Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1941 — Page 5
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941 _ Nazi Attack on Greece Tomorrow Hinted As Troops Roll South Across Bulgaria
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Franz von Papen to see a German movie, “Victory in the West,” depicting Nazi blitzkrieg tactics. Another rumor fromm Budapest, quoted advices from Istanbul that | Great Britain is preparing to send part of her Eastern Mediterranean
fleet into the Black Sea under a guarantee made to Turkey by Eden. Still another rumor came from
cannot guaraniee the territorial integrity of that polyglot nation at a post-war peace conference if the Jugoslavs join the Axis. Rumania reported that Germany is giving the Rumanian Army extensive training and Budapest heard that Bucharest was going through realistic blackout drills while great labor forces hurriedly constructed
airdromes at strategic points and worked to build a fortifications sys-
‘THE INDIANAPOLIS War Moves Today—
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Alliance, if Russia were to attack’ Germany in defense of Slav inter-
La Linea, Spain. Travelers reported |! unusual British air activity over Gibraltar and said reports were circulating that German air bases already had been established in French Morocco in preparation for an attack on the “Rock.” Gen. Maxime Weygand had an important conference at Viehy with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and Admiral Jean Francois Darlan and it was learned he will return to North Africa Sunday. There still was no indication of the purpose of Weygand’s mysterious journey to Vichy. Belgrade, nearly as prolific a source of rumors as Budapest, the No. 1 Balkan rumor capital, heard the report that the Nazi attack on Greece was about to begin. According to Belgrade, Germany has beconie convinced that Greece will not yield to Nazi peace biandishments, that Turkey can not be wooed from the British sphere and that Jugoslavia is bound to come into the Axis. For the last point there was considerable = support. Jugoslavia’s moves in the Balkan tangle were believed to be under almost continuous study at a series of conferences of high Jugoslav officials. Turkey forecast that. the Balkan! crisis would reach a turning point: soon. The Turks thought events would move swiftly as soon as British Minister George W. Rendel and his staff left Sofia, probably Mon-igrounds for optimism in the Balday. kans. It was said that Britain may The Turks believed that a new'have warned Jugoslavia that she
about $950,000 annually, the funds to be used for local streets and traffic enforcement. The City also was granted $65,000 extra a year to construct and maintain the 55 miles of State roads inside the city limits. Another new provision makes it possible for the State to take over part ‘of the load in building and maintaining State roads and grade separations inside the City, providing local officials request help. This move was favored by South Side organizations, who hope to obtain State Highway Commission help for track elevation projects in their district. Marion County’s new share will be $360,000, as compared with $180,000 in past years. The bill provides that the State Highway fund shall be distributed as follows: $1,250,000 annually for the State. General Fund; $12,200,000 annually for counties, an increase of about $3,000,000; and $3,000,000 for cities, a boost of $1,00,000. All funds not specifically appropriated are to go to the State Highway Depart- . ment, which offcials estimate will be about $18,000,000 annually. The cities are to divide their share on a basis of total population, while the counties are to divide their funds- as follows: 5 per eent equally to the counties, 52% per cent on the basis of actual miles of county roads in each county and 42: per cent on the basis of motor vehicle registrations. There was ho argument on final passage of the measure and the vote was 42 to 1.
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have been the chief topic discussed at Gen. Ion Antonescu’s hurried conference with Reich Marshal Hermann Goering two days ago. Why the industrial situation necessitated a hasty airplane trip to and from Vienna in one day by Antonestu was not made clear. Rome reported widening air action against the British by Italian and German ajr forces. The Italians claimed to have bombed a crusader, a destroyer and three ships of a British convoy in the eastern Mediterranean. They reported a German air attack on Malta and Italian and German air attacks on British positions in North Africa. Berlin said another submarine had reported in after sinking 12,061 tons of British shipping. The British said that a South African column was driving hard along the single trail to Harar and Diredawa in Ethiopia “while an Ethiopian force was closing in toward Addis Ababa from the northwest, and was now about 150 miles from the Ethioian capital. Athens reported that Greek troops were continuing <local operations on the Albanian front despite a heavy snow storm. Cairo reported that 16 of more
Col. Gen. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, one of Germany's famous *voung generals” who conferred yesterday with King Boris of Bulgaria. He won his spurs in Norway and is a master of mountain fighting such as the Nazis are apt to encounter if they move across the southern borders of Bulgaria.
