Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1945 — Page 13

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DISPUTE LOCA 10N ‘OF MAGNETIC POLE,

R.A.F. Polar Explorers Fix Point 300 Miles From Previously Supposed Location.

By ARTHUR GUNDERSON

United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Dec. 31.—A century-old arctic belief was disputed today by 11 R.A. B- polar explorers who claimed discovery of the true mag- | Oklahoma for as little as $2.20 a netic North Pole above the tip of North America, 300 Miles north-north- month. But don't get ideas. Hell

west. of its supposed location on Boothia peninsula. * Word of the discovery was received here by the Royal Geographic | society from R. A. PF. Wing Cmdr. D. C. McKinley, who piloted a con-

» verted British Lancaster bomber

"across the magnetic pole last May. McKinley reported that he and -his “10 fellow explorers fixed the true location of the magnetic pole i wir along the coast of McClintock channel Technical details of th

fight were withheld sending. oo. Kinley’'s return to London. He is scheduled to give the Royal society | a complete account of his discovery on Feb. 18. Fragments of his report made | public by the society revealed that | the perilous mission was executed | under incredibly difficuit conditions | to gather weather information badly | . needed by the allied air forces. They flew through temperatures ranging to 35 degrees below 2¢ro| over arctic wastes where the sligh'est mishap would have meant death for the entire expedition.

By coincidence, the explorers left gl

England on May 10, 1945, exactly 100 years after the start of the ill-| fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin, who set out in 1845 to discover the northwest passage. There were no survivors of that | voyage, but 14 years later Frank-| lin’s

like off the Newfoundland banks. Flew Converted Bomber McKinley's group selected the period from May 10 to May 26 for the flight because that is the optimuri period for the sun and moon, both of which are above the horizon 90 degrees apart during those two weeks, giving the best direction guides. They flew in the specially-con-verted four-engine bomber Aries, which made a successful global flight in the autumn of 1944. For the polar flight, the Aries was stripped of all camouflage, armor ‘and armament, and its nose and tail were streamlined. Those modifications increased its gasoline load | to 4000 gallons and enabled the | plane to be fitted with extra ob- ‘ vation domes. .. - The expedition took off from its forward base in Iceland on May 16, 1945. Severe icing conditions * beset the fliers ‘from the start, and | théy were forced to turn back after flying nine hours toward their goa They took a two-hour rest nd * started again, shaping their course | farther east from Iceland to get | around the extensive frontal gale There | they ran into their coldest weather. | of the entire flight, 35 degrees below zero.

their compasses indicated the their ompassesc indicated the plane, flying at 15,000 feet, was ex- | actly over the true magnetic pole. ,, McKinley dropped a Union Jack the spot and circled the pole ‘times to to allow his photogratake pictures of the locaen they. set course for their | base, which they reached after the take-off. ~ Their discovery appeared to have ted a scientific belief held since 131, when a British expedition un+ Capt. John Ross claimed to fixed the location of the mag- | pole on’ the west coast of penifisula,. northernmost,’ of the North American conti- |

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WARPALLHANGS fa “= OVER ARGENTINA

Brazil Sees Strife Strife in Peron Election.

By ERNIE HI | Times Foreign Cor dent | RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec.

31.—Brazilians are discussing openly the possibility of war against Argentina within two. years. They believe that Juan Domingo

‘Peron will be elected president of

Argentina in the Feb. 24 balloting and that war may - result after Ar-|

f- involved in a row | j with either Urusq guay or Chile. Herbert Moses, | president of Bra-| zil's National Press association and one of the] Mr. Hill the powerful newspaper, O Globo, is one of many who take a dark view | of South America’s immediate future. While the United States has been reluctant to sell. airplanes to Argentina, the British recently closed

The acquisition of ‘aircraft, together with the construction of military roads and the building of barracks along the Chilean border, has convinced the Brazilians that Argentine ambitions . will produce bloodshed. One Per Cent Nazi Mr. Moses is telling visitors to South America that only about one per cent of the Argentines are Nazi {in attitude. Ninety-nine per cent {are purely Buenos Aires-influenced toward the rest of ‘South America, {the United States and Pan-Amer-

|icanism. Despite recent fears of Argentina, {other South- American -countries have shown little interest in the: Uruguayan proposal providing for joint intervention ~ in countries |where the people are denied libere ties and are ruled forcibly by mili-. [tary dictatorships. The Uruguayan plan of interven/tion has been held unacceptable by ‘Brazil because it would permit countries to take action in -domestic affairs. - Most {other countries have taken the same view, | “The recent - government decree granting ‘Argentine workers 18 to 25 per cent salary raises and giving "them a full ‘month’s salary at the end of the year, is expected to pro'ducé new support for Peron. among | working. ¢lements.. oinse'y

Coiild Be Cleared vp.

