Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1941 — Page 3

FEAR NAZI AIRLINES

TO SOUTH AMERICA

Bi, Say Commercial Planes Flown by AY Pilots,

Used for Military R

econnaissance, Could

Easily Foster Revolt. .

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine.

- LONDON, May 21.—France’s recent request for the reopening of the French air service from Dakar to Brazil has! been refused by the Brazilian Government, the British eco- :

nomic warfare authorities learned last night..

‘Considerable concern has been felt here at the expansion of German and Italian air services in South America, which | |

connect with the Italian Lati service from Rome to Per-

nambuco and which - enable - Axis agents in the United States (and South America to evade the British blockade.

One of the provisions in the

learned, included the reopening of the Air France line runing on the Pernambu- § co-Rio JaneiroBuenos AiresSantiago route. The Chilean & and Argentine nyo Kirkpatrick governments have agreed to the reopening of the French line but the Brazilian authorities have refused. The German and Italian airlines piloted by members of their respective air forces are now operating for 20,000 miles throughout South America, in comparison with the 15,000 miles of Pan American Airways, although the latter's Brazilian and Colombian subsidiaries cover an additional 11,000 miles.

i A Major Headache

* The fact that these air routes are linked up to European service through the Italian Lati Line has given the British a major headache. Lati planes start in Italy, refuel at the Portuguese Sal, one -of the Cape Verde Islands, make a nonstop flight from there to Pernambuco and thence wo Rio. The service Is subsidized by the German and Italian governments and controlled by CSAS—divison of Special Air Services—a department of the Italian Air Ministry under{j the direction of Air Fleet General Aurelio Liotta. - CSAS is also in charge of transport of troops and materials overseas and of all military air com‘munications. The planes are Savoia-Marchetti’ convertible bombers, fitted with machine-gun mountings and camouflaged. Members of the air crews and pilots are regular members of i Italian Air Force, the British

say. The British tried to dam up this leak in the blockade by shutting off gasoline supplies to the Cape Verde Islands. Stocks were exhausted last . January, but the Italian consul in the Cape Verde Islands makes a weekly trip in his own large yacht to the Spanish port of Rio de Oro where supplies of French military gasoline are picked up., Warned By Radio? On more than one occasion, Lati planes have acted as reconnaissance for the German Navy. The most - notable instance .was the effort of a Lati plane to warn the Graf Spee of the presence of the Ajax and Exeter off -the Uruguayan coast, in December, 1939. Afterward the Brazilian cowrts fined the Lati service $1000 because one of its planes made a sevenhour reconnaissance flight before the Italian S. S. Franco Martelli left Pernambuco in an attempt to run the British blockade . The British believe Lati planes . warned an Atlantic raider of the sailing of he S. S. Zamzam from Pernambuco for Capetown. From the viewpoint of the Ministry of Economic Warfare the Lati route represents a serious blockade leak. The line is also an important gap in the censorship and enables German firms. to organize blockade evasion and to prepare for re-

FRANCE DRAWS

Negotiations at Paris Are Proceeding Smoothly, Vichy Reports.

VICHY, France, May 21 (U.P.).— Negotiations for a Franco-German political agreement are proceeding favorably at Paris, it was reported today. (In Berlin, the official German news agency reported from Paris that a French ministerial council had met at the Hotel Matignon last night with Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan presiding and War Minister Gen. Charles Huntziger, Finance Minister Yves Bouthillier, and Jacques Benoist-Mechin, Darlan’s cabinet leader, present.) French and German sources reported alike that an agreement binding “France closer to the Axis nations was expected soon. Meanwhile, Paris newspapers denounced the United States for trying to tell France what to do after having failed to heed France's call for help in June, 1940. Air Minister Gen. Jean Marie Bergeret had reached Beirut, Syria, where he was sent by Chief of Staff Marshal Philippe Petain after British planes had bombed Syrian airports in retaliation for the passage

through Syria bound for Iraq. Bergeret was in North Africa at the time of the bombing. French authorities said that if the bombings continued, France would take reprisals against the British. “France's announcement of impending operations for reconquest of the lost Congo and Chad colonies and Gabdn, now held by Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s “Free -French” forces, was another source of potential trouble with Britain. Typical. of the anti-American campaign, Stephane Lauzanne, once a leading proponent of FrancoAmerican amity, and -a familiar figure at American club and American Chamber of Commerce - banquets, said in the newspaper Matin that America’s “diplomacy of famine and menace are bad tactics . . . if America has forgotten Lafayette, France won't forget Roosevelt.”

