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marine’s signals and locate the position. The German: High Command offered no explanation as to how it had obtained the detailed report on submarine operations so| to ‘quickly. - It appeared obvious that the sub- ‘ marine or submarines could not have reached their base, presumably on the French Coast, since the action occurred only yesterday about 400 miles off the northwest coast of

' Ireland, according fo a series of

radio SOS messages heard in New York yesterday. The distance is far greater than any submarine could cover in 24 hours sailing. The SOS messages indicated that about eight vessels ‘had been attacked by submarines but did not reveal how many were sunk. In this connection it was recalled

. that two weeks ago the Germans

reported “destruction” of a British “gonvoy with sinking of 15 to 20 ships. The British later reported safe arrival of all but a handful of these vessels.

s Armed Cruiser Listed The German radio in announcing

the convoy attack today claimed|,

that among the ships sunk was the armed merchant cruiser Scotstown, the converted liner Caledonia. The British pointed out that this vessel agtually was_sunk last June and - announcement of the sinking made by the Admiralty. The German High Command did not identify the merchant cruiser Which it claimed was sunk yestery. In reporting sinking of 87,975 tons of merchant shipping the week ending Nov. 25, the Admiralty noted that the tonnage claimed sunk in German communiques totalled 118,-

- Aerial War

The severe German attack on Bristol last night was the second within 24 hours. If“was a four-hour

. raid and inflicted considerable dam-

age. Only yesterday Queen Mary -had toured the bombed streets of Bristol, inspecting effects of the Sunday night attack. Hundreds of incendiary and high explosive bombs. showered down on the city partially wrecked in Sunday night's raids. Many former residents of Coven--try who came there after their home town had been devastated, said the concentrated damage done in the Sunday night attack was worse than they had left behind. Bristol has not been “Coventrated,” however. It is twice the size of “Coventry and one of Britain’s 10 largest cities, population 400,000.

Shoppers Feel Attack

The raiders| first flew over the ‘city shortly after dusk when late shoppers and | workers were going home. First came a hail of incendiary bontbs that started huge fires in widely scattered areas. Some of them still were burning

fiercely this morning, but firemen|:

were able to keep them from ‘ spreading. A second wave of raiders brought more incendiary bombs. By this ‘time the. fires were well under way and lighting up the sky for the following waves of bombing planes. They roared in at high speed, braved the heavy anti-aircraft fire, and dumped hundreds of high explosive. bombs. One huge | bomb- struck a children’s hospital and it was feared that some young patients had been killed or injured severely by falling brick and plaster. -~

Hospital Staff Moves

At the start of the raid the hospital staff began moving the children from | upper floors to the ground floor. When the bomb ‘caved in one side of the building, they began rushing them into the open toward another hospital near-

by. Y boctors nd nurses hurried the children past a huge crater in the street. It was about 50 yards wide and 30 feet| deep. “Thank God we are alive,” one of the nurses cried.

Some areas which had been wrecked in the Sunday night’s raid ‘were struck again and many homes which had been left half standing

of brick and dust. German raids last night also hit many portions of southern and western Britain, including South Wales, an unidentified southwest town, Liverpool and East Anglia. london had several daylight alarms

tay. British claimed their bombers

Lorient, France, last night. The Air Ministry added that coastal command planes scored a direct hit on a German supply ship off the coast of Norway yesterday, and borbed another ship in the same region last night. British officials denied that any disease epidemics had occurred as yet as a result of bombing attacks and crowded shelter conditions, but warned that the danger through the winter would be considerable.

ltalo-Greek War

N Reports from Greece -indicated that the Greek drive had not yet slowed down materially. The capture of a village dominating the southern coastal sector was claimed. The capture, it was said, may lead to general withdrawal by the Italians in this area where are located the cities of Porto Edda, Delvini,

Argyrokastron and Telepini. Italian reports from the fighting front were vague. They dealt largely with counter-attacks by the Italians and activity by Italian air units against Greek supply lines and military bases. Rome claimed that a submarine had torpedoed an enemy cruiser near Sicily and a 5000-ton merchant ship in the Atlantic. The 11th Italian Army Corps was routed in a mountain sector. A United Press correspondent said a detachment of the 14th Evzones: with their shoes tied around their necks, climbed a steep cliff barefooted during a driving snowstorm and took the pass commanding the mountain in a 20-minute fight.