Ambassador Spruille - Braden left: Buenos ‘Aires. to’ become assistant secrptiry of staté in Washington, he said ‘that the situation eould be cleared up only by the Argentines themselyes, because the ‘British opposed economic sanctions. ’ The hemisphere [foreign ministers , in March or April, will attempt to write a formal treaty to prevent wars in this part of the world. = -At. this time, however, even the | most optimistic see little ‘hope in the situation.

Qopyright, 1945, by The. “Indiana ; mes d The Chicago. Daily New oy a

BLIND 35 YEARS, ‘NOW DELPHOS MAYOR

DELPHOS, O., Dee, A WW. Py Carl Eiche; who has been blind for

| Uncle ‘Sam will sell you a federal

| came a state in 1807, so -it has no

when U. & Then they set up in a hotel and

erence. “of | impossible.

{1s brought in by individuals.

THE INDIANAPOLIS | TIMES ___ J

PERMITS SOLD INNuernberg Already Famed as TOTES LOSS OF

DRY OKLAHOMA'

U. S. Will Give "Give Licence but Jail Term Threatens.

By JIM G. LUCAS * Scripps-Howard Staff Writer OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 31.—

'retail liquor dealers’ license in dry

throw you in jail if he catches you

i the "position - it's I. none of its busilB ness why 465 Oklahomans bought federal lii quor stamps last month. Maybe they just collect stamps. Tech nically, such a permit in | Oklahoma entitles ‘you to sell whisky without Uncle Sam's interference, if you can get liquor without bringing it across the state line. Oklahoma has had a constitutional prohibition amendment since it be-

Mr. Lucas

licensed distilleries here. Some say the moonshine they | make is better than bonded stuff, but it's

Sam. While one branch of the bureau)

The war crimes trials at Nuernberg—now recessed for. the holidays brings {0 mind the sry. of the Iron Virgin &f-Nuernberg. The Iron Virgin was an engine of torture and punishment. George Ryley Scott in his “History of Torture. Throughout the Ages” report-. ed that a Dr. Mayer, keeper of the srchives of Nuernberg, an apparatus undoubtedly existed in the castle of Nuernberg. A specimen was found in a collection of antiquities belonging to a Baron “Diedrich who said he bought it from someone who Ob= tained it during the French revolution. Some believe the apparatus was invented in Spain in the 16th century and imported into Germany while Charles V reigned over both countries. Embraced the Victim B A Prench officer under Gen. La- DY means of machinery back’ 6f the] salle described one discovered in a vault cer said it was a wooden figure representing the Virgin Mary. The fore part of the body was equipped with narrow blades with their points turned toward the spectator. An attendant told the officer the instrument was devised for use on {heretics and blasphemers. The ac[cused was taken into the vault and {placed ‘in front of the figure, over down in Pushmataha county |which * played a weird, flickering

strictly not recognized by Uncle ight.

sharp,

Operated by an unseen mechanic, |the figure would ‘open {ts arms to |

Home of the 'lron Virgin’

ASTON the accused, as if inviting him ‘to in Staff Writer seek forgiveness. Overwhelmed with awe and astonishment, the prisoner oftén would walk into the embrace. If he didn’t, he was pushed. Almost imperceptibly, “the -arms enfolded him. until the slowly began to pierce his body. If he refused to confess, his captors either let the engine squeeze and {stab him to death. or they took him off to some other form of torture.

German Device Different Dr. Mayer said that in Germany the device was different. The Nuernberg + machine was made of sheet iron and set on a strong frame. The front formed two folding doors. Inside the swinging right breast’ of the figure were 13 blades. In the left, there were eight. ) The victim was backed into the recess. He was obliged to stand. The two doors were pressed shut

said such

statue. The blades were not necessarily long enough to kill. After the apparatus had closed. it would open again and eject ,a cradle of swords.

at Toledo, Spain. The offi-

blades |

DRIVING SKILL

Safety Expert S Says It Is Causing Accidents.

AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. The real reason for a nation-wide

has followed the end of the war is that you and all the other people who nursed the old family bus through the war years have forgotten how to drive. Take it from Col. Homer Garrison, director of the Texas department of highway safety. He says you've lost a lot of traffic judgment and that your driving has deterierated—just like your prewar caf. Lost Speed Judgment Garrison and his staff, studying

deaths; injuries and accident damage which followed the end of gasoline rationing, say that bad tires, bad brakes and wornout, war-weary cars: aren't the major cause. - “The real blame should be placed

Just how this second contrivance |

the body set it in motion.

pieces.

folding doors contained

on the post-war driver,” said Col.

was operated has not been ex-|Carrison. “Most drivers spent the

plained. Presumably the impact of | War driving around ‘in circles in The |their home town. They drove slow,

sharp blades sliced the body to because they had to, and they've

|forgotten how to judge speeds, how

The Nuernberg engine had one '0 tell how soon an approaching |

{accessory not found in Spain. The |car will reach you, and how to han- | two long | dle a car at high speed on the

poniards set at. the level of the highway’

(victim's head. These were intended for the eyes.

i gentina becomes of internal revenue is selling liquor

stamps, another is enforcing the ‘liquor enforcement act of 1936. This

of dry states. It says you can't import whisky into dry states. Oklahoma also has the Hastings

forgot to repeal when national pro- | hibition went out. This law says you

| Indians resent it. But occasionally, it's enforced. Indians Resent Law Five years ago, .50 per cent of the criminal cased In Oklahoma's three federal ‘districts were liquor cases. Of those, 75 per cent involved moonshine stills. The other 25 per cent involved licensed liquor dealers. During the war, liquor cases fell off. Gasoline rationing halted liquor running. Priorities on copper forced moonshiners out of busthess. A lot of bootleggers and liquor runners went to war. A favorite stunt of judges from 1941 to 1944 was to parole a bootlegger if he'd enlist. Now the boys are coming back. And liquor running from Illinois, Missouri, Texas and Arkansas has post-war possibilities. Liquor cases in federal court are increasing. So far, there's no kingpin to replace Pop Sanford, who went to prison in 19042, but one probably will emerge. ) Most From Illinois Liquor comes to Oklahoma principally from Ilinois. East 8t. Louis is the fountainhead. A. lot also comes from Dallas and Ft. Smith, Ark. You pay exhorbitant prices for good liquor. Unlike Mississippi, Oklahoma preseryes the appearance of being serious about prohibition. There are no cocktail lounges. You carry your own, and buy a setup, but you keep the bottle under the table. Good. liquor sells for $15 and $16 a Afth; $8 a pint: The usual procedure ‘is to obtain a telephone number and teil ‘them you know Joe, « Some soldiers and ‘sailors have found bootlegging profitable. They buy it in a wet state, or they get it on post from an obliging officer.

make a deal with the bell captain.

- Federal, authorities admit. liquor|comes in."Once it gets in, Shlghie: ment is up to the sheriffs. Oklahoma’s 77 sheriffs say they do what they can, but real enforcement is Federal officers ay much whisky comes in via legitimate truck con-

the deal, but a bootlegger easily can arrang¢’ "with a driver fo throw in a few cases of liquor. The driver makes more from the liquor than for a day's work, Still more of it.

Oklahomans seldom make an out- | of-state trip without bringing some"thing back for themselves and ely neighbors. »

35 years, will-be.-sworn in on New Year's day as this city's mayor. Mr. Eiche was struck ‘in the eje with a stone in 1910, but overcame

“McKinley's. his, physical ‘Handicap by complet.

ing 10 years of study at the Ohio

lmbus. He was sratuateq with ® diploma of ‘honor. For the past eight yonih Mr, Eiche has heid a seat in city eotthetl

State School for the Blind. in Co-|

W.C.T.U. PROPOSES ‘A TOAST—WITH PUNCH|

EVANSTON, Jil, Dec. 31:<U. P.). —The women's” ‘Christian Temperance - Unio sii tonight the following toast—with hot spiced

punth—-for, use by New Years. vel

Pledss: perpetia hate. . “To all which-cah toxicate.”

23,000 Troops

By UNITED PRESS Thirty-five ships were due to dock at east and west coast ports today |and with approximately 23,000 troops. DUE. AT NEW YORK:

is troops 8 civil. Bins, ms SE

ms, wept Se Eo company and ayy truck comunits

East and West Ports Today]

a” RE. J] TRUE PY01 and 1300 with

Due to Reach

[30 ini iantty Si¥iatoa, uarters comJans of 33h in. and MrViaton 14th medical battalion a Riya shop talion. 201 undesignated cope Trambull—584 4 Jheluding ron “S00th ~ %

mbert SY Cadwaitader—876 troops, in85th railway shop battalion and

pl Se ie Belle. neous person

|re-deployment box score: 26th, 36th, 89th and 90th Infantry urday: | amendment, which the legislature Divisons, 179th General Hospital, Kingdom, 5000 left for United First Traffic Regulating group, 10th Stated. top executives Of | oon sel] whisky to an Indian. Some | Traffic Regulating Group, 313th and; 20th Infantry Division: First ele315th Field Artillery battalions and | ments moving into Bremerhaven. 305th Engineer Combat battalion: All on the high seas. 100th Infantry Division: elements on high seas.