REPORTS JUGOSLAVS WERE UNPREPARED

NEW YORK, -May/21 (U. P.).— The Jugoslav army collapsed before the Germans because it was nqt prepared “to meet a second attack,” according to Col. Louis J. Fortier, United States military attache at Belgrade. “They had to start from the ground up,” Col. Fortier said upon his arrival from Europe aboard PanAmerican Airways’ Dixie Clipper. “Gen. (Dusan T.) Simovitch had only eight or nine days and he had barely formed his government before the Germans came through.” Col. Fortier, who served two years at Belgrade, said he had been with the general ‘headquarters std of the Jugoslav army since the outbreak of the war. He said they had no “false hopes” about United States aid reaching them in time. Col. Fortier has been assigned

sumption of trading on a large Beale by the Axis after the war.

to ‘the general staff o the War Department.

CLOSER TO AXIS|

of German and Italian planes

what once was the Speaker’s chair.

21.5, SENATORS

SEE PEACE MOVE

Cite Astors’ Sounding Out Of U. S. Nazi Successes, Fewer Air Raids.

WASHINGTON, May 21 (uv. P). “Two Senators—one a supporter of Administration foreign policy and the other a leading non-interven-

some peace move is in the making in Europe. : The Senators, who preferred not to be identified but who have had contact with leading British figures in pre-war years, based this belief

lon a series of recent developments, climaxed by a statement of Lady |

Astor that Great Britain is “losing the war on the home front. I

Intimated Alliance |

They recalled . that Lady, Astor was a leading member of the prewar “Cliveden Set” in Great Britain which was reputedly seeking to ap-

- |pease Germany. One of the Sena-

tors recalled a conversation with the American-born British peeress

‘| when she visited here in 1938.

At that time, the Senator. said, Lord and Lady Astor and those who

‘| were with them sounded out Amer-

The have photo shows the tanto ghost shatter ed masonry and charred timbers in the interior of the "House of Commons in London after one of the worst Nazi raids of the war.

The scene Is looking toward

CHRYSLER WINS $4,000,000 SUIT

Court Rules Against Men Thrown Out of Work by Detroit Strike.

& LANSING, Mich., May 21 (U. P.). —The ' Michigan State Supreme Court in a 5-to-3 decision ruled today’ that all Chrysler Motor Co. plants constitute “a single establishment” and disallowed unemployment compensation: claims for $4,000,000 by 41,000 employees made idle by a strike ‘in 1939. The strike involved a dispute between the company and the United Automobile Workers (C.I.0.) at the main Dodge plant in Detroit. The Union established picket lines there and at two other: Detroit plants. Lack of materials from those picketed plants halted production at six other Detroit plants for 54 days. After the dispute was settled, the U. A. W.-C. I. O. aided its members in all the other plants in @pplying for unemployment compensation benefits. The State Unemployment Commission ruled that the nine plants were “one establishment” under state law and that all of the employees were involved in a labor dispute. A commission referee later reversed the order and awarded compensation to employees of the six plants. where picket lines had not been established. The corporation took the case to the courts, which resulted in today’s ruling. :

LINDBERGH TO SPEAK DESPITE HALL DENIAL

PHILADELPHIA, May 21 (U. P.). —Despite a series of rebuffs, including refusal to use the austere Academy of Music, the America First Committee went ahead with plans .today to have Charles A. Lindbergh continue his isolation talks at a mass meeting here May 29. The “Committee negotiated use of the arena, a sporting center, after John Frederick Lewis, president of the Acamedy Corporation, told the group: . “The real reason for refusing to rent the academy to you is that we don’t care to rent it for such a purpose.” . “The ‘front’ of the America First Committee here, as in other cities, consists -of sincere. American isolationists,” Mr. Lewis said later. “But the audience such meetings attract is made up largely of lovers of Germany and haters of England —in other words, enemies of our

form’ of government. y

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County City Total 2oi0 cerecnienive 33 30 43 941 ........... 31 25

Accidents.... 20 | Injured

56

TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT

® Cases Convic- Fines

Violations tried tions paid «+ 21 $238

Speeding Reckless driving . 2 1 5 Failure to stop at through street.. 2 2 7 Disobeying traffic - signals ...: 6 5 12 Drunken driving 4 1 35 All others .......52 62

