Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1945 — Page 1
\ITH JUR ERS
Bonds eps
dition of the avings & ciation arion County,
se of business 31, 1044
hares 23,194 ederal 6,000 lens. .
vv $316,738.
H ed offfcers a urance Savi of Indianapol swear that t true. ', President I'NER, * Secretal '- Director. [, Director, LLER, Directd vorn before n wary, 1045. A. DAILY, Notary Public. 8 Aug. 22, 19
ondition of ding and ociation arion County, se of business 31, 1944 ' CEB er .. $433,527
corns $579,781
I'TES free
$378,723,
ied officers af ‘urner Build tion of Indie solemnly swe ment is true. JMM, Preside: 3, Secretary THE, Director ER, Director G, Director vorn before n ry, 1945. KREMP, Notary Publ res Nov. 8, 19
Jondition of avings a Company arign County,
se of business 31, 1944.
101,781. 9,665.
10,000.
36,552. 445
Stes $826,901:
Ss: 1ed officers ndiana Savin mpany of Ind ) solemnly swe tement is ti and verily b
MPSON,
ecretary. D, Director.
hl]
{E, Directar, VELL,
stare AT
| sideration”
a
he Indianapolis
FORECAST: Clearing and colder tonight with lowest temperature about 5
Hes
VOLUME So-NUMBER 278
By EDWARD KEATING ‘Editor of Labor, the Offical Washington Newspaper of 15 Standard Railroad. abor Organizations
" WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Pres-
* | ident’ Roosevelt's proposal to draft
American workers for private profit’ is unwise and unnecessary.
Mr. Roosevelt and his lieutenants tell us “we must give our best for the young men who are enduring the agonies of this war.” Every trade unionist agrees. A very large percentage of the boys on the fighting fronts are the
sons of working men and women who don't need to be told that. The workers oppose the President’s draft scheme because it Is. not the best and because it may conceivably become the "worst thing we can do for members of our armed forces. I have no wish to exaggerate what the workers have done in the war emergency. However, the record, kept by the President and his lieutenants, credits them with a grand job. Just four months ago, in opetiing his presidential campaign at a teamsters’
union dinner, Mr. Roosevelt said:
“When I addressed you four
years ago, I said, ‘I know that America “will never be disappointed in its expectation that labor will Riways continue to do its share of the job we now face, and do it patriotically and effectively and unselfishly.’ y , “Today we know that America has not been disappointed. In his order of the day, when the allied armies first landed in Normandy, Gen. Eisenhower said: ‘Our home fronts have given us overwhelm-
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1945
service. In this article, written
Last week we published an article by Under Secretary of War Patterson, stating the war department’s position in faver of national
Howard newspapers, Edward Keating, editor of a leading labor publication and a former congressman from Colorado, tells of labors opposition to a national service law or labor draft.
at the | t of the Scripps-
ing superiority in weapons and munitions of war.’” “Overwhelming superiority.” That was no hyperbole, Just the other day the President appointed a commission to dispose of surplus war property estimated at
$50,000,000,000 to °$100,000,000,000 in value. American workers not only supplied our armed forces forces with everything they needed but piled up such a surplus as the world has never seen before. Of course, that surplus repre-
, the gentlemen responsible.
Entered as Second-Class Matter as Postorfies Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
Workers Draft Unnecessary And Unwise, Labor Editor Keating Says
sents tremendous waste, but the workers are not to blame. They produced what was demanded. The “higher-ups” made the “bad guesses” which wasted materials; manpower and money. I have no disposition to scold I ac~ cept their alibi that men running a big war should be permitted a reasonable number of blunders before they are dismissed. But they should not attempt to cover up their mistakes by humiliating millions of workers who have made good on a grand scale.
