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THURSDAY, JAN. 16,

BOMBED WARS PULLS INTO

1941

Wounded Are Taken Off Illustrious After German Attack; Writer Describes How Waves of Planes Hammered

British Fleet in LONDON, Jan. 16. (U.

Mediterranean.

P.).—Great Britain's newest

aircraft carrier, Illustrious, was safe in port somewhere in

the Mediterranean today after taking {

bombing planes one of the livered from the air against a A 1000-pound bomb struck her directly below the bridge and near misses made many perforations above and below

its water line. Before the seven-hour ‘attack ended, Illustrious had started to take in water through holes below its water line. But it arrived in port yesterday under its own power and wounded men were put ashore.

Just before Illustrious entered port, it was disclosed, destroyers near it reported a submarine and dropped depth charges which shook the ship almost as severely as had the German bombs.

Writer Describes Attack

‘An Exchange Telegraph correspondent who was aboard Illustrious during the attack, sent a vivid story of the ordeal through which the big ship went as the German planes, wave upon wave, centered their attack upon her. (A -participtaing = German pilot provided the opening chapter of the raid in a dispatch circulated by the German official news agency. The pilot said that the order to attack a British fleet was given a little more than 24 hours after a divebombing plane force had arrived at an airdrome in Sicily.) Three Junkers-87 planes approached the British fleet from the clouds. ~All of the guns on Illustrious and other ships, opened a furious fire. Then four more planes appeared. The leading plane dropped a 1000pound bomb which fell slightly astern of Illustrious.

15 Bombers Dive at Fleet

Then the correspondent saw ‘about 15 bombers dive at the fleet. British fighters took off from Illustrious’ flight deck to engage them. | The last of the British fighters ‘had just left the deck when a 1000pound bomb struck. A tremendous explosion shook the ship. A dive bomber, diving daringly low, had ‘made the hit. There was a sudden sheet of flame and a cloud of choking smoke. The | correspondent felt a severe blow in ‘his shoulder, presumably from con- | cussion, and saw “millions” of sparks. He made his way into the wireless cabin and was told to lie on the floor.

Attack From All Sides

As the correspondent sheltered in the room, coughing with the others because of the thick smoke, the roar of German plane motors made it appear as if they were converging on Illustrious from all sides. The planes came so low that it seemed to the correspondent almost as if they were landing on the ship’s flight deck, and at intervals the ship continued to shudder from near misses. Lal The correspondent commented that the 1000-pound bomb caused only comparatively slight damage and minor casualties. He told, however, of seeing splintered and riddled steel pipes and wires where he had stood a few minutes before. The decks were covered by foam from fire extinguishers. The Admiral in command was examining the damage on his platform and commented: “That was the longest five minutes I ever had in my life.” ‘The flight deck was covered by

Farther forward the correspondent saw a twisted crane and a heap of bomb splinters and empty shell cases... Electric lights were still functioning but hanging from wires which looked like cowwebs, amid gmoke and smashed woodwork and ironwork. © Water cascaded ) from hoses. {

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record i County City Total 1940 ceasesbosecesns X 0 1 1941 [EEE RER EN IR NE ENN J 1 2 3 ¢ —Jan. 15— Injured ..... 11| Accidents .... 30 " Dead

WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT ; Cases Convic- Fines “Violations tried tions paid Speeding ....... 43 40 $244 Reckless driving. 9 1 56 Failure to stop at ‘through street. Disobeying traffic signals sescees ‘Drunken driving. All others ......

Totals cvesens 102.

2 35

3 3 4 3 5 2 38 28 14

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amg. MEETINGS TODAY

Indianapolis Real Estate Board, lunchon, Hotel Washington, noon. ‘Advertising Club of Indianapolis, luncheon, Indianapolis Athletic Club, noon. Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,

noon. Oil Club, luncheon,’ Hotel Severin,

on. Construction League of Indianapolis, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel, noon. Indianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110 E: Ninth St., 8 p. m. | Be! Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Agri-

, noon. nited tates Department of Agr culture Club, luncheon, Board of Trade,

bda Chi Alpha Alumni Asseciation,

0 | Arrests ecsssses 13 Pp. m. . India Hatel ay 7:30 dinnet, Hotel Severin. 6 p. m.

| dinner,

$81

is Motor Transportation Club, |

. Hussct Cafeteria, noon ol

Inc., luncheon, Fox's Steak House, noon. ederal 2 ness Association, luncheon, Eotel Wa ington 12:15 p. m. 1 a Nu, luncheon, Hotel Washington,

tors, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6 p. m. ana Veterans’ Medical Association, convention, Hotel Severin, all day. ai oo) Managers, Association, meeting, verin, noon. diana otor Rate Tariff Burean, meetings ghd luncheon, Hotel Severin, 10 a. 7 m.

