Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1941 — Page 1
BRITISH MOVE | RAPILY INTO FRENCH SYRIA
Find Little Opposition; Axis Ready If Vichy Wants Help.
War News Inside
Gorrell with British Troops Avery Reports “Squeeze” Why Nazis Want Peace .... Today’s War Moves ........ iad
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
British and free French forces advanced swiftly and smoothly into Syria today with ¢olumns pointing for - Beirut; Damascus and Aleppo. There was no indication yet of serious French resistanca. A British force occupied Sur, the ancient Biblical city of Tyre, and crossed the Litani River, 40 miles south of Beirut. Other Allied forces were said to be within 30 to 85 miles of Damascus, the world’s oldest inhabited city. What answer the Axis might give was not clear. Turkish reports insist that large numbers of German troop-cartying Planes ‘are flying into
Rome and Berlin gave no hint of
Man Mountain Dean and whiskers. He leads fA band.
RAIN MAY DELAY an Bot
their intentions except to say that|: <
if the ‘French’ aiked for. heip Jered Aa
Ret.
* probably would be’ given
The Axis struck" again hy" alr At}
the important Alexandria * head: quarters of the British Pn MH edilerrane Fleet. clint a
cials estima pian ooigle stilted killed and: wounded: ed in th the five -hour
bombing attack. : d occupation ofySyria apbeing:
carried ub ber:
four main columns, two from’ Pales~ tine, ui from Tran loigania ‘one from. Iraq, all.
preceded by A I Pustiss sides 1
tomahawk planes. One Starts at Haifa
One column moved up along the coastal road from Haifa with Beirut,|} _ capital of Lebanon, as its objective. This was. the force ‘which captured |. Sur. ~ “A second colunin from Palestine. was reported at Mount Hermon, about 30 miles southwest of ‘Damas‘cus, while'a. third column also was advancing -on Damascus through the Jebel Druz country to the east. The fierce Jebel Druz tribesmen were reported rallying to the Brit= ish and Free French. A fourth Dunst was being made | from Iraq whére a Bri fore of Arabs drove up Bits jes Io os ~ toward ‘Aleppo, important center; of northeastern Syria. ‘Some dispatclres from Vichy and Beirut ‘claimed that hard fighting was going on but few specific ‘details were, offered. : ‘| ‘Call for Resistance
Beirut claimed three British planes had -been downed and some armored cars destroyed. , It admitted that airfields at Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo and Rayak had been bombed. Vichy claimed. a. British naval landing party on the coast had been captured. The Vichy Government called on the forces of Gen. Henri Dentz,
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: Syrian High
sist strongly. The British and Free French countered with proclama-
_prevent: Axis use of Syria as a base and pledged to give Syria and Lebanon their ence, Nazis reiterated that there are no German troops in Syria and charged that that Gireat Britain had “ scrupulously
1 TIMES: FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
been fnoon
By WILLIAM. CRABB Somefody forgot. ‘to. tip off «the
was | Hest to 20,000-0dd Shriners, and. Samper ‘the. 1s SQ T on. ey amous | Foote: ‘Hospitality. a
costumes and decorations; also Sneatonter W to. force: f ment |. of the s 1-guto races. ‘arranged | i nn ers at the. Indianis’ ay. ““The'\-Weather , Bureau said the showers. might start and: stop a a dozen-times~during the ‘afternoon, or they might stop and start] : [again,{ or“they might continue “all afternoon. + | ’
..Cotton Henning Hopeful §
Shrine officials didn’t.know: what to «do. * They. were afraid that if they. called off the race the sun would tone gut and dry the track. and then everybody would be mad. - Cotton Henning, clef of “the Boyle crew, | appeared to be in charge ‘for: the speedway. “I Keep telling them,” .he said; “that this rain may stop most any time,, and , it: won't: take the ‘track long ‘to dry.; We'llirun ‘a face ‘for them as late as 7 o'clock tonight. That's better than trying to get the drivers all lined up again OITOW. The red-fezzed visitors, many of them in. uniform, began beating their drums and tooting their horns almost before they had debarked from the two" dozen special trains ‘at Union Station. They marched up Tlinois and Meridian Sts., and then boiled into
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MRS. DUNGAN, WIE | OF POLK HEAD, DIES
: Member of Pioneer Family
al Only 2 Days.
