Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1943 — Page 7

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on tried for _ film Jooked like worried men to me. ti RT A41 2 : on , punciig with hue Nothing Suggests Early End of War. fighter dealt out. Bl YET NOTHING about the film as a Whole sugon to win & de- « gests an early end to the war. On the contrary, it und bout at the : shows both the Nazis and the Japanese as vicious a te - .and excellently equipped fighters. It may be that favorite, made 1% ‘Germany will collapse in the next few months. Japan ive triumph be- « ean‘go on a long time. The war department picture tators. Bolden makes it clear how the Japanese have spun a web more than 23 of outer defenses covering thousands of miles of the in at 11% to ‘Pacific. Ee Ta Bet %. ‘We even get at the real Japan. As Secretary of War ly, dancing little ‘Stimson says, the worst is yet to come. : puncher, mixed - The war department picture was so rich in fresh lladeiphian with- material ‘that you instinctively began to applaud at opening rounds, ‘the end—yet the applause didn’t really come off. worked cautiously Several hundred persons who saw the picture at the land effectively. National. Press club felt, 1 suppose, much 4s 1 felt 1d : ou lacie ait could mob applaud When for an hour you had NAS, a -

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Just before I went home last fall,

. George buttonholed me and got me up to his studio |

and made some kind of record for broadcasting to the soldiers. #30 2 I don’t know what I said, because it was the

second time in my life I'd ever done such a thing,

and I was 50 scared I can’t remember, but anyhow I got through it and the recording was later broadcast to the troops over here. I ran into Pvt. McCoy again yesterday and he was all a-flutter, ; Seems he'd read in a clipping from the States how I'd turned down an offer of $1500 for one broadcast. So he’s been running around all

PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Herbert Smith King, ‘Successful advertising specialist, active civic worker for many years; and possessor of one of the best tans in

the country. For years it's been his custom to go to

Florida every spring and spend several weeks just : 16afing on the beach of Sanibel island, near Ft. Myer. He comes back ‘with a complexion resembling mahogany. He goifs all summer long to keep the tan, then patronizes the sunbathing faeilities of the I. A. C. The result is a dan that lasts until Christmas, and is the envy of all his friends. Mr. King is president of the Adnov Co., which deals in adver- . tising specialties, He's serving his _-— fourth year as president of the Mr. King Family Welfare Society, is a vice ; president of the Boys’ club, and was one of the founders and for many years president of the Christmas Clearing House.

] The Picture of Heolth

HERB KING is a big, handsome, impressive ap-

"pearing man who stands out in any crowd. He gives the impression of vigorous health, as though he just -

had stepped out of a shower. Ly, He's 68, stands a good 6 feet, weighs close to 200 pounds. He has steel-gray hair, brown eyes, a full face and a hearty laugh. He's cheerful, has a pléasant disposifion and a complex about going “to the support of an underdog. Strictly an individualist, he’s & liberal thinker in an economic sense, and he’s firm in support of his principles. A Democrat, he manages, nevertheless, to

sell novelties to Republican party conventions. He defends President Roosevelt against all comers, and

in militant fashion. ‘In conversation, he gets right to the point. He's .& neat dresser, frequently wears bow ties, He has a

Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—This week I saw the

new restricted war department motion picture which

is soon to be shown to war plant workers around the should have an opportunity to see it a and I hope the war department will release it generally. Especially it should be seen by the pressure . groups around Washington, and some of those industrialists and others who are, in the words of Charles E. Wilson of WPB, “trying to position themselves for the postwar period long before the _ country is out of danger and long before our fighting men have any

_ appears somewhat stooped and paunchy, not the trim,

erect, over-confident figure I saw in Berlin in 1937. ‘He and Goering and other high Nazis shown in the

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are triplets in it. Jack Manwaring is the only boy of the trio. He has been on Guadalcanal and is still somewhere in

waring that our respective home towns were still there and thriving and hardly missed him or me at all,