Jom. 12:30 p. and 1:30 p. m. ] Central States Paper Trade Association, |

. luncheon, noon. ' lis Bowling Alley Proprietors. meaanabel Suntory 11 a. m. and 18% Pp. m. MEETINGS TOMORROW Indianapolis Symphon ‘ Orchestra, coneater, 2:30 p. m. CO ree Club. luncheon, Hotel Severin, Dogn, mist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, SET, Qisers, Aameiniion, divnes; ta Delta ‘Theta. lunicheon, Canary Cotnoon. - . os. fig Tan Delta, luncheon, Columbin noon. : ti of Community Civie Clubs, 1 ders Hotel ‘Washington, 8 p na Stamp Club,

[ame ie ho Canary Cotta igh

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rom German dive heaviest ppundings ever desingle ship.

GREEK FORCES NEARER VALONA

| Reported | 14 Miles From Albanian Port as Italy Hurriies Defenses.

STRUGA,| Jugoslavia, Jan. 16 (U. P.) —Fronti’r reports said today that Greek troops have driven about a mil¢ north of Gjormi, about 14 miles southeast of Valona. Greek forces advancing along the main coastel road were said to have repulsed twp strong counter-attacks by the Italians about three miles

northwest of Dukati.

In the Kilisura sector, it was reported, the Greeks occupied the village of Buzi, 14 miles northwest of Klisura, without any resistance. The village is on the main KlisuraBerat Road. ‘Three Italian officers, 315 soldiers and a quantity of small arms and [ammunition were taken, it was said. Italian planes bombed Pogradec, it was reported today, and five British and Greek planes attacked Valona, inflicting damage to the port works, airdrome gnd gasoline storage tanks.

Defenses Prepared At Valona and Berat

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 16 (U. B)). —Cireek troops are slowly advancing in the central Albanian sector where the Italians are throwing in reinforcements to fight for time while labor battalions build new fortifications around Valona and Berat, al Government spokesman said today. Three rnore cannon were captured in that sector and turned against the Italigns, the spokesman said. A dispatch from Mary Merlin, United Fress correspondent in the Klisura pe said the road from Flisura leading north toward Berat wes littered with abandoned Italian guns, smashed cars and burned put trucks. | Gireek ftroops were salvaging much material! including cases of ammunition and bundles of woolen underwear |and socks, which they sent back to (Greek headquarters for aistribution despite their own immethe dispatch said. Miss Merlin reported,

Yesterday,

Italian (bombers dropped sacks of +

food anil supplies over Greek posii= tions along the Klisura-Berat road, believing that the area was held by Italian troops. She paid the Greeks flattened themselves in ditches when the squadron of Capronis - approaclied, and that instead of the customary bomb explosions there were 13 dull thuds, |quickly followed by cheers from G ing sacks filled with bread, butter, chocolate and salami.

deck, including the ship’s church, for caspalty stations. Ther, came a high level attack by 11 German planes. The planes met 4 tremendous fire. They seemed to be bombing the fleet in general instead of centering on the Illustrious as the first planes had done. British fighter planes intercepted {llese bombers, the correspondent said, and were believed to have shot down six of them. Gun fire had downed two of the dive bombers in the first attack, he ‘said. Nex: .came a second dive-bomb-ing attack in which several big bombs struck near Illustrious. It was these bombs which perforated the ship’s sides and caused water to enters’

Phyllis Wheatley Branch, Y. W. ©. A, annual meeting and 18th anniversary celebration, 6:30 p. m. Sigma Chi, luncheon, Canary Cotiage, SRigkway Users, luncheon, Claypool Eotel,

oon. Coniractors, joint meeting, Claypool Ba 3 P-Bar Association Convention rican Committee, dinner, Claypool Hotel, 6:30

na Whist Association, —mecting,

p. m. : Co., Bloomington Hospital, Indianapolis amber _ of koard of Pirectors, luncheon,

verin, 1

Comninierce, Hote! Se-

: . m. ! Am¢rican Bociet Mechanical Engineers, ||

Hotel . & R. Sales Trailing iotel Washington, 7:30 p.

