Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1941 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1047 _____

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES °

CHRICKER FIRES TWO BROADSIDES

. oath of office, “notwithstanding such | y attorney general is vested with | {authority to exercise, on behalf of |

Test Attorney General Acts Beamer Rules School 'the State, a portion of the sov- | |

by Senate Bill 139. Tt is a well rec- | ie omer subordinate to the plain- | 110.

{ Attacks Ouster | 4. The section which requires the | present Attomey General to sur- |

to amend a section of a statute render possession of the office to which has already been superseded |an interim Attorney General. by an amendment, is unconstitu- The Governor asserted that the! tional and void. Tt is also the rule, [Section in both laws which abole! established by both statute and de- ished ‘the office of Attorn-=y Gencisions in Indiana, that where a|€ral “is void as a palpable attempt] former act is repealed, the subse- (DY the legislative department of the| quent repeal of the repealing act State Government to exercise an, does not revive the former act un- |eXecutive power—the power to re-| less expressly provided by statute,” (move a State officer without pro- | i {ceedings in impeachment as pro-| Other Suits Expected lvided by the Constitution—in that | Another suit may be filed soon

the re-creation of the office at the! # to have the present Board declared instant of its abolition is a complete | legal, since some attorneys believe

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existence at

ognized principle of law which has long been well established by Supreme Court decisions of the State of Indiana, that an act professing

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‘Eden Reported Conferring With Turk Minister: Jugoslavs Hesitate.

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link the Italians have with the outside world except by air—the fall of the Addis Ababa presumably will! be only a matter of hours.

The capture of Keren, which is] defended by 25.000 to 40,000 Italian | troops, probably will enable the British to sweep through to Asmara and bring all of Eritrea into their| grasp. If the British succeed in beating | down Italian resistance in Eritrea, | where, it appears, the Italians have) concentrated the cream of their! regular and colonial troops, further | resistance on the part of the Duke! of Aosta, Mussolini's East African! pro-consul, would become a hope-| less formality. The flight of the Italians in the] Ethiopian capital surrounded for| hundreds of miles with ill-developed country teeming with hostile or semi-hostile Ethiopian natives — | many of them eager for revenge

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{ == British attacks . Zs Probate Drives}

to Objectives * § already has given some couse for EE Occupied | lalarm. i by British, 7 The bulk of white Italian colona - ¥ |ists, it is believed, have been sent:

legislative nullity.” it may also have been abolished| Mr. Schricker pointed out in the by the Republicans’ “big ripper” act |

suit that the controversy between | and repeal of the 1933 McNutt {him and the Republican elected Reorganization Act. Some lawyers Officials is of vital importance “and say, however, that only the ap- (must be resolved prior to April 1,! pointing power of the Governor (OU result mn serious impairment of was abolished and that the present |and irreparable injury to the public board was named before the re-|service and the interests of the! pealer took effect. people of Indiana.” State House sources have indi-! He asked that the court declare cated that legal tests of the 25 or|the Tespective status, rights and | more Republican acts taking ad-|duties of the parties involved. { ministrative and patronage control| Lawyers are expected to ask| from the Governor would be filed {Judge R. Earl Cox to set a date for in rapid order before May 1, when |& hearing on the complaint within they are to become effective. the next few days. Named as defendants in the At- Tests All Boards

torney General suit are Secretary Paes aid of State James Tucker, Lieutenant| Regardless of the decision in Cir-| cuit Court, the controversy will be

Governor Charles Dawson, State ; Auditor Richard T. James, State{carried to the State Supreme Court by the loser, |

Treasurer James M. Givens and At-

objectives,

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Ttalian colony of Eritrea.

torney General George Beamer. All] The Republican officials are) but Mr, Beamer are Republicans, [scheduled to be represented by Ar-| he shade thur C. Gilliom. former Attorney| " °

Asks Injunction General, and Fred C. Gause, two of |

| ver {battle which may seal the fate of the (the attorneys who drew up most of Eritrea and leave Ttaly's East

| African Army bottled up hopelessly in Ethiopia.

