Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1940 — Page 3

ASSISTANCE TO ENGLAND

Jesse Jones Calls Isles ‘Good Risk’ as London Treasury Official Comes to America; Greeks Menace Key Italian Bases. (Continued from Page One)

~ - tensified siege which German and Italian submarines and

airplanes are pressing relentlessly.

Bug in addition, dispatches from Londen ported that President Roosevelt was belie

ering plans for: United States

last week reto be considwarships to escort merchant-

men half way across the Atlantic to Britain. 5 Washington sources said that such reports were “specu-

lation” but it was pointed out that a mid-Atlantic convoy | warships for duty elsewhere

system would release British

in addition to cutting down the heavy losses suffered far off the European Coast as a result of Axis U-boat operations. Both Berlin and Rome took the position that whatever American aid may be given Britain will come too late. On the sea lanes, where the Germans yesterday claimed to have sunk 15 to -18 British ships, Berlin said that one U-boat reported the sinking of six armed enemy merchant vessels. totaling 31,500 tons on its latest voyage and that a long-range bomber had sunk a 4900-ton merchantman in an attack yesterday on a large convoy 250 miles off Ireland.

: Italy Lists Sea Victories The Italian communique reported torpedoing of a Brit-

ish destroyer in the Atlantic Sunday and the air torpedoing |

of two British cruisers off Crete, important new British base

in the Mediterranean. Nazis reported that they

were starting a new form of

underseas warfare in which about 100 U-boats will operate

in packs, lurking off the main sea routes while scouting planes roam the sea and lead them to the British convoys.

According to the German version, the U-boat fleet will stage an under-and; over the seas “blitzkrieg” designed to “ break Brifish sea resistance this winter and clamp down a

starvation blockade on the British Isles. - The campaign was designed to offset the use in convoying merchant .ships Britain is making of the 50 destroyers obtained from the United

States.

The Nazis explained that one destroyed convoy meant the loss of both cargo and cargo-carrying capacity, and was as important as the bombing of a factory in crippling British economy. ‘Chance Hunts’ to Cease No more, the Nazis said, will U-boats-go out on long “chance hunts.” They will, instead, be sent out in squadrons, to patrol strategic areas. Flying boats will reconnoiter far out in the Atlantic ahead of them. The planes will be able to rest on the ocean and remain away from their bases two or three days. They will supply weather reports to submarines and watch for convoys. Operations will be centered at such places as the area southwest of England, where the shipping lanes of the world converge to form an “arterial sea highway” leading - to British ports, it was said.

Subs Wait for Convoys

U-boat methods are closly guarded secrets but official sources here told this much about the new “central attack” maneuver: Submarines take positions in front of an approaching convoy, their engines turning only enough to maintain their course and depth. They wait until the convoy is estimated to be directly overhead, then, without ‘coming to the surface, discharge torpedoes toward the convoy. Convoy destroyers thus are forced tq dodge between their ships to drop depth charges and it is difficult for the surface ships to locate submarines with listening apparatus because of the noise the surface ships’ propellors are making. It is also hard for the torpedoes to miss. Rome newspapers carried many gensational reports of impending deals between the United States and Britain, including speculation on whether in return for war aid the British Empire would cede bases in the Pacific as well as the Atlantic to the United States or grant a highway route through Canada from the United States to Alaska.

alo-traok War

Greek thrusts against stubborn Ttalian resistance on both the north and south Albanian fronts were re-

ported today in dispatches, indicating new successes in the Epirus coastal sector where Argyrokastron and Porto Edda are the main Objes. tives. Progress of the Greek troops appeared to be slow, due both ‘to snow storms and the necessity of blasting out. Fascist’“suicide squads.” Both Argyrokastron and Porto Edda were reported strongly threatened by the Greek forces. A new Greek victory clearing the road for further advance on Argyrokastron -was reported by the Exchange Telegraph Agency, which said Greeks had occupied the Bouna sector and destroyed the famed “death battalion” of the Ferrara Division after an all-night battle. Official sources in Athens said that up to Dec. 2 an estimated total of 7000 Italians had been taken prisoner since the war started. In the last three days, these sources esti-

‘mated about 1000 prisoners have

been taken. : Rome said that new Greek attacks had been repulsed and that Fascist troops had counter-attacked. No point of battle were mentioned, howeve Ont ttle south front, according to dispatches from: the battle lines, fighting proceeded in snow storms and, along the coast, in marshes where there was deep mud snd muck. A United Press correspondent said | that in the mountains Italians clung to the peaks in “suicide squads,” wijich had to be exterminated one by one. Both sides were reported bombing heavily.