Division Cut Off

The Italian Ferrara Division, holding the valley below, was cut off. It was shelled by hidden Greek batteries until 60 per cent of its men were dead or wounded. The survivors finally charged up the pass, hoping to join the main body of Italian troops across the mountain, and encountered Greek bayonets in the pass. A colonel found dead beside an Italian standard was identified as Trichio, a friend of Benito Mussolini and a veteran of the Fascist march on Rome. Exchange dispatches at London reported that fighting progressed north of Pogradec, on the northern front, all yesterday afternoon and the Italians had left the roadways strewn with abandoned officers’ kits, staff maps, stocks of skiis, guns and medical equipment. Exchange dispatches said Italian prisoners complained against Mussolini and predicted a revolution in Italy, and that Italian fliers had bombed their own troops in an effort to stop their retreat.

J Balkans

Diplomatic quarters in Budapest, Hungary, sai dthat the Axis, powers probably will ask Jugoslavia soon to help feed the Italian Army in Albania this winter. Indications were that the 350,000 Italian troops there for the Greek campaign would, at best, have to dig in for the winter in a country that could not feed them,” and that Germany and Italy would have to make some arrangements with Jugoslavia and Bulgaria for providing food: in case British warships cut the supply iine between Italy and Albania. A Hungarian protest against of-

‘|ficzal Rumanian statements concern-

ing Transylvania was demanded in the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies as Rumanian refugees were reported continuing to arrive at the frontier city of Kolosvar, In Rumania, Vice Premier Horia Sima ordered dissolution of the special Iron Guard police, numbering about 10,000 men, restricted the wearing of green-shirt uniforms and ordered re-examination of members accepted in the past three] months in a move to re-establish

were hammered into sunken areas|

attacked the submarine base at]

bombers. .

Greeks Let George Do I or

By J. H. YINDRICH United Press Staff Correspondent

'GOUMENISTA, ‘Greece, Nov. 28 (Delayed). ~The Greek Army is getting supplies despite the Italian

I traveled the most bombed road in Greece in an ancient two-ton Ford truck loaded with several hundredgallon drums of gasoline and 10 soldiers. My driver was George’ Cuovo, a tough, square-faced Army man, who started out with a day’s growth of beard. He had never made the trip before. He didn’t even know how far it was. (Goumenista is near the Jugoslav-Greek borden, 80

miles east of the Albanian border.) Italian planes had scored. 14 bomb hits on the road which hangs on the edge of a mountain. On one side was

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a seemingly bottomless chasm, on the other, a mountainside reaching tp to the clouds. |

~~ George had been told to get the gasoline through and - that was all that mattered to him.

1 sat in the driver’s

cabin with him and an interpreter. The soldiers rode behind, sandwiched in among the gas drums.

We. lurched and swayed at hair-raising speed, around hairpin: bends, not knowing what was around the corner.

Twice we came break-neck

seemed to cut the road in two.

upon bomb craters which One crater even drew a

warning yell from the stoical soldiers on the swaying ‘back of the truck, but that was their only expression of fright

as George sped on through

the night, feeble headlights |

illuminating only a few yards ahead of us. ; We squeezed through, narrow strips of mud between

housand "Deaths onT ruck

bomb craters and the edge of the chasm and pebbles of :

loose earth rattled down into

the abyss.

As if these perils were not enough, ‘George insisted on smoking. Going around a bend, the headlights almost

useless, the truck loaded with explosives, he would grope

hand.’

in his pocket for a match, holding the Wheel with ong

When he could find'a match he would open the door

-and yell to the soldiers for one. It usually took him several matches to get his cigaret lighted. The truck, ‘meanwhile, would edge toward the chasm and he would pull it back

just in time.

1 died a thousand. deaths on that ride, but my sympathies were with the soldiers back there among the shifting gasoline drums. I was too limp at the end of the oe

ney to ask how they felt.

SAVES SON AS HOME BLAZES

Mother Carries Sick Child to Safety; Mercury Drops To 4 Above.