The Governor asked that if rourt should sustain his contentions [the G. O. P. platform. : _cancerning the legality of the laws{ While the suit pertains only to the

i. : y ’ Y laws, the : ‘ that it enjoin Mr. Dawson and Mr. ne or such a English Tommies, Scots HighTucker from taking any steps to ap- broad , nature that the Supreme landers, Free French, Free Belgian,

point an interim attorney. i + : : . , ec. Palestinian irregulars and crack inpointment of an attorney general in; her cases. lawyers sav. [the French Foreign Legion unit of the Governor's hands, as it is NOW.| por example, the question is the French forces are Poles, BelThe suit does not attack the pro- ;aised as to whether the Lieutenant, 81ans. Spanish Republicans and visions of the new laws which makes | Governor is a legislative officer. If} anti-Fascist Italians who fought in the Attorney General's office elec- | the Supreme Court should hold that the Spanish Civil War. tive in 1942. (he is, the ruling would affect the! British Tommies, tough Scots who The Governor also asked that the [other G. O. P, created State boards lke to work with the Dole, court require Mr. James and Mr. [of which Mr. Dawson is to be an bearded Siehs Tong eninlellinae Givens in their official capacities to administrative officer. Separate suits | 141 : wos iis is ers are % Sy 2 henor all warrants issued for the would have to be filed on each of |€Ir turn crawling up the mou

4 , " | sides + machine gun fire ’ -al's offi {these boards, however, Democratic tain sides under | present attorney general's office. llawyers 2 ? (toward the Italian positions. Over

Another possibility is that if Gov- US go Tg o homing Facies { jcker's co i are shuttling back and Iorth wit Mr . : Mr, | ernor Schricker’s contention of un-| rt : er, an appointee of ny. | constitutionality should be uheld, joss of bombs yhch Hey Spe ant because in his official capacity | the entire laws would fall, thus Bill | hling day and night on the Italb ct SBrve i » (ing the provision which makes the S. ’ . he must serve as attorney for all | ttorney General's office elective in Italy’s Best Troops Jsed

State officials. He had no COREY: | yok: The Italian troops defending Ker-

Cites Veto Contentions

Keren, upper left, may be the last stand of Mussolini in Eritrea. Its capture by the British would leave the Italians in Ethiopia at the mercy of the British and revolting tribesmen. many-pronged British attacks and the probable drives toward One of them thrusts through Jigiiga, which fell today.

Shade of Thorn Tree Sees Final Assault on Keren

By J. H. YINDRICH United Press Staff Correspondent OUTSIDE KEREN WITH THE BRITISH, March 15 (By Courier 10] Khartoum) —British Empire and Allied forces are making their final] assault on the Italians holding Keren, which is the key to the entire | The attack was launched at 7 a. m, today under a tropical sun which sends the temperature up to 118 degrees in | I am following from a field headquarters tent, pitched under | a thorn tree, the progress of the

to Eritrea, where the African natives are more civilized and docile and less prone to bloody vengeance than the warlike Ethiopians. The Hungarian Foreign Minister, Ladislas Bardossy, it was announced, will go to Munich tomorrow for a state visit which was described as a courtesy call.

Nazis Boast of Sea Success

The Greeks claimed that Italy had {launched another counter-attack in| | Albania but its extent and force was! not. yet clearly defined. In the war at sea Germany, claimed fresh successes for all arms {of her forces engaged in the attack upon Britain's shipping lifelines. | Berlin reported that a total of 31,-| 1500, or 34,500 tons of British shipping had been sunk in a series of| actions. The claim included two] ships of 10,000 tons said to have|

The arrows show the

| As I watched, the Italian positions |

mortars sent up clouds of white|alarm period this year.

the headquarters tent.

