Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1939 — Page 4

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Britain Again Gives Warning To Shippers; Finnish Craft Reported Sunk.

LONDON, Oct. 4 (U. P).—New warnings were issued to British shipping ‘in the Atlantic and the

Caribbean Sea t0 beware of German sea raiders.

The warnings were the result of a ;

growing Admiralty conviction that it was the powerful German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer which sank the British merchantman off the Brazilian coast, and that the ship was now at large in the South Atlantic. It was forecast that the Admiral Scheer might now proceed to Caribbean ports and that possibly other raiders had been prepared to commence operations there. The Ministry of Information announced today that a German submarine had torpedoed the Finnish steamship Walma off the west coast of Sweden, Sept. 23. :

Mine Sinks Norwegian Vessel in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements, Oct. 4 (U. P.). — The Norwegian steamship Hoegh Transporter of Oslo, 4914 tons, was sunk by a mine as it entered Singapore Harbor today, it ‘was officially announced. Nine members of the crew were

wounded and taken to hospitals and |;

36. more were landed safely.

Swedish Ship Bound For U.S. Is Diverted

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 4 (U. P.) —The Swedish steamship ‘Korsholm, 2647 tons, with a cargo of wood pulp destined for Wilmington, Del, was halted near Sandham today and .taken to a German port.

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line. A million more are in position in the great forests of Lorraine, the Vosges Mountains and the Saar Valley. The rest are behind, ready. Yet I saw almost no sign of war activity. There was.-almoest no traffic between Metz and the front as I came up. French Are in Position

It meant that France was in position and fully ready for a fight, that it has been preparing for years to meet a German attack. A 10-mile zone along the frontier has been emptied of civilians. Every town and village is filled to bursting with soldiers—who are kept out of sight. Such German observation planes as do manage to get across the front lines are quickly chased back and they see nothing. Thus far the Western Front war has been one of contact by patrols, chiefly for observation and—for the French—for position. There has been no offensive, no telling victory, though the French acquired all of the most advantageous terrain ‘on the west bank of the Saar River, by local advances, before the Germans realized t seriousness of a series of small operations when taken together.” Sinc~ then the Germans have been massing troops frought from the East.

Frenchmen Expect Big Battle

Now that Poland ‘ has been crushed, Frenchmen in the front lines expect a. big battle. But they disagree whether they or the Germans will attack. There is no reason why the French should sacrifice men in a big attack unless they find a real weak spot in ‘the German lines. Time is on their side. From the French come only praise of the enemy. They say.that the German military machine is a great one—but they do not believe it is as good as it was, say, in 1916. For 15 years Germany trained no reserves. For the first time, it is possible to give some statistics which I have

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The French have between 100 and 200 prisoners. The Germans have lost about 3000 men, including between 500 and 600 killed. French losses are said to have been consid‘erably less. The French, as I have seen for myself, have fire superiority. They claim air superiority.

‘Land Mines Numerous

The Germans are using patrols and mines to check the French. They retreat rather than accept a challenge to fight. But they leave thousands of land mines which the French have the greatest difficulty in clearing. Cavalrymen go through the woods, exploding mines which are placed on paths. Though the French Maginot line is as nearly invisible as can be imagined, the German Westwall is not. I have now keen through this section. of the Maginot Line, which stretches from Switzerland to the English Channel and was built at a cost of $500,000,000 on plans laid down by the late Gen. Andre Maginot, once a sergeant. The 1,000,000-odd men in the line are living ‘underground, generally at depths of from 150 to 200 feet and they only on occasion come to the surface. They like their life. {They sleep, work, play, go to the movies, to a gymnasium. to hos-

have their trolley trains, and they have traffic policemen to guide traffic through the labyrinth of underground galleries. No Danger From Gases

To guard against a power failure, there were phosphorescent plates along corridors to guide troops in the dark. = The ventilation and heating arrangements are so good that maginot Jnen seldom catch colds. “They dq not neéd gas masks: because if gas Beeps into a fortress an automatic | detector releases neutralizing gase§ and forced ventilation clears all gases away. All! firing - mechanism is double, so: it can be operated by electricity or, by. hand. One. soldier working a lever can raise or lower periscopes and turrets to| | bring big guns into operation. -

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using one hand for a full load of shells. Fire control is ‘concentrated in a tiny triangular room barely five feet wide on its longest side. Here sits the fire control officer. There is no window and he never sees the enemy. But he controls all guns telephonically.

