Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1940 — Page 5
THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 1940
HOSTILITY OVER U. S. EMBARGO NOTEDIN JAPAN
Navy Spokesman Warns of © Possible Repercussions | After Gasoline Curb. |
TOKYO, \Aug. 1 (U. P).—Japan,} | in a long-planned exposition of for- | eign policy, announced today that it| Intended to create a new order in a ‘Greater East Asia” with Japan! China and Manchukuo as the central link and that it was resolved to surmount all obstacles, material and | spiritual, which might lie in its] path.
The announcement of policy was phrased in general terms and did not mention French Indo-China or the Netherlands East Indies. But| anticipatory statements had left no doubt that Japan was reaching far | past the corner of southeast Asial to form a new sphere of interest under a new Cabinet pledged to] close co-operation with tn: Army] and Navy, and that it intended to| have Germany ana Itaiy for its] friends. The Government's first aim, it was said, would be directed toward settlement of the war in China and advanceme.t of the national fortunes “by taking a far-sighted view of the! changes in the international situa-| tion and formulating constructive, and flexible measures.” Today's statements clarified the| stand of the new Government of | Prince Fumimaro Konoye, which is
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West Point cadets watch from atop an ammunition car (left) as the 7th Coast Artillery fires an 8-inch railway gun during the cadets’ visit
dedicated to a strong nationalistic| for artillery instruction, Note the soldier pulling the lanyard. The gun guards the entrance to the New York lower bay.
policy and pointed toward a single-|"~ party Parliament on Fascist The first statement came from
lines. (have been taken,” he said, “there is no doubt that it represents an anti-
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Crew Fails to Take Siding;
| England imports more eggs than [He rest of the world combined.
MOLOTOV HINTS WAR IN AMERICA
Sees Danger From Colonies; Sharp Blows Aimed at U. S. and Britain.
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conflagration.” (The Pan-American republics meeting at Havana set up machinery for preventing exchange of ownership of European-owned
colonies in the Americas.) The Soviet Premier also discussed briefly the relations of Russia with smaller neighbors as a result of acquisition of the Baltic states and | of ceded Rumania territory which] the Parliament met to welcome! formally into the Soviet Union. Trade relations with Finland and Sweden can be improved to the benefit of all concerned, he said, but | he warned Finland against some | Finnish elements which he said were hostile to Russia.
Asks Japanese Rapprochement
He expressed hope for good relations with Rumania in the future and said relations with Turkey had changed substantially (apparently for the better) despite some hostile acts by Turkey. Of Japan, he said that relations had been normalized and “there are indications on Japan's part of a desire to improve relations. If both sides understand the necessity for removing several obstacles, a rapprochement is possible.” The Supreme Soviet unanimously adopted Molotov’s report after he emphasized that “we must increase our vigilance inside and outside our country as we have increased the
{working day to improve our de-
fenses.” “Our people,” he said, “must be in (a state of mobilized preparedness so that no tricks of our foreign enemies
will catch us unawares.”
Today's War Moves
By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert
The offensive in Europe's war can now be said to have passed into the hands of Great Britain. Establishment of a total blockade of the European continent this week by the British fleet places Germany and Italy on the defensive, which their own counter-measures at sea and in the air show no present ability to overcome, German air raids over the British Isles are being fully countered by
British retaliatory bombings with no indication that the totalitarian powers are able to halt the British
attacks. Simultaneously with establish=ment of Britain’'s new blockade offensive London an-=-nounces defensive strategy for meting a possible German invasion has been : abandoned. New b offensive meas- A ures have been Mr. Mason prepared for immediate attack against a hostile landing force. Thousands of concrete and iron barricades along British highways are being removed so that offensive maneuvers of the British Army will not be hampered.
These obstructions were erected after the French collapse when the British plans for countering an invasion had to be quickly devised, and it was believed the battle of Britain might have to be fought defensively in its early phases. Now, however, tactics for immediate attack have been perfected and defense has been discarded. Coinciding with the seizure of the
offensive by Great Britain, Dr. Robert Ley, director of the German labor front, has just told the German people that “England's power is great” and the fight will be “long and hard.” Though Dr. Ley pre-
dicts final success for Germany, his is the first German admission that
Great Britain will not be an easy victim of Hitler's military machine. Dr. Ley’s admission surely must have a strange sound to German ears coming so soon after Hitler's emotional Reichstag threat to ane nihilate the British Empire if his
peace demands were not immedie ately accepted.