Peak.”

range around Keren,

[been sunk by speedboats, submarine | | sinkings of 16,500 tons and the sink-

dust as shells crashed in and around! ing by Planes of a ship of 5000 or

| 8000 tons. them. For more than half an hour “mye cea attack was backed up by

the entire scene s vi . 1 : { The moment a onveloped. wal ‘another ferocious attack upon Hull. "| In another northeast coast town,|

British and Indian soldiers, hugging! ead : the ground, crouching behind bould- | 2 Single bomb demolished a row of | ers, rushed the first line Italian| Small homes. Two persons were defenses with the bayonet. The | Killed outright and many buried in| Sikhs yelled blood curdlingly as they the ruins, | fell upon the Italians. We could] London Has Long Al not see because of the dust. The : Em Bren guns crackled and trench london had its longest air raid] Several |

smoke as they fired in support of persons were kilied when bombs] the infantry. wrecked more than a dozen homes| in two districts. Battle Ranges Around Peak The British replied with smashThe telephone bell tinkled inside|ing attacks upon the citadels of I heard an|German seapower, the great Kiel| intelligence officer say to whoever|{and Wilhelmshaven naval stations|

were lost in clouds of earth and

was calling: “Righto!” He pul down|and shipyards, and by pounding| me reRuiver and coming out of the{German oil reserves at Rotterdam | ent, sala:

“We

have got the

BRITISH SMASH INTO ETHIOPIA

| legislative officer,” the Republicans

| that they will take over State jobs

| large and small, there is a long

| patronage pie.

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INDIANA REPUBLICAN leaders here for a patronage pow-wow | have another problem to discuss at their meeting tonight. It's the | Governor's suit to block the Attorney General laws which go into | effect April 1. ; ~ When the Democrats sprinted into the County Clerk's office just before the 5 p. m. deadline last night to file their action, it was the final step in series since the Legislature closed. Although some sections of the suit have a bearing on the entire G. O. P. ‘decentralization program, such as the section which calls the Lieutenant Governor “a

NEAR GIBRALTAR

| Nazi Engineers of Siegfred Line Fame Busy in Spain’s ’ | Strategic Region. |

Line Forms on the Right | ALGECIRAS, Spain, March 19|

FOR EVERY one of the jobs, | (U. P.).—Hundreds of the engineers who built Germany's Siegfried Line have been busy for months in this strategic area adjacent to Britain's! great fortress of Gibraitar. | They have been working®on de-| fenses, Of course, the armament | which has been set up along this and the Spanish African Coast | across the straits is a military secret. | The terrain in this section is so rugged that fortresses could be built | in the valleys which would be in-| visible a short distance away. Most | of the work appears to be in those] valleys but two huge guns have been | hauled on tracks across the maia | highway at Tarifa, the southernmost | point of Spain. Barracks and troop camps dot the | countryside from west of Tarifa to! La Linea which is separated from | Gibraltar by a narrow strip of | neutral ground. Moorish troops, regular soldiers and engineers fill th of Algeciras. Inland, where the ter-| rain is less rugged, there are airs | dromes. The presence of large numbers of troops in Spain’s Gibraltar district— which includes a large territory! around the Rock—as well as the ac-| tive military preparations in this region might indicate that plans are! underway for early action of some sort,

are going ahead with the idea

on May 1,

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list of candidates. Marion County, which swung into the G. O. P. column for the first time in years, is expecting a good share of the

James Robb, C. I. O. regional director, is being boosted by some Marion County Republicans for head of the State Labor Department. They contend that his eleventh-hour radio address indorsing Wendell Willkie swung many labor votes to the party. A leading contender in the race for Conservation Department Director is Milton Matter of Marion. Two Representatives, Elam Y, Guernsey of Bedford and H. H. Evans of New Castle, also are seeking the post. For the Public Service Commission, leading candidates are reported to be H. Clark Springer of Butler and two legislators, Speaker James M. Knapp of Hagers-~ town and Senator Thurman Biddinger of Marion. the latter seeking the post of public counsellor. Ernest Morris of South Bend, Indiana National Committeeman, is reported to be backing Prof. Fred V. Chew, former Indiana University economics professor, for State Insurance Commissioner. Several others, including {wo Indianapolis men, are seeking the same job. ”

Jenner Changes Mind

REP. FRANK T. MILLIS of Campbellsburg, House floor leader, apparently is unopposed for Gross Income Tax Division Director. Senator William E. Jenner, upper house leader, who earlier had been reported as a candidate for the interim state's attorney's post, is said to have decided against this move and will return to Shoals to practice law until the 1944 elections. Two leading contenders for State Purchasing Agent are Dailey McCoy of Indianapolis, who formerly held the post, and Noland Wright, House clerk and a prospective candidate for Secretary of State in 1942, Lowell McDaniel of Indianapolis is said to be leading the field for Motor Vehicle Commissioner, with A. R. Killian of Kokomo, campaign manager for Glenn Hillis, and Ollie Berry close behind.