“Mrs. Pearl Polk Dungan, wife of.
after an’ illness of ‘two days. was 68. The daughter of James T. and
+ |Laura Burdick Polk, pioneer vegetable. canners in ‘the state, Mrs.|. || Shunaan was born Ot. 28, 1872, in
-| track Whey the ‘rain’ started’: this o tage—
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[resulting vain’ this after- | down the. hatches, and: prepared. to “it appeared that each ‘ofthe visit-
o- “lof ‘them, but there were some resi4 dent oases, too ;
[des tueate of’ those Sindy. Shrine %
; «jhe : - +|ish flag 4n' its color
hotels, soda fountains and every=-|
George S. Wood, past potsntate
of the , Springeld, I,
temple, likes his conventions, but the ‘heat:
gets him. He is pouring himself a drink of ice water, and before he was through he emptied the Pitcher,
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Exquisite Confusion Reigns As Fez Army ‘Captures’ City
oo. By JOE COLLIER
1 rootet” pb Suibons in. And-es the
Ly ow
“The entire a was in a
; Ls the fezzed hordes came in, tra
up and down’ the streets.’ Any. parade fancier, no matter how specialized his tastes, could have found at least one » suit’him to a T. ; 8 8 All Shon hotels cleared their lobby decks of furniture, battened
ride out: the: week-long storm. -And |
ing -desert. patrols -brought its own |. oasis: with it.” That was thoughtful
aime Man Mountain’ Dean assembled “his Atlanta Temple: band early today, .-in""the: Claypool Hatel lobby and. then: swung inte “the ‘streets, his. famous beard. waving grandly. in the breeze. at full mast. % # # 0 gan» eo ‘The Solambus. OQ. Aladdin’ Temple put an international note - into | s «There was a Britnd 1 pond too a C e-Wor ico Provided a. pos By * About 2000 en ry were -there. {piece ‘was God Bless |’ hiner ca” andthe ‘crowd apparently without. realiging, it, swelled the
ch Sy oR A ® * wn
Whoever Jie is.weill he's the dtu’ major. of the S feld, Mo. bend | Has a few kinks in his muscles, today.” ' up Meridian St. he ‘did’ the: .best>and ‘most , complicated: job: of strutting of the afternoon. He was all over the street and got some
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cheers from the crowd, but it must}
ibe been exhausting ahd muscle: | straining. poh Far
: VE i
: on i The Ft. Wayne outfit has a
2 he room” clerl’s desk,” nd ask for their ° mail.
The: Bad ‘some Sheer’ ‘in it, too: And at the hot Jarter the they J slightly man, and handed him a cold can. He took it, but we turned our: eyes and can’t. Report hati. ha or didnt drink’ it.
/ A . Our best estimate is’ that th
was .a camera to.every two people |: downtown. And they o 1 ree &
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DEMON PILOT RISKS
‘The only car on the ‘Speedway
oted by R. W,
Fn Th, Louisville Shriner,
“We were racing’ elong the back|
| stretch at an estimated 7 or 8. ; an hour. when ‘the rain’ s : “and before could ‘heavy-foot it in to the be PIte, we were drenched. It only took 25 ‘minutes to streak it around the
2%4-mile oval. Corneliso!
“ducted by" “Pageant (of ‘Transportation; - ~Indi- : - anapolis ‘Motor Speedway.
