Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1943 — Page 1

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Sights colder tonight. Not quite so cold tomorrow afternoon.

VOLUME 34—NUMBER 208

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By NOBLE REED

Whisky is flowing into Indiana’s liquor trade channels at the rate of about 1,060,000 quarts every month but you

can’t find a single bottle of it out on the front counters of _

the package market for sale ‘Where is it going?

A survey of the industry ad law enforeement rec-

to the public anywhere. :

~ ords revealed today that about half of it is being gobbled : w by. black market operators and plain bootiegpers; the -

Hoarders

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The current * “shortage,” which has canted. a nations wide black market, is not so much a shortage of actual

supply, but of visible supply.

Whisky has gone undercover, or, “under the bed” to recall a friend who issued aA invitation to his country place with the Injunction: = “If I'm not at home, the whisky’s under the.bed.” . - As to supply, there was a total of 419,000,000 gallons in warehoTs + iL Sept, 30. This shotild last about three years, at the present rate: .- of -relsease--by distillers: under - their selfs

reserve of 100,000,000 gallons for

mated. is in hoarding, Much of this dates back to & year ago when supplies

were grabbed up in advance

on night “clubs, and the like :

_ College Board Meets Again To Name Executive.

1s | dential nomination, will deliver the| Men:

In Liquor Shortage

Bullish Market Brings Ration of Spirits; Plenty Left, but Try and Get It.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. What | has happened to the +

night at. Tomlinson hall will set the]. . stage: for the opening here tomorrow

{for this area; the Rev. Sam Morris,

- “Radio Voice of Temperance”, and Edward E. Blake, chairman of the]

. |of the outgoing executive and na-

Blamed

imposed rationing, witha blending before production starts

DRYS T0 STAGE RALLY TONIGHT

‘liminary to National . Convention. + A city-wide prohibition. rally to-

the .Bational eanvention of h...

The sally, to tein at 220 pm . 1

gress by Rep. Joseph R. Bryson (D. for the duration of the

Other speakers will be the Rev. Guy O. Carpenter, district superintendent of the. Methodist “¢hureh

San Antonio, Tex. known as the

prohibition national committee, It -is expected that resolutions will be passed supporting the Bryson bill, ’ The convention proper will open at 9 a, m. tomorrow with meetings

tional committees. D. Leigh Colvin of New York City, one of those mentioned for the party's presi-|

keynote address at 10 a. m, Nominations will be made at the

As Snow Flurries Whip Citys

Snow Tirvies and icy winds sent local temperatures tumbling for the

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drifts. In Minnesota and the Dakotds, repair crews worked to restore telephone circuits = which snapped under.the storm’s fury.

generally remained above 20 department of

because comparativiey high.

City-Wide Meeting Is Pre- : ously had. rejected the four-to 107

- [yesterday by the economic stabiiiza-

by : the bill recently introduced in con-

South Carolina) for national pro- | 0806 6. ‘| hibition

latter peddling it on street corners at fantastic prices’ What little whisky is left for the legal markets, those still sticking to OPA ceiling prices, is being kept in the back rooms under counters for sale to friends and steady customers of long standing. So, unless you are a recognized steady. customer of some liquor dealer or have plenty of cash to pay as ‘much as $10 to $12 a quart on the black market, you re out of Huck for whisky, ; 3

Hard liquor is being rationed by the distilleries and wholesalers at 50 per cent of the consumption during the summer months of 1942, a _ Statistiés furnished by the Indiana W holesale Liquor Dealers association show that Indiana's share of the 4,789,-000-gallon national distribution per month is about 265,000 gallons. or 1,060,000 quarts. In September, 1942; twice that amount v was released - for public markets,’ - :

all oF Indiana’s Whisky

Six months ago dealers estimated that rationing of whisky at the rate of about 70 per cent of normal consumption would stretch the then $00,000,000 gallons of “yeserves for two and a half years or Tor the’ duration of the war.

... But, since then. the shrinkage- (evaporationy-eled: has

resulted in more drastic rationing to 50 per cent or much

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SET T0 STRIKE,

Leader of Unions Asserts Actual Date Will Be . |.