\" Totals .........95 1 $359

MEETINGS TODAY

Loyola University School of Medicine, Severin Hotel, 8:15 a 83d General Avenir United Presbyterfan Church of orth America, Severin Hotel, 7:30 in Foreign rade Division, Gamer of Commerce. Hotel Severin, 12: Indiana State Dental Yoana Clay-

poo tel. ol Hotel Real Estate Board, Property Managers Division, Canary Cottage, noon. fana Mo Motor Truck Association, Hotel tl amels 8 Sub, Cla poe] £ Joon a , Claypo el, noo ] XC. ©. A "camera Club, Y. M,C. A., :30 p :

oung Men's Discussion Club, Y. M. C. ‘parks Alumnl Association, Hotel Seve-

2th District American Legion, Board of

de, Srna Alpha Epsilon, Board of Trade,

Be eita Theta Tau, Seville Restaurant,

oon obo -01 erative SIvb of Indianapolis, olum ub, noon. Indian a pole Junior Chamber of Comoa "Plus Club, Chamber of Commerce,

ETINGS TOMORROW

Adve] sing x b! IndiAnapolis, Indianfapolis Athletic Club, npon Findia dianapolis Real state Board, Hill Crest Country Club, afternoon and 7

m. Caravan Club, Murat Temple, noon. il Club, Hotel Severin, noon Sb League oh ‘Indianapolis, 231 N. Pennsylvania St., Ea © Camera *Clab, 110 EB: Ninth

Sana Cottage, noon. ha" Kimani Association, 2 a pha

c Indianapolis Motor ‘Transportation As- Mary Knip

sccialion, Inc., Fox's steak pss, | noon. Canary

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The: Times therefore. is not responsible for errors in names ‘and addresses.)

uis, +28; of 5104 BaltiMgr Blank, 25, of 3562 W.

, } nor Jr., 25, of 123 » Ny re Dame. nd: Mary Jo Car23, o arro) iam Smith, 65, city: Rose B. Dowden,

Strother H. f 1021 Hervey; ele 31 Donnelly, ‘230 "of 3249 N. New

Ie es F. Bowen, 21, of 1824 Milburn; Dorothy LaV. Strodiman, 20, of 914 Harlan. Charles R. Young. 25, % 2831 E. Robos 4 E. 34th;

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‘Joseph more; Mattie 16t]

son; Anna Robert Virginia. A. HE Ciok C. Schmoll, 28, R. 6. Box 34 Dorothy M. Mulry, 26. E R. 1, Box

cis D. Arnold, 27, of 138 N. Vine; A Francle Pontius, 24, of 1617 N. New

Jeisey i roy Sellers, 25, of 922 N. il 3 tok” Yairer od Hollinger, 24, of 2261 N.

ams, Wendell ‘'W. Mozingo, 21, of 1225 Shan Mary G, Wright, 17, of 2 231 N. Tiinols at

Roy owen Lovie Farice, 19, 2 542 Cason

BIRTHS

Girls Edward, Bernice Murray, at St. Francis. Serald, Lulu Brown, at St. Richard, Monica Fender, at oe A els. Lorne, Alice MacBesn, at St. Francis. ' Francis, Virginia Hea ly, at St. Vincent's. Patrick, Alice Dollens, at St. Vincent's. Clarence, I Shaw, at 3 ovineent's,

hodist. Sthodis

Charles, Essie Brier, at Method Cameron, Mahala Troxel at Me 5 dist. Anthony, Joanna Sekula, at St. Vinen 8.

Boys ' Menrice, Florence Tressler, st. ancis. James, Madeline Jones, at St. Francis. Edwafd, Rosemary Priller, at St. Francis.

Aromas, Rae Bopion 4h Bi Vincents omas, Nan nlo: ni Howard, 1 Kathryn Cald®Rll, at St. Vine cen Edward, Goldie Williams, at Methodist. James, Margaret Pogue, al, Methodist. James, Jewel Martin, at 848 S. Belmont. Herbert, Sue Maples, at 933 Buchanan,

DEATHS

Oscar Parker, 72, at 318 kroncho pneum: Martin Lo: clerosis. Wilbur Jinnett, 56, at Central, paralysis.

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64 ASS of 3510 N. Pennsyl-

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rom Drémnen 84, at 11s W. 21st, onic myocarditis. ecto r Fouts, 63, at 1514 W. Pruitt, car

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OFFICIAL WEATHER U. 8. Weather Bur ; INDIANAPOMS FORECAST—Partly

possibly not

cloudy tonight and tomorrow; local showers tomorrow afternoon; much change in temperature. Sunrise ...... 4:24 |Sunset ........6:59 TEMPERATURE e=May 21, 1940—

seecees 84

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 7 a m... .00 Total precipitation ce Jan 1........ 16.26 Deficiency since Jan. 1 p 9:

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Partly cloudy. tonight and tomorrow, with .a few widely scgttered showers in central and southwest pOrtions

tomorrow afternoon; cooler in extreme

_| northwest portion tonight.