Spanish | e streets |

STRAUSS SAYS:

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BUILD DEFENSES

of labor and

P..CE 3

T0 ROOSEVELT

Caller: President Goes South Late Today.

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lished until tomorrow or Friday, Mr, Early announced. Although the President had hoped to create the board before leaving on his vacation, Mr. Early said it now appears that personnel and machinery will not be completed in time, Bernard M. Baruch, New York financier and chairman of the World War Industries Board, still was said to be the President's first choice for chairman of the new mediation board. Dean Lloyd Garrison of the Uni versity of Wisconsin Law School, William Hammatt Davis, former chairman of the New York media« tion board, and Dean James M. Landis of Harvard University Law School, are alternate possibilities if Mr. Baruch declines. The board wiil have four representatives each industry, and three presenting the public. C. I. O. President Philip Murray was understood to have submitted his choices for C. I. O. representa~tives among the labor members yes« terday—Van A. Bittner, chairman of the Packing House Workers Organizing Committee and regional director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, and Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers. A. F. of L. choices were believed be George Meany, secretary-

treasurer of the A. F. of L., and

George M. Harrison, A. PF. of L. vice president and chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Com-« mittee,

NAVY BILL APPROVED WASHINGTON, March 19 (U, P) ~The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved today a $3,446,384,144 regular Navy bill from the 1942 fiscal year, carry ing $1,515,000,000 for continuation of the two-ocean warship building program and $434 550,000 for naval

| aircraft,

on the suit, — i ; Foti es val lov ” . ; en are distributed through the 6000Frank ©. Dajley. Jormer = CHARLESTOWN GETS foot mountains which flank the

States District Attorney, is acting as

attorney for the Governor, Other | prominent Democratic lawyers whose names were placed on the suit are Walter R. Arnold, South Bend: Walter Myers, Washington, D. C., assistant U, S., Postmaster imGeneral, and Samuel D. Jackson,

Plans for extensive street

yy syne; Former Stale Attorney |) du Pont Smokeless Powder yeneral, { : ’ In the suit. Mr. Schricker used Plant, will be discussed by WPA arguments similar to those con- officials here today.

tained in the messages in which he |

roads from Agordat to the Eritrean escarpment that rises to 8000 feet behind Keren. In the Italian garrison in addi- | tion to regular and colonial troops, |are regiments of the picked Savoy | grenadiers, the best troops in the

provements at Charlestown, site of rtalian Army, who were sent from

| Addis Ababa to aid in the defense of this key town. The Italians are in carefully pre{pared positions. They have well

Details of the $109,000 WPA im-'placed trenches as well as machine

vetoed the two Attorney General] provement project have been com- gun nests hidden among the brown

hills. over his vetoes. Invalid Action Contended |eral officials. The project

{labeled emergency to facilitate traf-

He contended that the State Con- [fic in the boom town's busy streets. ment from the English industrial]

stitution renders invalid: In addition to the repair of 1. The section of the new Attor- streets, badly broken by heavy truck ney General law giving a board traffic, the project provides for sidecomposed of the Governor, Lieu- walks, curbs and drainage, accordtenant Governor and Secretary of (ing to State Administrator John K. State authority to appoint an Jennings. : interim attorney general. The WPA has already built a 9. The section which undertakes |sewage disposal plant at Charlesto designate such appointees a mere (town and sewerage lines are now “employee” not required to take an under construction,