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

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Timothy R. King, 25, of 1118 Rabbins Niles, O.; Ruth E. O'Connell, 33, of 4535 Marcy Lane Benty E. Mears, -24, of 124 Downey; Pear! E. Richardson, 21, of 5220 E. Michi-

a! . Herold C. Thornberry, 22, of '115 IE. Mozris; Dorothy M. Snyder, 20, of i158 8. ate,

26, of 404 N. Irvington; 23, of 2049 'N. Capitol, 28, of Taf . Bast; 24, of 1425 E. Market. 1444 N. Pennsyli. 16th.

Washington, 6: e!

i ne L. Haas, Mary M. Maerle, Reiph E. Willig, Mar lorie E. Stewa William Hoover, 22, o vania: Edith M. Dekker, 24, of 28 EF. Norman T. LaMar, 23, of (06 i3helby: Dorothy J. H. Link, 20, of

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ceni,’s. “15 p. m. : . Chester, Dorothea Nagel, st 8, Vin. indianapolis Conference, Bank Audi-| “5:8

Wiliam, Leona Sommers, at Bi. Vincent’ Annabelle Bacher, at Methodist at Methodist.

‘Boys Leland, Waneta Akers, at St. Vincent's Cieorge, Dortha Shelby, at Meihodist. Vyilliam, ‘Bessie Breedlove, at Methodist. William, June Matthews, at Methodist. leonard, McNaught, ab 3448 Garden. : 9

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Spend $1,209,000,000; Yards on 3 Shifts,

WASHINGTON, Jan, 16 (U. P). ~The House Naval Affairs Committee today approved a $1,209,000,000 pmergency authorization program

the fleet from air attack. The Committee urged speedy enactment of the final draft of the measure which was worked out after a brief meeting with Navy The bill wotild authorize: 1. Construction of 400 important auxiliaries at a cost of $400,000,000. The Navy will build oily 280 of the most “urgently needed”. craft this year but wants authority for 400. 2. Expenditure of -$315,000,000 to provide the shipyard facilities for

tional yards facilities needed to push the “two-ocean | Navy” ahead of schedule. Defense Prob: Lags | 3. Allocation of 194,000,000 to puild the factories necessary to ‘meet Pritish demaiids for cargo ships, guns, and great quantities of guns and armor needed for this nation’s naval expar sion. The committee approved a bill yesterday authorizing the Navy to spend $300,000,000 to improve the

Chairman Carl Vinson advised the committee thai it would be

gation of defense hroduction lags in order to give tile right-of-way to a bill he plans to introduce providing more officers for the Navy. The’ bill wil inciease the number of appointmenis: to the U. S. Naval Academy bj each Senator and Representative from four to five, Mr. Vinson s¢id the Navy regarded $his as very urgent.

May Arm Merchant Ships

Rear Admiral W. R. Furlong, chief of the Bureau of (rdnance, yesterday réported a piessing need for immecliate expansicn of armor plate and gun factories, He said that

ities were needed were: ' 1. British pleas for more three and four-inch guns to arm their merchant ships against submarine |

attacks. . i 2. The Navy's cesive to have an ample supply of uns to arm 1816 merchant ships if the United States) should ‘enter the war. This total included American flag ships and foreign-owned vessels which would] be raquisitioned in event of war. His testimony was given as Sec retary of Navy Frank Knox dis closed” that mos: of the nation’ Navy yards have gone on a six-day), 48-hour week and that some have started on a threz-shift system tha: rapidly is being extended to vir tually all yards. ' | He said that in some instances yards may work two 10-hour shifts to permit overhaul of machinery, but that in all cases workers will be paid overtime for all work in excess of 40 houis—the basic work week. |

