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but I don't want to be In a false Jlight on that subject.
Ne Stand on Draft
Gen. Eisenhower refused to take
a definite stand on changing draft standards to bring in more men through selective service. "He remained quiet most of the time while for 15 minutes Mr.
Johnson and Senator Chapman
Revercomb (R, W. Va.) explained their conflicting views on the issue. Mr. Johnson wanted to increase the age limit as the only alternative to leaving in service men with two years experience. Mr. Revercomb heatedly opposed such a move. Mr. Revercomb challenged whether the draft was necessary at all, in view of the ever-increasing numbers of volunteers. Gen. Eisenhower replied that most of the volunteers were former service men, and they were entitled to a home furlough before beginning their new hitch. ‘With travel time from and to overseas bases, Gen. Eisenhower said, these volunteers were inactive for six months, Acting Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall told the committee yesterday ~4t was “sound” policy to use older men for occupation duty. * He apparently agreed with Senator Johnson's argument that an army of occupation needs mature minds more than the robust bodies] of 18-year-olds who make up the main portion of draftees now. The present draft is confined to men from 18 through 25 years of age. Quotas Not Filled The army's present physical and educational standards have left selective service unable to find the 50,000 draftees which the army requested each month. Mr, Royall believes that unless present rules are changed, selective service will be able to draft no more than 35,000 men monthly. Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey
Rescues Husband
From Car Fumes (Continued From Page One)
ing with the car. His wife was overwhelmed by the fumes. “How do you stand this?” she shouted. Mr. Williams stared at her sleepily, blankly. All he said was: “Will you help me?” She switched off the motor and he groped for tools in the rear seat of the automobile. She watched him. ” » ”r “FROM where I was standing,” Mrs. Williams related, “I could see only his hands reaching for | the tools. Then suddenly I realized his hands had quit moving. “I looked inside the car and saw him slumped over, I was terrified. I screamed and it seemed like the whole neighborhood
came on the run. Then I lifted . him by the armpits and pulled °
him into the yard. Later, a neighbor, Ralph Sutton, gave him artificial respiration. The police emergency squad sped to the scene in a matter of minutes. They clasped an oxygen mask to Mr. Williams’ nose. He revived within an hour. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been married 17 years. They have
two sons, David, 15, and James Jr., 16, and a daughter, Marcia Kay. 10. “We've always been very close,”
said Mrs. Williams.
STRAUSS SAYS:
: Wiliam H. I. Book Proposes New Personnel System. (Continued From Page One)
government to make a very drastic change in the long-established municipal custom of using city employment as a sinecure reward for political activity. . . . Modern, expert personnel methods are sorely needed, and that is not peculiar to this administration BY sng weal: “More systematic methods of ing, or paying for personnel serve ices, of promotion and of planning
order ‘drafting of men up to 45 years old. Actual ages, and physical qualifications, are set after consultation ‘with war department representatives. - The subcommittee could do mo more than. make recommendations. Would Lower Standards ‘Senator Johnson has net indicated what he feels the top age limit should be. He emphasizes, however, that many 4-F's and limited service men could be used for
[Blames Ice,
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the peace-time army’s many jobs which are no more strenuous than civiliah empieyment. : Senator Johnson argues ‘that all two-year men and all those with combat experience should be 1eleased within the next few weeks. Their actual release, under war deplans, would not come until about July 1.
trend of voluntary enlistments, the United States soon can have a mil-lion-man army composed entirely of volunteers. Senator Johnson proposes only a short-time speed-up in the draft. He will oppose extension of the selective service act, which is scheduled to expire May 15.
