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Today's War Moves—

AR CONTROL BY BRITISH NEARER

Parity May Be Passed in Night Raiding Before Next Year.

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and more bombs can be carried by their planes.

The. round trip between England

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941

U.S. Prepares fo Dispatch 27 Ships Into Red Sea

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“authorization of United States seizure” of the ships and said Germany reserved all of its rights in

dia and into the Red Sea, it was said. : The Maritime Commission also said that additional service will be connection with the vessels. fnaugurated to China, but gave no| This German protest is the third details. {made in connection with the vessels. Coincidentally the Maritime Com-|Secretary of State Cordell Hull remission made 25 additional vessels jected the first note and the second available to the British in accord-|Still awaits answer. ance with Mr. Roosevelt's request| «ove Can't Stay Out'—Wickard

for assembly of a 2,000,000-ton ship-| : / ; | Agriculture Secretary Claude A. A 1 $ piles 10] va Ping pool to help move supfies | Wickard of Indiana last night con-

dtish. The Commission ap-|" . ! Fhe Bush aes of 95 vessels be | tinued the series of Cabinet adpro Al ’ Steamshi Co to Can. dresses which variously have de-|and Bremen is 625 miles. Between Hie Acoa saip oe Gem | manded all-out aid to Great Britain

a terests under an agree French bases and Liverpool or Plyecian INLCPESts und x 3 = ior oy etary Wickard did {mouth the round trip in each case ment that the cost of their opera- |! convoys. Secretary ickarq did PD

‘ . dia: ‘not mention the word “convoy” but measures about 550 miles. The Gertion shall be borne by Canadian ye’caiq he saw no course of action mans here have an advantage of 75 funds and not by the lend-lease ap-| go. ys which “gives any real prom- |miles or about one-half the gain to SR a i perhaps ise of keeping us from becoming the British in bombing Hamburg aggregating tons, Ww e used principally for hauling bauxite, |g

{deeply involved in this world con- compared with German bombings of sugar and oil well equipment be-

ict.” Glasgow. “Let's do whatever is necessary,” | These figures, coupled with the! tween South American ports and he said in an address delivered at apparent fact that British night | Canada. Plans to make 50 tankers charlotte. N. C., “to see that our | pombers numerically equal the Ger- | immediately available to the Brit-ifood and munitions actually ish already are well advanced. That|England—and let's do it right

get 10 mans, at least for the time being, | away. indicate the shifting situation in the represent 500,000 tanker tons. {The situation is urgent, terribly | jurgent.”

air. The Germans no longer have monopoly of the offensive. whi] Ship Bill Due to Pass There is no present means of : boc mi Jatin The ship seizure bill was having|knowing how many bombers the directed against pending legislation ty sailing until the dispute on | Germans may have in reserve for to authorize Mr. Roosevelt to seize | getual British losses rose around it. night attacks on British ports. It is idle foreign ships in American ports) There is no indication that ulti- reasonable to assume, however, that for such use as he may deem neces-| mate passage of the bill is jeo-|the Germans may have a- smaller E SUC ust” : | pardized. But Senate isolationists|number of skilled flying pilots than sar Two German vessels &re| oy phed immediately at a situation |the British. among the lot of 3 foreign craft) revealed by Chairman Emory S.| The British have a heavy advanwhich could be requisitioned under{ya.nd of the Maritime Commission tage over the Germans in that they the legislation which passed the(j, a letter to Senator Arthur H. began training their air pilots for House this week and now is before| yvandenberg (R. Mich.). navigation in the dark before the the Senate Commerce Committee. Agmiral Land informed the Sen- (resent War began. The Germans It is expected to reach the Senate ator that from Jan. 1 to April 30 | confident that their 1a Superior. | floor next week and to become the sinkings throughout the world were ity of planes would pe ha air | center of a full dress debate on con-| reported at 158 vessels of 781,914 oo tery by davlieht aye 8 x sy and patrol policies | gross tons and that only 12 of these | J night rs ; » WEprLBL The State Department said it had { sunken ships had cleared from g : 8. . no knowledge of the German pro-| United States ports. The 12 sunk-| The fact of Britain's inferiority in test. But usually reliable sources|en vessels were among 205 which | 81 power compelled the British to said the German Embassy had filed | cleared from United States ports |concentrate on night raiding when the note with the Department and for British ports during the three there is better chance of evading atit is expected to turn up today or months of January, February and tack. As the war in the air now is tomorrow. It objected to the| March. | developing into battles in the dark,

| the number of efficient British air-

New Protest Reported

The new German protest

men who can reach their targets at night and return. safely ought to exceed the Germans.