WASHINGTON, Nov. § (U, P.).—=] George ‘M. Harrison, spokesman for} 15 non-operating railroad -ems}’ ployees’ unions, asserted today that the 1,100,000 members will vote to strike. in protest. over. wages and}. that a strike date actually will be] set,. 2 ; -Hartison's - “warning . -contrasted) with predictions of high govern={ ment officials that no actual strike would develop regardless of how the}. unions vote on the issue of accept ing or rejecting a federally-approved wage increase formula, Harrison told a senate intersiatef commerce subcommittee that thei workers “will go ahead with a strike vote and when that comes we will set the date for interrupting operations.” He and other union leaders previ-

cent an hour increases approved tion director. They demanded ® flat 8-cent an hour increase. * Discounts ‘Inflation’

“Hirridon disdounted ‘administra-’ tion arguments that the 8-cent ise 4 would be “inflationary,” and

| Fduostion, are ‘an ‘the

Order . Convenes at Bapti t Cf ch. By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Called the “greatest crusade since

IO» Toor Harrison sald, ing: “That's been the basis for four

Crusade for Just,

Dr, Balle Smith (left) and Dr. Yarty C. Mune... + tisaders. for & Jit and durable enor. { Dr. Smith, president of William Woods. college, and Dr, Munro of the International Couneil-of Religious | served . to emphasize the enemy wr Team of the Christian Mission Om World Order Smibing here today. meat Septal

Christian Mission on World

{out of control

Durable Peace

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Flames Again

+. Menace. Malibu

“LOS ANGELES, Nob: 9 (0 ~ Plumes again swept toward the movie colony at Malibu beach today as they leaped over newly constructed fire trails and raced down Winter

/CORONER HEARS

Fire Marshal Re, Reveals Nw Evidence in Rosswood Home Fatalities.

All available -evidenee pertaining to the Rosswood sanitarium fire

canyon, “. Winter canyon emerges from the Santa Monica mountains on the const at Malibu.

{coast of Greenland has been destroyed by .

HOME OPERATOR £3 a 2

SMASH NAZI

Yanks Destroy Powerful Radio, Weather “Station for Second Time; Two +=Prisoners--Are- Taken.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (U. P.).—A powerful German radio and weather base established on an od off the . armed forces and two prisoners taken, Secretary of a Navy Frank Knox announced today. It" was the second time a radio station had and coast Saar, co-operated

in the operation. ‘been destroyed in the Green- The base, established by ¥ smal Jand area.

The first was in force of the German navy, was first _| discovered early this year by the { September, 1941, The determina |U. 8, army sledge patrol, a force of

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fon of the Germans to maintain i Danish hunters who patrol-the un-

{such an establishment on that area {inhabited coastline of Greenland. Ul was evident that the Germans. eflotts to. obialn | planned » Yeni 8 permanently huis dati “necessary for the : The sledge patrol ‘group which. er of its aircraft. and sub-' discovered the base was sttacked-by jmartmes. in the north Atlantic. !the Germans. Two of its members Planes of the U. 8 army. air were taken prisoner and a third, const guard cutters! Eli Knudsen, was shot and killed, and the fotth EEREran report the Sager

‘Russ Hove. Dealt Germany : Near-Mortal Blow' —Churchill

LONDON, Nov. ’ (U, P).~The allies have broken the back of the

are tncompafably anything - available

stronger than to the late

Harrison appeared is considering a resolution by Senator Harry 8. Tru- |

.|RANGER, IS HONORED

Gets Silver Star for Bravery

or five months of wrangling. That's the inflationary fuel that seems to be disturbing the other side. : “I'he whole question of Inflation hs béén evaporated. Eighteen mil. lion dollars a year won't inflate anything.’ : ‘Already Dissatisfied’ The graduated scale of increases recommended -by a special presi-|. dential board and adopted by Vinson would give incregses of from 8 to 10 cents an hour to low-paid

Harrison said under the Vinson order, skilled mechanics, telegraphers, white collar workers, oyna men, . bridge - and - huilding workers

smaller increases. “They already feel they are getting less wages than are generally paid in American inrustry,” Harri-

The senate group before which man (D, Mo.) which will give legal sanction to the “wage increases agreed on by the unions and carriers last August. : In connection with whether a

a'walkout, high government officials had discounted the ‘latter drastic]

CAPT, S C. SONNE,

In italy.

and station agents would receive’

vote to strike would actually mean|’

Jesus

the pational Christian Mission on World Order Is in progress today in the First Baptist chureh. - Town meetings this morning and| afternoon, a mass meeting this évening at 7:45 and one for youth at Spm, comprise the day's schedule. | "The purpose of the mission, Which 1s

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DENY COMPROMISE WN SUBSIDIES FIGHT

Adminstration, Leaders

(0 Tomarrow's Job, Paes; Editorial, Page 14) .

