Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 April 1944 — Page 2
British and Germans Do It,
So OWI Lavishes Propaganda
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rectly to short-wave listeners, 600
for rebroadcast by medium Wave from England, Algiers, Tunis, Bari, Palermo and Brazzaville, The propaganda powerhouse operates directly or indirectly every VU. S. short-wave transmitter and is building more. : _It goes daily around the clock, and 600,000: words swirl out in English. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Arabic, Afrikaans—in 26 languages. altogether. In addition, 100.000 words of daily cable-wireless material is sent through commercial and government facilities to, OWI outpost bureaus in foreign capitals for dis~ tribution on the spot to local newspapers and radio stations. The OWI has run head-on into British control of international
communications and has suffered |
in delays and transmission Coss. Sometimes Worthless
Sometimes this material has reached the outposts so late as to be worthless; sometimes it has gone into the wastebasket because it wasn't what the outposts wanted in, the first place. To Algiers in February we sent 808.000 words; to Beirut, 155,000; Baghdad, 32000; Berne, 61.000; Brazzaville, 81,000; Chungking, 109,000: Isanbul, 170,000; Kabul, 56,000; Sydney, 83,000, and so.on. It costs real money to pipe this overseas. Press-rate cable casts to London are 5 cents a word, for example. In January, 181,000 words went that way, compared to 48,000
which went by government facili- |
tes, Where haritid e stall oa owl officers at a 3000-a-day clip. | a $9000 cable bill for one outlet In ys g fair wager you couldn't even |
a month. The OWI's own dot-dash wireless fs used to Algiers. It costs 2 cents a word to get the OWI output from London to Berne, Stockholm or Bombay; 4 cents from London to Istanbul or Moscow. - It costs nearly 10 cents a word to Chungking by gable, Only Canada, in the British Empire, permits any American interest to copy its own wireless transmissions; of the 13 cents a word we pay for direct commercial wireless to South Africa, for example, 1 cent goes to the South African government. Ironically,
African parliament members are on|tjon and the like are part of the
the OWI handout list there. All this is on current news, rehashed by OWI from the commercial news wires. Then there's a big feature desk.
Egypt that the police’ fonde is.to be reorganized and the OWI featurc section here will whip them up some
essays on U, S. police forces. It would do the same thing for a Middle East ccuntry thinking about community child care, soil erosion or whatever. ’ Religion, labor, the Negro, books, sports—whatever it is, Elmer Davis’ boys and girls are good for a few hundred or a few thousand words. The feature desk's February output went to 503,000 words. And movies. At a cost of $7500 each, the OWI will make 40 to 50 shorts this yesr. Some typical subjects are “Swedes in America,” showing the “harmonious blend of peoples of all nations which make up the U. 8S: A.;” another called “Oswego” dramatizes the united nation's spirit in “warm, sympathetic, human terms” of a small town. Another centers about a cowboy and cattle raising, another deals with small city life. The OWI is a determined outfit. On the chance that people may not see its movie, “Autobiography of a Jeep,” it makes a transcription on the same theme for playing over foreign radio stations. So with the big inch pipeline and other subjects. Lead-mining in Missouri is gooa for a movie, and so are Victory gardening, women in defense plants and the Garand rifle.
Aren't Hack Pictures
These aren't hack pictures; they're probably as well turned out [technically as Hollywood could do them. But always there is raised [the question: How much has it to do with fighting a war? Still pictures go out of New York
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{locate some of the places receiving {them—Jidda, Noumea, Godthaab, Funchal, Kabul, Tananarive, Loanda. And to many well-known world capitals, of course. Often {they're made into plastic cuts for newspaper reproduction and are |supposed to be making warm (friends for America, Radiophoto pictures are beamed jaround the world in 37 transmis-
sions daily. Film strips are made|
{up for China (here the record indigates effectivq propaganda work).
Elaborate photographic sets telling
ithe stories of the dairy, sh South| a ep ad
lumber industries, rural electrifica-
OWT grist. And this is only part of it.
NEXT — America’s propaganda line, how it is established and
Let an OWI man report from! what it comprises.
SCHRICKER ASKS ACTION ON LAWS
'G. 0. P. Expetted to Ignore
. All But Ballots for
Soldiers. (Continued From Page One)
6 to 9 p. m. for the convenience of war workers. The state guard act should be re=enacted. The ‘43 legislature overlooked the statutory limitation on the state guard law, March 15, 1043, and failed to renew it. The guard is now operating under executive order. The tax laws should be amended to permit the taxing by the state of the $24,600,000 worth of Defense Plant Corp. property. The DPC is now paying taxes under voluntary agreement although the law technically- does not permit it.
Discusses Taxes
A measure should be passed to permit investment of governmental funds in U. S. bonds. Such a measure almost passed both houses during the ’43 session, Under present law only a few state funds can be lised to buy war bonds. Consideration should be given to post-war needs of Indiana’s state institutions, the need for a new state office building and the need for more housing facilities on the Wor War memorial plaza. A measure should be passed to permit cities to levy taxes tosepeite a post-war reserve. Taxpayers should be given as much relief as possible. This could be done by eliminating the 7-cent state tax rate for school aid, thus saving the property taxpayers approximately $2,600,000 annually.
