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the Russians have lost 150,000 men, airplanes and 1300 tanks in this asion, most of them on the IsthThe Russians began the main assault there a month ago with 13 divisions and is estimated to have
used at least 20 as the drive pro-
gressed. ~ The Finns have thrown up new lefenses around and behind Viipuri in the forests and boulder-strewn flatlands and they were expected .a make uses of the ruined walls in the city, possibly defend the city from house to house, to give their com- - rades behind the city more time to build new fortifications. Southeast of Viipuri the - Finns had been forced back in the Aeyrae- _ paenjaervi, Salmenkaiti and Vuoksi areas, where the Russians moved up, heedless of savage Finnish artillery fire. which was enfllading over wide sectors.
Reds Fail on Other Fronts
- Except for the advance on the Isthmus, the Russians had gained virtually nothing in three months of war. Phe lines -in the Petsamo area of the Far North were virtually ‘where they were Christmas, before an. Arctic blizzard forced the Russians back to Hoeyenjaervi. At Salla, in North Central Finland, where the Russians had been thrown back 35 miles with devastating losses in January, the front was comparatively calm. There had been no attempt to push past Suo--mussalmi, where dead Russians of more than two divisions still lie under the snow.
‘Finnish Morale High
The snow and bitter cold has worked to the Finns’ advantage and has contributed much to the Russian casualties, especially among the wounded who froze before they could be rescued. Nevertheless,
. Finns say it has been one.of the
mildest winters in 20 years, with snowfall, usually still coming heavily in March, now virtually
ceased. = Behind the fighting lines, the Finfish morale was still high and the _ only complaints heard are the failure of foreign countries to send more help. There is no talk of mediation, in spite of the death ‘and destruction caused in every part -of the country by Russian airplanes. In bombardments yesterday, 10 were killed and scores wounded at Savolinnae; one killed and one wounded at Haminae; one killed and two wounded at Aabo; two killed and three wounded at Inkeroinen.
Soviet Military Forces Indicate Two-Way Attack
MOSCOW, March 1 (U. P.). Soviet experts forecast the imminent fall of Viipuri today and indicated that afterward the Red Army will split, one unit attempting to turn the Mannerheim Line northward and the other pushing up the Viipuri-Helsinki Railroad with the Finnish capital as its objective. Red Army experts said that Soviet troops held the approaches to Viipuri on three sides and it was indicated that complete encirclement of the city would be effected - today.
Finnish Note to League
Protests Russian Action
GENEVA, March 1 (U. P.).—Finland sent a note to the League of Nations today denouncing Soviet air forces for violating the neutrality of the Aaland Islands and charging that such violations were a threat to all signatories of the 1921 Geneva convention. The six-page Finnish note listed
: alleged Soviet violations of interna-
tional law, - League circles regarded the note as indicating the anxieties of Fin- | land and recalled that she has been ‘i desirous of peace. It was believed
/ here that the Finns hoped the
League would attempt to aid in
ending the war.
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MEETINGS TODAY . ‘Exchange Club. luncheon, Severin Hotel,
‘Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, Boor. ive Officers’ Assagiation, ‘luncheon,
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Bf Tau Delta, luncheon, Columbia
Indiana ‘stamp Club, meeting, Antlers
8 p i Kappa Risa, luncheon, Canary Cottage, Z Theta Kappa Psi, convention, Hotel Lin-
“Indianapolis Press Assistants Union, meeting. Sev erin Hotel. 8 p State ‘Examining Board, Paceting, Severin 0
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OE ot Railway Sis Signalmen. meet-
Claypool MARRIAGE LICENSES
These Washington High School Booster Club members are selecting cheers with which they hope to root the Continentals home in the sectional basketball tournament. Smitha, club chairman; Robert Mears, cheer leader, and Betty Litchfield, club program chairman.
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NAZI AIR FLEET ATTACKS SHIPS
British Admit Liner Is Sunk By ‘Enemy Action’ With Loss of Eight Lives. (Continued from Page One)
attacked the fishing fleets off Yorkshire. The British planes during the night had flown over Berlin. the Frisian Islands, the German Baltic ports of Kiel and Lubeck, Hamburg, Bremen, and Hanover and the naval bases at Cuxhaven and at Brunsbuttel at the mouth of the Elbe.