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truck driver, was overcome with monoxide. He drove his truck to the firm’s headquarters here, on S. Illinois St., ‘early today, but did not get out. When Carl Scott, an employee, opened the cab door, Mr. Hess fell out. He was treated by the police emergency squad and sent to Methodist Hospital where his condition today was described as fair. Indianapolis’ frigid. experience today was shared by nearly the whole country, and the cold mass was moving - eastward to the Atlantic seaboard, the Weather Bureau at Chicago said. Three. Firemen Overcome

occured shortly after 8 o'clock last night. Firemen, who termed it “the smokiest in years,” fought it for six straight hours. Firemen Fietcher Mahon of Engine House 2 and Lester Cruse of Engine House 30 were overcome by smcke. They were reported in fair condition at City Hospital. Capt. Harry Van Pelt of Engine House 30 also was overcome by smoke, but was treated at the scene and did\not go to a hospital. FPireman Louis Bauer, Engine House 17, was cut on his hands by broken glass. . Discovered by Young Girl

The fire was discovered by Betty June Charles, 15, a Tech freshman, and her sister, Bobby, who live in an apartment on the second floor. Betty) June, who was ill with a cold, went to the rear of the apartment d looked out. She saw smoke and told her mother: “I'm going to call the fire department. This place is on fire.” She and her sister and a neighbor went to a drug store across the street and turned in the alarm. When they returned, the fire had gained such headway that their mother, Mrs. Hilda Charles, was trapped at the top of the stairway and was shouting hysterically. Police restrainédd Betty June from going to her mother’s rescue. Instead, .Sergt. Kent Yoh made his way up the stairs and led Mrs. Charles to safety. : Saves Two Pets

Mrs. Edna Moore, wife of Sergt. C. V. Moore, Ft. Harrison, was warned of the fire and saved two of her pets, a bull dog and a canary. She did not save her gold fish, however, and today they were imprisoned in a bowl of solid ice. Others who escaped without inury were Mrs. Esther Martin and her son, Joseph, and Mr, and Mrs. William Drury and their children, Gerald, 7, and Shirley, 6. Roy W. Galbreath, sales manager for the Domont firm, estimated that about $10,000 worth of merchandise was destroyed. He said a floor gave way and tumbled more than 60,000 bottles of soft drinks into the basement, breaking them all. The George J. McAvin family awoke at-6:30 a. m. today with the

‘house at 525 N. Concord St. .full

of smoke . . . furnace ashes had set fire to basement rafters. Firemen put out the fire before much proverty damage was done. The roof of the two-story frame

‘dwelling of Elbert Girt at 56th St.

and Allisonville Road saughi: fire

government control over the organization.

There were many scenes of havoc.

at 6:30 a. m.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total ; 92 AO ers rdens 5 132 «Dec. 2— ..15 Accidents . T i| Arrests MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT fo - Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried. tions paid |n 15 $41 8 51 * Failure to stop at through street. .

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signals Drunken Sine All othe

Totals ..........96

- ETINGS TODAY 1 te gon. BS ub, Crag 32. C Ho 1, no ni Omega, Board’ of “Frade, Glsbe Spink; cms Hote, noon, Sure 0 b, Columbia Club, night. pulBiveEsy oi Michigan Club, "Board of Pains of “Columbus, K. of C. ClubLathe an Service Club, Canary Cottage, e Paper Credit Group, Wm. H. Block bo noon avn Dniversity Al Alumni, Indianapolis ae a Comb i National Defense, Hotel Lincoln. noon Es ontemporary Club, ClayPO onvention Bureau, Faybocl Hotel iana Indorsers

: A i Photoplays, Clay‘peo m. T Rinhe Betta Omega, Hotel Washington,

Vile paavayers’ Association,

3 2 9 . 2 48

11 20

Gyo club, 8p

Fal * fed Hotel Severin,

el n Chemical Society, Hotel Se-

ub, Hotel Severin, 1:30 p x £ De alers’ Asscciation,’ Hotel : Jnl napoli Medical Society, IndianRetic lub. 8:15 p. m. PEcauan Ti BLL Show, South Side Turn-

’ lis ‘Bird Cage Club, meeting, “Hotel nals 7:30 p B

_ MEETINGS TOMORROW ‘M. C. A. Camera Club, meeting, ‘Y on Cie Pr Me

29 | "ni

Claypool Hotel, dinner,

paions Club, luncheon, oon. noun Men's Discussion Club, Y. M. A.

