Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1941 — Page 9
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Steps to Guard American Battle Cruisers Are Outlined.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. P)— Naval ‘experts said today that the United States has taken steps td]
guard its six projected battle cruisers against the possibility of a disaster such as the Hood met. . Destruction of the Hood by the Nazi battleship Bismarck came as no surprise to observers here. The U. S. Navy, they said, has long been aware of the Hood's weakness, and plans for the six battle cruisers to be added to this country’s two-ocean fleet have been drawn with these weaknesses in mind. The British learned at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 that battle cruisers, sacrificing armor for speed and
heavy guns, invite destruction when| §
they take on a heavily armored battleship carrying equal armament. Britain tried to correct the armor defects in the Hood, but the 21-year-old warship still was no match for the year-old Bismarck, which. is believed to be equipped with heavy delayed” action shells and guns of ‘ extremely long range. Designs are Secret
The battle cruisers to be added to the U. S. Navy have not progressed * much beyond ‘ the ting - board “stage. Their designs are most secret. But naval authorities said they would be protected fully against what ‘the. British described as: the *unlucky” shot that sank the Hood «=a direct hit in a magazine, The United States, observers said, has always impressed upon ship deproviding utmost protéction for vital and vulnersble parts—magazines, gun turrets ‘and ‘conning’ towers—and probably has led the world in that field. Modern science and new lessons to be gained from the Hood-Bismarck encounter will be used to advantage when the keels of the new battle gruisers are laid, they said. Lacking official details, experts beJieved that an extra-heavy projec-tile,-perhaps a delayed-action shell, ashe through a gun turret into magazine on the Hood after other hits ts had «softened up” the warship’s armor. The Hood, they sald, may have been protected against the size of the Bismarck's shells but not against their weight. Modern gun barrel and compression chamber inwentions probably had a big part in the Nazi warship’s success, they
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NEW YORK, May 27 (U. P)~~ The Rev. Dr. Wendell Fifield, 48< year-old radio preacher of Seattle, Wash., will become the fifth pastor of the. Plymouth Church of the Pil-
board of trustees, has announced.
Dr. Fifield, for 14 years pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Seattle, said in his letter of acceptance that he had resigned his Washington post Sunday. Dr. Fifield will assume one of the most famous pulpits in the United States. Founded in 1846, when the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher came to its pulpit from Indianapolis, the Plymouth Church, recently united with the Church of the Pilgrims, has heard many famous orators. Dr. Beecher denounced Negro slavery long before the Civil War, and men like Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles Sumner and Charles Dickens delivered sermons there. Dr. Lyman - Abbott, - Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis and, Dr. J. ‘Stanley Durkee, present minister, followed Dr. Beecher as heads of the.church.
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‘ Times: Special . CRAWFORDSVILLE, iInd., May |B
27—Sophomores have been elected
to four of the five key positions on the Wabash College publications, it was announced today by the school’s Board of Publications. Bernard Gronert, a junior from Prairie du Chien, Wis., will edit The Bachelor, weekly newspaper. The
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Diddle, Indianapolis. Richard Freeman of Crawfordsville will be editor of the Wabash Yearbook. Frank “Barnett, Peoria, Ill, will edit The Caveman, humor maga-
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Marion Talley
Adolph Eckstrom charged today
that Marion Talley, the Metropolitan Opera, married
of unwed motherhood. Adele Springer,
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him because it was “the only thing left to do;” she was on the verge|and Eckstrom,
torney, yesterday introduced at the the wedding, trial of Miss Talley’s suit for di-|Paul, Minn. vorce and custody of her six-year-old ddughter, Susan, a letter Miss jetter Miss Talley purportedly wrote | Talley ae to Eckstrom in Feb-|to Eckstrom:
From Indiana Needed For Aluminum,
By JOHN T. MONTOUX . Times Special Writer . WASHINGTON, May 27.—The| ; Government and private power}: companies: are: appealing. to electric users in the Southeast to save power
{so that defense, industries. in the
area will not suffer. “Economy in the use of electricity] {for purposes not essential to defense “production isa patriotic|. necessity,” the joint statement said. “For every kilowatt hour you conSeve at this time adds that much to the nation’s capacity for defense.” The statement asked that the use
of elettricify be discontinued for
the following items: Electric signs, decorative and window lighting, recreational area lighting, ornamental street lighting, “and other similar activities.” Government agencies signing the
Office of Production Management, | Tennessee Valley Authority and the
. | Federal Power Commission.
. Mostiy for Aluminum
Power Co., Alabama Power Co. Mississippi Power Co. and South Caroline, Power Co. Although the power is néeded for! a number of defense industries in the Southeast, it is understood that the ‘bulk of it is required: for the Aluminum Co. of America, which has plants in Tennessee and South Carolina. Its Alcoa, Tenn., plant alone will require. one billion kilowatt hours of: electricity more than it has contracted for between now and next winter. At conferences here this week, participated in by Government and private power officials, plans have been worked out that are expected to meet the aluminum company’s power requirements.