DUCE AWAITS PEACE LEAD FROM HITLER

ROME, Oct. 4 (U. P.).—Premier Benito Mussolini will be ready to essay the role of European peace leader if Adolf Hitler in his speech

to the German Reichstag this week gives him a basis for action, it was reported today in well-informed quarters. Sig. Mussolini was represented as believing that the best hope for peace, if Herr Hitler gave him a lead, lay in a conference including Great” Britain, France, the. United States, Germany, Russia, Turkey and Italy. The United States was considered, it was said, because in the presence and influence of the American Government lay the ‘sole hope of inducing Britain and‘ France to stop the war. How the United States might be expected to induce Britain and France to stop fighting, after refusing to recognize the Hitler-Stalin annihilation of Poland, and after recognizing the new Polish Government, was not explained. It was said authoritatively that at Berlin Count Galeazzo Ciano, ‘Italian Foreign Minister, was given reassurances regarding Italy's ine

formation of a new Berlin-Moscow axis. It was understood also that reports that Count Ciano discussed

{Italian and Spanish interests in

the Mediterranean were correct. Reports circulated at Vatican City that His Holiness Pope Pius XII might consider recognizing the new

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“Now, what would you ladies suggest?” Recreation Director H. W. Middlesworth asks members In the group (left to right) are Mr. Middlesworth,

‘SNUBBED,’ SAY PARK ADVISERS

Committee on Recreation Is Granted Meetings With Middlesworth.

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resented by Mrs. Joseph A. Miner, Mrs. Meredith Nicholson Jr. and Mrs. Carl J. Manthei. Mrs. John K.

Goodwin of the League of Women Voters and Miss Gertrude V. Brown of the Northeast Community Center also attended. . At the outstet, Mrs. Miner asked the Board where the Committee stood in regard to participation in planning City recreation activities. Jackiel W. Joseph, Board presi-. dent, asserted -that the Board wanted “the ideas of the committee” but at the same time reserved the right to make final decisions on matters of “recreation policy.”

Budget Support Cited

“We understood we would have something to say about the money spent on personnel,” Mrs. Miner said. “We favored your budget. We asked Mr. Book at the Chamber of Commerce not to advise cutting it. We also sent letters to other taxpayers’ groups urging. them to support the recreation budget. © “We feel that we have earned your consideration, but it seems to us in some things, you have been ignoring us. We have a lot of ideas for improving the recreation program. “We also do not want to hear repeated next year the stajement of a park employee this summer who said he had a ‘snap job with the Park Department.’ That man was earning $80 a month. Shall I give you his name?” "Mr; Joseph and Paul Rather; Republican Board ; member, | dissuaded | Mrs. Miner from revealing the man’s name “while hewspsper; reporters are present.”

Newspapers Scored

During the discussion, Mr. Joseph told the committee members “not to believe everytning they read in the newspapers,” but cited no particular item as untrue. “Frequently, news is just the guess of a reporter,” Mr. Joseph said. He explained that it was customary for the Park Board to reach its decisions in private sessions and that the press had agreed not, to reveal what went on there. “Unfortunately,” he siad, “things have been appearing in the press before we were ready fo announce them.” While board members: repeatedly assured the committee that consultations would be held, the committee pressed for a definite decision by the board on what the committee should do. “The way it has been,” Mrs. Nicholson said, “is that Mr. Middlesworth runs to you and says is this

he runs back and tells the girls.

recreation program together.” Seek Part in Activity

“Recreation is only a small part of your work,” Mrs. Miner added. “We think we can help. We don’t want to be left out.” “But we don’t want’ to leave you out,” Mr. Joseph" insisted. “May we have that in writing?” asked Mrs. Miner. “Well, uh. ...” “Better watch out, Jack,” Mr, Rathert said to Mr. Joseph. “The néwspapermen are: taking notes.” “But we're sgtill®in a fog,” said Mrs. Manthei. “What are we to do?” Mrs. that regular monthly meetings be held between the committee and Mr. Middlesworth on the recreation program.. The Board agreed. At the conclusion of the conference, Mr. ‘Joseph asked: “Do you ladies feel this arrangement is satisfactory, then?” “We do,” said Mrs. Miner.