p. m. Purdue Alumni Association, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. 12th District American _ Legion, luncheon Board of Trade Sigma Alpha ration “Rincheon, Board of Trade, noo Indianipolis, ‘Real Fstate Board PropManagers’ Division, luncheon, Canary

ool tage, noon. Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, lun leon, Spink-Arms Hotel “Deits Theta Tau, luncheon, Seville Tave noon Co -Operative Club o Inianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club, Indian a Motor Traffic Association, luncheon, Antlers Hotel, < Junior Chamber a Commerce, luncheon, | 8

merce, iw ia chun luncheon, Columbia Club; dans County and oS aship officials, _® convention, Claypool Economic Forum, meeting, Hotel/” Wash-

Souni Xin and Game Board, Hotel ington, 7:30 a Implement Dealers’ Aasovianion,

conyention. otel Severin. Sinclair Vice Club, meeting, Hotel

Severin. 8: p. El y & Co., out Tatients dispensary, dinner, Hotel Severin, 6:30 p

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

N ~ Marion

geting.

3 nz: . 32d; N. Tacoma.

William J. Storm, Dolly C. Martin, 18, % 3 “Gilbert BE. Russell, 20, mn ns Ethel BE. Jarvin, 21, R. 'R. 1, Box 619. Jo mn K. Reged J 19, of 209 ° Bright; Doris D. Ro 2251 Ken

Marvin West, 18, - 545 N. Davidson; Annabell Davis, 18, of 634 Park. John E. Thurston 23, ot 4201 Catrollton: Mildred L. Scales. 22, of 37 E. 85th. Edwin _T. Drinkut. 28 of oF Cornell; Nariyn 1. ‘Harbaugh, 29, of 6115 Broad-

~ Hurga Onan, 24, of 1148 Dawson; Dorothy M. Starns, 21, of 1 a, James E. Hull, 19, o 1081 iver: Goldie Taylor. 16, R. R. 20, Box 361. aymond J. Matheny 99, ‘of 208 5. Summi; Ellanora C. Landis, 18, of 215 Cor-

TI Everelt V. McQuinn, 321, of 1332 Dry ORRIN NO CR a. 0 Ru th R. Stropes, .19. of 2507

Don 0) 2 0; Mary M. ‘Schoo oonover, a, Rossvill N. Me-

dian a3 eR Fan L. Crandall, 23, of

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ola Glut. m——tiiT, Chamber of Com-|

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BIRTHS Twins, Boy and Girl Charlie, Sally Jones, pt 325 Darnell. Girls Basil, Dopny Gaumer, at Coleman. gene, Eloise Boyd, at Clieman. James, Lillian Stone, a Leonard, Margaret McCiuce. Tut City. Warren, Lena Snyder, at St. Vincent’ s, Vernon, Avaline Feneseld, at St. Vin-

sepis Gerald, Florence Lucas, at Paul, Bertha Bergin at St. Elmer. vin inje Bollinger, Bt a

Roy. 5: Winifred Jay. Aleen Estridge Dale, Gertrude ak at

Walter, Ruth Barry, at 1252 W. Ray, James, Viola Spears. at 425 N. Haugh, Boys Harold, Margaret Lambert, at st. Pran-

Ralph, Dorothy Ross, at st. Francis. George. Barbara Knapp. at Colem: Marlow, Margaret anion, at Coleman. Ralph, Gretchen Urbain, at Coleman. Lawrence, Helen. Shubnell, at St. Vincen William. Lida Melloh, at St. Vincent's. Glenn, Dorothy Pride, at St. t’ Harry, Helen Schnarr, at Jessie, Mary Click, at Methodist. Lee, Rebena Cromwell, at Methodist. Charles, Ruth Ross, at Methodist. Adair, Lucite Threlkeld at Meibodist. Frank, Viola Lotz, at 20 N

DEATHS

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bronchopneumonia. Keim. 73, at 1731 Ingram, cerebral hemorthage Will om Rogers, 29, at Methodist, peptic

Lottie M. Craig, 52. at Central Indiana, internal al hydrocephalus. Pearce, 65, at Central Indiana, arteriosclerosis y Elizabeth Hill, 76,.at 2510 N. Alaama. arc no

lar onal. Mary Denny Kashman, 65, at St. Vincent's, coronal hemorrhage. Julia A. Dawson, 95, at 1842 N. Alabama arteriosclerosis, Myra Jean Skirvin, 5, at Riley, diph-

theria, Bruel, 61, at 1408 E. Market,

Emile H. coronary occlu So eorge Lee, at City. carcinoma. Lavon Thacker, 36. at Long, carcinoma. i oY Talbert, 12° days, at Riley, * peri-

occlusion, Laura 49, City, scute

The Massachusetts Ave. fire, the largest and most damaging here,

; Deficiehoy since J

Frank Davis, 74. at Central Indiana,

Minter, a, at City, cardio vascu- 3

cess: Boston, 44, at Long, lung ab-

. Catherine Morrison, 32, at Meth- : odint braig tum | Euge: V. ‘Hardy. 55, at City, coronary |San Prane} J 8t. Lo

were wearing.

