Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1941 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1041

; Britisti Assault Italian Land And Sea Forces in North Africa.

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in the Mediterranean again brought to the fore the question of French “naval and air stations both on the . south coast-of France and in the «North African colonies.

On: the Albanian war front the

“Greeks drove ahead in the Klisura region and London reported that important gains in the thrust at Va-

‘Jona had been scored. However, the ‘Italians were reinforcing their /de|fense. positions in the Valona region (and hard fighting appeared to' lie "ahead. In Rumania it was said that Crerman troops and material concentra- . tions are designed to implement the guarantee of Rumanian frontiers x given by Germany last summer. It 3» was added that any drive on Bul“Ap garia or Russia was unlikely. However, in Sofia, official and semi-official sources made ‘evident that a German demand for troop transit rights would be no surprise and probably -could not be resisted. ¢ Bl Bulgarian opinion was that [the German military establishment in Rumania—estimated in the neighborhood of 500,000 men — was designed either to move through Bulgaria or Jugoslavia or both against Greece or for possible use against Russia, ) The London Admiralty reported ' that a British submarine had sunk an Italian submarine and added Spanish-céntrolled Tangier to |the blockade zone. In Rome a High Command communique said that Italian bombing ‘planes had scored a hit on a British cruiser in repeated attacks on s British advance base and anchorecl ships in the Libyan frontier zone.

Bombs Over Ireland

i The bombing of Eire by unidentiplanes occurred at a moment when British interest in pbtaining Irish bases to counteract the German sea blockade was increasing ‘and only a few days after President Roosevelt in his fireside chat expressed diubt that a German victory over Britain would permit | the continued existence of an independent Eire. Making it appear unlikely that faulty navigation caused the bombing was the fact that neutral Eire has no blackout. - Irish towns are lighted all night, in contrast to| the blanket of darkness that shrouds gvery town in Great Britain. In all, 72 bombs and two magnetic nines have been dropped on Eire territory during the last two days. Some of last night's bombs roped = Dublin itself, where a synag fe 40 houses were bel oth bombs fell at Ballymurrin, 70 miles to the southwest. | The London press frankly characterized the planes as German and expressed extreme skepticism that the attack was accidental. They doubted that German airmen; on two successive nights had been guilty of navigation so bad that it put them 100 to 150 miles away from any British targets.

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' The Eire Government InformaXion Bureau said that today a civilpi passenger plane arriving, in

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ublin from England was forced off ts course by bad weather. “Warning shots were fired by anti-aircraft: guns and the plane returned to its course and landed safe‘ly at the Dublin airport,” a com-, munique said. Up to nightfall no bombs had fallen on Eire since 4 a. m. today.

bomb fragments at that time and taken to hospitals. | The principal damage was done -at Donore Terrace, where it was apparent -that some persons had Leen buried in the wreckage, and soldiers and police started digging for them.

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Vichy Changes

The factors surrounding the new Vichy shakeup were still somewhat obscure but Fridhce was assuming greater importance because of: the value which bases on the French Mediterranean Coast and in French North African colonies would be to the German air units now assigned

NAZI BALK

Twelve persons were wounded by |

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Paul Baudoin. . . ./| Resigns as French Minister of Wouth and Propaganda.

to help out Italy in the Mediterra~ neéan sphere. A brief announcement said that Paul Baudoin, Minister of Youth and Propaganda, had [esisned and that an inner triumvirate had been set up within the Cabinet to function directly under Pefain, The triumvirate is composed of Admiral Francois Darlan, who has rapidly risen to the No. 2 post in the French Government since the dismissal of Pierre Laval; Pierre Etienne Flandin, who succeeded Laval as Foreign Minister, and Gen. Charles Huntziger, French Armistice Commissioner and Defense Minister. It has been. known for some days that Petain was anxipus to reorganize the Government and that this move had been held up due to virtual suspension of negotiations between France and Germany. There was no indication that these negotiations had been resumied and it was possible that Fetain—tired of waiting on the Nazils--went ahead on his own. Darlan and Huntziger are regarded as strong French Nationalists, particularly close to Petain and anxious with him that Fi ¢nch “col-

19 DEMOCRATIC STATES LISTED

GOP Controls Government In 12; Indiana‘ and 16 Others Are Split.