Aerial War

German bombers gave London a sample of a blitz-raid during the night and then roared on for a more intense attack on Birmingham, which had been assaulted twice before. Air attacks today were light because of bad weather. Two motion picture theaters, a public shelter and a hospital in the capital suffered direct ‘hits. Incendiary bombs struck the theaters and

‘tisn't Fair!

So Say the Italians of ¢$ Explosive Bullets ~ Used by Greeks.

ROME, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—Greeks are shooting Italians with “explosive” bullets, according to complaints in several newspapers. The Turen Gazzetta del Popola published a picture of pieces of a bullet allegedly taken from an

Italian soldier, with the caption: “Greek Civilization.”

The Messaggero said: “The Greeks are using explosive bullets. We herewith publish a photograph’ of the remains of one of them extracted from a serious wound of one of our soldiers.” ” ” 2 : NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U. P.).— Adolf Hitler lives “in terror of violent death,” according to a British Broadcasting Co. report picked up today by the CBS listening station, The broadcast said that French sources had told the BBC that Hitler feared the bombing attacks of the Royal Air Force and the “tricks” of the French people during blackouts, As a result, it added, he never sleeps in hotels in France, but seeks refuge in railroad tunnels. ” ” ”

HANCI, French Indo-China, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—Hubert Hermans,

_32, correspondent for the Dutch

East Indies newspaper Soeraba-

/| -jasch Handelsbiad, was shot to

death while in a guardhouse at Poipet, Indo-China, near the Thailand frontier, it was learned today. 2 Et 4 8 LONDON, Dec. 4 (U. P)—A German raiding pilot dove low over a town in southern Britain and opened up his machine guns on a bus crowded with passengers. An alert bus driver saved the passengers from injury when he halted the bus and ordered them into a ditch where they escaped the rain of bullets.

started, fires during picture showings, - but the audiences calmly marched into the street. A high’ explosive bomb struck a conveht which was being used as a public “shelter and it was feared

that many were buried under the

debris. Another heavy bomb dropped on the wing of a hospital, demolished one cf its walls and severed a gas main, which burned furiously for half an hour. It was reported there were no casualties at the hospital or in its district. At noon, workers were still searching for persons trapped in the convent shelter. A mobile crane was lifting tons of debris. It was known that children were among those killed. Half a dozen Birmingham districts suffered severe damage. The first wave of German raiders remained over the town for 90 minutes. Then came a“short lull, after which the attack was resumed fiercely and continued for two and one-half hours. Two schools, two furniture warehouses and many homes and shops were smashed to the ground. A direct hit was scored on a reinforced shelter in which were 19 persons, bi biney escaped through emergency

oi aerial bombardment of Germa airdromes northern France featured yesterday's daylight operations by the Royal Air Force. Attacks were made on Ludwigshaven and Mannheim, where explosions and fires were seen, Essen and the port of Dunkirk.

Far East

In the Far East, warfare continued unofficially’ between Siam (Thailand) and French Indo-China, with the Siamese reporting they had destroyed a French transport ship that attémpted to land troops on the Siamese side of the Mekhong River. According to reports at Bangkok, many lives were lost in the Sngegement.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County City Total, 1939 e000 000s RRRIRNDS 4 52 92 1940 200000000 RRNDS 46 86 132

—Dec. 3

Injured ...... 7 Accidents veri Pead cece... 0 Arrests ......49

TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Violations Speeding .........19 Reckless driving... 1 Failure to stop at through street’. 7

Disobeying traffic 5

signals Wa driving .. 2 All others Lik

Totals ried 108

MEETINGS TODAY C. a Camera Club, meeting. Y. m. Club. luncheon, Claypool Hotel, Discussion Club, dinner, . M. m. Purdue Alumni Association, luncheon, Hate Severin, noon. 2th District American a VFO lunchon Board of Evstion, “luncheon, Board