Illinois—Partly cloudy, a few scattered showers in central Jortion this afternoon or early tonight and in south portion tomorrow afternoon; cooler in extreme north portion tonight. Lower Michigan—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat cooler tonight, except along ‘Lake Michigan; cooler in extreme southeast tomorrow. Ohio—GQenerally fair, siightly warmer in south portion tonight; morrow partly cloudy, a few scattered light showers and slightly cooler in extreme north portion tomorrow afternoon. Kentucky—Fair and warmer jonigh; tomorrow partly cloudy and warm with Scattered light showers in extreme west portion

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. .. Clou 0.13 55 Bismarck, N. D. Boston hicago

New Yor Dorothy L. Elfers, 32, at 4110 B. Washat 15 N. , Harding, ]

bE Ore, “oasunien Clear tonio, X. ...Rain

4 College, chronic ge Louis

H oosier Veteran Is Given Citation

WASHINGTON, May 21. A. Hoosier veteran of the A. E, PF. thas been awarded the Silver Star decoration for gallantry in action, the War Department announced today. He is Jerome Markey, who was born at Hammend and now lives at Port Huron, Mich. The announcement of the award reads: ° “Jerome Markey, Army serial number 279,760, formerly Sergeant, Co. E, 126th ‘Inf., 32d Div,, A. E. F. For gallantry in action during the operation on July 1, 1918, in the trenches near C. R. Gildwiller, Alsace, France. When it became practically impossible to reach the Company Command “Post because ,0f violent bombardment of heavy artillery, Sergeant Markey, then Private First Class, voluntarily went forward alone through the barrage and succeeded in making a complete observation of the situation and reported same to his Company Commander, which information was. of inestimable value.”

{TTH NAVAL RESERVE DIVISION ON DUTY

The last contingent of Indianapolis Naval Reservists were on active duty today with Uncle Sam’s naval forces “for the duration.” The 17th Division, composed of

69 reservists from Indianapolis and one from Logansport, left Indianapolis by train at 6:30 a. m. today bound for Toledo, then the Atlantic coast, where they will man the U. 8. S. Dover, a gunboat in the Atlantic patrol. The other two divisions of reservists, the 18th and 16th, composed of men from Indianapolis and throughout the state, went into service last fall and are now on board the S. S. Sacramento and a subschaser patrolling the Atlantic and Pacific waters, The Sacramento reported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while the subchaser patrols Atlantic waters. The 17th Division is commanded by Lieut. Leroy Higgenbothom, junior grade. Orders calling up the members of the 17th were received Sunday.

Hoosier Couple Wed 63 Years

MISS CECIL C. ELLISON and E. H. Fadely of Indianapolis will go to Blocher, Ind., Sunday to join in the celebration of the 63d wedding anniversary of their grandparents, Mr. and Mss, James M. Ellison. Mr. and Mrs. Ellison, “both of whom age 82, live on a farm near Blocher. Mr. Ellison has operated general stores in Mechanicsburg and Shirley. : All. of the couple’s children, grandchildren and great-grand-children are: living. They are a daughter, Mrs. Dennis Fadley of Austin; (wo sons, L. R. Ellison of Louisville, Ky., and L. C. Ellison of Blocher; one other grandson, Gerald E. Ellison of Pendleton, and four great-grandchildren. |

DEFENDS TAKING

Accused Official Says It ‘Was Customary in Jobs ~ At Princeton.

Leo V. McDonald, Street Commissioner on trial in Federal Court here on charge: of diverting WPA labor and funds, testified in his own defense today. Mr. McDonald = was indicted in connection with the remova!. by

WPA workers of earth excavated from a Princeton park roadway project to four lots owned by Mr. McDonald, a mile from the park. The Government contends th: dirt should have been used to fill low spots in the park, while the de’ense maintains that placing the dict in the park would have aggravated flood conditions,

Defends Act As Customary

Mr. McDonald admitted on the stand that approximately 900 cubic yards of earth were placed or his lots and said some was taken to other lots. He said it was the practice in Princeton for the WPA to place surplus dirt on private lois. At the time’ the park project was underway in December, 1939, it was difficult fo find anyone willinz to accept the dirt, it was test fied. Another defense witness testified that it was twice as far to the city Sump as it was to Mr. McDonald's ots.