MORGAN ATTENDS CONFERENCE ON NYA

DeWitt S. Morgan, Indianapolis schools superintendent, today comnferred with school and NYA officiels in Washington in an attempt to increase opportunities for unemployed youths. J fe Mr. Morgan &nd six other superintendents froma all parts of the country attended the conference Sloser co-ord nation between NYA and school programs is being sought. At present, 754 youths are parti¢ipating in the NYA-public school “in-school” woik program in Indiannapolis. |

TRAINING EXERCISES SET WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U, 1), —The Caribbéan area becomes a vast theater of U.S. military &nd naval operatitns late this month in what may prove to be. a mejor test of the country’s ability to defend the vital Panama Canal. Annual joint training exercises, |involving the Army, Navy and lfarine Corps, will commence | in Fuerto Rican waters about Jan| 21 and extend into February.

Raymond E. Thompson, 56. at 2150 N. Dexter, coronar; occlusion. | Wilbur Herbert Hardy, 86, at 66 W. New York, loba: pneumonia. f Helen Lubbie, 52, at 1217 Broolside, acute cardiac ¢ecompensation. ame, Wright| 76, at 322 N. Euclid, acute cardiac dilatation. { Edward A. Siumpf, 54, at 826 College, acute myocardi‘is. |. James Martin, 60, at 1164 N. Pershing, cerebral thrombosis. | 83, at 5342 Ccjllege,

ucy A. Hergth, arteriosclerosis. i ary Chapman, 72, at 4326 Guijiford, acute myocarditis. [

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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| INDIANAPO!IS FORECAST: Olpnay with

rain tonight ind tomerrow; lowesi’ temperature tonight 35 to 40; colder torjorrow | afternoon or tight. {

Sunrise 7:05 Sunset ...... 4:45

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‘ BAROMETER 6:30 a. m.. ... 2997

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MIDWEST. WEATHER

Indiana: Cloudy with rain tonight and loorrew, colder tomorrow aftercoon or

Illinois: Cloudy, row, chan extreme n tomorrow. : | Lower Michigan: Cloudy, snow in north and rain, freezing at times, in sotith portion tonigh! a! rrow; noi much change in t:¢mperature. i Ohio: Réin tonight and tomorrow; warmer ton ight; colder tomorrow afternoon and night. Kentucky: Cloudy with rain this afternight, Vand in east ard north

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for more ships, ship yerds, gun and | § armor fectories and protection of ||

fleet’s protection from’ air attack. §

necessary to postpcne its investi- | i

among reasons why additional facil- |

.|tral Mediterranean. 32 |ships were presumably carrying sup-

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the houses in Dublin, recently struck by bombs, declared to be of German origin and which led to a formal protest to Berlin, : :

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man from the wreckage of one of

JAPAN BELIEVES Ul, S. DEFIES AXIS

Angry Headlines in Press Follow Hull Statement; Explosion Feared.

TOKYO, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—Newspapers, demanding that the Government prepare the country for “all possible developments” in view of America’s program for aiding Britain, charged today that the United States was challenging Japan, Germany and Italy. Angry headlines showed the reaction from the statement made by Secretary of State Cordell Hull yesterday to the House Foreign Affairs

Committee, urging fullest aid to Britain. “United States, battling phantom over Pagific Ocean, misinterprets and violently abuses Japan,” blazoned Yomiuri. “America again announces war challenge to Axis of three powers,” headlined Nichi Nichi. : Unofficial commentators in diplomatic quarters saidithat the United States, not Japan; sought t6 dominate the Pacific.

Explosion Feared

The Foreign Office regarded Secretary Hull's statement as so important that they declined to comment on it pending receipt of official dispatches from the embassy at Washington. Newspapers in editorials combined with their demand for full preparation for developments, a demand that Japan speed negotiations with the Netherlands East Indies to thwart alleged Anglo-American attempts to disrupt Japan's program in the South Seas. Their line of argument, in editorials of . a sort which are often officially inspired, was that the United States in its lease-lend legis lation proposed to abandon its neutrality and aid all democracies against all totalitarian nations at a time when Japan. had just linked itself with Germany and Italy. Asahi said the situation was charged with the danger of an immediate explosion and that all that

Nai. Paper Ridicules Testimony of Hull '

newspaper Der Angriff said today that United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the lease-lend bill, “is convinced that evil Uncle Adolf, after he has gorged himself with Great Britain for breakfast, will toss down the Western Hemisphere with both Americas for lunch.”