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FOR WAR-TIME BRITISH TRADE

Rents Ships From Norway; Turks’. Dardanelles Hold Encourages Allies:

By JOE ALEX MORRIS ‘United Press For News Editor Soviet Russian trade in the north and’ Turkish contro] of the Dardanelle Straits in the south appeared likely today to bolster the Allied war against With the Nazi peace offensive apparently doomed to failure, it generally was believed that Adolf Hitler’'s speech’ to. the Reichstag late this week: would outline Germany's “final” bid for ~a settlement but would be more important as an indication of the extent to which he was prepared to resort to “total” war against Britain and France,

Watch Russia and Turkey

A high Nazi source today said Germany will continue her peace offensive despite the defiant tone yesterday in Prime Minister Neville Chainberlain’s speech to the House of Commons. : Expectations of a long struggle with special emphasis on t} attempt to strangle Herr Hitler's war machine by economic measures lent particular importance to the maneuvers of Russia and Turkey. Soviet Russia today arranged to rent Norwegian ships to carry on

and opened negotiations for similar agreements in Sweden and Denmark. Swedish shipping firms were believed likely to rent ships to Russia for such trade, which would be of greht importance to the Allies because it might cut into resources available to Germany and pecause of shortage of such materials as lumber in England. Many neutral ships in the Baltic have been torpedoed or searched for contraband in recent weeks by the Nazis, Russia Plays Both Sides Illustrative of British determination to wage a war to the finish was the announcement in Comnions today that" Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are sending Cabinet ministers to Britain to co-ordinate the Empire war measures. Russia, having extended her control cver the Baltic states, continued to play both sides: in the European war. In addition to the friendly gesture of offering increased trade to the Allies, the Moscow Government expects soon to welcome a German economic mission which will work out methods of increasing the Nazi purchase of Russian materials. The Soviets were interested vitally, too, in developments in the southeast, where Turkey has proved to-be a good friend in the past but a stubborn protector of her own interests in regard to neutralizing the Dardanelles—the route through which a sea attack might be fade on: Russia from the south. ty Turks Play’ ‘Cautions’ Game. -

relations with the Soviets but at the same time her interests in the Mediterranean are best served by co-operation with the British and

pansion. All the British want is mutual assistance in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Soviets at present are not likely to try to extend their influence there. ~In this connection, an exchange Telegraph dispatch. from - Ankara said that the Turkish Foreign Minister had advised the Polish envoy that Turkey did not recognize the partitioning: of Poland. Since Russia was one of the partitioners of Poland, the report further indicated that Turkey was declining to bow to any Russian deindependent program for maintenance of neutrality.

SWEETHEART KILLER DIES TORONTO, Oct. 4 (U.P.).—Wile liam Petrukowich, 31, who shot and “killed his estranged sweetheart, Mrs. Annie Gresanic, , 25, last January, was ‘hanged today at the Toronto

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MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (U. P).—Diplomatic quarters awaited today a Russian invitation to Finland to send its Foreign Minister here to sign a pact of “mutual assistance” and complete Soviet domination of the Inner Baltic.

- Finnish quarters professed to be unperfurbed by the Russian campaign. They said that Finnish-Rus-sian relations were good. :

However, after summonses to the foreign ministers of Esthonia, Latvia and: Lithuania, it was forecast| —— in diplontatic quarters that Finland would be next. . Its inclusion in the new Baltic set-up would give Russia complete domination of both sides of the Gulf of Finland, and thus strengthen its new position in the Baltic proper, extending down to Lithuania. If Eljas Erkko, Finnish Foreign Minister, were summoned tp Moscow he would be the sixth foreign minister to visit Moscow since Russia invaded Poland Sept, 17. The. foreign ministers of Turkey, Germany, Esthonia, Latvia:@ and Lithuania had preceded him." Forvign Minister Vilhelm Mun-

Russia Expected to Seek ‘Mutual Aid’ of Finland

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