The Legislature passed them pleted by WPA engineers and the rocks on the mountain sides -and program has been approved by Fed- some concrete forts fitted with maWas chine guns. During the night. units of a regi-|

midlands. a Scots Highland regiment, and Sikh. Punjabi, Mahratta and Rajput infantrymen from India took up positions part way up the mountain side. | At 7 a. m. British batteries of all calibers opened a barrage on the Imassive ranges of jagged-toothed | Brown Mountains in which the Ital{ijans are making their last stand.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

. . ' Reta Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary CotHere Is the Traffic Record | B30" : . | Lambda Chi Alpha Association, lunchCounty City Total eon, Russet Cafeteria, noon. . : 5 Indianapolis Motor Transportation Club,

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Lp O00 I + YR ~—March 18— "Retail Credit Granters, dinner meeting Injured 3 | Accidents ..., 3 Ho incon, nl 5 No. 2, dinner, Y, W, Dead . 8 | Arrests ...... 51 Crit a Appliance Credit Group, TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT _ |iupeiten; Boal XEAREIN 00 fon |

3 rie- Fi Hotel Washington, 12:15 p. m. Cases Convic- Fines | g vo uti

: | Aute Accessory & Pet Violations tried tions paid Group, dinner, Hotel Washington. 5:3 - nN 4 m. Speeding ene 39 ot S218 ie Indianapolis Conference Bank Auditors, | Reckless driving... 6 2 44 dinner, Hotel Washington, 6 p. m, Failure to stop at a through street . 12 10 Nn MARRIAGE LICENSES Disobeying traffic (These lists are from official records’) signals ..... bid 10 36 | in the County Court House. The Times | Drunken driving 2 1 35 | therefore, is not responsible for errors in All others .... 73 45 136 | names and addresses.) - am =m ol il : i Raymond Scotten, 22. of 5138 Schofield; Totals 144 108 $500 |LaVonne Wininger, 20. of 60 E. Raymond , | Philp A, Soo oR 25, % 5525 Neh syivania; Irene raw, 25, of 5625 N GS DAY Pennsylvania. MEETINGS TO Malloy Noel, 22. of 1741 S. Keystone: | Mary Frances Manuel, 17, of 2440 Bond,

Indianapolis Utility Club, luncheon, Ho- | tel Washington, 12:15 p. m. janapolis Hunting and Fishing Club, indian Rotel Washington, 7:30 p. m Ohin Oil Co., meeting, Hotel Washing-

Myrtle Blickenstaff, 34,0 f 859 W. 30th Marvin Belsher, 37. of 1145 Frank S. Cetion, 29, of aware, Fern Beauman, 27, Ft,

nd. Donald A. Suits.2 1, of 01 N {Corals

ton, 8 p. m. Doro Mas BRiciinT WB N Colorady: Y. M. C. A. Camera Club, meeting, Cen- Grant, tral Y. M. C. A. 1:30 p. m. Lions Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel, BIRTHS Ral Men's Discussion Club, dinner, Girls YM Aime Rucci Joseph, Mary White, at St. Francis, Purdue Alumni Association, luncheon,| Woodrow, Lena Mattingley, at Ho*:l Severin, noon. Francis.

Philip, Ruby Rayner, at Methodist, Leonard, Gertrude Rowe. at Methodist. Riley, Cleona Carr, at City. John, Ethel Jones, at City. Charles, Nona Arnold, at City.

American Legion, noon

uncheon, Board

Twelfth District, luncheon, Board of Trade, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1

, noon. of Real Estate Board, Property

Managers’ Division, luncheon, Canary Hana er, Edith Zoliner, at 1257 N. TreCO Eeiatine Club of Indianapelis,| Oharles, Irma Woody, at 3106 W. North. luncheon, Columbia Club, noon Boys

Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon,

b, noon. Nw Club, meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 7:30 p. Kiwanis Clu noon.

