Hammond Times (Newspaper) - March 26, 1943, Hammond, Indiana AMERICA'S WORKSHOP THE HAMMOND TIMES FINAL VOL NO. 238 OP UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION'S MARCH 26, 1943 MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS PRICE FOUR CENTS PLAN FARM ARMY OF 3 MILLION NEW YORK MEAT SHOPS FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS City Faces Meatless end on Eve of Rationing On Monday NEW YORK A less the of which this metropolis of people never hag today fronted New York City where both wholesale and retail butcher shops were either closing or without even meagre Poultry Also Scarce Tt even was difficult to get try in some sections and the supply of potatoes forced a number of stores to place a limit on purchases little as two Evidence of the critical tion was the inactivity today at the huge market places where hustle and bustle were commonplace only a week or so West Washington one of the largest of its kind in the was virtually closed and three of city's largest packing firms did not open until long after their customed They had if meat to The early hours brought no tition of yesterday's demonstration by nearly butchers unable to obtain supplies at a Brooklyn police were on the While most retailers displayed empty show cases and vacant re- housewives generally were at wit's end trying to get even scraps for week-end What little was available con- mostly of lightweight smoked ham and bacon and tnis was being snapped up by lines of customers whose patience was by long Charge OPA Bungling Restaurants and hotel dining rooms appeared to be in the most advantageous generally reporting sufficient supplies to care for normal This brought from some ers charges that restaurants and were being favored at expense of the Other reasons advanced for the scarcity embraced charges of OPA The OPA was accused by Frederick president of the Retail Protective of placing the wholesale ceiling price below the cost of beef on the a situation he contended would bring about Retailers sought a conference with Mayor F. H. LaGuardia in an effort to ease the Kosher butcher shops closed today for the week-end in an effort to conserve their supplies for the start of As a whole the outlook was but there was hope that appointment of Chester C. former administrator of the agricultural adjustment as the nation's food would remedy the situation before long. Calumet City Bans Raising Of Chickens Calumet which has a gan the city of beautiful will never let the industry of chicken raising mar the com- This was indicated last night at a meeting of the city council when that body took action to turn down a resolution to allow residents to raise chickens within the confines of the At present there is an ordinance making it unlawful to raise although officials have not clamped down on residents who have small flocks which they keep for eggs and Mayor John Jaranowski pointed On the other Paul who led the fight against wholesale chicken de- dared that will stink on a sultry day and are a health Probst who represents the fifth often called the ing district of the don't have any chicken raisers in my but we have two hogs penned The man asked that the resolution be voted Russell Cadman is the other representative of the Clark's Sectional Champion Debaters The debate team of George Rogers Clark high school in mond journeyed to North Manchester today where the quartet was scheduled to compete in the slate A win in the to be climaxed will give the team the right to appear in the national finals have been cancelled because of war time travel This season's record is 34 wins of 42 engagements and the 1942 season tally was but one loss in 43 Members of the team include Ann Marie and Neal Creswell and George standing left to Miss Laura is debate Miss Kaplan is the lone Creswell being a sophomore and the other two members being Times Pvt. 23, Killed in Action on Tunisia Front Another East Chicago 23, U.S. has given his life for country on the Tunisian His Mrs. Frank 4824 McCook was notified that he was killed in North can combat on Feb. 22 a year and day after his induction into the Pvt. Halal reportedly was a ner with the artillery when he lost his life in A war department message to the stricken mother stated that details of her son's death will be released In addition fo his Pvt. Halal is survived by a Pvt. Frank now serving with army air corps ground The fallen soldier employed for two years as a mail working from the main East Chicago post office for two years before his He was a resident of East Chicago and was graduated from ington high Among his affiliations was the letter organization in East Woman