Other Owners Get Dirt

Harry C. Morrison, Gibson County Surveyor, said that the ClerkTreasurer’s office kept a list of persons desiring surplus WPA dirt and that the WPA obtained this list daily and placed the dirt on the lots of the owners who asked for it. The Surveyor also said that to have placed the surplus dirt on the park property might have destroyed the natural drainage and resulted in worse flood conditions. The testimony is being heard by Judge Michael L. Igoe, of the Illinois Federal District Court. Judge Robert C. Baltzell disqualified him-

SEEK SENTIMENT ON CONGRESS RECESS

WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P.). —Administration ‘leaders today are sounding out Congressional sentiment for a recess of six weeks or two months beginning in mid June or July. Initial reaction indicated that Congress would oppose a recess for that long a period but might agree to twice-a-week formal meetings, with all important ‘business suspended, after the annual appropriation bills and pending tax bills are disposed of. That would postpone the start of any: such semi-racess until July or August. Congressional opposition to a , .Te=cess was based on the same ‘groands as prevented Congress from adjourn-

|ing last year—a feeling that in the

present critical state of affairs constituents expect their Congressmen

'to remain on the job.

GREECE

80 Airline Distences in Milos: @-—— Probable Routes of Attack

4D German Threats to Suen

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Crete First Step to Suez

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_ ‘This map shows how German occupation of Crete would enable | the Axis to endanger Egypt-and the Suez Canal as weil as afford air Protection for troops in Syria and Libya. Alr distances and probate

OF PARK DIT

A Princeton

self because he formerly resided in ‘Princeton. ,

ican sentiment on joining Great Britain in opposition to Ciermany and intimated that if .the ‘United States refused to help fight Hitler, Britain. would be forced to make some sort of alliance with him. The Senators based their belief in 2 peace offensive on the: ground A

“Hitler has won in Europe and can take Gibraltar and Suez. :

Cite Hess Incident

Rudolph Hess, No. 3 Nazi, flew to Scotland, and acording to some reports sought to discuss peace. President Roosevelt postponed a speech he had been scheduled to make before the Pan- American Union last Wednesday and made plans to make a “fireside chat” next Tuesday. : ‘Secretary of State Cordell Hull laid down several post-war principles, including that “raw material supplies must be available to all nations without discrimination.” Germany recently has not been bombing England as hard as in the past, Britain is not bombing Germany as hard as it has, and sinkings have been considerably reduced.

4 PLANTS TO GET BOMBER CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P.). —OPM Director William S. Knudsen said today that the Government has notified the Ford Motor Co. and three aircraft companies that it soon will sign contracts with them ‘for production of | heavy bombers. Mr. Knudsen said that letters of intent t0 award contracts went to the Ford Motor plant, Ypsilanti, Mich.; ‘Boeing Aircraft €o,, Seattle; Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Cal, and Douglas Aircraft Corp., Santa Monica, Cal. He added that contracts for an undisclosed number of the heavy bornbers would be signed “shortly” with these companies in furtherance of President Roosevelt's request for emphasis on “this type of production.

GIRL, 17, IS CHARGED WITH 3 AUTO DEATHS

BEDFORD, Ind., May 21 (U. P.). —Ruth Smith, 17, Anderson, whose car struck and killed three Eeltonville youths Sunday, today was charge with reckless homicide. Prosecutor H. Wayne Baker charged in Magistrale J. V. Stapp’s

too fast and on the left side of the road.

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STRAUSS SAYS:

Consider these Color Combinations! Maize and Suntan, Bamboo and Stone Blue Bamboo and Sea-Green

Sea-Green and Suntan.

Sk STRALSS

tionist—expressed belief today that|

court that Miss Smith was driving |

. ‘WHEN THE INDIANA \ Supreme Gout gets around to deciding the ' constitutionality of the new G. O. P, laws, one of the happiest men will be County Republican Chairman James Bradford. Win, lose or draw, he will at least know then just what to tell his workers. Right

now, he’s’ anything but happy.

On one side, he is being bombarded

by an opposition faction which hasn’t been quiet since he captured the

chairmanship last year. And their treatment hasn't been any too gentle. On the other, he’s being haunted by almost 3500 job seekers who can’t understand why they haven't

been put on the pay roll after

last: November's - victories. Nate. urally, the opposition isn't letting the hungry precinct workers forget that their chairman hasn't delivered the jobs yet.

