Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1941 — Page 12
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ATHENS THRONGED BY WEARY TROOPS
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the same building as the American
Was patrolled by a guard of sol-
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for the time being.
In the cinemas tonight there was!
evidence that Anglo-American Syme pathy has been little dimmed. Wine ston Churchill was roundly applauded and President Roosevelt received even louder applause. The streets were choked with people until the 9 o'clock curfew suddenly empéied them. The crowds were orderly, even quiet in some cases, and the young people were cheerful, apparently thankful of having done their duty to their country yet having saved their lives as well as their honor.
Parthenon Is Untouched
Dorniers, Messerschmitts and Junkers, bent upon attacking shipping around the port of Athens and strafing small surface craft and ports, from Patras on Peloponnesus in the west to Chalkis and Laurion on the Aegean, must fly high over Athens {or the spears of its antialreraft guns still are pointed upward in an encireling ring In their repeated attacks upon Piraeus, the Germans still avoid the puffs of black and white smoke the ack-ack send up around each marauder. Respecting Athenian gunners as much as the city’s status as a shrine of antiquity, they attack objectives by coming in from the sea or stealing over the backbone of Mt Parnes or Hymettos for a quick blow and a quicker getaway. The Parthenon's tawny columns stand serene above scurrying streets of the city, unmoved, untouched and eternal. The guns crack and white puffs appear in the sky. People, fully aware that only a narrow line of British troops is protecting the city they love, linger at the entrances to the *Kataphygion™ (raid shelter), to miss vicarious participation in this!
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spirit. Every trail of white vapor means
temporary | for them that a German has been| military authorities under Brig. Gen. Kavrakon, who is controlling Athens!
| shot down, though oftener it is simply a stiff dive through atmosphere too high to be heated by | refraction from Attica’s stony hills, The planes seem to fall only | rarely in flames, The spectator on the crowded roof is usually cheated out of the ultimate spectacle be- | cause the pilot is killed rather than | the gas tank ignited and the plane | plunges to earth in the darkness | sometimes too fast for the searchlights to follow and often lands where the wreckage cannot be ilIuminated. Perhaps the most fascinating sight. is when a cornered pilot pers haps half-blinded by the searche [light's rays orders his gunner to {return fire not against the guns | themselves but against the search- | lights, Then, single file, the Nasi glowworms, usually yellow, begin crawling down the beam as though walking upon it. It would seem im-
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factually, as far as is ascertainable, |
not a single searchlight has vet been | | darkened. |
JOHN T. DAVIS DEAD: SERVICES TOMORROW
John T. Davis, a resident of this city for 36 years, died yesterday at| the home of Mr. and Mrs. George | Blauveit, 22¢ E Henry St, after four | weeks’ illness. He was 77. He was a native of Jennings Coun-
made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Blauvelt, Mrs. Blauvelt was a foster niece.
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By WILLIAM CRABB Times Staff Writer
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April 25~Wendell L. Willkie was a politician |
Services will be at 2 p. m. tomor-| last month and he'll be a lawyer next month—but right now he's the
row at the Tolin Funeral Home, with | burial at Floral Park. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Laura! Reeves of Indianapolis.
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There was a silo full of campaign ballyhoo last fall about Willkie,
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Nevertheless, for the next week Rush County will have to get up mighty early in the morning to outfarm him.
Take, for instance, Wednesday— the day he pulled into town. He admits he was a tired as he has been any day since the campaign for his presidential nomfhation opened a year ago. However, he made a quick tour of his five farms before hitting the hay.
Then yesterday morning he was up before 6, was down at Rushville's diminutive stockyards before 8 and by 9 o'clock he was back at the office of his farms’ manager, Miss Mary Sleeth, to spend another hour poring over a map of Rush County. In Miss Sleeth's five-year-old automobile they chugged out to his largest farm—the one tenanted by Louis Berkemeier—to look over a 275-pound Yorkshire sow that Maj. Gen. J. A. Gunn of the Canadian Army had just sent him.
Down to Mud Creek trudged Willkie and Mr. Berkemeier to pr up the herd of steers. You see, this 6 a. m. rising had a purpose. He wanted to listen to the market quotations because they had a big stock deal on,
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In fact, the Chamber of Commerce signs on his fenceposts are a reminder of that.
or so, the year-round cow hands in
Mud Creek, by the way, winds through four of the five Willkie farms and the fifth drains into it.
Mr. Berkemeier told him the pros and cons of buying more cattle at this time. He corrected Mr. Willkie now and then while the fence-rail discussion progressed.
“Look 'em over,” said Mr. Willkie, “and do as you please.”
