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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 28

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1941

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2H, S. PUPILS DIE IN AFTER-PARTY CRASH

2 Others Hurt Following Ladoga Reception.

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BRAZIL, Ind.. April

Ladoga High School's g event—the annual junior

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were

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ception—ended in tr day as two were injured in an automobile accident Dead were Harold Brunton, and Donna McNulty, 17, both

Ladoga. In critical condition were Samuel Mahorneyv, 18, Ladoga. and Audrey Binge, 18, Brownsburg Both were in Clay County Hospital Following the reception last night, seven carloads of pupils left on a tour of western Indiana towns Streamers and banners fluttered from the and there was laughter and merrymaking at each stop About 2 a the caravan approached Brazil on U. S. 40. The driver of one car failed to see an iron pole marking the dividing line of dual-lane pavement I'he auto erashed into it and turned over six times Young and Mahorney were members e Ladoga High School basketball team

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GEN. DE WIART CAPTURED ROME. April 12 (U. P.).——An announcement today said that Maj. Gen. Carton de Wiart, who commanded British forces in central Norway in 1940, was one of the British generals captured in Libya by Axis forces.

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GEORGE STAYED at Nancy Joan's rating pancakes with plenty of syrup and a carrot for his vitamins and he has grown up to be the biggest black and white rabbit with a wrinkly pink nose vou ever saw But even in George's and Nancy's world, there were dangers, such as the dogs that never understood George and chased him, probably because he was not a dog Being a polite and peaceful rabbit, as most rabbits are, especially Easter rabbits, George would become terrified. With two leaps and a bound, he would hide in the basement and stay there for hours. Although he is peaceful and most polite, George is a smart rabbit. Nancy Joan says, “Georgie Porgie eat a pancake” and George will sit up and beg, with his black and white forepaws folded politely on his white tummy. Nancy Joan, even though she is a big girl of 5 now, loves George and vou can believe me when I

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EASTER WITH JOYOUS MOOD

Thousands Plan to Attend Varied Services; Fair Weather Promised.

(Detailed Church Programs, Page 10)

Easter, the end of mourning and the dawn of day, will be greeted by throngs here tomorrow. Fifty Monument Circle at sunrise In few countries could they

gather in such numbers.

The weather promises to be fair, the temperatures mild, and the setinstitution— the Easter Parade—appears perfect.

ting for an American

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Besides the services on the Circle led by the Ogden Chorale, every

Christian a new grateful

thousand will assemble on to hear the tidings—"Christ Is Risen.” safely

Quits Post Here

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Charles W. Chase

CHASE TO HEAD CHICAGO LINES

Won Award for Rebuilding Local Railways; Came to City 9 Years Ago. | Charles W. Chase, president

the Indianapolis Railways for the | last nine years, resigned today to

‘church in the City will join in|bPecome president of the Chicago

special musical programs and services. Catholic churches will close the 40-day period of Lenten sorrow and will celebrate the Resurrection with glittering vestments, joyous songs and a wealth of gorgeous spring flowers. At SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral a solemn Pontifical Mass will begin at 6 a. mi. Other Sunrise Services

Protestant churches throughout the city also will recognize the end of Lent. Combined Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Irvington will ton Easter Sunrise service at 6:30 m. on the north steps of the Irvington Methodist Church. St. Matthew's Lutheran Church will observe Easter at 6 a. m. and the Grace Methodist Church at 6:20. Sunrise services will also be

held by the Prentice Presbyterian, | the First Evangelical, the Garden ation

present the Irving- |

| Surface Lines. | He was elected to the new posiof the Chicago system at a meeting | this morning. | Mr. Chase came to Indianapolis in 1932 from Gary where he was head of the surface railway system in that city. Shortly after taking charge of the Indianapolis system, Mr. Chase launched an extensive modernization project which won him a prize offered by the Forbes | Magazine for the most outstanding modernization job of any American industry during the depression. Mr. Chase is a member of the board of directors of the Indianapoclis = Community Fund, State Chamber of Commerce, and the | Flanner House. He also is a member of the Rotary Club and the In(dianapolis Athletic Club. Before entering the street rail(way field, Mr. Chase was a corporlawyer in Chicago and

| City Christian, St. Paul's Episcopal | through his clients became inter-

{and the Southeastern Union ested in utilities.

