Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1940 — Page 3

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By JOHN T. FLYNN

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.2-As delegates reach home and are asked: “What sort of man is this wild Willkie you have nominated ?”—they ‘are going to have some difficulty answering. Probably never in history has a Republican convention named a man about whom it knew

He's a very different man from any.who has been named by the Republican Party in many years. He is 48 years old and for roughly 40 of those years he was a Democrat. He began his thinking life so far on the left he flirted with socialism. But he has been traveling slowly from left to right: If one tried to locate him on that long trail now it would be at about the spot where Al Smith stood in 1928, save on the matter of power. He would be more at home on the Democratic ‘side of the U. S. Senate than on the Republican. He is one of those Democrats who broke with his party over the New Deal—and after all the New Deal is far from the traditional

position of Jeffersonians. Willkie is liberal in the sense that he hangs to all philosophical

-worse.

positions of Victorian liberals—the great constitutional guarantees. © But he goes further in that he believes in dealing with the eco-

‘nomic scene.

RUMANIA BESET BY HUNGARY, BULGARS

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British Isles, but Hungary’s belligerent attitude appeared to threaten that objective. In Berlin this afternoon, the German spokesman put special emphasis on statements that the Reich had nothing to do with the Russian-Rumanian arrangement for cession of Bessarabia and Bukovina, that the German interest in

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‘Later, a German news broadcast from Berlin said that “authoritative circles here are surprised and enraged that

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He has an SSseniisly critical mind. 8 . HEIS OnE i Vice men far from satisfied With the wad as it is today or as it was in 1929. He is one of those persons who believes in doing something about things. In this respect he is like Roosevelt, but his approach is different. : Roosevelt is impulsive, moves in response to sudden good impulses. Willkie is more the student. He is widely read, unlike the President, who is in no sense bookish. He likes not merely to read but to write. What the impact of the present world crisis on his mind will be is pure guesswork. He will probably become still more conservative. But the Republicans have yet to learn what their candidate will do in this turbulent world. Oddly, Joe Pew, powerful Pennsylvania oil man politician, opposed him because he thought his reform ideas were like Roosevelt’s, while liberal William Allen White supported him because he thought Willkie’s foreign policy ideas were like Roosevelt's. I think both these gentlemen will find themselves wrong. 88 o 2 8 = HE IS A REALIST. He is tough-fibered. He may make a great liberal champion. He may make a resolute master if things get That remains to be seen. He is an administrator of high order of ability. He is hard, exacting, takes advice reluctantly, tolerates no let-downs by subordi-

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the United States press got hold of this affair in a manner |S

“which, as it is explained here, clearly showed a desire to create unrest in Europe.” The broadcast said that reports were circulated in Amerjea that Germany had promised to aid Rumania “as soon

- as it has a free hand in the west” but that the spokesman

said this was false and was an “attempt to poison the wells.”

In the Far East, American ships including the President Coolidge were participating in arrangements for evacuation of women and children, including several hundred United States citizens, from Hongkong, which the Japanese have ri partly surrounded and are threatening to blockade.

The Japanese army, which is not responsible to the Government but to the Emperor, was understood to be demanding a much sterner policy in enforcing Japan's demands for domination of all of East Asia and for non-interference by foreign powers. ~~ There were increasing fears that the Japanese army would move into French Indo-China and a Chinese army was reported massed to enter that area if the Japanese move. 7 Fleet’s Return Is Surprise

Return of the United States fleet to Hawaii was regarded as a surprise in view of many reports that the warships were en route to the Panama Canal. In Europe and North Africa, the war continued along the line followed since the collapse of France—aerial bombardment of opposing bases by British and German aviation forces and minor clashes by armored units and airplanes in North Africa. One reason for the German attitude was believed to be the preparations for attack on Britain, which continued intensive defense operations and sent many aerial raiders to bombard the bases from which Germany might attempt an invasion. : Neville Chamberlain, member of the war cabinet and the object of altack by many foes of Naziism, declared that there was no thought of peace negotiations with Hitler and that the British would stage a house-to-house fight if necessary. . ’ A possibly significant development came from Berlin, where all foreign diplomatic representatives were told to get out of Norway, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg by July 15. ’ The presence of diplomats in the Nazi-oecupied countries, it was believed, might have led the Germans to fear

2 they world tip off the British as to preparations for the in-

ion, or that they would be in a position to send out information at the time the threatened invasion is started. The date for the Axis move against Britain, however, may depend in part on the Balkan developments.

