Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1941 — Page 3
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Willkie, Provd Of 250, 000 Letters, Vows H HesS le Hoosier’
‘BRITISH BLAST SUB BASE; ~ BELIEVE CRUISER IS HIT
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Di Wavell’s Imperial Army of the Nile were becoming an in- ‘ creasing mystery. There has been i no hint since immediately after the i ‘occupation of - Benghazi as “whether it is driving for Tripoli o js in the process of transfer to a {pther front, possibly Salonika.
Cruiser Believed Hit
' British planes followed up their ‘attack on Brest where” it was believed their bombs hit a 10,000-ton cruiser of the Admiral Hipper class . —possibly that which attacked a British convoy off Portugal Feb. 12 —by daylight ‘assaults on the French Invasion Coast. The British answered Nazi claims which would indicate that sea war already has been intensified with figures of losses far smaller than those claimed by the Reich High Command. :
London Halves Nazi Claims
Issuing its first report on the
Portugal attack in which the Germans claimed a toll of 14 ships totaling 90,000 tons, the British Admiralty listed the highest possible loss in the attack at less than half the Nazi claim. London admitted the loss of five ships totaling 23,986 tons and said that four more of 19,698 tons had not yet reported in but were not yet overdue. This totals only 44,684
tons, even if none of the four ships still ‘unreported turn up. In fact, the Admiralty placed total British losses for the week of to| Feb. 16 which included the Portugal- attack at only 37,636 tons, just about half the average British weekly losses since start of the war.
Ridicule Hitler Claims
London scoffed at German claims of new heavy tonnage destruction made by Hitler in his speech yesterday and amplified by the German High Command in today’s communique, Hitler piaced the sinkings of the last two days at 215,00 in his speech. A more exact figure of 217,300 tons was given by the official DNB news agency. This was boosted today to 263,00 tons by the Neg) High Command. The Germans aise reported that Nazi planes sank a 4000-ton ship and badly damaged a 15,000-ton ship in the Mediterranean Sunday and damaged a 2000-ton ship off the British coast yesterday. British Hope for U. S. Aid
The British reported a new and striking success in the African attack under which Premier Benito Mussolini's Empire is crumbling. South African troops, smashing ahead 110 miles in two days, captured Brava only 100 miles from Mogadiscio, capital of Italian Somaliland.
Filibuster Threats Ignored
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urging that everything possible be done to help Great Britain survive. Opposition leaders conceded that they could not defeat the bill. “Under our economy, American trade is private enterprise,” Senator Murray said. “Under Hitler's system, industry, trade, agriculture, labor and finance are state-controlled and dominated. We could not compete with him. We could not meet his bargaining power Under our democratic system and high plane of living. If he defeats Brit-
ain « . » he will compel the permanent militarization of the United States, which means bankruptcy.” Survival of Great Britain is essential to the defense of the United States, Mr. Barbour told the Senate. The loss by capture or destruction of the British fleet would place upon the unprepared United States the sole and complete responsibility for the defense of the Western Hemisphere.”
War Moves Today
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the Fatherland’s vast superiority in the air that was to bring victory, just as now it is superiority at sea. he German people now know where to watch for Hitler's next great move to bring Britain to her knees. However, if the submarine offensive fails as the air offensive failed, German mentaiity memory will have yesterday's promise in mind. Emotionalism has its uses in oratory but only realism produces results in war. To what extent Hitler js realistic in his present faith in submarines is highly problematical. Numbers of sinkings count, not wishful thinking. The Fuehrer told the German
people yesterday he had just been informed that 215,000 tons of enemy ships had been sunk in two days. The British declare the claim to be fantastic and the question arises whether Hitler is being given false figures by the German Admiralty or whether he intentionally is deceiving the German people. Today it is announced in l.ondon that total British and Allied sinkings for the week ended Feb. 186 were 37,636 tons, little more than one-half the average for the war. This is the week in which the Germans claimed to have sunk nearly 90,000 tons of British. ships in a single convoy attack, apart from individual sinkings.