Sigma Alpha of aie o Be BO Pore Real Estate Board Propor ty Minnagers Division, luncheon, Canary |C 0 e, Nn Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel *Deita Theis Tau, luncheon, Seville Tavern, noon. €o-Operative Club of Inianapolis, luncheon, Columbiz Club, noon Indiana Motor Traffic Assotiation, lunchAntlers Hotel, noon. Junior Chamber a Commerce, lincheon, Canary Cottage 40-Plus Sib. "mestins, Chamber of Commerce, 7:3 IR 5 Kiwanis Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, oon. ‘Inidana County and Township officials,

convention, laypool Hotel. ngion 6 pb. ou, meeting, Hotel Wash-

neiy Fish and Game Eo, vel ‘Washington, 7:30 plement Dealers’ Anita, ate an. * meeting, Hotel

ie e Eli ‘Liny % Co.. out patients dispensary, dinner, Hotel Severin, 6:30 p

comp—— . MEETINGS TOMORROW Indianapolis 1 Real Estate Board, Co-

lumbia Club, RE anriint Cia of Indianapols, Indian-

tried tions paid 19 $99 1 0

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Caravan Club, Murat Temple, noon. 0il Club, H Hotel Severin, noon. Construction eazy 10) of Indianapolis, Spink-Arms Hotel, Toastmasters’ International, Club Neo. 2,

M. (Ipdianapolis Camera Club, 110 East 9th stre Beta Theta Pi, Canary Cottage, noon. U. 8. Department of Agriculture Ciub, Board of Trade Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni Association, Russet Cafeteria, Indiana otis Motor Piransportation Club, Tigi Hotel, night lianapolis Corps, Devine’s- Music Hall,

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

Robert W. Lockwood. 24, Cannon Falls, 0 nn Lucy J. Blackman, 23, of 568% Guil-

William A. Carroll, 21, of 2155 Central; Jp L. Zalondek, 28, of 2141 N. Tal:

arles W. Campbell, 25, of 2011 Tainett; Marion B. Dickson, 24, of 2806

e Francis Colborn, 29, of 1210 Finley; Helene Rawlings, 21, of 2043 Laurel,

BIRTHS

Girls

Karl Lula Stacey, at St. Francis. \ Parker, Cecelia Neff. at St. Francis. . Prentice, sie Sims, at City. ( , Betty Wellman, at Coleman. Lyle, Geneva Hiatt, at St. Vincent's. her, Svlvia Lucile Flora, at St. VinSs.

Virginia Alford, at St. Vin=

Samuel, cent’s.

Bobbie Wt Willideen

Boys James, Kathleen Weisse, at Hubert, Florence Marshall, Wey: Lola Howard, at St.

DEATHS Lydia Ann McCullough, 74, at 1422 Park, cerebral hemo rhage. William McClary, 73, at 2162 Sugary Grove, Bright's disease Georgianna Carr, 65, at 8 N. Traub, coronary Peplisie is, at 1011 N. Oxford, cerekral I Frank 8. Tr bby, 61, at City, bronchopneumonia. William J: Marshall, 69, at 801 Dawson, acute myocarditis. seph A at 2618 N. New

A. McMshon, 63, Jeroey’ coronary oc. sion. Lena Ellis, 40, at cit, diabetes mellitus. hn. H. pas 1, at 2744 Winthrop, *hionis year Hits.

Son a ARLONIy, “Tex. ..

Willi A. Barker, Hath ker, “65, at City, acute}T:

Elizabeth Poling, 71, at Long, gangrene Armct Wilson, 4 - trenett W months, at City, gas Sa. , 86, at 444 Arsenal,

age. Fanny Balser, 63, at Cit . pneumonia. y. broncho

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Mostly cloudy tonight with lowest temperature 25 to 30; tomerrow partly cloudy.} Sunrise .o 6:51 } Sunset .....-4:%0 TEMPERATURE —Dec. 4, 1¥39— m. .