Harry, Marjory Cubel, William, Pauline Coz, Noel, Katherine Revis, Leo, Minadel Vansall, at Methodist. ett, Joyce Fink, at Methodist. Pandill, Vesa Stephanoff, at Methodist.

at Coleman, at Coleman. at St. Francis.

b, luncheon, Columbia Club,

1 . University of North Lester, Ola Monday, at City. cana sehost of Pharmacy, dinner,| Fred, Kathleen Wood, at 5101 Burgess. 4 Hotel Severin, 6 p.m. city Coll ot MERU, Velma Henderson, at 1441 WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A, M. 3 i vy oliege . Eh Lilly & ro. Re Severin. 8 3 m. —————— Stations Weather Bar. Temp. Pharmacy, dinner, Hotel P loudy 29.95 Swift & Co., dinner, Hotel Severin, 6 DEATHS Amasillo, re «Cloudy 30.3 3 ® Milk Foundation, luncheon, Hotel] Lucinda Wells, 78, at 2001 Dexter, cor-| Boston ......... 57 18 Severin, 12:15 p. m. _. onary occlusion. CRICAZO ..:covessssnaas . 20 Pitman-Moore Co., dinner, Hotel Severin, Kate M. Woessner, 69, at Central In-| Cincinnati ............ . 27 Pp. m. diana, arteriosclerosis. Cleveland ........ , 14 meetin ee |e OIge R. Scruges, 87, at 1140 E. Mar- Dei ver civ. Bas TH Bt i > 7 | Ket, myocarditis, | Dodge ty, RS. ..., %: X 3 MEETINGS TOMORROW | Albert Copsey, 56, at 408 N. Tibbs, car-| Jacksonville, Fla. ....Cloudv 3032 45 Eli Lilly & Co., University of North cinoma. { Kansas City, Mo. ..... Clear 30.06 38 Carolina School of Pharmacy, breakfast,| Leland Defibaugh. 70, at 1445 Broad- | Little Rock, Ark. .. tCldy 30.32 31 Hotel Severin, 8:13 a. m. | way, cerebral hemorrhage. {Los Angeles .... Cloudy 20.99 55 Eli Lilly & Co., Kansas City College of | Hattie Riebe, 82, at 3701 E. Washington, | Miami, Fla, ..... Cloudy 30.i7 60 Pharmacy, breakfast, Hotel Severin, 8:15 uremia. | Mpls.-St. Paul . PtCldy 30.07 20 a.m. | Kathryn Bulen, 80, at Central Indiana, | Mobile, Ala. .......... PtCldy 30.30 42 Indianapolis Real Estate Board, lunch- cerebral hemorrhage [ New Orleans ....ccs. PtCldy 30.27 43 eon, Hote] Washington, noon, Mary Elizabeth Cox, 84, at St. Vin-|{New York ............ Clear 2090 23 Advertising Club of Indianapolis. lunch- |cent’s, lobar pneumonia | Okla. City, OKla. ..... Cloudy 30.12 4) fon, Indianapolis Athletic Club. noon. | Grace Hogstrom, 70, at 1548 Roosevelt, | Omaha, Neb. .. tCldy 29.90 40 Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple, [cerebral hemorrhage. RE PIttshurgi..... ccs ata. PtCldy 30.36 13 oon. Neta Chislom, 27, at City, pelvic ab-{Portland, Ore. ........ Cloudy 30.00 45 Oil Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. 'scess. San Antonio. Tex. .....Rain 30.2 40 Construction League of Indianapolis, James Turpin, 74, at 703 Russell, cere-|8an Francisco ........ PiCldy 30.07 52 Tuncheon, 231 N. Pennsylvania St., noon. bral hemorrhage. ’ 8 ois. ie, Clear 30.26 29 g Tadianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110; Lucy Straughan. 85 at 512 W. 40th, | Tampa. Fla. ..........Cloudv 30.25 50 . Ninth St, § p. m. a a cardiac thrombosis, | Washington, D. C. ....,Clear 30.24 23

Credit 5:30 | tp

! Thomas Slagle, 75, at City, broncho- | pneumonia. |" James A. Enell, 83, at 1014 Hadley, &r-

{ teriosclerosis. Lavina Waltz, 69, at 1609 Arrow, chronic myocardit { Thomas { cinoma. | Dessie Jones, 46, at Methodist, general

is. Gallagher, 72, at 1233 Kelly, car-

| peritonitis IP hannah M. Jones, 90, at 33 8. Glad- | stone, lobar pneumonia. | John G. Hale, at 619 langsdale,

| endocarditis. Maude Moore, rteriosclerosis. pa James L. Wagner, 65, at 4168 Carrolln. carcinoma.

