Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1940 — Page 9

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940

ENGLAND SEIZES

Fioht Follows When Commanders Refuse to Turn Over \

Vessels at British ‘Request’; Aircraft Carrier lllusrtious Reported Torpedoed; Dunkerque Flees.

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neh fleet to prevent their falling into Brits

ordered all French naval vessels in British to sea, by force if necessary, and prooreat French port in German hands. French Alexandria were ordered to attempt to reach North African base. sd his orders after members of the French ston at Wiesbaden informed the Germans battle off Oran. said that when the battle at Oran began at 7:50 the French naval force did not have steam rejected the British demand, accepted h opened fire. Most of the French ships Unable to maneuver, they could not use [he British were firing from a distance,

ounts of the events leading up to the battle ritish had demanded that the French surrendcir ships. While awaiting the French reply, laimed, Britigh airplanes laid magnetic mines. vealed in London that British naval forces yesFrench ships in a South England port and d that the French sailors surrender their vessels.

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the official British communique.

His Majesty's government deeply regrets that the French Admiral refused to accept any conditions’ —so read So these big guns of the French Navy were turned on their erstwhile ally at Oran

Bl: S. DEFENSE COST | TO HIT 14 BILLION

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Roosevelt to Ask Conaress for Anoilier $5,000,000,000 Next Week; 70 Per Cent Naval Expansion Approved by Senate Group.

WASHINGTON, July 4 (U. P.).—Ultimate national defense expenditures of $14,000,000,000 were envisaged by thé United States today on the 164th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Congressional action on pending defense legislation has beerr postponed until next week, but as the capital celebrated the Fourth of July, the defense picture stood as follows: Congress already has appropriated $5,000,000,000 for the Army and Navy-—most of it to be spent as soon as possible, The Senate is ready to ap-|~

prove a House-approved bill M NUTT STATUS authorizing a 70 per cent expansion of the Navy. This| will cost an estimated $4,000,- | NOW DOUBTFUL 1,

000,000 over a six-year perio

Early next week President Roose- i velt will ask Congress for another

$5.000.000000 for the Army and State Politicians Disagree on Navy to | sed a lo : program (0 mechanize the army| Whether Tax Settlement

and come within striking distance | : of the President's goal of 50,000 Will Affect Chances.

military airplanes

The naval expansion program was |

approved vesterday by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Admin istration leaders will hring it to the floor next week for speedy approval.

Naval Items Included

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ganization hecame entangled in tax matters more than six months ago when the U. 8. Treasury Department sent representatives here to

mntion of control of French ships in British ports today. hier row. A Nave . : investigate the handling of Indiana 1 a pre-arranged signal had been given vester- Ign fy NYY expahsion Democratic Two Per Cent Club program was discussed by Mr.

0 J Roosevelt with his def ack iSers funds. i ; oun sters Lose YES BUTT — roosevelt, with his defense a visers | R . or arm France to Go Totalitavian, Is Report ) - ! before he left for Hyde Park late eS0iis iy re ary were no

made public and for several weeks

: \ 1 . : ; \ vesterday Originall 1 d { flicials insisted that a majority of French Race With Police As It Developed, Police " inh Ry ta the Armes ite nothing was heard of it until it was Si ndkd fn the Bran Vk oh Eh a vat ab ia { ss was delay learned in Washington vesterday opposed to the Franco-German armistice and IT WAS a bad break (OF mavhe Got Photographer’ $ Se p dispa ch ; to Congress was delayed Its Me EN ch y

. A g : : i vesterday to allow the inclusion of settled the Many members of the crews, however, a good one because they ve learned naval items. account.