Revercomb argued that with a continuation of the present upward
and supervision or the work of these service departments is probe ably our most urgent need from the standpoint of efficient municipal services for a large and growing
made a start in this direction, - We have an outstanding example in the splendid results produced in the city park department, and Mayor Tyndall deserves every credit for this. The health and hospital department alse has made the beginning start on establishment of good personnel practices, Earned Promotions “Also, the personnel studies of two years ago led to.a more systemtaic method of wags and salaries with possibilities of earned promo-
tions and pay increases. But there has been a tendency to ignore that pay schedule, perhaps because political workers in the employment of the city were unsympathetic to personnel reform. “Our tinfe-worn Indianapolis system will undoubtedly return the streets to a comparatively clean condition, but we ‘can never be sure of steady, alert efficiency in our city services until the conditions outlined above are achieved. “Private employment has produced many sound principles of personnel management which are adaptable ‘to the public services, but there are differences. The public will not mind if the party in power uses public jobs to reward faithful political workers, if efficient public services are the result, Municipal government in this country has also evolved more efficient methods of personnel management, which do not ignore the political problems. It is time for Indianapolis to learn them and put them to use.”
Need Cleaning A representative of the North In-
dianapolis Civic league: “Of course, our streets are dirty. We all know
MISSIONARIES HERE T0 CONFER ON CONGO
The Rev. Virgil A. Sly, who recently returned from an inspection trip to Africa, is conferring here today with missionaries who will go to the Belgian Congo. Miss Virginia Clarke of Indianapolis and others from different states compose the missionary conference group. Various officials of the United Christian Missionary society in addition to the Rev. Mr. Sly are talking with the missionaries. He is executive secretary of the department of financial resources of the Disciples of Christ. . His detailed report of -conditions and needs in the Congo, compiled over a six-month visit, furnishes the basis of conference discussion. It describes Disciples’ missions, all of which he saw while in Africa, and tells what is being done by missionaries of other denominations and the Congo Protestant council. Missionaries who are in conference in adidtion to Miss Clarke are:
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tion city collectors. “The limit oh garbage containers is 12 gallons, on ash cans 20 gallons, says Mr. Frazier. Some use cardboard boxes that disintegrate when they are lifted, spilling their contents pell mell. There also appears to be mitch confusion here, over the distinction between garbage and rubs bish. The sanitation plant, Mr. Fragier observes, loses $10,000 a year because in reducing the city’s waste to fatty acids and livestock feed, it is obliged to comb solids from its garbage
As defined by Mr. Frazier, gar bage is unused food—and food only. Not old radios, Not dishtowels. Not bottles, Not trays. Not birdcages. And certainly not tombstones, even though one was found in a garbage can re-
cently. 9 “
. » PAPER likewise fouls up reduction plant gears, Regardless of how hard -it tries, the sanitation division can't reduce paper to valuable chemicals or something for hogs to eat. “All insoluble junk should be placed in with the ashes,” Mr. Frazier remonstrated. Since Mr. Frazier has been in charge (he took over last spring during the collection strike), he says most complaints are answeéred within 48 hours. This is no easy task, he declares, because the city has but three trucks with which to clear overlooked neighborhoods, “ONCE WE'VE fallen behind, it’s impossible for us to catch up before the next time around with the wagons,” Mr. Frazier laments. As an example, he Says, the city is still trying to recover from the accumulation that stacked up during Christmas week when crews were off two consecutive days. Foul, sleety weather Christ mas eve forced one of those offdays. © The regular Christmas holiday was the second. “I can't understand why people expect us to venture out on
Carelessness [ME ‘Trash APL
‘and hotels reserve the privilege
to drive their automobiles,” deplores the sanitation boss.
trict: closed that while the city has a single truck restricted to mile square pickups, most restaurants
of selling their garbage to inde~ pendent food dealers. Thus, when independent collections bog do ‘municipal hands are tied, they say, because several hotels have injunctions preventing the city from picking
effectiveness also is greater than it ever has been, he says. “Of course, you have exceptions,” he admits, “but the vast majority work like hell” - . » UNDER a recent salary boost, collection laborers receive 80 cents an hour, drivers 85 cents an hour. But equipment is the big bare rier to maximum efficiency, Mr. Frazier insists, Half of the 65 serviceable trailers are sub-par,
The sanitation chief says he is requesting 40 new trucks immediately. Eventually, he hopes to substitute low-slung motorized garbage haulers for the rusty trailers, ® » ; HE ALSO is considering a plan whereby residents would be asked to separate the burnable and non-burnable items. The city would aequire four dumps (for its own use exclusively) as receptacles for the combustion rubbish. Mr, Frazier likewise is examing a proposal to rezone collec~ tion routes so that each crew would restrict its efforts to a relatively small area instead of working all over town. Thus, crewmen would be closely identified with their respective neighborhoods and responsibility or credit could be pinned down,
days when they themselves refuse
Tomorrow: “Our Dirty Streets.
