Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1941 — Page 7

The problen in Libya, B different... I . concerns. both limited supplies of gasoline and 0 and the .presence of some of

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By J. W. T. MASON

United Press War Expert’

: Mussolini's first public admission that’ Italy quancannet meet the British and Greek offensives un- tities of airplane fuel and lubricants aided came today with .the official Rome. announce- | during the Ilalian rout from Wests ment that German eir squadrons will proceed to 6 Egypt into Libya. These Supe Ttaly for operations in the Mediterranean basin. (Plies must have been heavy It is mot to be expicied, however, that thers ey 4 been concentrated for Italisns in Albania and North Africa can regain| = fan ne Suen was. wating Circus. And the best Way i can describe it is to" say - : p Mr. Mason the offensive through strengthened air power. I oop ariiva ol 'm Pa we 1k 8 igo or. tw without seeing a single wrecked i ET ~ i” 4 4 . . German help will necessarily be limited because S. Gal bloc op Y yo Wp see a block that is half wiped out. But : ; ; of Hitler's pre-occupations elsewhere. At the same time, there are dif2 Wrecked © West End would have say two buildings com- |ficulties in Albanis and North Africa which seriously interfege with air by bomb or'fire, and half a dozen damaged but not operations. In both areas there has been little’ mention of intensive

litz a Failure So Far and" | London Is Not Knocked Out"!

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troyed. That still leaves a lot of Whole, sound buildings. ) u are impressed to see haw little effect a bomb has on a-build-n it is a bomb of the| very greatest weight. gE next coor to tere today whole and bedu! jiful, only slightly, damaged. #8 5 x ‘fw & |»

AND CONCRETE ahd stone usually stand up. It is the

aps. : damage is not [visible to a person walking down the I was in a plant the rear part of which had been blown to und, yet from the front it looked untouched. A house next doom may get nothing more than broken windows. € Savoy Hotel, for instance, stands up as big as life, but it has t{ more than once. ‘Yet the service—food, light, | drink, politeness—goes on absolutely 88 usual, even to the floor porter complaining this morning that I adn’t put my shoes out for him to shine. The damage is terrific, but what impresses me most about it, and the point I want to get over, is this-+it doesn’t make sny difference! That sounds cold and heartless. But honestly, it’s the way the British look at it. They don’t fe€l thel they have been lurt at all. aig emer ioan newspaper friend of niine who has been here through ys the most impressive thing to him is the way secure people have abandoned their property sense. They can see their buildings go up in smoke, their savings blasted to bits, and apparently they don’t care—so long as “we get that guy in the end.” 1. first ‘days here were consumed in getting all figried up and ident ed, something that is very necessary in a warring country. And ‘ now Ii have so many papers that I've had to buy an extra wallet, a k leather case so big I have to carry iy id & side pocket, ard it is already \ stuffed full. rst you register with the pdlice and get a booklet with your pic- ¢ ture in it. You have to give them| your whole life history. If you move, + they must be notified.

{ "And Don't Lose Your Booklet"

Then there is the national registration. Here you get another book let, and boy don’t you lose it. Then you get your fooi-ration book. 4 Then you report to the Ministry of Information and get a pass with your picture in it. Then the ministry gets further cards permitting ¢ you to stay out after midnight ang enter prohibited areas, such as zones - of military action. + Everywhere you go people are nice to you. Af the police station it i took half an hour to get my business dorde because a policeman had to ! tell me about the bombs in his neighborhdod. I have nevér seen police- * men at home so friendly and helpful. - And it wasn’t just because I was an American. For I watched : them at other desks, where ofher for¢igners were registering, and these got He. same courteous treatment. articular policeman lives ina quiet suburb on a rise of ground, 14 fo viéw. And he said that th? night before I airived London | vas 8 hii: sight to see, with searchlights and noise and fires all over town. LY He Said a bomb hit his block not long ago and wiped put 13 houses. But only five people were hurt and nobody killed. + On my second afternoon here I gol la haircut. The barber talked all the time, ancl for once I enjoyed it. He knew instantly that I was an. American. We all look alike to ‘me, but these Londoners can tell an American a mile off. It didn't take the barber long to find out that I had just arrived and 2 t my first two nights in Londch had passed without a single ing dropped. He said we'd have some before many nights. rb I'll tell you,” he said, “if you don’t get a little windy your rst night then you're not much of & man. A fellow who doesn’t t his wind up at the first experience isn’t a man at all. He's just animal with no nerves in his body. : .