Imes
;. tomorrow, fair and continued cold.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
In the statements by the President and -his lieutenants, one fact ° sticks out like a sore thumb. They don’t give figures showing the alleged manpower .. shortage in. specific plants or areas, and no two of them agree.on over-all figures. Apparently, they are so busy trying to stampede congress into passing an un-American bill that they haven't time to compile facts and figures. For more than two years union labor leaders have vigorously warned government agencies that “hoarding of labor” was common
ne
practice all over the country. Under cost-plus contracts, ems ployers benefitted tremendously. These warnings went practically
_unnoticed, with the result that
last week the senate’s Mead com= mittee related a story of wasted manpower that shocked congress and the country, Instead of trying to draft labor for private profit, the men re= sponsible for our war effort should « set up one central agency to deal with the manpower problem and
(Continued on Page 8—Column 3)
| ELLIOTT WINS
FIRST ROUND FOR NEW RANK
Senate Group Unanimously Approves Promotion
To General. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (U. P).
I —The senate military affairs com-
mittee unanimously approved today the nomination of 34-year-old Col. Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the President, to the rank of brigadier
it general.
‘ The nomination of the young air
i} force officer: was approved along
with the promotions of 57 other colonels to the same rank. No opposition was voiced to
iE Roosevelt's nomination, Chairman i Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah) said, | although the record of the Presii dent's son was thoroughly reviewed ll at the request of Senator Styles ll Bridges (R. N. H). i . The nominations now go to the § senate for approval.
Two Protests Received Thomas said that although “there
i was some discussion” of the Roosell velt nomination among committee
members in the closed meeting, the committee had received only two
f communications on the subject.
telegram soldier which charged that the nomination was madé “with no conof Roosevelt's battle record. He said Roosevelt had “no military training before 1940.” The other communication—a letter from a man and wife “who were in agreement,” according to Thomas —protested ‘that the nomination was “a terrific affront to the American people and thousands of young men in the army.”
Service Record Checked
Thomas gave this Roosevelt’s record: Appointed captain, specialist -reserve, September, 1940; transferred in grade to the air reserve on active duty, February, 1941; promoted to major, army of the United States, March, 1942; promoted to lieutenant
review of
i colonel, A. U. S. air corps, Aug, 6, | 1042; promoted to colonel, A. U, 8.
air corps, March 22, 1943. Roosevelt began extended service
duty in October, 1940, as a captain,
and reported to the materiel com-
| mand, Wright field, Dayton, O.
On April 24, 1941, he was promoted to-the 21st reconnaissance squadron at the Newfoundland air base, and began a survey for the establish ment of ferry routes across the north Atlantic. This duty took him to Greenland, Iceland and England. On Sept. 10, 1941, he was ordered to Kelly field, Tex., to take a course in navigation, and then went to Brooks field, Tex., to take an aerial observer’s - course. In December, 1041, he was ordered to duty with the sixth reconnaissance squadron in Murco, Cal On Feb. 26, 1942, he was as-
| assigned to the first photographic | group and subsequently went over-
seas to duty in North Africa, Since
| that time he had been on continuous duty, in North Africa, Sicily,
Italy, United Kingdom and France, commanding the photographic
i reconnaissance units,
At present he is commanding the 325th photographic reconnaissance
‘wing, European theater of opera-
Bill to Turn Clocks Back
Given Boost
By NOBLE REED Passage of a bill to turn clocks in Indiana back one hour to central standard time on April 1 appeared assured in the legislature today. Republican majority leaders voted down all attempts of Democrats to amend the bill so that larger cities could have war time (daylight saving) during” the summer months. The bill was advanced to third reading and final passage is expect~ ed within a few days. Sponsors of the measure, mostly representatives from rural districts and smaller cities, argued that farmers have to start work before daylight under war time and that their children have to start to school in the dark.