Police Probe Mysterious Mishaps to Local Family
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that. They certainly need cleaning. And I'm not in favor of the way this administration is ic care of things.” Paul Wetter, president of the! Federation of Community Civic clubs: “This is still winter. No doubt a lot of work on the streets will be needed. Every avail-| able day the city ought to be cleaning the streets. They claim their equipment is bad, though.” Other comments: Kirkwood Yockey, executive vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce: “Speaking only for myself, I think the streets are in bad shape. But I feel it's a condition that can’t be helped. The city is short-handed and the situation” is unavoidable.” Streefs All Right Harry Alford, president of the Brookside Civic league: “The city never did much on the streets in the winter, did it? In general I ‘think the streets are all right. Of course, they take a short-cut. . You know how that is.”
E. B. Smith, Hiram, O.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Gray Russell and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Weeks, Nashville, {Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Hob-| good, , Ky.; Drs. Howard ‘and Marjorie Horner, Dayton, O., {and Miss Martha Bateman, Mansfield, 1. Dr. C. M. Yocum, executive secretary of the department of Africa and India missions, is directing the conference. sam
PLAN JAP TRIALS SHANGHAI Jan. 17 (U. P)~— American military authorities revealed today that they soon will begin trial of the Japanese responsible for execution of three of Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s Tokyo raiders.
HEADS NATIONAL GUARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (U. P). —President Truman today nominated Brig. Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger of North Platte, Neb. to be chief of the national guard bureau of the war department,
A mass holiday seems to be in the air. Florida . . . the Southwest and just outside the U. S, border are preparing for more vacationers than at any time since 1941 . . . (according to a current publication). This brings gay, spirited
PLAYTIME CLOTHES
Yo every woman's mind , , . and Strauss Woman's Shop has a nice selection , . . in dresses, play suits, slack suits and such . . . and more are coming in every day. They are . . . withdut exception . . . beautifully styled and distinctive in cut and finishing. We've sketched one dress we liked especially . . .
It's of fine chambray . . . the bolero in smart bluish gunmetal grey . , . the full skirt and halter are the same grey with wide diagonal stripes in turquoise, coral or yellow. Very good locking.
SKIRT and BOLERO, 14.95 HALTER, 5,00
Ze b. Truss 5 He INC The Specialty Shop for Tailored Women
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|she entered the bedroom, heard a 4ownstairs ransacked. Entry was noise and was struck from behind. | gained by unlocking the front door.
Saw G. IL Boots “I just had returned from taking the children to school and someone 4 could have entered and hid while 1 was away,” she said. “I never saw who struck me but | while I lay on the floor I could see {a man’s feet. They were in G. L boots.” : Mrs. Sanders then was bound to
for 26 days. About two weeks after returning from the hospital she heard a noise about 2:30 p. m. as though someone were trying to open a window. Investigating, she saw a man peering in the back door. Seeing Mrs. Sanders, he ran and vaulted the backyard fence, Silver Abandoned
Three weeks ago the entire family was home about § p. m. when | suddenly a downstair's window was | shattered by a sharp blow. Following physical recovery from the slugging, Mrs. Sanders’ doctor advised her to go to work to keep her mind off her recent ordeal. By 8:20 a. m. everyone is gone from the-house.-On Jan. 9 someone entered the home between 8:20 and 9:30 a. m. A silver table service valued at’ $45
the bed and gagged. She suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized,
was taken but left in the back yard. Some cigarets were stolen and the
Returns for Loot
Tuesday the procedure was reated during the same hours. This time the table service is gone as are two pairs of silk hose and a new shirt. Entry was gained through the front door which had been locked. The entire house was ransacked and rugs were torn up.