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their families in France if they, the 'he Sg oh the dot * Police | | A PERRY TOWNSHIP goat | It was understood that it would At the same time, Bowman Elder, : : ' vear-o sovs when a Stat C kw : bro t an: T . . all rq ‘ ( . ‘ German Minority Leader brought to Indianapolis for the 0 of C, Takes Inventory of call for ahout $4.000,000.000 for the close personal friend of Mr. Me-

} iohtine i \ Iritis a1 sd as the vouhos are J 5 . ; to be fichting with the British. cal [rasksn AS evo w et were . first time of his life yesterday, set Army and $1,000,000000 for the Nutt and former treasurer of the : Th h . ' & F ys 3 ; atempting to enter a Wa ung- } . out to see the bright lights and \ n thy» Nav The total ill ba divided Two Per Cent Club, was r ted t ian News Agency dispatch from Geneva : : Also Given Important Post : . Potential Capacity; Guard Navy. The total will be divided ° , Was reported to : g % pe : ton St liquor! store last night P \ promptly got picked up by police. | t Pe ity G o d about equally between direct ap- have paid the Treasury about $33, - as understood France was gong to adopt I'he burgla alarm so nded just In New Cabinet. I'he goat had been placed by his | Surveys Needs. propriations and contract author- 000 in tax settlement in connection ve form of wovernment as State Policemen Ralph Metealf owner, Elmer Fletcher, in a barn | 1zations, with the disbursement of campaign Ee and Adolph Frankovich drove past at " : in the 800 block of E. Maryland ‘ast | Informed quarters said that funds. : \ si} : . : J UCHARES Rumania, July : ) : (Continued from Page One) juarters sai 1al caid it was understood the French congti- the store in the 400 block and EuoHARE St.. but he butted his way out roms Page major features of the new Army anged for that purpose at a joint meeting Officer Frankovicl ib oL : : ? Be 2 ploked up a short time |i give the airport $250,000 in Fed program call for 15000 more war- $3000 Tax Settlement Ve coidih : : car before it stopped mier George Fescu resighece later in the 900 block of E. Market apa) funds to double the size of the planes, hundreds of new tanks ; : ‘ (Chamber of Deputies to be convoked next The bovs took lt One outran gay and a ne abinet, headed by| Dt. where he WE ore Th runways, will be passed heavy stocks of artillery, anti-tank Confirmed In Washington Phillipe Petain. officer Metcalf for a bloc THe | routes BiY " ” eld residents who called him Billy, The Chamber's inventory was an | and anti-aircraft guns, shells, Ry DANIEL M. KIDNEY ) 11 of Ministers w 1d giles halk on pope H es! in 11 . Garman t+ leader Whe Joon Poe in pi 1 we nounced by Myron Green, industrial bombs and munitions. In addition, | "Times Staff Writer aid that the Council of Ministers would Frankovich for ei ing ti ferman minori eadel Al the police station he Was 0 issioner, who said that workers it provides $1,000,000,000 for a chain WASHINGT . \ i : i I'he bovs are iting Juvenile was being formed. according on calm, or mavbe indignant, when anit : of Government-built lants Af NGTON, July 4.—It has rmond-Ferrand to fix the program of the MN 5 4 huis A ! re py es his captors fed him bread and 2! canvassing more than 1000 In- Y . RUBS to \ ‘ ye {i lectures semi-official sources : a} 3 ¢ and | anapolis firms to learn what de-| furnish supplies of crucial muni-| been confirmed here that Paul V, mbel DCs : {| water-—traditional diet for jail in- STAPOAS Irs a oe C0 (tions. equipment lanes The Gigurtu government super-! corrieibles—instead of tin cans, | [€nse materials not now being man- "HES equipment and planes, McNutt, has made a personal tax es raided the British Isles in day-light for cedes the pr ed Cabinet of Gen! which he would have considered a fre £47) be produced Jf tel Request Carefully Guarded settlement with the Treasury of sive day. They dropped incendiary and lon Antonescu who. up to the last; big city treat Sie vue Swat | The Navy's request for additional APProximately $3000 as a result of . \ . : minute, was believed assured of the Shortly before he was to be 1900 to Get Training . : ‘

I Baikid & C Wns : i} ‘ ’ funds, which came at the last min- the Indiana investigations | fired ther machine guns in powel dives. premiership booked, mugged and hoofprinted :