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

deep bass voice and enjoys singing in “barber shop” quartets,

Taught School at 16

BORN IN Brookville, Ind, Mr. King taught country school when he was only 16.. After working on the Pennsylvania railroad at Huntington, Pa., he went to I. U, where he played football. After school, he

worked seven or eight years with Marshall Field's!

first in the wholesale store, then the retail store. He spent the next several years with a trade paper in Cleveland and a couple of advertising firms in Chicago. About 1906, he came to Indianapolis as manager of the Indiana branch of the Whitehead & Hoag Co. He formed his own company several years ago. It was back in 1912 that he helped found the Christmas Clearing House to avoid duplication and waste in yuletide charity. In ‘those days, churches, lodges and other organizations gave baskets of food to the needy at Christmas but, with no central organization, some families wound up with seven or eight baskets while others just as needy received none, He headed the clearing house from 1912 until about a year ago.

Likes His Comedies

MR. KING is a pretty fair duffer at golf, fishes occasionally while on his Florida vacations, likes baseball games and takes in a hockey game now and then. He spends much of his spare reading, mostly serious matter but occasionally mystery stories for relaxation. Frequently he goes to bed early and reads himself to sleep. = He likes good music—not jazz; listens to the quiz programs on the radio, insists on comedies at the movies. He smokes cigars, occasionally a pipe, but never cigarets. . : He enjoys playing with his two lively Persian Angora cats--8imon and Peter, As for his gastronomical weakness, it's sponge cage with lemon filling.

By Raymond Clapper

been seeing how our men are dying and how they will have to go on dying for quite some time. I saw

familiar shots, taken in Sicily about the time I was

there with the 7th army last summer. It all came back again, what I felt there and what I forgot back here in the cozy warmth of home and friends— the hard, chilling fact that war is killing and being killed. Why did Charles E. Wilson, who resigned his $175,000 job as president of General Electric to work for $8000 pushing production for WPB, feel impelled to go before his former industrialist associates at the convention of the National Association of Manufacturers and voice a sober rebuke? Wilson said that from where he observed in Washington, it was appalling to see cliques and special

want to win complete victory for themselves, regard-

- less of the consequences for others and for the nation.

been such need of unity and so few signs of it. He spoke with scorn of “an American breed of maggot,” of men ready to spread the poison of hate at every Su; ready ‘to plunge us into disastrous internal’ strife.

Shocked at Some Industrialists

Speaker groups, together with the anxiety expressed by Wilson, reveal the deep concern of responsible men over the

the way to settlement.

the war.

to be his best bet. So he fought the Turks. And though his ambition remained unfulfilled at his death, he made it a part of his famous testament and

PSG HEARING ON RATES PLANNED

“Notified of Future

Action.

The state public service commission today notified Indianapolis Railways, Inc., that a formal hearing would be held by the commission to consider the “reasonableness and propriety” of the fares charged by the utility. : No date was given in the notice to the utility but P. 8. C. Chairman George Beamer said that the hearings probably would begin Feb. 1.

a €! The commission's notice of hear-

ing had the effect of starting all over again the rate case against the utility.

Ordéred Action

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Dardanelles May Be Ended By Peaceful Means

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

"7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—There is reason to believe that the problem of the Dardanelles—which, for more than two centuries pestered Europe and provoked wars—is on

Indianapolis Railways, Inc.

The commission last summer, act-|

Peril

Russia, Turkey and Great Britain, which have shed blood and sweat and tears over this historic waterway ever since Peter the Great made its possession a primary plank in Russian foreign policy, are said to have reached an agreement for the duration capable of extension after

As a result, Turkey's -traditional fear of the Soviet Union has diminished to the point where she is expected to enter the war soon—by next spring at the latest. Early in the 18th century, Peter I of Russia, began . to look for a warm-water outlet for his practically landlocked country. The Black sea-Dardanelles route seemed

willed it to the Russian

people. Ever since, possession of Con-

stantinople and control of the straits have been two of Russia's greatest dreams. She wanted

