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Meat Supply Here, Except Pork, To Increase Steadily,

WITH THE WAR over, beef, veal and lamb supplies here should increase steadily. Pork will re main - acutely scarce until fall when a trickle may be forthcoming, The local meat situation gradually will improve. It can't get much worse, In a nutshell that is the Indianapolis meat outlook af de-

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scribd today by city packers and grocery firm spokesmen. Their belief that the shortage will be eased soon is based on the following: With the exception of hogs, more and better livestock is beginning to flow from farms to markets. The army already has celed set-aside orders on

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lamb and veal, with indications that further cutbacks are due. Government controls over supply and distribution probably will be relaxed. More labor will be available for | agriculture and the butchering and slaughtering trades. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson has predicted that meat rationing will be lifted in Sep-

tember. Local provision representatives say they nave received no official word of such a move. But they don’t anticipate a complete “return to normalcy” before | next spring, rationing or no rationing. Execatives at Kingan's, Armour's and Swift's packing plants here agree that April, May and June were the meat-hungriest month's |

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Republicans Here for State

Tt was G. O. P. reunion day at the statehouse today as state and federal officials exchanged views in In a pre-clinic conference (above) were Rep. Charles A. Halleck, State Republican Chairman William E. Jenner, Senator Raymond E. Willis (standing) and Governor Gates. Willis and Mr, Jenner reportedly are vying in an undercurrent race for the G. 0. P. 1946 senatorial nom.

a “governmental clinic.”

HOOSIERS RAP I. §. CONTROLS

Indiana Republicans Hold ‘Governmental Clinic.’

By SHERLEY UHL Indiana's state administration officially declared war on the federal government today. In scholarly but potent fashion, Hoosier state department “heads stepped forth, one by one, to uncork verbal blasts against “federal controls.” 3 Their simmering —eriticism was levelled during a “governmental clinic’ sponsored by Governor Gates and held in the Indiana house chamber. A desire to return virtually all governmental functions to the states was thematic of the forum. Democrats Missing Star attractions of the “clinic” were Hoosier congressmen and senators. Eight representatives and two senators sat on a platform and listened while state adminis tration spokesmen told them what's wrong with Washington. Conspicuously absent were Democratic Reps dianapolis Gary. First federal

and Ray Madden of

agency to take a

the national government intends to “completely federalize the social security program, eliminating staté lines entirely.” He scored the social security board for “arbitrary” tactics in adopting its own rules and, regulations. He urged that “discretionary standards” fixed by the federal agency be subjected to congressional review immediately, Irked by ‘Decree’ Mr, Walls asked the congressmen to re-establish the social sg¢curity board as an “agency under the law” and remove powers. now granted. it by “decree.” The first speaker also condemned

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FIRST TROOPS WILL FLY INTO TOKYO SUNDAY

Japs Order Military Out of, Occupation . Zone to Prevent Friction.

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent

MANILA, Aug. 21.—Japan announced today that the American occupation of her homeland would begin Sunday when airborne forces will land in the Tokyo area.

Japanese officials ordered military personnel out of the occupation area

the danger of friction.

vealed that the airborne occupation forces would be followed two (days later by American naval forces, {landing at Yokosuka at the en{trance to Tokyo bay. Withdrawal of Japanese army and {navy forces from the occupation

Senator

Records Indicate Quisling Sought German Invasion

OSLO, Aug. 21 (U. P).—The prosecutor in the treason trial of Vidkun Quisling today introduced captured German documents branding the Norwegian puppet as an arch-traitor who persuaded the Nazis to invade his country in 11940. Chief Prosecutor Annaeus Sch joedt began the second day of the trial by reading from a mass of documents and sworn statements ob[tained from such top Nazi war

Joachim von Ribbentrop and Alfred Rosenberg. The highlight of the new evidence came with the reading of

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WAR VETERAN BEHEADS WIFE

‘Seattle Man Jokes After Bolo Knife Killing.

