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“I'm used to this,” said Mrs, James E.
70,000 MINERS OUT ON STRIKE
Seizure by the Government Is Believed to Be
Immident. "Bj UNITED PRESS Government seizure of the coal mines appeared imminent today as the ranks of striking miners swelled rapidly to 70,000 providing 2 new threat to steel production. The steel industry's fuel supply
the flow of steel from its huge Ensley mills next week, if the strike continues. It was estimated that T.C.1's ingot production would be cut 50 per cent if the Ensley plant were closed. Five Ensley blast furnaces and open hearths already have ceased
toduction, Steel Corp. reported production in Alabama reduced 15 per cent,
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profane phrases’ that amuse both Senator James E. Watson stopped
birthday Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. ‘Watson Jr., Chicago. - : “I haven't taken any vitamins yet and I haven't quite determined how to proceed on that matter” he quipped. : “My mother lived to be 95 years and seven months old and I know she never heard of a vitamin and wouldn't “have known one if ghe saw it” ! . More Watsonia:
Jim Watson Stops O He's Not Vitamin-Conscious
way to his native town of Winchester where he will celebrate his 80th
FORECAST: Not quite so cold fonight and tomorrow forenoon.
- FRIDAY, OCTOBER
29, 1943
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‘Acts to Straighten City Hall Patronage ‘Committee Rift.
By SHERLEY UHL {| On the theory that “too many | cooks spoil the broth,” Mayor Tyn{dall today had relieved his patron‘age committee of further job dis § |pensing duties by announcing that
in the future, he himself would as-|-
sume full contrdl of hiring and firing. This order was issued yesterday to department heads assembled in the mayor's office after Mayor Tyn« {dall decided to try to straighten [ous the long-standing patronage wrangle which followed his admin- | istration’s repudiation of the regular Republican county organization,
May Drop Committee Observers believe his decision may
the former senator at breakfast at ®
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Still shaking hands like a candidate and still coining slightly |)..4 to early abandonment of the
himself and his audience, former ,qironage committee, engaged at over in Indianapolis today on his one time or another in various disjputes with city department heads, rank-and-file municipal employees
He was accompanied by his wife and son and daughter-in-law,|and disgruntled job-seekers.
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Meanwhile ¢ity hall factionalists
D Lo the G. O, P. were—~emerging # HARGER HITS {from a conf political muddle ’ {which saw Charles W. Jewett twice “in” and twice “out” as their “camTRAFFIC LAXITY ie. 2 At present, Mr. Jewett is “out.”
paign manager” within a 48 hour {His see-saw battle for control of
Too Many Accidents, Says city hall ‘insurgents’ who bolted
from the regular Republican organigation last February, ended yesterGRY J a Jetser of nintary resigna- . to Mayor Tyndall. Also._straying from the - Tyndall
Head of Chamber “Safety Board. Dr. RN. Harger, chairman of
tronage committeeman, Named Manager
Mr. Jewett's two-day struggle for
“I am not a candidate for office —Jjust an old broken number out
the board for 1% against gambling and vice,
on the scrap heap with no ambition except to help my party. I guess you've heard that I'm a
appealed to it to make use of squad cars in protecting pe-
On Wednesday he was named by the Republican victory organization, a city hall political “steering group,”
as the administration's “campaign
FUND DRIVE NEARS | $600,000 MARK
di2d Report Shows Nearly
Republican.” “I'm a bit old-fashioned, never had but one wife (Mrs. Watson is 78). 1 just picked the right girl, the one who would be tolerant of me. Guess the reason she has put up with me for nigh on to 50 years (the Watsons will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Dec. 12) is that I was in politics and away from home so much.” “Sit down and I'll tell you 100 lies in 50 minutes.” * “I'd rather live in Rushville if I could make a living there. But I
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“In a study of the number of arrests made by squad cars for moving violations — not incorrect parking—it was found that they make an average of one arrest every seven days, in spite of widespread violations,” the report stated.
‘Cars Not on Call’
“The squad cars have plenty of
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preferential streets. At least two-| thirds of the time the men in these!
ars are on duty, they are not on| Hoosier Heroes— warmers recor on my wc THREE INDIANAPOLIS ports that ‘the pedestrian walked SOLDIERS MISSING
into the side of the car If you compare the speed of the car with Listed Among 12 Indiana Men in Report.