Tomorrow’s Job—

By E. A. EVANS Scripps-Boward Stat Writer “WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Government red tape could bar millions of Americans from jobs for a long time after the war ends. This is the simple fact behind all the arguments about termination of war contracts. More than half of American industry has been working exclusively on government contracts for over two years. About one-third of the people now employed in this country are, directly or indirectly, in war production jobs, A large part of the contracts will be cancelled when Gérmany surrenders, and practically all the rest when Japan is defeated. And most of the people now working on those contracts will want other jobs, as will the returning soldiers and sailors. Wht But before the war industries can provide other jobs they. must re-,

convert their plants to make oh) villan goods. For some, this re-!in a very great hurry—and will,

CHAKMAK LIN FORTIFICATION

Here spotlighted on the map are the Dardanelles, point of contention between Russia and Turkey for decades. Recent events may soon solve the aged problem by mediation and successfully. Turkey, ready for any eventuality in this area, has the Dardanelles are a on alert, with a zone three miles wide on both sides of the strait under military control.

them for sentimental, religious, political and economic reasons, » ” FOR DECADES is was a widely: accepted notion that the Ottoman empire was on the verge of breaking up and. Russia wanted to be the principal heir. Britain, France and western Europe dissented and the Crimean war was one of the many harsh results. Marshal Stalin, like Peter the Great, is a cold realist. He is aware that conditions have changed materially in the last 20 years. He knows that Russia couldnt exit from the Black sea today even if the Dardanelles belonged to her. The Nazis are in Greece and all over the Aegean. He knows that if Russia could get past the Aegean, she would still be bottled up in the Mediterranean -- unless Britain and France were her f{riends -- for Britain holds each ¢énd ‘and France the middle. “ “Thus Russia stands to galn far more by pacts of friendship and mutual assistance with Turkey and the allies than through con-

. trol of the Dardanelles

. ~ MOREOVER, after the war, Russia will be dominant throughout most of the Balkans, Her influence will be a controlling factor in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania and perhaps in Greece and in the smaller countries of eastern Europe. ‘ ho The extent of Turkish influence after the war, on the other hand, will depend upon her attitude

Slashing. of Red Jape Will Be N If ‘Slump’ After the War Is to Be Avoided

conversion will be fairly simple; for others, highly complicated; for all, it will take money-—working capital.

It Means Taking a Risk

of thousands of small ones, will be tied up in the war contracts, Unless it is united with great speed, most of these companies can't begin to reconvert. And unless they are cleared promptly of their obligations to the government, they can't even move out the huge

for making war goods that now fili their plants. .

concerned realize this and are | deeply concerned about it. It would

But the working capital of thou- | sands of big companies, and tens,

amounts of materials and machines

Most of the government agencies!

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New bases for allied raids on the Balkans and German-held Russia would be available should Turkey join the war against the axis. Opening of the Dardanelles would speed lend-lease shipments to Russis, now carried the long way around via the Persian gulf,

from now on, If she helps throw the axis out of the Balkans, she and Russia will share prestige there. And she will sit at the peace table when the future of the Balkans and the Middle East comes up for decision, This probably has been the de-

ciding factor these last few days in Ankara and at Cairo, The “Straits question.” as such, has lost much of {ts importance, The Ottoman empire was broken up 25 years ago. «oo The Turkish republic, strong, modern-minded and forwardlooking is its sucessor. And the integration of this fine new nation with the post-war world is now Ankara’s principal preoccupation. a un =» . BEFORE THE Dardanelles-Mar-mara-Bosporus water route to the Black sea can be used safely by American shipping, the islands in the Aegean now occupied by German forces will ave to be cleared. With Turkey as an ally this job would be made much easier. Many of these islands, particularly those in the Dodecanese group and Samos, lie close to the Turkish shore, Land forces from the Turkish

Necessary |

inevitably, involve risk of some con. tractors getting more of this money than they're rightfully entitled to have, Will It Take Years

