Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1941 — Page 5

{ THURSDAY, FEB.

,» 1941

RUSSIA STRESSED IN

+ ANGLO-TURK TALKS,

British Envoy to Moscow on Way to Ankara; Tension High in Far East.

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troubled Pacific overshadowed the diplomatic and military conversations at Ankara. Tokyo suddenly ordered Japanese citizens to be prepared to leave Indo-China as a precautionary move in event: mediation efforts between the French ' colony and Thailand fail. The implication was that Japan may force a settlement upon Indo-China if the French prove reicalcitrant and that Japanese citizens were being cleared from the mreas of possible hostilities. The Japanese emphasized their determination to settle the Indo-China-Thailand conflict and left little doubt that they would use force if necessary. _ The settlement on which Japan insists would give Thailand great derritorial concessions in IndoChina. The Vichy Government last Saturday rejected such a settlement.

) Discuss Stronger Cabinet

{ An armistice between Indo-China @and Thailand is in effect until March 7 but some Far Eastern observers foresaw a showdown even before that date, possibly by the ¥week-end unless the French yield. The Japanese press accused a third power” of maneuvering to tiffen Freneh resistance. The refference was not clear as to whether reat Britain, the United States or oth was meant. There was talk of strengthening fhe! Japanese Cabinet because of he crisis and the Japanese press rinted alarming reports that 20,000 {Chinese troops had been moved into “Burma to fill gaps left by transfer

of British troops to Singapore. This]

was in line with the Japanese thesis that the British and Chinese are co-operating to form a common war Hdront in the Far East.

| British Smash Ahead in Africa

' Shanghai said that Japanese Jrestige appeared to be involved in #he Indo-China crisis, a factor + which probably would compel Tokyo ‘#0 take drastic action in order to wvoid loss of ‘‘face.” There were reports that China @#nd Britain are studying joint defense arrangements in the Yunnan-Murma-Malaya triangle and it was said that a British banking corporation had frozen assets of Japanese firms in Indo-China. On the war front the British pmashed ahead in Africa. Cairo reported that British mechanized advance elements had encountered and driven back armored units, believed to be German, svest of Aghiela. This placed the encounter 85 miles west. ‘of the Libyan spot mentioned by Rome and Berlin communiques yesterday.

Occupy Dodecanese Island

The British have given another demonstration of their military power right at Turkey's front door by the occupation of the tiny Dodecanese Island of Castel Rosso (Cas-] tel Oritzo) a few miles off the Turkish Coast. The move may be the first step in a general British drive against the Dodecanese which are

the waters between Turkey and Greece.

The occupation of Castel Rosso was hailed in Athens where it was of special interest since most of the island’s population is Greek.

- British destroyers seized the island after a four-hour bombardment and a battle between British and Axis warplanes, it was reported in Ankara. “Phe British, without indicating the nature of their offensive plans suggested that German armed strength now is disposed as follows: 80 divisions of about 1,200,000 men concentrated close to the Russian frontier; 70 divisions of about 1,050,000 men in France; 15 divisions of about 225,000 men in Rumania, and smaller forces in other occupied countries.

R. A. F. Makes Heavy Raids

The Royal Air Force made a heavy overnight attack upon Cologne oil refiners, railroads and war factories. It also attacked the invasion coast. The Germans admitted that a number of persons were killed and wounded in the raids. Other targets attacked were Flushing, a submarine assembly base, and Boulogne. A German bomb hit a- London hospital and buried 12 air raid wardens and other emergency ‘workers.

10 planes. The Germans claimed new sea successes. The latest alleged exploit was sinking of nine ships of 58,000 tons from a convoy 310 miles west of Ireland yesterday. Italy said today that her troops were retreating toward Mogadiscio which the British captured two days Jago and claimed that a German Torpedo-plane had sunk a 5000-ton steamer in the western Mediterranean and that a British destroyer had been bombed by a plane at Tobruk.

Berlin Admits Dutch Riots

Both Rome and Berlin hailed a new economic agreement between Germany and Italy as providing for complete pooling of all economic assets in the war effort. Berlin admitted difficulties in Holland where riots and sabotage were attributed to “Jewish” influence. In London, Admiral of the fleet Lord Chatfield said today he hoped Japan would not be so foolish as to make Britain fight in the Far East.

CLAIMS QUEEN MARY, PRINCESSES IN U. S.