65, at 215 8S. Warman,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

1, §, Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Mostly | cloudy tonight with lowest temperature 30 to 25 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy and somewhat warmer,

| Sunrise ...... 5:50 Sunset ...... 5:56 - TEMPERATURE ~March 19, 1940— fa m “Stilt pm en... D0 BAROMETER 6:30 a. m...... 30.34 ! Precipitation 24 hrs ending 7 a. m. .. 0 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 ..... . 288 Deficiency since Jan. 1 .....cceceeeee 4.88

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Partly cloudy to cloudy, light snow in northeast portion, warmer in extreme north portion tonight; tomorrow fair

t.1to partly cloudy and somewhat warmer.

Illinois—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, Lower Michigan—Snow, locally moderate to heavy in southwest portion this afternoon, considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow: occasional light snow in sout portion tonight, and in north and extreme east portions tomorrow; not so cold tonight; slightly warmer in south portion tomorrow. Ohio—Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow, with some likelihood of light snow in extreme north portion late tonight or tomorrow morning. Kentucky—Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow.

h | Germany will decide whether Amer-

The Highlanders taken it after a two-hour fight. | The battle raged now around Mt. Sankil, second highest in the range. Tanks began rumbling up the macadamized road toward Keren. Shells from Italian mule-pack batteries fell around the road but the tanks got through unscathed. As I write this dispatch, in a sand storm, the British planes unload their bombs and their machine gun bullets and return to the base to load up again. The battle continues as the enormous red sun begins to disappear over the purple mountains.

Today's War Moves

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proaches is the normal strategic hunting ground in this war as it was in the last,

That being so, some purpose other than strictly naval strategy must be|

found to explain why Hitler should (send his submarines on such long {journeys to find scattered British! [ships when it is much more effective | {lo await their concentrations off British coastal waters, { Although the British are seeking | new measures to overcome the Uboat menace, it cannot be assumed that they have succeeded in making Nazi submarine operations too hazardous along the concentration routes, The Germans certainly have not been driven across the Atlantic to {escape British counter-measures. They have brought their submarines into the American side of the ocean {deliberately and according to a | definite plan, The reason appears to be a desire to create an impression of German ability to bring the war close to American shores. German criticism of the aid to Britain bill has been violent and it can hardly be accidental that Hitler's submarines were reported to have made their first appearance in American waters simultaneously with the increasing bitterness of Axis condemnation of the United States.

Ridicule American Aig

Immediately following the news about the presence of the U-boats, Berlin dispatches today quote authorized German sources as saying

ica is now “actively at war.” The same German sources assert the decision will depend on the value of American aid to Britain, which is described as being “precisely nil.” Such a valuation placed on American aid must be made for German home consumption. The Tuehrer has to prevent confidence in his leadership from declining, now that American aid to Britain is to be continuous. He apparently is trying to do this by sending his submarines to American waters and showing contempt for American ability to help Britain, expecting advantageous psychological reac|tions at home. | The Fuehrer may thus give him{self a breathing spell until he be|gins to obtain accurate data about [the real effectiveness of American assistance to the British. Once the {practical consequences of that help jar felt by the German people, the Fuehrer should have increasing difficulties with his breathing spells.

in relays, it was reported in London. | Docks and ship yards were espe-| cially hard hit, it was understood. The official DNB news agency] made the unusual admission that| Kiel had been attacked for many hours and indicated that damage was not confined entirely to residential and business property as! usually is claimed in Nazi reports. | The British reported that Ger-|

many's two battle cruisers,” the 26,-/ 000-ton warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, had been at sea for nearly a month preying upon Atlantic sea lanes and suggested that | Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s| reference to Nazi battle cruisers on the American side of the Atlantic was to these vessels.