™
Dancing -
“NECK, GETS BATH|
a ‘Merry Oldsmobile]
we! | as)
week moves. on. and. Busiidey ain
Sspegial train arrives with. more and more, it wil gO even more; peiIy,d Seay. and parade-looney. Fl :
te dis confusion yesterday load" after” trainicad, and marched 8. 88 i
Shrine. Prosi
TODAY
9 AJ M.-—Recorder’s - meeting, . Columbia; Club. 9:13 - ‘A. M.—Jesters meeting
‘Athenaeum. RE
3p, M.—Speedway race con-
Wilbur ‘Shaw, and
3 P. M-—Entertainment by.
: Zenobia: Shrine. Tolego, 1 0., Monu-
ment Circle." 3 P. M.—=Sightseeing. 5:13. .P. M.—Jester’s banquet,
Athenaeum.
7° 'P." M.=Recorder’s banquet, Columbia Club. ; 7 PP. .Mz=Concert, . Monument: Circle. Ts Evening—<Dancing | "and enter‘tainment, Indiana Ballroom. * 2
TOMORROW
“9:15°A. M.—Escort parade. . 1:30 P. M.—Opening: Imperial Council ‘sessions. 3:30 'P,’ M ~Trip through Real Silk Hosiery "Mills for visiting | representatives’ ladies. '7#P. M==Imperial - Potentate’s =hanguet’and ball; Murat Temple, - 8 P. M.—Pro : by Chanters “from Moolah; } foslem, ‘Ismailia,
i Xaarab:: and. “Medinah - Temples, :
hi Ping — Dancing ‘and ‘entertainment; Indiana Ballroom.
WEDNESDAY
¢ Imperial Council : ‘Sessions. } Sithusesing tours of city. . 1 P. M.—Luncheon and enter-
tainment for visiting representa- |
tives’ ladies at Scottish Rite
| Cathedral.
3 Py M.=Night parade. Evenin
re and. enter-
THURSDAY ye * Tinperial Council sessions. & » » »
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COURAGE,” ‘NOBLES!
DIPLOMAS GIVEN 379 AT BUTLER
Bien” “Hillis CRA - Class to ‘Meet: Crisis by Hard Work.
The “widest riinge. - opirtuhity®) is. ‘open: to youth today Because |: “every great crisis’ brings opportunity,” Glen R. Hillis, Kokonio, ‘tald 379 Butler University . graduating seniors, their families and friends in’ the ‘86th. annual commencement |. Yaddegas, ‘at the Field House: today. Hillis, : Kokomo -banker, and — Repupl Governar,. Said, “The _ youth. Just a day ago was hewailing the fact that it ‘had no opporunity. “Every. great crisis brings opportunity and for' those who have| courage, who have been taught to endure and to build on. hope, the widest range of opportunity -is open —and in that field there is no substitute for the word ‘work’.” + Mr. Hillis posed the question “Can {you take it?” . “You are faced with problems of a new ‘day. . There will he taxes on your faith in ‘God, attempts to destroy your confidence in = Government. You ‘will be "offered. detours | for -the 10 Commandments, “ by-|-passes ‘for the Constitution, and Speak-easies for the ancient ‘moral
Se will - find “attempts to upset your faith in your fellow-men and
under the stress of -all this you may}
fail and falter and lose that firm}: foundation that has been given to
you. Can you take it?
The speaker also. told: the: seniors that they. would. face. alittle later on the ‘tremendous task of ‘taking a ‘hatioh back from “the, paths of war tospeace, ©... Following the commencement. ad- , (Continued ‘on Page. Three)
ar MAY BE ‘MIRAGE
+~LOCAL. TEMPERATURES Sn: 64 1Wam....73 7am, .... 68 \1l'gm. .... "5 8am. ,...7 12 (noom) .. 75 aM. fp. os 12 3 Apw... 71
Notice to “visiting Arabs from the hot - of the desert: Don’t: be frighteneds at the phe-
. nomenon .of rain, because :therell
be some showers this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow.’ Get out those rain Tezes.
