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VOLUME 56—NUMBER 187

FRIDAY, AUGUST

Entered aa-Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind

17, 1945

Issued daily except Sunday

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dT ge Lose Jobs In War Plants;

Allison

By ROGER BUDROW War contracts of Indianapolis, industries were being cancelled right and left today.

In dollars, it ran up into many millions.

In people,

it meant that several thousands had lost their war plant

jobs. Therqe was no way of But Allison, the city’s

the surprise of the day. Allison is not going to lay off its It plans to keep 80 per cent of them, which means about 2000 will be let go. The reason is that the army air forces still want AlliAnd Allison has work of its own which will furnish employment. Why the A. A. F. is continuing jét engine production But unless plans are changed, it means

9000 employees.

. 8on to- build jet engines.

was not explained.

telling how many. biggest industry, furnished

that the shock of transition from war to peace will be greatly cushioned in Indianapolis. Curtiss-Wright’s propeller factory is closed for the | remainder of the week, anyway: The future of this | plant, where 3500 were working, is not known. P. R. Mallory & Co. closed its battery plant, where a new type of dry cell battery was being made, and where mifore than 2000 were employed. Lukas-Harold Corp., which operates the navy’s ord: nance plant on the East side, plans to let possibly 1000 go. But the situation“there hasn't been decided inasmuch as the navy will take over the operation of the plant sometime next month, and may bring work there from plants going back to civilian production. Work at the Fall Creek ordnance plant, where shells

JAPS’ ENVOY TO |p ARRIVE

MacArthur Irked With Stalling Tactics, Gets Quick Action After Ordering Peace Emissaries to Come Immediately.

MANILA, Saturday, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—The Japanese| J; government, reacting quickly to a stern “hurry-up” order| from Gen. Douglas MacArthur, broadcast word today that its surrender envoy would fly to Manila for the armistice

terms Sunday, A briefs message flashed dressed directly to MacArthur's headquarters said the unidentified ®apanese envoy had been selected. “Further details will follow, broadcast said. There was no immediate confirmation of the reply at MacArthur's headquarters.

MacArthur, plainly irriated over Japanese bickering, had brusquely answered Tokyo's request for clarification of the duties of the Manila mission, He ordered them to stop stalling and send surrender emis-| saries to his headquarters at Manila | “without further delay.” “Your assumption that signing of the surrender terms is not among the tasks of the Japanese -representatives to Manila is correct,” MacArthur informed Japanese general headquarters by radio. “The directive from this headquarters is clear and explicit and it to be complied with without further delay.” Granted More Time The mission originally was to have flown to Manila today, but MacArthur granted the Japanese

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more time to complete arrange-|

ments for. the flight. His initial directives had speci- | ified that the mission was only to) receive the allied terms.and take | hem to the emperor, the imperial general headquarters and the govrmment—not to sign them. Radio Tokyo, meanwhile, revealed hat Hirohito had supplemented his ease-fire order with an imperial escript commanding the Japanese Army and navy to lay down their hrms in total surrender. Gen. Prince WNaruhiko Higashi-

SUNDAY

over the Tokyo radio and ad-

NEW WEAPONS ARE REVEALED

Indianapolis Learns About ‘Sea

Super - Super: Bomber One Of Developments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U, P).| —The atomic bomb moved over a} Ta

{little bit today to make roony | {among portents of the future for {the super-super bomber, a rocket that seeks out its target, and a bomb guided remotely by eles vision. Existence of these hitherto Secret] weapons was revealed by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the, army air forces, He also disclosed that he plans to relinquish command of the air forces at a time “not too far off.” Arnold foretold a time when disaster from the air will be directed automatically to enemy {targets in pilotless craft.

More Developments

| The super-super bomber, the | self- -guiding rocket, and the tele- | vision-controlled bomb already exlist. On the basis of weapons and | techniques now or soon: to be available, Arnold predicted inevitable development of: 1. Improved atomic bombs of! ultra-nightmarish destructive powet “ideally suited to sudden attacks in

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FINE" WEATHER, BUT

uni, new Japanese premier and var minister, called on all army orces to obey the rescript by yieldg their arms in “profound sorrow”

WARMER, FORECAST

Pleasant weather will continue

d returning to peace, Navy Minister Adm. Matsumasa

{today with a temperature rise! {| which will continue tomorrow, the

| were to be made, was halted. ‘This plant on Northwestern ave. is owned by the ordnance department and was to ' be operated by the Tokheim Oil Pump & Tank Co. of Ft. Wayne. In the face of all these layoffs, the U. S. employment servige reported that at the first 6f this month, when it | made a city-wide count, there were nearly 8000 jobs open | and unfilled. | Possibly the first government agency to cancel its | ‘contracts was the ordnance department. Telegrams were sent to local war plants two hours after President Truman’s announcement about 6 p. m. Tuesday, cancelling { more than $8 million in orders. : Ordnance department "cancellations in Indianapolis include Quality Tool & Die Coy $790,000, mortar fuses;

_ NYLON HOSIERY MAY BE READY BY DECEMBER

of Humanity’

Processing Takes 3 To 4 Months.