Silent as to Subs

There was no further word concerning the alleged presence of submarines in Atlantic waters. In Washington, it was pointed out by naval sources that German submarines could operate for long periods off the Atlantic Coast without “mother” ships. Germany is known to have oceangoing submarines of 740 and 712 tons, and is believed to have built some between 1200 and 1500 tons. .A submarine commander, it was explained, need not rely only on the fuel he took from his base, but | could take the fuel of captured ships before sinking them The Giornale D’Italia in Rome boasted that 11,500,000 tons of British shipping had been sunk %o| far and another 3,500,000 tons damaged. This was more than twice | the admitted total British, allied and neutral losses as announced in | London. London reported some new Nazi

PONTIFF HOPES

Ross Freeman, Indianapolis, State Accounts Beard member, is being boosted for Budget Director and L. S. Bowman of Rich-

mond for the State Tax Board. ” » ”

Another Surprise Due ANOTHER SURPRISE may be

| coming up from the Governor's

office any day. State House sources have indicated that Mr. Schricker soon will reappoint the State Alcoholic Beverages Commission which he named after taking office in mid-January. The new Stout liquor bill provides that two of the members “shall he appointed with the approval and consent of” the Lieutenant Governor. Since two members of the present board are Republicans, some Democrats believe the Governor will rename his present board. There's not much the Lieutenant Governor could do. If he object ed to the two Republican members, the Governor could answer that thev were his appointments and could ask Mr. Dawson to “approve” the two Democrats.

| This could go on indefinitely.

Another of the Schricker commissions expected to stand is the State Highway Commission, whose three members are expected to be

| retained and another Republican | added to make

it bi-partisan. There's a long list of candidates

for this 0 Se. FOR PEACE VERY SOON

VATICAN CITY, March 19 (U.

préssure upon: Spain and Portugal. | P.).—Pope Pius XII told 3000 faith-

seeking sea and air bases in Spain

The Germans were said to be again and asking from Portugal an assur-|

ful today that he hoped the warring nations would make peace very soon.

Speaking on the occasion of St.

ance that the Portuguese would | joseph's Feast Day, the pontiff oppose any British landing attempt. | caiq: “We now hope that the na-

TWIN DRYDOCKS AT NAVY YARD STARTED

PHILADELPHIA (U. P.). — Construction of a new drydock, a twin to one already under construction, has been authorized at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The two new drydocks costing approximately $13,000,000 each, will measure 150 by 1100 feet and will be capable of handling the largest ships, even those of 60,000 tons. Between 500 and 700 skilled workmen will be employed on each of the new structures and work is expected to be completed in 1942.

| tions in conflict today may as soon | as possible sheath their swords and |a | tice.”

ttain a sure peace based on jus-

Many newlyweds were among the

throng which heard the pontiff in the hall of benedictions at the Vatican.

DENY WRECK SABOTAGE YOUNGSTOWN, O,, March 19 (U.

P.) —Officials of the Erie Railroad, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Ohio Public Utilities Commission held a closed inquiry today into the cause of a freight and passenger train collision yesterday near Ravenna, O., which injured 328 ordnance workers, 13 critically.

Sub Fears Recall Germans’

Visit fo New York in 1918

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vals of about a week were the U-140, which sank 20 ships aggregating 30,594 tons in American waters; the U-117, which bagged 21 ships of 27,485 tons the U-155, which destroyed seven of 17,485 tons, and the U-152, which accounted for two ships totaling 6976 tons. Another submarine, the U-139, |

got ony half way across the Atlantic before the armistice was signed. All these raids followed the United States’ entry into the war. One of the most sensational U-

boat visits to this side, however, came while America still was neutral. On Oct. 7, 1916, the U-53 rose from the sea three miles east of Point Judith and entered Newport, R. I, It was escorted into harbor by the,K U. S. submarine D-2. Lieut. Hans Rose, the commander, paid a courtesy call to U. S. naval officers ashore. At 5:30 p. m. the U-53 stood out to sea. The next day, off Nantucket, it sank five British, Dutch and Norwegian ships totaling 20,691 tons.

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