Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1941 — Page 1

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If, DR. ISSUES appeal to eno I COAL SHUTDOWN I L O , ••Public Interest l><I man<K’ EndOf22-l>«y Work Stoppage ■ Wethington, Apr. 22 —U.ff—kl Southern cool operator* an[l iwunced »»»r a conference at || th* Wh'«» MouM tod ** M (M y were returning immediate- ■ ly to New Yarti «• reoume nego ■ tiationa to reopen the mine* H at president Roosevelt* re- ■ •***- ■ liy I nit cd Pf*** H I nion aiiif-r* r.v<-i.l th.-lr rear K.,, tmt.iy ri'*^*" l Upoaevll * K. , .... mtiK of 'lf nn'liill'i Haft owl min**BF J..hn I. L«*i* proski* nt of thi- ■.„,„,| Mliu* M'nrker* H'lDi said Rahn 1' • *'•”••• , *" UP “ *••••- KLn: on Mr Hoonrvrh a appeal K,|. h . 1.11.M1 th.- «-d«y work Kopp IV. -h.mlil ••nil "Ih-i anro th*-inti-rr«t ili-inand* II." ■ f Sonihi 'I operator* other Kat y • * •'"•••• atapalr which Kj* k-l't '•'•' mill*-* • lomil despit*- ■ •"•••'" »"l' northern Kp* <'o - indica'xd 'hey wunld re.it'l l 101110 «lillnlderatioll K I , tm n-rtaln 'hat all group* K>|>“ :;-.'l 111 lhe wage controversy pni lhe Inti-reef of thdr fellow K.,u:. vnu-n ibove any other hit -r Ke -'"'l immediately begin m.ikiiu Krtahu-i im looking toward the Koop. .KIK of the milieu." lhe pre*i-, statement said. K ning of the coal mine* KiHild etui lhe largest and most K ijh.ci:ii of 'he labor liciihle* In K>.!.. Pol Hiller where 24 strike* Hli«i .it present. There are .inly K','H"t Aoikeir Involved lii rnch Hti k-- ,i«li|e from lhe coal walk Kir k.ohliiii.' in Sidney Hillman. .hiertor of the office of *ion management. K !•■ I. ii'l.il utatetnen* |<.tn I K' th.- WTiii.- llmise last night sumBi< :,.*| sb.it war department 0.7 - K> I • unit.l. Intel *. 11-Il I -Cltl.lt ■) .r... oi-.-.wr», hid bi-.-n w irn *h. < .sil suiqdy Ln plant* < iw-hi'"-' ornament materials I* I only teopeii'iig ul mine* t an replenish It HMr llooaeveir* proposal was I,: ■ Th iiltern operators rennini. 'ion under the wage agreeK" 1 they have reached With lhe K \l\\ v This would return 250 000 Kiner* io work at a new wage off ■7 a <liy ,i raise of fl above what y received before March .11. ■ The *mi'hern operator* — who ■alk>*l ..nt of wage male negitlla--Kk>n« ai New York In prolent. ■gain-' ilu- inliier*' demand for a, ■olii-rnal wage rate for north and, ■milh ■- -utne negotiation* and reKp*'" their mine* at the same ti ne., ' lllg l-'>""«o additional miner* Ko work ■ V- i-.-'ia-liin* between the rnnith■rn ep.-raim * ami the miner* pre■ttm.il.lv would center on the qnt »■ ■on of a wage differential now. ■vl’inig iM-tween northern mine* ■nd Kouthern. | MWA ha* refu*t-d to .urn Mltor hack into the mines until an ■greent.-iii I* reached eliminating ■>* different lai. which now aland* ■t I" cent* u 4 a y ttoutpern oper--3 ‘ have made a counter-proposal '‘l»-it th.- mine* with an II pery-" 1 lh*'reaa«, and negotiate! ■h other problem*. ■ A' other point* In the defense y >r " u ""'*‘*'nent field, signa of I "'XHMPgIi rtM l><nv THHCMr IMIIIS COUNTY I MAN IS FINED I’arry Roth h Fined $5 i On Charge Os Recklean Driving Harry Roth. 20. of *outh <rf .Mon **■ was fined |5 and coat* lh>« aorni'ig |*y Mayor Forrest Eisey on I ' barge of reckless driving. The < harge vu the outgrowth of •n autmimggy <-ra«h on Easter •""day. March 21. 1»IO. four mile* forth of Herne In which two Amlidi souths were killed. A charge of reckless homicide »a» Placed agultrst Roth shortly as-1 r the crash on an affidavit signed 'X state police officer J Russell nor. fonmerly at this city, ’•rosecwtor Vincent Kelley stated *»-»y that the reckless homicide would be dropped The matr wa» submitted to she recent Jury, he *aid. Katherine M. Rcbwarti. 21. and * r brother. Jacob M. 16 of near *®roe, were killed when the ear Ten by Roth m-ashed into lhe *»r end of the buggy.