Back to town they went and the cattle dealer was waiting for them. Into the corrals went Louie and Wendell, the cattle buyers. “Fine heifers,” sized up Wendell. “Right,” agreed Louie. “Lowest price you can make?" Louie asked the stock man. “Only makin’ a dollar a head on ‘'em,” was the reply. “Might as well get served Louie. “Right,” answered Wendell. A farmer walked up. “Hiya, Wendell,” he greeted. “I can still call you Wendell, can't 1?” “I'll whip you if you call me anything else,” said Mr. Willkie. And as he walked briskly back to
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Admit Many British Got Out Of Trap; Claims Ship Losses Huge. (Continued from Page One)
ported that once again a battle at Thermopylae had been won by encircling tactics which apparently flanked the British last-man defense from the rear. Mountain Troops Used The same maneuver was used by Xerxes and his Persians when they found themselves unable to smash through the pass held by Leonidas and his 300 Spartans in 480 B. C. Xerxes cut across the mountains and fell on the Spartans from the rear, wiping out the defenders, The Germans claimed to have employed the same tactics at Ther-
mopylae but did not assert that they had annihilated the British rear
guatd. Berlin said that the victory at Thermopylae was won by the same crack mountain troops which scaled Mt. Olympus to the north and reported that terrific air attacks are going on continuously against shipping in Greek harbors and coastal waters. The Athens radio entered a phase familiar to those who had listened
thy air to the last hour of Warsaw 9
It stayed on the air, broadcasting military music, patriotic appeals and occasional general reports on what it called the “final and decisive battle” now under way.
Mayor Stays With People
Another parallel to the Polish capital was the fact that the Governor of Athens, Kosta Xotzias, like Mayor Stefan (the Stubborn) Starzynski of Warsaw, stayed in the city. Over the radio he told the citizens, “I am still among the people, fully conscious of my responsibility to the people, and will remain at my post, come what may.” Reports from Axis sources and from London indicated that the bulk of the British Imperials are being withdrawn to Crete where King George II and the Greek Government is established. It appeared that the British and Greeks will attempt to maintain their stand on this large island—about the size of Long Island—T70 miles off the Greek mainland. Continental Greece, now practically conquered, is about the
size of Iowa. Large Area Mined
The London Admiralty made an announcement doubling the area in the Mediterranean which is designated as “dangerous to shipping” because of minefields. In February, it was announced that the Libyan coast and the region between Benghazi and the heel of Italy was being mined. The two
crack U-boat commanders lost by the Nazis were named as Lieut. Comm. Otto Kretschmer, previously reported by the British to have been captured, and Lieut. Comm, Schepke. Kretschmer was credited with sinking 313,611 tons of shipping and Schepke with 239.971 tons. Kiel, Portsmouth Raided The Royal Air Force made new heavy attacks on the Kiel and Wilhelmshaven naval bases in the North Sea. The Germans admitted the attack on Kiel and other north German points but claimed little damage or casualties. The German Air Force raided Portsmouth, but its efforts were less than on recent nights. In North Africa, the British reported that another heavy GermanItalian attack on the beseiged city of Tobruk had been repulsed and that 127 prisoners, including Germans, had been taken. In Ethiopia, the communique added, more than 800 Italians were captured and pressure continued on the Fascist defenses, especially at Dessye.
Has Franco Given In?
London was on the alert for new sweeping moves by Germany as part of the spring offensive. Principal attention was directed to possible moves against Gibraltar and reinforcement of the Nazi Near Eastern threat by action in French possessions such as Syria, Tunisia and Algeria, Some diplomatic sources in London claimed that Hitler had finally obtained the reluctant consent of Generalissimo Franco for the passage of several German divisions through Spain to Gibraltar and possibly also to Spanish Morocco.
CHASE HONORED BY RAILWAYS WORKERS
Several hundred employees of Indianapolis Railways, Inc, gave a farewell party for Charles W. Chase, former president, at the company garage on W. Washington St. last night. A special guest at the party was Harry Reid, elected president at yesterday's meeting of the utility's directors. Tribute to Mr. Chase's accomplishments was voiced in talks by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan; James P. Tretton, vice president and company general manager; Adolph J. Fritz, Indiana State Federation of Labor secretary, and James F. Greene, president of Division 1070, Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees. James F. Long, president of Division 995 of the union, presided. Mr. Chase, who is the new president of the Chicago Surface Lines, was given an elaborate desk set by union members.
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gressmen felt that now the subject has been opened by two of the President's highest ranking lieutenants, Mr, Roosevelt might outline the ways and means he has in mind,
More Ships May Be Given
The speeches appeared to mark the opening of an official campaign to enlighten the public on the gravity of the international situation. Mr. Roosevelt said Tuesday that he did not believe the public was fully aware of the danger and today he told his press conference that last night's speeches reflected his own attitude, They were also believed designed to encourage the British public and counteract some of the criticism created by British reverses in the Balkans. The Hull-Knox speeches were backed up today by a statement of Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador, that “the Battle of the Atlantic is* the most critical of all in this war.” At a press conference in Atlanta, Ga, he declined direct comment on the convoy question but expressed hope that whatever the United States can do to aid in the Atlantic struggle be done soon. “I really don't suppose people working day and night to produce war materials will see much sense in it if it cannot be delivered,” he said.
