Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1941 — Page 3

"DNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941

War in Pacific Hinges On Trip of Matsuoka

Japon; Eager to Expand,

Would Risk U. S. toni

If Hitler Can Hold Off Russia.

By WILLIAM

PHILIP SIMMS ;

Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, March 12—Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka’s

journey to Berlin, via Moscow, whi of danger to the United States. It

ch began today at Tokyo, is brimful may bring the war to the Pacific. @

The journey, it is observed here, may parallel the epochal excursion of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Foreign Minister, to Moscow just before Germany invaded Poland. And the purpose may prove to be identical,

namely to obtain for Japan's south Pacific aspirations a free hand from the Soviet Union. In August, 1939, Hitler's plans depended almost entirel on Moscow Moscow was flirting with London and Paris. If Moscow joined the proposed ‘peace front” of the democracies, Hitler would have to forego or postpone his contemplated scheme to dominate the rest of Europe. So Von Ribbentrop went to Moscow. There he won Stalin's approval. Germany was given the green light for her invasion of Poland and her war against France and Britain. But for this there would have been no war. Hitler would never have risked war on two fronts at the same time.

Mr. Simms

Japan Eager to Expand

Today Japan faces much the same situation. Japan wants to expand southward to the Dutch East Indies and Singapore if no farther. But she is afraid of Russia and the United States. She might take a chance on war with one or the other, but not with both. Like Germany, she does not intend to involve herself in a war on two fronts at the same time. at least against powers like the United States and Russia, One of the secret aims of Foreign Minister Matsuoka’s trip, therefore, according to informed sources here, may well be to obtain from Stalin a guarantee not to attack Japan in the event her southward expansion results in a clash with the United States. So, just as Von Ribbentrop’s mission to Moscow in 1939 was the prelude to the European war, the Japanese Foreign Minister's trip today may precede the spread of the war

to the South Pacific and eventually to the United States. Moreover, it is pointed out, the peril to the United States is enhanced by Soviet Russia's fixed policy to encourage the involvement of the other great powers while she, herself, stays out.

Russia Prefers Others in War

It is to Russia’s advantage, as the Kremlin sees it, for Japan and the United States to lock horns.

| And that is exactly what might

happen if the Japanese carried their aggression to Netherlands India ,or against Singapore. But just as Germany did not challenge Britain ahd France until Moscow gave her the “go” signal, Japan is not likely to burn her bridges behind her in the South Pacific unless and until

do so. Matsuoka, therefore, may now what Japan has long wanted—perhaps with Berlin's aid. For Stalin

the other beforehand, so he naiurally wants to see Japan weakened if not destroyed before that Totem) day arrives. As for the United States, the great American democracy is 'regarded by Stalin as the heart soul of capitalism. He knows

far and away the highest standard of living in the world. He knows that despite its admitted shortcomings, the American form' of government has brought more cleature comforts and even luxurie$ to more of the masses than any ofher system anywhere. War with ithe Axis powers might change phat picture. Finally, war between the United States and Japan would complete the involvement of all the great powers, save Russia. Only Russia would be on the sidelines where she could wait and plan for, the ripe fruit to fall into her lap.’

Probe Istanbul Bombing

ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 12 (U. P.).—Police worked today on the theory that bombs which exploded in luggage of British legation' and consular staffs returning from Bulgaria were planted in an attempt to destroy important secret documents as well as to kill as many of the

British party as possible.

It was understood that some baggage of the British party was mise

ing as the result of the explosion in the lobby of the Pera Palace Hotel. But British Minister George W. Rendell, it was learned, was un-

packing secret documents in his room when two bombs burst in the lobby, and this would indicate that he had taken care immediately on his arrival to insure the safety of all important papers. Police closed all frontiers to automobile and railroad traffic as soon as the explosion occurred yesterday and communications remained closed today. Turkish soldiers with bayonets af. fixed to their rifles guarded all approaches to the hotel. Aiding the Turkish police was a former Scotland Yard detective. Police centered their examinations] on an unexploded bomb, resembling a storage battery, ‘which Stanley Embery, secretary to the legation air

Russia tells her it will be safe, to :

is aware that sooner or later Russia | and Japan will have to fight it out | unless something hapens to one or |

nd | at | the rank and file in America enjoy |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES London Says It i in Headlines

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What's London’ reaction to the passage of the British aid bill yesterday? Read these headlines.