Lose Clothes in Fire

Betty June and Bobby Charles . . . they escaped injury when their apartment burned, but lost all their clothing except the pajamas they

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preciated very much if they could be clothed and they would be happy as I don’t believe there is a chance for any Christmas for them. “One boy is 15, girl 13, boy 9, boy 8, boy § 2nd baby 3.” ” ” LETTER NO. 3— “I wish to call your attention to one family that needs aid from your Christmas fund. This family is well behaved, law-abiding and industrious. They live up to every standard I can think of to deserve aid. The children (seven of them) take every chance they can get to earn a few nickels. The father earns ‘just enough to pay the food bill and to buy: small pieces of

less. “The father has been without teeth for three -years- because he has not been able to finish the payment on a set. His family comes first. They need .warm clothes. I know their affairs intimately because I have been their grocer for years.” ” ”

LETTER NO. 4—

“I am a nice little boy. “I am 7 years old. “My teacher says I am ga nice little boy. “I want you to come to see me and bring something because my; father and mother have no money. “I want you to bring me some clothes. RE “I have two brothers and a sister.” ”» o ” Hundreds of letters just like these have been received since the Indianapolis Times opened its 11th annual Clothe-A-Child campaign last Fri-

have been provided with warm win-

just be a start. More than 2600 were clothed last year and more children are in need this year than last. Youll: find - clothing a child one of the easiest and yet one of the most thrilling things you've ever done. : Here are the ways you can . take part in Clothe-A-Child: 1. If you want to shop- with a child yourself, call Riley 5551 and ask for “Clothe-A-Child.” Yeu can make an appointment to meet the child at the campaign head-

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather Bureau

IANAROLIS FORECAST— Li Sentinued cold ont Ch lowes toa 0 15; tomorrow increasing id witht rising tempera-

‘Sunrise ......6:50 | Sunset ....... 4:20 TEMPERATURE =~Dec.. 3, 1939—

Pregipitation 24 hrs. end Total precipitatio; on i I

ATHER , slightl loydy, sigs uf eht y Pon rtion tonight: torising temperature,

SEE Indians ~parily. s clo in extreme extreme northwest morrow cloudy with if snow_in north

y light

snow tomorr West oetiCral

an ortions’ Tate tonight; risin, w and in north’ an

ta ortion’ in Cl folder in ext ing “tloudiness, x temper. IES, 6:30 A. M. eather Bar, “Temp.

facrens.

'She Comes Home So Cold. .". “A Plea to Clothe - A- Child

clothing coming to one dollar or|

day. Already 307 needy youngsters|. ter clothing, but obviously this can|

linols— Increasing Cloudiriss, followed

Clothes 14

‘Voice in the Crowd’ Heads Donors Today ;

Total Is 307.

THE GENEROSITY of an Indianapolis businessman who went “broke” in the depression, but who fought his way back to the top, was reflected in the list of children clothed today in The Indianapolis Times annual Cilothe-A-Child campaign. The businessman hides his identity behind the title ‘Voice In The Crowd.” In the ‘Hoosier Forum column on the editorial page he frequently expresses his viewpoint of the American way of life, His contribution today clothed 14 needy children. Another 10 were clothed through the gift of J. W. Mull Jr,, another Indianapolis man. And the “Girls of the Downstairs Store Coat Department at L. S. Ayres” clothed anotHer directly themselves. The list: _ Children Voice In The Crowd.......... 14 J. W. Mull Jr. 10 Girls of the Downstairs Coat Dept., L. S. Ayres & Co...... 1

Clothed today seessss essence 25 ' Clothed previously ...c.ce...282

Total clothed to date ~ 307

quarters, 44 S. Capitol Ave, and go directly to the store with the youngster. 2. If you want The Times to act for you, mail a check or money order to “Clothe-A-Child, The Indianapolis. Times.” Experienced shoppers will do the rest. 8. You can join with others in your club, office, church, sports team, fraternity, sorority or lodge. Select a treasurer ‘and shopping committee. Then let <Clothe-A-Child know how many children your group desires to clothe. All the lists of children are checked by the social service department of the public schools, the parochial schools, by the social service agencies and all children clothed are registered to avoid duplication. The cost of outfitting depends upon the child’s needs—usually from $8 to $12. The average is $10. ese youngsters certainly would appreciate your ‘ help. Call Riley 5551 now and ask for “Clothe-A-Child.”