Churches. The Drive-In Theater on Pendle-

He headed the rehabilitation lines before

reorganization and of the Gary surface

ton Pike will be the scene of 2:30 coming to Indianapolis.

services tomorrow afternoon .

con- |

As president of the Chicago com-

ducted by the Rev. R. M. Dodrill of pany, Mr. Chase will succeed Guy

the Broadway Baptist

| There will be choral singing.

tell you that George loves Nancy Joan, although he |

Easter (that's having

Sunday Nancy pancakes

never has said anything about it, he is too shy. Anyway, there is no mistaking the affection that develops among shy, little people, like George and Nancy Joan. And that's all there is to tell. Just the story of

Nancy Joan and George, her polite rabbit,

Perhaps

piece of pancake e beginning.

Even the Easter ROME CELEBRATES Eqgs Are Erzatz EASTER AMID WAR

Relics Shown; Pilgrims Fill City for Pope's Blessing.

VICHY displaved VATICAN CITY. April 12 (U Rome

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Faster windows

19 IL &

April

in the of

French shops this year have the

traditional appeal but are not as

PJ. war

palatable as in other davs. They

celebrated its first

are made of wood and porcelain Chocolate eggs and hens’ are not to be found on sale anvwhere. Their ersatz replicas serve as the only reminder of the gay season | of vesterday known to so many American tourists.

WICKARD PROGRAM OPPOSED BY BUREAU

Leaders Recall Surplus

Saturday ceremonies at St. and other principal basilicas. Passion relics were exhibited and Rome and the Vatican City | thronged with pilgrims who came to {Rome to receive a blessing Pope Pius XII tomorrow. High mass was celebrated in St. Peter's by Federico Cardinal Tedeschini in the presence of the Sacred College of Cardinals. In accordance with centuries-old traditions, hundreds of priests made the rounds of Rome's apartments and offices, blessing them and sprinkling them with holy water. The priests were accompanied by

Problems of Last War. : (altar boys, who took up collections. CHICAGO, April 12 (U. P).—| American farmers must shield their | advances “against a repetition of the disastrous conditions they experienced following the World War as a resuit of greatly expanded jces at production.” representatives of the Church. American Farm Bureau Federation in 11 Midwestern states declared | today. { Commenting on Secretary of Ag{riculture Claude Wickard's plan to} | boost farm commodity prices and |thereby increase production, the [farm leaders said after a meeting | here, that “farmers should be very | [careful in making any changes in ; : | their crop production plans for] et Passengers of the 7769-ton | 1941." | Egyptian Liner El Nil, which ar“They should not forget the many |ived after a 65-day voyage from years it has taken them to get their | Alexandria, said today the ship was surplus commodities sufficiently | delayed 10 days at Port Said, en‘under control to result in improved | '¥ance to the Suez Canal, because price level’ the statement asserted, On Or more British freighters had been sunk by air raiders, tempor-

DAVIS QUITS U. S. POST larily blocking the canal. hi . | The ship carried 85 passengers

WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P).| |—The resignation of Chester C.| staple Egyptian cotton. Davis from the Federal Reserve eight missionaries aboard, includBoard of Governors was announced ing the Rev. H. G. Downey, of the today by the White House. Mr. Assemblies of God, Springfield, Mo. Davis will become president of the| with his wife and three children, Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis.!on furlough from the He will continue to serve as agri-| Congo; the Rev. William Davis of ‘cultural member of the Advisory|the Baptist

Peter's

F. D. R. TO WORSHIP WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P.). -White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said today that President

St. Thomas

| P.).

and 4000 tons of cargo, mostly long | There were |

Easter in 23 years today with Holy LANE

Were | __The American

Roosevelt would attend Easter serv- |

Episcopal |

Boats Sunk in Suez Delay : Ship and Local Missionary

JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 12 (U.| Rev. Robin R. Cobble, of the Dis-

Church, Doylestown, his wife and three children.

The Style Trends

Country-wide Easter celebrations |are expected to be unusually large | [this year, both because of the gen-|

lerally fair weather forecasts for the | 23 MILLION IN SHIPS

country, and because of the fact that America fast becoming style center in its own right. New York, and points in between all heavy sales of Easter wear.

Paris, ancient

be no universal style trend.

Church.

Hollywood, Chicago report A dif- | | ference this vear will be that since arbiter of fashions, 'no longer exists as such, there will

| A. Richardson February.

ARMY TO PURCHASE

who resigned in

Craft Needed to Serve New Bases and Alaska Post. WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P.).

