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AMERICA'S WORKSHOP HIAMMOND IMES FINAL VOL. XXXVI. NO. 4 UMBCB OF THE CSTTTO PK-T-RS ASSOCIATIONS AM TUB I NT A 1U.N Al MtWS 6E-KV1CJB HAMMOND. INDIANA, SUNDAY.

JUNE 22. 1941 FtTBUSHEO DAITLT EAC'UT SATUKDATS BTXDAT AUDITION DiOJTi-KJLU i UN DAT MOKMNO PRICE THREE CENTS W0 fflSKK Geronimo' Is Yell of the Chute Boys Observer Hears Battalion Cheer On Way to Earth a tar Miss Summer Arrives With A Heat Wave Hammond US0 Drive Will Hit Crest Next Wednesday Hammond's part in the national USO drive for service men's recreational funds will hit its crest beginning Wednesday when workers from the city and outlying towns will conduct a house-to-house canvass for a quota of $12,500. The local campaign structure, headed by Chairman William Travis, Hammond attorney, will consist of representatives from six service agencies and a number of civic, social and business groups. Plans for the campaign were launched here June 10 by Clarence W. Goris, state co-chairman.

CIO WILL OUST INDIANA CHIEFS All Present Officers Will Be Replaced at Muncie Convention Today MUNCIE, June 21. (U.P.) A movement for the unseating of all present officers of the Indiana State Industrial Union Council 'CIO governing body' was indicated today as 700 delegates closed the second day of their convention. State President James Robb Is not a candidate for relection, but several delegates said they under- stodd that all present officers were to be replaced when the balloting was held Sunday. A telegram from a South Bend union asked that "true friends of labor be named to state offices." Powers Hapgood, international CIO organizer and former Socialist nominee for governor of Indiana, today scored actions of Indiana state police during the reopening of the strike-bound International Harvester plant at Richmond last March, and condemned the refusal of the company to grant a wage increase of 10 cents an hour to its workers. Hapgood declared "The company so acted despite the fact that its reports showed four times as much profit for 1940 at is 1930.

A telegram from G. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers union, notified delegates of a "great union victory- in the contract negotiated with the Ford Motor company. Thomas was expected to arrive here late today. THE WEATHER THE WEATHER Fair and continued warm, highest temperature 93 to 93 degrees; light to moderate south to southwest winds. Outlook for 31onday: Partly cloudy, continued warm.

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7 m. 19 1 3 a. GERMAN ARMY ON THE MARCH, RADIO REPORTS Hitler Accuses Soviets ol 'Border Incidents' In Ordering Assault BULLETIN ZURICH. Switzerland, June 21. (U.P.) Communications with Berlin were cut off at 7 p.

m. today (11 a. m. CST). It appeared that the Germans had imposed another "new blackout." BULLETIN NEW YORK, June 22.

(U.P.) (Sunday) Foreign Minuter Joachim Von Ribbentrop, in an announcement over the German radio heard early today by CBS, said Germany waa taking military measures ol defense aginst Russia. Ribbentrop was said to have conveyed this information to the Soviet ambassador in Berlin. NEW YORK. June 22 (U.P.) (Sunday). many has declared war on Soviet Russia, a German radio broadcast heard by the National Broadcasting corporation early today said.

The announcement was made in a proclamation by Adolph Hitler, which was read by Propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels. NBC said. The proclamation, heard in New York by NBC and the Columbia Broadcasting system, was bitterly critical of Russia and accused the Soviet with seeking, in concert with the United States and Britain, to "throttle" Germany. The proclamation spoke of numerous border violations by the Russians. The proclamation said Finland and Rumania stood at the side of Germany from Narvik, Norway, to the Carpathians.