SEATTLE, Aug. 21 —Earl Victor (Hartley, 47-year-old veteran of {both wars, joked in his jail cel?

| Philippine bolo knife. Police said the decapitation of Mrs. Ida Hartley, eight years her husband's senior, was witnessed only by Jack Sutton, a 12-year-old boy. Hartley will be arfaigned ina few days. The bald, tanned war veteran told {Chief Deputy Prosecutor John J. {Kennett a fantastic story of drunken quarrels. “Perfectly Sane” Hartley was pronounced |fectly sane” He was to be arraigned in King county superior court, charged with the first degree murder of his 108pound bride of six months in a pas-

|ley to negotiate lambasting was the social security | today as he awaited arraignment customers for the sale to them of jpreme allied occupation commander, board. Otto F. Walls, Indiana .wel- lon charges of beheading his second {lend-lease supplies now stockpiled announced yesterddy that he would fare director, expressed fear that | wife with a three-pound razor-edge in foreign countries or en route “proceed to Japan” within 10 days

“per- | by a police ‘psychiatrist. |

ture behind their home Aug. 11,

(areas was ordered after Tokyo prop-

|aganda ‘broadcasts had expressed |fear that some “hot-headed” Japanese army men might attempt to ‘No Fraternizing’

| vertise veal for the first time’ in

in an apparent =furt to minimize |

The Japanese high command re-|

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in the city’s history. Now they expect the plain, old-fashioned beefsteak to become purchasable in reasonable quantities in the near future. Ham and bacon prospects are still dark. Retail grocers are more optimistic than - packers. Standard food stores this week will ad-

also said their stores are expecting a considerable increase in steaks, other beef cuts and veal and lamb chops “within 30 days.” Kroger executives, likewise, are planning to place more meat in their display cases “pretty soon.” | They expect noticeable relief by October and predict even the pork picture will perk up. Harvey Hagelskamp executive

six months.

A Standard official

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Japs Ended War With 55 Combat Ships Out of 382

By EDWARD L. THOMAS United Press Staff Correspondent GUAM, Aug. 21.—Only 55 combat vessels, including six German i submarines, remain of Japan's Radios, once formidable fleet of 382 fight- | ing ships. This was announced today by |

U.S. MAY EASE INSTALLMENT BUYING RULES

Other Household Equipment Given WPB Sanction.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 reports confirmed by Japanese | (U. P.).—Reports=—that the surrender envoys. |government soon may ease Rear Adm. Forrest C. Sher- | : . S man, deputy chief of staff for controls on charge account Nimitz. said that Japanese om. and installment buying were welcomed today by leaders in|

cials at the Manila conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur |¢}e hanking and credit fields. | ' They ‘said relaxation of the con-!

had confirmed the “complete detrols, invoked in 1942 as a guard

struction” of the enemy's navy They admitted the reduction of her once formidable merchant [against inflation, was necessary to Test to a relative handful of |,repare the financing industry to : {participate in tne fiow of civilian The Japanese naval envoy at* part : : Manila, Sherman said asserted de ae ,Deacetime production that the n . ’ i ® hearly complete choking Meanwhile, Anferican industry off of the island empire's sea lanes had brought an acute short. | “25 free today to resume unlimited production of radios, refrigerators, washing machines and other household standbys which disappeared from retail stores during the war. Stimulate Output | But it was honor-bound to make enough of these items at prices within the reach of low income Americans as‘ well as those of

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’ headquarters on the basis of official |

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| battle the occupation troops despite Emperor Hirohito’s surrender or-LEND-LEASE END = | ne The Japanese high command sought to reassure the Japanese public which apparently feared that

the occupation areas might be!

U. S. $39 Billions. turned into battle zones. It also ordered “non-fraterniza- |

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U. PJ. tion" and said that there would be —President Truman has ordered ani ng direct contact between the al{immediate halt in the United States’ lied troops and the general public. multi-billion dollar iend-lease pro-| “We emphasize this point,” a the White House afinounced Join") Sa he 2% eom- | The first American troops

Reveals Program Has Cost

| |gram, | today, will

continued as an instrument of war| revealed. after the United States entered the «The imperial army and navy

conflict, has cost this country about forces (including their respective $39,000,000,000. |air forces) in Kanagawa prefecture

ing lend-lease aid were notified by|Boso peninsula will be transferred mail of the program's halt yester-| immediately,” the announcement day and today, Presidential Press’ gaid. Secretary Charles G. Ross, dis-