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TO GRADUATE 98 AT JUNIOR SENIOR NIGH Largest ( lass In History To (Jet Diploma* On May 22 , Th* name* of lhe fix prospective graduate* of the Heiatur Juniorsenior high school were announced today by Principal W Guy Brown. The t ins* Is th.- largest In the history of the liecatur high school and will Im- graduated In eserdse* al the school Thursday. May 22. Hr. W. P. Hearing, president of I Oakland city college, will deliver - the annual comtWencetnenl address. - Following I* a list of the gradu-1 ate*: Robert I*. Ahr. Mary Flltaheth Arnold. Edith Corrlne Baker. Ruth Virginia Baker Melville (’. Barber. 1 Catherine laiclll.. Becher. Fonti-en Gene Becher. Robert BlelH-rlck. Frederick A. Biller. Marilyn Bonitas. Henry Earl Bromer. Jr.. Betty ! Gen. Brown. Wanda M Brunner. Hetty Janice Bui he. Marjorie E. Buller. Kenneth Eug-tie Chllcote. William F Christen. Mardle Christner ltl< hard A. Chronister, Richard B C-ilti-i I.- .mil l I. Ir.ivul-ui. Mas Eugene Drake. Richard Drake. Theodore l» Eady. Kathleen V Foreman, Betty lamlse Foughty. Mary IxMtlne Frank Richard l> Frauhiger. Dorothea W Frohnapfel. Lydia Ann Frosch. Bonnie Frybuck Mwrence 11 Fuelling, Elbert Fuhrman. Irene P Cable, Richard C Garner Marjorie Gay, Howard Louis Gehrig. Kl< hard It Goldner. Bernarr Granger. Richard l> Green. Grace Grether. Ruth E Hammond. Margaret Elltabeth Handler. Helen Marie darkless. Joseph T. HaielwiMNl. Irvin Hoffman. Paul A. Hoile. Elisabeth Jean Hower. Betty lautlse Huffman. Martha Ellen Hower. John J. Hunter. Robert B Hunter, Richard C King. Uris llylu King. Jack F Kline Ruth Knltfle. Gilbert Win Koeneman. I’hyllis M Kolter. John Krick. i Junior Wayne laike. Donald A. Lew. Wallace Linigt-r. Donald E. ■ ladislger. Pau! E laird, Norbert A. Isose. Martha Alice Macy. Richard E. Maloney. Richard Allen Martin. Betty J. | iCdNn.MI'Eli (IN PAGE FfMfHI GERMANSBLAST GREEK CITIES Correspondent Tells Os Scenes On War Front In Greece. ' (Copyright 1941 by t'nited Pres*) With British troop* at the Greek front. Dusk. April 2« (delayed • (PPI British Imperial* withdrawn from the Mount Olympus front and aero** the plain* of The**aly, are throwing up a new defense line here under terrific German air attack • A town nestling on the mountalnI »ld>- facing the British front line* I* a nearing mas* as flame*. The German plane* are concentrating now on other towns to she British rear. ' Etuplosive machine gun hullet* are -ipaftering around me. shooting (iff the hud* from the almond tree* under which I stand. The bell* of a nearby village | church can be heard occasionally through the din of gun* am' motor* summoning the pion* peasant* to I twiincht service* It is Easter Sun- ; day In the Greek Orthodox church the poasant* .however, are crouching In cave* and if they hear the I church hell*, t-hey ignore them. This I* the most furlour demon stratlon of German aerial terror since the attack on Greece begun. It ha* lieen under way since I duwn. with wave* of plane* passing ' at intervals of almut two minute*, and German plane* never out of ' sight. The Grltlsh. Australian and New Zealand troops here hav. fought desperate retreat, some of them (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — „o — Contract Awarded To Yost Brothers The contract of lhe slate highway commission for the bridge over lhe Batatnonle river in Jay county ha* been awarded to Yost Bro* , of this city, instead of John R. Gate*, of Fort Wayne a* was previously announced In a prea* i *orvice story front Indlanapoll*. The local firm was awarded the contract When the Fort Wayne firm accepted another contract on a regular bid, Calvin Yost, of Yost j Bros., slated today.