SOUTHAMPTON SINK AFTER BOMB ATTACK

LONDON, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—The British Admiralty revealed today that German dive-bombers damaged the new 9100-ton cruiser, Southampton, so heavily in their Mediterranean atfack last Friday that the warship could not be towed to port and was sunk by its own crew. \ The Southampton was the fourth

1 cruiser admitted lost by the Ad-

miralty since the outbreak of the war. : The Southampton was completed in June, 1937. She had a speed of 32 knots and’ mounted 12 six-inch suns, eight féur-inch anti-aircraft , one -3.7-inch howitzer, and other smaller guns. She carried two airplanes with one catapult and had six 21-inch torpedo tubes.

effective and speediest of the British force of large cruisers, The Admiralty also reported that

£5 |the British submarine Pandora, 1475 to- |tons, sank two Italian. supply ships,

each of about 5000 tons, in the cenThe Italian

plies to aid Marshal Rudolfo Graziani in Libya.

SCALISE PLEADS GUILTY NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—

George Scalise, former president of the International Building Service

| Employees Union, A. F. of L., plead-

ed guilty in Federal Court today on one count of 4 "three-count indictment charging: him - with income . tax evasion for ' 1937, 1938

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London Seeks a New Dress Mart

LONDON, Jan. 16 (U. P.)— Great Britain, it was learned today, will send an expedition of 18 of London’s loveliest models with a \ supply of new fall styles to South America next month in hopes of capturing the South America dress market. The government is sponsoring the trip. Simultaneous style shows will be conducted in Rio de Janiero’ and Buenos Aires the last wekr in April. Showings will last three days.

KENNEDY ON AIR SATURDAY NIGHT

Promises Frank Talk With Emphasis on ‘Staying Out of War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U. P.). —Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring Ambassador to Britain, said today that he intended to speak his mind in a radio address Saturday night. and that he would emphasize “staying out of war.” Mr. Kennedy made the announcement after a long talk with President Roosevelt. He said his conversation with Mr. Roosevelt ranged over many aspects of . the foreign situation, and ‘included the question of appointment of his successor as Ambassador. He will deliver the nation-wide radio address at 6:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). “For once, I am going to say. for myself what I have. on my mind,” he said. o He said he had told the President of his plans for the speech. “What was Mr. Roosevelt's reaction?” he was asked. “Why don’t ‘you ask the President,” Mr. Kennedy countered. “The accent on.the speech will be on staying out of war,” he said. . Mr. ‘Kennedy said there was no possibility of his returning to England as Ambassador. He still holds

BLUE AND JUDGE DISCUSS INQURY

More Officers May Be Called On Seizure of Punch- _ boards.

Prosecutor Sherwood Blue was to confer today with Criminal Court Judge Dewey Myers on further

steps in his “day by day” investigation of gambling activities in In-

It was believed the Prosecutor was considering calling one or more additional police officers to testify in connection with seizure of punchboards by police. without making arrests. . He also was reported planning to file gambling affidavits against ‘one or more proprietors: from ‘whom punchboards have been seized bys Sergt. Charles Burkett, who testified Tuesday and yesterday in: th

Prosecutor's inquiry. Police Continue Raids

Meanwhile, police continued their renewed activity against gambling with “raids” on two places and the seizure of a punchboard and a quantity of baseball pool tickets. Yesterday, Sergt. Burkett visited two alleged “bookie” shops on S. Illinois St., and confiscated a quantity of horse race forms, but made no arrests. Prosecutor Blue declined to reveal whether he plans to turn his attention next to the thriving pinball machine business. - As the result of police seizure of three pinball machines and the arrest of five persons Tuesday night, pinball: machine operators have become “jittery,” fearing a “crack down” was imminent." In Criminal Court yesterday afternoon Sergt. Burkett asserted that

had been “misunderstood.” Denies Earlier Testimony

He denied his earlier testimony that he had received orders from Capt. Roy Pope not to make arrests when seizing punchboards. : “We were not ordered to make arrests,” he explained under questioning by the Prosecutor. “We were just ordered to pick up the boards. We don’t make arrests unless someone is playing them.” “Have you talked with anyone since testifying yesterday?” he was asked. “Yes, sir, a little,” he replied, “with Officer O'Donnell and Capt. Pope.” Mr. Blue asked him if he considered he was. fullfilling ‘his duty as an officer When he picked up the punchboards and did not make an arrest. “I make an arrest when I see fit,” replied the Sergeant. “I don’t see any reason to make an arrest when I think I can’t make a case in court.” :