Yesterday morning s similar act
time. fire.
known. Tuesday night Mr. Sanders changed the front door lock and yesterday firemen had to break in to fight the blaze.
Have Harmed Neo One
“But someone had been. In there,” Mrs. Sanders said. “I was the last to leave the house. Before going, I put the dog out. When the firemen came the dog was inside. Someone had broken the glass in the back storm door but hadn't gotten in there.” “To our knowledge we never have harmed anyone or made enemies. The only ones we can think of as causing any trouble are those involved in molesting the girls and those questioned by police after my wife was slugged,” he said.
INCREASE IS SHOWN BY MEMORIAL FUND
The Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Memorial fund, presented for the benefit of Indianapolis citizens by Charles Warren Fairbanks, in 1913, increased in both par and market value during 1945, acording to the board of trusteés. On an original investment of |
$119,554.75 par value, a gain of $3,434.70, and $136,480.43 market value, an advance of $5,135.66 over 1044 figures, The trust's securities, held by the Indiana National bank, are invested in war and victory bonds ,govern-
ment and school bonds. Expenditures for Operation of the fund amounted to $130.30 for the year.
$50,000, the fund has increased to | Harrison Pinch, B. ,F. Stubbs and
'Y. M. C. A. ALUMNI CONVENES TONIGHT
Y. M. C. A. residence will be held in the Lincoln room of Central Y. M. OC. A. at 6:30 p. m. tonight. Those . present will be Albert Stump, Neal Grider, Othniel Hitch, J. L. Guthridge, John O. Lewis, Ralph’ Kinzer, Karl Schlueter, George Gill, Ralph A. Smith, L. D. fOlaycombe, F. W, Sterger, D. J. Angus, M. C. Finney, George Rinier, H. Willis,
Bert Servaas, William
J. B. Martin,
REFUGEES TO ENTER U. 8S. OSWEGO, N. Y,, Jan. 17 (U. P.). —The first contingent of 924 European refugees, who have been guests of the United States at’ Ft. Ontario for almost two years, left for Niagara Falls, Ont. today to re-enter this country as legal immigrants under quotas of their native countries.
EVENTS TODAY
National J i. opary association, naeet- ., Beve aioe’ # Fetagioun Co., meeting, 9 =. n rin.
Indians Federation of Laber, 10 a, m,, Ay poo! Indianapolis Real Estate Board, luncheon, 12: m., Washington National ‘Association © Life Underwriters, luncheon, noon, Lincoln. Omega Nu Tau, meeting, 7:30 p. m., Washington.
EVENTS TOMORROW North Ametiegn Sisto council, meeting Severin
Pp. A Ba Savings & Loan league, dinner,
Ene — luncheon, 12:18 p. m., Claypoo
Indians League of Home Dairies, luncheon, 12:1, p. m., Claypool. Salvation Army, luncheon, 12:15, Washing-
p. m., Athletic club, Infantile Paralysis Campaign luncheon, 12:30 p. m., Athlstie club, Electric League of Indi anapellis, dinner, 9 p. m., Athletic club:
BIRTHS
Girls
At St. Francis—Merritt, Margaret | wit At Coleman—Roscoe, Mildred Fields;
Toup,
garet
Ja hy. Summer
Wan
IN INDIANAPOLIS
meeting,
Better Busipess Bureau, ‘luncheon, 12:18
Herman, Amabile Schults; Herman, Mar~
t Diet At Methodist—William, Mildred Love; Rus sell, Getitude Straley; Benjamin, Doro-
Vineent's—Vern n, Clorine Stanley; | Pr an, Irene tland. .