82d Airborne Division: Shuttling | Morris. Alerted: 94th Division and 22d Corps headquarters.

to United Kingdom from Le Havre for shipment home.

Enforcement Impossible TT

cerns, The mansgement-isn't-in onf

I't U.S. Divisions Now On High Seas

law was enacted at the insistence PARIS, Dec. 31 (U. P.).—Today's

80th Infantry Division: First shipment sailed for United States Sat7500 shuttling to United

2d Armored Division: Now in Calais staging area. 84th Infantry Division: Advance detachments at Camp Phillip

First

Two new menaces have been added to post-war highways and they're partly responsible for the booming American trafic death rate, according to the Texas experts. Little Chance to Learn

These are returning servicemen who haven't been behind the wheel of a passenger car for years and youngsters who grew up during the war and didn't learn to drive like their big brothers and sisters did because Daddy couldn't spare the gasoline or the tires during rationing. “These youngsters learned what little they know about driving on *ity streets,” said Garrison. “They don't know a thing about open highway driving. Couple them with |

brakes and you've got trouble.”

to all.

31 (U. P=}

inerease in traffic accidents which

a 54 per cent increase in highway.

RK. F. Wilson TWO WAR VETERANS have |

H. 8. Wileox

been added to the staff of the Spencer W. Curtiss advertising agency here. Howard 8. Wilcox, former Indi-

anapolis newspaperman and son of the late championship race driver “Howdy” Wilcox, has joined | the copy department. Robert F. Wilson, veteran artist here, has rejoined the art department. Mr. Wilcox was discharged a major and served three and onehalf years, more than a year in the European theater. Among his decorations were the Silver Star, British Military Cross, - Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Graduate | of Indiana university, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He is married and ‘has one son. ~*~ Mr. Wilson, a corporal in the army air forces, was in service since February, 1943, and spent 10 months on Tinian in the Pacific: Mr. Wilson and his daughter reside at 1424 8. New Jersey st.

BICKERS’ VISIT HERE

Charles E. Bickers and his wife, Patricia Ann, are spending the holiday season with his mother, Mrs. Cleste Bickers, 2334 Guilford ave. Recently discharged from the navy he served as pharmacist mate first class, The couple will return to Mrs. Bickers’ home in Los Angeles, Cal, ‘Jan, 12 where Mr. Bickers will attend the University of Southern |California. He formerly carried The Times.

HOLD WATCH PARTY A public card and watch party, | sponsored by the Monday Night club, will be held tonight at 8

wornout cars, poor tires and bad o'clock in the I. O. O. F. hall, Ham-

ilton ave. and E. Washington st.

As we stand upon the threshold of a

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AFTER NAVY SERVICE|

Three Children Injured ~ When Cars: Collide.

Seven persons, three of them chile | dren, were hurt in four traffic ace cidents. yésteterday.

injuries received when the car in which she was a passenger collided with another at Illinois and Miche | igan sts. | Struck by an automobile early | yesterday as she crossed Massae« | chusetts ave. in the 800 block, Mrs, | Elste Church of 1543 College ave, {is in fair condition at City hospital,’ A three-car crash at 16th and’ | Meridian sts. injured a passenger, |Mrs. Holda Toon, of 1718 N. New Jersey st in Methodist hos{pital with head injuries and Lester | White of 1407 N. Delaware st, & driver, who Yeceived- a nee. a knee injury,

FRENCH WILL GET LESS BREAD IN 46

Times Foreign Service PARIS, Dec. 31. —France will bee gin the New Year by tightening its bread-belt under a low point ration plan. Prenchmen will receive less bread than they did for nine months in 1945. Instead of 350 grams (about. 12 ounces) daily, Frenchmen-—for whom bread is like manna—will be alloted only 300 grams (about 10% ounces). Ration cards, su bee fore the October rectiond wil be reinstated. Reasons given for this new mease ure is the sharp drop in imports of wheat from the United States, Argentina and Canada. About 20, 000,000 -quintals- (2,000,000 long tons) were expected here this year, bus only 6,000,000 quintals actually were delivered.