HOUSTON, Tex. Jan.|3 (U. PJ. —The 1940 elections gave Democrats control of 19 state |governments, Republicans control of 12, and split control of the other 17 states, the Directory of State Lawinakers revealed today. The diréctory, a compilation of legislative members of all the states, revealed in its 1941-42 edition that Democratic legislators will outnumber Republicans 4198 to 2952. Indiana, Others Split Nineteen states, all but idaho and New Mexico in the “Solid South,” will have both Democratic Governors and Legislaturgs.| Two other states—Missouri and Wgshington— will have Republican (Governors, but their Legislatures will have a Democratic majority. | The Legislatures and | Gzovernor’s offices in 12 states will |be under Republican control. | | ¥ive other states will have Republican Legislatures but their Governors will be Democrats. They are Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and North Dakota. p 28 Democrat Governors The governor is s&| Democrat in 28 states. A Republican in 20. Democrats and Republicans each control the State Senate in 23 states. The Democrats. have majorities - in 25 Houses of Representatives, the Republicans in 19. The House mems= bership of Wyoming is divided equally, Two states—Minilesota and Nevada—do not designate the political affiliation of their State legislators. Nebraska does not have a lower house. _ All the State Logislstures meet this month except Florida, which convenes in April, and Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia which assemble in 1942. |Alabama’s Legislature does not meet again

until 1943.

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: Bulgaria May Face Deinand

For Troop Passage; Vi chy Shifts Government.

laboration’! with Germany bz kept within cértain limits — ajjproximately neutral—as - between Germany and Great Britain. Both appear to have been active in efforts to strengthen the¢ military position of France in the colonies ard as regards the remaining Frenc!i fleet.

Flanidin Not Anti-British

That aciion, it is believed, is designed to zive France a better bargaining position in negotiating with Adolf Hiiler. Flandin, while staunchly pro-German, is not antiBritish as was Laval. Baudouin, it is thought, played an important part in the events which led! up to Laval’s dismissal. His resignation might be a toncession to the Germans ostensibly balancing Petain’s move to strengthen his Government by establishraerit of ‘the Darlsn-Flandin-Huntziger triumvirate. The importance of the «Vichy development is emphasized by repeated rumors that new (ierman demands on France have been made or are in prospect in connection with whatever Nazi plans arg being developed. for new blows at Britain.

: Raid on Cardiff

In Cardiff, women and children stood on rooftops: and in streets during the night and aided firemen, policemerl, air raid precaution workers and raen volunteers to put out thousands = of incendiary -bombs dropped ky the German planes. They attacked the city from dark last night until the early hours of this morning, scattering incendiary bombs mixed occasionally vith explosive bembs. . . Damage ‘was heavy but reports indicated that it had been kept to a minimum by a tireless fight of persons of all classes, warned by the first fire raid Sunday night on London’s ancient ‘‘City” districj. The raid was one of blitzkrieg intensity. First reconnaissancg planes flew over the city. Bombing planes which followed in waves dropped incendiary bombs by thousands while anti-aircraft guns pu: up the heaviest | barrage ever hpard in Wales.

Many in Theaters

Many were in movie theaters when the raid started. They, cafe patrons and people at home joined fire fighters. Two of the movie theaters were damaged as were shops, - other commercial premises, many homes and several churches. Home guards were motilized to aid the dre fighters. Telephone girls stayed at their posts. Iactories continued at full schedule while fire spotters on roofs took care of incendiary borabs. Coal trains continued to rumtle about the area) throughout the rsid. ,

Mayor Shows Up Early—One Day

THE TROUBLE WITH New Year resolutions so far as most people are concerned is that they can’t find a strictly ney leaf to turn dver. Not so Mayor Reginald H. Sule: ivan, He found an ¢bsolutely new leaf, He showed up for work af © .a. m. at City Hall yesterday. His usual arrivel time is after ‘uncheon. The ‘Mayor, moreover, is keeping his leaf strictly new. He was not a’ his desk this morning, which is by way of being an old habit.

