Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1943 — Page 1
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1943
White river. Bugineers this morning jos, Coma oy Page Two} : a a of u thres.|" Jl. Sta of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers tend elements, which bust /prepated to test the river for excess y | ar day meeting here of agricultural ex- ; across the rain-swollen Volturno| : he; ‘ ts, WNUTT AID HERE pore some rr Yume’ | between a mouth and Capua, we Sesion aes R : Wr : CARRE A T = ora . Af _ SO a we NR ie Se i ah ah eat 5 ov ROR Roar iumamEe A BRED CIE Turple FOR LABOR SURVEY ex veers oS mapping WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Don't expect miracles from |with the Germans on the northern Higher. prices DI hid tor| the meeting of the big three foreign ministers at Moscow. Sak. gd right wing rs : some crops such as corn, soybeans, Stalin is in excellent position to dominate the confer |voiurno-Calore river lne as far Si Sunday James Penman Confers Sugar beets ang Swest SES In ofer ence, state bluntly what he wants, hold out till he gets it. east as Benevento, 45 airline miles posing "With WMC Lead also recommended that canning] He wins even if he leaves matters just as they are and oi other side ‘of Ttalv.. the usted 3 | eaaers. factory wages be raised to assure| continues to play hard to get. Never in modern history British 8th army was on the Ye -thess conf which James Penman, special assistant] 4 A0¢quALe Jaber Supply. growing| 14s & country been wooed so ardently—and wooing often [again after battering down stiff > murders to WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt, German resistance in the Termoli rice! Some > arrived in Indianapolis today to[Practices that would cause ex-| Stops whep the reluctant one says yes. area. The allies scored advances of
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Fear of Pollution in
River Forces Quick |
Action.
By SHERLEY UHL Operation of city. sewage disposal ‘and gcrbage reduction facilities was ‘back in full swing today following return to the sanitation plant of some 50 employees who earlier had Tesigned in protest against “political interference” by the patronage com‘mittee. The back-to-work agreement was Feached last night after the plant ‘had: remained idle for 19 hours. After a conference at 9:30 p. m, with an employees’ delegation, city officials, acceding to the demands of plant workers, ted to: 1, Demote Sanitation Superintendent Clarence Scholl to his former post as chief chemist, Seven Are Re-employed 2. Re-employ = seven sanitation plant engineers and helpers who previously had been ousted by the €ity hall patronage committee, 3. Dismiss Roscoe Floyd, patron-
‘An Editorial MAYOR TYNDALL has acted in" a thoroughly forthright and courageous manner in restoring the city's vital sanitation plant service. Beyond doubt there was
the step he took. It primarily was a clash between partisan
resistance that shut down the plant in the first place, As Mayor Tyndall himself concedes, the arrangement under which it opened again was not based “on ‘the merits of the dispute. But it was a direct and realistic
welfare of the community ahead of all other considerations. Mayor Tyndall deserves, and we believe he has, the com. mendation and the support of
apolis in the position he hes
&ge committee “go-between” at the plant, who, plant employees charged, | had assumed “arbitrary control” of | hiring and firing activities. | 4. Remove authority over sanitation plant personnel from the hands of the patronage committee and place it under supervision of the plant superintendent and the works board. .
Shortly after Mr. Scholl's demo‘tion, Mayor Tyndall named W. H. Frazier, assistant -city- engineer, as t t.
The walk-out settlement was looked upon as the most severe setback yet dealt the ex-officio patronage committee, which had been branded by sanitation workers as “the ynsesn government: of Indian. ‘polis. :
Sewage activation and clarification wds resumed early this morning after thousands of tons of raw
taken.
PAIR DESCRIBES
Police Quote Pennsy Farm Youth as Saying ‘No Use Being Sorry.’