"German people," the proclamation said, "at this very moment, a march of German armies is taking place that has no precedent." It had been reported that Hitler had served demands on Russia for control of her rich Ukraine granary and Caucasian oil fields and sought closer economic cooperation under threat of invasion. A number of dates had been reported as the deadline for Russia's reply. Although none of the rumors could be confirmed, they persisted. Russia meanwhile was conducting large-scale "realistic" practice army maneuvers. WORKER DIES OF SKULL FRACTURE Frank Glowiak, 28, of 5019 South Winchester avenue, Chicago, died of a skull fracture yesterday in St Margaret's hospital where he had been confined since Thursday evening: with injuries suffered in an accident at Gerstenberg and Company, grain dealers, in Hammond.

Glowiak was helping repair a conveyor belt when he was struck on the head by the belt as it was set into operation. Dr. Stanley H. Skrentny, Deputy coroner, who pronounced the man dead, announced an inquest will be held Tuesday at a. m.

in the Lake superior Court building. Glowiak is survived by his wife, PearL His body was removed to the Janowski mortuary in Chicago pending completion of funeral 1m french leave city; food and supplies low Ancient City Now Moslem Shrine Is Key to South- ern Syria By SIDNEY WILLIAMS (United Press Staff Correspondent) LONDON, June 21. British and Free French forces, two weeks after they began their invasion of Syria, entered the ancient capital of Damascus, it was reported officially tonight, and prepared to drive on to the north. The Allies fought their way through a green girdle of orchards and vineyards around the city and then, as the French defenders withdrew, marched in. In taking Damascus, the "Ancient City of Baal" and in recent centuries a major Moslem shrine, the Allies had in their hands the key to southern Syria and a gateway to the north.

The Allies had advanced 80 miles from the Palestine and Transjordan frontiers, smashing through well-placed and strongly defended fortifications most of the way. (In Jerusalem the Free French radio said the Vichyite defenders definitely were in retreat, their supplies and food at an extremely low ebb). Ends Week-Long Siege The entry of Allied troops marked the end of a week-long siege which the British and Free French started with a plea for? peaceful surrender to save the city from destruction. In recent days the Allies have been smashing at defense positions in the suburbs and had succeeded in driving to within assault distance of the city's medieval walls on three sides. The French refused an ultimatum to surrender and the final stage of the assault started yesterday.

(At Beirut the French admitted they had evacuated Damascus to save it from destruction. They said the British had been shelling it since yesterday Afternoon.) The fall of Damascus proper, however, does net mean an end of fighting in that area. The city is dominated to the north, it was pointed out, by the bare red heights of Hcbel Kasyun and is surrounded by a complex of orchards, gardens and small fields intersected by narrow lanes and mud brick walls ideal for snipers. On the coast, the British and Free French were reported advancing slowly on Beirut, and it waa said that British planes had bombed the French outpost at Soueida. where a French garrison was believed to be surrounded by Jebel Drus tribesmen friendly to the Allies.

Italians Destroy Supplies In Africa, British troops drove an Italian force across the Dadessa river in Ethiopia, inflicting heavy losses, it was said while in Libya "nothing of importance" happened. Authoritative sources here said Italians in the Jimma Rea of Ethiopia appeared to be destroying their gasoline supplies and motor-leid vehicles and added that a sandstorm in the Tobruk area of Libya kept activity at a minimum. The RAF reported that American-made Maryland planes machine-gunned grounded enemy aircraft at the Musyrata airdrome during operations in Libya and that "three Savoia 79's were set on fire and others were badly damaged." "Columns of smoke were seen rising from the airdrome when our aircraft left," the communique said. The British raided Benghazi again Thursday night, it was said, and normal patrol and reconnaissance flights were carried out. "In central the communique concluded, "aircraft of the south African air force and the RAF continued to give full air support to our ground troops.

From all of these operations our aircraft returned safely." Jimmy Comes Home NEW YORK. June 21. IN8 Capt. James Roosevelt, eldest son of the president, is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow aboard the Yankee Clipper after an 'around-the-world tour as an observer of far flung war front on behalf of the U. Marine corps.

