Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1941 — Page 2

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DEPUTY OF HITLER

MISSING ON PLANE

: | sumption of the premiership last IN week. Both steps have indicated a | possible strong swing by Russia back [to a pro-German course of action, following evidences of coolness which were apparent during the Nazi campaign in the Balkans. The previous step was the with- : drawal of Russian diplomatic recogWeisni agaist. Basin nition of a, an action SaNtEd Soe concen ‘squarely in contradiction to Russia's The full significance of Russias extensive moral support given that move in Iraq was not clear but it country at the time of the German seemed obviously timed to give | .casion.

‘ tt Iraqi regime | moral support to the Iraq g | Von Papen Back in Turkey

of pro-Nazi Premier Rashid Ali Beg | Gailani, who has risen against the| gyere were indications that a British in this vital sector. | major showdown in the Middle East a%|is forthcoming. Franz von Papen,

The Russian announcement, circulated by the official Tass News| qa man Ambassador to Turkey, was speeding back to Ankara after a

Agency, said that Russia had given | | long stay in Germany.

diplomatic recognition to Rashid It was expected that he carries

Nazis Bomb Airdromes Britain; Stalin Backs Rashid Ali in Iraq.

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in Iraq!

Ali's regime and agreed to an exchange of diplomatic missions.

The action did not appear to be |

so important as its timing. Russia announced that the diplomtic recognition had been accorded May 3— the day after fighting between the British and Iraqi broke out—as a sesult of negotiations carried out at Ankara by Soviet and Iraqi diplothatic representatives,

Persia Stands Aloof

The report by Tass emphasized | that recognition was the outgrowth | of earlier negotiations carried on last fall. At that time Rashid Ali | was in power in Iraq. In late winter | he was expelled from office, but| came back into power within a few weeks by a coup d'etat. According to Moscow, negotiations last fall bogged down because Rashid Ali desired Russia to accompany recoghition with a statement | recognizing the independence of | “Arab countries” including Iraq. | This Russia was not prepared to do. | The present recognition is not ac- | companied by any statement recog- * nizing Arab independence. Arab states in addition to Iraq include Saudi Arabia, Transjordan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco and Syria. Palestine, Turkey and Iran have large Arab populations.

| with him a blueprint of Germany's plans which the Turks still hope call for a by-pass of Turkey in the probable Nazi offensive against Suez. The Turks believe von Papen may demand guarantees of free transit |for German shipping, perhaps in|cluding arms and men, through the Dardanelles, and & new economic agreement, but no ultimatum for passage of German troops across Turkey. . The Turkish belief is that Germany may use Syria as a base against Suez, bringing in men and supplies by air and sea from Greece.

Did Darlan See Hitler?

Syria may have been the major topic of a meeting which Vice Premier Admiral Jean Francois Darlan is reported to have held with

a most important Nazi personality |

—possibly Adolf Hitler — over the week-end. United States Ambassador William D. Leahy was understood to have requested an appointment with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain in

Maj. Joseph F. Moore

Army Board Here to Begin Tests of Youths for Flying School.

A special Army board today began examining applicants for admission into the Army Air Corps as flying cadets.

The board, headed by Maj. Joséeph F. Moore, Inf., opened an office at the Federal Building and began giving mental examinations to 30 vouths who have passed physical examinations for entrance to the fiying cadet schools. Physical examinations will also be given by the medical officérs on the board. Both types of examinations will be conducted through Saturday. Other board members are Capt. John A. Booth, Medical Corps.; First Lieut. Oren B. Swenson, Medical Corps, and Second Lieut. John D. McCullough, Air Corps.

Requirements Listed

The board’s office is at Ft. Hayes, 0. After the week's “tour” in Indianapolis, the board will go to other principal cities throughout the state.

connéction with the Paris press campaign aganist America and the warming by Vichy's Ambassador to Paris, Fernand de Brinon, to keep |

Maj. Moore said that applicants for physical examinations must bring to the board their applications in triplicate, birth certificate, three

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER AIR RAID’

Parliament and Abbey Are Wrecked but Morale Is Not Broken.