Any reasonable estimate of air {strength should show the Germans [still have superior numbers of |planes. if all types are included. | Whether the Germans have special(ly concentrated on the construction of long distance bombers, however, is problematical.

$1000 FINE IS PAID: LELAND LUX FREED

(Miss Betty Jean Dawson, 19. as she [was walking along Post Road last! June.

Lux was sentenced to nine months on the Penal Farm and fined $1000. | He completed his sentence this | | week, with two months off for good | behavior, and he applied to the] | State. Clemency Commission for re- | | mission of his fine. This was denied | {Relatives appeared at the County | Clerk's office and handed the cash- | {Ter a ‘check for $1033 which included | costs in the case. Lux was released last night upon | presentation of the fine payment receipt to Penal Farm officials.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES.

Joins Cox Papers

Bloor Schieppey to Leave Post as Secretary to Publishers.

Bloor Schleppey, for seven years secretary of the Indianapolis Publishers’ Association, has joined the management of the James M, Cox | newspaper properties. Mr, Schleppey left yesterday for | Atlanta, Ga., where he will have] supervision of employee relations. The newspapers published by Mr. | Cox include the News-Sun at Springfield, O., the News at Day-|

(ton, O, the News at Miami, Fla. |

and the Journal at Atlanta, Ga, | Mr, Cox, former Governor of] Ohio, was Democratic candidate for | President in 1920. | Mr. Schleppey attended Butler | University and was graduated from | the Indiana University Law School. | For several years he was advertis-| ing manager of the New Orleans! (Lia.) Public Service Co. and for | five years was secretary of the Chi-| cago Publishers’ Association. Later] he was business manager of the New York American. Mr. Schleppey lives near Zionsville. He has been active in sad-| dle horse organization activities throughout the State.

TWO DIE IN COUNTY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

A pedestrian and a car passenger | died yesterday to bring Marion |

| County's rapidly mounting traffic | tion —even in fiscal ‘42, must puil

toll to 55. Twenty-four of the fatalities have been inside the City. John DeMar, 71, 2415 Shriver Ave, dieq at City Hospital last] night two hours after he walke® | into the side of an automobile at | 4th St. and Northwestern Ave, | Harry A. Beaman Jr, 21, of 1023] congress Ave, was the car driver. | Raymond Clayton, 57, of Nobles- | ville, died at Methodist Hospital| yesterday from injuries he received | when the car in which he was rid- | ing left the road and struck a tree at Thompson Road and State Road | 67 Tuesday. Two men escaped last night after | Sergt. John J. Sullivan chased their speeding automobile for sev- | eral blocks. Their car finally | struck a pole and crashed into a | store building in the 700 block of | Indiana Ave. Sergt. Sullivan fired two shots during the chase. :

GUNS OR BUTTER IS TAX QUESTION

Henderson Clashes With Treasury Viewpoint at House Hearing. (Continued from Page One)

committee on intemal revenue taxation, said: “The period of full employment and the absorption of idle facilities is approaching. During this period, the tax base should be broadened to curtail private consumption by either general or specific consumption taxes and thus bring production from a peace-time basis to defense basis.”

The Henderson Viewpoint

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Luftwaffe but the R. A. F., with American aid, was believed to be attempting to start the promising campaign of bombing Germany steadily and in force in an effort not only to wreck the Nazi war] machine but to determine whether | the German people can “take it” as well as Britons. Equal Nazi Raids | It was the first time since the [start of the war that the British (bomber command had sent over Germany a force comparable in striking power to the big Nazi blitz forces, ’ The Germans admitted the weight of the British assault, but claimed that 11 R. A. F. machines were shot down. From the num-

ber of planes employed by the BritBut Leon Henderson, head of the ish, the attack seemed to be equal

Office of Price Administration and in force to the severe “starvation” Civilian Supply, who made perhaps raids made by the Luftwaffe on the most favorable impression on London, Liverpool and other ports . (and industrial centers : the committee of any witness to . ' Last night's raid, by London figdate, used another approach. He | ires, was twice to four times as said, in effect, that we could have large as the biggest previous Brit« guns and butter, and that consump- [ish raids. Only recently the reetion taxes should be levied on dur- ord number was 100 to 150 planes, able consumers goods—goods that

t ith tional det 51 Downed in 36 Hours eras. © Vir hatiohal’ qelense! while the R. A: I. bombers rained

. . " tens of thousands of bombs on Ger= een, We a man targets, the increasingly effec-

; : tive British night fighter squadrons Sopual pm, ne, HS a, again challenged Nazi night raiders

over Britain. They shot down 13 While the Treasury and Mr. Stam [i006 planes, bringing the bag to appeared to put their chief reliance |s; planes in 36 hours and a total of | on restrictive taxation to curb price 119 so far this month. costing Ger. | inflation and consumption, Mr. |jany an estimated 400 trained aiv- | Henderson said taxation was the : fourth of four ways to control shortages and threats of price increases.