Ealkan front would be opened up, presumably ‘by a German attack on Greece and British air attacks on Nazi concentrations in Bulgaria
and the Rumania oil fields. Premier Reyfik Saydam probably will outline Turkey’s position in a speech to Parliament Wednesday. British comment saw little
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tem to protect Rumanian’s Russian
Berlin was said to be concerned by a drop in Rumanian industrial production and this was said to
than 100 German airplanes which bombed Malta heavily Wednesday
ests in southeastern Europe, Japan presumably would have to give military aid to the Germans. Even
though there is no present likelihood of Russia taking such action, nevertheless, the possibility should put some strain on Russo-Japanese relations. Japan’s ambitions to expand Nipponese influences southward naturally are hampered by uncertainties regarding her relations with Russia. To better these relations has been one of the prime bases of the foreign policy of the present Japanese Government. Yet as one of Germany’s partners, the Japanese must assume some responsibility for the way Germany has ruffled Russia, sinee the Triple Alliance has strengthened Hitler's hand. Japan, however, has nothing to gain and much to lose by antagonizing the Russians at this time. Indeed, the Fuehrer seems to be using Japan solely for Germany's purposes and against the fundamental interests of the Japanese themselves. The second complication in the Balkan situation which Japan cannot like is Bulgaria’s adhesion to the Triple Alliance with the possible consequence of a British attack on Bulgaria., Here, again, Japan may be called upon to play a part inconsistent with her national interests. If the British do retaliate against Bulgaria's aid to Germany then the Bulgars, under the terms of the Triple Alliance, presumably would be entitled to demand military help
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vice president, Kiefer-Stewart “Co. and Todd Stoops of the Hoosier Motor Club. The subcommittee attributed the major defeets in traffic control to “police inefficiency, court laxity and friction between police and courts.” “It is common knowledge,” said the report, “that violations of the types which may cause death or personal injury are made in wholesale manner and often with impunity in plain view of police officers. The word “enforced” on our speed signs seems ironical.” In its findings on the defects of the three enforcement arms—the police, courts and prosecutors—the subcommittee said of the Police eDpartment: 1. “The Chief of Police has apparently been reluctant to accept suggestions from a judge or prosecutor relative to changes in his department.” 2. “The veracity of a few traffic policemen has been questioned by persons who speak with some authority.” ; 3. “Some of the motorcycle man are evidently loafing because they average only slightly more than two arrests per day, in spite of widespread violations.” On the question of motorcycle officers, the report said that “only about eight ... are on the streets at one time. These men must patrol an area of 55 square miles with more than 1000 miles of streets. This number of motorcycle officers is very small in comparison with cities having good traffic safety records.” 4. Declaring the department deserved credit for ‘installing part of the safety setup recommended by the competent traffic experts,” the report said much of this program is unfinished. “We fail,” it sdid, “to understand why the sum of $60,000, which the Police Department turned back to the General Fund last December, was not used to further this safety program.”
On courts, the subcommittee said
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that “laxity in the matter of imposing penalties invites further violations and is most discouraging to traffic officers who honestly try to do their duty.” The report added: 1. “For the year 1940, arrests for moving traffic violations resulted in penalties in but 54 per cent of the cases tried in Judge Karabell’s court and in only 43 per cent of the cases tried by Judge McNelis. These figures are in marked contrast to those from large cities with low traffic death rates which averaged 90 per cent convictions with penalties, in such cases. . “The ambiguous finding of ‘judgment withheld’ was handed down by Judge McNelis in 3952 cases during 1940, the number for December being an even 1000. Thirty-eight per cent of the total arrests for moving traffic violations tried in this court during the past year received this finding. “In Judge Karabell’s court the total number of ‘judgment withheld’ findings for 1940 was 2744 or 26 per cent of the total arrests for moving traffic violations. . . .” The report added that “ ‘judgment withheld’ seems to be about synonymous with acquittal.” 2. “Court laxity has occasionally been used to defeat, the purpose of the ‘fix-proof’ parking tickets. The court records show that during 1940 a total of 99 persons having three or more unpaid parking tickets, appealed to the courts. This group had received a total of 638 tickets, one individual having as many as 25 tickets.” Of the 638, penalties were paid on none, the report said. The report added that judgment was withheld in 406 of the cases. “We should add,” the report said, “that during 1940, 31,656 parking tickets were issued, of which 25,510 were paid without going to court.” 3. “The average penalties for speeding and reckless driving are only a little greater than the pen-
alty for overtime parking.”
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4, “On numerous occasions, judges have publicly criticized the police without taking the trouble to present these charges before a proper tribunal.” : ‘5. “In certain instances judges have refused to enforce the state law relative to speeding in sparsely
settled parts of the city. Some of our most serious crashes have occurred in these regions.”
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arm—prosecutors—the subcommittee said: 1. “Like judges, the prosecutors are hampered by the large volume of traffic cases which must come before the court under our present system.” : 2. “In the past, the deputy prosecutor assigned to traffic cases has at times been little more than an additional court bailiff to hand the arrest sheets to the judge and inquire of persons waiting for trial whether or not they are guilty. All too fre= quently the deputy prosecutor has had no opportunity for making adequate preparation for trying cases involving serious traffic offenses. The present prosecutor has taken steps to improve this situation.” The report submitted today is the result of a two months’ investigation in which sub-commitee members rode squad cars, sat on the Municipal Court benches with the judges and in other ways gained “on-the-scene” information.
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