—The War Department has com- |

What people wear will depend Pléted plans for a $23,000,000 pro-

largely on where they live.

wood is expected to go ultra-modern, while styles in New York will prob-

ably be military in motif.

The only portions of the country which may see a damp Easter are

the Upper Mississippi valley and Texas, where showers are forecast. 'S RESIDENCE AT BELGRADE IN RUINS WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P.). Legation at Belreported today

grade, Jugoslavia,

from | that the residence of American Min-

ister Arthur Bliss Lane has been “virtually destroyed.”

Death Breaks Up Oldest Triplets

SOUTH BEND, Ind. April 12 (U. P).—Mrs. Emma Martindale, of Plymouth died today, breaking what is believed to be the oldest set of triplets in the United States. She was 78. Surviving triplets are Mrs. Eunice Zeiders of Oconomowoc, Wis., and Mrs. Edith Helsel of Plymouth. Mrs. Martindale died of a heart attack.

ciples of Christ, Indianapolis, Ind. with his wife and three children, returning from the Belgian Congo. Thirty of the passengers were from Palestine, six of them American Jews who had gone as Zionists to “build the Jewish homeland.” They said most Jews were staying in Palestine in spite of a worsening economic situation and an increasing German threat. The Rev. Mr. Cobble has been secretary of the Disciples of Christ Church mission in the Belgian Congo since 1931, when he was assigned to foreign service by the

Belgian | headquarters here.

With him on the return trip were The

Comission to the National Defense | Pa., with his wife and son, return-| family lived in Indianapolis before

Council.

ing {rom Kenya Colony, and ihe going to Africa.

Hollv- | 8ram to supply additional vessels to

| serve Atlantic bases leased from

{Great Britain and the Army garrison in Alaska. | Plans for a

“tremendous expan-

sion” of the Alaska force also were | be |

|disclosed. Details could not learned, however, because of tightened Army regulations that no information will be given on plans to strengthen outlying defense posts.

The ship purchases will be made | the | | Coast Artillery and the Air Corps, |

by the Quartermaster Corps,

[it was said. Most of them will be

|small craft of varying types which | (can navigate easily in small harbors |

‘and shallow waters at the various | bases. | It was understood that $1,600,000 |of the funds would be earmarked to pay for three passenger liners— |the President Roosevelt, President |Jefierson and President McKinley— | which were obtained from the Mari{time Commission for conversion [into troop transports.

BRITISH PROTEST ON U. S. NEWS LEAKAGE

LONDON, April 12 (U. P.).—Great | Britain has called the United States |Government’s attention to leakages | of British war information vhrough { American newspapers and radio stations, it was reported authoritatively today. Instances where it is felt chat the British war effort might have suffered from news leakages include the publication in an aeronautical magazine of the details of new British fighting planes last winter and the reporting by American newspapers recently of the arrival of a British warship in an American port. There is some discussion of the wisdom of the United States State Department's publishing figures on the amounts of commodities, including airplanes, that are delivered monthly to Britain and other territories.

BLAST TOLL NOW TWO EASTON, Pa., April 12 (U, P.).— Richard G. Stenlake, 39, died in Easton Hospital today of injuries received yesterday when an explosion wrecked the cotton dehydration house of the Hercules Powder Co. plant at Belvidere, N. J. It brought the death toll to two,

ng died yesterday.

of |

tion by the Board of Management|

American |

FIRE-TOSSNG

NAZI ‘CHUTIST ATTACK FORT

Paris Soir Tells of Asbestos Clad Troops Escorted by Machine-Gunners.

VICHY, France, April 12 (U. P. | —German parachute troops clad in asbestos uniforms and carrying flame throwers as they leaped from | low-flying planes 10 attack Greek | forts were described today by the newspaper Paris Soir.

The newspaper reported that the]

| specially-trained Nazi forces rushed the enemy fortified positions. thrust ame-throwing nozzles into the holes in block houses and filled the interior with deadly flames which “carbonized the occupants.” Other parachutists armed with machine guns fioated to earth with the flame-throwing troops, the newspaper said, and acted as a fighting escort as the asbestos-clad men went into action. | were credited with forts in both Greece and Jugoslavia and with silencing many isolated blockhouses. Throw