Too, in Italy, Virginio Gayda, one of Mussolini's spokesmen, asserts there will be no blitzkrieg against Great Britain. He declares “conditions are not exactly those of the war against France,” and he looks for a war of attrition, meaning an effort by the Axis powers slowly to wear the British Empire down. Here . is evident a remarkable change on the part of the totalitarian dictators in trying to defeat Great Britain. Reckless promises to the German and Italian people of the enemy's quick annihilation now are succeeded by cautious and hesitant comments which contain evidences of a defensive attitude. There must always remain the possibility that Hitler's naturally impetuous temperament may get beyond control, causing him to gamble on an invasion of Britain against military advice. The Germans become restless when forced on the defensive. But the chance of the collapse of an invasion with all that would imply to Hitler's power seems to have predominant influence over him at present. To hold to the defensive against British sea power now certainly is being urged upon Hitlef and Mussolini by highly influentfal personages in the German and Italian Gove ernments,
Capt. Yuzuru Okuma, Navy spokes- Japan move designed to bring eco-| man, regarding the United States nomic pressure on Japan sand that | embargo on gasoline export. it constituted an unfriendly act | “Under whatever pretext it might against Japan.” |
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{women and children with flaming | gasoline. Most of the bodies were burned, some so badly that they never may be identified. O. M. Lodge, chief engineer of the “double-header” freight train, saw the Doodle-bug rushing down the rails toward him at more than 40 miles an hour. He slammed on his brakes, and at the instant of impact his T74-car train, so heavy that two locomotives were needed to haul it, was traveling at approximately 35 miles an hour. Thomas Murtough, 49, of Orrville, O., engineer of the Doodlebug, was in a local hospital with a possible fractured skull, and could not be interviewed. Witnesses believed that he applied his brakes before he jumped from his «ab, Just preceding the collision, | Passengers Never Knew
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, flame completely enveloped the) | doodle-bug and the freight train | pushed it 300 feet back along the! | track.” | Her father, F. W. Stinaff, an old railroader, called police, the Fire
Department, and the railroad dis-|
patcher’s tower at Akron. The |doodle-bug’s gasoline tank had a capacity of 600 gallons and it was believed to have contained at least |300 gallons. : | Engineer Lodge of the freight train described the collision thus: |“We had just come around the bend (when I saw the doodle-bug loom up in front of us. We jammed on the {brakes, When we hit there was a (terrific explosion. The fireman, (B. E. Reynolds) and I stayed with her through the fire and explosion until |she came to a stop. Then we jumped {through a wall of flame.”
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L. P. Seiler, Fire Chief of Cuyahoga Falls, arrived at the scene two minutes after the collision. | “Flames shot out of the windows, | darted high in the air,” he said.| |“The fire was like a screen and it, |was almost impossible to see what |it was like inside the car. | “Then, for a just a second, the! {wind parted the flames and I caught | a glimpse of the interior. I was| sure everybody in there was dead. | They must have died almost instantly. I heard no screams at all. “Some of the victims were hanging partly out of the windows and they were on fire, The freight train couldn't seem to stop and it kept pushing back the doodle. Some of the burning bodies fell out of the
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coach which had been pushed back upon them. | pe self-propelled coach was thrown 400 feet back from the huge freight locomotives and bits of a Bodies Crushed were scattered along the track. It| “We couldn't do anything at first. | was crumpled, like wadded paper, Everything was so hot it was im-| (for almost half its length. The|possible to get near the car. We leading freight locomotive was not finally played three lines of water greatly damaged by comparison. on the fire for 20 minutes before The freight train was not even de- We could get inside the coach. railed. “The interior looked as is tornado had hit it. All the seats were Freight Three Hours late torn loose from their bases and The freight train was en route were piled in a heap in the front! from Columbus to Cleveland and part of the car. The same thing | was running three hours late, | happened to most of the passengers. | | W. J. Payne, 45, of Akron, a sales- | mphey were jammed to the ceiling man, had stopped his automobile at the forward end. We had to use to wait for the freight train to pass. acetylene torches to free some of A piece of debris smashed through ( podies. Most of them were so his car and hit his knee. lcharred they couldn't be recogAmbulances gathered at the scene pigeq from neighboring communities| Tne freight train was pushed onto within an hour, along with a vast! gne siding, the remains of the fleet of private automobiles. But,!qoodie-bug on another. The rails with the exception of the three were only slightly spread and four railroad employees and Payne, there hours after the collision, traffic over was no one to take to hospital. The the line was operating normally, ambulances were used instead io] take the charred bodies to funeral homes. |
Heard Blast of Whistles Louise Stinaff, a local resident, was sitting on her front porch reading a newspaper, 150 yards from the scene. | County youths today were taken on “I heard a blast of whistles,” she a tour of Indianapolis Police Headsaid, “and looked up to see two| quarters as a part of a two-day trip trains bearing down on each other | through the State. They are memwith brakes screeching. Then there | bers of the 4-H Club of Washingwas a tremendous crash and ex-|ton County. plosion. I was stunned. A sheet of | The youths came here {oday from Salem, Ind. in three busses. They will visit the War Memorial, Sol- | diers and Sailors’ Monument, State | House and Fair Grounds this afternoon. From here they will go to Lafayette, McCormick's Creek State Park and then back home.
SUNDOWN SYMPHONY | TO BE GIVEN SUNDAY
“Symphony at Sundown” a presentation by the Indianapolis WPA Orchestra under the direction of Reid P. Whistler, will be held at the Indiana World War Memorial Sun- | day from 5 p. m. to 6 p. m. Edmund Browne, violinist, will play the finale of “Mendelssohn's, Concerto in E Minor” as the pro- | gram’'s solo. The orchestra is co-| operating in the drive to promote! the works of Hoosier musicians, Mr. | Whistler said. Concerts will be con-
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