_ PRESTO! TRUCK REPEALER GONE

A Magic Voice on City Hall Phone Sends Measure Back to Files. (Continued from Page One)

into being last Tuesday when the Safety Board unanimously recommended it. Now you see it. The Board’s recommendation was sent to the City Legal Department where. it was | garnished with legal phrases for presentation to Council. You still see it. Until 11 a. m. vesterday, Adolph Emhardt Jr., assistant City attorney, was all set to file it with City Clerk John Layton before the noon deadline. Watch closely now.

That Magic Voice

The. telephone rings in the legal department a few minutes past 11 a. m. Watch it. A voice speaks a few

words. Now, where is it? It’s gone! ‘Safety Board President Leroy J. Keach hadn’t a word to say for publication about whose voice it was that ‘spoke the magical words. He wondered, however, why the Safety Board should introduce-it if someone on the Board learned that no Councilman would vote for it. Why bother with it if a member of the Board knew in advance that the Councilmen’had agreed to suspend the rules and kill it quickly? As Council President Wood explained during the recess: “What’s the use of wasting time with it? None of us will vote for it.”

In Accord for Once

The nine men, who have disagreed on nearly everything else, solemnly shook their heads in complete accord. And the repealer? It slumbers undisturbed in the legal department in its cardboard file awaiting the magic words to bring it to life again. Mr. Keach hinted at the formula fo revive it. All the Councilmen have to do is

say “An right, T’ll vote for it.”

But no Councilman would utter|

the formula. Instead, the members spoke other words. “Let it alone,” they said, as if in a single voice. That is Hew City Hall magic worked last night. The public didn’t see the repealer because the Councilmen saw it first. In effect, the-* measure Was put through the Councilmanic process— was considered, debated and stricken from the files—by nine men who weren’t there.

And when the nine men and the} public showed up officially, the or-|

dinance wasn’tithere. Some called it magic. Some called it “goings on” and some, just politics.

SOUTHAMPTON RAIDS LEAVE HUGE SCARS

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sounded. The people went calmly to shelters, and when the all-clear sounded returned to whatever they were doing. There was no sign of panic. Others waited at the edge of town, trying to get rides with passing motorists. Bakers’ trucks and other commercial vehicles were loaded to | the limit, with persons going somewhere else for the night. Loud speakers mounted er trucks informed the people what to <a in the interest of safety. Troops had moved in to help police and fire departments! and other emergency services keep order and smother the last wisp of smoke from the Aires set Sunday night. All fires long since were under control. | Along Main Street hardly anything worth saving remained. What the explosives missed the fires got. No ruin could be quite so spectacular’ as Coventry's Cathedral, where the | gaunt, scarred spire looked down on a pile of wreckage. But half a dozen or more of the big churches here were gone completely. Usually only the walls were standing. Grass in the parks was splotched with dirty gray burns where incendiaries spewed out their strength. They must have showered i like

2 U. S. Must Loam fo Be Hard,

Donovan and T indall Warn|

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decide on a course of -action and reme | abide: ‘the consequences.” «And we've got to learn to be hard,” Gen. Tyndall said. i oe «“gngland is a shield and a laboratory for us,” Col. Donovan continued.” And we are a factory

' land a storehouse for England. And

the valor of the English has been Hitler's stumbling block. If we prepare behind that shield, we may be

able to'stand up to him and avoid

war.” “The ‘were hard in the

Enlgish | last war,” Gen, Tyndall pointed out.