An Hitler Spent Birthday on Balkan Front iZ I r B Y> 'Str ' rßj

Marking his 52nd birthday, on the Balkan front. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany is pictured with hl* military leader* .outside his private railroad car. le ft to right are Admiral Erich Raeder. chief of the naval forces; Field Marshal Hermann tloe-

BRITISH FLEET SHELLS TRIPOLI Capita! Os Italian Libya Heavily Bombarded By Navy I»ndon. April 22 <I’P» -Britain's Mediterranean hntile fleet, aiding the <m>hatlled army of the Nile, ha* heavily bombarded Tripoli, capital iff Italian Libya and landing point for the German force* Which have thrust a ro»s the African coast to the Egyptian border. the admiralty announced today. The proud fleet which had bombarded Genoa and shattered the Italian navy as a hghtliig force In *he iMttle of u»pe Matapsti on March 2*. carried ou» its new bum•l hnrdnn-nt at dawn yesterdiy.' It was Indicated that the 15 inch gun battleships whiidi sank at least three Italian cruisers .i:id : three destroyer* <ff! Cape Matupan. led the attack intended to cripple port facilities and stop the flow I of German retaforveUM-nls In men and weapons across the warrasa strait <ff MDrllyTh<- flrat admiralty communique I on the IsMiiluidmi-iit said: ••A heavy bombardment of the port of Tripoli was carried out by ’ j our naval forces at dawn yesterday. "The bombarding force < -insisted of both heavy and light units. "No further details are yet avail- ' able." Mention of heavy forces meant that the liattli-shiii* were In tty* ■ at lack a* well a* cruiser* and de*i troyers. and It was assumed that planes <ff lhe fleet air arm. hiking off from the aircraft carriers, had also done their share as they had in previous expollt* of the sort. | The navy had had stmt - success I (CONTINUKD OM PAGE FIVEI CAMP AT LAGRO FOR OBJECTORS (’amp For Con»cientiou« Objcctorg To Be Opened This Week 141 rgo. Ind . Apr. 22.-RJ.R) Sometime thia week, a small group of men. each with the same general physical attributes us the hundred* of thousands .hat are swelling the nation s draft army, will move in i to the Salamonie River state park, two miles south of here. None will wear a uniform; none will learn the manual of arm*; none will carry a gun. All will be ' conscientious objectors. The Salainonle River park, a former CCC camp of 1.000 acre* of rolling woodland. I* being turned I Into one of the nation's first objector camp* I'nder the direction of the Church of the Brethren, one of three denomination* In the country whose member* are recognized legally as conscientious objector*, the camp eventually will house 200 men for a year, although only *bout lo are expected In the flr*t group Each man will pay J 35 a month towards hi* own expense* (the Church of the Brethren la making the payment for all its member* called up». Each will be required to furnish hi* own clothing. The government in turn aupplie* ' lUONTLNUmi UN FAUE IkVa*

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 22, IHII.