MERCER, Pa. Oct. 9 (U. P)—
William Albeit Morell, standing side by side in the office of Sheriff Alex Elliott, today told the story of how two women and a man were
- waste had flowed, untreated; into
: Ford Surprised By 'Quiz Kids' DETROIT, Oct. § (U. P)~
Henry Ford discovered yesterday that the Quiz Kids have some
The kids—Richard Williams, 13, Ruth Duskin, 9, and Harve Fischman, 13—visited the Willow Run plant while in Detroit
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heavy political pressure against
political ambitions and union
arrangement, which placed the
most of the people of Indian- |
TRIPLE KILLING
sier Watches F laming Death of Transport John Penn
A sunset-like glow lit up the evening sky off Lunga beach. Guadalcanal, when the oli het afire by an exploding torpedo in a sneak
iC. B. Rather Here or Leave, A Tells of Jap Torpedo Hit §
By HELEN RUEGAMER It was about 9:30 p. m. on Aug. 13. The navy transport, U, 8. 8. !
| John Penn, had unloaded its cargo
Suddenly out of the night roared a squadron of low
| bombers—-Japanese They zoomed ¢ {at the end of the dive and strafing
fMen rushed for the lifeboats, oth- | jers jumped over the side. {plosion rocked the. sturdy craft. Twenty-six minutes later {ocean swallowed the John Peun. | { In Indianapolis this week Chief | | Electrician's Mate C. B. Rather, told | how he watched from a %ifeboat| while his ship went down. He vis-| ited his brothers, James C. Rather, | 622 Division st, and Jesse Rather, | 226 S. ‘Holmes, while on his 30-day | survivors’ leave. He was accompan- | led by anather. survivor, Ship's: Cook | fw R. M. Myers of Asheville, N. C.| During his 19 years as a navy| man, this was the first time Petty | Officer Rather's ship had been sunk from under him. The John Penn was & mefchant ship in peacetime, taken over by the: navy in February, 1042. ‘That was when Rather joined her crew. During the North African invasion, they landed men and equipment under fire from shore batteries
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survey manpower needs and supplies to determine if the city actually should be classed a No. 1 critical labor shortage area. Mr. Penman, accompanied by two technicians, E. L. Nelson and Clarence Weiner, discussed their plans with State WMC director John K.
One Jap found his target—a direct hit
and men on Guadalcanal
lose to the ship, the deck as they passed over,
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PREVIEW GIVEN
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stores of the navy attack by Jap planes.
-flying torpedo |# launching torpedoes | 1
on the after starboard side.|
Farm Experts Meeting Here'
Offer Suggestions to Increase Output. By ROGER BUDROW
Indiana farmers next spring will be able to plant slightly larger crops
ting down on forage, acreage, and they will raise less livestock because of the feed shortage. i
cessive erosion, it was estimated that 307,000 more acres throughout the state could be brought into cultivation, making 14,505,000 acres in all. Much of this would be land which could not be cultivated profitably if prices of farm products were not sq high. ’
Jennings and ‘Indianapolis WMC Director Wilfred Bradshaw. The survey is expected to “determine the facts” in the muchdisputed manpower figures. Reports by employers to the U. 8. employment service showed an 8000 shortage by Jan. 1 while a check-up by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce claimed a slight surplus by
Wheat to Be Increased
Biggest crop increases proposed were wheat, 302,000 more acres; corn, 121,000 more acres, and 80ybeans, 142,000 more acres. Largest cuts suggested were in oats, 186,000 acres; hay, 49,000 acres, and rye, 30,000 acres. ? The report said growing 52,000 acres of Irish potatoes would depend upon whether or not enough potash can be obtained and on the supply of Mexican labor, which, it said, is preferable to imported
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transport,
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photo from Acme.) U’S, 8, n
oh Penn, were set
Ship's Cook 1-¢ R. M. Myers and Chief Electrician's Mate C B.
| back through Poland: what we can do, then pull out. ’ - w ¥ » 5
ment source,
his chances near the army he ranks +8 . .
In particular, don't expect us to come to use against the Japs. There's every indication Russia feels she will have done her share when Hitler capitulates, In fact, well-informed Swedish sources believe the { Russia will make a separate peace with Germany after pushing her that she'll give us several months more to show
ADD CHIEF OF STAFF REPORTS: mended ' Eisenhower as his successor, according to one war deépart-
But don't overlook Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair. top. He's had littlé public notice but in the high in efficiency.
Rather watched from a lifeboat ds the ocean swallowed their home—the flaming John Peni. Now fhey're back
in the states on survivor's leave.
