Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1941 — Page 4

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inking of Hood Heightens SuperS. as Entire World Waits President’s Stand on Momentous Problems Facing the United States. .

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, May 27.

—Not within the memory of

the capital’s oldest envoy -has a Presidential pronouncement _ been awaited, here or abroad, with greater concern than the _ “fireside chat” which ‘President Roosevelt: is scheduled to ‘make from the White House tonight.

: The sinking of the Hood of suspense. Even in 1917,

only enhances the atmosphere veteran diplomats here are

saying, there was no such tension or uncertainty as now.

Then President Wilson made “§t clear to Congress, the country and the world that there - would be war if the Germans

American vessels.

‘ Today what the President intends “to do remains a secret from the country and the world, if not from . his Cabinet. Certainly it is a secret from Congress. * .To add to the confusion, calls for American aid continue to pour in every quarter of the globe. ' Unless the United States keeps the Atlantic open to. supplies for Eng- ~ Jand, Washington is told, Britain will be doomed. Unless the United States patrols the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and. Red Sea, Brit--@in’s life-line via Suez will be sev-

. ‘Unless the United States takes Pakar from the French, the Nazis will invade South America. Unless awe occupy the Azores, Canaries and - Cape Verdes, belonging to ‘Portugal “and. Spain, Germany will occupy Ditto Martinque and Guad__Rloupe, in the French West Indies. . Iceland is threatened and so is Greenland, while the Irish are going = hungry for lack of American ships * 30 carry American food to Eire. .

Russia Deserting .China?

Then there are ‘China, the Pacific and the Far East. Russia, it seems, ‘4s about to leave China inthe lurch _ gince the Moscow-Tokyo friendship - pact, afd unless American aid ar-

.yives soon China may not be able}

* to keep up the fight. Japan would then be free to invade the East Indies and attack Singapore, and if ~The U..S. Navy doesn’t keep the Yapanese out of that area, Australia ‘and New. Zealand might be cut off &nd lost to their mother country. . Just what is the United States to glo about all this? And if she responds to such appeals, how is she ‘to do her other chore—namely, de‘fend the whole of the Western ~ Hemisphere—ingluding Canada, "Central and South America?

' Some administration spokesmen advocate one thing, some another. They tread on one another's feet stepping up to the microphone to #peak their contradictory pieces. . Some demand convpys. Others—in- ~ eluding the President—say. convoys

war. Some demand repeal of cash-and-carry and a return to the old doctrine of Freedom of the Seas. That, t00, opine others, would mean shooting—blasting . the sea lanes: free of hostile .raidérs wherever American ships ‘want to carry American munitions. And, they add, the Navy is ready for no such colossal task.

Which makes the Navy mad. High-ranking officers insist that the Navy is “ready for anything.” But even here all is not harmony. Sure the ‘Navy is ready to lick any and}: all comers in: the Atlantic or the Pacific, .others say—off the record, of course—but not in the Atlantic and the Pacific at the same time. At least, not without great risks.

The Far East Danger

David Lloyd George, is cited in support of this thesis. He said it took the entire U. S. Navy—*“every ship of it”—in addition to the British Navy, to clear the Atlantic of Uboats during the World War. Today, if the Atlantic is ‘to be made safe for British-American vessels, it is said, a large part of the Pacific fleet would have to be transferred, and if that were done the chances are better than even that the war would spread to the Philippines and East Indies.

What therefore does the President think of all this? What does he intend to do? That is what every diplomat here is anxiously asking, some with anguish, some with fear in their hearts.

Will it be convoys? Freedom of the seas? Total national .emergency? No more strikes? Armed aid to Britain. and China? Including war, if necessary, or short of war?

TWO SENIORS TO SPEAK

Bettijane Schenk and Raymond McClure will be senior speakers at the Washington High School commencement at 8 p. m. Thursday, June 5, in the Butler University Field House.

They were selected on the basis of an essay competition.

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Britain’s former Prime Minister, |

- Vote on indictment Toddy

In. Aurora Killings; Ex-Convict Called.

LAWRENCERURG, nd. May an

| | (U.P) Prosecutor Lester Baker ; said today that the Dearborn Coun- |

ty Grand Jury’ may vote: ‘today on an indictment in its investigation of the fatal shooting of five members of the Johnson Agrue fam-

[ily hear Aurora May ‘16.

This is a 1941 fwo-passenger sports model swing, top down for

summer.

" And in it are Allen Lampel, 3655 N. Sherman Drive., (left),

and Virginia Jeffries, 3720 N. Denny. St. It’s one way to air-condition

the summer.

SERVICE POST 128 TO HONOR ITS DEAD

War dead of Service Pest 128, American’ Légion, will be honored at the Fortville Gravel Lawn, Mc-

Cordsville I. O. O. F. and Oaklandon I. O..0. F. Cemeteries Sunday. R. O. McCord is chairman -and Dr Harold M Jones is master of

gram The assembly will be called by Marlin Jordan, bugler. L. Nial Blue, :chaplain, wil give the invocation. : Sergeant-at-arms Glenn Downey will decorate the graves and John F, Linder, post past commander, will give the memorial address. “Flanders Field” will be presented by Jesse Linder and Cornelius B. Talmadge will give the roll call of the dead. The post’s firing squad will fire a salute-to the dead and “taps” by the bugler will end the program.

QUARTET PLANS TOUR AT INDIANA CENTRAL

The Indiana Central Collgee mixed quartet will tour Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin for 10 weeks this summer. Members of the quartet are Garth Webber, 1516 N. Olney St., Indianapolis; Dorotha Coffel, of Marion; Kathryn Nicodemus, Butler, and Austin Pellett, of Brook. Miss Clare Jacobs of Decatur, Ill, is accom-

panist.

ceremonies of the memorial pro-|

Four More Youths: In City Join Navy |B

FOUR INDIANAPOLIS men were among 13 who enlisted in the U, S. Navy here last week. All were sent to the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Ill They are John A. Miller, 420 E. North St.; Harry P. Parrish, "937 Kenwood Ave; Glenn M. Williams, 3302 ‘Brookside Parkway; and Shirley J. Miller, 1830 W. Verment St. - a

MORE COEDS EXPECTED COLUMBUS, O. (U. P.).— Mrs. Mary C. James; director of student activities ‘at “Marietta College, believes that the Sélective Service Act will boost the enrollment .of women in colleges and universities.

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: cording to county authorities, con-. fessed last week that he shot and

killed his relatives because of » grudge. . Ex-Convict Testifies

Opening its inquiry yesterday, the jury heard seven witnesses after re-

-{ceiving instructions from Circuit

Judge William D. Ricketts. Prosecutor Baker said that. a least 13 witnesses were yet to be

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