Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1941 — Page 7
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§ THURSDAY, MARCH
WHEN WILL |
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Draftees Can’t Find Out in Advance; There Is No Rule of Thumb.
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the year beginning July 1, 1942. Of the present 410,000 draft registrants in the State, about 10 per cent, or 41,000, are believed to be Class 1-A material, on the basis of those classified thus far. The State’s gross quota up to July 1, 1941, is 49,000. This means a net quota of 21,087, after correction for volunteer “credits.” Already inducted or receiving orders in the fourth—the latest—call are 5597. and about 2300 others have been instructed to be ready for induction soon. : This leaves 13,000 yet unclassified but probably Class 1-A material, . | Draft officials expect the fifth call -in April—to be the largest yet,
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“inducted. This would mean that ‘more than 2000 registrants who aven't even received their ques- ; onnhaires would be inducted next ~~ month. : "| The draft officials consider it unwise to send questionnaires out too far in advance of induction, because of changes in status in the interim. | If, as is expected, the new 21- _ year-olds are registered, many of the “high numbered” Class 1-A youths are not likely to be called for some time. State Selective Service officials would like to be able to tell each registrant exactly when to count on being called, but they can’t—and that's that.
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TWO GET DAY IN JAIL FOR 40 MPH
Eleven Drivers Arrested on 2d Day of Drive; Deaths Rise to 14.
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3103 Ralston Ave,
Washington St., 900 block, yesterday
40 miles an hour. costs totaling $30 and less driving charge.
morning were made by police accident prevention squads. Five were charged with speeding, three with running a red light; two with ignoring a stop street and one with reckless driving. : The 14th traffic death in the city this year was recorded today when Coroner Roy Storms attributed the death of L. L. Harden, auto salesman living at 5151 N. Arsenal Ave, to an auto accident Feb. 17. Mr. Harden died Feb. 24 at home. His car struck a safety zone at Massachusetts Ave. and Noble St. and police reported at that time that Mr. Harden was not injured and that he personally took care of his wrecked auto, When Mr. Harden died, however, the coroner was called in and he said today that death was caused by brain concussion received in the accident. In Municipal Court yesterday, traffic violators drew substantial penalties. Forty-nine out of the 57 defendants arraigned paid fines of $493, an average of $10 each. Heaviest penalties were imposed on three
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convicted of drunken driving. They drew an average fine of $60. Nineteen speeders paid fines averaging $11... Traffic Capt. Leo Troutman re-
| Goering had discussed an alleged
84, and John W. Barmore, 25, of both truck drivers, were arrested at the same time by Corp. Ray Moistner in E.
They were charged with driving Judge Rinier assessed each defendant fines and sentenced each to jail for one day on the reck-
Nine of the 11 traflic arrests this
BELIEVE HITLER RESSES VICHY
Weygand Talks to Petain While Germans Mass North of Turkey.
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the alert and to have abandoned a watchful waiting policy, but reports of Soviet and Rumanian troop movements and of a Soviet ulti-
matum to Rumania were denied. Berlin denied reports that Gen. Ion Antonescu, Rumanian Premier, and German Field Marshal Hermann
Russian ultimatum demanding the cession of naval base rights at Rumanian ports on the Black Sea during their conference in Vienna yesterday. In Sofia there was a high conference of the German command and Bulzarian leaders. Present represénting Bulgaria were King Boris, Premier Bogdan Filoff and Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff, whose resignation has been reported imminent. Representing Germany were two blitzkrieg specialists, Marshal Sigmund von List and Gen. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, both veterans of sich campaigns as those in Poland and Norway.
Jugoslavia Appears in Line
Subject of the conference was not revealed but it was presumed to ‘deal with collaboration between Bulgaria and Germany in the forthcoming German campaign. In Belgrade it was reported that Prince Regent Paul had started an 11th hour effort to make peace between Greece and the Axis and that Jugoslavia in a day or two would announce closer affiliation with the
os _. THE INDIA VELMA BARTLETT RITES TOMORROW
Funeral services for Miss Velma Bartlett, former Prest-O-Lite Battery Co. employee, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the North Side Nazarene Church
Sutherland Park Cemetery. She
Miss Bartlett was born in Richmond, Ky. and tf had been an In- $f} dianapolis resident 12 years. She lived at 211 N. Pennsylvania St. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mason Bartlett of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Glenn McCoy of Indianapolis, and five brothers, William of Champaign, Ill, Robert of Indianapolis, Russell of Masonville, O. Vernon of Bedine, and ‘Burnes of Verona, y.