WILLKIE VACATION WILL' END SUNDAY

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Jan. 3 (U, 2.)~—Wendell L. Willkie réturns here .today from Savannah, Ga., where he flew yestirday on a private business trip, ancl will make plans ta end his Florica vacation Sunday. He will fly beck to New York $unday accompanied by Mis. Willkie, their son, Phili, and Mrs, Willkie’s mother. . Mr, Willkie is exflect2d to reply soon after Jan. 6 tc President Roosevzlt’s talk of lest Sunday night, and also to the President's

message to Congress.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

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Dead ves. 0 | Arrests ....J«31 ‘THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines

: ‘Violations tried tions paid 1 Speeding ...... 31 21 $283 | Reckless driving 17 6 . 65 ab “Failure to stop at i through street 11 10 : 15 I Disobeying traffic 4 signals ........ 3 (9 Drunken driving. 3 2 80 All Others..,... 36 19 34 | Totals ooieeee 94 67 3486 MEETINGS TODAY gclgms e lr Fraternity, noon, Canary ) ah Huy Drivers’ Association, Claypogl, 10s. League, Claypool Hotel, 12:15

p.m. cil ional Council for Social Studies, on Engineering Council, Claypcol,

e Club, Colimbla Sib, p30 Bichang Club, Columbia Club, oon Core a Officers’ Association, "stegeraeler ta Theta,' canary cottage, noon,

ight. bs ita, umbia Club, 100n.

Tau Stamp Club, Hotel Ant flers, 8 Canary Cottage, noon. oN fis “symphony Concert, liurat Ts

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Be MARRIAGE LICENSES . {These lists are from official records . # the County Court House. The Times therefore, is not responsible for erroridn and. Addresses.)

County City Total E

Virgil D. Carver, Sr. 18, ol 937 5. New hii Florence M. Alkern, 16, of 231 S.

Ba vid V. Maurer, Bhp 2833 Park; elen A. Co . Kennard R. McIntosh, 22, fof 4811 New York; Ernie E. Foster, 30, of 331 Sar a s rer, of 340 Boulevard "Pl.; Borers Jl {willams, 20, o 2117 N. Talb BIRTHS Girls

Earl, Harriett -Bottin, a Rai Ri Edgar, Geraldine John, Francis. .. Ciertrude. Stes ry ‘at ai Francis. B aj |8t. Francis.

Robert, Betty Pritehérd H Et. Vincent's.

shelley, at Methodist. Lester. Virginia Kersey, al het thodis illiam, Lula Camp, at 1918 ry Siam. Marion Strader, . at 202. Now-

land. Boys Clarence, Lucille Bristay, 4 ab 5 JRiancls.

Ralph, Helen cis. Ralph a Griffith, ” Methodlst thodist.

Geargia Edward, Margaret Bishop, at Met oEdward, Genevieve Trumpey, at 1028 orne William, Mary Scalf, af 2915 Denny. Jonas, Loma Link, at 529 Holmes. John, Mary or. at 1464 Naomi,

DEATHS

arteriosclerosis. Kate Stevens Francis, 76, abt 1537 Central, broncho-pneumonia. Daisy Fauchier, 60, af Methodist, me a es 75, at Long astric ulcers. ctor Bisc. y not ost Clara 'Aeschl gard Lol, at 2062 N. och Joh! n SIS BS 0 a ity, diphtheria. Frank P. Relsert, 70, ab {35 W.

te Sa mijel Duan, 78, atl 2220 Howard, arriosclerosis. Almeda Pritchard, #6, at 508 N, Emerson, artetioselerosis, Nettie Williams, 485, at 1449 Golay, car-

ford John Williams, 80, af [503 \V. 26th, cor-

onary occlusi Albert J. Cainezoll, 49, 8% 2118 Webb,

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Alexander Jonas, 76, ab 4438 Winthrop, | night.