ROME, Feb. 27 (U. P.)—The newspaper Messaggero said in a Madrid dispatch today that Queen Mother Mary, Princesses Elizabeth and Mary Rose, daughters of King George and Queen Elizabeth, and the British crown jewels are in the United States. The newspaper said President Roosevelt greeted Viscount Halifax when he arrived in the United States as British Ambassador with unprecedented ceremony because “aboard the warship on which Halifax was traveling there also were Queen Mother Mary with her grandchildren and the crown jewels.” (When Viscount Halifax arrived in Chesapeake Bay aboard the battleship King George V, President Roosevelt met him offshore in the Presidential yacht Potomac.)

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POWER & LIGHT NETS 3 MILLION

Sales Gain and Federal Tax Savings Boost ’40 Profit by Million.

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than 88 per cent of the holders own less than 101 shares each. The company reported operating reveniues of $13,034,571, a gain of more than $1,200,000. But operating expenses of the company and its subsidiaries also advanced.

The operating expenses, exclusive of maintenance, depreciation and taxes, totaled $4,048,284. This was an increase of $398,917, due principally to a higher payroll, the largest single item of expense, and to increasec expenditure for coal. Maintenance cost almost $800,000, an increase of 11.5 per cent. The payroll increased more than 10 per cent, to $2,600,000, due partly to establishment of the 40-hour week and partly to increased personnel. required by the increased business volume. The utility had 1503 employees at the end of the year, including 78 employed temporarily.

Fuel Costs Heavier

Fuel costs increased $235,000, or 18 per cent, due not only to the increased use of coal made necessary by added current consumption, but also fo the coal price increase under the National Bituminous Coal Act. Total fuel costs were $1,512,114. Another big chunk was taken out of revenue by taxes—$1,845,620. If it had not been for the $700,000 savings in Federal taxes allowed for 1940 through the debt refunding, the total tax would have been in the neighborhood of $2,500,000, compared to $2,120,000 for the preceding year.

LEGISLATURE HITS PEAK OF ACTIVITY

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plunder, those who would further divide class against class and those who place selfish aims and purposes against the common good.” He urged House members to forget “selfishness” and “turn its attention to three or four big problems relating to the public good.” The House returned {o work under a “gag rule” on debate, 6. The House Public Morals Committee made several changes in the Senate-approved Stout liquor control bill which are expected to lead to én inter-House dispute. They removed State control over local boards, and knocked ouf the 10-cent “thirst gadget” which the Senate slipped in. 7.. The House passed and sent to the Senate the bill to redistribute gasoline tax funds so that the State Highway Commission will receive 60 per cent and the counties 40 per cent after a flat grant of $3,000,000 has been made to cities. The present ratio is two-thirds to the State and one-third to the counties, with $2,000,000 going to the cities. The bill also provides a grant of $65,000 to Indianapolis for upkeep of city streets. The vote was 72 to 21. 8. The House passed and sent to the Senate the measure reducing the. number of Congressional districls in the State from 12 to 11. Under its provisions, Marion County would form the new 11th District. 8. The Senate passed and sent to Governor Shricker for this approval the pension system for State Board of Accounts members. This permits field examiners and other employees’ to retire at 65 with pensions up to $140 a month.

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RICKENBACKER HURT, 7 DEAD

Air Line Sleeper Crashes Outside of Atlanta; All Of Crew Dead.

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tin processing corporation building the smelter at Houston. JUAN MARIA of San Salvador. A. LEIBOWITZ of Atlanta. Shortly before the plane, a twinengined Douglas DST known as “The Mexico Silver Sleeper,” was

p. m. (Indianapolis Time), the pilot radioed he was coming in. That was the last word the airport heard from the plane. Mr. Rosenfeld, who helped remove three of the injured from the wreck, estimated the time of the crash at about 1:30 a. m.

Gear Extended

His estimate and the fact that the plane’s landing gear apparently had been extended suggested the possibility that the crew became lost in

the rain storm and was preparing for a forced landing. The plane had taken off from La Guardia Field in New York at 6:15 p. m. yesterday. It stopped at Washington and, after the ctop here, was to have gone on to New Orleans and Texas. The terminus of the route is Brownsville, Tex. In the dark over the piney woods south of here, the craft suddenly lost altitude, according to Mr. Rosenfeld. The lights went out and the heavy ship plowed through the tree tops for 400 yards and ground to a stop on the gentle slope of a small hill. The hill was a quarter of a mile from a dirt road and a mile and a half from a paved highway. A deep ravine between the wreck and the paved road delayed ambulances and Dr while the dead and injured were exposed to the chill rain.