Today's War Moves—

NAZI STRATEGY IN NEW SNARL

Hitler Appears to Have Stretched Himself Over Too Much Ground.

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less, it is embarrassing for the Fuehrer to have the world know that his relations with Russia are

not as cordial as they might be. Not only does Russia’s suspicion of Germany bear on the Balkan situation but there also is to be considered the effect on Japan of Ger(raany’s lessened influence at Moscow.

heard the bomb ticking and threw it from a window into a vacant lo.

detonators. Soon afterward : fv bombs exploded in the hotel lobby. |

mans had planted the bombs in! Bul-

to have been responsible. had risen to six today.

trude Ellis, private secretary Minister Rendel.

was abandoned.

just before the explosion.

attache, found in one of his suit cases in his room at the hotel. He

either.

Bombs Peril Royal Palace

LONDON, March 12 (U. P.).—A German bomb partly destrdyed a garden wall and a porter’s lodge of Buckingham Palace during a recent air raid, it was made known today. Six other bombs struck in the

palace grounds.

The King and Queen were absent at the time. Three of the bombs fell in a palace fore court and three nearby.

The palace itself was undamaged. But the lodge of the keeper of the - garden gate in the north wall, only a few yards from the Royal apartments in the palace proper, was wrecked. A young policeman on duty outside the palace was killed.

It was the fourth time the palace had heen bombed. The bomb which did the most damage broke down a wall alongside the garden gate. This gate is used by the Royal family and their friends. It leads to the “King’s door” through which the then Mrs. Simpson used to visit the Duke of Windsor when he ‘occupied the Palace as King Edward VIII.

to see the right side of the palace, formerly hidden by the wrecked wall, and the swimming pool which was wrecked in a previous hombing. incéluding the Royal apartments on the second and third floors, were boarded up

The palace windows,

and were not damaged.

The policeman who was’ killed had run up when he heard the bombs falling and was believed to have been hit by debris from the Pieces of the walll smashed down iron railings or embedded

wall.

themselves in a lawn,

King George and Queen FElizabeth saw the damage only when they returned two days later, from 4 tour of other areas which had

From the street it is now possible

been bombed.

He called police who removed its|

Legation spokesmen said that’ they believed the suggestion that Ger-

garia was too fantastic to be entertained. - They suggested that .antiBritish Bulgarians were more likely

The death toll in the explosion

One of those killed was Miss: Gerto

Miss Cherese Armstrong, & secratary in the legation, was terribly wounded and hope for her survival

One member of the staff saw two women near him on the third floor Afterward he could find no trace of

{The Japanese have been relying on | Hitler to press Stalin for improved {Russo-Japanese relations but with {Russia disturbed by German action

WO lin the Balkans, it scarcely can be ex-

pected that Japan’s faith in German power ‘is as fixed now as when Tokyo joined the triplice. Still another new development, not favorable to Germany, is the outcome of last week’s conferences at Vichy between General Weygand and Marshal Petain and other directors of the Vichy government. The concluding announcement that France would defend her North African colonies alone against any aggression certainly was a rebuff to the Axis. Admiral Darlan’s assertion that French warships might convoy food ships and challenge the British blockade cannot be interpreted as a gesture of naval co-operation with Germany. It was specifically stated at Vichy that if the French fleet were so used, it must be considered as an act separate from the war. Indeed, the issue here is strictly between France and Great Britain. There is no reason to believe the British Government will allow the delicate situation to develop in a way that might involve the French in belligerent action to Germany's advantage. Another discordant note to German ears apparently has sounded today by reports in London that General Franco once more has rejected German pressure for direct Spanish co-operation in the war. If the Spanish Ambassador to Berlin has heen recalled because of independent action in negotiations with Von Ribbentrop, General Franco has followed Stalin in administering a public rebuff to the Fuehrer. - These various developments, taken collectively, show how seriously entangled Hitler's policies are becoming with obstacles in all parts of the world. The outlook for a German victory is not brightened as spring approaches. On the contrary, Hitler must look forward to still further complications involving his reputa-| tion as a prophet.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County City Total|? 1940 ee P NNR NYI OS 5 10 15 1941 00 sport acon 13 16 29 March 11— 9 | Accidents .... 18 Dead . ....... 0 | Arrests ...... 76 TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid 55 53 $329 6 4 11

13 42

Violations Speeding ........ Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at through street... Disobeying traffic signals Drunken driving. . All otherg . ..... 76

Totals .........171 MEETINGS TODAY

Purdue Alumni Association. luncheon, Hotel Severin, 12 15 p. m. Indiana Independent Petroleum Assonia. tion, Somvention, Hotel Severin, all d Y. M. o Ler Club, rs. Central v

p. m. al Club. raat Claypool Hotel, Youn Men’s Discussion Club, dinner, Y.