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ster Hall, and to Big Ben, the 125+ ton clock whose chimes were broad-

cast throughout the Empire, had been accepted calmly by the public. A heap of charred, wet timbers and rubble lay desecrating the most venerated spot in England—a 50foot square in the very center of Westminster Abbey, where all British kings and queens for 900 years, except Edward V, have been crowned. A United Press correspondent found the dean of Westminster, Bishop Paul de Labilliere, walking serenely in the yard of the little cloisters section. He carried a book and wore a blue and purple casock a tin hat and rubber boots. “I'm in no mood to discuss it,” he said, with quiet resignation. But he pointed graciously to the damage and said that he, his wife and others were in a shelter when the incendiary bombs started falling. “I lost everything I had in the deanery—this is all I have got,” he said, spreading out his hands, displaying his garb.

Abbey ‘Fabric Is Intact’

The deanery had been considered one of the most beautiful buildings in Britain, It was gutted, along with two or three of the canons’ houses, and parts of Westminster School behind the Abbey. The Abbey architect, A. L. N. Russell, said that “the most architecturally important parts of the Abbey buildings have survived and the fabric is intact. The fact that the 19th Century roof has been destroyed is not an irreparable thing, though the Abbey is open to the sky.” A verger stood in front of the closed doors of the Abbey, reassuring anxious callers that the building was not seriously damaged. One old woman cried with joy on hearing this news.

Dr. W. H. Greever

Indiana Lutherans to Convention Tonight at First Church.

The 94th annual convention of the Indiana Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America will open with a holy communion service at 7:30 p. m. today at the First Lutheran Church here. Dr. W. H. Greever, New York City, secretary of the U. L. C. A, will be the preacher. His subject will be “The Spiritual Value of Life.” Th C. Goering, and the administrants the Rev. Ernest Mullendire.

convention will be at 9 a. m. tomnrrow with the chaplain, the Rev. C. R. Defenderfer, in charge. The theme of devotional periods throughout the convention will be “The World Lacks Spiritual Destiny.” Dr. H. E. Turney. Indianapolis, is Synod president; Dr. A. G. Keck, Richmond, vice president; the Rev.

Holiday, Richmond, treasurer,

Oscar F. Blackwelder, D. D.,

Visiting Preacher

Continue Greek Drive for Funds

MENZIES MEET WILLIAM ZILSON, secretary of the Greek War Relief Associ-

ation here, stated today that colSenate Committee Backs lections will continue and that

i ; ill b t to the Island Use of Seized Ships, Re. | Bot, ™ Sent io the Joan fuses Transfer Ban.

| | | He reported that $9200 has been | collected and turned over to the (Continued from Page One) | national organization since the | start of the campaign. There Were no other appointments on the White House schedule. |

| White House Secretary Stephen | T. Early said the President's tem-

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| perature has been normal since

| Saturday and that he is “feeling WPA Assigns 1500 Workers |

fine.” He said he believed Mr. | Roosevelt would go to his office At Atlantic Fleet Storehouse.

| tomorrow. Doubt Policy Declaration A battalion of 1500 WPA workers

There were increasing indications, meantime, that Mr. Roosevelt's scheduled address before the PanAmerican Union on Wednesday would produce little if anything that clarify the Administration's attitude toward proposals for con-

for Britain.

Authoritative sources

in the near future.

Goering and the Rev. | build-up The first business session of the |

cent predictions

for pronouncement.

new policy States.

Emphasis on Ship Bill

voys or other increased naval aid

discouraged speculation that Mr. Roose velt's speech would contain any momentous declaration of policy, or that any such declaration was likely

That is a complete reversal of rein Congressional and other circles here. It had been |anticipated that recent addresses by | Cabinet members—all : : 3 [directly for action guaranteeing the e liturgist will be the Rev. G.| delivery of goods De wore a a big Presidential

calling in-

Some sources doubted that the | President ever had planned to use | the Pan-American Union meeting as an opportunity to announce any affecting the United