Applications Sent To 2,000 Prospects Two thousand appUcwtlMs for state ixillce Jiffi* have lieen ntaih-d to prospects, BM-ording to Don F Stiver, superinti-ndent of the Indiana state police. Fifty job* were creati-d by the recent legislature and are to lx- filled from men who attend the slate police training school at Indiana University starting June 16. The deadline for filing applies* tlon* is May I Applicants shall be a resident of Indiana for cue year, Im- lu-tween the ages of 21 and 25, he a high sidiool graduate, and he more than five feet eight inches in height and weigh more titan IGo (MMinds. p BANQUETHELD MONDAY NIGHT Joint Banquet Held At Berne; Heller Heads 1. U. Alumni Nearly 100 persons attended lhe Joint banquet of lhe Berne Cham ber of Commerce and the Adam* county Indiana University aluinttl assiK-ialion. held Monday evening at Berne. During the busliie** meeting of the alumni. Robert Heller of this city. Adams-Wells state representative. was elected president of the county association, •uccet-dlng Hansel Foley. Kirkland high school principal. Miss Kathryn Kauffman. Decatur school teacher, was elected vice-president, and Howard Brandyberry. Monroe, was elected secretary. Branch McCracken, head basketball coach at Indiana university. ' was the principal speaker. He related experiences In various game* and also 'old of lhe I U. team's trip to California last winter and the trip by airplane from' California to New Orl-an*. Bull Dro. former Berne star, and i Bill Menke, of Huntingburg, stars |on the I. U. team, were hon >red guests. The Ik-rne high School team and a number of coaches of the sclkmils in the county were also guests. Nlmon Schwartz, chairman of the program, acted as toastmaster. Speaker* for the alumni association Included Alec Campbell. Fort Wayne, president of the national I. U. alumni asaociatton; and Lloyd Neff, of the I. U. exlension center at Fort Wayne. Selective Service Broadcast Tonight foiea! person* have lieen i|ig<*d to listen to a Columbia broadcasting system program to lie broadcast tonight at 9:30 o'clock unde.ibe sponsorship of the aelectlvo service ayslem. 1-klwin Riifln Beckwith, chairman of the national defense committee of the American liar association, will outline the defense effort* of the legal profession. DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 42 10:00 a. m. 48 Noon 55 2:00 p. m. 50 2:00 p- m. 65 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, showers late tonight and Wednesday; warmer tonight, cooler Wednesday afternoon.

ring. No 2 Nazi; General Field Marshal Wilhelm Kedlel chief of the lh'l>-i and Field Marshal General Walther von Brauchitsc.h. coinmaiider in-chief of the German army No locale Is given for (hr picture