Fred W. Bond, 56, at Cif Pred Niizmon Harding, New York, chronic myocarditis.

nephritis. fi, Bt 1921 Ww.

OFFICIAL WEATHER:

| mUs 8. Weather Bu foa—y— INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST —Fair night with lowest temperature 20 to 25 degrees; tomorriw and Sunday fair

Sunrise ...... 7:07 | Sunset eeeees 4:32 TEMPERATUI B —Jan.’ 3, 194(— 8a Mueee.e 2.) 1 Pp, Museoes 15 .. BAROMETEI, : 6:30 2, mM. c.oce 30.12 Precipitation 24 hours endi:ig at 7 = m. ,00 Jan. l..e..e .26

Total drecipitation since | Deficiency since Jan, 1 .../...ceeceeees

MIDWEST WEA THER Indizna—Generally Jair tonight, tomorrow snd Sunday: someyhat colder in north portion ONIOTTOW.: Hlinois=—Generally fair tcnight, tomorrow and Sunday; Somew what (older in north portico tomorrow Lower Michigan—Fair ° tonight, tomorrow and golden) ‘tomorrow and in

o partly cloudy junday; slightly sast portion to-

Ohig—Cenerally, fair anc somewhat colder thigh tomorrow, xcept snow flurries in i north portion. Ken

{ncky—Generally fair and somewhat colder tonight and tomorow. WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weatiier Bar. Temp. ,| Amarillo, TeX. .sess¢.Clear 30.26 22

Bismarck, N, D. eeeee «Clear 30.16 0 Bosto:l ast esssnsssess BROW 30.13 86 Chica zo escesssseenss Cle 15 30.09 24 Cincitinati ¢ee.eesese.Cloady 30.09 33 Cléveland. .ceee...uClondy 30.04 33 RVEEP ..coscesesse «Clear 30.28 17 Dodge City. Kas, .... ‘..Cle \r 30.28 24

Jacksonville, Fla. Kansus City, Mo.

Sam Lyons, 62, st Vete:ans, lethargic | Little Rock, Ark. .. encephalitis Los Angeles Cre ennv Bernice Watts, 1: at City, gastro en-|Miami, Fla. .....¢ Mple.-St. Paul .. Charles Edward Michael, 72, at 2319 |Mobil2, Ala. .... Miller, cerebral hemo New Orleans .... Shirley Ann Mi ell, wt Snonths, at |New ¥ork ....... Methodist. myotonia ia oon {gen Okla; City: Okla. garch ronsho-pn gore, 6, at 210 8. Omak a, Ne, Ae SR or 1 yess ere

had become parents of a baby boy. {On making es med from: that.

“NEW CONGRESS | 1S UNDER WAY DEFENSE FIRST

Will Be Major Issue; Message Monday.

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sympathizers from employment in defense industries or Government positions.

before the opening of the session and nominated Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.), as their candidate for speaker. The move was routine, -since Rep. ‘Sam Rayburn (Tex.), the Democratic candidate and present Speaker, was certain of re-election by the House later in the day. G. 0. P. Keeps Officers