Worst Still to Come,
Goering’s Paper Says BERLIN, March 1 (U. P.).—German airplanes “broke up” a British convoy and sank several ships, the official news agency announced today coincidentally with a declaration by Marshall Herman Goering’s newspaper that the Nazi aerial armada awaits only the order of Adolf Hitler to begin its greatest test. The renewal of attacks on British sea power was announced soon after
Sumner Welles, U. S. Undersecretary of State, arrived for confer-
—| ences with Herr Hitler and other
high officials and on the fifth anniversary of ‘the founding of the German air force headed by Herr Goering. “Several ships of high tonnage were sunk by bombs and several others were set afire,” the announcement said. “One convoy group was broken up.” But, according to Herr Goering’s Essener National Zeitung, the attacks on British shipping are nothing compared to the tasks for which the air force is prepared. “Germany's air force stands before its second test which will be its greatest and which awaits only the Fuehrer’s command,” the newspaper said, describing the Polish campaign as the first test. “The German air force can and does look forward to coming events with incomparable confidence in victory.” The High Command’s communique announced that a German submarine had returned to its base to report that on its cruise it sank 45,000 tons of enemy shipping. On two cruises this U-boat, the communique said, sank 80,000 - tons of shipping. There was little to report from the western front, according to the communique, which said: “In the west there was local ar-
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Mary Fegan, 27, of Beech Grove. Fred Allen Plew, 21, of 3722 Roosevelt; Rordiny Kerman Edwards, 18, of 2407% tation Wilford W. Hollingsworth, 24, of 5504 Xo Minnesota: Georg! a L. Harney, 23, of
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BIRTHS Girls Gerald, Helen Maas, at Coleman. John, Newanna Coffin, at St. Francis. Bruno, Mary Smith, at 8t. Vincent's. Howard, Elsie Bell, at St. Vincent's. Jacob, Jean Reich, at St. Vincent's. Frank, Ruth Shuber, at St. Vincent's. Ralph, Mariel Ackerson, at Methodist. Virgil, Josephine Day, at 441°
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Struve, had met him at the border and accompanied him here. Minor German Foreign Office officals, American embassy and legation officials and newspapermen greeted him at the station. It was understood that Mr. Welles was here to listen to what Herr Hitler had to say. rather than to suggest anything, and German newspapers had made it plain all week that Herr Hitler had no idea of proposing any peace terms through Mr. Welles. But in the Allied capitals of Paris and London, where Mr. Welles goes from here, reports persisted that some peace offensive was in the making in connection with his trip. London dispatches said it was feared there that Herr Hitler would put the Allies “on the spot” by submitting a peace plan to Mr. Welles. Nazis insisted, however, that nothing was further from Herr Hitler's mind.
Expect Demand for Colonies
The Germans were interested in whether President Roosevelt intended to run for a third term and asked frequent questions about it. Baron ‘Von Ribbentrop was believed to have explained that Germany has no desire to prolong the war and was willing to end it on.a status "quo basis involving, according to some reports, the re-estab-
1914 and: a few administrational changes in Bohemia-Moravia. It was believed that Herr Hitler would tell Mr. Welles that if necessary, Germany was ready to wage war to the finish, that he would reassert Germany's right to colonies and the need for settlement of such questions as the distribution of the world’s raw materials. :
Nazis Are Cautious
It was learned that Mr. Welles had conferred Wednesday night at Zurich with John Cudahy, United States Ambassador to Belgium, and that Mr. Cudahy had proceeded immediately to Brussels by way of Paris. Zurich ahead of Mr. Welles and pre-| sumably informed him of the situation in the low countries. Nazis regarded his arrival with caution and skepticism. Yesterday for the first time, German newspaper readers were informed that Mr. Welles was coming. They had had a hint of it earlier. in violent editorials denying that Herr Hitler was going to outline any peace plan to the American visitor. Foreign Office spokesmen made these observations on the visit:
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder late tonight with lowest about 28.