FILE PETITION AGAINST BONDS Ask Denial Os Bondi For Proposed Kirkland School Addition 'A |H-tltioti was filed In the office of county auditor Victor H Eicher this morning asking that the state board of tas commissioners deny a petition for the issuance of bond* in the proposed 'nu tlnn of an addition to the Kirkland township high M'hool. The petition, filed by II II Me Clenahaii. , Decatur attorney, is signed by 33 taxpayers nt tile townablp. The petition Is addressed to ( Auditor Eicher and the stale Iro.iriL of tax uuuuiHisioiKTS, Il re.nl* as follows: "The undersigned ten or more taxpayers would »how to the honi orable board that then- is now |H-iidiilg a |H-tilioii for tile Issuance of bonds in the sum of fl’.imri for (he proposed and purported purpose of construe)lng an addition to tin- present high school Imilding in Kirkland township, and the petitioners would fllltlier show to the Iroard that the pro|rost*l Issuance of *alrl Ihiikl* or other evidence of Indebtedneaa Is unnecessaiy. unwise or excessive. That the facilities and accomodation* rtf the present high school building are entirely sufficient altd adequate for the requirement* of a high school building in Kirkland township "That an Increase in taxes fir the taxpayers generally In Kirkland township for the pro|xnu-d Improveincuts would be a burden with which the taxpayers would not lie able to cope. now. particularly, u anticipation of Increase of taxes for national defense purptmes. "Me herefore. the petitioner*. IDONTINUKD ON PAGE FIVE! NAZIS ASSERT VICTORY NEAR High Command Insists British Troops Evacuating Greece Berlin. April 22 tl'P) Germany's annored forces, pursuing British and other Greek forces southward, have occupied Volo* and lawnia. on lhe B*itl*b flank, and loannlna on the Greek flank, the high command said today. Volos and launia. who*a capture brought the German troop* to within !•»<» miles of Athens, were taken by crack German forces thrusting at the British |sirt of the line, the right flank and lounina. on the left flank Inland from the Island of (’orfu, was taken by a Gentian force which stomn*l rhe Metsovo pass and drove southwestward from it. the high command said German planv* yesterday sank six fully laden troop trainqsirl*. totaling Sl.ooo tons, on which the British expeditionary force was Hvaciiatlng. the high command asserted. (In lamdon British military auth orltles. admitting that the Brltsb Greek line had been withdrawn to a point southward of l.iunia. refused to discuss Gentian report* of an evacuation.) The official news agency, in its communique* on the capture of AVNItNUED UN FAUE TURKE) ,

Plight Os Allied Forces In Greece More Perilous Hourly As Nazis Attack Relentlessly

STATE SUPREME COURT REJECTS 0.0. P. MUTION Upholds Judge Cox In Injunction Against “Ripper” Bills Indlanapoll*. Ind . April 22 'U P- , The supreme court declared | unanimously today that circuit Judge katrl t'ox was wilhlll his legal jui iadlctlon in enjoining Republican slate officials from making ripper appointments and denied a writ of prohilikloii sought liy GDI* atior neys. In a brief opinion, exactly two weeks from argutu* nts of the (use, the high trllxilial tilled (hat only by an appeal, not by the writ of prohibition action, could the Republicans possibly have lieen successful In efforts to break the ruling "It lhe facts support the finding - and order of the trial court, the case falls within the class with which the court has jurisdiction to issue Injunction*” the opinion sai l. "Ix*cau*e of the involvement of property right*" "If the Lad* before lhe court lielow do not Justify the Injunition the court's action is not void but merely erroneous and it tan only lie questloin*d liy assigning error on appeal." Because of the court's holding that all appeal of the circuit court ruling was the only course liy which lhe official* might obtain the desired result*. It wa* lx-lieved GDI* attorneys might lake thia step ' instead of returning to the lower “''court for action on the three : -p|x-r ' test case* brought by Gov Nchrlcker. In such a ca»e. lhe fight would continue to lx* primarily on injiiiic (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE>~ GRADUATION AT BERNE MAY 10 Diplomas To Be Given To 28 Members Os Senior Class Twenty-eight member* of the senior (lass of the Berne higli ; school will receive diploma* al the annual commencisueut exercises of the school to lie held on Monday evening, May 10 at 7 15 o'clock at the Berne auditorium. Iku-calaiireali- services for the class wi'l lie held Sunday evening. May 9 at the Berne Mennonito church, with Rev l'. I’. Maas, pastor <ri the Trinity Evangelical church, delivering the sermon Following Is a list of the candi dates for graduation: Jeanette Irene Amstutz. Vera Iziulse Balalger. I Helen Maxine Beaver*. Rlcburd - Iliinlge. Edward Eichenlierger, Jr., i Esther Marie Halx-gger, Glenn B Httliegger, Marjorie Maxine Habeg- i ger. Elizabeth Marie Hirrchy. Vivian Florence Gottschalk, Anna Elizaln*th Gralx-r. Kathleen Roslna ! Inniger, Lynn D. Liwhty. Palmer Edison Lliwhty. Roger L. Luginliill, Jacob Musser, Howard D Neuen-o liwalider, Vera Jane NusMlmuni. Virginia Charlotte Nusuhuum. Gyneth Mardelle Mctllndler, Marie Elizabeth Schwartz. Roy (I Schwartz. Marion Lawrence Smith. Deryll B. Sprunger. Kathryn Jeanette Sgirunger. Harriet RuUi Sprunger. Marianna Lucile Sprunger. Florence Patricia Sprunger. Cub Pack Meeting Here Friday Night The monthly meetnlg of the Cub Pack iff Decatur will he held Friday evening at Hie Lincoln school (jym. Tlie program will begin proioply at 7 o'clock. All Cub Scouts and parents an- urged to attend Awards will lie made for the winners in the Inter-Den content held In the month <>t March for attendance at church or Sunday school. There will be four Den project* presented try liens 1. 28, 3B and 5. First and second prizes will be awarded for lie*l exhibit* of work done in the individual Dens. There will also be game* for the boys, and a meeting for parents of Cub Scouts in connection with the i meeting.