Shirley Wright, 6, and John Boucher, 6, of Quincy, Mass., don’t seem to find any differences between an ordinary canvas tent and this bombproof one, made of one-quarter inch reinforced steel, as far as its playhouse qualities go. A Quincy firm has put this shelter on dis“play on its grounds, and announced mass-production will start soon. Not designed to withstand direct hits, the shelter, a copy of a popularpriced English model, will protect fives or six occupants from flying

nates. There will be no power behind the throne, He is a utility man. His company is a good one, but he will be plastered with the bad history and manners of every local power company, The Democrats are certain to make an tel point of the telegram drive for him by utility and broker interests in New York. It is probable that Willkie had nothing to do with that and it hurt him more than it helped. But in politics a man must take the blame of all supporters. One point is of more than passing importance. The Republican Party behind him is quite different from the one which nominated Hoover in 1932. Most of the old leaders are gone. Those who were here had little real hand in the show. The depression seems to have liquidated the old guard.

In every convention there is a procession of veteran Presidential

candidates. With one exception all the candidates this time were up for their first tests. All the Serjous candidates were young men—Dewey under 40, willkie 48, Taft!50.. The chairman of the resolutions committee, Her- . bert Hyde, was around 40. The campaign managers of all the can-

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on Nazl air power told me in Paris that Germany's losses probably had not exceeded 6000 planes since the beginning . of hostilities. If she had 15,000 to start with—a conservative estimate—that would leave 9000. Nazi production is reliably reported to be between 2000 and 2400 a. month. Thus if the average has been 2000 for the past eight months, Germany should now have on hand 16,000 new planes or a total of 25,000, counting the old.

But even so, can Germany invade Britain and occupy London? The best-informed military opinion on the other side appears to be that she can, thanks to her vast superiority in manpower, mechanized equipment and air power. As described to me her tactics would probably be something like this: Imagine, by way of illustration, three men standing in a row on one side of a 40-foot square, each armed with a garden hose. Imaginey further, that each of the two end men began spraying the side of the square in front of him while the third, or middle man, kept his hose high and sprayed the far, or fourth side. . Patently nothing could penetrate within the 40-foot square without getting thoroughly soaked—-that is to say, of course, unless the square was entered -from the side held by the three men. Now—continue the tacticians — imagine a square 40 miles to the side, instead of 40 feet, and let the French coast of the English Channel be one side of the square. Instead of men with garden hose, put the greatest concentration of artil-

lery and other military scuipment

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Girls

Raym mond, Juanita Boone, at Soleman. iam, Flora Sherman, at Coleman. Pelion: Rosemary Audritsh, at St. Fran- : Relentech Club, Board of Trade,

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1eona Shieis, i 2353 N. Olney. 7p University Club, Columbia Club,

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DEATHS

Alice Miller, 76, at 3618 W. Michigan, cardio vascular renal.

: - MEETINGS TOMORROW en's i See Hotel, noon. Iba en’s . M. C. A.,, noon Fon uy Board of Trade, noon. pha diab Spink-Arms Hotel, on. Mercator Club. Hotel Lincoln. noon. Universal Club, Columbia Club, noon. Ul versity of Michigan. Club, Board of : : K. of C. club-| Martin Hyland, 80, at 2101 Park Ave.,

noo ents of Columbus, oar ng, 5 ronic myocar: ran Service Club, Canary Cottage, William piney, 64, at City, cardio . vascular ren Zaper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block| True Cox, 53, at 132 N. New Jersey St.,

cerebral hemorrha; pre Barrish, King, 57, at Methdist, carci-

Cambie PoWilitam Francis, 70, at Methodist, carcinom ma.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ! lists are from official records “the County Court House. The Times fore. is not responsible for errors in s and addresses.)