Accidentally Shoots Self in Trailer Camp Home A trailer Mary 22, of was wounded in the left side of her chest last night by a bullet from her own cording to Hammond Her condition was listed as this morning by St. Margaret's hospital She told police she Heard a noise outside her picked up her gun to investigate as she at- tempted to step the door causing her gun to go off. j There were three witnesses to the i police to Hold Special District Meeting Tonight A special first district meeting of the Knights of will be held this evening at Phil restaurant at 7 H. M. Hayes deputy grand announced Speakers will be Q. Austin grand and Ruben L. grand keeper of records and Les Gardner of mond will act as master of A sound motion picture produced by the Ford Motor company will afford special Hayes TWO FACE LONG PRISON TERMS Negro Pair Convicted of Twin City Robbery CROWN POINT Two Gary Negroes face long prison another will be jailed for a year and a fourth awaits judgement as the result of convictions in trials before Judge William J. Murray in the Lake criminal court here They Watson E. 29, of 1420 Adams 15 years for robbery and 2-5 years for Lewis 30, of 1421 Adams 15 years for robbery and two 2-5 year sentences for Willie 37. of 1601 Adams one and Johnny Lee 22. of 1704 Madison awaiting Perry and Bell pated in burglaries of taverns located at 1350 and 3804 Adams testimony and sold the loot to Harris and Grice tha latter long reputed to be a Indiana Harbor vice Chandler already faces a year in jail and will surrender April 2 for The robbery convictions are the result of an assault on a clerk in a clothing store at 3508 Main street Indiana during an at- tempted robbery Dec. 26. At the conclusion of another trial Judge Murray sentenced John 25, South to a 1-10 year term in the state re- for assault and battery with attempt to commit a Another defendant to the same John 16, also of South was sentenced to a 2-21 year term for rape in court this Gannon Picks Tim O'Neil as Investigator A. cran desk sergeant in the East Chicago police today j was appointed special investigator for North township by Charles W. Lake county The effective is the second to be made by the first being George of Gary who was named a week who resides at 4228 Northcote East has served in the department for 23 He will retire on a sion to assume his new duties which include the investigation of vice and gambling in the The veteran together with Detective Capt. Martin Chief Walter Conroy and tives Glenn Stretch and Peter accompanied FBI agent Sam Cowley on the raid at the Biograph theater in July 22, 1934. which resulted in the death of John Cowley later was slain by A member of the Twin Fraternal Order of O'Neil served as national vice ident of the organization from 1934 to 1938. He is a World War I member of American Legion Post 266 and a member of the East Chicago Elks lodge No. 19S. SOVIETS BREAK FORTIFICATIONS NEAR SMOLENSK Russians Also Capture the Dominant Height Beyond The Upper Dnieper MOSCOW Russian troops have broken through the primary German fortifications east of Smolensk and now are ing the second defense line along an unidentified river west of the upper front reports said Attacking ceaselessly in the con- verging against the keystone base of the central the sians captured a dominant height beyond the Dnieper and blasted gaps in the German Fighting Extremely Heavy Field dispatches reported ex- tremely heavy fighting all along the new Nazi river which was described as strongly fortified and defended by powerful tions of To the south the Russians broke into a village on the Kharkov front and drive the Germans from two towns in the region of Seizing the initiative for the first time in several days on the kov Russian patrols burst into a town north of the mid-day com- One lieutenant alone six German soldiers and one Only iho Germans threw an infantry 20 tanks into an at- against a strategic height held 3.V the Russians in the same only to fall back with a loss of even tanks and five self-propelling guns and heavy Soviet artillery was credited with breaking up another German at- tack north of More than 200 enemy dead were counted on the the Thursday midnight communique The wrecking of two German tanks and the slaying of 160 mans in a night engagement was reported in the mid-day com- Kill Many Germans the Belgorod the mid- day communique enemy forces pressed Soviet detachments and cap- tured two inhabited Re- grouping their men of unit during the night dislodged the enemy from these inhabited places and restored the former They wiped out 100 erman officers and men and cap- tured four 70 tommy several rifles and other war A