Sunrise 6:18 | Sunset
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MIDWEST WEATHER
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Welles Sees Ribbentrop; Nazi Offici
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lishment “of the Polish frontier ‘of fon suspicion that he had supplied
Mr. Cudahy had arrived in}/
ials Pessimistic
what Mr. Welles: had to say and ready to tell him the German point of view regarding the possibilities of peace. 2. Germany has no peace proposals to make. 3. Germany doubts that Mr. Welles’ tour will lead to direct peace negotiations. 4. The visit was not publicized in the press because Germany wanted to avoid building up any false hopes in its people.
Two Accused of Sending
Nazi Signals by Radio AMSTERDAM, March 1 (U. P.). —Police at Schiebroek, near Rotterdam, today discovered a secret radio transmitter which daily has been sending signals to German aircraft. Two men were arrested. The police said that the radio transmitter was used to broadcast weather conditions in Western Europe which was used by the German Air Force for timing raids on
Brian, France and over the North ea.
‘National Front’ Leader
In Switzerland Held
ZURICH, Switzerland, March 1 (U. P.).—Police announced’ today the arrest of Dr. Robert Tobler.| chief of the “National Front,” ths Swiss equivalent, of the Nazi Party.
a foreign country, presumably Germany, information of a secret nature. Several others were reported arrested. The “front” lost its po-
litical importance years ago.
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All Found in Ca in Cargo Ships After Midnight Is Subject To Detention.
LONDON, March 1 (U. P.) Any German coal found in cargo ships after midnight tonight will be subject to detention by the British contraband control, it was announced officially today. : The order meant that Britain was blockading Italy's sea imports of coal from Germany. It was estimated officially that under the order the Allies would halt between five and six million tons of coal which Italy annually receives from Germany by sea. Britain, it was learned authoritatively, has offered to supply Italy with all the coal she requires provided she can arrange to pay for it. Several Italian colliers now are at Botierdem waiting to load German coal. : The official announcement. said that some apprehension had arisen regarding the detention of German coal exports to Italy. - “It always has been intended that German coal exports to Italy should be subjected to the enemy exports control and the Italian Government was so informed shortly after the Nov. 27 order in council was issued,” a spokesman said The order in council in question extended the Allied blockade to German exports as well: as imports.
Report Nazi Peace Plan Offered
LONDON, March 1.—(UP)-—A report that Germany had submitted peace terms through the German legation at Dublin to a British peace society caused a flurry of excitement in Parliamentary circles today, corresponding as it did with the arrival in Berlin of Sumner Welles, United States Undersecretary of State. The “terms” were said to have been presented to Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, by Lord Tavistock, chairman of the British Council for Christian settlement in Europe. Lord Tavistock said said he got them from the German legation in Dublin, through one of his friends there. He believed they were authentic. The terms on which Germany purportedly was willing to declare an immediate armistice and open many to grant independence to Slovakia provided it remains neutral; 2. Germany to give a reconstituted Poland full independence, allowing her use of the Vistula River, giving her a sea outlet and railway communications; 3. Germany possibly to arrange a plebiscite in Austria; 4. Germany to cisarm if other nations did likewise; 5. Germany to re-enter the League of Nations If the League guaranteed that all grievances would be dealt with fairly. Germany, purportedly, would-be willing to consider other methods of obtaining raw materials than by having her colonies restored.
EVANSVILLE MAN DIES CHICAGO, March 1 (U. P.).— John W. Heyns, Evansville, Ind., died early today at Colosimo’s Theater Restaurant, apparently from natural causes.
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Empire Given ‘Last Chance’ To Grant Immediate Political Freedom.
PATNA, India, March 1 ¢U. P). —The executive commitiee of the Indian Nationalist Congress decided today to launch an India-wide disobedience campaign in protest against Britain's refusal to grant immediate political freedom to India. . The Congress executive body also recommended that in plenary session the Congress adopt a resolution disapproving the British Government’s declaration that India is a belligerent country, and disassociating India from the European war “carried on for British imperialist purposes.” The executive committee agreed at the suggestion of the Comngress leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi, to wait several days before deiermining just when and how to resort to civil disobedience.