Mustering Out Bonus
Another war veterans bonus bill was introduced by Senator Charles F. Fleming (D. Hammond). It would provide payment of $100 to all returning Hoosier servicemen and women when they are muse tered out to civilian life. Democratic sponsors estimated an appropriation of more than $30,000,000 would be necessary to carry out provisions of the measure, Another veterans bonus bill was introduced in the house last wee by Democratic leaders. It provides payments of $10 a month to veterans for each month served in this country and $12.50 for each month overseas. Payments would be made over a period of several months under this bill. A resolution introduced by Senators Omer C. Free, (R. Vincennes) and Thurman Crook, (D, South Bend) would create a six-member legislative investigating committee to determine . the possibility of handling more medical students at the Indiana university school of medicine, The resolution expressed the be-
F.D.R'S LETTER BUOYS WALLACE
Commete Post Post Nominee Encouraged at Banquet
Honoring Him.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (U, P).= Backed by a letter of indorsement from President Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace campaigned for popular support today in his fight for both the secretaryship of commerce and control of the federal loan agencies. He told 1450 labor leaders, liberal writers afd pro-New Deal industrialists, gathered in his honor last night, that “while the senate would relieve me of a great burden by giving me commerce without RFC (reconstruction finance corporation), I feel that from the standpoint of the 60 million workers, the profits of business, the income of farmers, the welfare of the country as a whole, arid the protection of- the United States treasury, I could do a better job if the two were combined than if they were separated.” “Undoubtedly many good men could be found to head the loan agency,” he said, “but I wish to
(Continued oe Page 3-Colummn 5)
| (Continued on Page 8 Column 5)
‘I Wouldn't Know," Mrs. R. Says of Blaze's 'A’ Priority
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (U, P.). ~-Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt said at her press conference today that she “wotidn’t know in the first place and wouldn't comment 4f I did know’ whether her daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettiger, » ordered plane
transportation for Blaze, Col. Elliott
velt’s bull mastift,
TIMES INDEX
Amusements... Jack Bell .... Business
9 | Charles Lucey 10 4 Ruth Millett . 9
forum, 110x101 Win. P. 8}, Harry Heusen 10 State Destin 4
16| Jane Jordan . 13|in
She was asked about reports that Mrs, Boettiger had initiated the arrangements for Blaze to travel to California under an “A” priority on an air transport command plane from which three servicemen trav. eled on “C” priorities were removed, : “I feel quite certain no one would order anything,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. She explained White House only the President gives orders. “We ask if it is possible. No one the White House orders any-
that in the}
NEED TO RUSH BIG 3 PARLEY, HOPKINS SAYS]
Roosevelt Aid, Seeing Pope, Points Out Stalin Is
Pressed for Time.
ROME, Jan. 30 (U. P.).—Harry Hopkins told newspapermen today that the Big Three conference must be conducted quickly because Mar-
long from the Russian front. Hopkins conferred today with Pope Pius in his series of European consultations which already have
advance man for President Roosevelit. Hopkins said that since Stalin
himself actively directed the Red army's operations and strategy the Soviet leader could not remain away from front operations for any
present time. Allies in Dark Too
how powerful the Soviet offensive would prove to be or whether the Nazis would be able to halt the Red army. Hopkins was received . by the Pope "this morning. Vatican officials gave no hint of the nature of the conference but said it could be considered part of Hopkins’ spadework in preparation for the Big Three meeting. U. 8 Ambassador Alexander Kirk gave Hopkins a luncheon at Caserta. A dozen guests, including Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, were present. After lunch Hopkins left for an undisclosed destination. Western Allies Agree Hopkins said his conferénces with Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden convinced him the = United States and Britain would have little difficulty in agreeing on disputed Dumbarton Oaks points and on military plans in the Pacific. Asked whether the Russians would declare war on Japan when the European war ended, Hopkins said only that our plans to beat Japan were based on the assumption only Angl erican resources would be availa Hopkins said there were many problems regarding the future of Europe, a subject on which he was here to make an investigation to be followed by a personal report to Mr. Roosevelt. He indicated American losses were heavy in the battle of the Ardennes bulge, but said the morale of the
F. D. R. SPENDS 63D BIRTHDAY ON JOB
Imminent Big 3 Meeting Overshadows Fete.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt was 63 today His own observance of the anniversary was far overshadowed by his meeting soon with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier ‘Josef Stalin. In sharp contrast to other years of more carefree birthdays, Mr. Roosevelt's day was monopolized by war tasks of the highest importance. Consequently he was to take no direct public part in the nation-wide observance of his birth day. Tonight he will send a radio message to the American people through his wife, who» will read it on the air. This will be the President's cus-
shal Stalin cannot absent himself].