company of German tommy gunners to force a water barrier in the Belgorod area yesterday was routed with the loss of 100 men and Soviet artillery disabled three tanks and partly an- an enemy infantry ion in other Russian and ing relentlessly over melting snows toward broke into and occupied a group of German wiping out 200 of the enemy and wrecking 16 boxes and Elsewhere in converging ad- vances on the midnight communique the Russians occupied several towns and lets and seized a defense The pace of the Soviet advances was gradually slowing as the Red army pushed deeper into the hedging defenses that make Smolensk the most for- German fortress on the central front First Pictures of Battle for Mareth Line Yanks Raid Kiska Four Times in Day ing new assaults in America's ious spring air offensive in the north the navy announced today that U. S. army planes ried out four more attacks in one day on Jap held Kiska and that hits were score in the target It was the second most series in that area this month and brought to 25 the total assaults from the air of Kiska in The heaviest previous raid was on March 15 when six heavy ing attacks were carried The latest raids were made by motored Liberator and twin-engined Mitchell These sent from are the first to reach the United States showing the current battle for the strategic Mareth line in The British Eighth led by Gen. Sir Bernard L. is here pitted against Field Marshal Envin Rommel's Axis Photo at top shows British medium guns roaring during a Photo below was taken from an British scout car as a torpedo is ex to destroy barbed FOUR MOTORISTS LOSE GAR CARDS Four motorists reported the loss or theft of their gasoline rationing books to Hammond police They Roy 474 Fayette LeRoy 5413 Wood and Charles 6016 Calumet all of and Mike 506 155th Calumet Tymkow told police his ing wallet Vandals continued smashing dows in Hammond last George 814 Summer street reporting the breaking of two dows in his Police reports also showed that a bicycle owned by Raymond 256 Hanover was stolen from in front of the Indiana that Lenore 6115 Noble lost her wrist watch while shopping in downtown Hammond and that a roll of roofing paper was stolen from behind Alberta home at 1017 Cleveland street Monster's Paper Salvage Drive Tomorrow Morning MUNSTER Office of civilian defense local air raid wardens will begin collecting paper in Munster's spring pick-up Saturday E. Lacy chief re- minded householders Papers should be sorted in three magazines and placed on the front porches or easily accessible Gibson Allies Hurl Harassing Air Jabs at Japs The Allies pushed harassing air blows at enemy airdromes and con- centrations in the Pacific seeking to choke off Japanese ability to renew the re- ports from the various sectors in- Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com- for the Australian area told of a smashing raid yesterday by Liberator bombers on the vital Japanese base a on New Britain island north of New A two-hour in three big fires on the The bombs included many Lae and Salamaua on New Guinea also were hit hard as were other enemy positions along the defense arc north of Two anese cargo ships were hit with 500-pound bombs off Ambon former Dutch naval A British from New Delhi said Royal airforce successfully attacked the Katha railway on the Irrawaddy river in north central yesr and other planes last night banged at an airdrome near south of Striking Japanese bombers caused slight damage and a few casualties at a southeast Bengal Active continued in the Arakan area of the Burma front where fighting has been slow and indefinite for some the com- the fighting in China have The Chinese were harassing enemy garrisons north of the Yangtze river in central Hupeh evidently seeking to di- vert the Japanese from the fronts on the south shore of the river and around Tung Ting New concentrations of Japanese troops were reported to have ered in the western Yunnan ince and north presumably for a new offensive across the ween Where to Find It Page 16 Church News 26 Crossword Puzzle Death Notices 28 Dr. Logan 22 Financial News 28 Food Section 24-25 Let's Explore Your Mind 26 26 Radio Programs 9 Saluting Our Service Men 6 Scott's 26 Stewart Says Twin City 18 19 Uncle Voice of the 22 Want Ads Whiting News 17 Women's MOTHER OF PETTIBONE DIES CROWN POINT Mrs. Dora 79, of 400 North Main Crown died at her horne She had in failing health for the past several Funeral services will be held morrow in the Linton chapel where the body with Rev. Thomas Adkins Interment will be in Maplewood The whose died several months is survived by three William and Dr. Claude all of Crown Mrs. Tillie O'Connor