BULGARIA RIPE FOR NAZI ARMY
Plans Already Made for Military Cabinet With German Liaisons.
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to ‘answer without knowing the extent of the English forces on their way to Greece, from which depends, in turn, according to Ankara information, whether the Turks, will break off - diplomatic relations when the Germans enter Bulgaria and fight them when they enter Cireece. The Germans claim a diplomatic victory in the Turkish-Bulgarian declarations of amity, asserting that this ineans the Turks will fight Germany in neither Bulgaria nor Greece. On the dipomatic, economic and propaganda level, the English are understaffed and underfinanced, and overloaded with stale routine demanded by the Foreign Office. Even if, by prompt and extensive military intervention in Greece, they are able to stop the Nazi wave from washing over the two ranges of Bulgarian mountains, it will require long and careful penetration beforé they are able again, north of the Aegean, to demand equal partnership with Germany and Russia. The Bulgarians have accepted entirely the Nazis thesis, namely; That Churchill fears Russi& cisely as did Disraeli; That Britain recognizes that-Rus-sia’s influence is on the rise again in Bulgaria; and, That in order to checkmate this influence on the Dardanelles, Britain has been blocking the Bulgarian demands for Greek cession of an outlet to the Aegean because Britain recognizes, in effect, a Russian plot ‘to encircle the Dardanelles.
GREECE KNOCKS OUT 105,000, PAPER SAYS
ATHENS, Feb. 25 (U. P.)—The newspaper Proja asserted today that Greece had “knocked out of active service” seven Italian divisions totaling 105,000 men. Two more Italian airplanes have been shot down by Greek anti-air-craft gunners and there was limited patrol and artillery action on the Albanian front yesterday, today’s war communique said, ; The Public Security Ministry reported that “all was quiet in the
re-
interior of the country.”
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"By FREMONT POWER ; Times Staff Writer. RUSVILIE, Ind., Feb. 25.—Sprawled on a davenport, Wendell Willkie dribbled cigaret ashes down his vest and expounded his views on the specie, Hoosier. Some say you can tell: a Hoosier by the way he ties Some say it’s the baggy pants. Others believe it’s the hat. A Hoosier’s hat, they say, looks as if he used it for a seat cushion when he
his tiegside-saddle - fashion.
comes indoors.
Say any of these things about Mr. Willkie you please, for he’s used to it. He's a Hoosier and freely admits it. : “I've never changed since I left here. And you can ask anybody. They’ll tell ‘you that,” the Presidential candidate declared as he made a slight gesture toward ;
hitting the tray with some ashes.
. “I've been back here probably.250 times since I left about 23 years ago. I was born in Indiana, educated here
and married here.
“Naturally, I like to get back.” That's Mr. Willkie’s reply to those (Westbrook: Pegler, among them) who have said that the Elwood, Ind., native was a slicker who tried to act like a Hoosier hick while: the campaign was going on and then changed to a slicker, Mr. Willkie brands such talk as “just words.” “Why would I have five farms here if I didn’t like
Indiana?”
- The setting for Mr, Willkie’s deliverances on Hoosiery was typical of the matter he discussed. The neat living room of Mrs. Cora Wilk, his mother-in-law, on W. Eighth St., is askew with mail, papers,
magazines and circulars.
served.
Some of the letters welcomed him back to Indiana. ‘One was a simple birthday greeting. An Illinois man said he'd like to form a farm partnership with Mr. Willkie because he considered him a “progressive go-getter.” One man had written concerning an invention of his on the matter of national defense against enemy airplanes. It was for a met to be hung on sky hooks and he included a pencil sketch. You might call some of the letters crazy, but Mr. Willkie doesn’t think of them like that. “People are worried and confused like they never have been before. You might say they're seeking leadership,”
he said.