A By 1IKMCV MXKMORE FORT. BEJfNING, G. I've no bujine writing this story because it's not down my alley, but somehow I feel this country need to know about the battle cry "Geronimo, Geronimo, It belongs to the SOlst Parachute Battalion, the firat and only auch group in the United Statu army. I first heard It Henry McLemore In the thin light of yesterday' daybreak. A transport plane swung low over Lawson field and almost as fast a you ran say plop-plop-plop, boys tumbled from the ship to awing like giant powder puffs against the sky.

At they fell they yelled "Geronimo, Geronimo" and they were still yelling it when they pounded to earth. Geronimo Everywhere During the rest of the day 1 must have heard it a thousand times. In the gymnasium where the hand-picked, volunteer para-chuists work like college athletes to further harden whipcord bodies. In the rigging room as they dried, cleaned and folded their own chutea, on the calisthenics ground, where, come duut, mud or high water, they tumble and roll and somersault to develop catlike sure-ness. It was "Geronimo, Geronimo" there, and it waa "Geronimo, Ge-ronifo" in the mess hall, the barracks, their recreation room and on the giant training towers where recruits are hoisted aloft time and agHin until man's old fear of height is conquered.

From early morning until late evening it Is work and more work to develop the most efficient and fastest striking force in the world. Seven months ago the battalion started from scratch. Practically all the officers had to work with was the spirit of the men embodied in the cry of "Geronimo. Geronimo." They only are paid $30 a month, the same as any other enlisted man, but they stop at nothing. 1 beard a sergeant ask an officer to allow him to bail out at 250 feet, He waa told it was too dangerous; that he could not miss getting hurt.

"Somebody's got to come out that low, captain." the sergeant argued, "to find out how it can be done. I might as well take the rap as anyone else." I heard three boys request that they be allowed to make a jump into a clump of big pine trees. This from 450 feet, mind you, and from a plane moving at around 100 files per hour. "There'll be plenty of landings to be made in trees if we get in a fight, they pointed out, "and we might as well get used to it." I watched an officer an officer la the first to bail out when the Mist makes a mass jump, the last in the Germany army I watched an officer step out into space to test new equipment, just four years out of West Point, he gave it the old "Geronimo" as he began his gamble with gravity. No one knows just how the cry was adopted.

One of the early chutists yelled the famed chieftain's name, and they've all been yelling it ever since. The day with 501st showed me that courage is to be found in unexpected places. A group of recruits, still so raw that they had not even been taken for a ride in the tame tower that is a duplicate of the one that thrilled World's Pair visitors, lounged against the rigging building. From All Walks of life "Where 'd they come from? I asked Capt. Roy Lindquist, "and what did they do before they volunteered for this branch of the service? "Darned if I know, the captain said.

"Why dont you ask them? So I did. "My name is Joe Stokes, sir," a big blonde fellow said. I was a sausage grinder in a meat factory." "I'm Roy Dawson, sir. No, sir, I never had ridden in a plane. I was a roofing and sheet metal worker." "My name's Earl Matthews.

I'm a farmer from Alabama. I never saw a plane very close until I got here." I was a radio repairman. My name's Neal Levine. never have been in a plane-There was Lorenzo Keberg, who had spent the past five years as a bookkeeper. There was Franklin Backus, fresh from a job as an interior decorator, and Howard Marlett, who had come straight from a mine.

Looking at them there, ready to tackle the toughest job in the army, eager to risk their lives in practice for perhaps a still more hazardous task, it gave me a new faith in this country. It's hard to stomach defeatism when the Marietta and the Le vines and the Stokes and the Kebergs leap in the air with the cry of "Geronimo, Geronimo" welling in their throats. If a showdown comes you take the America First committee, take the 501st. ainma FUNERAL HON. FOR WALTER L.