Under party rules, Mr. Martin automatically will become Republican leader, a post he has held for two years. The Republicans continued. all present party officers for another term. They are Rep. Roy O. Woodruff (Mich.), conference chairman; Rep. Charles A. Eaton (N. J.), vicechairman; Rep. Clifford R. - Hope (Ka.), secretary. After Mr. Roosevelt delivers Jn person his state of the union address, the Congress will begin work that may make it one of the most momentous sessions in history. - A brief prelude to 1941 debate occurred in both the Senate and House yesterday when opponents of President Roosevelt charged that his foreign policies were designed to take the country into war and supporters answered that the President was trying to save America by helping Britain. _ Aid to Britain Emphasized Many of the problems confronting the new Congress were exploded by the old one. Increasing tension abroad, however, places even more emphasis on them now, They include: : 1. The form and extent of greater United States aid to Britain, involving a decision on the President’s proposal to take over British war orders and lend or lease the material to them. 2. Appropriation of at least another $10,000,000,000 for national defense, extension of the national debt. limit to $65,000,000,000 or $70,000,000,000 to finance it, and enactment of new taxes to help pay for it. 3. Extension of temporary New Deal agencies and powers, such as the present farm benefit program, the dollar devaluation authority and the President’s monetary powers. 4, Decisions on revision of laws governing industry-labor relations, including the Wagner Act and the I Wage-Hour Law. Foreign Affairs Stressed ’

Foreign affairs and national defense will highlight the new session, particularly as Mr. Roosévelt 1s expected to devote most of his address to an elaboration of his “lend-lease” plan for providing war materials to Great Britain, China and Greece in their war against the Axis powers. The intensification of the conflict abroad, with the attendant increasing danger of American involvement, has served to create new alignments in Congress. Some of the New Deal’s bitterest critics on domestic policy have pledged support of its foreign policy. Notable among this group are Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.) and Rep. Eugene E. Cox (D. Gal), who implied in a House speech yesterday that it may become necessary for the United States to enter the war actively to save Great Briain and thus itself. But some of the newly found Administration supporters will bridle at any suggestion of repeal of the Johnson Act barring loans to debtdefaulting - nations—which includes Great Britain—or amending the Neutrality Act to send American ships into the mine-infested waters from which they are now barred. ‘Tax Problem to Wait There has been no indication as yet that President Roosevelt will recommend either of these steps, but in the House Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee, an advocate of allcut aid to Britain, seeks to force tne

issue by introducing a Johnson Act

repealer. The new Congress is expected to be as ready as the last to vote billions for defense, but leaders expect a greater disposition to inquire into policies and the progress of the war production program. The ‘House Military and Naval Affairs Commit-

this score, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees will make additional inquiries, The allied problem of financing and taxes will wait, by tacit agreement, for the compilation of sta tistics on the March income tax collections, reflecting the effect of super taxes enacted last year. The Federal Reserve d’s proposal for allowing the dollar devaluation power to lapse and for concentrating power in the Board to combat threats of inflation is likely to provide a stormy fight.

JEALOUS CHIPPEWA HANGED FOR MURDER

SARNIA, Ontario, Jan. 3 (U. P). —Stephen Xiyoshk, a Chippewa Indian, was hanged today for the murder last summer of Jerry Blackbird, his business partner on Walpole Island. Kiyoshk’s jealousy over attentions paid to Flossie Williams, his wife, twice brought him to court on mur der charges. In 1912, he was charged with slaying two men because they courted Flossie. Her evidence at his trial brought a death sentence, but subsequently she altered her testimony, saying

.|she had described the deaths for a

“thrill.” Kiyoshk won a new trial

and was acquitted.

She died last June, but before that time Kiyoshk had slain Blackbird over his attentions to her,

"TWAS VITAL NEWS

OWOSSO, Mich., Jan. 3 (U. P)). —Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Crane read with surprise in the vital statistics column of a newspaper that they

Greater Aid to Britain Also

House Republicans met shortly |

GUARD OFFICERS MAP TRIP SOUTH

For 4th Time in History, 38th Becomes Part of Regular Army.

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troops will head for Camp Shelby at. Hattiesburg, Miss., their home for at least the next year. There will. be no mass exodus from any central point. The Divitions’ 10,000 troops will move out from their stations in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as soon as they are examined, Gen. ‘Tyndall said. Then Gen. Tyndall and his staff will move out for Camp Shelby, where the General will be camp commander in charge of 60,000 troops. ‘This is not the first time we've tackled plans for Camp Shelby,” Gen. Tyndall said. “We've got most of the minute details worked out for the first 13 weeks of training. “Right now we're setting up plans

for specialist's schools that will have to be conducted at the camp.”