men. The Luftwaffe’s attack on Britain was concentrated on Hull for the America, he said, could and should | second successive night and several expand its sources of civilian supply, | other areas in the Midlands and on top of the expansion of sources of defense materials. “I place chief emphasis on expan-

elsewhere in Britain. The attack was not as strong as the previous sion,” he said, “first, last and all the time.

evening's. The British night fightDefense Comes First

300 Planes Drop 1000 Tons of Bombs on Nazi Sea Raider Sunk; Suez Canal Attacked

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Mediterranean theater. It admitted a heavy bombardment of Benghaui, efforts in China and launch a proe apparently similar to that previous-|gram for peaceful development and ly carried out by the British against exploitation of the areas now under Tripoli. The Banghazi attack was Japanese control. It was suggested not immediately reported by the that this approach might lead to British. [eventual solution of the “China af= The Rome communique said three fair.” It would also free Japanese distinet attacks were made on the|armed forces for adventures in the British convoy. Torpedo planes were South Pacific.

alleged to have hit two cruisers, | ns one destroyer and.a merchant ship | : C. OF CG. TO HONOR

in the first assault, The second attack—=made by bomber s—was To focus attention of the public lon the first night game of the sea

claimed to have hit a battleship, an aircraft carrier and two merson, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will give a luncheon at

chant ships.’ The third attack, also made by torpede planes, was said to have hit the carrier again and also a battleship. Thirteen British planes were shot down, it was claimed, and five Italian planes lost. the Indianapolis Athletic Club Wednesday for the Indianapolis Indians, Also guests at the luncheon will be their Wednesday night ope ponents, the Louisville Colonels, control of the Middle Eastern pass-| Special guests will be George W. age to India. | Trautman, Columbus, O.,, American There were reports in London that | Association president; Bruce Dude the Germans were massing para- ley, president of the Louisville ciub; chute troops in the Aegean Islands, Warren Giles, Cincinnati Reds Libya and Sicily. There were also|president; Governor Henry Schricke repeated reports that Gen. Henri|er and Mayor Reginald Sullivan, Dentz, French High Commissioner| nd Kepner will be master of ceres in Syria, faces German demands for {monies and will introduce each permission to land troops. member of the Indians and the Th rumors were counter-bal-| Colonels and the managers. anced by reports that the Iraq . regime of the pro-Nazi Rashid Wily ceeding wie Sa agans Bee Hla appesrs on the verge|ynti; 8:30 p. m., there will be a dise of collapse, ewspaper reports that | si. MRO - Rashid Ali had already fled Baghe play Of IeWIIRL ab! Penny Si dad were not confirmed in London| Arranging the luncheon are Arch and were denied by the Baghad|v. Grossman, Mr. Kepner, C. A.

radio. McLaughlin, A. E, Martin, Leo | Miller and Fred Wilson.

suggested that Japan relax her war

Ready for Battle of Egypt In the Middle East the British were preparing for big action expected soon in the form of a devel oping German battle for Egypt and |

Tokyo Talks of Peace The British extended their control of Basra, occupying the commercial LOCAL WORKMAN KILLED area, banks and telegraph offices.| Jesse Tansy, 30, of 2533 N. Olney Some rioting but not of a serious Ave, an employee in the heat treate nature was reported. West of Bagh« ing department of Schwitzer-Cume dad Iraqi troops were said to be in|mings Co., was killed today at the retreat |plant when he was knocked from

ers’ bag of 12 planes was less than half that of the night before. The Italian war communique reported intensive action in the “I believe defense must have first ——— == claim to all resources. In fact, I have felt for some time that the defense prograth should be bolder and bigger — that our sights were way too low and still are. “I believe, however, that we are in danger of setting our sights too low on what we can produce for civilian life without the slightest interference with the needs for defense. “For the life of me, I cannot see why the United States—using only 20 per cent of the national produe-

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in its belt on thousands of items un« related to its defense program.” Raps Deflationary Taxes Mr. Henderson said, in effect: Don’t tax as heavily as the Treasury recommended the goods and services of mass consumption which in no way compete with the defense program, Included in this category are the Treasury's proposals for heavier taxes on cigarets, liquor, soft drinks, telephone bills, ete. “These are deflationary, unnecessary, and highly inequitable.” Instead, Mr. Henderson said: Tax heavily articles such as autos and refrigerators, tires, tubes washing machines, radio sets, that compete very importantly for materials, productive facilities and skills with defense production. “This is the type of excise which is called for today.”

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