After the last war there were only 32,000 war contracts to cancel, and the total amount involved in| them was only about $5,000,000,000. Already, in this war, the army) and navy have canceled contracts’ involving more than *$8,000,000,000. Hundreds of thousands of contracts and subcontracts are now outstand- | ing (General Motors alone has more! than 10,000 subcontractors) and) {they probably involve at least! | $75,000,000,000 of uncompleted ‘works Years were required to reach final | settlements on contracts after the other war.

| take columns of space to describe | the various proposals for solving the problem. ; The important thing is that the

out ‘a whale of a lot of their money |

By THOMAS L. STOKES ' . Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—-Con-siderable interest was aroused at

Liquor Probe Brings Charge Against U.S. Revenue Agency

and that all his agency requires is that companies file records showing changes in directors, sa it could determine whether any company controls the liquor industry

Law Change Suggested

“Under the law as It now stands, have you ever turned down any director?” “thé Michigan senator asked. “No,” the official replied. Senator Ferguson said it seemed to him “an idle ceremony” to require filing of records without using them to see whether monopoly was involved. The law should be changed so this would be ddne, nc

Senator VanNuys (D. Ind.) chairman of the investigating sub-com-mittee, revealed that Canada has resumed distilling recently, to plenish its dwindling liquor sup-

American people should realize that, any real solution will mean. paying..

Many of the present contractors | —the big“aircraft companies, for example—contend that even a few weeks.of delay this time would bankrupt them. But only ruthless slashing of red tape can prevent months and years of delay.

What do People Want

' The people, through congress, ‘must decide: Do they want the red tape slashed?

Or do they want the painstaking and necessarily slow sort of auditing that would be necessary to make reasonably certain that no contractor gets more of their money than he ought to get—not chrough fraud, which can always be punished, but through errors of judgment?

If they choose the latter, they

mainland could assist naval and air forces in their conquest. The land route across Turkeys in-Asia to Turkey-in-Europe, and on to the Danube, {8 perhaps even more important, Large allied armed forces were gathered in Syria and other western Mediterranean countries, to prevent a German invasion of the Suez These forces are now available, in part at least, for use elsewhere, From Syria, by railroad and highway to the Bulgarian border, cross« ing the Bosporus at Istanbul, is ap proximately 800 miles, Turkey's topography is mountainous, but at least two railroads ledd from Syria, uniting as they approach the Bos porus. They could be used for transportation, Highways for al« lied trucks are also usable. Turkey is reported tobe in need of food. Allied shipping can now deliver food to her through eastern Mediferranean ports. Turkey wants a place at the peace table when German forces are crushed. Bhe can secure it by co-operation

now, not. necessarily by fighting,

but by the same means that Iran used to secure a place for herself. Iran also. in her alliance with the - allied nations secured a guaranty of territorial integrity and political independence.

MARS APPROVED FOR USE IN NAVY

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Mammoth Flying Boat Sets

Four Records in 4375

Mile Trip. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U. P),~ The navy today was negotiating for more. super flying boats like the Mars which has successfully completed a record-breaking, non-stop, 4375-mile flight from Patuxent rive er, Md., to Natal, Brazil, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox disclosed details of the flight at a

press conference late yesterday. He

said the craft's cargo was the heavfest ever ~greater than the combined loads of seven standard

cargo planes—and at that not up

to the plane's full capacity. Built by the Glenn L. Martin Co, Baltimore, the Mars was sald to have set these world's records in its Natal flight: (1) Longest over-water

flight, Patuxent-Natal; (2) heaviest air cargo, 35,000 pounds; (3) heav-

fest load ever lifted by a plane, 148,-

500 pounds gross at takeoff; (4) 4

longest non-stop cargo flight. Give 8 Days The mammoth boat was

eight days, Knox sald, 8072

miles in 55 hours, 31 minutes of

WILLIAM DURANTS HAVE ANNIVERSARY

"Mr. and ‘Mrs. William E. Durant celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Thursday night with a family in their home, 50 N. Gladstone ave.

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