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FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1940

British Fleet Steams Into Adriatic Sea To Shell Valona as Italian Ships Hide Out

~ INNER DEFENSE . GROUP TO SPEED

OUTPUT HINTED

F. D. R. Holds Conference

After British Complete Order for 60 Ships.

(Continued from Page One)

Roosevelt gave the British a go ahead signal to negotiate for new

armament Congressional action,

will help finance both yards.

Senate Democratic leader Alben

W. Barkley and Senator Alva B. Adams (D. Colo),

an influential | history. member of both the Senate Bank-

Fires Rage in Bardia Where 20,000 Fascist Troops Are Believed Trapped.

(Continued from Page One)

overnight air activity over Britain, apparently confining their flights to individual reconnaissance observations. In Moscow Josef Stalin announced the first Communist Party conference since March, 1939, would be

requirements pending 14 Feb. 15 to consider transport, call for con-

~ struction of 30 in a new shipyard at Richmond, Cal, and 30 at a new yard at South Portland, Me. Britain construction of

industrial and party organization problems. '

Sea Warfare

The British naval exploit in the Adriatic had no previous parallel in the war and few in modern It occurred Wednesday night and yesterday morning, the

TYRRHENIAN SEA

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The British fleet churns the Adriatic, Italy’s “private lake,” hurling 100 tons of shells on Valona, the Fascist base in Albania (not shown on the map but almost opposite the port of Brindisi).

BUND'S LEDGER HINTS LINK TO

U.S. Authorities Studying Membership List Seized In Chicago Raid.

(Continued from Page One)

‘| Steve Leddy of .the State's Attor-

ney’s staff and Benjamin Eisenstein,

the Bund headquarters, which shares offices with the Teutonia

side. On the first floor is a tavern, “Haus Vaterland.” The raiders were “met by Mrs. Irene Matz, secretary of the Bund,

ARMED FORCES

gave them several records, includ-

Penetration from Italy.

low this exploit, Mr. Mason

only partial. against continuity of a British naval patrol, acting without an Adriatic base.

Nevertheless, having found that!

Caplan’s personal bailiff, went to the Adriatic is open to enemy war-|

ships, the Italians will have to use extreme caution In moving transports. The distance from the Italian

Publishing Co., Inc., on the second |coast to Durazzo is more than 150 | {floor of a building on the northwest

miles. British observation planes should be able to summon fast cruisers or destroyers for attack! along part of that route.

The bold action of the British |

who opened the office safe and fleet in moving into the Adriatic | comes at the moment when reports ynite their entire naval power they

War Moves Today

By J. W. T. MASON

United Press War Expert into the Adriatic by British war-

ships, reported today from London, marks the final development in Wresiing control of the Mediterranean

Further interference with’ the transport of Italian troops and supplies to Albania should fol-

while the Italian fleet lies ‘immobil-

ized in its ports. Complete blockade of the Albanian Coast may be possible after the British have tested still further the morale of the Italian Navy. At present, however, seizure of the ‘Adriatic.is probably | Its narrow waters should permit Italian submarine action

allow the British without a struggle to penetrate the Adriatic, Tegarted as “Italy’s Lake,” Especially dogs the separation of |the Italian Navy seem certain {when it is realized that the ‘Adriatic maneuver can have been conducted {with only part of the British Mediiterranean naval force. Many British warships aig now in action off e North African Coast, assisting at Britain's offensive in Libya. If the Italians had been able. to

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PAROLE SISTEM

Knox Sheriff Refuses to Turn Over Youths to School Deputies.

VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 20 (U, P.).—Branding supervision of the

‘|incompetent, Knox County Sheriff Oscar E. Westfall refused today to

to officials of ‘the Plainfield Boys School. »

The youths, Roy E. McFarland, 16, and Robert Peters, 17, were taken into custody last Friday when they abandoned an automobile here.

Oexmann refused to file charges against the two, declaring that they were parole violators and should be turned over to Plainfield School authorities.

IS DENOUNCED

Knox County Prosecutor Oskar .