5 |«What would have happened if the

English ‘hadn't held in March,

i 19182” iy te

“The Frenc were ready fo quit said, taking uj

goners and ‘pocketed forever with the Fren But a single 2 of English eld ‘and we had e to organize to back them up.” | - Both men said there is no short answer to any of the popular questions about the present war, such as “Will the English win?” “How long can Hitler hold?” or “ Hitler get all the oil he s from Rumania?” . wins,

Both men ‘said that if Hitle he will then an economic war

the diffe ‘between here and the lack of it cent of our trade that nd both agreed that all there are peace offensives which would | seek to Appease 1 Hitler, snd

dy of

against the United States and that| perity

r War Moves Today . :

By J. W. T. MASON

London announced today that during the week | |

United Press War Exvert :

‘ending ‘Nov. 24, British and Allied shipping lossés aggregated. 87,975 tons. The British have at th

| command, however, probably more than 20 million i

tons- of merchant ships. Much of it is not available for ocean transport, but there is enough to insure a safe reserve until

Mr. Mason its stride.

American co-operation fer replacement gets into British shipbuilding yards are pushing

ahead, and the Clyde plants alone are reported to be launching one ship

every three days.

Great Britain, however, is a small country with less: 3

than ‘one-half the population of Germany; so that British manpower =

production must look to purchases across the Atlantic for overcoming the German advantage. Every ship bound for Britain sunk by the Germans, however,

‘means destruction not only of the

vessel but also of its cargo, which in turn means loss of the cash.pay- on ment for the goods. This three-fold damage to British resisting strength is being counted upon by Herr Hitler to cripple Great Britain sufficiently to win the war. If British purchases in America were to fall through lack of funds or for any other reason, intensification of German attacks on shipping might give the Fuehrer good reason to look forward to a dictated peace. It would seem hopeless, however, for him to count on:his submarines, armed raiders and sea-going airplanes to turn the war in his favor as long as British purchases of ships and essential materials in America are not curtailed. To establish the fact in Hitler's mind that there will be no such curtailment ust have important psychological effects on German

leaders at a time when Germany:

sees the Atlantic sinkings rising steadily above Britain's sole ability to replace them. Impossibility of “victory in the last World War first began to sag German mentality when it was realized that American productivity was overcoming the submarine offensive. Great Britain requires more ships not only to maintain overseas supplies but also to transport troops for distant military projects. At present the opening in Greece to carry the war to Italy depends upon shipping for a major effort. This week's announcement in London that Atlantic cargoes will be

confined strictly to absolute essen- i tials is due, in part, to the desire fo

divert more ships to the Mediter-

ranean. Mussolini's ill-starred adventure in Greece has given the British a chance to get a military foothald athe continent which otherwite have seemed remote. i It requires large fleets of transports,” however, to move an army. The Atlantic sinkings have handicapped the British in the Mediterranean for the time being, and ‘it would be precarious for Great Britain to press forward against tialy with an insufficient force.

WOMAN INJURED No AUTO CRASH Bo

Services will be held Thursdgy for Mrs. Blanche Pettit, who died

yesterday of injuires received early

Sunday when her car struck a tree in 6500 block of E. Washington 8t. She was 27. i Her death brought the Indian- = apolis traffic toll for the year to 86, Mrs. Pettit, who lived at 2120 W, McCarty St., died yesterday at City Hospital of a skull fracture. The services will be in the home at:2 p. m. Burial will be Floral Park. : Mrs. Thelma Shepard, 32, Lebanon, who was riding with Mrs. Pattit, was released from City Hospital yesterday. “Two other companions were injured less seriously. Lg Mrs. Pettit is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Daugherty, nd a daughter, Florente

June, 9

Strauss Says:

SAFETY

Put YOUR Boy into

LEGION TOGS!

They'll add a lot to his happiness on

Christmas thereafter,

morning—and safety they have “pledges” and. .

suggestions tucked in the Poskets to promote his safety.

There is a 10-point * ‘safety pledge” : - a safety coin dangling on the zipper af

his jacket. affixed on

There are “safety emblems” sleeves, on chest, ete., as

reminders to be careful! ¥ Hockemeyer Corduroy (the best)—Sage

‘Green and

—well tailored.

Dark Brown. Swell firing

MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS FILLED

“Sizes 6 to 14, $2.

7 UMPERS S with plenty of pockets a an extra zippered one for

“change.” ,

JACKET —short length. it cuts, id ; lined. 6 to 14, 3.50. :

MACKETTES with zip PLAID dining, sigper

pper fronts, h

change” sockets, larger pockets, 3- piece belt and 201 Be back. Sizes 6 tp 14, 4.98. :