Others interpreted the forecasts variously. Some wondered whether

has been assigned to clear roads and right-of-way in the vicinity of the U. S. Navy's Atlantic fleet ammunition depot now under construction at Burns City, State WPA Administrator John K. Jennings announced: today. The first contingent of 50 men will begin work tomorrow on the WPA project, eventually to include $1,000,000 worth of work on the $15,000,000 Navy project. The principal ammunition dump for warships guarding the Atlantic coast, the Burns City depot will cover a 75 square-mile area in Martin County. It will be larger than the depot at Hawthorne, Nev. the storehouse for the Pacific fleet. The bulk of the Atlantic fleet's munitions will be stored in 650 subterranean “igloo” cellars, to be constructed 200 yards apart. This is to prevent any single explosion wrecking the entire depot. The tops of the magazines which protrude above ground will be round

Mr. Goering, secretary, and John F.

Business sessions will occupy the day and at night there will be a fellowship banquet with Governor Henry F. Schricker, and the Rev. of

Mr. Roosevelt might not be waiting further crystalizetion of public {opinion before taking any further {move in the direction of convoys, {others believed he might want to test further the effectiveness of the extended patrol system and the 2,-000,000-ton shipping pool.

to deflect projectiles.

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MONDAY, MAY 12, 1941"

97,000 IN STATE FACE CM TIEUP

Allison Plant Here Likely to Be Affected By a Material Shortage.

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has Government orders totaling $3,593,000 for electrical equipment; Guide Lamp has direct orders for $4,910,000 worth of shell cases and is doing sub-contract work also, and both Muncie plants have subcontracts. Work will be resumed Friday morning at the strike<bound La Porte plant of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Strikers will go back to their jobs as negatiations for settlement of the dispute open before the Naticnal Defense Me-~ diation Board in Washington.

G. M. Union Orders Strike Thursday

By UNITED PRESS A strike and a threatened strike against industries working on $1,269,000,000 of defense orders darkened the defense labor picture today. In Detroit, the United Automobile Workers (C. I. O.) issued a strike call today against 61 plants of the General Motors Corp., which employ 160,000 men. It is effective Thursday. * The union and company go before the National Defense Mediation in Washington again tomorrow for a final effort to agree on the union's demand for a union shop and a general wage inerease of 10 cents an hour. The union specifically excluded defense workers from the strike call, but the corporation said this was impossible. In San Francisco more than 500 policemen were ordered to special duty in 11 San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda shipyards as 1700 striking A. F. of L. and C. I. O. machinists established picket lines, The yards are working on defense contracts totaling 500 million dollars—including orders for 27 de-

CONVENE TOMORROW

Administration Congressional leaders are placing the utmost

Washington, D. C., as speakers.

stroyers, four cruisers and numerous Toastmaster will be the Rev. Arthur

Russia's stép contrasted sharply hands off Dakar or France would letters of recommendation and a Too High for Firemen cargo vessels

with that of Iran (Persia) which enter the war. was reported in British sources to| A United Press correspondent have declined to give its support to|at Jerusalem reported the BritRashid Ali. Turkey also has been ish Were watching Syria closely and holding more or less aloof from rapidly building up their defenses Rashid Ali as has Saudi Arabia, With new arrivals of American airwhile Transjordania has been co- Craft —chiefly Curtiss Tomahawk operating with the British in their fighters and Martin bombers.

efforts to regain control of Iraq. Iraq Fighting Dwindles Even Germany does not at the ; i 5 moment have diplomatic relations| Arabs in Palestine, for the most with Irag—these having been|DPari were said to be supporting the broken off at the start of the Euro- | British and the fighting in Iraq pean war—although Berlin has] was reported to be dwindling toward made no secret of its sympathy with | the guerilla stage. Rashid Ali's fight. In the air war, German fliers > avoided London, where 33 planes Another Deal’ were shot down Saturday night. The Soviet move raised sharp

The scattered activity last night questions as to the possibility of an-|cost the Luftwaffe eight more other Russo-German deal, this time | Planes, bringing the total for the alloting spheres of interest in the|month so far to 168. Some 98 of such an arrange-

Middle East. | nese planes have been downed by ment might be German recognition for