Shears Off Tree Tops

The plane sheared. off the tops of several trees and smashed to the ground with a sound which Jim Hunt, a farmer, said was “like two freight trains-running together.” Part of the plane’s wing wrapped around a tree trunk 20 feet in the air. The rest of it was 200 yards away Sen parties found the craft on its left side, its tail twisted and the bottom of the fuselage ripped open. Many of the dead or injured were thrown from the plane. One man’s body was sprawled, face up, in front of the plane, his wrist watch stopped at 1:15 a. m. The slope was littered with bloodstained sheets, torn luggage, scraps of clothing, shoes, and other objects. One propeller, little damaged, was 50 feet in front of the crushed fuselage. The shattered motors were imbedded in the telescoped metal of the body.

Gas Leaks From Tanks

Gasoline dripped from the rended tanks. Mr. Rosenfeld apparently was the only passenger awake. “It was hot,” he said. “I asked the steward for a little more ventilation. The next things I knew the ship was losing altitude and the lights went out. When a came to I was lying in the open against a pine tree.” Mr. Rosenfeld helped Mr. Han-' sell, Mr. Sewell, Mr. Brady, Mr. Feinberg and Mrs. Littledale from the wreck. He pulled matresses and blankets from the fuselage and covered the others. Then he went for help. He fell into the ravine and was unable to climb its slippery sides until about 5:30 a. m. He walked a quarter of a mile to a house and awakened the owner, C. C. Sherman. Mr. Sherman took him to C. C. Murphy’s general store at Morrow where he telephoned Atlanta. Eight ambulances were dispatched to the scene but had difficulty negotiating the slippery clay roads. Mr. Littledale was one of the first

porters be permitted to talk to him. “Let Them Through”

“I'm one myself,” he said. them through.” “I'm afraid my back is broken,” he said. He asked over and over again for his wife, who had been taken to a hospital. Mr. Hansell was found walking near the wreckage, dazed. He kept saying someone had stolen his wallet. Capt. Perry, 30, was a veteran with nearly 5000 hours recorded in’ nis log book, according to the air ne. All of the crew members lived in New York. Eastern Air Lines planes had flown 420,000,000 passenger - miles since four were killed in its last fatal accident at Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 10, 1937, and last spring received its fourth consecutive commendation for safe operation from the National Safety Council.

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| THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ____ 'Bruised but Not Broken in Spirit,’ Smiles Charmed 'Rick’ as He Again Fights for Life

(Continued from Page One) . the line’s ships in which he had his latest rendezvous with the fates. Except for some gray hair at the temples and perhaps a line or two beneath the eyes, “Rick” looks about like he did when he was piloting those old racing cars into the Speedway curves, The year before the United States entered the last war, he had won $80,000 as a racer. But the best he ever did on the bricks of the Speedway, of which he is president, was 10th in a fourcylinder Dusenberg in 1914. He was born in Columbus, O. When a boy he got into the automobile business just as Indianapolis seemed destined to become the capital of the industry. By 1910 he had made a reputation as a racing driver. Against his choice, “Rick” entered the war as a chauffeur for Gen. John J. Pershing. The year before America entered the war, he had never flown an airplane. But he managed to scheme his way into the air service and later became the dread of the enemy. Here's the way “Rick” describes

one of his famous fights when he was attacked by seven enemy planes (five Fokkers protecting two Halber Stadts): “I had him (the first Fokker) exactly in my sights when I pulled both triggers for a long burst. He made a startled attempt to pull away, but bullets were already ripping through his plane. He must have been killed instantly. His machine fell away and crashed just south of Etains, I intended to zoom up and protect myself against the other four Fokkers. But when I saw they were dumfounded at this unexpected attack, I changed my tactics and plunged straight on through them to attack the photographing machines ahead. / “The two-seaters had seen the fight and already had their noses

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back to Germany. I looked over my shoulder and saw that the Fokkers were milling about, undecided what to do. “The two Halber Stadts began to draw apart. Both observers in the rear seats were firing at me, but the range was too far for accuracy.

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range under the nearest machine and zoomed up quickly from beneath him. But it was not going to be easy. “The pilot suddenly kicked his tail around, giving his gunner a good view of me below; and in the meantime the other Halber Stadt had turned on me and I saw his tracer bullets go streaking past my nose. I zoomed up diagonally out of range, made a reversement, and as the Fokkers still held off I came back straight at the first Halber Stadt, firing as I came. . All this time we were’ drifting deeper into Germany. I decided on one bold attack. “The two Halber Stadts were flying parallel to each other not 50 feet apart. Dropping into a side slip until I had one of them between me and the other, I straightened out at the right instant and leveled my Spad directly at the nearest one and began firing. He passed directly through my line of fire. ... I had the satisfaction of seeing him burst into flames.” The Rickenbacker fate, you might say.

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