N ONE corner is a big pussy-willow bouquet. From the window behind the davenport you can see and hear school children cavort during recess. At Mr. Willkie’s feet and on the davenport and on the foot stool—practically all over one end of the room, in faci—were letters from peopie to whom the Elwood boy-made-good is still “the. champ.” Since he arrived here Friday evening, Mr. Willkie has received, he said, about 300 letters from all sorts of people . and on all kinds of subjects. Since the election, ne estimates he has received 250,000 written messages, congratulations and advice. As defeated candidates go, this is somewhat of a phenomenon. ““It would take a man with a cast-iron constitution who wouldn’t be touched with this sort of thing. “It couldn't help but make you feel humble,” he ob-
With that, Mr. Willkie
a second place. But’ Mr. Willkie had Sleeth, who manages his take him out to look at considering buying, o
He smiled, went over By
downstairs.
- He was about ready when Mrs. Willkie said,
branched into an off-the-record
discussion of his views on foreign affairs and his visit to England. Aid-to-Britain is a subject on which Mr. Willkie feels so strongly that practically all other subjects take
other things to do. Miss Mary five Indiana farms ,came in to ,some feeding cattle they were
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RS. Willkie said to be sure to put on your overshoes,” Miss Sleeth informed him.
by the front door, slipped into
his overcoat and put his hat on.
the time he had turned the brim down, Mrs. Willkie, tugging at a bad cold in her nose, had come
“Turn that up. I don’t like it that way,” Mrs. Willkie commented on her husband’s hat.
And so Mr. Willkje turned up the brim, college fashion.
to walk down ‘the porch stairs
“Here.” Her husband had forgotten the overshoes, which turned out to be a pair of toe rubbers.
Mud smeared, they were sitting outside by the front
door.
“My mother’s maid doesn’t want him tracking mud
through the house,” Mrs. Mr. Willkie dutifully
Willkie confided. put them on. Then he left to
see about buying some more stock for the farms.
STAND FIRM ON
FAR EAST POLICY
U. S. and England Unlikely To Retreat as Japs Push Southward.
By LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, - Feb. 25.—The Far Eastern crisis is developing fast —not because the Japanese are bolder, but because the AngloAmerican Alliance instead of retreating is getting ready for war. If the Japanese forces continue their southern advance a clash is probable.
The feason further Anglo-Amer-ican retreat is unlikely is partly the mood of the London and Washington Governments, ,and partly the fact that past conciliatory policy already has permitted Japan to box in Singapore and Manila. Also, Australian influence is increasingly important.
In the matter of mood, Prime Minister Churchill is reported especially bitter over failure of Britain's earlier efforts to “appease” the Japanese aggressors in China. This British policy paved the way for Japanese penetration of Indo-China and Thailand bases.
No Place to Retreat
Now that Japanese air and naval forces have edged down almost to the defenses of Singapore itself, virtually unchallenged, the British no longer have the alternative of fighting or retreating. There is no more place to retreat. It is now a question of holding Singapore or getting out of southeastern Asia altogether. Even more than that is at stake. With Singapore, the JapaneseGerman axis would have a good chance of capturing the Dutch East Indian prize, and of cutting the empire communication lines by which Britain supplies the Mediterranean front with essential materials and manpower. If it were not for this crucial factor, Churchill could sacrifice Singapore temporarily on the theory that eventual British victory over Hitler would permit easy later victory over Japan. But Churchill needs Oceania to help win the war against Hitler.
Charge ‘Let Down’ by London
Moreover, the Australians and New. Zealanders think London let them down in allowing Japan to move so far into their defense zone. The idea of using part of their small navy in the Mediterranean and their troops in the conquest of North Africa, without first having reinforced the approaches of Singapore, is a sore point with them. So when the Australians last week caused the recall of part of their naval force from the Mediterranean, and dispatched a volunteer army to the Malayan hinterland beyond Singapore, it was no bluff -in the “war of nerves” but a determination to fight if necessary. Ditto for Australia’s hasty preparation this week to send another force to Singapore. . Ditto for Australia’s successful demand that London, instead of taking virtually all the new rican bombers, sent many from California to the Far East. It also forces Australia and New Zealand to tiirn increasingly to the United States as their ultimate protector .in any major Pacific war.