The basis for night fighters, a new record. “Especially good weather of Russia's interests in Iran and|Pombing” permitted the British to Afghanistan, some joint arrange-|drop “a heavy weight of high exment covering Turkey and the Dar-|Plosive and incendiary bombs on danelles, and Russia recognition of | German submarine manufacturing German interests in Iraq, Saudi Yards and refueling bases. Arabia, Syria, Egypt and the Suez.| The Air Ministry said that facThe Russian move in Iraq was| tory chimneys “standing up like the second diplomatic move by the|black ninepins against the moonlit Kremlin since Josef Stalin's as-| Waterways” made Hamburg an “easy target.” London said that {the bombs “added to the destruction” in ship and rail yards, but | Berlin said that the damage was confined to civilian areas. In Madrid Gen. Francisco Franco continued his move to place men of | unquestioned personal loyalty in key spots of his regime. His latest move was a series of new appointments in the top command of the Spanish Army.

China Warns U. 8. on “Peace”

A demand arose in Tokyo that the Government made public a clear statement of Japan's responsibilities under the Axis pact in event the United States joins the war. Generalissmo Chiang Kai-shek warned that the “peace plan” for the war in China recently published in the Tokyo press is evidence that Japan intends to strike against | American possessions in the Pacific. | Washington observers believe the {plan was aimed at keeping the United States fleet in the Pacific wo weaken aid to Britain. Chinese military quarters

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|statement from the registrar of the |college he attended showing one{half the number of credits required for graduation. Applicants must be between 20] and 27 years old, citizens and unmarried. The mental examinations ican be taken in lieu of the college credits. The state’s quota of flying cadets | will be increased soon and even may | be doubled, Henry E. Ostrom said | today upon his return from Dayton, | O., where he attended a conference | of the Fifth Corps Area civilian ad- | visory committee,

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{ Mr. Ostrom, Indiana representasive of the committee, said the reason for the quota increase is the plan for training 30,000 pilots a {year to man the thousands of planes being built for national de- | fense. The Fifth Corps Area, he said, ranked second in cadet enrollments during April with 243. The Dayton conference, called by Capt. Lewis B. Rock, Dayton newspaper publisher and corps area chairman, was attended by Maj. Gen. C. A. Trott, commanding general of the area. Also present was Orville Wright, an honorary member of the committee. Mr. Ostrom said Mr. Wright suggested the age limit of flying cadet applicants be reduced below 20 years. Mr. Ostrom said there is a possibility that this change may be made. “When we realize that this nation ranks only third in aviation,” he said, “we can better understand that the need for training pilots is very great, indeed.”

ASSIGN ARMY HOSTS AT COLUMBIA GLUB

The Columbia Club will welcome Army officers and executives of defense industries newly assigned to Indianapolis with a series “of | hospitality programs during June. The first will be held June 2, which will be “Civic Leaders and | Bankers’ Night.” Hosts will be the | Public Questions Committee, the Entertainment Committee and their

| ported that six Japanese divisions | ladies. Guests of honor will be civic | had been concentrated for a drive | ‘eaders, bankers, defense industry across the Yellow River toward executives, either Loyang or Sian to cut the their ladies. | route over which China has been | The second event will be “Aviation

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Night” June 14. The Fellowship Committee will be host. Open House will be observed June 23, with the Defense Hospitality Committee and the Dance Committee acting as hosts. The final program will be “Defense Night” June 30, a men’s gathering, with club officers and directors acting as hosts.

MORE TROOPS REQUESTED OTTAWA, May 12 (U, P.). — The British Government has asked Canada to increase its forces in Britain by “thousands of corps troops” this year, Defense Minister J. L. Ralston said last night in a radio speech opening an enlistment drive for 32,000 recruits in two months.

height, so they now are faced with somewhat the same grave situation regarding their night strategy. The

parallel is not exact, however, in so far as is yet known, because it is yet to be learned whether the British have devices for detecting the visiting bombers apart from the light of the moon. There have been several recent reports that the British have been experimenting with methods for their fighter planes finding targets in the dark. Until the moon wanes, however, it will be impossible to know the facts. Enough already is known concerning the German losses in moonlight to make it compulsory for Goering to call for reports from his experts on what shall be done. The loss of the bombers, themselves, is not the most serious aspect of the matter. German bombers carry four to six highly-trained men. It is diffi cult to keep training young men for night flying and it is certain that the Luftwaffe has nothing like as