Don't rush the hosiery for nylons, ladies.

counter

ment they can be only a thought

wave in your mind. Hosiery mill executives here do

until the first of the year. Even then they will not be in quantity, where you can scoop them us in| armloads. Andrew Deane, manufacturing manager of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc. 611 Park ave, says that it all depends on the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., sole nylon pro-| ducer,

nylon stockpile suitable for hosiery

actual stocking appears,” he said. Requires Two Processes *Nylon as it comes from du pont is not ready for weaving. It has to be processed by throwsters who | ready it for the finished product. | This operation takes four to six! weeks,” he said. Even when it does reach the | mill, the stocking does not roil off | thé machine overnight. “It will be six weeks to two months before the stockings Star coming off,” Lazure Goodm treasurer of the National So Mills, Inc, 502 N, Davidson st. said. ‘According to Mr. Goodman the hosiery mili people have asked du Pont not to release nylon until a

This would insure an adequate supply and give manufacturers an

tion, Estimate Impossible

“Under these conditions yoy can XN . |see it would be as hard to tell when the first nylons will come out as to} figure the round in which a fight | is going to end,” Mr. Deane, said. 3 Meanwhile many women see no reason ‘why the nylon, manufactured but not used for war purposes, cannot go immediately into {sheer hose, Well, it is o. k.,

Zenite Metal Corp., Stewart Manufacturing Co., Mortar fuses;

shells, was cancelled. have yet to be cancelled.

| ton and nearby,

L. C. Products, $275,000, piercing shells; Best Universal Lock Co., $51,776, pad. locks, and E. C. Atkins & Co,,

In addition, the Tokheim contract for nearly $314 million worth of 60 mm. mortar shells and 105 mm. smoke Several other ordnance contracts

0 Keep 80 Pct. On Payroll

$3,994,000, 100-pound chemical bombs;

components for T5-mm, armors

$111,590,

$9385, artillery parts.

The ordnance department also cancelled $1,300,000 worth of orders with Lafayette concerns; $4,500,000 in Lebanon; $6,300,000 in Kokomo; $6,400,000 in Bloominge and $10,700,000 in the several Noblitt-

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INDIANA'S OPA KEPT IN DITHER

Local Mill Executives -Say Caught Flat- Footed, Rapid Communications

Broken Down; Safest Bet Is To Hang Onto Ration Books.

By KENNETH HUFFORD OPA officials were caught flat-footed by the early sure

‘and private businesses. Indiana Director James

'in getting still-rationed tires. “I've gotton not one word from Washington,” the wor‘ried Indianapolis executive declared. “The only confirmatoin I've had that gasoline is ration-free

was when I telephoned Chester | Bowles (national director) last

“When they finally build up a | Wednesday.”

Mr. Strickland asserted, however,

{needed to get. tires, “Don't take my word for ft, | though” he warned, “until I am advised by Washington, Our commu{nication with Washington has broken down, among other things.” He [referred to a teletype hookup of | OPA offices. The United Press meanwhile re|ported national OPA officials as warning motorists not to throw

They're coming but for the mo- render of the Japs, like a lot of other government agencies

D. Strickland was frank te

not visualize them on the shelves, admit today that he doesn’t know yet whether Mr. Average until December and most likely not| Citizen should keep his gasoline coupon book covers for use

green stamps in their food ration books. The gasoline books still will be needed to get tires, the officials stated. A new system of tire rationing is in effect, it was revealed at Washington, based on occupational driving requirements rather than whether a motorist held an A,

the mills can begin, But even then that it is his “unofficial” opinion|B or C book. it will be some time before the, lhat gasoline coupdmsgmis won’ be |

Used for Meat. The green stamps are fo be used as meat stamps in the future, the U. P. dispatch continued. Origi~ nally, it had been intended that they would be used to supplement the blue stamps, now obsolete. The Indiana director was cons servative in his advice. “1 don't see any reason to throw away blue food stamps, even though

away their gasoline hooks and also| (Continued on Page 3--Colymn 8)

Enlarged 4-H Show This Year, ~ But No State Fair Until 1946

Cancellation of gas rationing,

[show this year, but another full-|

| 1946. Lt. Governor Richard T. James today said he would immediately investigate the possibility

“greatly expanding” the 4-H ex-

(hibit, scheduled for Sept. 3, 4 and |

5. However, he added,

oS : of {that removal of the

buildings for the duration plus six

60-day stockpile is accumulated. |g, arantees a bigger and better 4-H months.