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with light snow by tomorrow night; colder tonight with lowest temperature 10 to 15.
Sunrise 6:24 | Sunset
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THE MERIT SYSTEM bill, which had smooth sailing through the Senate once it was ironed out by the G. O. P. steering committee,
has run into trouble.
A behind-the-scenes battle between the Merit System Association and the American Legion may lead to serious complications. . And it’s also reported that when and if the measure is turned
loose by a House committee now studying it, the Democrats may vote against it. A series of amendments proposed by the Legion has delayed the measure for several days. They asked a 10 per cent preference for disabled veterans, their widows and “wives of totally digabled veterans and 5 per cent for other veterans. Ratings at the top of the eligible lists also were asked for these classifications. In a compromise worked out by a sub-committee, the 5 and 10 per cent preferences were granted, but only in case a passing grade of 70 or more is made on the tests. Then they will not be placed at the top,
‘but will take the spot into which
their grade and preference fits them.
The Legion also asked that a written explanation be submitted by the department head when a veteran is passed over for some other person lower in the elig jle list. This was amended to cover all such cases.
In the compromise, the Legion proposed that a veteran be added to the personnel board. At present, the proposed bi-partisan board would be composed of four members, two named by the Governor and two by the Lieutenant Governor. To keep this balance, the subcommittee proposed the addition of two members, re-
‘quiring one from each party to be
a veteran.
This is the provision the Merit System Association is fighting. They point oat that this opens the way for other pressure groups— some of them turned down previously—to demand places on the board, such as labor, farmers, etc. This, they claim, would defeat the purpose of the legislation. Furthermore, they indicate that rather than support a bad bill, ‘they will fight it. And the Republicans need this merit bill, politically speaking. 2 =»
Help for the Lawyers \ FOR A LONG TIME, attoriieys (especially those in the Legislature) have objected to the rules and regulations issued by State departments which have the effect of law. They feel that often the promulgated rules are in direct conflict with the intent of the law which created the department.
So two Senate lawyers, Majority Leader William Jenner and inority Leader Roger Phillips, forgot their bitter partisan battles and joined hands on a possible solution to this problem. They pushed through the upper house a bill which would set up a five-man commission, including four legislators, which would pass on all rules made by the departments before they could go into effect. Two members would be named by the House Speaker, two by the Lieutenant Governor and one by the Governor. Now all they need is a little help from the House. s = 2
Buckpassers All
"IN A FEW DAYS, members of the House will have the red-hot question of old-age benefits tossed back in their laps. This is the one that got twisted around in a game of political “hot-foot” the other day, started by a Democrat, in which both
| parties - joined in raising the
benefits to a $40 monthly mini-
mum. The Republicans couldn’t
‘vote no because it would “put on the spot” with TownClubs, who: indorsed them ovember,
After a conference with the maJority and minority floor leaders, Speaker James M. Knapp told the House yesterday: “The chair will not take this heat (on the bill). I will hand it down shortly so it may be passed and sent to the Governor’s office.” Democratic minority members say they have been approached
: by Republican leaders who want them. to sponsor a movement to
get the bill back to its original provision of $40 maximum month-
ly. payments.
But the Democrats say, it’s up to.
the other side, with all its votes, to start the move. A two-thirds vote would be required to get the bill recommitted. “It’s their baby,” says Rep. Winfield Denton, minority chief. “If it’s passed in the House,
the Senate will concur in the
amendments,” says Senator William E. Jenner, Senate majority leader and author of the Senate approved bill. And Governor Schricker hasn't said he will veto it. Which means that Indiana’s old-age aid recipients may get even less. There's some doubt that the Federal Government will
go along on the program, and the State will be forced to provide all the funds—or pay just the State share without any Federal help.
