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FRIDAY, OCT. 4, 1940

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districts of the city were raided after daylight.

fell in East London, burying debris of demolished houses.

Two bombs a number of persons in the

Other attacks were reported from Wales and along the

Thames Estuary.

In London it was charged that German aviators within the last 24 hours have bombed a village school, killing six

EAN

children; machine gunned a second one, machine gunned a recreation ground in the midlands and machine gunned a busload of factory girls in Liverpool suburbs. About 400 children, including some evacuated from London, were in their classrooms in a midlands village when a German plane, the first seen there since the war started, began dropping bombs. ;

British” bomhers meanwh

ile made daylight attacks on

various objectives on the Dutch Coast today, the Air Min-

istry said. The British made one of

their rare daylight air offen-

sives on Germany and German-held territory - yesterday,

taking advantage of the clou

d tover to swoop down and

drop bombs at Dunkirk, Rotterdam, barges in the Maas

River and factory at Wesel, a Cherbourg. Air raids by the British o way from the Anglo-Egyptian British Somaliland into Kenya communique.

railroad and oil reservoirs at

n key Italian positions all the Sudan through Ethiopia and were admitted in Italy's war

Report Nazi, Italian Subs Sunk

The Admiralty, admitting

intensification of German sea

warfare, reported that seven German and two Italian submarines had been sunk recently and others damaged. Reports from Amsterdam said that scores of persons had been killed and hundreds wounded in intensified British

bombings of recent days.

The Germans reported that the British dropped 7542

bombs in 1471 attacks on Germany in September.

“figures did not include occupied

The territory. They claimed that

1.6 per cent of the attacks caused military damage, 50.4 civilian damage and 48 did not damage anything of value.

In the worst air raids on

Berlin, it was said, not more

than 10 per cent of the city’s security services was called

into play.

It was claimed that 2400 British planes had

heen destroyed since the second week of August with a high of 643 in the week of Aug. 12-18, - Britain's first approach to Russia with regard to Far Eastern developments occurred yesterday when Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Richard A. Butlr received Ambassador Ivan Maisky at the Foreign Office, it was learned

today.”

Simms:

Involv

New and Perhaps Dangerous Crisis

ing U. S. and Japan Feared

«hy

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

Times Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—A new

and perhaps dangerous crisis about

the middle of this month, further involving the United Stdtes in the Far

East, would cause no great surprise h Britain is now almost certain mid-October, tacit, of this country. it as a hostile act and retaliate. At any rate, Japanese spokesmen are obviously Sesking to sonyey that impression. And

they go out of their way to. include the United States in their warning. Some of them imply that the reopening of the road might even be regarded as an “attack” on Japan within the meaning of the new treaty of alliance between J Japan, Germany and Italy. And they say Japan will “act accordingly.” Save for certain tenuous caravan routes of Gouna value connecting

Mr. Simms

ere.

to reopen the Burma Road in

if not before, probably at the suggestion, direct or Should that happen, Tokyo might construe

her with the Soviet Union, China is now entirely cut off from the outside world, so far as war materiels are concerned. As in the case of Britein, the pol-

:| icy of the Administration here is to extend all possible aid to China

“short of war.” But unless the Burma Road is reopened, that policy must remain a dead letter. It is observed here that under existing circumstances the road's reopening might easily involve the United States with Japan. It must certainly do so if Britain—which closed the road nearly three months ago at the none-too-veiled threat of

Tokyo—now acts on the direct or|’

implied request or suggestion of Washington. Should Japan “retaliate” against Britain, as she now pretends she will, the United States would be morally bound to back up Britain.

IN INDIANAP

Here Is the Traffic Record "DEATHS TO DATE County City Total

1939 ss0s eben 26 42 68 1940 ocecnsonsenss 37 63 70

—Q0ct. 3—

Injured ..... 13] Accidents .... 18°

ses ten 22

Dead 0 | Arrests THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried tions Paid Speeding cc... 7 $26 Reckless driving. 1 Failure to stop at through street. Disobeying traffic signal Drunken driving. All others ...... 38

sesscone

1 0 0 2 35 19

$83

weesoses 2 1 30

Totals cescecee "52 49

—— MEETINGS TODAY indianapolis Press Assistants’ Ta ch & Arthur Paper Co., Hotel Sever andsnip Committee, D. of C., Hotel SIE Rubiees ‘Paint Co., Hotel Severin, 2 air Refining Co., Hotel Severin, 9:30 8 scent Paper Co., Hotel Severin, 6:30 Pp m.

