Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1944 — Page 1
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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 11
A STREAM OF HATE AND DISUNITY—
Goal of 'United Mothers’
Is to Divide Home Front,
pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 24 1944
LIMITED DRAFT OF LABOR WINS
Girl Reporter Discovers
(The Cleveland Press, a Scripps-Howard
ene of its to join the
newspaper, assigned Cleveland chapter of the United
Mothers. This is the first of two articles describing the organization's épposition to many war measures and ‘its campaign of hatred.)
By JOANNA
STEINMETZ
Scripps-Howard Stall Writer CLEVELAND, March 24.—From the headquarters of the United Mothers here flows a steady stream of propaganda branded by the FBI as Nazi-inspired to “divide and conquer” the American people on the home front. "The organization devotes itself to creating race hatred, disunity among the American people, and distrust of
our allies.
I know this, because for the last five months I have
been a member.
1 attended their meetings and was giv en publications written by men charged by the. FBI with “conspiracy to
aid in the establishment of
a National Socialist (Nazi)
form of government in the United States.” They told me to circulate stories like the one that
JERRY LIDDY, 71, LONG ILL, DEAD
Services to Be Conducted Monday for City’s ‘No.
One Irishman.’
John Jeremiah (Jerry) Liddy, former superintendent of the’ Indianapolis Union Railway and until recently a member of the city works board, died at 6 a. m. today at his home, 314 N. Arsenal ave. Mr. Liddy, affectionately known! as the town's “No. 1 Irishman,” was 71. He had been ill since last October when he was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital. He was removed to his home several months ago. Funeral services will be at 9:30 8. m. Monday at Kirby's mortuary, and at 10 a m. at Holy Cross; church. Burial will follow in Cal-
a of the Belt railroad, following an adventuresome 54-year railroading career, One of his earliest memories was that of firing
& wood-burning engine at the age of 18 in hiz native state of Ohio, Since January, 1043, he had served | as a Democratic member of the! works board, but retired from that body in January, 1044 Because or} fliness. A life-long Democra bolted the rank-and-file in at, owt headed a "Democrats for Tyndall”! club. Sharp-witied and outspoken, he| was serving his fourth term as state president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Among his close ac-
qQuaintances were Jim Farley ane}
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MAHURIN, HODSIER | ACE, IS MADE MAJOR
LONDON, March 24 (U. P)— Capt. Walker M. Mahurin of Ft. Wayne, Ind., a Thunderbolt fighter pilot and second highest scoring ace An the European theater of operations, has been promoted to major, it was announced yesterday. Mahurin, who has downed 20 German planes, also became fighter group operations officer, but will eontinue combat flying.
DEATH NEWS KILLS MOTHER OF SOLDIER
GARY, Ind., March 24 (U. P).— Mrs. Mary Muir, 48. was proudly telling her bridge club members about “her son, Pvi. James Muir, serving in Sicily, when the doorbells rang yesterday. It was a telegram from the war department telling her her son, an only child, hed beén killed March 10. Mrs. Muir collapsed and ‘dled of shock a few minutes later.
SOME GAS STAMPS WILL BE INVALID
The local OPA office announced today that seven types of gasoline coupons will be invalid after March. 81 and leftover ones must be exchanged at ration boards. They are B.and B-1, C and C-1, old-style E and R and strip T coupons that do not bear quarterly designations.
"TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
Amusements., 22 Eddie Ash... 24 Comics Crossword Editorials .... 18 Obituaries ...- Peter Edson. . 18| Ernie Pyle .°17 Mrs, Ferguson 21| Radio 2 Ration Dates. 23 Ear] Richert..
Inside Indpls.. 17 Jane Jordan.. 20 Ruth Millett. . 18
3| Side Glances. 18 Sports... 24, 25 State Deaths. 9
“5 id Mrs. Roosevelt 17|
American officers in Sicily were “Communists who have forced Sicilian girls to walk through the streets bare.” At their meetings—
AN ALLEGED DRAFT-DODG-ER'S mother was praised by their president, Mrs. Prieda Stanley, for encouraging her son, now jailed, not to comply with draft laws, “I pray to God,” said Mrs. Stanley, “that all of the mothers will-have the courage to guide their children as well as this mother did.”