He's Not Afraid Any More

1 told the barber I was all prepared to be London's biggest coward. d not to be ashamed if I was scared and did something silly. as an air-raid warden. at night in his home suburb, he said He dived for

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re that’ I had been afraid of bombs; und ‘also afraid to hate sityone HAL WORKERS GET | * MILLION PAY RAISE

“WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.) i ' aage-Hour Administrator Philip B eming | today ordered wage rate ; Ee of more than $7,000,000

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|| March 1, also will affect track, shop and terminal workers, watchmen, office: and other railréad employees. If 2 the third largest wage increase ordei'ed by the administration. The order will 1nake effective recommendations of | the Railroad Carrier Industry Committee for

minimum wages of 36 cents an hour for employees on trink line railroads and 33 cents an hour for short

nnually for 70,000 railroad workers cluding Red Caps, Pullman porters nd ‘dining car waiters.

«weary buildings of brick and dry mortar that hiave gone down |

A big modern | us took a heavy bomb right on top, yet it |

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Better Business Bureau Says ‘12 Places’ in City

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1¢l tin said that a petition is being circulgrized seeking to enact a law leigalizing bingo in Indiana “only fdr the benefit of church and fraternal organizations.” “We believe,” the bulletin said, “that out of fairness to those church people who are opposed to bingo gs imbling, the petition shguld specify what churches are in favor of it. As we recall, the Indianapolis Church Federation has gone on record as being opposed to any form of ge mbling or legalization of lotteries.

Shief Morrissey said he was not advocating any such law but pointed ou that with the 1941 session of the Legislature coming up, now is the time “for people to straighten out thi bingo situation if they are intejested and want to play it legitimately.” de said he had a copy of a state v.. which permits people to play Igo under a permit for charitable, urch or fraternal organizations. Che Better Business Bureau exined in its bulletin “it is not the rpose nor the responsibility of the reau to enforce laws against lotteries or gambling, but in our efforts to promote clean merchandising and curb unfair business methodd, we are compelled to oppose gainbling or ° lottery schemes and gif enterprises when used as sales prcmotion’ plans, “In doing so, however, when we ask| a small merchant to discontinue such practice; we run into an embairassing question when he says ‘whly do you pick on me, a little fellov{, when big-time bingo games and othler gambling or lottery schemes are conducted without interference by [certain churches, lodges, brotherhogs: societies, private individuals and others? Well admit that the question is a tough one to answer to his satisfaction.” Most of the Bureau's investigation was made by Toner M. Overley, ma hager, who was out of the city

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As the Republicans moved into the Court House yesterday, Judge Dan V. White of Municipal Court |swore in three new G. O. P. County officers. They were (left to right) Paul R. Brown, surveyor; Dr. R. B. | Storms, Coroner, and William T. Ayres, Commissioner.

ASCAP Exempts Library on Ban

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY of Composers, Authors and Publishers has issued Iree licenses for the use of its music to the Indianapolis Public Library, Cadle Tabernacle, Purdue University and Evansville College, according to John G. Paine, ASCAP general manager. Mr. Paine said “this is being done. by us in conformity with our desire to serve the public interest.”

GOP SEEKS CONTROL OF ATTY. GEN. POST

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Mr. Schricker will have control of only four functions of government—State Police, Alcoholic Beverages Commission, Clemency Commissionn and the Adjutant General's office. Other departments will be grouped under the four other executive divisions whose controlling boards would have Republican maJjorities, The division and proposed members of each board are: Department of State—Mr. Tucker, Lieutenant Governor-Elett Charles M. Dawson, Republicans, and Mr. Schricker. Department of Audit and: Control —Mr. James, Mr. Dawson and Mr. Schricker. Department of Treasury—State Treasurer-Elect James Givens, Re publican, Mr. James and Mr. Schricker. . Department of Works and Com-

Mr. Schricker. - .. Under this setup,; Mr. Dawson would have the lion's share of control among Republicans, thus

’| strengthening the political position

of State Senator William E. Jenner and the forces who backed his unsuccessful race for the G. O. P. Governor nomination. Mr. Jénner is majority floor leader in the Senate and his campaign manager, Frank T. Millis, of Campbellsburg, is majority leader in the Lower House. Mr. Dawson was aligned with Mr. Jenner in the pre-convention

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