TEMPERS FLARE OVER PENSIONS
Conferees’ Rejection of $40 Minimum Starts House Display. (Continued from Page One)
Miss Bartlett
amendment would not have done any good anyway, because it had been inserted in the wrong place and would have given only blind
Axis. The Budapest newspaper Nyolsorai Ujsag reported from Belgrade that the German forces had reached the Greek-Bulgarian frontier along the Struma and Maritza Rivers and laf several points in the Rhodope Mountains.
Consider 3 Possibilities
“The Weygand visit—his first since he took over the pro-consul’s post in Africa after the French collapse raised these possibilities: 1. A German demand for French “collaboration” in a major drive against the British in Libya, pos¢ibly co-ordinated with a simultaneous Near Eastern attack toward the oil fields of Iraq and the Suez Canal. 9, An Axis or an Anglo-Turkish threat against Syria. 3, Possible German demands of s comprehensive nature which recuiire consultation between Weygand and Petain on defenses in North Africa. The British have reported evidence of an increase in the number of German technicians and uniformed German military forces in french North Africa. Gen. Charles De Gaulle of the Free French movement charged that such activity also was being extended to Syria.
Nazi African Aid Stressed
Whether this might be preliminary to major German moves in the French possessions: was not clear but Berlin and Rome communiqués of the past 10 days have stressed the extent of Nazi military aid—both by land forces and air squadrons—now being given Italy in western Libya. A large-scale German campaign
peated his warning that police arelin North Africa would be greatly under orders to arrest motorists for {facilitated by use of bases in French
every offense wher ficient evidence to convict.
there is suf-|Tunisia, which lies just across the
‘narrow - Mediterranean Channel
Persons arrested for speeding 501from Sitily where Nazi dive-bomb-miles an hour will be hauled to|er bases are established.
police headquarters in a patrol fingerprinted and photo-|hack into the picture because of [ ; | | concentration both by Germany Sixteen accidents, .in which 3iX|and Britain on moves centering
wagon, graphed.
At the same time Syria has come
persons were injured, were reported|around the Balkan front and Turovernight, most of them occurring|iey,
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Pressure on France Tightens
So far as is known both Petain land Weygand have taken a firm | position against use of French teriritory in Africa for waging war against Britain. Petain has been
‘Idescribed as prepared to flee to
North Africa and carry- on from there, possibly with the French fleet, if Germany insisted on ‘“collaboraition” that would take France into {fine war as Hitler's ally. | German pressure on France in the past few weeks has been tightened progressively. The border between 1occupied and unoccupied France has been sealed almos* hermetically. The position of the French North African colonies was emphasized by the fact that France apparently has howed to stern Japanese demands for sweeping territorial cessions by I"rench Indo-China to Thailand. { The French agreement to Tokyo's “mediation” terms was announced in Tokyo today. Sir Ronald Campbell, British Minister to Belgrade, was expected to confer with Jugoslav statesmen in a final effort to keep Jugoslavia irom falling under the Axis sway, but the British were not too conAdent that his efforts would succeed. Eden Concludes Talks
Foreign Sécretary Anthony Eden and Gen. Sir John G. Dill, Imperial Chief of Staff, concluded their talks in Athens after issuance of a joint Anglo-Greek communique announcing “complete agreement” and continued joint efforts “to prevent the spread of the war.” In Berlin—Nazi spokesmen said
..they believed that Eden had made|} | proposals to Athens which “could
‘be extremely dangerous for Greece if she accepted them.” |serted that the Axis diplomatic
| offensive in the Balkans was pro-|f
{ ceeding at full speed without regard for the Anglo-Greek communique of solidarity: which was dismissed as inconsequential.” In the African war the British and Ethiopian forces intensified their campaign against Addis Ababa. Columns pushed down toward the capital of Italy’s East African Empire from Gojjam province and up from Italian Somaliland. :
persons a $40 minimum pension. Rep. George Henley (R. Bloome ington), the other House member of the conference committee, led the criticism of Rep. Crook’s stand.