Plan Travel Routes

Some of his general staff already has moved out to plan routes of travel to Hattiesburg and to set up camp concessions, the General said. The General will be in command of the 37th and 38th Division troops, a brigade of field artillery, some corps troops and 8700 selectees who will arrive about Feb. 1. : Meanwhile, enlisted Guardsmen were preparing to pack portable office equipment for Camp Shelby; no office equipment is there now. The headquarters staff will be on a seven-day-a-week basis here until the Guard is mobilized, Gen. Tyndall said. Retires in Spring ‘When moving day comes for the 38th Division, pictures and citations belonging to Gen. Tyndall will come down from the walls in his headquarters at the Armory here, not to be put up there again. . He will be retired this spring from the Army. Gen. Tyndall said the Hoosier Guardsmen were going to one of the best camps in the country. Five and a half-miles long, it is nearly all new. The drainage and sanitary facilities, he said, are the best in any camp.

State Senators Howard V. Johnson (left) Floyd I. Garrott (center) and William E. floor leader, study the final drafts of the Republican bill to reorganize the State Government, strippirg patronage powers from Pemocratie Governor-elect Henry F. Schricker.

Charlestown's Povider Plant . To Be Largest in the World

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brings the total scheduled Federal expenditure there to $74,000,000. The powder plant is being constructed by the du Pont Co. and will be operated by it for the Government for one year, under the present contract. At the end of one year the Governnfent may take over active operation or may renew the lease to the du Pont Co. Mild winter weather has helped speed Charlestown construction. The first concrete was poured in mid-September and already 450 buildings are either built or under construction. ‘It is understood that the first two production lines, producing 200,000 pounds of powder daily, will begin operating in the spring, two months ahead of schedule. The present scheduled capacity of the plant is 400,000 pounds daily— enough to meet the needs of the Army in peace-time for six months | or enough to meet the commercial needs of the United States for one year. The plant expansion will put six production lines into operation. The plant originally was scheduled to hava4 only two - production lines. Then the War Department allocated

COUNTY TO TIGHTEN COURT RECORD PLAN

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irregularity is possible under the set-up and there is no strict check on the collection of fines. To remedy these weaknesses, officials said, the plan is to eliminate the present rubber stamp method of marking affidavits and to install a daily audit of clerks’ books to determine the full amount of fines levied and collected. Affidavits will be numbered serially to make it difficult to “lose” them. All affidavits will be checked at the end of a day. To facilitate the handling of affidavits, the prosecutors’ and clerk’s office will be moved side by side. “We are trying to modernize our system,” explained Clerk Ettinger, “to minimize the chance for fraud and mistake as much as possible. Actually the present system may have led to shortages due as much to mistakes as to dishonesty.” It has been reported that the Accounts Board audit at the Clerk’s office has shown some discrepancies. County officials said the best way to prevent iffegularities was to make a regular day-by-day check instead of waiting for the periodic Accounts Board inspections.

War Moves Today|

By J. W. T. MASON

United Press War Expert

Marshal Petain’s appointment of his Navy, War and Foreign Ministers as a special directorate may mark a step forward in strengthening France's difficult position toward Germany.

Jenner, majority

another $25,000,000 to double the size. The second two. production lines are expected to get into operation in late summer and the last two sometime late next fall. The Studebaker one-story aire plane engine factory at South Bend will be located just outside the south city limits, it is reported. A portion of the land now is owned by the Studebaker Corp. and options to purchase have been taken on siirrounding properties. It is understood that some mo'or parts will be manufactured at ‘he Ft. Wayne and Chicago plants and will be shipped to South Bend where

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‘the Senate aisle to take the oath at

-| Shelbyville postmaster.

Senator Lea Willis Up “Aisle, Then “Turns to Patronage Problems.