6:30 a. m. .... %9.99

eration 24 hours ending 7 a. m. ... Total precipitation since Jan. 1...... Deficiency since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Cloudy to partly y cloudy, er in extreme south toni 0 artly cloudy in south and central porions, cloudy with snow flurries in extreme north, colder in north portion. Jllinois—Cloudy to partly cloudy, warmer in extreme south portion tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, colder in north por-

tion Lower Michigan--Mostly cloudy, light local showers tonight and SO: cold-

er in south portion tomorrow.

Ohi

0—C flurries in north portion tonight; tomor-

warmmorrow

row cloudy with snow flurries in northeast | -

portion; colder in north port - noon, and at night. Borkion in after Kentucky—Some cloudiness tonight -and tomorrow; warmer tonight and in east portion tomorrow

WCZATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Weather Bar. Temp. Clear 29.97

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S OF ENGLAND DUE FORU.S, STUDY

Program for Sale of Merchant Ships. (Continued from Page One) cations that the matter was one

Mr. Morgenthau’s conference, which| preceded an Administration move to release to Britain as swiftly as pos-|: sible all American merchant ships that can be spared. Various sources reported that the conferees had explored known facts about British financial resources « in this country and had come to the conclusion that while sufficient funds are available now, something may have to be done in the future. One of the conferees was Dr. Herbert Peis, State Department econ-! omic adviser. Mr. Morgenthau, his. aids, and Maritime Commission officials

of the program to help Britain ng tain her oceanic supply lines in Jthe face of intensified German subriarine warfare. Ominous Background The conferees discussed extending all aid to Britain “short of war,” against an ominous background. English cities were being shattered nightly in concentrated “blitzraids.” Since Sunday afternoon, American radio stations have been picking up one distress message after another from torpedoed British freighters. Yesterday afternoon’s meeting was similar to the one which preceded the deal whereby President Roosevelt traded” 50 over-age destroyers for air and naval base sites in British Western Hemisphere possessions. In New York the Herald Tribune said today that Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, has proposed that the United States loan Great Britain $2, 500, - 000.000. The proposal was said to have been made last week at a closed meeting of the National Industrial Conference Board which includes bankers, industrialists and economists. Mr. Eccles proposed that the: United States would take as security a lien on the British Empire’s gold production for the next five years, the newspaper said. . The plan, according to the Herald Tribune, provides that funds for the loan would be raised by the sale of securities and the gold set aside as security for the loan. A Federal Reserve spokesman here said Mr. Eccles remarks were ‘“distorted.” One participant in the conference here said that. the press could draw a correct inference of what was discussed by the persons present. They were in addition to Mr, Morgenthau and Mr Jones; Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War; Prank Knox, Secretary of Navy; Sumner Welles, Undersecgetary "of . State; Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; William S. Knudsen, Defense Production Chief. “You can say,” a high Administration official told the United Press, “that we are bending every effort to see thap the British get more tonnage.” Mr. Morgenthau was understood to have discussed further aid to Britain with tHe President before Mr. Roosevelt left for his Caribbean inspection trip. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo.), a member of the Congressional, isolationist bloc, made this statement: “I hope very much that we'll have the sense to stay out of the war, but we can’t stick our necks out much farther.”

SENTENCE 4 DRAFT FOES HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 4 P.) —Four young men, one a minister and another a divinity student, were sentenced to prison terms today by Federal Judge Carroll C. Hincks for refusing to register for

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of the more pressing to crop up at|

national conscription last October.

Even Sheep Are ate Gunned, Writer Told; 5000 Hide in Catacombs.

(Continued from Page One)

from the' upper windows, A ginger cat prowling for food and the .small voice of a: child crying were ‘the’ only signs of life.