Union,

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Co., Hotel Severin, 9:30 p. m. shell OM ator’ Vi Vehicle Employees, Hotel a Pp.

Rogier Paint Co., Hotel Severin,

9a 1 Study Club, Claypool Hotel, noon. [RAY Railway Signalmen, Claypop! ote) is Motor Traffic Association, Hoe a1 cab, state short story u , ae Indiana World War

Severin. y

Storywriting conference. Memorial. all d

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)

Smith, 33. of 1202 N.

Capitol; James, 27, of 329 N.

Verle L. rent

Gladys E. vania.

Ya Cecil 8 N. Dearbor nS. 0 yd. Sr of 4001 Central; Ramona J. Win field, 22. Carthage, Ind. Robert R. Johnson. 26, of 1034 S. Belmont; Mary A. Kohler. 21, of 1114 S. Pershi ing.

David L. Stone Jr., 31. Indianapolis Athletic chy Georgia R. White. 32, City. H. C. Martin, "3, oe TER, Pa.;

New

Doris | 4 York;

/ 26 of D054 oot: Redington, 0 enwoo Mat Willams. 3% of 1215 Prospect; 0

Marts, 46, Rokome, Ind.; Eva >

"F12:01,

Rov W. Modglen, 22, of 1023 Joseph Ave/; Marion L. White, 18, of 1818 S. Lawndale: Raymond E. Wood, 21, of 1214 Oliver; Grace D. Chapman, 21, Mars Hill,

BIRTHS

Girls

Harvey, Alice Sigmond, af Coleman Alfred, Marcella Chenoweth, at Ceieinan. John, Marjorie Rocap, at Coleman. Ezra, Bertha Moore, at St. Vincent's. Daniel, Mildred Kobac, at St. Vincent's. Rissell, Marjorie Burdge, at St. Vincent's. Robert, Evelyn Viewegh, at Methodist. Boys Clifford, Marcella Fiscus, at Coleman. Ed, Sadie Schwier, at St. Vincent's. Edward, Helen Troy, at St. Vincent's. Charles, Violet Graham, at St. Vincent's. Joseph, Hazel Waugh, at Methodist. Janjes, Mary Evelyn Renick, at Methodist. E., Margaret Lewis, at Methodist. Tun! Marie Belden, at 717 N. King.

DEATHS

Edward King, 34, at 5248 Brookville Rd., chronic myocarditis. Walter Lawrence, 48, at City, pneumonia. Hilda . Witkemper, 44, at 1124 Colorado,

carcinoma. ‘Rufus Clark, 98, at 2371 61, at City,

cinoma. i William Oyler, duodenal ulcer. at Riley, 64, at 1214 Bates, chronic pson, 85. at 6116 Belle-

Leon White, 4 meningitis. myocarditis. 77, at 1422 Park, cerebral

broncho-

English, carruptured tuberculous

Viola Campbell myocarditis. Hamlin Thom fontaine, chronig Mary Maxwell hemorrhage:

overheated

wires. loss $3 11:51 A. M.—21 house, gasoline ignited, $10. 11:56 A. | 532 E. Washington,

tras h.

rear,

defective stove |b 4:55 P. Aa E. Maryland st. yder gratin 126 w. 260h, metal shop,

To Chicago—Big Four: 12:10 2 Rig? cept Mendzia), 11:55 and 10:20

FG 12:1 15. 1; Ls 3: 43 Monon: n:

5, 0. 5:05 p.m. Four: 2:20 45 : 5:4 p. m. Greyhou fh: 1:28. 3: is. oils, il a. m.; 12:45, 3, 5:15, §:40, 11:45 p. To Cleveland Bi Four: 4: 3. a. m.; 1:45, 4:30, 5:40, 10, (10:50 p. m. Pennsyivania’ 4:31 p. m. (vi Ey,

To Columbus,

Te Jousvillg 3:1 BO

Silvana: 38 | To St. - 10:20 a. m.; 12}0 7:10 a.

12: 30. 3: 45, Pa. £0, . m. ars hound: P.