WASHING , D. C., Jan, 3~= After leading his new Republican colleague, Raymond E. Willis, up

the opening of the 77th Congress . today, Senator Frederick VanNuys began at once to exercise his right. as Indiana’s Federal patronage dis- : penser, ; The senior Democrat Senator sent the following names to the White House with the recommendation that they be appointed: {1 'B. Howard Caughran, Indians apolis, United States. Attorney for the Southern District.

Glenn Van Auken, Indianapolis, Collector of Internal Revenue ab Indianapolis. Mel M. Carter, Greensburg poste master, and Gordon Thurston,

The postmasterships are reape pointments. Mr. Caughran has been acting District Attorney since the death of Val Nolan. Mr. Van Auken is to succeed Will H. Smith as collector, if Sen= ator VanNuys is able to effect the latter’s ouster. Such attempts have failed in the past and seem uncers= tain now. Pleas Greenlee, Shelbyville, failed to make the grade, when recoms= mended jointly by Senators Vane Nuys and Sherman Minton, who was retired today. k A recommendation to give the collectorship to John T. Rock, An= derson, was made months ago by Senator “VanNuys but ignored ‘by the Administration. He withdrew Mr. Rock’s name today. “I'm responsible for the recom mendations, so I'll choose my own men,” Senator VanNuys said.

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HIGH WINDS IN SPAIN MADRID, Jan. 3 (U. P.).~Raile way and telephonic communications were interrupted in many parts of Spain today as high winds blew

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Co-ordination of the French Army and Navy

with foreign policy will give Petain at least some power in negotiating with the Nazis.

Although France has capitulated and the Ger-

man Army of Occupation makes armed resistance in

European France out of the questio

French troops are in North Africa and in Syria, where'they occupy a position of semi-independ-ence. The French Navy is partly at Toulon and partly in African ports, still manned by French crews able to move the vessels at Petain’s orders. Those fighting forces of the Tricolor cannot be arbitrarily instructed what to-do by Hitler. They are an integral part .of the France that has a but they also are in a position to repudiate their capitulation if the Germans try to bring pressure on Vichy beyond the limits of the armistice terms. France has not yet signed any peace treaty with Germany. An armistice represents no more than final terms of peace are awaiting negotiation. It is always possible to break off peace discussions. After the Span-ish-American War armistice, there was a period during the subsequent discussions when Spain threatened to end the peace parley and resume fighting, though in the end this action was not taken. Although Continental France 8/could not become actively belligerent because of the.overwhelming force of German troops -on French soil, it is well within the possibilities for the ~coloenial armies and the French Navy: to rejoin the war against Germany. If that were to happen, aftér cancellation:of the © armistice by Petain; the Germans would be in a quandary. They could imprison the whole or European/ France and impose various penalties. But the situation would not be essentially

of

different |

n, nevertheless, it is wrong to believe

that the Vichy Government is helpless. France still has considerable power outside the area of German control.

It is certain that Hitler does not want to force such a condition. The resulting civilian confusions and perplexities would add to his present increasing troubles, while the

active opposition of the French Navy and the ench colonial troops would compel a major revision of Germany’s war plans. Reports are circulating in Europe that the Fuehrer is seeking possession of France's Navy to try to redress Italy’s-loss of sea power in the Mediterranean. It also is probable that the German High Command’s plans for an offensive through Turkey to Suez are hampered by uncertainties concerning the attitude of French troops in Syria. If Suez is the German aim, the shortest route from Turkey is through Syria. It is questionable, however, whether the French would voluntarily consent to a German army marching through Syria to attack Suez, any more than Petain would agree to German séizure of the French Navy. Those are some of the problems’ involved in existing Franco-German relations. By appointing Admiral Darlan, Gen. Hutziger and Fore Minister

organized a ial board of “peace strategy.” The three Ministers will be able to concentrate what remains of French power, not truculently but with Gallic suavity, in facing any German efforts to ‘stretch the terms : armistice

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