Mines Ahead

The French press also reported that the Germans used mine-throw-ing tanks which blasted their way across the Balkan mountain roads (and airplanes which carried small tanks, especially for use in the deserts of North Africa. One French source reported that big planes carrying tanks had been used in Libya, probably as a test for an invasion of England. The Paris Soir said that, according to Italian frontier reports, the Germans merely tried out their new “secret weapon’ in the form of mine-throwing tanks in Jugoslavia. These tanks were said have a “pistol” which hurled big mines far ahead of them to destrop enemy positions or to demolish sandbag emplacements and small blockhouses. The “pistol” also was brought into action frequently to tear down obstacles on the road or to widen roads and river beds for the advance of mechanized units, the newspaper said. In one instance, it was asserted, the tanks threw mines ahead to tear down a steep river bank and permit mechanized units to advance,

Work Behind Smoke Screens

The Paris Scir also said that the German motorized columus were accompanied by dynamite troops which worked behind smokescreens, which were laid down up to the walls of fortresses and biockhouses. The dynamite troops then advanced behind the screen and biew up the walls of the defenses, 1t added, asserting that this system was used against the Metaxas Line in Greece. Accoraing to the newspaper, Dr. Fritz Todt. builder of Germany's west wall, trained the Nazi engineers and road builders which accompany the German motorized columns, carrying their terials and immediately damaged roads and bridges.

LEASE-LEND AID TO

Help May Hinge on Use of Bases by Britain.

| possibly the | States fain’s hand in

North Atlantic.

the battle of a plan was under consideration in | connection with current efforts of Eire to purchase foodstuffs and arms in this country. would be to meet Irish requirements under the Lend-Lease Act lon a promise that Eire would give | Britain certain long-sought base sites. The Irish thus far have resisted {all such proposals. | Frank Aiken, Irish Minister | Defense Co-ordination, has | conferring with American officials

These forces | the capture of|

to!

IRELAND INDICATED

| Informed officials said that such |

The strategy |

for | been |

TANK SET AF

COLUMNS

IRE BY

~ R.A.F. BOMBERS

Each Side Seeks to Cut Other's Communica-

tions With Hitler

Maneuvering for

Fatal Wedge to Trap Greeks.

(The Truth About

Italy, Page Seven)

By HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent

British

Imperial forces grappled with

Adolf Hitler's

armies in the opening round of the battle of Grecce today, with Nazi panzer units stabbing at the key link in the de= fense line thrown up by British and Greek troops from

Mt. Olympus to Albania.

While the British Air Force hacked at

German coms

munications lines with mounting fury and a British armored

spearhead was reported defenses. Reports that the Germans had reached Florina confirmation but after break-

\ing through the Monastir Gap

jon the Jugoslav-Greek border, they |

| {were in a position to jab at Florina-Koritza Road which, if

cut, would trap the Greek forces in northeastern Albania and threaten to turn the entire defense line across northern Greece. The results of the Florina operations, however, may not be known {or some time, A second German column was attempting to hit the eastern end of the Greek-British line by westward from Salonika, Germans obviously were some trouble in maintaining lines in Jugoslavia. The main theater

the

but the

their action

of was

reported officially to be centered in| air attacks by both sides, with the |

British blasting systematically at German lines in Jugoslavia and in eastern Greece in an effort to break lup preparations for the battle that is expected to decide whether the British can keep a hold on the continent.

The Germans were said to have

“run like mad” during strong R. A.|

F. bomber and fighter plane attacks jon tanks, mechanized units, lorries, jrailroads and roads in both Greece |and Jugoslavia. Kilkis and Gallikos, both im|portant communications points, were hammered by the British and the

communications lines leading up to!

the strategic Monastir Gap—avenue for a German attack southward into Greece-—were vigorously attacked from air, with the R. A. F. report-

lacked |

driving |

having

patrol blasted infantry along the Jugoslav border, the Nazi striking Florina in an effort to drive a fatal we

the Greek town of dee through the Allied

the Ger=

ing heavy losses mans, Tanks were knocked into ditches, lorries were set afire and troops were machine-gunned by the Brite ish planes, an Athens communique said, The Jugoslav army, which the German High Command had dee scribed as annihilated earlier in the week, was reported by Berlin today, to be in the “process of disintegra= tion,” but it still was fighting in the mountain regions. A Jugoslav source reported today that young King Peter was at the front with his army and that the Jugoslavs had started a counter offensive to recapture the key city of Skoplje in southern Serbia. The same source asserted that the military situation in Jugoslavia generally had improved and that Jugoslav troops were still fighting in the mountains and in various strategically important valieys. Heavy losses were said to have been inflicted on the Germans. (Skoplje was the key to the Gera man break-through in Jugoslavia and opened the way for Nazi forces to join with the Italians on the Ale banian frontier.) Informed Nazis admitted there still was heavy fighting and a definite war front in Jugoslavia. A High Command communique in Berlin said that “enemy resistance in Croatia has collapsed” but that the Germans had reached the Sava River after battling the Serbs in “the pathless mountains” north of Zagreb, The Germans were said to be closing in on Belgrade, six days after the start of the Jugoslav war. But in certain sectors, especially along (Continued on Page Three)