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

! United States Weather Bureau .....'

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with occasional showers tomorrow; not much change in temperature.

Sunrise ....... 4:20 | Sunset ....... 7:18

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total Precipitation LSiace Tan. 1 1

Deficiency since

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana-—Considerable cloudiness with occasional showers in extreme southwest portion tonight and_in south portion tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Illinois—Considerable cloudiness, occasional showers probable in south portion in west-central port w; slightly cooler in exreme Re bortion tonight. Lower Michigan. Fair tonight and tomorrow, exce light showers in extreme south Bortion tomorrow.

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Can England Be Invaded?

Yes, Is Answer by Simms

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the world ever saw along that line. By the use of long-range guns, the Germans could block off this 40-mile stretch of water and protect a bridgehead or foothold some -8 miles deep on the other side while thousands of Nazi planes formed a non-leakable roof over the area and forced the British fleet to keep 3 distance. Meanwhile, specially constructed barges would ferry over from France to England hundreds of tanks and other motorized equipment, speedboats would do the same with German infantry armed with machine guns, and -parachutists would descend upon Britain like a sinister rain. Roughly, such seem to be the rudiments of the plan, according wo those with whom I talked. Britain lacks trained troops to put up a real defense. Such forces as she has are without the necessary equipment. Most of Britain’s tanks, guns and other heavy stuff were lost in Flanders, and the Navy, say the experts, would noc more dare come in close enough to attack the German lane across the channel than it dared penetrate the narrcw waters of the Skagerrak and the Kattegat to stop the ferrying of troops from Denmark to Norway. One thing, it is felt, might yet save Britain if not from invasi.-, at least from feeling the full force of the Germanic heel, and that is Hitler's thorough distrust of his partner, Josef Stalin, Worried by the Soviet invasion of Rumania a1 d the possibility of serious complications in the Balkans and elsewhere, Hitler might be tempted to make a milder peace with John Bull tnan might otherwise be the case. He needs a free hand to deal with the rising menace to the East. Even so, observers in Europe believe Hitler would demand a heavy price—probably including, among other things, the surrender of all or a large part of the British fleet, Gibraltar, Singapore and other strategic bases, colonies and so on.

Tomorrow—Will Gibraltar fall?

SEIZE 11 IN LIQUOR RAIDS

FT. WAYNE, Ind, July 1 (U.P). —State excise officers and Ft. Wayne police in a séries of raids yesterday arrested 11 persons on charges of violation of the liquor laws and held one as a material witness.

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land this diplomatic Levantine strat-

didates were young men. The party is in new hands.

GRAZIANI SENT T0 TAKE OVER BALBO'S -POST

Rome Hints, Meanwhile, Russ Grab Was Planned By the Axis.

ROME, July 1 (U. P.).—Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, Italy’s ace colonial soldier, has flown to Libya to take

| lcommand of all Italy’s forces in Bl northern Africa in succession to Air

Marshal Italo Balbo, it was an-

§ [nounced today.

Announcement of Graziani’s new

| ipost was made in a high command

communique. He had been serving as chief of the army staff. Called the conqueror of Libya, Graziani has spent most of his army career in the colonial service. One of the main Italian commanders in the Ethiopian War, he later served as viceroy and was seriously wounded by a bomb, thrown by assassins. As the high command announceit was reported from Benghazi, North Africa, that the remains of Balbo and the eight men who died with him in a. burming airplane, had been taken by automobile from Tobruk, where they crashed, to Benghazi, escorfed by motorcycle troops along %e road lined with Italian troops réndering homage. Well informed quarters reported meanwhile that Benito Mussolin and Adolf Hitler probably had chosen the present lull in western Europe as the time for Russia to move against Rumania. The Axis partners wanted to be sure no crisis would come up to stop the flow of oil and other materials from Rumania during their assault on Great Britain, and they decided the best way to dispose of the situation was to let Russia take Bessarabia and northern Bukovina now, these observers said. Authoritative quarters here denied that Italy and Germany had given Rumania any formal assurance that they would co-operate in seeing that no further terrirtorial demands were made on her. Reports from Bucharest that such assurance had been given were said here to be “grossly exaggerated.”