N. New Jersey, rooming

store

Pittsburgh, Philadenia > d: Ata 9 a.

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel . . . key man of Hitler's conference with Mussolini.

- LONG BATTLE IN DESERT LIKELY

Bedouins Become Refugees As Italians Build 75-Mile Road.

SOMEWHERE IN THE WESTERN DESERT, Egypt, Oct. 4 (U. P.) —Great Britain's International Army is digging in for a long campaign here in the wasteland, home of the nomadic Bedouin tribesmen. They have a dismal life with only two things to look forward to, the late November rains and the coming of the Italians. The army is made up of crack régiments of Australians, Rhodesians, French, Indians, Cypriots and Palestinians. They

y have streaked the sands with rows of dugouts in which to dive during air raids. The going and coming of patrols, which keep watch on the Italians encamped around Sidi Barrani, provide most of the diversions.

inhabitants of this 2,000,000 square mile stretch of sun-scorched desert —an area as large as Britain—are gathering at railroad stops and oases to he evacuated to safer provinces in the east.

Little to Leave

They are becoming war refugees for the second time in 26 years, along with the millions: of French, Belgians, Dutch, Poles, Norwegians, Danes, Czechs, Austrians and Spaniards of Europe. For the Bedouins, however, evacuation involves little hardship. Many of them never had more than a dirty cloth stretched over two sticks for a home. The Italians are reported building a road from Sollum, on the Lib-van-Egyptian border, to their Sidi Barrani encampment. That is a 75-mile stretch, traversed now only by a sand track paralleling the Mediterranean coast. ‘A hard-sur-faced road begins at Sidi Barrani, extending 250 miles east to Alexandria, but before thé Italians can venture any farther they must have a hard-surfaced road behind them to bring their supplies the 75 miles from Libya. That back-stretch, especially the 30 miles between Bugbug and Sidi Barrani, is usually ankle-deep in swirling, fine sand, where cars skid and slide-slip continually, When the rains start it will be a quagmire and it is believed the Italians are speeding up construction to get as much done before then as possible. The British have great respect for the Italians as road builders, recalling the speed with which they repaired the defile at Sollum, which the British blew up before their withdrawal.

PROFIT-TAKING CUTS STOCKS NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (U.P.).— Profit-taking cut stock prices about $1 today and trading slackened. Chief losers were American Can, du Pont, Johns-Manville, Sears Roebuck, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and U. S. Gypsum.

|PAnnsylvanta: 4: 4:17, 7:10, 8:53 a. m.; 12:10,

To Toledo and Detroit—Greyhound: 3:30, 7:30, 9 a. m.; 1:30, 5 and il p. m. Big Four: 4:35 a.=m., 6:35 a. m. day), 7:30 a. m. (Sunday only), 10:30 p. m.

(except Sun-

10 and

Airlines To 7 Opicas0 -Amarican: 11:45 a. 5:30, 7:38 p. re Eastern: 4:50 a. m.;

6: 25 and 7: Pas m. To le Nashville and Mia Eastern; 9:35a. m (to Birmmghiem), I: 2% a. m.; 2:20 ani 8:05 p. To Cincinnati, Washington, PYijadeiphis and New York—American: 10 1:01 and 3:16 To St Louis and Kansas City and he rT 4:25, a. m.; 12:18, 3:47, To Columbus, Pittsburgh and Lk York —TWA: 12:37, 11:58 a. m.; 3:43, p. m.

‘m.: 2:55,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Burean ___.

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Mostly cloudy with showers tonight, probably ending tomorrow morning; warmer tonight.

5:44 |

TEMPERATURE -—QOct. 4, 1939— m........ 54 BAROMETER TODAY 6:30 a. m....30.20 FER 24 hrs. shang if m..

Total precipitation since Jan. Deficiency since Jan. 1

Sunrise..... Sunset. .

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Mostly cloudy, showers tonight, probably ending tomorrow motning; warmer tonight.

Illinois—Cloudy, showers except in extreme northwest portion; warmer in east and extreme south portion tonight; morrow fair, somewhat cooler.

Lower Michigan—Cloudy, showers tonight probably ending tomorrow forenoon: warmer tonight, slightly cooler in southwest portion tomorrow.

Ohio—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and warmer, followed by showers in west and north portions at night. Kentucky — Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and Warmer showers in west and central porions

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station o| Amarillo, Tex. Bismarck, D. Boston

to-

m. {Chicago ...