C. m. Twelfth Disirict American Legion, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon Thets Tau, Tavern, noon. Co-Operative Club of luncheon, Columbia Club, no J Chamber of oor, luncheon, Canary Coltage, noo F lub, "meting, Chamber of

12

52 20 116

$570

14 1 50 134

luncheon, Seville opi anapolis,

« Purchasing Agents’

Jianapelis, meeting, Columbia Club,

Abartment Owners, luncheoh, We ssingson, noo. Siphs Otiicron "Alpha, meeting, Was

ion of ! redit, meeting, Hotel Wash ington, 6:30 p. m. ociety of American Magiciine Hotel Washington, 7

MEETINGS TOMORROW Indianapolis Real Estate Board, lunch eon, Hotel Washington, noon. Caravan Club, ‘Murat, luncheoh, noon. Advertising Club of Indianapolis. lunch eon, Indianapolis Athletic Fi on. 0il Club, luricheon, Hotel Construction League of luncheon, 231 N: Pennsylvania, hoon. Delta Gamma Alumnae, luncheon, of Trade, 11 a

E. Ninth St.,

p. m. Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Cot

luncheon, Russet Cafeteria, noon.

eon, Fox's Steak House,

Inc., lunc luncheon,

Sigma Nu, no

liana Association of

Sadisna Independent Petroleujn Asselin tion, convention, Hotel Severin, all d

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times

therefore. is not responsible toy errors in names and addresses.)

Frank W. Sorrells, 31, n, oh Hoh N syle. No. 5; Kathry « Webb, a, 2006 English.

N. Penn

Morri Harry R. Johnson, 23. of 1934 Koehne; Barbara J. Buuck, 20, Lafavette, Ind. Raymond Studebaker, ao 408 E. Agnes Taylor, 32, o 3 N. Elm rank H. Ve Cio 23, Arngion; Mary PF.

0 Roiland Nail, 23, of 72 S. Audubon Road; »| Jean M. Smith, Alva Eoin. e 34, Georgia M. James,

20, of 9 Mart phards, 2 20, of 3 Pa suilne Bander. 47," 502

Wysor;

‘of

14th

Association of In6:30

Hotel Hotel

meeting,

Severin, noon. India napolis,

Board

Indianapolis Chuers Club, meeting, 110

tage ly ‘Chi Alpha Alumni Association, Indianapolis Motor Transportation au, columbia “Chub,

Optometrists Jrivers vision clinic, Electric Building, all azietiostlerosis.

of

Ha e, of 13, 235; Cather ne " En "20, of 502 E

5 8. |cent’s, chronic myocarditis. Rowe, 25, of Vans: Hollis Nay

2, of 53 N. Audubon Road. | flue of a3 Warren; 09 Lexington. il, Kinnear;

BIRTHS Girls James, Joesphine Pullins, at cy. t Shepard, at City. Ro Ea Ehepar Coleman. hry, By Coleman. at St. Vin-

ent’'s Paul, Mary Corder, at Methodist. Noble, Mary Yaste, at Methodist, Bert, Tressie Jessie, at Methodis Arthur, Dorothy, Bright, le Methodist. ose an Smock, a James. Virginia Renforth, at othodist.

Boys Geraldine, Charles Rawling, at St. Vin-

cen 0 Elizabeth Weaver, a Msthodist, John, Ruth Smithey, .at Methodis Joel, Stella Hull, 3 Meth dist. h , Bernadine Ambrose,

at St.

is. James, Reva Edelen, at City. Thomas, Loretta Gant, at ity.

DEATHS

Anna Trueloye, 65, at cardio rena . Harriet Soler 82, coronary occlusion.