Britain Skeptical That Balbo. Died in Crash

LONDON, July 1 (U. P.).—Official and military circles today regarded with skepticism the Italian statement that Air Marshal Italo Balbo died in battle with British planes over Libya. The Foreign Office said “there is no truth in the statement that he fell in battle” and that a “careful investigation shows no British aircraft were concerned in the crash of Balbo’s machine.”

400,000 RETURN TO WORK DURING MAY

NEW YORK, July 1 (U. P.)— Four hundred thousand persons returned to work during May, swelling the nation’s total employment rolls to 46,377,000, according to a preliminary report issued today by the Conference Board. The May figure, which did not in-

Government emergency labor force, represented an increase of 1,453,000 since last May, and was almost 10,500,000 greater than at.the bottom of the depression in March, 1933. In 1929, the average employment was 47,925,000 persons.

policy of Germany was to keep Russia away from the Dardanelles at all costs;

egy has been inherited by Hitler. Sooner or later, Turkey’s exclusive hold over the Dardanelles will have to be broken, for Turkey is an Asiatic power ‘while the Dardanelles is within the realm of European in-

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Today's War Moves

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to the British Empire. | belligerency againit Germany and

Hinchman ,“right, and Marie Kennedy, of Scarsdale, N. Y. Gunnery Sergt. William* Laverty, U. S. M. C., shows them how, as they went

okeh first uniformed drill of recently y Seemed oo Brigade in Newark, N. J. Group was organized to 0 bolster ; :

IT'S LEWIS

But Wendell Liked

ELWOOD, Ind. July 1 (U. P.). —Just for the record, the Republican. nominee is Lewis Wendell Willkie, not Wendell L. Willkie. His Uncle Frank revealed today - ‘that the G. O. P. nominee always disliked “Lewis,” his rightful first name.’ When an Army recruiting officer listed him as “Private Wendell L. Willkie,” he said: “That’s swell, we'll just leave ‘Lewis’ buried in the middle from now on.”

U.S, CONTRACTS FOR 45 VESSELS

Way Cleared for Building 45 Warships After F. D. R. Signs Naval Bill.

WASHINGTON, July 1 (U. P)—} Acting Secretary of Navy Lewis Compton today announced award of the largest single group of contracts for warships in the-nation’s history —$414,000,000 for 45 new ships. Money for this construction already has been provided by Congress. Mr. Compton gave the goahead order within two hours after President Roosevelt signed legislation designed to speed up ship construction. The additions to the fast-growing fleet include submarines, cruisers, destroyers and one seaplane tender. Last week the Navy let contracts covering 19 submarines and destroyers. The work involved today is to be done in private shipyards and the contracts, under tg¢rms. of the new ship speedup bill, vere negotdated. The Navy said that by this short cut—avoiding time involved in advertising for competitive bids— work would get under way many weeks earlier and that the Government would save between $16,000,000 and $17,000,000. The contracts announced today start ‘work on all except five warships in the 11 per cent naval increase bill passed by this session of Congress. Contracts remain to be let on three aircraft carriers and two cruisers under that authorization. Pending in the Senate is another navy increase bill—authorizing addition of 200 warships to the fleet, a 70 per cent increase. The House has approved that bill.

HITLER LOOKS WEST, HISTORIAN BELIEVES

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 1 (U, P.).—On his 86th birthday, Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard professor emeritus, predicted today that the Western Hemisphere would be invaded within five years by Germany. The noted historian believed Adolf Hitler soon would turn on his Axis partner, Benito Mussolini and absorb Italy. Russia will overcome Japan, he said, and Hitler and Stalin will attempt to divide the world between them.