First Trouble in Two Years

Also testifying at the hearing was Francis Jones, ‘operator of the Pennsylvania Grill at 110 N. Pennsylvania St., from which Sergt Burkett testified he had confiscated a punchboard. > Mr. Jones said he bought his punchboards from the Silent Salesman Co. This company is operate by Otto Zendell. He also said he had bought boards from King's Indiana ‘Billiard Co. “When any of these persons tried to sell you boards, did they offer you. protection?” Mr. Blue asked. “A man who operated from somewhere around 22d and Talbott Sts.

Jones said, “but he was very frank about asking us to use his boards.” Mr. Jones said this was the first time he had had any trouble. in the two years he had been handling punchboards. Sergt. Burkett and his squad visited the cigar stand in the lobby of 108 E. Washington St. late. yester-

.|day afternoon and seized a . “pick

a tick” punchboard. An arrest he reported was not shown .on the police slate. ‘The squad - also visited a . cigar store at 224 Indiana Ave., reporting seizure of 66 books of baseball pool tickets. Harold Walkup, 42, of 310 N. Capitol Ave., was arrested on a charge of operating :a lottery and

the title.

gift enterprise.

Uneasiness tion of aid to

That pact

Mr. Mason of Japan.

Berlin and Rome. the triple alliance is dependent on If there is no such outcome Japan will be in a quandary. The Tokyo Government will be in the position of ‘having supported the losing side with the necessity of readjusting her international position to meet post-war realities. Japan now is paying the totalitarian powers in advance for a possible “return whose value constantly is becoming more doubtful. It is natural, therefore, for the Japanese to regard America’s increasing help to Britain with disquietude. :

Lends Hand in Pacific

in the Axis grouping of world powers has been of some help to the totalitarian dictators. It is causing the United States to keep the American fleet in the Pacific at a high level of preparedness for any possible emergency. That is to say, some limit is at present being’ placed on America’s export Of war materials to Great Britain because of the necessity: for maintaining a strong position in the Pacific. * ‘That was the immediate reason why the totalitarian rulers exerted dll: their blandishments to get Japan entangled in the triple alliance. FOB, Undoub they promised. the Japanese: support ‘in Tokyo's desire for uiivand expansion. ' That promise, however, is necessarily contirigent on a totalitarian triumph in the war. = | {4 - Since the signing of the triplice, however, - there have been change in the European-conflict which the

' Japan's acceptance of membership |aga

War Moves Today

« By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert

in. Tokyo over. America’s acceleraBritain is the product of Japan's

involvements under her tri-partite agreement with Germany and Italy.

is beginning to show a dispropor-

tionate balance in favor of the European totalitarian powers as against the fundamental interests

aie j That fact becomes increasingly evident as the war's progress shows the fading probabilities of a peace dictated by The only possible advantage Japan can obtain from

complete Axis success in the war.

tween totalitarianism and democ-

racy. The defeats of the Italians in Albania and North Africa could not have been anticipated by the Japanese who likewise did. not foresee the failure of the German air blitzkrieg to influence Britain toward peace. : When the new ‘“dreibund” was negotiated, Tokyo apparently had expectations that Berlin would be able to influence Moscow to improve Russo-Japanese relations. The Slavs, however, have interpreted the triple alliance as being partly directed against themselves and they continue to look askance at Japan and are still aiding China. _ Most important of all the changes, however, since Japan ‘became involved with Hitler and Mussolini, has been the intensified determination of America to hurry the manufac ture of war supplies for Great Brit ain The enormous potentialities of the United States gre well understood by the Japanese, who always have studied America’s productive methods above those of any other country. : Japan’s distance® from the scene of the western conflict gives: a perspective which’ avoids emaqtionalism and allows impersonal judgments. The analysis the Japanese can now rhake must be far different from what it was last September when the triple alliance was signed. A cautious policy by Japan thus may now be expected, more especial-ly-if some encouragement is shown Tokyo. Australia has just stated it has no quarrel with the Japanese. This action may be the forerunner