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A Weekly Sizsup by the Washington
away with Siberian bases
rumor that
Gen. Marshall has recom-
Other gources rate
HARSH CRITICISMS of our allies brought back by the traveling | senators will slow up action on the Fulbright ! (Continued on Page Two)
resolution or any senate
R.C.A. Women |BLODDLESS ADVANCE
FORD VOLTURNO
1500-MILE YANK RAID
HITS POLAND
Record Flight Serves Notice All Germany Is Under Allied Air Umbrella; RAF Keeps Up Offensive.
BULLETIN "LONDON, Oct. 9 (U. P.).~Marauder medium hombers of the 8th United States air force, escorted by British, Dominion and allied Spitfires, attacked the German air field at Woendsrecht, Holland, today,
LONDON, Oct. 9 (U. P.).—Powerful fleets of American heavy bombers attacked Nazi targets in East Prussia ‘and Poland today in a record flight of more than 1500 miles which served notice on Berlin that all of Germany has been brought under the umbrella of allied bombardment. The R. A. F. also was out in force this afternoon. A large flight of fighters crossed the straits toward the French coast in the region of Boulogne and Calais, returning 30 minutes later. Other formations, believed to include bomb“a. jers, then headed for the con'tinent, ALLIED PATROLS Outreaching - the best efforts of the royal air force,
Which hit Danzig in its longest raid from the British Isles, the {four-motored United States planes |strewed bombs across a broad area of extreme northeastern Germany. Rivaly Norway Raid The dayjjght-flight surpassed by |far. any previous American raid on |Germany, but on the basis of & bor der-to-horder measurement between Britain and East Prissia was short” of “the 1800-mile Flying :
: Caserta, Transport Center, | Falls to Advancing
“5th Army.
| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aiglers, Oct. 9 (U, P).—American and British patrols have forded the Volturno river, penetrating the pri. mary German defense line between Naples and Rome, while to the cast the transport center of Caserta has falleri to 5th army troops. «(The British radio said the sound; of artillery and. bombs “from the or Bard for the first ilme yestérday in Rome, according to a neutral correspond.
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Soviets Pour Across Dnieper | As Nazi Peril at Kiev Mounts
By HENRY SHAPIRO were reported to have captured
s and
United Press Stall Correspondent several Settman io , 9.—8ovi t | strategic ways MOSCOW. Ost. 9 Sront pincers maneuver aimed at | dispatches today reported scores Pield reports said the Soviets (new Soviet army crossings of the engaging the “main bulk” of | middle Dnieper and the swift rein-| German armies contesting | fontement and expansion of Shifes Asko the Hives, major bridgeheads flanking orcements , {and threatening to squeeze the Ger-| bridges, flat bottomed fis, ans out of the Ukiains capiial, . gifishies snd other craft a} 8 constantly by a i Arengghuned Light and heavy tanks, followed
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Given Raises | MARKS BAYOU “WAR? artier ine’ rusian cross sors | The war labor board approved | ; | oo. ww v2 GE I exen last) otis Louisiana Citizens retreat Qutgunned Yank Destroyers
and a 10 per cent premium for Before Armed Guards.
LIVING COSTS DOWN, BOWLES TELLS AFL BOSTON, Oct. 9 (U. P.).—Chester Bowles, general
BUDGET FOR CHURCH
CLEVELAND, Oct. 9 (U. P). — The general convention of the Pro-
night shift employees at the R. C. A.-Victor division plant here were Reifsteck,
{to the opportunities for work with
Negroes and among war workers.
Sin
uropean
fy
anpounced by C. N, plant er.
for salaried night retroactive to Aug. 18
Night shift salary raises for employees on an hourly basis. are retroactive to June 29. Higher pay’ shift workers is
his post,
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POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, la. Oct, 9 (U, P).~The Louisiana state guard made a bloodless advance today. against deflant residents of Plaquesmines parish as the state's
seat to install Walter Blaize, Gov ernor Jones’ appointed sheriff, in
outside the and two the guard con-
Twenty-two miles
a barricade
Wreck Japanese Flotilla
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, nounced losses to the American Pacific, Oct. § (U. P).—|iflla. ; i A heavily outgunned and outnum-
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