A SEPARATE PEACE between America and Germany was advocated. “Let England and Russia fight their own war if they want to." PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was described by Mrs. Stanley as one who “has betrayed his country and in my mind he is guilty of murder.” The deaths of American boys, she said, “will be on Roosevelt’'s head.” DEMOCRACY was called “silly” by Mrs. Stanley, “It's nationalism we need!” she exclaimed, “Nationalism is very misunderstood in this country.” ENGLAND was the subject of
Re] nek attacks by Hoy ie
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SOLDIER VOTE PATH SMOOTHED
F. D. R. Indicates He'll Let Bill Become Law Without Signing.
"WASHINGTON, March 24 (U, {today that he will permit the new soldier vote bill to become a law (with or without his signature. He
sald he expected to issue a state-|
week. If he planned to veto the bill, he| would have to send congress a nes | sage explaining’ his MBApPrOvHl. response to a news confere quiry. whether he eh a statement or a message to gy he specifically said it would statement, He has said that his decision whether to approve or disapprove, the measure, calling for use of a federal ballot only by those servicemen whose home states specifically validate such a tally, depended on|
| whether he found more service per-|
sonnel could vote under existing] law or under the bill - In response to a poll by the President of all state governors, execu-| tives of seven states informed himp their laws permitted use of the federal ballot and governors of 14 other states said they would make an effort to have the federal ballot validated.
Hoosier Heroes—
SGT. EDWARD PARRY, AIR GUNNER, KILLED
AERIAL COMBAT over Germany and England has added two Indianapolis fliers to the war department's list of killed and missing.
KILLED ; Sgt. Edward L. Parry, 1321 E Ohio st. , MISSING Second Lt. Edward D. Johnson 239° N. Illinois st., apt. 41. ” ” » WOUNDED : Pvt. Gordon J. Ransdell, 1450 Standish ave. : » 8 . " 8 SGT. EDWARD L. PARRY, waist gunner on the B-17, “Rose-
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LONDON, March M4 (U. P)~
NELSON FAVOR
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
ZERO HOUR IS NEAR, AXIS W , CHURCHI
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Would Effect Men in 4-F, Discharged Soldiers and Men Over Age.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (U. P.).—Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the war production board, today advocated legislation to permit the drafting for vital war work of all rejected, discharged or over-age men registered for military service. His testimony before a house military affairs subcommittee constituted an indorsement in principle of a limited national service bill introduced by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R. Conn.) Such legislation would “go a long way toward” easing bottlenecks which are constantly occurring in war industry, Nelson said, He said he favored Mrs, Luce’s “limited service proposal” over the complete national labor draft as set forth in the Austin-Wadsworth bill Nelson's testimony coincided with discussions of a program to tighten up drastically on issuance of industrial deferments for men under 26. The program was set forth in a letter drafted by WPB Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson but not yet mailed because of objections by Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey. FDR Studies Problem
President Roosevelt meantime told a news conference that his cold this week had prevented him from completing his own study of the draft and’ manpower problems, but that he hoped to have something to sa; in a few days. Nelson told the house subcommittee that if the limited service legislation proved inadequate, “we could go farther” by stepping up the age limits. The Luce measure would create a labor army, for assignment where needed in the war effort, comprising all 4-F's, men over 38 and men who have been discharged from the
Dedication of Airport Tuesarmy who are not presently engaged in vital employment. Mrs. Luce has
day to Climax 4-Day estimated this would furnish war : name with & Ee of from
HERO'S SON DUE
Sralt | fly Ed wld ay sony SFY compensation, ft sarach um and regula of httemn thelr Pay, tne nation’s aviation resources accrue §o the government's bene, “Dich are beating the enemty into submission were assembled on the
‘No Exact Figure’ World ‘War Memorial plaza‘ today.
*At one time I was in favor of a The largest airnational service draft,” Nelson said. craft show ever to “However, I think the time for that! be held in the has passed. country, the disod believe if we go into this nar- 3 play is in tribute wer field we will go a long way to one of the best I solving our problems.” : known U, S. airAsked how many men beneath 26! men—Col. H. Weir roa be deferred as irreplaceable Cook, who was in war industry, Nelson said there fighting the was “no exact figure” but that “we enemy in the will limit this number to the least South Pacific
possible to cary on te wa | Cl. Salman T's
today. The climax to the show and Indianapolis’ emphasis on modern aviation will come at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Scottish Rite cathedral when some 2000 citizens will {attend a dinner and program to {rename Municipal airport in honor of the local flier,
Col. Winslow te Preside
The aircraft show will be officially opened at 8 p. m. today with Col. C. A. P. presiding and Mayor Tyndall and Col. John G. Salsman of Chicago, mid-central supervisor of the army air forces materiel command, speaking. Scheduled to arrive at Stout field today for tonight's ceremonies was Col. Cook’s son, Aviation Cadet Weir Cook Jr., who is stationed at
(Continued on Page 3 Column 2) ‘SOLDIER FROM EVERY STATE ENTERTAINED
NOTTINGHAM, England, March 24 (U. P.).—Forty-eight American soldiers—each from a different state —were ready to - testify today on British hospitality. Lord Mayor Frederick Mitchell entertained them at the Nottingham council house with a ceremonial luncheon yesterday to open a local campaign of hospitality for United States troops. Pvt. James S. Bills of Ogden Utah, acknowledged tlie gesture on behalf of the G. Is.