M'DONOUGH, 56 Swift Go. Executive Succumbs At Home After Operation In Chicago Hospital Walter I McDonough, 58, prominent Calumet City business and civic leader, and manager of the local Swift and Company branch, died at his home, 12 Waltham street, at 9:40 p. m. Friday. He had been ill for the last three months and was operated on in a Chicago hospital several weeks ago, but never recovered from the operation.

A resident of Calumet City for the last 28 years, McDonough was honored last fall at a silver jubilee to herald the many years he worked for the packing firm. As manager of Swift and Company, McDonough supervised the serving of the company's clientele in the Calumet region and South Chicago. ChurchilL Born Dec. 1, 1885, on Chicago's south side in the same neighbor hood and attending the same church as Mayor James Kelly and State's Attorney Thomas J. Court ney, the deceased was well known by prominent Chicagoans as well as hundreds of persons In the re gion.

Before joining the Swift organl ration, McDonough worked as a youth for J. Ogden Armour packing plant in Chicago. It was while he was in knee pants working as an office boy near the turn of the century that Winston Churchill, now prime minister of England, but then a lord mayor of England, came to visit the plant. Because of young McDonough's knowledge of the plant and his ability to explain the intricate working to visitors, Armour called the boy and told him to personally conduct "Mr. Churchill through the stock yards." The boy led the man, who was later to become one of the great leaders of the world, out into the mire and grime of the stock pens.

McDonough often recalled later how Churchill told him that he didn't want to get near high powered machinery because he carried a delicate watch which he thought might be broken by the compression of the machines. So thankful was the visitor over treatment shown him by the boy that he sent him a letter on his return to England inviting McDonough to visit him. Active Locally. The deceased always took an active interest in civic affairs of Calumet City. He was one of the incorporators of the chamber of commerce and served two terms as its president He also was ac tive in the Irish Fellowship club and the Holy Name society of St Victor's church, which he helped organize.

Besides bis wife, Elsie, he is sur vived by a son, Walter. three daughters, Virginia, Philippa and Gloria; three brothers, Charles, (Continued on Page Two) "The war makers now seek to convince us that war is inevitable." Wheeler said. "This psychological weapon to drive the republic to its destruction is truly devilish. The war mongers seek to create a defeatist attitude." He addressed part of his remarks to President Roosevelt and asked: "Why dont you tell the American people whether you intend to follow the HiUer-Massolini-StaJin pattern and wage an undeclared war against France, Portugal and Spain by the unlawful seizure of Dakar, Martinque, the Azores, the Canary and Cape Verde islands "You know the facts. You know thr we lack heavy bombers combat planes tanks, guns, ammunition to wage an offensive war.

"You know that short-sighted or selfish planning and bad engineering not strikes has delayed defense production." Archbishop Francis J. Beckman of Dubuque also called upon the president to keep bis pledge to keep this country out of foreign war. DIVERS FAIL IN FIRST EFFORTS TO REACH 0-9 Vessel Found on Ocean Floor In 440 Feet ol Water Knox Ignores Critics By GARDNER FROST (United Press Staff Correspondent) PORTSMOUTH, N. June 21. The sunken submarine 0-9 may become a permanent tomb for the crew of 33 men trapped in its crushed bull 440 feet below the surface of the Atlantic ocean off the Isles of Shoals.

This appeared probable tonight as a navy diver, George Crocker, descended slowly in the deepest working dive ever attempted in the Atlantic to confirm assumptions of naval officials that no one was left alive aboard the sunken craft Three minutes after Crocker first went overside, he was forced back by trouble with his telephone equipment which, it was said, would have prevented him from communicating with the salvage ship Chewink. After his telephone line was repaired, he again went down. Trouble at 370 Feet Late today, however, Crocker experienced further trouble, and from the rescue ship Falcon, Rear-Admiral Richard Edwards radioed: "One diver descended 370 feet at which point he had difficulty breathing and was brought to the surface. Will continue attempts to get man on submarine by varying diving technique." Officlal naval pessimism was reflected in a statement issued by Secretary of Navy 7rank Knox upon his return to Portsmouth navy yard from the scene of the sinking this afternoon. He said: "I assume they are all dead.