Col. Frank J. Hills, commanding

{officer of the airforce depot, said even break in getting into produc- scale state fair won't be held until | ;¢ would require “from six to ‘eight

solid months”

to clear the faire grounds buildings of army material {stored there. He said he had not yet received any official indication supplies would be” ordered immediately. Lt. Gov. James predicted a “tree

“there is|mendous increase” in 4-H fair ene

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absolutely no chanee of removing|tries from throughout the state now the 836th specialized airforce depot|that the war has endéd. He asfrom fairgrounds buildings in time serted that both the midway and for even a late fall state fair.” [display section would be “considerHe said rehabilitation of buildings ably enlarged.”

if you want to go!

utilized by the airforce depot would |

The, 4-H show is held in several

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cost the army from $200,000 to| state fairgrounds structures not held $250,000, The army has a $1 a year |by the army, among them the Colicontract for occupation of the fair seum.

Local Gas Supply Holds Out As Wanderlust Grips Drivers

By HARVEY HARRIS

Upon victory, a ~man’s fancy turns to what he has been thinking about for the past two-and-one- | half years—how to “fill ‘er up!” Thousands of motorists through-

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‘GAMBLING HERE FLARES UP AGAIN

Operators Hope to Get by With Quiet Technique.

By SHERLEY UHL

Fighting men of the Sa parade past he huge “Vv” decorating L. s. re. & Loy

Half of Town Swept ‘Alon In Surging Victory Pre

By VICTOR PETERSON “What a crowd. What a crowd,” gasped a local bluecoat as Indianapolis’ victory parade made its serpentine way through the downtown area yesterday. “Now I've seen the great sea of humanity,” grunted a jostled spectator as he almost went flat on his face, pushed by the surging | After a month's lull, the com- | mass. munity’s irrepressible gambling clan

| toda removed all of its restrictions y Nearly half of Indianapolis turned 13 proceeding with its own postjout for the third day of celebra-| war plan, This calls for a resump-

the agency W 1 IE’ on of b 1siness, d { tio: on w which began Tuesday mor ning | | tor usin gr u lly n

Effective immediately, {1c J with noisy” crowds on the Circle | Without fanfare, taking the curves like Wilbur Shaw The gambling lid, tightly applied

| “The ba The ban on transportation of race on the Speedway. (last July 11 on the initiative of the For hours before parade time at state police, has been subtly pried

roe and show animals, The limitations on amounts of| oose. First indication that the Youth Admits e-Coniession to 2 p. m, bus and streetcar facilities | . disgorged swarms with one thought | county’s open and shut” gaming Slugging False.

onal pledged that the navy would | Peds y | weather bureau predicted. ‘A tem-

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PERHAPS BURGLARS , |“2c Sunday or Mende

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00T LIFTS BAN ON SPORTS TRAVEL,

After Tuesday the thermometer

WANTED SOUVENIRS will begin another climb, according

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 17 (U, P,).|to the bureau, Thundershowers | Evidently some burglars don’t read | Will occur tomorrow night or Sun- | hewspapers, | day. ‘ Long after the announcement ednesday that gas rationing had LOCAL TEMPERATURES nded, thieves broke into Frank| 6am... am. .T iller’s service station and took $10 7a. m, ... 65 1ll am. ... 76 cash and 400 gasoline rationing! 8 a.m, ,.. 68 12 (noom) . upons. Sam ..7 1pm.

Russ— "Kill Without Mercy’;

Agency Warns. | Passenger Facilities Crowded.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U. P.).— The office of defense transportation

with demands for “a Supplies were soon exe

stations tankful.” | hausted. One attendant reported a motors (ist driving in for his “A"™ card's worth of gasoline Wednesday to out Indiana, looking with doubt on|learn that the limitation was over, the first word that gasoline ration- | “Whee-ee,” was the jubilant cry ing had been lifted Wednesday, | as the driver tore up the book and hurried to their neighborhood pe-| | scattered a handful of ration flakes troleum folintains to be convinced. lin the air. In Indianapolis and Marion| Police Captain county, news of .the break in the