» » .
taken him to London and Paris as |S
lengthy period, particularly at the EH
ky Hopkins said frankly that neither | 2% the Americans nor the British knew
~
... Supplies to Belgian Front Moved by Sled
x » #
By ROBER
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Mar
from Berlin today.
PATTON MOVES ON WEST WALL
In their new “winter whites,” a U. S. army supply detail struggles up a snow-covered mountain road hauling sleds of supplies for the forces fighting near Butgenbach. Ardennes area. has made the use of sleds, built by men in the service forces, a necessity,
Heavy snow blanketing the entire
PROBE SEEN IN CAGE SCANDAL
College Players Admit Taking Bribes From Bettors To Throw Game.
BULLETIN NEW YORK, Jan, 30 (U. P.). Harvey Stemmer, one of two men accused of having bribed five Brooklyn college basketball players to throw a game against Akron, was arraigned in felony court today. He was charged with bribery and ordered held in $2500 bail for further hearing.
By CARL LUNDQUIST Unitea Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 30—A sweeping nation-wide investigation of big time collegiate basketball appeared certain today. Five Brooklyn college players have admitted
. Sonspiing with gamblers to throw
a,game against Akron university at Boston tomorrow night for $3000. It was the first specific revelation that any players actually had been involved in dealings with gamblers. There have been persistent rumors, for some time, however,
"|that bookmakers had been making
“killings” on major collegiate games, here and in other large cities. The players held for questioning by Assistant District Attorney Edward A. Heffernan of Kings county (Brooklyn) were Bernard Barnett, Bob Leder, the team captain
(Continued on Page 6—Column 1)
DE MILLE GIVES UP $5000 RADIO SHOW
Protest of Union Fee:
Voluntarily Steps Out in
Drop to 5 Above Is Predicted Here With More Snow
LOCAL TEMPERATURES MM 10am... 11 +15: Nam... 13 . 14 12 (Noon).. 13
The mercury in Indianapolis is expected to drop to 5 degrees above zero tonight and the weather chief predicted light rain or snow in the state for the next five days. Although low temperatures are forecast for tonight, the five-day forecast for Indiana said that temperatures would average above nor-
(Continued on Page 3—Column 2) HOOSIER HEROES— 4 Listed as Dead,
One Missing and 6 More Wounded
Three more Indianapolis men have been killed in action and a local aviation cadet has been killed in a plane crash here in the United States. One more fighting man is missing, six have been added to the list of wounded and an infantryman has been captured by the Germans. KILLED
Pvt. Reid Cory, 1521 Roach st., in Belgium. Pfc. William H. Parker, 1445 S. Meridian st., in Belgium. Pfc. Johnson H. Lawrence, Hotel Lorraine, in Belgium. Aviation Cadet Morris E. Rivers, 1500 N. Delaware st. in Texas.
MISSING Pfc. James W. Davis, 1942 E. Epler ave, in France. WOUNDED
S. Sgt. Edward M. Nolley, 514 E. Warsaw st, in Luxembourg. :
Prospect st, in : Pvt. Albert Gene Graham, Edinburg, brother of Lenora Brown, 2306 N. Parker ave, in Belgium.
Cpl. Alfred Bell, 2150 Gent ave., on Peleliu, “bto. Merlin L. Mercer, 6% E France.’
to| Washington st, In
PRISONER
Pfc. Morris H. Kelly, 225 N. Clermany,
9 Meridian ob. of |
Pvt. Richard O, Leighton, 705 |!