V5 ARN es

state parole system inefficient and

turn youthful Bedford parolees over

a a

ing and Currency and Appropria-|A ing the black ledger, then closed are circulating of German troop | might have be¢n able to keep the

Admiralty reported today. When deputies from the school

tions Committees, promised fast action on proposals to aid Britain financially when the new Congress

convenes Jan. 3.

Orders for merchant vessels were the President's request that consummation of the rest of the purchase program be delayed until after the new ’. The British already have €50,000,000 in cash set aside for ship

specifically exempted; from

year.

construction.

The new shipyards to fulfill the ship order will cost about $1,250,000 each and will be of standardized design to permit quick construction. They will be 9300 tons, 416 feet long with a 57-foot beam, and a speed of between 10 and 11 knots. They will

be ideal for operation in convoys.

The raid was made by capital units of the Mediterranean fleet, screened by a speedy force of destroyers and cruisers. The fleet steamed up into the Adriatic, apparently after trawlers had swept the: Straits of Ontario clear of mines. The dreadnaughts moved up opposite the Albanian port of Valona where they went into action with their huge 14 and 15-inch guns. The Admiralty reported more than 100 tons of high explosive naval shells were poured into the battered seacoast town. It seemed probable the illequipped harbor had suffered great damage after an attack of such

Following signing of the contracts| eight.

last. night in New York, it was announced that work on the new yards would begin today and that the first keels would be laid in about two

gnd one-half months.

i ce ees . | CUT IN TRAIN CRASH

Charles Coy, 23, of R. R. 8, Box 856, escaped with only cuts when a , freight train demolished his car at!British naval undertaking: the Main St. crossing of the B. & 0. Railroad in Speedway City last The car was dragged for geveral feet with Mr. Coy trapped

night. inside.

Meantime, the British cruiser and destroyer force swept on up the Adriatic as far as Bari on the Italian coast and Durazzo, opposite Bari on the Albanian shore. Not

‘|a sign of Italian warships or ship-

ping was encountered, the British reported, and throughout the operation there was no attempt by the Italians to interfere with major Italy’s own “backyard.” From a naval standpoint it appeared that the Adriatic raid was the most daring the British have

He was treated at City|yet undertaken. At the time of the

Hospital.

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seaplane torpedo attack on the

Italian fleet at Taranto light British naval units entered the Adriatic, but an operation by capital ships in

narrow waters, presumably exposed to easy attack by airplanes and submarines, is in a category by itself. After its dash into the Adriatic, the British fleet sped back to its Alexandria base which had been attacked without damage by Ital. ian planes during the fleet's absence. Huge fires’ were reported raging in Bardia and the Admiralty said chat light British warships dashed into the inner harbor at the port, so close to shore that they came under machine gun fire, and sank three Italian supply ships. In Berlin, well informed quarters said that a German submarine had torpedoed the Belgian steamer Macedonier, 5225 tons, and had torpedoed and sunk the British freighter Amicus, 3666 tons, in the Atlantic west of Ireland. Lieut. Comm. Schipke, skipper of a U-boat, was credited with having sunk more than 40 enemy ships totaling more than 200,000 tons. _

Troop Movements

Italy appeared fast becoming the principal theater of war. The Rome cominunique reported what apparently was a powerful raid by Royal Air Force planes on the port

of Brindisi—with Bari one of the chief ports of embarkation for supplies to Albania. Four waves of R. A. F. planes swept down on the

port, dropping many bombs.

With the concentration of British effort against Jtaly reports of German aid to her Axis partner assumed particular interest. Although German planes apparently were being used to transport Italian reinforcements to Albania there was still no positive information that German troops had been sent into Italy or to the Albanian

. lor Libyan fronts.