: ‘ iH asked that tl , 18 ute, was carefully guarded. It was T . IT . y plane {lving over a northeast coast tow: Giguriu, forme: pion Minister by police, his owner appeared and M. Green asked tha OO ir yl We The Federal Security Administras= play ving over a northeast coa wn 1% forn ) I | . ternal. 4 believed that it was aimed to pro3 i \ nd fired exnlosive bullets before \ and pecsonal friend { ermann the goat was released in his care. Which have not yet received e vide money for guns munitions tor, however, still denies flatly that Br Tive ann red EXT OS INE te : Goering, will include mn his new Mr. Fletcher scolded the goat Chamber's questionnaire call L1-155 crash iit ;

ordnance equipment, new ship ways | (he settlement was made on alleged

iP 'y } Haoes and | | aint +] t of Minicter of Mi.| mildly for his truancy, and told ‘ or planes bombed vitlages and hamlets Cabinet the po [ini of Mi- Y ‘ of immediately on both Atlantic an acifie aw ' = | rt f { Atl: and Paci 08=« | Q¢ . orb which will be oceinied hy Police he would be put to work to- 1 t \ fic, p gambling winnings in the Philipe

‘ tp i sibly some additional aircraft and! : ' 3 Approximately 1900 Hoosiers will SIDA additional aircraft and| nineq, He termed such a story “a a ar . ’ ans Otto Roth. leader of th jer-| GAN J ‘ inde . f pines. érmed such a story “ane hombs destroved some property British W arships Now Thun- Hos ; 5 Bou ¥ the Ue He pulls wagons full of children be trained in mechanical trades un- funds to begin work on the new | inher swell smear.” HOY SUro) § ys man minority in Rumania . 4 ny AW OPE aie ishiaionin . expans OQ 1 : : N while Mr. Fletcher takes their der the new vocational program, Mr, €Xpansion program. ‘ It was learned today that in Ins der at French Fleet mn Tension Increases vetures Jennings said in announcing Fed- Meanwhile, Gen. George C. Mar- : tN , nereas picture ie ah a 3 + (shall Ct ‘ ) dianapolis McNutt workers are cone- . eral approval of the WPA project, Sha Chief of Staff, told reporters , Mediterranean The new Cabinet w ke office He said that Mr. McMurray hag that the Army's decision to create a tending that there has been no Hie . : € saic at Mh cvurray has : : "| settlement, whatever. The story,

» this afternoon heavily hombed several areas. midst inereasing political tension i A tate shresenta- NeW armored corps—--patter “ ‘ Continued f r ) Evidence of the seriousness of the iy fF Lrouied Sr aCe Germany's Pry ao aan however, of the settlement was i | . ; |e REA : ’ ah {visor 3 SST { rmany Ss f 3 7 He c participated and were strongly attacked hy (Continue rom Page One ris Sid tek ‘ tive of the Advisory Commission {o ye ; 1vi- checked through an official source

iation was seg when the Ri i) eR ¥ pitt 1 % ’ ions was or he ‘ia _ ab Par : we Council of National Defense ! 'as more than “visionary ; . | i 1 i } 5 , A © YIM ent TAY 3 : : . e \ > y . t y which were helieved to have shot down two made bv ‘he governmen of Ger- leqation said tha Rumania hat Sponsor of the Program and that the DEW COIDS would be and was learned to be definitely

y a ' t that the ue WAP . all vitichpre wikine n : "ne n . . . ‘atin +4 i Lr va ft nany anc Ita l ne ney were ordered a B : working 1 The training will be centered in under rigorous training within a He. McNutt himself made no des compelled hot I In their own In- the Rumanian oil fielas t ean Indiana vocational high schools and month al : He simply said that reports : Killed. Berlin tereste but al Im the hope of re- The lecation estimated ti yhout i will stress work in ination + ‘ : \ nial. simply por