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Little Bit of H. B. 13
JUST TO MAKE certain that you pay your property taxes, the Legislature has passed a bill requiring that you must show this receipt along with your poll tax slip before you can.purchase your auto license. . . . That House Bill 13, which the Democrats caught early sneaking toward enactment, has long since been forgotten in the ensuing hurly-burly. But what was left of it passed the House by one vote yesterday, exempting oil bulk plants from the store tax. Originally, the bill exempted all filling stations, too. ... The House Education Committee, which favors a multiple adoptions textbook bill, is pretty unhappy. The measure probably won't reach the floor for a vote. However, it has the Senate’s single adoptions bill in its possession, .so-it may not reach the floor either. Which means no textbook legislation at this session. . . , Since the opening day of the session, two contest suits against the seating of two Senators have been awaiting action. They involve Senator Blaz Lucas (D. Gary) and Senator Albert Beveridge Jr. (R. Indianapolis). Now, with less than two weeks to go, Senator Braxton Bearss (R. Peru), who conducted hearings on the suits, says “something will be done before the end of the session.” But he didn't say . what or when,
5-POINT ‘MUST’ LIST FACES LEGISLATURE
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members over the auto license branch patronage. question. Rep. H. H. Evans (R. New Castle) joined with Rep. Howard Batman (D. Terre Haute) in demanding that the County and Township Committee release the bill to permit county assessors to handle auto license sales. : After Rep. Batman had said “Let's go home having passed at least one good bill,” Rep. Frank Millis, majority floor leader, replied: “This is patronage and you know it. You've had eight years to save this money and you didn't do it. Now you want us to do it.” “Too Much Patronage”
Then Rep. Evans said: “When we were out of power, we went up and down the State saying we would save the taxpayers money by stopping making a plum out of the auto license branch business. I did it n.yself. We said we could save the State between $200,000 and $300,000. “Now all we talk about is patron+ age. There's too much patronage already.” Rep. Evans then asked Rep. Mil-
fought for when we were in the minority.” The move to force ‘the bill out onto the floor was defeated by a standing vote of 43 to 39, with party lines dissolved. In the Senate, a Conservation Department bill to require strip mine operators to plant trees on their diggings after mining operations had been completed was passed. Earlier it had been defeated by a vote of 22 to 18, but was recalled for today’s action.
Goes to Governor
Senator's who had opposed it said they changed their opinions when they learned that the bill also provides that the land returns to the regular tax rolls. Teoday’s vote was 43 to 1, and it now goes to the Governor. Also on the Senate calendar today as a special order of business is. the child adoption bill, sponsored by the state Child Welfare Associatioh. It was amended yesterday to eliminate a provision that Juvenile Court handie adoption cases and gave them concurrent jurisdiction with Probate and Circuit courts. Further amendments were expected today.
2 NAVY BOMBERS MISSING, 4 ABOARD
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 25 (U. P.). —The Navy announced early today that two scout bombers, with a pilot and radio man aboard each, have been missing ior “several hours.” Reports of “an explosion” at sea reached the Sheriff's office shortly before the Navy’s announcement. A destroyer and a coast guard cutter were dispatched to search the area
JURY FAILS TO ACT ON GAMPAIGN COSTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (U, P.). —A Federal Grand Jury today failed to return any indictments in its inquiry into political expenditures in the 1940 campaign but suggested that legal loopholes be removed from the Hatch “Clean Politics” Act... The Grand Jury, concluding an investigation - which began Dec. 3, 1940, said that excessive sums were collected and. expended in the campaign but that the transactions were conducted so as to be within
lis to “stand for the principles we}
the letter of the law. It suggested that the Justice Department might wish to recommend corrective legislation to Congress to tighten controls.
ACCUSED OF KILLING
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. 25 (U. P.). —Police said that Chester Norton,
railroad switchman, forced his way -
into a house today, killed his fa-ther-in-law, Alex Kotona, 51, and seriously wounded his estranged wife, Ethel, 27.
Capt. Floyd Wilson of the Ham=
mond police said members of the Kotona family told him Norton fired at Ethel when she screamed and then fled in an automobile. Police in nearby cities were asked to watch for him Capt. Wilson said the Nortons had been married seven years and separated two months ago.
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