Police Replaces Military closed.

y Police and gendarmes are to be The President ,ordered Foreign oon to maintain order in the area Economic Administrator - Leo T. from which the military has been Crowley to cancel “all outstanding withdrawn contracts for lend-lease” except| op. i : e w f; where allied governments are will-| he Pablie Say larre) fom Ans ing to make payments or where it fpesayse al) rail facilities will be is "in the interests of the United | equireq for the troop movement States.-to complete them. | Anyone who ordinarily uses trains | Stockpiles for Sale [to ride to work was instructed to| The White House statement said stay at home while the movement | Mr. Truman also authorized Crowe- lis being carried out. | with lend-lease; Gen. Douglas

MacArthur, su-

abroad. with ground, air and naval units to The stockpiles abroad total be- [receive Japan's surrender. Whether tween $1,000,000,000 and $1,500,000,- | he personally would travel by plane 000, the White House said. or warship was not announced. The halt in lend-lease shipments| It was possible that the Japanese became effective for each country announcement was based on the when its mission here received the |report of Japanese emissaries to the notification. Japanese government and imperial Ross dig not elaborate on the | general staff after receiving surpossibility that some lend-lease render orders from MacArthur's

! { The lend-lease program, initiated jand at Atsuki, just southwest of! criminals as Hermann Goering, |in 1940 as a defense measure and Tokyo, the Japanese announcement China and later Tokyo reported about during the war.

All of the United Nations receiv- and in the southwestern area of|

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TOKYO RAIDERS

greater income. If it fails, the war production board is ready to crack down. In the greatest single action to

Paratroops Rescue Four of stimulate and facilitate industrial

Fliers Held by Japs. reconversion, the WPB last night

CHUNGKING. Aug. 21 (U. P.).— dropped 210 of its individual conFour members of Lt. Gen. James|trols over industry. H. Doolittle’s Tokyo raiders have! This sweeping move lifted the been liberatee by American para- limitations on radios, refrigerators, troopers dropping at Peiping, it was trucks, stoves, electric fans, motor- | revealed today. |eycles, storage batteries, oil burning | (Eight of ‘the Doolittle raiders equipment and many other articles | were captured by the Japanese in! which consumers could only dream

that “some” of them had been! The restriction on the number of executed. Those captured were re- automobiles that may be produced ported as: First Lts. William G.| this year will be removed within the Farrow, Washington, D. C.; Robert next few days as will other remainHite, Earth, Tex.; Robert J. ing WPB controls. Meder, Lakewood, O.; Chase J.| Assure Low-Cost Items

Nielson, Myrum, Utah, and Dean The question which is holding up E. Hallmark, Dallas, Tex, and 2d ,,, en on automobiles is Lt. George Barr, Madison, Wis.;|gyother the new cars should be deSgt. Harold A. Spatz, Lebo, Kas. jereq with or without spare tires. and Cpl. Jacob Dehazer, Madras, Previously, WPB set a quota of 250,-

Ore.’ Rescue of four of the Doo- h t half of little fliers would indicate that four OE JO De on sky's

o joWs? of we en were executed the limit for auto makers. y Pp Se, In announcing the WPB action, Stopped at Mukden Production Chief J. A. Krug re-

| ation, is confident | gain its pre-war balance rapidly, | “depending on how soon federal } controls go off.”

| rible” to “fair” during

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secretary of the Indiana Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers associ meat will re-

But an abundance of prime pork cuts is unlikely before next year’s hog crop is harvested. Hog receipts on the local livestock market have been at rock- | bottom this summer. The farmi ers raised relatively few hogs for | sale to patkers. From the I" standpoint of supply and de-

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Pork is in the doldrums, say the slaughter experts, This sit uation may progress from “ter= the fall | a hog market in October, they add. | (Continued on Page 5—Column 2)