of and Miss Carrie the latter a veteran school teacher in East It was announced today in East Chicago that a testimonial for Miss Gosch will be held Sunday as Cops Nab Coyle A Hammond Harold J 39, of 232 Williams was arrested by mond police yesterday for allegedly driving recklessly on Yanks Stand Firm Before Nazi Assaults WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST DIVISION ON THE TRAL TUNISIA American troops are standing firm against all Axis attempts to dislodge them from their newly won positions below El and east of Mak Americans hurled back a light enemy infantry attack on thel on the north shoulder o Djebel south of El last night after smashing a thrust German planes twice early presumably in preparation for another groum reached us yesterday tha a unit of about 24) German tanks was moving westward toward Mak after German dive bomber and artillery attempted to soften up American forces pressing ward Djebel Nema pass to No word has been re- of any The fact that German Marsha Erwin Rommel has split his panzers between El and indicates he fears the Americans may push through to the sea anc cut off the defenders of the line to the there have been numerous pa by enemy armor east o and it is possible that Rommel may attempt to hit th Americans there The smoke hulks o 15 of a crac German panzer division on the plains east of El testify to the completeness of the Axil de- feat Presumably as a result of the American enemy activity was on greatly reduced seal giving our ground forces greater freedom of Weather Colder tonight forenoon with fewest temperature tonight slightly moderate to fresh DAVIS SUCCEEDS CLAUDE WICKARD Men Be Deferred from Selective Service to Form Its WASHINGTON Roosevelt announced today that Chester C the nation's new food will establish a land to produce food needed to insure victory In the war and that men will from selective service to orm its Those deferred from service to work on farms will be between the ages of 18 and 37. the president Of the total to be exempted military service for planting and 400.000 will be men and will be married men with or men rith wives and the chief executive Davis Made Mr. Roosevelt also announced that Davis will have complete over all farm and food especially retail prices as hey affect the Davis will not irice Mr. Roosevelt but the OPA and 3avis will work in close The chief executive indicated to his press conference that ha waa satisfied that the nation could plant and harvest enough food to for all needs on the home as well as supply the armed forces abroad and for lend-lease He indicated the pointment of Davis and creation of new food administration was the right step to avert any crisis on the food In to the to be deferred from armed service to work in the it is mated that other workers will come from the farms and the cities to make a total oC Outlines The chief executive disclosed that he had been considering tion of such a force for some time In order to permit the experienced farmer to stay on the farm and yet be -able to cay that be hod served in the At the same Mr. Roosevelt Issued an executive order lishing Davis as the administrator for production and distribution of and outlining his function and in that The president said that organization would operate as an agency within the agriculture department while the food administrator would bo technically under the secretary of in policy decisions would be brought to president for He said that Davin would be given membership on the economic stabilization if such a step should prove and he would confer constantly with army and man power and WPB on the food To Collaborate With OFA The new food President Roosevelt will have jurisdiction over farm and food in collaboration with the office of price Mr. Roosevelt stressed that emphasis on prices would be on the retail end as they affect the The chief executive pointed out to his press conference that scare headlines on the food crisis were not borne out by crop reporting last showed that a greater number of acres were being planted to food crops than last the highest tion year in agricultural Recognizing the need for labor on the President Roosevelt made public statistics showing that on Page INDIANA'S On Tour to Swell the State's War Bond Sale for March to Pay for the New Fighting Cruiser U. S. S. See the el oi this new battle cruiser Hear P. A. who was wounded when the was suck last August See the Ordnance EXHIBIT IN FRONT OF HAMMOND COURT HOUSE March 29th 11 a. to 1 p. Parade starts at Hohman Ave. and Ridge Road at a. and proceeds north to State Street and east fo the post mond Tech band will join the parade at Russell