The London press heard reports

land speculated on the possibility

that Hitler had or would demand permission for German soldiers to

{pass through unoccupied France

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(ALSO ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT)

and it appeared that the French Governmental crisis that ousted Vice Premier Pierre Laval was still causing concern at both Vichy and Berlin. It was uncertain, however, how closely that crisis was connected with the British blows at Italy. The most tangible news today was the official Italian announcement of the suspension of 97 scheduled trains in Italy from Brenner Pass to Sicily. Officially this was explained as a move to conserve fuel supplies, eliminate unnecessary travel and cancel trains ordinarily used in the now-vanished tourist traffic. The cancellation of trains mov-| ing through Brenner Pass was attributed to heavy movement of railborne coal supplies from Italy to Germany. It was noted that many of the canceled trains serve arsenals, supply depots, etc, from which heavy military traffic presumably is moving. It was reported that Germany had sent Italy a fleet of Junkers transports and German operating and maintenance crews and that these planes were handling about 3000 troops a day to Albania. Berlin flatly refused to discuss aid to Italy. In connection with possible German troop movements through France, Rome reported today that active steps were belns taken by Germany and France arrive at a settlement of their differences—

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total

(1939 ...... 40 52 92

1940 ..cocenenees. 51 90 141

presumably some interim agreement to replace the present armistice governing relations between the two countries.

Greek-ltaiian War

In evacuating Tepelini and Klisura in Albania the Italians burned whole rows of wooden build- |

‘flings and blew .up munitions they

could not move with them. A spokesman in Athens said Greek shock troops were making “important

gains” north of the towns and that they would be occupied after mopping up operations, the last phase of the battle. The official spokesman said Italian losses in the sector were heavy and that the dead lay in piles in nearby villages and on mountain peaks the Greeks had taken. The surrounding mountains had been Sweps by a prolonged snow storm, he said. ; The Greeks were reported to have trapped a considerable Italian force at Porto Palermo, on the south coast sector. A Government spokes-

./man said a week ago that the

Greeks had captured that town, but he explained today that the Greeks merely had fought their way into it from the south and had been driven back by an Italian counterattack. The Greeks thereupon applied their “flowing” tactics, cut inland from the coast road, skirted Palermo and turned back onto the road between Palermo and Chrimara, five miles north.

New Pressure on Palermo

Now, according to the spokesman, the Greeks were putting new pressure on Palérmo from the south and the Italians were throwing their full weight on the north end of the ring, trying to fight out of the trap to reach Chimara. The north front, northwest of Pogradec, was virtually snow-bound. Large scale fighting had ceased, but it was reported that a small Greek reconnaissance patrol had captured an Italian outpost, manned by one officer and 150 men. The Italians were in a serious condition from the cold and were led back to the Greek lines without a fight, a dispatch said. . Greek optimism was high, and Gen. Alexander Papagos, Chief of Staff, issued an order of the day from his headquarters “somewhere on the front,” urging the troops on to an even greater effort because, he said, Italy was “on the verge of a complete collapse, her morale shattered” by the setbacks in Albania and Libya. He said that “inside Italy, the Fascism regime itself is tottering and winter will hasten its downfall.” “Greek blows have driven the enemy back to a critical position,” | Papagos told his men. “Keep on! Crush him, finally, definitely! Throw him into the sea! Victory is with us and it will be the greatest victory in our history. Forward! Yours is the victory.”

Air Warfare

A night air raid alarm was sounded. in the London area soon after dusk. Li was the first of the day. German planes singly or in small groups flew over several parts of England last night but returned to their bases after dropping only a few bombs. Tonight the raiders were reported over a west England town, East Anglia and a town in southwest England.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lista are from sSival records in the Ceunty Court Hem The Times therefore. is net os, for errors in names and addresses.) BATES

the safe.

returned to their office.

membership. According to a reli-|

written in German. It contained |

2000 names of men who are mem- |

the active or reserve armed forces, of the United States.

Safe Is Guarded A municipal court official who in-|

some of the names indicated the exact status of the men in the armed forces and that some of the Bund members had been in the] U. S. Army, had been discharged, returned to Germany and then reenlisted in the army. One source said the list of applications for membership numbered almost 100 and that almost all the applicants had served in the German army. The lists also contained information of the birthplaces and extent of military service of each of the applicants. ‘Police posted a guard at the Bund safe during the night to prevent removal of any of the records. The FBI kept only the list of names and turned over to the State's Attorney the financial and other records seized in the raid.