among

Foresee Battle of Nile

own ma- | repairing | 5 By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

Times Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, April 12.—Now

that the President has opened thé

Red Sea to American shipping, it is believed here that the next step

| will be for the United States

the Neutrality Act. Few believe, way. Where there is a will observers are quoting, or, as the President himself suggested, why buy a headache if you don't have to? Moreover, it is asked, unless the United States does intend to hurry with some much-needed aid to Britain, why bother to open the Red Sea in the first place? Many believe the next big battle will be around Suez and the Nile, According to the latest indications, the United States will not have time to send direct aid to Greece and Jugoslavia, for Hitler must finish off the Balkans quickly and at any cost and get on with the job elsewhere while he has time. Just what Hitler will do next--assuming he scores a rapid success in southeastern Europe—is anybody’s guess. But it is widely believed that he may attempt to grab

Suez and close the Strait of Gibral- | his | smash |

with to

tar before he grapples main chore, which is | England herself. In any event, the President has | placed the United States in a posi-

here for some time in an attempt |

to buy large shipments of wheat |

|and arms, but is said to have re|jected lend-lease aid up to | point. Congressional circles indicated that serious Axis interference with American shipping along the newly reopened Red Sea route to Egypt and Suez might result in drastic action by this Government. The (Continued on Page Three)

850 ARE INVITED TO DEANNA’S WEDDING

—Deanna Durbin, 19-year-old film star, has invited 850 guests to her wedding next Friday. She and Vaughn Paul, young associate producer, filed notice of intention to wed yesterday. The newspaper reporters and photographers at the License Bureau didn’t bother Miss Durbin, but her 25-year-old fiance was em-

asked to kiss her for pictures.

this

| |

Anglo-Greek lines.

to begin Ismailia or some other port on or near Suez. There remains some doubt that this would be strictly legal under however, that this will stand in the

United Press War Expert

the delivery of munitions to

tion where it can take part with Britain in the battle of the Nile in one develops. American vessels can load up with lend-lease mmaterial—assuming the Neutrality Act no longer stands in the way-— and deliver it virtually on the poe tential battlefield itself. They can sail from Atlantic ports and proceed to the Red Sea and Suez via South Africa, or from the West Coast ports via Singapore and the Indian Ocean. The distance cither way is about 12,000 miles— some seven or eight weeks’ sailing for the average freighter. Nowhere along these roundabout lanes would American ships come near the prescribed combat Zones at least, not until they near the Suez Canal. But this does not mean they would be safe from attack. Prime Minister Churchill pointed out this week that both U-boats and surface raiders are at large in the Atlantic. Vessels have been sunk in both the south Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

case

War Moves Today

J. W. T. MASON

The German army in Jugoslavia apparently is not yet prepared for a full offensive against the

Contact with the British near

the Monastir Pass shows evidence of having been

an exploratory

The principal effort present is being directed to splitting the Jugoslav army into more numerous groups and driving them This objective, however, is meeting with more HOLLYWOOD, April 12 (U. PJ. resistance than the Germans seem to have expected. Thus, yesterday the Germans said

a : Se major operations.

Mr. Mason

| into isolated positions.

|slav army, although that pro|nouncement was accompanied by {the statement that the total of

| prisoners taken was only 60,000, less

|than 10 per cent of active Jugoslav military strength. Today, the Ger- | mans declare the Jugoslav troops are disintegrating. | As a matter of fact, the Jugoslav

Charles Haycock, 21, Belvidere, hav- | barrassed, especially when he was army has been divided into four

wain sectors One is in the north.

expedition and not the start of

of the Germans for the

they had annihilated the Jugo= #4 — ceca -

western area, another is in the northeastern district, still another is in the east central province and the fourth is operating in the southwest. Some severance has occurred in several of these corps, but large groups are sufficiently intact te continue to give battle. Their poww (Continued on Page Three),