the speed of the pedestrian, you Missing
know that in most cases it was the THREE INDIANAPOLIS sol-
manager.” By nightfall of the same day, he was rumored to have been virtually (deposed by certain of his political | foes. However, yesterday morning, the victory organization scheduled a special “showdown” session at which Mr. Jewett's appointment was re-
front side of the car that he walked inte, : “Dead pedestrians can tell no tales to defend themselves.” Statistics show that of 32 deaths in the city since May 22, 28 of these
~ Pvt. Charles K. Torrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Torrey, 1031
SELLING ‘UNFIT’ MEAT
“CHICAGO, Oct, 29 (U. P).—~Two cattle buyers and an
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Here to Annoy the
CONTROL OVER HIRING, FIRING
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Gallico Tells ‘His Dislikes Of
By JOAN HIXON AUTHOR AND sports writer Jove to be annoyed,” contifiusd his
| anneying campaign in Indianapolis
today, Mr. Gallico spoke on “What Men Dislike in Women" at the Town Hall program at English's. His talk may be summed up in his: statement, “I'm a very frank
of two women reporters must be kept strictly secret. (He mostly told them they were charming.) The sportsman's “annoying” campaign began with articles on
pain.” “I got s0 many letters, that 1 decided women loved to be annoyed,” he said. “I couldn't bear to see women running around as blots on the landscape, so I decided I would see what I could do about it.” - A . w ~ 80 THE man who likes Beethoven for breakfast told what he didn't like about (Since Beethoven is his favorite musician, he smokes a pipe the head of which is a bust of the famous musician.) “I don't like fat ladies in tight_fitting white satin evening | dresses,” he said. “I don't like Hysterical Hattie, who calls up to say ‘something dreadful has happened to me, dear. That silly old hat maker put the ribbon on back of the hat instead of the front.'” Another peeve of Mr, Gallico is the woman who works up to an emotional crisis with a handkerchief to her face, murmuring,
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NAZI RADIO SENDS
lin radio said in a propaganda broadcast today that the British Nh have been “forced against its will and better judgment” to make plans for a quick invasion of western Europe instead of waiting until spring. Occording to the broadcast, increased numbers of landing craft
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DECISIONS REACHED IN MOSCOW PEACE, FDR. SAYS.
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1 President Calls Parley Treme 18 Ladies t Calls Parley Tremendous Suceess,
Declares Agreements Soon Will Be Reduced to Writing.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 20 (U, P.).—President Roosevelt
§ said today that the Moscow conference of foreign ministers } already has resulted in definite agreements, and he indicated
|that they cover both prosecution of the war and post-war problems. : Declaring (he conference is a tremendous success in bringing the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union into closer working co-operation, Mr. Roosevelt told
his news conference the
» ” » | agreements soon will be re‘duced to w riting,
Paul Gallico . . . he couldn't bear to see women as they were,
A REDUCES MEAT POINTS
42 Pork, Veal and Lamb Items Lowered; Boost
Margarine ‘Cost.’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-—The of-
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pound on newly rationed jams and jellies today, maintained the value of creamery butter at 16 points and raised margarine to six points a pound.
Fruit spreads, the latest addition |
A major idea behind any such meeting, he said, is to get the other fellows point of view and to swep language and ideas. Asked if the conference assured him that Russia . .was willing to co-operate with other Cossacks Drive Through natiens in maintaining peace after the he sald he always had Weak Resistance Below held this idea and the results of the {conference had strengthened it,
Dnieper. | Reklling the tripartite action in granting Italy co-belligerent status Rus- 4 reporter asked whether Great sian forces are “pouring like a Rritain, Russia and the United spring flood” across Nogaisk steppe States planned to make spot polite {land carpeted with German dead in jcal decisions in the future. the wake of a Nazi retreat, which ) degenerated into a rout at several Not as ‘Broad’ as That points below the lower Dnieper, the! Mr. Roosevelt said he would not government organ Izvestia reported’ put it as broadly as that, explain today. ing there were things which the Gen, Fedor I. Tolbukhin's swift four big fighting powers had to demobile units were reported slam- cide in less time that it would take ming the door on the Crimea and to consult all the united nations tightening the drawstring on the He said ‘hat whenever possible all neck of a Dnieper valley sack con- ©f the united nations would be taining hundreds of thousands of brought inte consulfation, battle-groggy German troops. Mr. Roosevelt sald the Moscow Swarming through the great gap “8reements were not ready for sig knocked in the German barricade NAture but that the tripartite talks across the mouth of the Nogaisk DAVE been successful, not only in corridor between the Dnieper and definite items of agreement, but in the AZov sea, the Russians chopped the spirt of the conference also. down thousands of fleeing troops The Moscow accomplishments, and seized vast stores of abandoned Mr. Roosevelt sald, refute the pres |arms and supplies. dictions of cynics who thought the { talks would be clouded with suse Admit Attacks
{ plelon and accomplish little, (The German high command re!