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (U.P)—

“mountainous” wage and price in-

creases: . 1 AE 10 the Thala withthe farm bloc over demands for outTing 1o0d price. subsidien They

(FUND WORKERS

Deadiine Is Extended 10 irs. Jane smith, operator of the

Thursday With $584,921 | Still Needed.

Reported to date. .... | | Per cent of god). one... Amount needed .....

The United War Fund army today drove harder on the victory road to reach the $1,975,000 objective by the extended deadline Thursday night. ‘ : With $584,921.58 yet to be gained, the campaign finish was extended 1 [48 hours to Thursday night instead

additional two days in which to get in our reports and with the con tinued generosity of citizens of this community that our goal can be reached,” declared Harry 8, Hanna,

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general chairman. “We Khow, of course, that it will not be easy.”

VanNuys fo Seek Third Term

As Indiana's

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ALLIES DRIVING ON

Saturday night in which two elderly men pérished in a reportedly locked garage will be presented to the Marion county grand jury, Prosecu-

Sherwood Blue said today, “One of the principal matters that {must be investigated,” he said, “is ithat the door of the building in! { which the two men lost their lives {was locked from the outside.”

| institution, testified at the cor- { oner’s inquest today and Mrs, Eliza~ beth Lockhart, Southport resident,

Smith prevented her from leading the aged patients from the burning home,

Mrs, Lockhart said that she ace companied a neighbor to the home when they heard of the fire. “We attempted to take some of the helpless patients out,” she stated. “I had known Mrs. Smith and had been a friend to ‘her for five years, When we entered the front door, Mrs. Smith met us and said, ‘Don’t take them out of here. I'll take care of my own patients’'” She explained that the deputy sheriffs arrived a few minutes later and led the patients out of the

Questioned about the allegedly

was to tell the coroner how: Mrs.!

U-boat war, inflicted “shattering damage” on OCerman cities and Russians have dealt the Natis blows “which may well prove mortal” Prime Minister- Winston Churchill said today.” Speaking at -the lord mayor's luncheon, Churchill said these blows against the reich “may well be the precursor of decisive events.” “It is a reasonable assumption,” Churchill said, “that unless we make some grave mistake in strat. egy the year 1944 will see the climax of the European war.” But he warned against overcondenfice, saying that Hitler still had

kaiser” “A great many speak as if the end-of the European war is near” Churchill said. “I hope they are right . .-. we should, however, be + foolish and blameworthy if we al« lowed our plans of action to be based upon the prospects of an early collapse of Germany."

Referring to the stern tasks

ahead of the allies, Churchill said: “Unless some happy event occurs on which we have no right to count, 1944 will see the greatest sacrifice of life by the British and Amerfcans . . . battles far darge 1 than

Waterloo ‘and ‘Gettysburg will be Sought,” 4 .

400 divisions available and Yuey

Ropot Hitler Sends Tioopss | To Stem Austrian Uprising

The London Daily Mail's listening post heard radio Bratislavia broad-

By UNITED PRESS Reinforced Nazi storm troops, moving swiftly to squeich demonstrations touched off by the Moscow conference's pledge to free Austria, seized hundreds of patriots in a working class district of Vienna Saturday and fired on scores who resisted, reports reaching Sweden

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“NAZI ‘WINTER LINE’

| into the district, known as-Simmer-{ing, and many patriots were taken

said today, A fleet of ambulances was sent

to hospitals with bullet wounds, d Zurich dispatch published in the Stockholm Dagens Nyheter said. It was not known whether any persons

Prisoners Say Germans. Plan Rome. Defense.

Soviets Closing In On Nazis On Approaches to Rumania