CAA CHANGE EFFECTIVE WASHINGTON, July 1 (U. P.).— The Civil Aeronautics Authority becomes a part of the Commerce Department today under terms of President Roosevelt's Government reorganization order of April 11. The authority now becomes the Civil Aeronautics Board.

It has been the general policy of the Western European nations, until the present time, to allow Turkey to possess the Dardanelles because of international jealousies. No European nation could afford to allow any other to possess special rights in that region, Now, however, the whole. balance of power in Europe is changing. In the past, neither Germany nor Italy would have allowed Russia to possess any control over the Dardanelles. Great Britain, too, would have been seriously concerned by Slav aggression freeing the - Russian Black Sea fleet. But, conditions are now so confused that Russia has an unexampled opportunity to push forward. The one restraint is the uncertainty concerning Turkey's ability to fight. The Turks have shown fear of Russia’s armed power and their

exempts Russia from its terms. Turkey, therefore, is not able to call for help from the British to defend the Dardanelles. The British, for their part, would not like to see Russia control the Strait; but whatever causes trouble in southeastern Europe in a way antagonistic to Germany and Italy is of supreme importance at this time

Turkey's declaration of non-

Italy makes Moslem aid to Britain

to assist Russia if necessary. Russia may show temporary discretion, but the possibility of Stalin making a sudden move toward She elles while

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UNITY INDICATED BY CHAMBERLAIN SPEECH

LONDON, July 1 (U. P.).—Former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s speech promising a house-to-

lhouse fight if necessary against

‘German invasion was taken today as-indication of Britain's determination to resist invasion. Chamberlain’s speech could hardly have been more vigorous. \ He said that the, Cabinet and the country were working in completest unity and that reports of peace negotiations merely played the Nazi game. ; ; “We would rather go down to ruin than ‘admit domination by the Nazis; he said.: =“Fde mot for a mo‘ment underrate ‘the ‘military might which has overwhelmed the gallant French Army . .. we all know that the enemy is now free to fall upon us.

ANNENBERG HEARS HIS SENTENCE TODAY

CHICAGO, July 1 (U. P.)—M. L. Annenberg, Philadelphia publisher, faces sentence by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson today on his plea of guilty to evading $1,216,297 in income taxes.

British Warn Hostile Powers To Avoid Syria or Lebanon

Foreign Office Fears Base May Be Sought for Attack on

East Interests.

LONDON, July 1 (U. P.).—The Foreign Office said today that Great Britain “cannot -allow Syria or Lebanon to be occupied by any hostile power” or used for a hase of attack against British interests in the“

The French Armies of the Near. as, based in Syria, had been"

French Government at Bordeaux ase hostilities. Large units.of the French fleet had been reported in Syrian waters. (The German wireless last week + charged that the British had ate: tempted to force French troops and sailors in the Near "East to carry" on the war and had attempted to foster an uprising in Syria, but = failed.) The Foreign Office statement - said: “The Government holds itself

free to take whatever measures it:

may decide in such circumstances: to be necessary.” ; ng Concerning a statement by Gen: i Eugene Mittelhauser, commander of French troops in thé Near East, - to the effect that: hostilities had:

ceased in Syria, the Foreign Office:

said the British Government “as=sumes this does not mean that if Germany or Italy sought to occupy : Syria or Lebanon and were to tryto do so in the face of British com=" mand of the sed; me¢ attempt would : be made by French forces to Oppose ; them. ” 5

NAMED TO TARIFF POST . WASHINGTON, July 1 (U..P.) = President Roosevelt today nominated : Fred H. Brown of New Hampshire, former Comptroller General, to the U.S. Tariff Commission for a term expiring next June 16.

RIVERA HOST TO WINDSORS MADRID, July 1 (U. P.).~The Duke and Duchess of Wifidsor wers the dinner guests of Miguel Primo . Rivera, provincial chief of the°

STRAUSS SAYS:

Falange (Fascist Party) last night,

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