Ld = » » ~ » Plans Now Being Formulated; 21 Local Industries To Let 12,360 Go. Curtiss-Wright Corp.'s local propeller plant today being. force—that they are being laid off because of war contract cancellations. The plant has been closed for inventory since V-J day. . > » » {Several hundred other employees were sent letters telling them to turn in their X FIRST obtain paychecks this Priday for {the last period worked. The company said it did not But ‘Veterans’ Head IS group would be called back to work but expected to have plans made by the last of this week. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U. P). —Gen. Omar N. Bradley, new vet-| Allison has temporarily suspended 1d t {1000 employees in the past week erans administrator, told senators, . ....... of the seniority sys- . wes. | tem—that 1000 may not necessaril today that getting a job is "the |p. 40 one to be laid off. Allison greatest concern” of the returning | ects to let 2000 of its 9000 em-~ He refused, however, to commit | A telephone check made yesterhimself as to whether passing the day of the city’s 21 largest industries full-employment bill is the way to|showed they are laying off 12,350 Bradley said a lot of soldiers ed Myron R. Green, industrial comcoming back are not going to be missioner of the Indianapolis Chamsatisfied with the jobs they: left ber of Commerce. “They are going to want to ap- | Smal Concerns Hiring ply what they have learned in the Many smaller concerns are anxservice,” he said. [ious to hire many of those being clear he did not want his testi-| At LaPorte, Ind, the Kingsbury mony to be taken as indicating Ordnance plant today was in process either “approval or disapproval” ‘of [Of reducing its shell-loading lines “Even if it were appropriate to 2500 production workers. Lt. Col do so, I do not feel qualified to|Thomas N. Bradley, commanding state whether the bill would ac- Officer, said the plant would not be is intended or whether, from the| political or economic aspect, it| TRUMAN REVOKES would be desirable,” he said. CURB ON OVERTIME

Half of Workers Are Given Notice; Future . gan notifying about 1650 employees—half of the total workMore ‘probably will be laid off, the company indicated. badges and other company property know yet whether or not this latter Neutral on Remedy. 1000 Out at Allison considering a “jobs for all” bill} veteran. [ployees go within a month. make sure veterans will find work. | temporarily or permanently, reportwhen they went to war, } The four-star general made it (laid off, he added. the bill under consideration. to stand-by status after dismissing complish the purpose for which it |2bandoned. Wagner Predicts Passage

A similar OSS team landed at vealed that the consumer durable] Mukden but advised their head-|goods industry had agreed to proquarters that until the Japanese received permission from the Rus- | sians for the Americans to land they probably would be interned. Teams dropped at Shanghai and reported they probably would be unable to take any steps to liberate Americans until the formal signing of the Japanese surrender. The Peiping group reported that they were staying at the Grand hotel under “the courteous protection of imperial Japanese army headquarters” of North China. They said they were getting every kind of | Ickes emerged from a conference co-operation from the Japanese. |with President Truman today with

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ICKES SILENT ON TALK WITH TRUMAN

Sidesteps Query on Report He May Resign.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U. P). —Secretary of Interior Harold L.

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contracts wil continue to be filled |Staff in Manila yesterday: 5 Japan notified MacArthur by ra-

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PROBE OF INDIANA'S |

(Continued on Page ¢ 5—Column 5) | COL. TURNER'S WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (U. P.).

the federal government's proposed “variable grant” plan. Under this, social security funds would be al-

Kennett said Hartley told him he

—Col. Roscoe Turner, one of Amer-

had no recollection of the asserted!

chase and killing and that his first recollection after a quarrel in their home was of standing beside his wife with the knife in his hand. The sheriff’s office said the wea-

located to “poor states” at the expense of Indiana and other states

(Continued on Page 5—Column 3) DEPLOYMENT CEASES CASERTA, Italy Aug. 21 (U. P).| Air and sea movement of Amercan troops direct to the Pacific

from the Mediterranean theater has eased, it was announced today.