Emma Teeters, 90, at 2284 Indianapolis,

1315 Yandes,

at 3902 Spann,

mas P. Spiler, 57, at St. Vincent's, cardio vascular ren James Elmer Rudden, 79, at Methodist, losat ar Preumon nia 817, J 4642 Rock-

M. Garner, woe cerebral hemorrha n Sc 80, at 8. Senate, j Lone. b brain tumor.

ott, Vincent’s,

Jo arteriosclerosis. Halter Young, 34, ace Meyncke, 48, Dental obstruction, Merritt Birahsn. 65, at Methodist, = |cerebral hemorrhag: John Clements, os. at City, cerebral hemorrhag emia. Eiderson, 45, at 1344 8. Belmont, uremia War E. Long, 72, at 134 W .Maryland, Tendocarditls. y harl 78, at Methodist, dyear, 89, at St. Vin-

, Goo 49, at 3118 Broadway, A eI aIy Lubbe, 85, at 3730 Schofield, . inCatherine Stonich, 55, at City, ruptured

eter Be ce ’

been :

Queen of Relays To Take Spotlight

DOWNTOWN pedestrians, come Friday, should remember to watch for traffic hazards, although it may be difficult to keep both eyes from Miss Joan Fox, Queen of the

Butler Indoor Relays. The Queen, accompanied by her sorority sisters of the Kappa Alpha Theta chapter, will lead the annual downtown parade starting at 2:30 p. m. The queen’s official car trailed by. floats designed by campus fraternities and sororities will wind south on Pennsylvania St. to Washington St. west on Washington to Illinois St, north on Illinois to Market St., around the Circle, and north on Meridian back to the War Memorial. Trophies will be awarded winning sorority and fraternity floats.

AMERICAN ENVOY IN VICHY ON WAY HOME

(Co SopsLight,, 1941, by Science Service) The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

VICHY, March 12 —Robert D. Murphy, counselor of the American Embassy in Vichy, left today for Washington. He will report on the European situation and on his observations during an extended tour of American consulates in North Africa, from which he returned here two weeks ago. Mr. Murphy is now considered to be the best-informed American expert on the North African situation as well as on general Vichy problems. While on the North African tour he had _ opportunities to consult with French officials and military and naval leaders throughout that region. The American Embassy here denies that Mr. Murphy saw North African Commander Gen. Maxime Weygand during the latter's just completed stay in Vichy.

LIBRARY BENEFITS BY DARRACH WILL

The will of Mrs. Eugene Haslet Darrach, who died Thursday, includes a $50,000 bequest for ‘the establishment of a genealogical department at the Indianapolis Public Library. The will, filed in Probate Court by Attorney James E. Rocap, disposes of an estate estimated at more than $750,000. The new library department is to be known as the Eugene Haslett Darrach Memorial, in memory of her husband, who died in 1938. Among the many special bequests is a $75,000 trust fund for her husband’s niece, Mary L. Darrach, and her mother, both of Washington, D. C.

M’NUTT SAYS U. S. IN FAR EAST TO STAY

WASHINGTON, March 12 (U.P). —Paul V. McNutt, former High Commissioner to the Philippines, said today that the “United States is in the Far East to stay.” Mr. McNutt, who returned from the Philippines 18 months ago to become Federal Security Administrator, urged in an address that the Unitd States make a “mutually acceptable agreement with the Philippines” whereby the United States

would remain permanently sov- Hons

ereign in the islands.

HOW MANY PLEASE? THE ANSWER $40

A man approached the ticket window of the Esquire Theater, 2961 N. Illinois St., early last night and said: “Give me the money.” Miss Allene Crawford, 20, of 4162 Wintrop Ave, cashier, saw no weapon and misunderstood the man. She said: “How many please?” The man then lifted a pistol so she could see it and commanded: “Come on. Give me the money or I'll shoot.” She handed over $40 and he escaped.

EXHIBIT PLANNED Plans were being made today for the 85th anniversary industrial exhibit of the W. J. Holliday & Co. to be held March 21 and 22 at 543 W. McCarty St. Visitors to the

st St Vinoent's'

exhibit will be able to watch opera--of-the Monarch. Steel Co.

GOVERNOR 0. K.'S 16 MORE BILLS

38 Others Wait Signature; Include Much-Amended Liquor Measure.

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partisan State board, the Governor may permit the bill to become a law without his signature, as he did the Merit Bill. Other controversial measures awaiting the Governor's action include liberalization of the Unemployment Compensation Law ‘ to benefit both employers and workers and a bill to substitute higher 1license fees for the repealed truck weight tax law.