We have not given up hope entirely, but from the depth of the water in which the submarine lies I would say there was every probability there is no one aboard alive." That the 0-9's dead might rest forever in the broken hull was indicated by Knox's statement that he thought "it highly improbable that salvage operations will be continued because of the tremendous depth." Visibly moved by the tragedy, Knox described the O-9's crew as having "died in the line of duty, just as if they had been struck by an enemy submarine." Knox retired to his Manchester home to await the diver's report, expected by early evening. Upon that report the navy will base its official decision whether to suspend or continue salvage operations. Recently Recommisaioned. More than 30 hours had elapsed since the 0-9, one of the smallest and oldest submersibles in the navy and only recently recommis-sioned, failed to surface after a routine test dive yesterday. Built to withstand pressure at a maximum depth of 200 feet, there was every indication that the 179-foot craft cracked up like an egg shell when it sank to more than twice that depth.

All 27 expert navy divers flown here from Washington volunteered to make the dangerous descent to the blue mud bottom that held fast the 0-9, but the assignment went to Crocker, a deep-sea veteran regularly attached to the rescue ship Chewink. At 1:15 p. m. (EDT) while Secretary Knox and scores of others aboard the salvage flotilla looked on, Crocker went overside from the Chewink and began lowering himself on one of the two grapnel lines which had hooked into the submarine during dragging opera tions. Crocker wore a special helmet, developed as result of experience gained in the raising of the submarine Squalus, which sank three miles away in 1939 with loss of 26 lives.

Oxygen mixed with helium was fed into the helmet to reduce the dangers of "bends." a disease which afflicts divers operating under extreme pressure such as the 193 pounds per square inch which crushed the 0-9. Deepest Working Dive. Although test dives of 500 feet have been made off Portsmouth and at Pearl Harbor with helium equipment, Crocker's was the deepest working dive ever attempted in the Atlantic ocean. The rescue of 33 members of the Squalus crew (Continued on Page Two) Signs for Britain S. jL'wjw j1Tb3 MIm Kay Mamol First woman to apply for service in the British civilian technical corps in response to the British appeal for American volunteers for this work was Miss Kay Ma-mola, 31, shown signing her application in the British consulate in New York City Air Commodore Gerge C.

Pirie. British air attache, said England can use 25,000 Americans with experience in radio, mechanical, electrical and metal-working fields to help service the new airplane radio ocator. No. 1 Defense Worker Weds Sans Frills The Calumet area's No. 1 defense worker became a bridegroom at 5 p.

m. yesterday and the sec ond important step in a man's life caused no more of a ripple in the dally routine of William Argus, 26, a mechanic at the Hammond plant of the Pullman-Standard, than getting up mornings to go work at the plant where he is doing his bit to aid in turning out tanks, guns and shells. The pretty blond bride, who be comes Mrs. Argus and who shares his belief that no time should be lost to get the wheels of America's machinery into high speed production, is Anna Pauline Berggren, 23, a stenographer, for the law firm of Conroy and Glendening. At 4 p.

m. yesterday. Argus finished his day's work at the plant where he is employed in the tank division. He was met at the gate by a group of his fellow employes, headed by John Dunfee, employment manager, who had a taxi waiting for him decorated in red, white and blue. Argus was whizzed to his home where he washed and changed into a plain street suit and then was taken to the office of the attorneys.

There he was greeted by his bride-to-be, who was standing beside a floral piece of red, white and blue roses, symbolic of the national colors, sent by his fellow workers at the plant The couple was married by Judge John F. Cody of Hammond superior court in front of a large American flag and underneath a large picture of George Washing ton. The ceremony was simple, minus any fanfare or frills and in keeping with this country's national defense program for simplicity, economy and speed. Only a few friends of the couple were present Following their marriage, the couple sped to Gary to inspect their apartment at 508 Johnson street and to be greeted by the young man's mother, who is an invalid and who will reside with them. There will be no honeymoon for the present The couple has but one thought in mind to get back to work Uncle Sam needs men in his defense plants and this is more important now than a trip.