11 Children \sserts : : avia and Gen. Chaffee in Charge ve & yo TTivs storing the ind ‘naence of France ap men. including ti 1 tors ol oi mechanical trades vital to mass pro : he settlement was based on gam . 4 ort fF the Eranrh Pm sia tine avd role: Saf Arild . . . bi Orns, r n & a ww 8 WAS A ear vigh command announc od that German and the ites 1ty he French Em- companies and refi s, cl duetiot “ Te OS high Will eonsist; of ling winnings was a smeat : : pire, to take steps before 11 1S 100 ers, and the like, © d be affected It's h N Ww ’ I'he program in Indiana will cost ¥ sd in bombing exercise grounds at Aldershot, late to ensure that the French by the move The however o T at e State Law; about 875.000 and will be paid out 13.000 men, 1400 tanks, 13.000 semi: | Reading and a heavy coastal battery at fleet should not be used against does not affec 1 companies with One Minor Mishap of the $15,000,000 appropriated by automatic rif les, and 600 pieces of , them bv a common enemy offices in Bucha: Congress recently artillery. will be commanded by |

“With thi biect in View. steps : erstood that the orde Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee with| : : y I y hs < ule py & He I Js ul tet ; het Hie x ae Reported Here. | Hangar to Be Started Soon headquarters at Ft. Knox, Ky. TH acks on Germany continued, resulting in were taken early July 3 el was the result of German desirss to | of the divisions will be located there

{i ; ; day) to place all French men-of-war have a free hand in Rumanian oil ‘onti ; y ) Col. Turner's hangar construction E 11 children and three women and the wounding “myitich norts under British con- fields (Continued from Page One) is expected to get Under wav in the, Hid the Other at Ft. Benning, Ga : ! } iii By the time the Navy bill is com-

Idyon I nin ) 3 } 2 ‘Hs Ee ¥ > trol iis eration was NCCess- It wa )oin mut that German 3449 Sutherlan Ave. for A i ; Ji Ane waren nh ae Silushe of y oeek, hy ; 0 Eh > Ww \ quarter : » B t hk jg a wenant An for a quiel next few days James I Byrne nleted the Department probably uy canted out witha oniv 1 ( vas- Ue Les n i ine 1 \ ¢ . : y « : ss i1 I:4 1 t % ‘ . : weide t 5 ne ( y ave \ 5 Tm y | nd Burmbeck, the high command added. nalties which occurred owing to a pressed fears of possible British Fodav's sports card was headed by President of the Byrne Doors, Inc. will have a new chief The Naval Affairs Committee yesterday

1 Qs oe in thi \ nm 1a . . ; “i ial) oi siiintictie § 1: AS ' " . ap- | pianes were a and four German misunderstanding sabotage in the | as. the rampaging Indians’ ball game specialists in military and com ER i f Col. Fre Pe with the Louisville Colonels at Perry mercial airplane hangai is the proved the nomination of Col. Fran Stadium at 2:30 p. m. Johnny Van- contractor for Col irnel My. Knox to be Secretary of the Navy Senate legders predicted that the nomination would be confirmed by + Senate early next week

what appeared to be a plan to

flving over the southwest coast in

the same “ime French vessess French to Leave in North Atrica were olwar communigie admitted the loss of an- fered certain conditions designe Other Po indicated that the der Meer was scheduled to do the Byrne has been in the city for solely tor the purpose of keeping DEFSonnel of tii : veal 1 shooting for the Redskins several days them out of German hands Wile Buchare wel \ \ Ff Soldiers at Ft. Harrison were on I'he Turner school is a Federal the