SIMMS IN LONDON—
Most recent estimates have been between 34,000 and 40,000. Nelson made clear that whatever the number, the men would be deferred only
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- JAP UNITS WITHIN ] 30 MILES OF IMPHAL
‘British, However, Retake Four Strongholds.
NEW DELHI, March 24 (U. P).— {Japanese spearheads invading India {have driven to within 30 miles of { Imphal, capital of Manipur state, | ut still are in the high mountain {jungles and have not yet dropped into the Imphal valley, a Southeast Asia headquartdfs spokesman dis-| closed today. Enemy columns are scattered over a 180-mile front in the Tiddim-Tamu-Imphal area and have cut the road between Imphal and Tiddim, but superior British forces behind the roadblock and north of ‘it are closing a pincer on the Japanese there, he said. The road abparently was cut about 17 miles north of Tiddim, inside the Burmese border. Today's
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WARN NATION MUST ~ BORROW ‘HEAVILY’
. WASHINGTON, March 24 (U.P). ~—Congressional tax leaders reiterated today that the government has “taxed to the limit” and must de-
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war costs that are raising the public debt at the rate of about $260,000,- - 000 a day. Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.) of the house ways and. means committee said the treasury estimated that the present legal limit| of the debt, $210,000,000,000, would be reached by July 1. He introduced legislation yesterday to raise it another $50,000,000,000 and hoped it | would “last the balance of the year.” The debt is now over $186,000,000,000.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS ____Seripps-Howard Foreign Editor
LONDON, March 24.—Unless
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Walker W. Winslow of the}
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Aircraft Exhibit Honoring Weir Cook Opens Tonight
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Allied Leaders Simultaneously Pronounce Showdown Battle Is Approaching.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (U. P.).—Secretary of State Cordell Hull today called on Hungary to rise against the Nazis and thus achieve some hope of regaining a “right to independence.”
By UNITED PRESS Three united nations leaders—President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery—served notice on the axis today that the zero hour for the invasion of Europe is near. In simultaneous pronouncements on the showdown battle with Germany, Mr. Roosevelt spoke of the “very eve of triumph”; Churchill said the assault would come “soon,” and Montgomery predicted that peace “now is not so far off.” Mr. Roosevelt's statement was issued at a Washington news conference. Churchill addressed American troops at an invasion base in England yesterday. Montgomery, com~ mander of British ground forces that will invade western Europe, spoke at a London rally, warning, however, that the end of the European war might not come until 1945.
ROOSEVELT— 'On the Very Eve of Victory, Promises Atrocities Revenge
WASHINGTON, March 24 (U. P.)—President Roosevelt, noting that 5,000,000 American men will be overseas by July 1, promised today “on the very eve” of allied victory that victims of Nazi and Japanese atrocities will be revenged. And he called on every decent German. “to show the world by his action” that he does not share Hitlers “insane criminal desires.” In a news conference statement
reiterating allied determination to visit justice upon all Germans and Japanese responsible for “system-
{atic torture and murder” of civilian
refugees, Mr. Roosevelt added his
The army air forces set them up. Left to right, are 2-ton, 1-ton, }.-ton, 500-pound, 250-pound and 100-pound block busters. 2 :
Nazis Are Near Complete Rule In Balkan Area!