Serious Matter, Henley Says
“This is a serious thing for any member of the House, through inference, to indicate that someone has been receiving a bribe,” he said. “The gentleman should tell to whom he refers. If he can’t, he should withdraw his remarks.” Rep. Crook replied: “If you wish information, I can furnish it, along with some more information about lobbyists. I can tell you of a thousand rackets that are going on. What this state needs is a complete disinfection.” He added, however, that he had no intention of giving the information on the floor of the House. As the debate raged, Rep. Henley again asked for an explanation, and Rep. Crooks asked: “How about your floor leader and the county clerks?” Millis Leaps to Feet :
Republican Floor Leader Frank Millis leaped to his feet and shouted: “Are you insinuating I received money from the county clerks?” Rep. Crook said he was referring to the remark Rep. Millis had made last week that he had heard rumors that “some of the boys had been bought off” on a bill affecting county clerks. - > Rep. Crook said he, too, was talking about rumors. At this point, Rep. Harrison said he had found an error in the title
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f the bill and moved it be made a special order of business for 2 p- m. His motion carried.
Jenner Warns Senate
During his attack on the Crook amendment yesterday, Senator Jenner said that if it were adopted, aged persons would lose all present benefits because “the Federal Government will withdraw its payments.” “This isthe most important moment in the history of this session,” Senator Jenner said. “I want to make my position clear. I voted for the first pension bill for the old folks and this present bill is my own. It raises the maximum payments from $30 to $40 monthly. “But the tinhorn politicians in the House have mutilated it. They have lied and cheated the old people. Why didn’t they have the guts to levy a tax to raise the funds to pay this $40 minimum? “They know that if the Senate concurs, not an old person will get a cent because the Federal Government will withdraw its payments. “What « cowardly shame! I say to Mr. Crook and any other tin horn politicians who voted for this amendment in the House who are running for Governor and Congress, why don’t you be sincere?”
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and Great Britain. To that extent, General Weygand was right. He did not foresee, however, at the time of France's capitulation, the failure of the Germans to de{stroy the British air force and the resultant inability of Hitler to order an invasion. Nor did he anticipate the collapse of the Italians in Africa and the Greek success against the Fascists,
These events have weakened the Axis and have altered conditions it Southeastern Europe and the Middle East. More especially, the restlessness of Russia over Germany’s movements toward the Dardanelles has made it necessary to revalue German military policy in that area. The war will not now be won or lost in the Near East through actual battle. Entanglements there, however, will contribute to the final decision. As the conflict has developed since France's capitulation, the Germans have been compellgd to scatter their efforts from one end of Europe to the other. Concentration on a major objective, which is the keystone of German grand strategy, has not worked. . Italy's poor power of attainment has caused Hitler much serious trouble. Spain has been unable to help the Axis because of her economic crisis. France in defeat has added to the Fuehrer’s confusions, due to Marshal Petain’s undeviating insistence on literal interpretation of the armistice terms. Thus Germany has become perplexed, with Hitler yet unable to re-
main inactive because a conqueror involves himself in domestic danger if he ceases to press forward. So the Fuehrer is seeking some means of action in Southeastern Europe, thoug saying, as in last week's speech, that he prefers negotiation to combat.”
It cannot be lost on General Weygand that the Near East must be a
secondary strategic field for Germany under the present changed conditions. It is wholly impossible for Hitler to win’ the war without crushing Great Britain. Yet the Fuehrer’s present attention is centered in that part of Europe farthest away from the British Isles. General Weygand believed when France surrendered that the British could not stand alone against the German war machine, The British, however, have shown that with American assistance they have been able not only the resist the Germans at home but also to inflict a tragic defeat on. Italy, 3000 miles away from .the British home base of supplies. : General Weygand is primarily a Frenchman and though his prediction has been proved false, the result is to give hope that Germany will not win the war and France may thereby recover wholly from the consequences of her surrender. It would seem incredible that under this changed condition, General Weygand will do other than advise Marshal Petain to hold fast and do nothing to interfere with Brifish
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