Cites Faulty Acts
The governor said that if the legislature deemed it inadvisable to |slash off the 7-cent rate, he would lrecommend to the state board of | finance that the state “substantial'ly” increased the amount of teacher |tuition payments, thus enabling the {local units to cut down on the taxes {they must levy for school purposes. The governor pointed out that the money lost from slashing the tax rate could be made up from gross income tax revenues, He estimated {the balance in the state general fund would exceed $36,000,000 at the close of the fiscal year, June 80, 1944. Governor Schricker said that if the legislature deemed it expedient to broaden the scope of its activities he believed it should consider correction of faulty legislation passed
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by the "43 session, otherwise the corrections could wait until the '45 session which meets next January. - Among the '43 laws in which there are technical faults are the central counting law, the act pertaining to transfer tuition for school children in hospitals for tuberculosis treatment, the armory board law, the administrative council law and the] school attendance officer act. , It was on the ignoring of the request of the Indiana Municipal
mitting the levy of taxes for postwar reserves that the G. O. P. legislature was “catching the most heat” today. . Most of the mayors, & majority of whom are Republicans, were very irritated. ’ “Any Republican mayor who would conduct a meeting like that one would be thrown out of office next day,” commented Mayor Vincent Youkey of Crown Point, secretary of the league, following yesterday's G. O. P. caucus at which it was decided to confine the session to soldier legislation only. The governor himself added coals to the fire, as far as the Republican leaders weresconcerned, by supporting wholeheartedly in his message the mayors’ request, “Twenty-one states, I am reliably advised, have enacted laws which authorize municipalities to set up such reserve funds for future replacements,” the governor said, “Cannot Wait”
“Similar action under sound economic principles, would recommend itself at this extraordinary session. We cannot wait for something to happen. Mass unemployment will undermine the economic conditions of tHe country. &sMillions of men now in the armed for¢es and in munition plants will be looking for other types of employment. Ordinary prudence, supported by a vivid recollection, ought to translate our extensive planning into stern gnd unrelenting action. To m®& the handwriting is clear enough. “The choice lies between public works and a public dole. It is either full steam ahead or final repudiation and economic disaster. An adequate reserve fund now may well bridge the chasm of want and disorder during the reconstruction period.” State Senator John VanNess (R. Valparaiso) was elected president pro tem of the senate unanimously by Republican senators today. He succeeds Thurman Biddinger of Marion who has entered the navy.
Names Staff
Miss Beverly Bever, Connersville, was elected postmistress of the senate and Leo Scharffin, Indianapolis, was elected principal senate doorkeep at the opening session. The senate passed a resolution memorializing the, late Senator Thomas Conroy (D. Gary) who died shortly after the '43 session. Forty-six members of the senate and 94 members of the.house were present at the opening session. Full membership is 50 and 100 respectively.
STETTINIUS MEETS EDEN
LONDON, April 11 (U. P.)—Edward R. Stettinius Jr, U. S. undersecretary of state, conferred with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden teday.
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On the War Fronts (Apel 11, 1040)
RUSSIA—“Dunkerque” evacuation attempt smashed by Russians at Odessa; drive into the; Crimea starts, - a:
AIR WAR—Strong Américan bomber formations strike deep into Germany, Berlin radio reports, following night raids by 900 R. A. F. bombers on French and Belgain railroad junctions, ¢
ITALY—Allled bombers strike at rail and sea lines supplying Ger"man armies in southern Ialy while allied ground forces repulse small attacks. on Anzio beachhead. j
PACIFIC-Allied ground forces con-
Japanese troops fleeing to north end of New Britain while airmen continue attacks’ on Japanese bases in Central and Southwest Pacific.
TEACHERS INDORSE VIRGINIA KINNAIRD
The Indiana State Federation “of Public School Teachers announced today it had indorsed Miss Virginia Kinnaird, of the social studies department, Central high school of Ft. Wayne, for the office of state superintendent of public instruction. Miss Kinnaird is a member of the federation, past president, now president of the Indiana State Teachers association and a member of the Indiana state board of education. An action committee composed of Thelma Ballard, Marion; Margaret Eskew, Chandler; Nelle H. Perrin, president of the Terre Haute teachers federation; C. O. Pauley, Valparaiso, and Shérman Pressler, president of the Ft. Wayne Teachers association, has been appointed to promote this candidacy.
30 WARD G.0.P. GLUB TO OPEN THURSDAY
Third ward Republicans formally will open their headquarters, 1903 College ave. at 8 p. m. Thursday with Homer E.Capehart, U.S. senatorial candidate, in attendance. Other special guests will include Henry E. Ostrom, county chairman; Mrs. Agnes Todd, county vice chairman, and county candidates. George Noble, R. E. Hinman, James Chappell, Frank R. Beckwith, O. J. Worrell, Morris Rominger, H. P. Foxworthy, Arthur Plass, Earl Buck, Ben Thompson, W. R. Beard, M. D. Johnson, D. C. Freeman and Mrs. Rosiland Woollen are in charge of arrangements. Reception plans and refreshments are under Mesdames Nellie Stringer, R. E. Hinman, Hilda R. Garing, Marie Johnson, Morris Rominger, Roscoe R. Mills, Harriet Clark, Miss Ethel Smith and--Miss Maude Nelson. Elmer Johnson is chairman of the ward and Mrs. Jesse Travis, vice chairman.
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There were no contestants on the Democratic ticket. Preferences shown by the voters in the Illinois primary are ‘merely advisory and not binding upon the
delegates to the national conventions. A complete absence of contests on
WARTHUR TESTED IN ILLINOIS TODAY,
OMAHA, Neb, April 11 (U, P.).— With Wendell L. Willkie out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Lt. Cmdr, Harold E. Stassen had an opportunity today to pick up 15 delegates to the G. O.
braska preferential primary, Two full slates of delegates were entered on the Republican ticket,
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