Off For Miami

Meanwhile, G. O. P. legislative leaders took off for Miami, Fla., for a vacation as the guests of Joseph

J. Daniels, local attorney and Re-|

publican leader. Among those scheduled to make the trip on a plane piloted by Col. Roscoe Turner were Lieutenant

Governor Charles M. Dawson, Sena- |

tor William E. Jenner, Rep. Frank T. Millis, State Auditor Richard T. James, Harry Fenton, State Alcoholic Beverage Commission member; Nelson B. Deranian, local attorney and County G. O. P. leader, and Dr. Norman M. Beatty.

today by the Governor was one extending the Milk Control law for two years. It was passed in the final days of the session with Indiana Farm Bureau support and provides several changes in the old law. A new board setup is created, including consumer representation.

Lien Clause Removed

‘One of the bills signed by the Governor today removes the requirement that old-age assistance recipients must give the Welfare Department a lien on their property befaore .receiving help. Welfare officials have estimated that this will increase welfare costs approximately $2,000000 a year through increased requests. The measures affecting. Indianapolis were. signed. One removes limitations on tax rates for specific municipal funds in Indianapolis. The other establishes a merit system for employment of nonteaching employees of the Indianapolis School Board. Two defense measures were approved, one providing $50,000 a year for a Home Guard and the other setting up advisory and administrative defense councils and providing for a civilian defense director. The Governor is to confer with Lieut. Col. John D. Friday, acting adjutant general, this week to speed up organization of a Home Guard. Library Board Set Up Others bills signed by the Gov-

ernor will: waa Require cities and towns ma i aining volunteer fire departments to rovid liability insurance for mbers Create an Indiana Library Etngaton Board with power to define J Ades of public library service and hold examinations

for librarians. Require that policemen and firemen cities, except

in first and 2 cond class those with 15 vears of service, sally ve within corporate limits of their ties. galize and validate certain acts of

notores nublic. Apnropriate $15, 000, 000 as Federal match-

n Apropriste $10,000 to fight freight rate case Legalize Jegal advertising and notices in pamphlet for Authorize ry County commissioners to pay certain highway repair obligauthqrize special tax le to. finance a fospit tal in South. Ben culate and ioe structure of serial plan bullding ans and loan associations.

ct. Extend gross SE tax collection into U. S.-own land and any business concession there uire hearing tests for children of school age. Permits increasing of Floyd Circuit judge’s s

Grant acta udges $10 S cents a ope alu en $10 a Say 284, Avs

KAHN TO FURNISH POLICE WITH SHIRTS

The Kahn Tailoring Co. ‘has been awarded the contract to furnish Indianapolis policemen with

the Police Department. The Kahn bid of $8.30 a shirt was the low among three companies. The rise in price over last year, according to Police Chief Michael

F. Morrissey is due to the increased | Mo

cost of materials and workmanship. Poplin shirts now used by the De-. partment have been deemed unsatisfactory because of’ fading after

being § eustes The new. shirts

Heading the list of bills approved:

three shirts apiece as specified by Gievels Te

U, S. AID HAILED BY CHURCHILL

Sees New ‘Magna Charta’; Axis Stresses Matsuoka’s Trip to Berlin, Rome. (Continued from Page One)

‘| Ambassador John G. Winant in

London conferred with British Food Minister Lord Woolton, presumably about food shipments to the British Isles under the new measure. Gen. Charles De Gaulle, Free French leader, charged that German infiltration in French North Africa, particularly Morocco, was on the increase. He said Adolf Hitler realized the importance of Dakar and Casablanca as bases for American operation in event the United

‘| States enters the war and is seek-

ing to forestall any move in Africa by America.

British Gain in Ethiopia The British, it was revealed, have

.|rushed powerful reinforcements to

the Middle East and have slashed deep into Ethiopia, capturing 31,000 prisoners and driving to within 120 miles of strategic Jugjiga, key point for defense of Harar. The Balkan situation was more tense today.