HUGE BOOSTIN FEDERALTAXES TO BE SOUGHT Heavy Taxes Loom To Pay For National Defense Program Washington. Apr. 22.— UR—- - house way* and mean* committee agreed today to fi* •3.500.000.000 M the "minimum goal” of the new tax bill. It will start public hearings Thursday with Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., as the first witness. Washington. April 22 (U.K Ben Turn Connally. D. Ta*., proismed today that lhe adminlslnitions |3 ill IHHI.IHH! tax program lie broadened to Include higher eX-ii-ss profits taxes which he said would lap hitherto unt'Mii hixl profits accruing from defense prodtic Holt. “Too many loopboles now exist in the excess profits tax structure." hi- said "Nobody ha* made many *atiifice* lo national defense except the draftees Many individual firm* are making huge profits" Connally is a member of lhe senate finance committee which , handles tax legislation. Treasury spokesmen, outlining' their proposals Ix-fme the house ways and mean* committee yesterday. proposed a s't percent Increase In the normal individual Income tax rate and a 25 pen-mu Increase in the maximum normal corporation income tax rate Connally conceded that 13 500, mxi.ixm probably wa* the outside limit which could lx- ralm-d by any new tax hill. Inn he warned that the emergency "demand* sacrifices by all" and that a heavy and Ixiideiiaoiiie tax hill" Is almost Inevitable. "Tlie normal lax rate* will hare to be Increased, surtaxes will have to start In a lower bracket, cortxirat ion taxes must lx- advanced, and I probably new excise taxes will I Heed to be imposed. ’ he *a)d The treasury's suggestion* for I the forthcoming program were presented to all executive committee session by assistant secretary .lolin L .Sullivan and other experts. They embraced comprehensive upward revision of income taxes, ex ( Ise levies and surtaxes, ami ini position of a wide range of the old world war nuisance taxiCommittee chairman Ifobei • L Doughion. I) . N ('. dl-i lo*.—l that staff experts of the Joint congressional committee on taxation disagreed with many specific point* in lhe treasury'* pro|x>*e<l program. Itepuldlcaiis criticized closing of the hearing* to th- public ami in - ((9>NTIVItKI> ON PAG*! S'lVfc.l DEMURRER PLEA IS OVERRULED Judge Thomas Slick Overrules Demurrer Plea By L. F. Confer Fort Wayne. Apr. 22. (U.R) [ 8. district Judge Thoma* M' Slick, in a surprise move, today oven til- - ed a demurrer plea by Louis F. Confer, one-time treasurer of laike county, Edward Heil, former employe of the Like county treasurer's office, Edward Dicktneyer, Fort Mayne, and the Central Securities Co., Fort Wayne. All were charged with the violation of the securities and exchange act In the redemption of Lake county municipal Improvement bond* Judge Slick laid arraignment will be held after conference with attorneys for the defendants. Center and Hell were charged in an Indictment returned last fall with notifying Dickmeyer when funds were available for redemption of Hammond, Gary and East Chicago municipal Improvement bonds. The indictment alleged that Dickmeyer then went to his customers holding such bond*, and secured authorization to sell the hond* for a fraction of their listed value. The Indictment said the bonds VUUNiiNUKITUN FAME 81X1 i