‘ble and debris, the remains of ‘what ‘once were 15 houses, under “which 50 persons Were buried, 30 ‘of which were extricated. Protruding beneath a pile of smashed wooden joists and iron bedstéads, I saw a pair of legs and one arm. For a month, workmen have been digging into this pile, but 20 bodies still are buried under it. A gray-haired, bent, old man, who was helping with the work, said that two entire families were buried here when a shower of bombs fell Nov, 2 #88 UDDENLY bugles sounded “the retreat.” Bugles and the ‘whistles of policemen took it up and it ‘echoed across the town. Planes were sighted. People filed into shelters and sat there in neat . TOWS, one behind the other, as. if they were at a church. Five minutes later bells tolled the “all clear.” Robert Bellise, unsnaved, his head bandaged, told me: “On Nov. 2 we heard the air raid alarm. We crowded into one corner of the house that had been braced and strengthened as a shelter. Eleven stories fell on us.” The Morati family still lives, eats and sleeps in the father’s carpenter shop, which is kept upright by two shaky-looking wooden beams. Eighteen bombs

have fallen all around them, but

their abode still stands. ” o 2 HE English’ church is pockmarked with shrapnel scars from ‘a bomb which made a 12foot crater 10 yards away. The

- British consulate on the other

side of the square bears shrapnel marks from the same bomb. A bomb fell on the home of the British consul here and left only the bathroom usable.

Despite the destruction, I

found three grocers carrying on {~

business as usual” They had displays of lettuce, caulifiower and oranges, but there were no customers. Two taverns were operat ing behind shuttered windows. Most of the death and destruction was caused in the first two days of the conflict, when Corfu was surprised by Italian bombers flying Greek colors, the British vice consul said. I was shown a green airplane. hatch marked “AUF” and “ZU” indicating the Italians had empolyed a type of Stuka divebomber in the attack on the island. I was told as many as 158 bombs were dropped here in a single day.

DOCTORS NAME LINK AS PRESIDENT-ELECT

Dr. Goethe Link was chosen last hight as president-elect of the Indianapolis Medical Society of Marion County. He will take pflice in 1942. Dr, James O. Ritchey, elected a year ago, will become president in January to succeed Dr. Ben B. Moore. Elected to, serve with Dr. Ritchey

through 1941 were Dr. J. B. Stalker, vice president, and Dr. William M. Dugan, secretary-treasurer. Elected to the! council of the society were Dr. Robert J. Masters, Dr. Russell A. Sage, Dr. Oschner and Dr. R. E. Mitchell.

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The Greek Island of Corfu . . - once famous as an isolated anil une changing part of ancient Europe Becomes the target of Italian bombing

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Christmas Air ‘Blitz’ Canceled

Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Dec. 4. — The “aerial blitzkrieg” which was scheduled to open the Christmas shopping season here today, has been called off by the Chamber of

Commerce. The cancellation of the fire-

_ligious and patriotic organizations “said the demonstrations would be inappropriate for Christmas. The Chamber of Commerce committee in charge of the arJangements, had planned for the city to “defend” itself with fire|_works and anti-aircraft shells.

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HEARING OPENED ON GAS FIRM PURCHASE

A hearing opened today before the Public Service Commission on the petition of the Terre Haute Gas Corp. to purchase the properties and franchises of the Indiana Gas Utilities Co. in Terre Haute, West Terre Haute, Vigo County, Clinton and Brazil,

The price is $1,250,000 and the Terre Haute (Gas Corp. asks permission to issue $720,000 in notes and bonds and to pay the remainder by selling=no par value common stock. The Kentucky Natural Gas Corp. Owensboro, Ky., is protesting. the sale on the grounds that it was a “furtherance of a conspiracy to de-

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out of the Government when he spoke. * * Harry Hopkins retired as ‘Secretary of Commerce to be succeeded by the New Deal's multiple jobholder, Jesse Jones of Texas. v Tom Corcoran left the cubbyhole: where he ostensibly filled a job with: the R. F. C.—but in reality did most; everything else—fo join Independent Voters for Roosevelt organization jn New York City. There, according to the rumors, he got somewhat in the iron-gray hair of that: old-line politician, Edward J. Flynn, Democrati¢ National Chairman and; boss of the Bronx. . Ben is still here, still the aniiable philosopher, occupying an office in: the Interior Department as head of the Power Policy Committee. : - But Ben is not his effective self: here without Tom. It was a team: —Ben and Tom. Ben was the idea. man, the planner, the drafter of legislation; Tom was the executor, Senators, Congressmen and de-’ partmental officials grew used to; hearing: “This is Tommy Corcoran—call~. ing from the White House.” . : Tom and Ben soon may set.up a law office in New York, though Ben,

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