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'CHUTISTS DROP IN BERLIN BERLIN, Aug. 21 (U, P.).— Ninety-nine veterans of the 82d air-borne - division parachuted into

LOCAL TEMPERATURES Berlin in a demonstration jump

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musements., 20 Ruth Millett. Jack Bell 11 {Movies ....... Business 8 Philip Murray omics ....... 17|Obituaries rossword ... 17|Dr. O'Brien... Editorials .... 12| Fred Perkins. dw. Evans ,. 10| Radio "as 14 Ration Dates. Ars. Ferguson 14/Earl Richert. . orem 12| Mrs. Roosevelt eta Given... 14|Wm. P. Simms eroes ... 7 Sports R. HEinzen ,. 4 State Deaths n Indpls. ... 4 Jas. Thrasher nside Indpld. 11 Sid. Whipple. ane Jordan . 17 Al Williams . rles Lucey. 12/ Women's News urls 28 ime, With 4

campaign, the troops originally had been slated to jump into Berlin in {offensive operations,

Mrs. Pyle Asks

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By Scripps-Howard Newspapers ALBUQUERQUE, N, M, Aug. 21.—Mrs’ Ernie Pyle. widow of" America's best-known war correspondent, today asked promoters of the proposed multi-million dollar park and cemetery memorial at Dana and Terre Haute, Ind,

to abandon the projects im- - mediately.

ably oppcsed to a memorial of such proportions to her late husband, killed by the Japanese at

16 Sypua Jon Apr.

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today. . Veterans of the Salerno!

Mrs. Pyle said she was unalter--

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{ica’s most dashing aviators, today {faced a divorce suit by his wife Atty. Gen. Clark Acts on Caroline Stovall Turner, : S In a suit yesterday, she charged Registration Jam. {the flyer, who once held the transcontinental speed record and almost By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

every other flying speed mark in the country, with desertion. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.— Atty.| Turner, who is head of the Roscoe Gen. Tom Clark has ordered a new Turner Aeronautical Corp. in Ininvestigation of the alleged election dianapolis, signed a property settlefrauds in Indiana last November, ment last April giving his wife $300 it was learned here today. a month for life and $2500 in cash. As a result, the Federal Bureau| They were married in Se tember of Investigation has gone to work 1924, in Corinth, Miss., an Turner

on the case, with G-men question- |deserted her in June of 1938, Mrs. ing witnesses both here and in the | Turner charges,

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Promoters to Abandon

Multi-Million Dollar Memorial for Dana

The original plan, which called for a modest $35,000 library in Dana, where Ernie Pyle was born, has grown “beyond all reasonable bounds,” Mrs. Pyle said. “Ernie would be horrified and indignant.” The promoters’ latest plans call for an elaborately landscaped, lake-studded park and cemetery to which Ernie's body will be removed from Ie Shima. Mrs. Pyle says she would never consent to

Richard Condon, Inc, was supposed to start tomorrow. At the same time Mrs. Pyle again gave her endorsement to Indiana university's “modest” Ernie Pyle journalism scholarships as a “fitting memorial.” Mrs, Pyle's statement follows: “Since - my husband's death ‘many kindly, well-meaning. persons have proposed memorials to him. For these intentions 1 am sincerely grateful. But I am -greatly disturbed to learn that a

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They found 12 American prisoners the observation that reports he will

I resign soon are more plentiful “than crops of alfalfa.” | That was as far as the 7l-year-old veteran of the late President Roosevelt's cabinet would go toward commenting on rumors that he is seeking a showdown with President | Truman over his tenure in the’ new | {chief executive's cabinet. As to what he discussed in today’s conference with the Presfdent—his {first since Mr. Truman went to Berlin for the Big Three meeting— Ickes said, “I never talk about what transpires when I confer with

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CAB LIGENSING IS POSTPONED AGAIN

Legion Group Presses for Action on Measure. By KENNETH HUFFORD

Bradley was lead-off witness in| WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 (U. P.). senate banking committee hearings —President Truman today revoked on the measure. Chairman Robert! the three-year-old executive order F. Wagner (D. N. Y.), told report- restricting the payment of overers the bill is on a “must” list of time for work on Saturdays, Sunlegislation President Truman will says and Boaaps 4 BY the date send congress the day it returns 18. Oroer, . to work 5 . President Roosevelt in September, Wagner predicted that the pin | 1942. Was the first wartime control would .be passed this fall and go Imposed on wages. : Intc’ effect sof Jan. 1 | One fens of the TovORRlion will . "oy be to put bac into operation scores . Ww $ | : x a amy No be Wagner Saul lot collective bargaining - contracts went N 1" going | which provide that employees shall Bn a he Was |be paid time and a half or double

t 1d li oe the | time rates for working on Satursenators would realize he is “rather days, Sundays and holidays.