War Cabinet Meets
The portentous words of Secretaries Hull and Knox were delivered last night, Mr. Hull's to the American Society of International Law here, Col. Knox's to the advertising bureau of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association in New York. Their speeches came at the close of a day during which more emphasis than ever was being placed in Administration quarters on belief that Britain's difficult position would bring forth some momentous step by this country. Mr. Roosevelt discussed the situation with his “war cabinet” for 90 minutes. Reports circulated in Congressional circles that 40 per cent of American aid to Britain was being sunk in the North Atlantic,
Calls Stand Now ‘Craven’
A few hours later Mr. Knox was telling his audience:
“We can no longer occupy the immoral and craven position of asking others to make all the sacrifices for this victory which we recognize as so essential to us. “Our manhood and our selfrespect demand that we shall assume our part of the burden.” Secretary Hull, whose words are an official statement of United
lhe said had raised the question:
audience of experts on international law: “The would-be conquerors propose
to make the people of each conquered nation into serfs. .. . It is high time that the remaining free countries should arm to the fullest extent in the briefest time humanly possible and act for their preservation.” Their words drew typical reaction from Congress, Administration supporters praising the sentiments, non-interventionists denouncing it. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) charged that the Hull-Knox speeches mean that the President is asking Congress for the right to convoy merchant ships—“and what it really means is a declaration of war.” Senator Josh Lee (D. Okla), speaking for the President's supporters, said he was glad to hear the State Department “make that statement. . . . America’s interest makes it absolutely necessary that the. United States see to it that England does not go down.” Sen. Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.) said, “I think we are doing everything we can to help Britain now. I cannot imagine what more this country could do. I certainly would vote against convoys or a declaration of war.”
Wants ‘Promise’ Made Good
In his address to the publishers, Mr. Knox said that we have gone so far now that “we cannot back down.” “We must make good our promise to give aid to Britain,” he said. «We must see the job through. All of this is needed for our own safety and our future security. This is our fight. “There is no retracing our steps .. . If we should attempt to back down now. England would go down to catastrophic defeat and we would face a world-wide victorious Germany and her allies whoin we should have to fight alone.” Secretary Hull took a similar stand in challenging those whom
“What difference does it make to America?” which side wins. “It makes a fateful difference,” he said. “ . . . All the military movements and official acts and utterances of these (Axis) powers have confirmed the knowledge that we too are included in their plans for world domination. Our {reedom and our wealth inevitably make us the magnets for their machine of force.
Pictures U. S. ‘Alone’
“Yes, it makes a difference who wins . . . the difference whether we stand with our backs to the wall with the other four continents against us and the high seas lost, alone defending the last free ter-
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The claim that the Atlantic Ocean is an effective barrier against attack was discarded by Secretary Hull, who asserted that the barrier exists only because the sea is still in the hands of Britain. The British are safe behind the Channel, he said, only because of the “resolute determination” of the British people and conversion of their island into an armed base, He opposed suggestions of peace now because, he said, the Axis Powers do not “believe in peace” but use it primarily as a “convenient cloak” for continuing undeclared warfare; “as France and other nations to their misery have discovered.” He cautioned against too easy “discouragement” when the news is “temporarily unfavorable,” adding that “powerful propaganda machines endeavor to spread that discouragement.” But these are “desperately serious days,” he warned. “Events have shown beyond possible question,” he said, “that the safety of this hemisphere and of this country calls for resistance wherever resistance will be most effective.” He called upon the 130,000,000 Americans to “rise in our might and proceed as one man in the Herculean task of equipping this nation to the fullest for its self-defense” and cautioned that these prepara tions “should not be for a month, or a year, but they must continue as long as our safety is threatened.” He bitterly assailed the aggressor nations as ‘‘would-be conquerors” who employ “every method of barbarism upon nations which cling to their right to live in freedom and which resisting in self-defense.” But he was confident that “at the end there will come a better day.” “I have absolute faith,” he concluded, “in the ultimate triumph of the principles of humanity, transe lated into law and order, hy which freedom and justice and security will again prevail.”
Knox Talks of Atlantic
Secretary Knox's speech dealt more specifically with the naval situation in the Atlantic. He warned that an enlarged fleet of sube marines, capable of far greater distances than ever before, ranges the Atlantic, and that their field of activity now extends “far over the line which divides the Atlantic be= tween Europe and America.” Almost all seas are shut off to shipping by the United States be= cause of hostile activities, Col. Knox indicated. In every direction, he said, “we encounter an Axis partner who openly declares he entered into that partnership in an effort to pre= vent us from interfering with their
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