Cincinnati Cleveland Denve Dodge’ City, Kas. Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City. Little Rock, Ark Los Angeles Miami, Fla. . Minneapolis- st.’ obile, Ala

San Francisco rf St. Lou Washington, 0.0.

The 50,000 native tribesmen, only

DRAFT CHIEF ISSUE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U. P).— President Roosevelt was reported to-

day to be planning to name a ci-:

l vilian as director of the draft in| order to avoid choosing between two Army candidates. Officials believed the President might withhold his nomination until after the election. They hoped, however, that the nomination would come earlier in order to permit selective service headquarters to operate with great efficiency. The Army fight has centered over Maj. Gen. Allen W, Gullion, Army Judge Advocate General, and Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hershey, of Indiana, now acting draft director. Mr. Hershey has been executive director of the joint Army and Navy committee

Strauss Says:

. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

At Hitler's Side FOR MAY SIDESTEP Army, Navy Order 20,000 Planes, Engines: ~ Corps Will Build Stations in 13 Cities

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U.P.).— The Army and Navy have placed | contracts worth $1,227,668,237 for al-

| op 20,000 planes and engines since July 1, a United Press survey disclosed today. The Navy has placed aircraft and engine orders totaling $223,353,172, while the Army has spent $1,003,867,031. The today

War Department

|awarded a $37,770,981 contract to

North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Cal, completing the entire ordering program for 18,641 aircraft. The Army now has on order all the planes to bring it to its goal of 25,000 planes by 1942. The Navy is

Store Hours Saturday,

We're open tomorrow

from 9 till 6—

in we'll break a suspender button serve you well— but we think you like the morning hours best!

any time you come

CHARGE SERVICES

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special needs. N carrying charges. —Balcony.

Wearington HATS, 2.95 and 3.50.

Dobbs Hats, $5 (and up).

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Arrow Shirts, $2 and up.

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Touchstones all t way from 9.50 to

Wearington Shirts 1.65 Van Heusen Shirts, $2

Princetown Shirts with Low Slope Collars, 2.50.

Canterbury, the shirts deluxe! 2.95 to 7.50.

Neckwear—a featured Presentation at $1

Oxfords, the famous

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seeking to obtain an air strength of

10,000 planes by the same date.

The Army has some 3500 planes on hand and probably had | about 2000 others on order prior to July 1. Secretary of the Navy | Frank Knox estimated that the Navy had 1812 “useful” planes on hand of which 1234 are combatant type. He said that the: Navy has 3001 aircraft on order, half of which are combat planes. About 2000 of these probably were contracted for since July 1. Meanwhile, the War Department has selected 13 cities from Maine to California, as sites for a new chain of Army air corps stations. Except in four cases, the exact] locations near these cities were not!

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disclosed, since the department is seeking to lease the necessary land and facilities without encountering real estate speculation.

The new stations, which will accommodate 28,370 officers and men with necessary planes. and equipment, will involve an expenditure of approximately - $15,000,000. Their construetion is part of the program to build up a fully-equipped airforce. of 25,000 planes by 1942. The stations will be established at Bangor, Me.; Charlotte, N. C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Jackson, Miss.; Boise, Ida.; Bowman Field, Ky.; Albuquerque. N. M; Portland, Ore.; Everett, Wash.; YaKima, Wash.; Spokane, Wash, and | Salinas, Cal. ait a

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EUS TRUCKERS 11 LE IN DEFENSE

t1t eking industry’s part in 1 lsfense was discussed to= {4 B. Rodgers, Washington,

Fis the National Defense ssi n, at a luncheon of the in’ hal convention of the In- | vi lor Traffic Association at.

R. igers is president of the - a (Trucking Association. \fov. Henry F. Schricker “ “convention delegates. f. ation trials in the tractor. - ir. itrailer class of the truck. : jill be held tonight on Vii Meridian and

Cline, of the Michigan- -In_insportation Co., Indian- - 41 defend his state cham-

Tomorrow—Thousands | we said thot

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They'll come here—because they

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(there just can’t be any “old numbers”

in our plan of merchandising) —it will be right!

They know for a certainty that they will get the fullest return for their money—regardless of how much

or how little they have in mind to spend!

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