3 1 ry . 0 a preparing to Ve Lminut i li t they sathere OT ar wed i Kp lot i of Similarly, the War Department ] explained to the officer in command P' pari a holiday, but they gathered round approved defense pile training I]

ne. the Nazi communique said

but claimed Italian victories over British

' that if none of these conditions NOU tor the tiring of the traditional 48- center will have a new civilian chief by the unique gave No details of the loss of the th : CREAT G oh Britai A W of New drastic telens neasure mm salute to the Union —a gun for I'he proposed expansion of Na- lime its new program becomes law were accepted ead rian as bis Ae usa bib bnasa “ : Tha Sonints ¢ AE oty + " y ; ne, saving merely that it had failed to return prepared to take Gvery step in order trie taren. Gil vere ordere ) each state tional Guard facilities in Indianap- The Senate Military Affairs Com bide’) AetivE fs | watch tor parachute troops and re More than 2000 C. M. T. C. boys olis and throughout the state was mittee has approved the nomination RERFORMANC I 0 LL { the RO nem n ! withorities. were inducted at 9 a m. and then disclosed yesterday by Maj. Arthur of Henry L. Stimson to be Secretar) wr ; . : should be used against her for € Saildie: “eb wed : \ i : ; : 3 1 TA 11 be consider idan border Italian air squad- ‘ A u A Bwioke EF t3as Solait ( { 104 all went off to observe the holidav, The Wilson, member of the supply sec- of War and it too will be considered ‘ \ kol and Gallabat It ui : M: bid RG beak ket Vo parachutist 1 h po Ru- Ft. Harrison officers opened picnic tion of the Army General Staf next week by the Senate, forces at ARKObo ant ratiabat. His Majesty's & Fhmen geehs [manian re forbidden take baskets on their golf courses Adj. Gen. Elmer F Straub is to

. Iv reorete that th ey y admirs rend Sviba " : red : . S 3 cus i : had bombed the Italian base oud Ja | wt “dl Y 3 otograj A \ l were No less than 12 publie, licensed work out estimates on costs for the 14.000 May Get

n command at Oran refu their con- f in E 4 : ‘ \ . ; . a | ! ner con- fireworks displays will light the skies program with Mr Jenning shight damage was caused, the cept any conditions proposed S sations bei \ eard: and t Stout Field, local National Guard Packard Jobs I'he big shows are the Sahara observation squadron field, is sched- DETROIT. July 4 (U, P).—The

2 tonignt the inevitable result that action had to be taken against French vessels . " ] me > 3 t < at the 1" \y Ov and nla 1 AYO ‘ ¢ Nnrove- . a nrces id today that Turkey in that localit hese operations : vind Grotto's at the Butler Bowl and the uled to undergo a $500.000 improve Packard Motor Car Co. will under- { al € Y ia Li a . ITAES, ea be en. 12th District American Legion's ment program as an airport “of im- | ke a 30-million-dollar-expansion 3 . i : are stil proceeaing \ bss ‘ a 333 " i ‘ a iv C3vA 1 “tu x §p a3 al Aata wr yoy ake SU=1 " « ’ A or Italy tried to intervene In Oran Ay a, 1 \r'R : show at the Fah Grounds : portance to national defen WPA program and hire 14,000 additional ; : Ct ander Bucharest ary y lianapolis Railw: funds are » used for the \ bu : Western Mediterray : \ The Indianapoli tailways will funds are to be used for the Guard skilled employees if its directors ap- : . AF th Atty Rumanians 1eir passi provide special service to both project: war order for 9000 Ros iia iid \ the time of the Armist 1) 3 ; : : x prove a ‘ar er 1 : . : Ht * . mourning ove © 108s Of Bessarabia s the Meridian St notor rag Minister Visits Turkey Ostéva corn PRINS la scenes on the Meridian St. motor Rovee airplane engines, it was res and northern Bukovina provinces to coaches and the Ilinois-Fait

. Western Mediteranean fleet and i i \ : vealed today f nivent ne & \ ‘ Jussia Hn s streetcars. Extra i \ : ‘ nment was aid to have heen favor was believed tl t was R 16 R Cavietc Dione Grounds Stree CAR EX ra inboui co President M M Gilman of & ref th . nditons RIN s Displeased service will be provided after the : A ain’'s announcement that she would refused t itons Shows Packard, returning from Washing. : : in . was recalled that French warships t as understood that Jeu > ton, said the 30 million dollars en ou u yw the Axis powers to gain control based at ran had put out to sea fense measures re directed atl . . . " REPORTED BREWING would be used to construct testing last week anparentl bound for Russia. Although Soviet circles here TREES INCREASE of plant

sheds and for purchase

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Foulon to surrender under terms of still insisted that ussian troops WEST POINT, Miss, July 3 (U