Door Is Left Open
The delay meant a door had been kept open for the British Government to accept: the Congress demands. Congress Yeageis said that the chance will be the last Britain will have. “Nothing short of complete independence will be accepted by the Indians,” a resolution adopted by he, Congress executive committee said. “Indian freedom cannot exist within the orbit of British. imperialism and dominion. Any other status within the imperial structure is wholly inapplicable to India and not in conformity with the dignity of a great nation and would bind India in many ways to British policy and the British economic structure.
Debate For 10 Hours
“The Indians alone should shape their constitution and determine their relations with other countries
India Launches obedience Campaign Against Britain
Disobedience
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action without this see-sawing back : and forth, we can install our vedes= trian warning signs on pavements
Mohandas K. Gandhi . . . Leaves door open for British to give India political freedom.
* by a constituent Assembly elected under adult suffrage.” Today’s decisions were reached after 10 hours of heated discussion. Azad Nehru Patel, a prominent nationalist leader, favored immediate resumption of the fight for independence but Gandhi ultimately prevailed on his followers to give the Government anoiher opportunity to reconsider. *
British Doubt Campaign Will Have Any Effect
LONDON, March 1 (U. P).— British Government experts on Indian affairs expressed doubt today
| that approval of a civil disobedience
campaign by, the executives of the Indian Nationalist Congress would
have any immed.c.te practical effect.
A British Government spokesman indicated that the Government would not yield to demands for immediate Indian political independence.
occupation of Poland, two of the five Polish Y. M. C. As still are carrying on, according to word received by Parker P. Jordan, Indianapolis Y general secretary. A report prepared by Thomas Kozlovski, secretary of the Lodz (Poland) “Y,” describes the preparations made by the associations when the war appeared inevitable, the terror of bombing during the invasion, and the associations’ attempts to carry on during the occupation. “Although 80 per cent of the Warsaw building now is occupied by German officers and underofficers, and all the Y. M. C. A. has to work with are the .rooms of the boys’ department, one floor in the dormitory. and the restaurant, the “Y” still carires on,” Mr. Kozlovski wrote.
Polish 'Ys' Carry on Despite Nazis, Report Reveals Here
Despite the German invasion and
“Senior members are studying German,. French and English. A course for glaziers has been started, since every building in Warsaw lacks windows (a result of the bombing). A hundred little boys and girls come to the building every day to receive a free bowl of soup.”
He added that about 50 secre-|
taries of the five associations are alive, several have been imprisoned, two unheard from and one killed. - “They are all in a terrible situation,” he. said. “It is impossible to get any kind of work. Most of the factories are closed down and the machinery is being taken to Germany as scrap iron. The few factories that are working provide employment two days a week ang then only for the army.”
One of the Polish Y. M. Cc. As is.
in the hands of the military, he said, and two—Gdynia and Poznan —have not been heard from. oA :
immediately, since we have all the = |
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“Nothing Official Before Us”
Martin H. Walpole, Board . executive secretary, told Mr. Forysthe
| that “The Board just got: through ? | telling you your problem is with the
Safety Board and nothing official is yet before us.” Mr. Forsythe gave up and vie gan hunting Mr. Keach to ask him to send a formal letter to the Works Board, as he had promised he would do last week. & Meanwhile, three public officials od have signed and returned pledges of strict traffic law enforcement; the Council announced. The first three to return the gr pledges, which were mailed Wednes-
Councilman F. B. Ransom and Donald 8S. Morris, Safety Board member. Similar pledges were mailed by the Council, as a part of its drive to reduce the pedestrian traffic toll, to all members of the City Coundil and Safety Board, Prosecutor.David M. Lewis, Police Chiep Michael F. Morrissey and the two Municipal Court judges.
Prevention Group to Meet
In a letter to the Council, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan promised continued enforcement of all laws > without favoritism. ; The Accident Prevention Council will have a dinner meeting at 7 p. m. Monday in the Hotel Washington, the meeting theme being. 1 “Occupational Diseases.’ Dr. Louis W. Spolyar, of the State Health Department, is to ° speak on “Dust Borne Occupational Diseases,” while Dr. R. N. Harger, of the Indiana University Medical . ‘School, is scheduled to discuss * cupational Poisonings.” The Tec High School girls’ sextet will sing, E C. Forsythe, Council president will preside. .
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