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MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (U. P)
He said the Moscow conferees had ported that the Russ army was at. | !alked out™things quietly’ and in tacking incessantly west of Meli- 100 per cent individual relations | topol and its spearheads had pen- Ships. As sooh As the documents are [etrated 10 “defended localities.” Iti Signed, Mr. Roosevelt sald, {sald a great armored battle was| Will be: made public, probably in {raging In the Krivol Rog sector Moscow. and 115 Russian tanks were de- |
stroyed yesterday.) (The British radio reported from! Asked if the current meeting
Anxious to Meet
to the ration list, will go on sale! Sunday after a week-long freeze im- | posed to prevent rush-buying and
Moscow that on the south Ukrai-| Drought nearer a conference among nian front the Germaffs are “no Premier Josef Stalin, Prime Min longer fighting as a unified army, |ister Winston Churchill and hims
women athletes, who “give me a |
women.
to permit dealers to stock their shelves. | The OPA ordered general reduce
| tions in meat ration values and in-|
fruits In to prov supply
Its ide of
{creases in canned monthly readjustment {for changes In the rationed foods,
Pork Points Down
The OPA’s actions were contained in two separate orders, highlights of which were: 1. Reduction of one to two points i per pound in 42 pork, veal and lamb {tems due to a six per cent increase in the supply available for November. , {| 2. No change In beef points be[cause of continued army demands. 3. An Increase of two points for margarine and country butter and {one point for shortening and olls {due to heavy Increases in consumption caused by high butter point | values. Butter production is “ab- { normally low,” despite suspension of {army purchasing, with less avail{able to civilians in November than lin October.
4. Varying increases in point val-| {ues of canned or bottled apples, |
{but as harassed units.)
and disniembered | 8¢lf. the president sald he did not know any more than he did two (A “ghost voice” broke Into a Weeks ago. Mr. Roosevelt and broadcast from Breslau last night! Churchill are most anxious to meet and told the German people that With Stalin, and the foreign mins 40 Nazi divisions—600000 men !5ters’ conference has been geners were trapped in southern Russia ®ll¥ understood to have been called {and that none would return alive/ in effort to clear the ground for [ig we do not at once disappear ® meeting of the “big three” : [from Russia.” The broadcast was Pressed for details of the cone reported by the federal communi-| templated document, the president cations commission.) sald he could not be specific be The Nazi command probably lost| cause he did not want to cross any | Ca wires. But they fit in with the Page 8 —Column 5) Objective of unanimity not only in - . the prosecution of the war but in the later transition period, he said. He paid high tribute to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who, he said, deserves a great deal of credit for the spirit of the Moscow confers ences. Russia and Great Britain, he added, deserve equal credit,
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BIG JAP KNOCKOUT
NEAR-IN- SOLOMONS
‘MacArthur's Men Seize POLICE PR AISE BOYS Isles, Mass for Attack. 'wHO RETURNED PURSE
By DON CASWELL While many Indiaanpolis youths United Press Stall Corréspongdent lare roaming the streets on & vans ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, dalism spree, iwo boys are still cons
INVASION ‘FEELER® ™ Preset na fmt butter. The
LONDON, Oct. 20 (U. P).~Ber- |
{ berries, mixed fruits, pears and pine. | Southwest Pacific, Oct. 29.—Allled | vinced that honesty pays, {apple because of supply shortages. {land, sea and air foroes massed to- | Edward Elam, 12, of 1028 Vande“The sweet spreads being rationed day for a knockout blow against man ave, and Leon Varidever, 12, of {include not. only jams and jellies JAPAN'S remaining bases in the 1866 S. Keystone ave., found a purse ! {northern Solomons after a surprise containing $34.26 at Illinois and landing- by American and New Zeéa-| washington sts. last night, They land troops on the Treasury islands, took it to the police station where fonly 28 miles southwest of the they were commended for honesty, 3 {enemy’s Buin-Faisi strongholds. An identification card was in the | Confirming reports of the landing purse, that of Jessie Mae Elliott, {broadcast yesterday by the Tokyo 2309 E st. radio, a communique from Gen. | ——— ;
{Douglas MacArthur's headquarters | 4 {and front dispatches said the allied | NEW TRAINING PLANE {troops occupied both Mono and| BUFFALO, Oct. 29 (U. PJ. Stirling islands in the Treasury ®ircraft corporation revealed foday !group at dawn Wednesday, following | that the Army P-39 had been modi« [a heavy, night-long bombardment fied for training purposes to-carry by American warships, both the trainee and the instructor, § (The Tokyo announcement said thus eliminating the necessity of me giving fighter pilots thelr final Page 8—Column 4) struction on the ground. Rey
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RATION BOOK 4 TODA) | a———— Today is the last day for Marion | Persons with last names beginning Hu
‘Post Deadline Applicants county residents to register at the (Continued with over 450,000 having applied for | with T to Z others who have
T T0 Z FAMILIES GE Face Long Delay. public schools for ration book 4,|~ books during the last four days. | not applied, m