Reports circulated in Belgrade

that British troops have landed at

Piraeus, port of Athens, and are preparing to land at Salonika. One report was that the British were moving 10 divisions, possibly 180,000 troops, into Greece. The Turks were said to have disposed anti-parachutist squads in the Bosphorus region and to be planning parachutist and anti-para-chutist exercises this week. The Germans were reported to have made stronger demands upon Jugoslavia after negotiations for Jugoslav signature of a non-aggres-sion pact virtually had been completed.

Nazis Total Sea Claims

The foreign affairs address to the Turkish Parliament by Premier Dr. Refik Saydam, scheduled for today, was indefinitely postponed. The Greeks were prepared for eventualities in Thrace. A new military governor was sent to take charge of the area. Germany reported that sinkings of British shipping totalled 2,037,000 tons from Nov. 1 to March 1 of which 1,524,000 tons was credited to naval attacks and 513,000 to air attacks. : It was revealed in Tokyo that part of the Thailand French IndoChinese peace settlement was a pledge by both countries not to enter into any political, economic or military agreements or understandings which would be disadvantageous to Japan.

Fighting Intense in Albania

The Vichy Government denied that any German bases had been established in North Africa. Greek morale in Thrace (just south of the German troop concentrations in Bulgaria) was reported high as a Greek attack on the Albanian front .widened from the Adriatic to the Jugoslav frontier. Reports from the front said that Italian commanders were throwing reinforcements into the battle in an effort to halt Greek advances. Greek batteries were throwing hundreds of shells into fortified Italian positions.

Dead Litter Battlefields

At some points in the central sector, it was reported, the battlefields were littered with Italian dead. A steady stream of Italian prisoners was passing back from the front and it was reported that 18 Italian tanks had been destroyed. in the last five days. One unconfirmed report estimated that the Greeks had taken as many as 3500 prisoners since start of the offensive. A Greek government spokesman said that on the basis of estimates by prisoners, 130,000 Italian troops had been put out of action so far in the Greek-Italian war.

BOOK QUIZ PROGRAM FOR REALTORS’ FETE

The Indianapolis Real Estate Board will conduct an “Information Please” quiz at its weekly luncheon tomorrow in the Washington Hotel. Joining the battle of wits will be “oldsters”—George R. Brown, David A. Coulter and Frank L. Thomas. They will be opposed by “youngsters” Joseph H. Argus, John H. Elam and Robert E. Walker. Judges are Howard W. Fisher, Frank E. Gates and Fred C. Tucker. Frank L. Moore will serve as timekeeper when the “experts” attempt to answer questions from the audience.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather BDA mannan

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight and tomorrow;. lowest .temperature. tonight about 25.

Sunrise

6:01 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —March 12, 1940—

6a m.i..... 25

"6:30 a. m....30.18

Precipitation 24 hrs. endin Total precipitation since Deficiency since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Partly cloudy to cloudy, occasional light snow in Y extreme sout. portion late 1onight tomorrow. partly cloudy, colder in south portion. Illinois—Fair to partly cloudy in north considerable cloudiness with occasional light snow in sout ; tomorrow partly cloudy, light snow in ex-

7a m.,.,

or [treme south portion in forenoon, colder in

south portion. Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Aomorrow, a few snow flurries near Lake Huron. Ohio—Mostly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight and tomorrow, with intermittent light snow in northeast portion tonight. tos htucky.-Cloudy and somewhat cloder night and tomorrow with light snow in hon portion.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Moa Tex. Sno Bismarck, N. Di... piClay

BOSON .veovvs.s ..Snow .«.Cloudy *Clotty

a e, ma. . Kansas City, M Little Rock, Are or

Miami, . . Minneapolis-8 Fau .Clear bile, Ala. .

Defense Cost At 35 Billion

WASHINGTON, March 12 — (U. P.)—President Roosevelt's $7,000,000,000 war-aid appropriation request pushes the budgeted cost of the program for the defense of the United States and its friends to $35,000,000,000. The $7,000,000,000 fund is the largest single amount ever sought to aid foreign nations. President Wilson's largest single request to aid the Allies during the World War was $4,000,000,000. The proposed expenditure will mean this to Americans:

1. Increased income and increased employment to industry and labor. 2. An eventual boost in the national debt above its brand new limit of $65,000,000,000, perhaps in 1943. ° 3. Prospective higher taxes. 4. A hypothetical average additional burden of $53 for every man, woman and child in the United States.