new” in his job. But he said that . a ———— if there is full employment, that is, “more or less continuous work MEMPHIS LIFTS BAN opportunities” for everyone - who * ’ wants a job, it would mean: ON THE SOUTHERNER 1. Less unemployment compensa-, MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. 21 (U. P.. tion would be paic veterans in the —The Memphis: censor board has form of readjustment allowances. lifted its ban of jhe film “The 2. Fewer veterans would go to Southerner” and wil permit the school under the G. I bill |picture to be exhibited in Memphis, 3. The government's position as a Board Chairman Lloyd T. Binford

loan-guarantor would be sounder. 4. Many veterans with partjal|

{sald today. g The ban was lifted, Binford said,

because theaters outside the city limits and across the Mississippi

disability would not claim compen- |

sation as long as they were gainfully employed. 5. The number of

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It happened again. That unaccountable lethargy that | sweeps the Republican majority of the city. council when the word “taxicab” is mentioned struck again last night. It postponed action on a taxicab licensing meas re, while a sizable group - of 11th district - American Legionnaires fumed. Led by Ralph Gregg, national judge advocate, and wearing their Legion caps, members of the group were stunned by the postponement. Legionnaires drifted out of the council chambers, where they were rallied by Mr. Gregg and Lawrence Duckworth, 11th district commander. The argument was renewed” outside between taxicab representatives and Legionnaires and became more heated as the two groups continued the exchange into the street. The council voted 6-3 to postpone action on the measure until its next meeting. Taxicab operators had asked the delay in order that John

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0 MEN WANTED Internationa! Harvester .Co. needs

the President.” L SUGGEST EYE TEST FOR SHARPSHOOTER

DUQUOIN, IIL, Aug. 21 (U, P.).— The family of Pfc. Frank H. Smith, who wore his sharpshooter’s medal

nois private in Germany:

fitted four years ago, it is of ut-| most importance that you do so at once, You cannot afford to risk the danger of further neglect.”

+ +» +» & boom in jaloppies . sheets for the shorts shortage . . . the last of the pay-checks . . . the pup that delivers. the mail . . .

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iriver in West Memphis, Ark., were showing the picture and “why {should Memphis movie houses be deprived of the income?" :

Here's How the Home Front

Picture Looks

{ WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (U. P).

CONSUMER GOODS—WPB lifts

}210 wartime production controls, “If you haven't had your eyes | examined since your glasses were]

clearing way for unlimited output of radios, refrigerators, trucks, stoves, washing machines and many other peacetime standbys. TIRES—Rationing ended on tires for farm and industrial use. Passenger tires expected to be ration-free by first of the year. AUTOMOBILES — Manufacturers will get go-ahead for unlimited production within a few days. SHOES—WPB lifts limitation on leather, assuring increased shoe production and an end of rationing in anywhere from a few weeks to a couple of months. ~ GASOLINE—OPA to cut prices effective Sept. 1 in 17 Eastern states and District of Columbia: Reduetions to range from six-tenths to 1.2 cents a gallon. ” SALVAGE—WPB urges voluntedr committees to stay on the job ugtil

to U. S. Today

Ireconversion is completed. Fats,

through the Normandy invasion and | —The home front picture as it looks oil and tin remain critically short. the German campaign. today sent today: the following message to the Illi-|

TRAVEL — Restrictions on rail travel and airlines priorities con{tinue in effect. However, coaches |that are being returned empty |after carrying troops now can be fused to accommodate civilian

| passengers.

CUTBACKS — Continue heavily. Latest include $425,000,000 ship|building cancellation by maritime {commission and $1,500,000,000 ordnance cutback by navy.

COTTON GOODS-—-Military cutbacks ‘free 90,000,000 yards for civilian use. x DRAFT—Armed forces to induct 63,000 men in 18-26 year category during September. Navy's Septem ber quota cut from 322,000 to 13,000. Army to take about 50,000 monthly, CHARGE ACCOUNTS — Government may make some modific ks $00n In regulations gov counts ;