rose "Milholland, 838 CC Lincoln st. The 23-year old soldier was inducted last February and received his training at

July 12 and weitien while Pvt. Milholland was on his way across was received yesterday by his sister, Miss Gertrude Milholland. The young soldier attended {Continued on Page Two)

HINT BORIS SLAIN BY GERMAN AGENTS

“ISTANBUL, Aug. 31 (Delayed) (U.P.).~Well-informed Turkish sources said today that advices from

Bulgaria was assassinated by Ger-|

man agents because he was reported;

Africa, and now the draft i GETS p AY HIKE

-he- received a deferment from the

pattlefields In Africa, Mr. Eyed has | 7 worked and sweat nof only with

- the North African srs July 31, | he

Sofia indicated King Boris III -ofi

Wolfington Main

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| Civilian Friend and ‘Pint-Size’ Man Also Sought as Investigators Retrace Steps;

tains Innocence.

By JOHN 'L. BOWEN Two attractive young WACs who completed a threes some with Cpl, Maoma L. Ridings on several of her visits to | Indianapolis hotels in April and May were being sought for

consultation today in the mysterious murder of Cpl. Ridings

at the Claypool hotel Saturday Police were especially interested in a phone call made. 1 a Claypool room to Warm Springs, Ga., on Sunday = =

morning, April 18, by one | “skinny, sandy-linired and wei

night. :

of the women, described as ghing around 100 pounds.”

{fact that Cpl. Ridings’ home is at Warm Springs, Ga., was

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FAIR MANAGER

| Making Cantwell_$50

Raise Retroactive. | The state fair board has increased 'the salary of Guy Ohtwell, state’ fair manager, from $300 to $350 a imonth, it was learned today. | | The board voted to increase Mr, |

{meeting and to make the $50 in~1 crease retroactive to Jan. 1, 1043, it was learned. a= It also voted to incremse the salaries of its two women employees, Mrs. Minnie Fisher and Mrs. Hilda Nowlin, from $150 40 $160 » month and algo make those increases retro

active to the first of the year.

Holds Up BRéK Pay. “But Lt. Gov. Charles Dawson, who

‘to Governor Schricker afid he also reportedly balked at the retroactive pay raises. (He was out of the city

J today and could not be reached for

comment.) = * Action Rescinded

and provided that they go into-effect on July 1, hk There {5 considerable grumbling among the female contingent at the state house about the salaries paid the two women employees since $165, with but few exceptions, is the top salary for women employees. The governor's top secretary receives only $165. The Fair board has a balance of $157,00.on hard and it pays its help from this fund.

HINT JAPS EVACUATE

~ Auyway, the fair board at its mid- | ~tAugust meeting rescinded its action making the pay raises retroactive

made in the morning while Cpl. Ridings and the third girl, reported to be blacks

thaired, reclined -on a bed in .

the FOO,

A bellboy, who no longer is in . the Claypool service, was sent to

will go to California to talk things | Dawson Balks Board Move [the room by the management to

collect a deposit on the call and, so he informed police today, Cpl Rid= ings handed the slender WAC a $5 bill, Ari A Want to Talk to Friends At the time of the call, this former bellboy” said, there was & considerable -amount of liquor In the room and Cpl. Ridings and the AC were waving and shouting to certain soldiers and sailors occupying rooms across the Police, who were today searching for -a reported civilian male ac

If they did not, they would now be. in civilian clothes and

with Cpl. Ridings on her week+en Vv he . 4

noon, Another bellboy, Robert Dillard Wolfington, now in custody, els to have delivered a pitcher o

switchboard records show NAC made wall for:

ice to Cpl. Ridings’ room, : was visible but a voice called from the bathroom: A

“SANTA ISABEL ISLE

British Report Position of

‘Put it on the He said he picked up a tip and left.

This telephone call, assuming importance because of the

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that the rations of

Trg : Police have since learned |

to have told one of his ministers Foe ‘Too Difficult.’ that if Italy got out of the war he| -

intended to seek peace within 48/ By UNITED FRESS | went hours. The British radio reported today | Boris was said to have been sum- that thé Japanese are believed to! Adolf Hitler's headquar- have évacusted Santa Isabel island ./in the central Solomons. The broadcast, recorded by United Press in New York, said that news of the evacuation was con-

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REPORT SHIPS AT GIBRALTAR LONDON, Sept. 2 (U. P).~The Swiss radio sald today. that strong British naval force is

which they can't use before the dates nor to buy more than they need just to use all their :

stamps. : “This destroys any possibility that might exist for a relaxation of the program,” Mr. Stickland

Former Student of IU. Downs Seven Zeros

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