LONDON, March 24 (U. P).— German forces were reported today to be nearing complete occupation of the Nazi satellite states in Southeastern Europe. With Hungary already under control, the Germans were said in an Ankara dispatch to have pushed 50,000 troops across the Rumanian frontier to seize all communications, railways and other strategic points, while S. S. troops from Vienna reportedly were occupying strategic points in Slovakja. - An Ankara report to the Daily Herald added that every Bulgarian and Rumanian city on the. Black sea was under ‘German control, together with all transport facilities on the Danube from Budapest to Galati. While the Germans desperately were attempting to reorganize the Balkan setup in the face of Soviet pressure from the northeast, various sources said the Nazis were endifficulty in
'Unless Big Three Agree, War May Be Needlessly Longer’
Rumania, where general mobilization had been ordered.
for all practical purposes may also be regarded as out of the Nazi lineup. Although; like northern Italy,
Nazis
YANK BOMBS CRASH ON FRANGE, REICH
Refuse Third Straight Day.
LONDON, March 24 (U. P).— Flying Fortresses and Liberators ranged over hundreds of miles of Germany and France today, bombing vital targets in the Reich for the third straight day, but again failed to flush the Nazi air force for the long-sought showdown battle. The U. S. 8th air force sent out two formations of up to 250 heavy bombers each. Fortresses hammered a German target over which they once fought bitter battles with Nazi fighters, as well as other objectives, and the Liberators plastered air bases in northeastern France. Together the Fortresses and Liberators dropped about 1000 tons of bombs, boosting the- allied heavy bomber tonnage loosed on Germany and the occupied territory in the last 48 hours to around 8000. Returning American airmen said they found their targets blankéted with clouds and encountered only
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U. S. POPULATION SHOWS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, March 24 (U. P.)—The census bureau estimated today that the total population of the United States, including armed forces abroad, was 136,485,262 as of Juiy 1, 1943, representing an increase of 3,815.91 or 3.7 per cent
|CHURCHILL— ‘Impending Invasion Will Break Nazi Military Power’
| voice to the Says victory declara-
k 3 President . - eres a 5.000000 men Being overseas in all theaters by July 1 was a reitera-
U. S. AIR-BORNE FORCES BA P.).—Prime Minister Churchill
tion of previous predictions and made in connection with a lend= lease matter. But in a formal statement regarding the axis atrocities, he declared: “The united nations are Sshting to make a wor) and 8
SE, England, March 23 (Delayed) (U. ‘revealed in an inspection of
this American invasion base today that American and British troops have lost heavily in the battle for Italy, but predicted confidently thas the impending invasion of western Europe will break Germany's military power and bring the war-guilty axis leaders to justice. Whistling his surprise and ad-| miration at the weight of equip-|vantage to the good-will which has ment massed here for the coming] lunited us now for so many years.” blow at the continent, Churchill told! Flanked by Gen. Dwight D.
Challenge |
they will “soon” be in action against | the enemy in co-operation with the British invasion armies.
“Our troops, British and American, at this moment are shedding | their blood side by side in Italy, at | Cassino or in the Anzio bridgehead, fighting hard and losing heavily in the struggle,” he said. “And now here this comradeship in arms’is repeated and I am confident that not only will the enemy feel the shock of our joint exertions |but that there will be left behind a {core of good feeling and mutual understanding and unity which
MONTGOMERY—
'Peace Not So
LONDON, March 2¢ (U. P).— Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of British invasion armjes, said today that the “promised land” of peace “now is not so far off,” although the end of the European war may not come until 1945.
Speaking at a “Salute the Soldier” luncheon at Mansion house, Montgomery called upon the whole nation to back the armed forces in the critical months to come so that Britain would be worthy of the prayer: “Let God arise and’ let His enemies be scattered.” “The promised land is not now far oft,” he said. “If necessary, we have got to hazard all and give our lives that others may enjoy it." He called the forthcoming battle of Germany “the biggest tug-o-war the world ever has seen.”
will in itself be of priceless ad-!
“How long will the pull Jast?"] he asked. “No one can say for cer- —
the American air-borne troops that | Eisenhower, supreme commander of
the western invasion armies, and Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, senior commander of American ground forces, Churchill reviewed the invasion base and then spoke directly to hundreds of soldiers who’ crowd~ ed about his command car. “Soon you will have an opportunity of testifying to your faith in all those inspiring phrases of the American constitution and of striking a blow which, however it may leave the world, will, as we are determined, make it a better, broader world for all,” he said. 3 Churchill told the Americans
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Far Off, but
May Not Come Until 1945
or fall off the rope, then we lose the match.” - He revealed that he had just re- =
On the War Fronts
EUROPE—Prime Minister Chui
Gen. Montgomery says peace not so far off;” President F velt, on eve of victory; p punishment for axis atrocities.
RUSSIA—Soviets drive to within