nges|of further diplomatic strategy in-

tended fo forts to w

ct totalitarian ef'n the power of its

Japan ne well begin to inter-

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THE HOPPER

By VERN YoxeLL

A Young Politician Learns That I's Better: to Bend Than. Break

his testimony of the previous day|

didn’t - exactly use pressure,” Mr.|

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On the surface, everything

members are having difficulty in smiling at the same time. The men in the saddle, pulling the strings from the Claypool Hotel, are not standing for any “disloyalty.” They refuse to permit any delay. They're cramming it down the necks of some of the lesser lights and tossing cake to others more important. When the big G. O. P. pow-wow was called last Monday—for legislators, State Committee members and candidates—leaders first said it probably would be open. But when reporters turned up, they learned it was a closed session. “Why,” a reporter asked a veteran Senator later. “Well,” he replied, “they probably learned in the meantime that all is not sugdr and honey over here and some of the boys were kicking up the traces a little.” Rep. H. H. Evans, Republican House member many years, had been expected to lead a fight in committee to at least tone down the rip-snorting “ripper” bill. He didn’t—but he served warning that he might later. Another young legislator got his ideals all tangled up with practical politics and came out on the politics side. “Well, it’s better to bend than break,” he opined.

It Saves Twa-Bits

Senate Democrats and Republicans got together in short order yesterday on a bill which would “save the common man two-bits.” Senator Roger Phillips (D. New

Albany) introduced a bill to eliminate notarizing of signatures on gross income tax reports. The usual notary fee is 25 cents. Thirty minutes later, a Repub-lican-dominated - committee had recommended its | passage. “It’s a good bill,” explained Senator Thurman Biddinger (R. Marion), committee chairman. “Why, it’s a shame. Some persons who don’t have to pay but a few cents gross income tax are required to pay 25 cents to have their signature notarized. That's entirely unnecessary, especially. since the

But underneath, there are signs that some of the self-thinking

appears serene in the Republican camp as they roll merrily along on their program to take

over the Slate

swallowing the bitter potion and

lav fixes penalties for its violge on.” . That's break mon man.”

Irvington in Arms®

Irvington, a long-time G. O. P. stronghold. in Marion Couwity, is up in arms. about one of the Republican measures—the proposal to abolish State and county plane ning boards. ;

A Marion County Planning Board has just been set up to zone the East Side residential districts around the site of the new Naval Ordnance plant. If the proposed bill passes, there will be . no planning hoard and no way to restrict low cost housing develop= ments out there, Irvington resie dents say. : #8 8 : : “A Senator walked into the Legislative Bureau, which drafts bills for one and all, pointed to a section of a law and said: “Draw me up a bill to repeal that section.” His listener looked at the law, then said: “Are you sure you want to do that?” “Yes” the Senator replied, “I want the fore Jes provision to go back into:efec oid man, “if you do that there won't be any provision.” And the Senator, (he was an attorney, too) shook his head and walked from the room. . . . Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Dawson is feeling his way along as a presiding officer. He got off to a shaky start when on his first day, following a set pro= cedure, he called for committee reports. Majority Leader William Jenner hastened up to advise him that he hadn’t yet named the, committees. . . . Senate Repu licans are eyeing their tic fellow - members - skeptically. They've introduced more bills in’ the Senate than the Republicans (who are being held in check so they can handle the “decentralizas tion” bills). G. O. P. leaders think maybe the Democrats are trying

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COATS — principally Shetlands: and Tweeds, sale grouped at $13, $17,521 and 33

DRESSES — many at sweeping ‘reductions! Unusual values, if you, can find your size! 'e A notable group of 14.95 and 19.75, at $10

“HATS—DOBBS and CHALFONT— ‘Mostly dark shades, in 3 sweeping sale groups! While they last, $2, $5 and $7

DEXDALE STOCKINGS, 3-thread, with the famofs | curved heel — . regularly $1 and 1.15, sale priced at 89c, 3 pairs for 2.50

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