At Home-—William, Opal . Dennis, 1639 Yandes; Hardin, Ruth Hayes, 557 Ww. Morris, William, Josephine Richardson, 1422 Mill; Will, Lillle Thomas, 3539 Columbia; John, Jessie Phillips, 962 N, Tremont; Arthur, Josephine LaFollette, 508 Holly. Boys
At St. Francis—Cecll, Ralph, Josephine Tresse At City—Robert, Gladys "Boyd;
Ruth Boardman; Gilbert,
Sue Maxey. At Coleman Robert, a Smith; Dr. John, Frederick At Methodist—Basil, Bt Means; Roland, Ruby Kittle; Jack, Marie Vornholt; Roscoe, Miriam Sanders; Carl, LavVeune Kespoh!; David, Ruth Groun At St. Vineént’ sCieorge, Violet Olark;
Harry, Madolya Harlan.
a Homes-Robert: Wilma Lacy, 5703 BR.
ington: . Curtis, Norma Nowland, or Prospect; William, Mary Harris, 505 Arbor, DEATHS
Mary Catherine Bradbury, 57, at 2083 Caroliae, chronle myosarditis Rilla Dai vidson, 63, at 1120 N. Buclid, carcine Louls ry Anthony, 80, at 2115 N. Capitol,
carcino . Priede “Maria Bohr, 42, at St. Vincent's,
william, “Robert Riney, 43, at City, sdenoma, John Harper,
46, ab City, tuberculosis. Clarence A. Griffith; 61. at St. Vincent's, chrcinoma Phyllis Ogden, 10 days, at St.
pulmonary
Vincent's,
formula,
major meat packers and two striking unions met in Washington with atti Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach in an effort to end a nationwide walkout, idling nearly 300,-
inghouse and 8 plants ts were strikebound for the third consecutive day. Albert J.
trical union workers, sald the union would agree to arbitrate “the whole wage issue” if the companies would also
Horse-drawn trallers are obso- |O: ut workers negotiators, only lete. Onlf three wornout trucks |WWO cents apart from a wage agreehave been replaced since 1940, |ment, continued their pay talks today as the company announced it
.| Electric Co, employees, conferred on
apparently was in progress at the But the result was the
How entry was gained is no$
Reunjon of 1918 alumni of the’
" |soldiers to Camp Atterbury at the
End Nation-Wide. Tieup.
deadlocked principals industry tone if they dd as. | would be t rive at a wage | 8 would submit his own settlement [Japan was going to attack theifo
t today he
"TWO: Representatives of the
start at 3 p. m. (Indianapolis time) Japan “inevitable.” _ THREE Adm, Kimmel said ward . renewal of negotiations be-|gerial tween CO. I. O. electrical workers and Svenlo1 of General Electric, West-
: There was no- move to-
and General Motors, whose
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to | *It was by
tude and was going
fleet in Pearl Harbor were device which “the best brains our navy department” had bben able to produce, Seth W. Richardson, council
Fitzgerald, president of the elec-
agree. FOUR: Ford Motor Co. and C. I.
had exceeded 1946 reconversion schedule for the first time. John 8. Bugas, Ford's industrial relations director, sald that the company produced 2251 cars and trucks yesterday, or more than 50 per, cent of the production’ rate to which it had linked pay increase offers to the U. A, W. The conferees met for two hours and scheduled another talk for tomorrow. FIVE: Officials of six independent unions, representing 51,000 Western
the possibility of another nationwide telephone tie-up. Ready to Intervene . The President revealed his readiness to intervene in the steel dispute following six hours of fruitless discussion yesterday between OC. I. O. President Philip Murray and Benjamin Fairless, president of the U. 8. Steel Corp. A steel agreement generally was considered a prerequisite to settlement of similar wage disputes in the meat packing and electrical manufacturing industries. The meat strike, now in its seeond day, already had curtailed meat supplies. - Striking A. PF. of L. meat union leaders yesterday announced they would ‘tall off their end of the walkout for an additional 15 cents an hour, but C. I. O, officials stuck by a 17%-cent demand. Top industry offer .was 10 cents from Swift & Co.