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London Fears New Hitler Moves As Allied Cause (.rows Darker As Greek Defenses Falter. llth HOUR STAND By I'nlted I’iess Bililsh and Greek flghilntf men stood off Adolf Hitler's iron panzer divisions In ii new lialtle of Tilermopylae tixlay mid lhe 15-lnt'h guns of tile royal navy blush'd for 43 1 minutes ai Tripoli. liaso for <ho | Nazi throat to Sm-z Those events punctualcd a -lay of dark news for the Brillsh rail <e ill which the shadows Were deepened by belief In London that Hitler shortly may make new moves in Spain. Turkey and th* Far Ea«t to bring his spring blitzkrieg to a crashing creacendo. The stand of the British and Greek* In the region of Thermapylae. I (mi mile* northwest of Athens, appeared to lx< i desperate llth hour attenipl to stem tile overwhelming tide of men ami metal which Germany ha* thrown Into Greece for th*- knrx koilt blow There waa little hope in Lindon mid presumably liiile more In Athens that the bravery of lhe Il 11 hil soldiers Would be sufficient to overcome the terrific odd* against which they are hauling. London dr* limsi any comment on persistent German reports that evacuation of British troop* front rhe Greek theater is underway. However, the move would apfiear I to be only logical in view of tho i swift rush of (he battle toward Its apparently Inevitable end. Germany wa* said to have thrown effective elements of three armored divisions into the liattle on the eastern Greek sector. These divisions. outiiuiiilx-riiig and oiMgunniug the allied defense forces, have ( racked rfiroiigh the Dthry* moiiiilain line. possUily thesbrst defense posllkm which had remained hetween tile Germans ami Athens kfter crossing th mountains, the Nazis dashed into l..itnia Ilu mile* north of Athen* and pushed .CONTINUICTI ON PAGE ITOtKEI ——o ' - — V Var‘■Bullet ins Berlin Apr. 22.—U.K—German military spokesmen claimed tonight that the retreat of British foeces in Greece has been turned into a "precipitate flight" with the Nazi air force harrassmg the entire lines of withdrawal, embarkation port* and ships clearing Greece for the open sea. London. Apr. 22.—UR—The battle of Greece was said today to have entered its most critical phase in which the Allied defender* must hold a narrow 40-mile line southwest of Thermopylae to the Gulf of Corinth to protect their rear guard withdrawal. Vichy. Apr. 22.—UP—Unofficial report* circulated here tonight that Spanish General Francisco Franco had again refused his consent to the passage of German troops through Spam for an attack on the British fortress of Gibraltar. Franco, the report said, made the refusal after a cabinet meeting on grounds that the food crisis prevents Spain from abandoning her neutrality. — London. Apr. 22. — U-R>—The United States is determined to aid Britain by action instead of words in order to “insure total victory over totalitarian aggresaion which threatens freedom wherever It exists.'* United States Ambassador John G. Winant said today in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce. London, Apr. 22.— U.P, — The admiralty said today that naval aircraft had torpedoed three enemy supply ships totaling 23.000 tons. The ship* were carrying supplies :o enemy forces in the Balkan*. Tokyo. Apr. 22.— UP —Foreign Minister Yosuka Matsuoka expressed belief ton:gnt that the United State* would adopt a policy of peace toward Japan a* a retult of Japan's peaceful policy as illustrated by three 'great international treaties'* she negotiated during the past six months.