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War Moves Today

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Most of the damage to the Abbey was caused when the timbered roof of The Lantern, a tower in the center of the building, was ignited by an incendiary bomb. It was 140 feet above the Abbey floor, out of reach of firemen’s hoses, and it burned out and collapsed. Wreckage lay two feet deep before the altar, which was undamaged. _ Outwardly, the Abbey showed little evidence of damage, although pews and hassocks were stacked on the lawn, the air was heavy with the odor of burned wood, tapestry and chair stuffings, and muck, ashes and sandbags littered the scene that four years ago today witnessed the! coronation of King George and | Queen Elizabeth, | The House of Commons debating | hall was a mass of rubble surround- | ed by blackened walls. Big Ben, on | the Parliament Building tower, still |

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IN SHOTGUN HOLDUP Thursday.

William Huff, 35, was sentenced to minal Court today when convicted | P.) —Private Jackie Coogan, oneof holding up a streetcar motorman | time film star, has been trans-

Ray Figg. motorman on a Martin- [the public relations department at dale Ave. trackless trolley, testified Camp Roberts, it was learned today. that Huff got on his car and rode to | Superior officers said Private Coogan | the end of the line, then pointed the was in demand as a luncheon club | Frank J. Evans, Noblesville, is assoshotgun at him and took $25.

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About 2000 members, guests and friends of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association are expected to attend the 61st annual convention which opens tomorrow at the Fair Grounds and continues through Thursday noon. Among speakers will be Homer Chaillaux, Americanism director of the American Legion; George E. Johnson, Appleton, Wis, of the National Funeral Directors’ Association; Charles Herrlich. New Palestine; Morris L. ‘Sleeth, Shelbyville, and Carl J, Graf, Indianapolis.

emphasis on the shipping bill. Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky hopes to begin Senate debate by Wedensday or

ARMY TRANSFERS COOGAN PASO ROBLES, Cal, May 12 (U.

ferred from the medical corps to

Although the machinists number only 1700 out of 16,000 employees, most of the other union members refused to pass the picket lines. The Office of Production Management, the Navy Department and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, made last minute efforts to settle the dis~ pute, over wages. The Office of Production Management moved for swift settlement of a strike which interrupted work on a dry-dock project at the $30,000,000 Navy Yard annex in South Boston,

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chimed the hours, but the masonry | above the blackened face was dam- | aged and the apparatus which broadcast the chimes by radio was | put out of commission.

Parliament Custodians Killed

The roof of the Commons’ mem-! bers lobby, damaged in an earlier raid and shored up with elaborate | scaffolding, was damaged by a bomb | that crashed through the roof. The! doors and windows were blown out. The resident superintendent of the House of Lords, Capt. B. L.. H. Elliott, was reported killed while helping fire fighters in his building. Two war reserve policemen and a | custodian also were killed. Other | fire fighters rescued valuable records and relics and quickly got the | fire in control. Damage was serious. | Famed Westminster Hall, a part | of the Parliament quarter, was hit on the roef by incendiary bombs | which burned off a small cupola. | Oak beams supporting the roof in a | series of majestic gothic arches, ap- | peared undamaged. | Many of the problems today had slight social significance. Brydon Taves, United Press correspondent, for example, was concerned with the case of nerves suffered by his 5-months old pup, which had lain beside him all night, trembling until her teeth chattered at the sound of bombs and guns. He went to a drug store for ad-

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W. D. PATTEN, MONON | DETECTIVE, IS DEAD

William D. Patten, Monon Rail-| road detective; died today after an | iliness of three years. Mr. Patten, who was 64, lived at 1727 Park Ave. He was a native of Columbus, | Ind., and had lived in Indianapolis | for the last 20 years. He was a. Mason. Services will be at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Shirley Bros. ! Central Chapel, Illinois and 10th | Sts. Burial will be in City Cemetery | in Columbus. Friends may call at! the mortuary after 5 p. m. today.

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