Patronage Headache

Mr. Bradford realizes, of course,

‘that his future as County Chair-

man might be greatly influenced by the high court’s forthcoming

- decision, If the laws are declared

constitutional, and he gets a fair share of the patronage he feels he will be able to pacify a great deal of opposition. Not all of it, because some of the bitterness runs deep, but enough to block the storm. If he fails to get the jobs, he faces a battle to’ stay on

top. He’s fairly certain that if the G. O. P. program goes through, he will get at least 600 to 800 State places. to fill—some large -but mostly small ones. Marion County went over to the Republican column last year, one of the few

“large industrial centers to leave

the Democrats. The small local margin was the difference between victory and defeat for the State G. O. P. . If the State House job dispensers should forget this, as they have in some instances already, and cut Mr. Bradford off with just 200 or so jobs, his problem will be increased. With 15 appli cants for every place, he'd be almost certain to make enemies.

Hardest. Workers Get Call

THAT'S THE predicament the chairman finds himself in today and explains why he is carrying ‘his case to the workers. He has spoken frankly in some of the areas most hostile to him. He explained his position to the ward vice -chairwomen at a, luncheon the ,other day and has called the ward chairmen: into session tomorrow night to tell them the same things. When the jobs become available, those who worked the hardest for

the organization last November

will get first call, he says. The machinery for passing out the plums is all set up. He has all the applicants classified by vocation and by wards, with ‘all of their recommendations. Since he wants to be chairman for the entire party and not any single group, Mr. Bradford says that those on the opposite side of

" the factional fence will get their

share of ‘the places, too. As much as he would like to end the intra-party strife, he will not use *force or coercion, the

chairman says. He has even told

the organization leaders that if they don’t like his leadership they can throw him out, adding:

“If any Republicans believe we:

can win in 1942 with half of us going one way and the other half another, they're crazy.”

Pushes Alderman System

OF COURSE, Mr. Bradford ddesn't want to get out. He has spent too many years working his way up from the lowliest precinct job. He has made some mistakes, he admits, but says he has tried to correct them. He believes he has tightened up the organization setup since he took over and has

some more innovations he wants to try out in 1942. A pet idea which he is. pioneering is the alderman system for the local political and govern- oe mental setup. He claims the present precinct system is too large to handle efficiently and is antiquated. His proposal would save s great deal of money, he asserted. In addition to acting as political

party head of 30 of 40 precincts, the aldermen would serve in place of the City Councilmen. They also would name precinct captains in their areas and would elect the county chairmen. With the increase in power for these posi=tions, high-type citizens would bes , come more active in the party ore. 3 ganizations, he beleives. ow Since action by the State Legis« J lature is necessary to make the change, Mr. Bradford is considering a temporary setup for the | upcoming campaign. He may name a leader for each of the six. councilmanic districts in the city .: and one for the rural areas. These | seven men would serve as his _ assistants, freeihg him of many ! details to concentrate on major . organization problems. He hasn't decided definitely on the move \ but is considering it seriously. . He didn’t try to get the alderman plan through the recent G. O. P.-controlled Legislature | because he thought the people | { weren't edueated to it. But he * believes the new registration law | and the floating. precinct board laws he got passed will help the Republicans immensely in 1942. All told, Jimmy Bradford would be happy about the whole situae i i tion if he could’ “just get his entire party running\in:the same direc= tion at the same time.

NAVY PLANE TOTAL IS PLAGED AT UIE

—Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Naval Bureau of Aero= nautics, reported today that the Navy had 3476 airplanes of all types on hand May 1, compared with 3179. on July 1, 1940. Of the 1304 increase in 10 months, Navy officers said that about 600 of the planes were combat types

retary Frank Knox, Admiy; said there was a shortage of pilots" which would be overcome in Jane.

pilot training program. He said that 996 planes were de

Corps in the first four months of , this calendar year, as compared

is 200 a month, he added. The Ads .

operating 72 airbases, with a chainextending from hong to, the Panama’ Canal Zone in the east,

cific Coast and west to the Philipe . pine Islands in the Pacific.

| AMERICANS ESCAPE BULLETS

HONG KONG, May 21 (U. P.).— « Japanese bombers forced down and machine-gunned a Chinese plane yesterday which had at least three: Americans aboard, reliable sources” said today. None was harmed. The - plane was piloted by H. L. Wood of Winfield, Kas. Dr. and Mrs. Robert - Ellsworth Brown of Ann Arbor,

Mich., were passengers.

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