Storm Picket Lines In Kansas Oity, Kas, members of the Independent Packinghouse Workers union forced their way through a 400-man picket line into the Swift & Co. packing plant here
More than 40 Kansas City, Kas, police drove a flying wedge into the picket line to escort the independent union workers to their jobs
The independent union had voted two to one against joining the nationwide packing house workers’ strike, and yesterday the United Packing House Workers (C.1.0) set up a picket line in front of the Swift plant. Police Disperse Pickets In Les Angeles, 100 policemen, using gas and clubs, today dispersed a picket line of 1500 C. I. O. electrical workers massed about the struck plant of U, 8, Motors, Ine. :
the plant after the violent fighting which followed ,police reading of a court injuction lmiting pickets do four at a gate,
A number were injured in the bloody melee, and wholesale arrests of the pickets were made. .Meanwhile, in Evansville, Ind., the three « and « one « half = month « old Bucyrus-Erie strike ended today, Striking machinists voted to accept a company offer as a temporary basis for returning to work pending further negotiations. The company offer was made yesterday, breaking a stalemate in which the company refused to make any proposals until the workers returned to work. The company offer reportedly provides a 5 cents an hour increase. Some 630 production employees were affected.
C.1 0. Cutis Demand
It had beconie increasingly evident that C. I. O. auto workers would junk their 30 per cent wage increase demands for a 19%-cent hourly raise, but U. A. W, President R., J. Thomas yesterday made it official. Writing in the union's publication, the United Autoworker, Mr. Thomas said: “A pattern of wage increases at arqund 17% per cent to 18 per cent (about 19 cents an hour) is developing. The C. I. O. unions, including our own, have indicated a willingness to accept this figure as # compromise so that civilian production .may proceed.” Threat of a renewed interruption of telephone service centered in a strike of 17,000 New York area Western Electric employees. Other Western ‘Electric workers were contemplating sympathy walkouts.
PASSENGERS PULL GUN ON CAB DRIVER
A taxi driver today told police he had been forced to drive two
point, of a gun. william A. Rutherford, 33, of 430 E. Michigan st. said he picked the two soldiers up shortly before midnight, One of the men drew a revolver on him when he wanted to stop for ‘gas before taking them to the camp. - He said?” the men jumped from the cab and ran through a field after ordering him to stop this side
broncho-pneumonia. St. Vincent's,
ank L. Cooney, 69, at
Fifty office workers then entered |
of Atterbury,
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STRAUSS SAY 8?
A Few Stray Remarks With CALIFORNIA: Accent
Note Please Something ’ timely and well-put from Los Angeles! From Mullen and Bluett (that's a good store, too)—We've re-drawn the Picture, jo get it
within this space. a Sriginal i was of heroic a We're a ‘reprinting the copy word for word. It's gov! |
Let's Give the Boys : A Break!
New civilian clothes would have bean 10 ice Yo come homis to,
for. Stags in The detlingend furni are acute at ae bly the worst in the nation's history!
Veterans are returning in vast muibes from the four corners of the world, They don't care why there's a hartage of dries Theyre interested one seat clothes! Suits, shirts, underwear. we Need them right now, tool .
whip a big job in a hurry everlastingly grateful if you help them § another big job « + « 8 Chan again,
So Soda if tH you can war poly ot Don't th our | you figure your Heth is as great as theirs!
We think you'll agree with us, the boys deserve this break
Broadway at 6th ‘ 4 Los Angeles
From Mr. Jackman of Los Angeles some LEISURE JACKETS than which there are none finer! There's a Navy Blue Flannel ' with "silver" buttons .. , and a sand colored flannel at $30 per copy. There is a nd weave enriched with cashmere “en mmm “ee at $35. ’
And there are California Casual OXFORDS for Gentlemen... 3 made of glove-like leathers... po at $10 and a special number" of a brown gabardine, 8.50,
AND CALIFORNIA is doing ih TR {omeihing super in the field of b WOMEN'S Sportswear. The “Zip-Eze" in the 1946 version (across the page) is an example.
And if the front page news ho of the strikes distresses you . , . fur % for a moment to those : ; Glémetaus, glossy pages in the omen’s Fashion Magazines—and see the ten-strike (excuse i oh that California has made in the field itary of Swim and Sun Wear! ‘ id \ It's nothing—and it's terrific!
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