YANKS 23 Mi FROM MANILA
‘Rough Ground Lies Ahead
As Advance Units Creep 10 Miles From Bay.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 30.—Vanguards of the American 6th army swung down -on the last Japanese defense line north of Manila today. They were driving into the swamp-lined Calumpit bottleneck barely 10 miles from Manila bay and 23 miles from the enslaved Philippines capital. Front dispatches indicated that only a thin Japanese covering force lay between the advancing doughboys and Manila. The difficult terrain, however, was expected to prevent a quick march into the city. (Tokyo asserted that the Amecicans still were being contained on the central Luzon plain around Bamban, 18 miles above San Fernando. The greatest battle of the Pacific war was expected to develop in that area, the Japanese said, and that a new American landing in the “Manila area” was anticipated. (Another Japanese broadcast re-
(Continued on Page 8-—Column 4)
GI LIVES LOST OVER 4TH TERM: HALLECK
Country Led Into False Optimism, He Says. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (U, P).
—~Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind.) asserted in an attack on proposed
Wh that: . TR elas the election and uring
Doughboys Gain 3 Miles in Reich in New Attack in Northeast.
By BOYD LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent . PARIS, Jan. 30.—American tanks and troops drove one to three miles deeper into Germany today in a new attack northeast of Monschau. To the south 3d army forces plunged into the Reich from the Belgian-Luxembourg frontier apd won a bridgehead two miles wide. United States armies were hitting the outposts of the Siegfried line on a broad front. A front dispatch said the attacks obviously reflected statements by High allied spokesmen that an effort would be made to storm through the West wall when the Ardennes bulge had been wiped out. A dispatch from the Monschau sector said the 78th" infantry division and supporting armor took off in waist-deep snow during the night. By “this afternoon “the 78th had rolled up maximum gains of three
city. Advancing through a continuing snowstorm, the G.I.'s seized the village of Conzen and entered Huppenbroich and Kesternich. . The dispatch said the only point where the Germans showed any
miles northeast of that Germany,
RUSSIANS EXPLODE ACROSS REICH IN BOLD GAMBLE TO WIN BERLIN
Americans Drive Deeper Into Germany |
Zhukov Throws Blue Chips Into Game Before Groggy Nazis Have
Time to Rally.
T MUSEL
United Press Staff Correspondent
shal Gregory K. Zhukov ex.
ploded a redoubled offensive on a broad front 90 to 100 miles
He was making a daring bid to overwhelm the defenses of the threatened German capital with one great blow. ‘Soviet and Nazi reports made it evident that Zhukov
was throwing his blue chips into the game of war for the highest stake—Berlin.
Obviously he had the situa tion well enough in hand after his
| sweep across Poland to gamble. for .
| the capital before the groggy Nazis {had a chance to rally,
Sweep Westward
Moscow dispatches said Zhukov's assed tanks and troops had crashed through the Obra river line, last natural barrier before the Oder, river: . They were sweeping westward toward Frankfurt and Stettin.
out on a 42-mile front between Driesen and Neu Bentschen in the border area of Germany east of Berlin, The Russian plunge was aimed a Kustrin, on the Oder 41 miles northeast of the capital, the Gere mans said. German descriptions indicated the massive weight Zhukov was throwing into his assault, The Nazi designation of the ime mediate Soviet objective as Kuse trin, at the confluence of the Oder and Warthe 17 miles northeast of Frankfurt, suggested that Zhukov , might have broken through the outs” lying perimeter of Berlin's defenses. Zhukov may be making a quick grab for Kustrin, the last city of any size before Berlin on the trunk railway from Danzig,
Inside Germany
outer limits of Zhukov’s intensified push as reported by Berlin, are 42 miles apart, They are a few miles inside Ger many from the northwestern and
(Continued on Page 3—Column 3)
‘reatlous Si
(Continued on Page 8—Column 1)
Nazi broadcasts reported that® powerful Russian forces had struck .
Driesen and Neu Bentschen, the
v a 7
1
§