Finite Heads U. S. Jaycee; 1942 Meet in Dallas, Tex. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, June 21 (UP) The U. S.

Junior Chamber of Commerce closed its 22nd annua! convention today by electing Walter W. Finke. Minnesota State Social Welfare director, its next president The 1942 convention was awarded to Dallas, Tex. Seven vice-president were elected, including Douglas Timmermsn, St Joseph, Mo. Summer made its debut in the Calumet district at 2:34 daylight saving time yesterday afternoon in a simmering garb that registered 92 degrees hot.

It was at that moment that the sun reached its farthest point north, but the heat did not abate then. It continued at 92 or over throughout the afternoon and began to dip slightly only after The weather man promised no relief last night either for today or tomorrow. The hot spell yesterday caused no prostrations or deaths, according to a checkup of all police stations in the district. But elsewhere in the nation, which also suffered from the ex-ces-ive heat, several prostrations ant one death were reported, the latter in New York city, where the thermometer hit 90 degrees yesterday. Considerable crop and some property damage resulted from violent rainstorms in North Dakota.

Several farm buildings were burned and some livestock killed in severe electric storm in the western portion of the state. GUARD TO SERVE MORE THAN YEAR War Department Wants to Keep Men and Reserve Officers Longer WASHINGTON, June 21 (UP) The war department announced today that it wants to keep national guard troops and reserve officers in service more than one year so that the army will not lose more than a quarter million trained men at this critical period. The army's request was a recommendation to President Roosevelt that he obtain authority for continuing these "troops and officers on active duty beyond the statutory limit of one year. Congressional authorization is required. No additional time-limit was specified in the army's recommendation which added: "The final decision is a matter of public policy which must rest with the president and congress." The announcemet made no reference to the possibility of asking extension of the year's training period for selective service men.

Whether the president has authority to extend the service period ot selectees is moot A high war department official noted, however, that the terms of the first selectees wiL not expire until November, giving the army several months to study that problem. The case of national guardsmen and reserve officers, however, is more pressing. Th one-year terms of many of these men expire within 90 days and the war department has been barraged by inquiries from the men ami their employers regarding the prospect for their return to civilian life. "These queries are to be expected because whatever the decision, there are many adjustments which the citizen soldier must make in his affairs," the army statement said. Of the present 1.413.000 man army of the United States there are national guardsmen, including 21.800 officers, on active duty.

They comprise 18 divisions and a cavalry brigade. There are 51.500 reserve officers on active duty. Report Sen. Harrison's Condition 'Very Low' WASHINGTON, June 21. (IIP.) Physicians reported today that the condition of Sen.

Pat Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi, president pro tempore of the senate, was "very low." Friends of Harrison said they were "very discouraged" -t reports from Emergency hospital, where he underwent an operation or an intestinal obstruction last Monday. Harrisons condition after the operation was termed but during the past 48 hours he was reported to have "lost considerable ground." Wheeler Says Peace Vill Cru mble Hitler Empire DUBUQUE. Ia-, June 21 (UP) Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana said at an anti-war rally tonight that "Peace a negotiated peace now would be the surest and quickest way to defeat Hitler." "When the stress of war is over, then will Mr. Hitler face a task far greater than directing armies," Wheeler said.

Hia empire will crack and crumble even as the empires of all those conquerors who have gone before him have Speaking at a meeting sponsored by the America first committee, he declared that "peace with honor is possible, Wheeler asserted that the United States "need not fear Hitler economically." "We can do more than compete with him," he said. "We can undersell him." He gave Bernard M. Baruch, head of the first World war industries board, as authority for the statement that this nation can undersell Germany on many.