U. S. Orders Check

10f Names in Ledger

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U. P.). Justice Department sources said today that Attorney General Robert H. Jackson has ordered a check of names found in a German-Amer-jcan Bund “black ledger” Illinois authorities at Chicago last night. ident Roosevelt was described as being “very interested” in the seizure of the ledger although the matter “has not been brought to his attention officially.”

BRITAIN WILL WIN, DONOVAN BELIEVES

‘LONDON, Dec. 20 (U. P.).—William J. (Wild Bill) Donovan, World War commander of the 69th (Fighting Irish) Regiment of New York. said in an interview today that the first five days of his visit here convinced him that Great Britain would win the war. “When I returned to the United States in August (after a previous visit) I said I found the British resolute and- courageous,” he said. “Now I would add, confident.” He evaded questions abont his mission but did not deny that it had an official character. “I accept as the truth that shipping is the most urgent, war problem facing Britain now,” he said. He said London had suffered less bomb damage than most persons in the United States thought. He said he intended to visit Coventry and other severely hombed cities next week but denied that he would visit North Africa or Vichy.

MERRILL TENT PLANS LUNCH Members of Catherine Merrill Tent 9, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will have a covered dish luncheon Monday noon at Ft. Friendly. A Christmas party and

gift exchange will follow at 2 p. m.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

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contents of the ledger until they reinforcements for Albania. {is no confirmation of these rumors, A State’s Attorney’s source said | {but the British are warning Herr | | Strait of Otranto, forming the enthat the records seized included a| Hitler that getting troops into Al-| trance into the Adriatic, would have list of 3000 Middlewest Bund mem- 'bania is now becoming Increasingly | bers and scores of applications for| difficult. One major objective able source, the entire record was strategy is to prevent the enemy from permanently . 38 loose-leaf pages, not or of them ‘home feet. filled, but the State’s Attorney's of- Great Britain has forced this disfice source said there were perhaps ryption on the Italian Navy.

Some . Italian warshi bers of the Bund and are serving in ‘Naples,

splitting the! It would seem that

To concentrate them at a single | through the base must be presumed to be beyond the present power of the Fas-| Suez. Only the conviction that the cists. Otherwise, it would seem in-| credible that the Italians would ports would justify this action.

in naval]

ps are at: ‘this week. on the southwest coast of | where most marine insurance is 1 Italy, where they were bombed from | effected, stopped quoting public ‘the air a few days ago. Others are |vates for the Mediterranean when |at Taranto, in the southern heel of Ttaly entered the war. the Italian boot, still others are sup-

posed to be at Bari and possibl spected the list said notations after | | Brindisi, on ihe Aflriatic, Y|cent, which is a fair war risk, is

They did not learn the) |concentrations in Italy, intended as | Adriatic safe at "this time from There British encroachment by. the mere

{threat of battle. The narrow

given the Italians a distinct ad{vantage if they had been in a position to strike against the British fleet, diminished by North African operations. oo That the Italian naval power has Besos seriously weakened is fur‘ther shown by the resumption of rinsurance of Mediteranean shipping Lloyd s, in London,

Now, howevel, a. rate of 15 per being applied | to . ships passing Mediterranean for { Turkey, Egypt and passage through

Italian Navy has become tied to its

came to take custody of the youths, Sheriff Westfall refused to release them. He said he would free them rather than hand them over to the school officials. “The whole parole system is improper,” Westfall said. “The parole agents are not to blame, it is the system. A youth is sent up from the courts for a juvenile crime. He remains there for a time and is then released. The parole system loses complete track of the parolee unless he commits a new crime and is arrested. Then, as in this case, the institution is ready to take the boys back to the school.” Westfall aded that his criticism applied to all state penal institutions and not the boys’ school alone. The youths are wanted by Bedford authorities, but: Westfall said that he intended to see that charges are filed against them in this

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