Indiana May Be Affected
Today’s appeal to the electric users of the southeast to save power is only a part of it. The remainder of ‘the program, as outlined by J. A. Krug, TVA power manager, includes: 1, An arrangement whereby eight private companies will feed into the TVA system their surplus off-peak power, particularly during the night, when stores are closed, homes are dark, and non-defense industries are shut down. As this off-peak surplus is fed into the TVA system, TVA will be able in effect to stop 1the flow of the Tennessee River, impounding the night’s flow behind ‘its
1string of dams and thus increase
the next day’s power output at each of its dams. One “of the eight Companies: Appalachian Electric—has interconnections with systems in Ohio and Indiana, even into Pittsburgh and Chicago. Thus, off-peak there is any) from Indiana cities will be used in the production of aluminum at Alcoa, Tenn. 2. The construction of a high-
line from ‘the aluminum company plant northward to tie in with Kentucky Utilities at Pineville, Ky., and American Gas & Electric at Hazard, Ky. the heart of ‘the Sieam-producins area. 3. The speeding up of the Watts Bar (Tenn.) steam a of TVA in the hope of adding 120,000 kilowatts of power to the TVA system in November instead of next February, as scheduled. Not yet a part of this plan, be= cause it has not been worked out
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Letter Says
‘Wedding 'Only Thing Left’
HOLLYWOOD, May a7 (U. g! nly and I ng stand . any
more. I suppose, though, it’s the
former star of |only thing left to do, and yeu have
to do. it very soon, too.” Miss Talley had testified that she her voice coach, ‘were married a month after the let-
“For the life of me, I can’t under-
Tuary, “It Ti that I don’t want to mar-istand why you want to rush this! ry,’ ‘the letter said. “I'm just afrala|thing through and what you are —that’s all. There has beén so much |afraid of.” The attorney asked Miss “Talley,
if, when she wrote the letter, "she
knew her child would be born with- i
in. a few months.
- -4Yes, madam, : 1 certainly did”
Miss Talley replied. - Miss: Talley denied in Cross-exame-ination that she was a. reluctant bride; she said Eckstrom was an unwilling bridegroom. “From - the . time you learned of your expectant. motherhood unit you finally agreed io ‘marriage, did not - Mr. Eckstrom: constantly ask | you to marry him,” Miss Springer
asked. * “He did not!” Miss Talley retorted. “He refused consisbently- ie: marry me.” ’ % ¢ She said Eckstrom $ ted” to Lary her in Kansas Gly in Jaane ary, 1935. “I made all’ ‘the arrangements in Mr. Eckstrom’s presence fo be -mar-
ried the. next afternoon, and. that |
night ‘he ‘skipped. town,” she said. ‘Advertisement
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“ECONOMY | Was Bombed~ OF ELECTRIGTY
All in Southeast, Even Some| ‘ Mother, and I had hardly gone into our ¢ Anderson Shelter when the heavy
Settled Slowly:
"became intense. I tried to cry out, but I couldn't Seer to make a sound. * I'realized then that 2) hag Deest bombed. I could neither see my ‘legs, nor move them. Slowly I worked my head around and I could see - starshells bursting in the sky. Vague+1y 1 could see I was at the edge of a large crater and my dog was running around in it. He came and licked my face and then found my pal, who was halfburied on the other side. Jim began to call in a faint voice for help, put I told him to kéep quiet and he stopped. There was just a large mound where I imagined my parents were and I feared the worst. I could hear voices in the distance and I yelled ough the effort hurt my chest. The voices came nearer and then some men started to work. I began to take an interest in what was going on. Apparently . a section of the shelter had fallen across my legs and a. quantity of
it, It took nine
‘By DESMOND WALDER my legs. They
United Press’ Office Boy LONDON, May 27. — German bombers were ‘in the sky and Father, ‘my opal’ Jim
earth on top of men to release
‘had it not been’ for that Section of shelter. @= Jim and I were Maken to a warden’s post to have our’ oun bandaged, I had a gash in head ' that was bleeding badly, “Then: we ‘were sent to a hospital, dosed with morphia and X-rayed.
stuff started ig down. ' We tolled” off four bonibs ‘out loud. We never, did ‘hear ‘the fifth.
- L. +felt myself going: up—up. . Then I settled slowly. It seemed a cigaret each and told us to get some sleep. But it was impossiie Police screamed all night and cas es groaged. semi-hysteri-was that I was still fallin cally. . Something hit me, It was il ing hard, though. It felt. more like something stroking me gently as it passed. Suddenly I seemed to come to rest and things settled gently on top of me. ,X. heard Mother groan, ‘Oh, dear!” Then everything became quiet. It seemed as if the whole world had come to a sudden stop. : Gradually ‘I ‘began ‘to feel things. Something was Tsung. on’ ‘my legs and it hurt. The pain
was told they had been injured seriously. As I lay there, a bomb fell in’ the hospital drive and’ I Jenembend 5 the new Tr repor about h fopos. ospitals being Later in the morning, a doctor came and told me my parents were ‘dead. I" somehow felt relieved that they were spared suffering. By that time I was beyond all mental shock. §
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probably would have been crushed
They gave us a cup of tea and.
I asked about. my. parents and |
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