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p P P travel by baseball apd football By W. R. HIGGINBOTHAM jordered Red armies to press on and teams, and other professional and tight li fat flooded the (Continued Paze United Press Staff Correspondent “kill without mercy.” amateur sports groups. tuat h : ight gasoline sijuation, floode: ¢ (Continued on Sage LONDON, Aug. 17.—Japan pleaded| Tpkyo's radioed appeal to Mac- wig Tins SUN Crowded J Hind, a , Parade Toute. | Fr ug Spl sony pv «"s . . ith Gen. Douglas MacArthur to [Arthur sald that a Russian spear- | e the action swept the boards z " E . I . | head reached a point west of the lot all official limitations on sports| Admitting that he “only wanted {the entire parade line on both Presence of slot machines. Smokers _— —Don f Crow Yet . lt the Soviet offensive in Man- travel, the ODT ask the state to commit suicide for|sides of the street. Hundreds en. The one-armed bandits are click- ' 1s today, but the Soviet radio) UNGER. ares Of southern Man. |irgveli the GT asked tet still. ol, v's vepruold Glen Comat dangered life and limb leaning INE again in certain county country | huria ay, but the 0 churia this morning—an indicated |take it easy, pointing out that rail- ’ ang Saning jclubs and fun spots, The : { facilities will con-|58id in court his confession to from office building windows and P yre advance of perhaps 250 miles from road passenger Will col said Victory celebration slugging fire I nes r e Oo ay or e xX last reported Soviet positions. tinue to be jammed with troop Te €SCApes. | (Continued on Page 2—Column 4) TIMES INDE The J te did not movements for several months, | "BS false. The sideline show was almost 4 e Japanese no not say 1 The youth; who earlier told poles strictly civilian. Few servicemen | By JUNE McKOWN | added he expected tobacco products ! how far the Red army was from| The lifting of restrictions elimi-| 00cm onl, omen Disher, RAPS Fl FURLOUGH | PLAN | Where there's smoke ‘there's al. ‘to be out of the woods pretty usements . 18 Larson 12) Mukden, but its wording indicated nated any last lingering doubts 1 N. Je Jefferson ave., Tuesday night, ,| (Continued on inued on Page 2—Colu 2—Column 3)| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U. P). waiting line . , . soon.” k Bell ... 11 Charles Lucey 14 the city soon would be besieged. about the world series being played this morning it just. seemed a |—The Veterans of Foreign Wars| And the cigaret line may cantinut Edward W. Harris, president of . 14 Ruth Millett. 11/ With a pre-war ‘population of 2,-|88 usual : Suid Ship way to die, ; ‘WAX WORKS WORKS WANT WANTS fro sharp issue today with an a while longer, local tobacco whoie-| the Hamilton-Harris & Co, whélew 15 Movies + 18/880,000 and huge war plants, Muk-| In cautioning that today's action | ™o 00a” Juage Niblack, in American Legion proposal to fur-|salers and retailers said today, |Sae tobacco firm. nol quite so + 15 Obituaries ... 3 den is the most important city in (Continued on Page 3 ~Column 1) | municipal court | 4 that he was OLD TRUMAN SUIT lough returning soldiers—with pay, Here and there across the tty, | Cheerful said “the situation has vid Dietz . 11 Dr. O'Brien . 1] Manchuria, | —— LONDON, Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Note | and allowances—until they find |big-hearted druggists placed all cased just a fittle, but nobody torials ... 12 Pred Perkins 11] Tokyo contended the continued U- BOAT SHOWS uP LATE. (Continued on Page 2—~Column 5 'to President Truman: | jobs.’ V. F. W. National Commander | their cigaréts on the counters during | KNOWS when the shortage will end.* w. Evans .. 10 Radio ....... 15 Soviet offensive was making Jap- Madame Tussaud's famous. wax! Jean A. Brunner labeled the plan'ihe last few wild days of “The hoys overseas have more ons .... 13 Ration Dates 10 anese compliance with Emperor| BUENOS ARES, Aug. 17 (U. P. ‘TRUMAN \N LEADS | PRAYER . works is doing you in wax, but @ Fevival of WPA. celebrations. Most of them reported |, pret : ersuson 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Hirohito's cease-fire order dificult, Another German submarine with| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U.P. (clothes rationing is stl in effect u slight increase in sales, but said| (Continued on Page 2—Column 1) rum ...... 12 Scherrer . 12 but a Soviet communique last night [45 er and men aboard entered —President Truman and his family here and they want to know it! PETAIN’ S 1 LIFE SPARED | they 't know how long the cig : ta Given . 3 Wm. P. Simrhs 12 ‘charged that the Jog - Japanese were Mis Del Pidin at a. m.—three | will lead the nation in its day of you've got an old suit about, that PARIS, Aug. 17 (U, P.).—Gen, atets would last. n immediately * have © 33 atayson } ‘Sports ix (Con on onthe dm ek ver the Nazi prayér Sunday when they attend you don't need. © |Charles: De Gaulle commuted the One optimistic buyer for a large Rugs inerease in aedery for Me Indpls, ... 3 Tom Stokes . 2 tinued hg 1 i=toumn ! sent prevented news| Bor-deroeminationa’ services in the| Lord Mountbatten recently helped | death sentence of Marshal Henri, (drug company said they had re-| fukin" yaere empiaymen Indpls. 11 Al Williams Morris Plan en 1 roact ’ east room of the White House at out with a complete one, including| Philippe Petain to life imprison | ceived almost & 25- per cent Hi sr 1 Women Fe ELAR LD A wha: if 4a air Lot lia nig ment today, i crease in , Sigates; recently and

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