DRIVER JAILED AFTER CRASH

Taxi Operator Discharges Pupils Near School, Then Backs Into Car.

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and on Meridian St. between St. Clair St. and Fall Creek Blvd. between the hours of 7 to 9 a. m. daily except Sunday. Parking on the east side of the two streets is barred from 4:30 to 6 p. m. daily, except Sunday. This is expected to facilitate the flow of traffic during the heavy traffic hours. Chief Morrissey reported to the Safety Board that a large majority of the parking stickers issued this year have been paid. He reported that between Jan. 1 and March 8, there were 6769 stickers issued. Of these, he said, 5432 have been paid, with collections of $10,864; only 12 have been voided by the chief, and 1407 are being held for checking correct addresses of the recipients. At yesterday's Safety Board meeting, the Chief and board members informally discussed means of attracting more policemen into the motorcycle detail. At present, the department has five more motorcycles than motorcycle riders. The Mayor's advisory committee report cited some cities where motorcycle police are given monthly bonuses. Leroy J. Keach, board president, said the department has no funds appropriated to pay such bonuses. The Board announced that applications for a new police merit school would be received starting tomorrow and continuing until noon April 12. Seven men who were placed on the eligibility list after the last merit school were given tentative appointments by the Board yesterday, subject to new medical examinations and training in the regular police school. They are Joseph Klein, Robert F. Stiegelmeyer, Paul A. Meeker, Lawrence E. Hilton, Clarence W. Lewis, Lawrence M. Anderson and Clarence M. Lohman.

“aviex WAR AID

ACTION SOUGHT

Congress Gets Request of F. D. R. for 7 Billions To Help Axis Foes.

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which conceivably could come from the war-aid budget. Some observers speculated that part of the fund wbuld be used to build a number of destroyers for the British in special yards, or to replace present U. S. ships that may be transferred to Britain, In compiling the seven-billione dollar estimate for Mr. Roosevelt, Budget Director Harold Smith rece ommended that the President be permitted to transfer up to 20 per cent of the funds in any one cate gory to another, provided the orige inal amount of the second item was not boosted more than 30 per cent by the transaction. Thus, Mr. Roosevelt could transe fer, for example, up to 270 million dollars from the agricultural item the aircraft fund, since that would not exceed 30 per cent of the original plane outlay.

Letter Read to House Mr. Smith also asked that Mr, Roosevelt be permitted to draw upon the seven billion dollars ape propriation to replace material bes ing transférred from existing Army and Navy stocks. The lend-lease act empowers the President to transfer up to $1,300,000,000 of such equipment. : The estimates were accompanied by a letter of transmittal from Mr, Roosevelt to Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Contrary to usual procedure, and indicating the ime portance of the occasion, the letter was read formally to the House by Clerk Alney E. Chaffee. Already Mr. Roosevelt has ape proved immediate release of cere tain Army and Navy equipment to the British and the Greeks, with the bulk of the equipment going to Britain. As part of the program of immediate aid-—contrasted to the more long-range aspects of the $7,000,000,000 program — usually well-informed sources reported that “flying fortresses,” long-dise tance Army hombers, were pree pared to take off for Britain. Pose sibly, these sources suggested, some may already be winging across the Atlantic,

Declines to Be Specific Mr. Roosevelt merely said that nothing had moved before he apeproved the Mst at 2:55 p. m. (Ine dianapolis time) yesterday. He guarded the specific itemized list as a military secret that wculd be of value to the Axis. Administration sources hinted that quick delivery of some equipment under the aid program was desired by the President for the phychological value to the British and to show the Axis powers that the United States means business in helping the democracies. Other sources believed that in ade dition to flying fortresses the list included naval patrol bombers for British convoy duty, light tanks and machine guns for the Greek came paign, and small craft such as tore pedo: boats and patrol boats. Mr. Roosevelt said the list was not very extensive and that no arrange ments for repayment had yet been. made with Britain or Greece. Some Congressmen believed tha a number of cargo vessels, destroyers, and, possibly, old battleships

At present, there are 23 vacancies on the force.

and overage cruisers might be ree leased.

STRAUSS

“SERVICE”

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0XFORD—

It's a member of the “SERVICE” FAMILY!

which to many

“the greatest value that walks in shoe leather!”

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Tan—Antique-. . . the price is

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