‘ ‘ ae n nit NO and machinery, he hh aq foreign minister, Nourdi As- the armistice with German Re- would not go bevond the borders of P).- Approximately 92600 acres in MEXICO CITY, July 4 (U i nl to ove I hat New Ran $ . " \ 3 y - : » \ Ass y ] 9 | destin after a visit to Ankara. Turkey, fore the French ships were far out, Bessarabia and Bukovine they Mississippi have been planted with Fifth Column activity is assuming the contract at a meeting early next . noawever a British squadron ap openly showed displeasure over a more than 98000000 seedling trees alarming proportions in the re- werk .

Jvria was said to have heen discussed, ‘ARE inatired of the EB A ment reported afoot to form . i & y This A «. public of Guatemala, bordering : ! proached quired of French movement rep | afoot to form a during the past year This is com- | 5 Packard was offered that contract

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International Telephone exchange at Cernauti learned. recently visited the Amer- y w; i performance stanle to leave the building because of tanks and | t ICR Emisensy hier and Yolumieeted vo ras Ow dards established by : . y \ cg information that a "people's revolu- A 5 7 i, So Yim sted outside, with orders to fire on any one ; 3 tion” was brewing in Guatemala / » ’ the American Gas ‘against Gen, Jorge Ubico, president. Association, Such The three Guatemalans took pains standards, for n= y to emphasize that the impending stance, mean auto- : ; i ‘coup was supported solely by Guate- : ; lighti lo a S Wa r Moves { ; 'malans and that Nazis. Communists matic oven Lig ing, ; § ee : i (and Fascists were not involved. scientific oven heat BE - An agent of a nation friendly to control high speed Continued from Page One) i g 1 ? i 7 Qs wai ae clas y © . J {the United States who was sta and simmer topstove cooking plus every other worthwhile feature known to science.

rength and change the constitution, Germans | : IIR , a tioned in Central America said the ep And Italians want to see France go k $ gos wend 1 plot reported by the three GuateCXEICISE completely their way; and if a lead-| | : Rong = EOE " | |malans was not fostered by GuateNA° op of commanding personality sud- Sa ho wo i PF ‘ : Imalans but was inspired by Eurodeniv were to come forward in EC ; SY ge 2 wo 4 pean foreign elements France. with German backing, the te | Eo

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Modification of the French Con ’ A h | as grown stitution limiting the initiative of | fi ™ ; : ‘ . § SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 4 (U. P) — ernment Parliament and its control over X : | We : § ao 3 i |U. 8 Minister George H. Earle an-| tries ministries seems probable, without 3 ibe Li : " ® ahd § | |hounced today that his son George ' majori- establishing a real dictatorship al % RL: had abandoned his plan to join the 1 Whether that will be only a tem. § ; als BE a ; British Royal Air Force after re

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in porary surrender of legislative B id ? — ring ! |eeiving word from the State De« here powers must await the final out- SG : Sl i partment in Washington that his

eflects come of the war. The chances, how- : 5 fa ER y 1 . £ enlistment would be a violation of ever, greatly favor a return to de- iii — y : is the American Neutrality Act, Citizens GAS and Coke Utility A able form will moeracy in France, in a more stable A Nazi U-boat sank the 15474-ton British line Arandora Star (above) off the west coast of Ireland and George, it was said, will return to ndamental issue before the form after peace has come to, with it nearly 1000 of the 1610 German and Malian aliens being transported to Canada for internment. [the United States and, if ane, National Asser nhiy when it meets to Europe, | Many of 500 crew members and soldiers aboard were also lost join the U. 8. Army Air Force. \