Shriner Harold Lioyd thinks he'll
| Fiarold Lioyd the movie Chor 4s
ican . ‘candidate for |:
~ [turn to work.
| pushed past picket lines to enforce through the lines in hollow square formation with the. work
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‘do another movie, »
Harold Lloyd Wantste Act In Films Agein
soon’ as he ‘sees & story with & ‘part that makes him exclaim: “Oh, boy! That's for mel”. ¢ Thdt’s what Mr. Lloyd, here for ‘the Shrine convention, said taday,® _and, he looked as if ‘he/meant it. "He intends to produce ‘ong or. two more ' pictures ' and ‘then ‘hell - watch ‘for ithat part. 0 And: when he does, he: will wear the horn-rimmed spectacles but: ‘he'll: do a little different type than: “he used: to do, older and so forth. But’ he said 1 will be basically the
same. ‘This. is his. first visit to Indisns. “apolis. ‘He's sa thoroughly wrapped up -in - Shrine work that -he. ats tends all. the meslings. he's sup-. posed to. He gets’ around in a. white roadster - with his name - painted on the side. 'He'is ‘an imperial outer guard and imperial Saptain of the guard. He-is a member of Al Malaikah Temple, Los Angeles.
‘Resume Work “and Trust Us,” He Pleads.
: WASHINGTON; June 9 (U. F.)e— President Roostvelt, acting because “our, country is. in:danger,” ordered the Army today to take possession of ‘the Inglewood, Cal, plan: of North - American Aviation Co., operate it and protect the: homies and families of strikers desiring to ‘re-
“Our country. is in (danger and the men and women who are’ now making airplanes play an indispensable part in its defense,” the Presiidént said as a motorized: ‘Army force
his almost unprecedented order. + He acted in:his constitutional ca-
approval of his cabinet, labor advisers ‘and Army - officials. North American produces about: one-fifth of all airerali: made in - “this ‘coun.
COUNTRY IN DANGER, FOR TELLS STRIKERS
pacity as commander-in-chie! of U.| S. armed forces, with the unaniraous|
operations tear gas-was resorted to..
Pe look at the picket - line. marching heel-to-toe, and inforn {union officials that he intended to set wp a police cordon , . [free entrance to the plant.
| Striker Slashed, Three Burned by 10 Gas
Bombs; Troops in Control Hour After
Roosevelt Issues Order. i INGLEWOOD, Cal., June 9 (U. P.).—The United States
: Army, using bayonets to scatter pickets, took over the { North American Aviation plant today after civil authorities
had resorted to tear gas in their wisuocassil effort to Teopea : the struck airplane factory.
One picket was stabbed in the thigh with a bayonet § in the hands of a soldier. Three pickets suffered burns from
| tear gas bombs.
Company efficials said several workmen were ‘beaten up by the pickets when they tried to. enter the plant before. the Army took over. Lieut. Col. Charles E. Branshaw of the Army Air Corbd, : who was placed in charge of the plant, announced that the Army would protect all workmen desiring to enter or. leave 3 the plant but made it clear that employees would: not: be forced to return to work. The picket lines of the United Automobile Workers (C.I0.), which struck the plant more than a week ago, FAVE : way before the squads of fully-equipped soldiers but thers was no immediate indication as to whether enough of the
But two hours after the Army took over, a back-o-ofks movement started. Moving between lines of jeering strikes ers nearly-1000 workmen had gone back to their jobs. dé . A union sound truck advised pickets: ; ea “Okay, boys, move on back. Remember, the Ariny ant. build airplanes.” The Army moved into the plant within an hour afte ; President Roosevelt had ‘ordered the move from: Washinge § ton. The troops drove the pickets back and set up machine 4 guns which pointed eastward, the direction where most of
“|the strikers were massed. Pickets stood about in groups,
apparently confused. An estimated 2500 troops formed # beyonebiristing:
cordon around the plant. They arrived in big six-wheeled
trucks and tiny “jeeps” from Compton, six miles away, where they had awaited the President's order since dawn:
Troops Taunted by Pickets
The pickets, meantime, brought up a large banner, with paint still wet, which said: “Welcome U. S. Army to 75 and 10.” This was a reference to the fact that the strikers: were demanding a 75 cents an hour minimum wage for beginners, plus a 10 cents ‘an hour raise for oi 12, 900 workers i in the plant. Soldiers who came to the main employees’ gate were. heckled by a huge crowd, but remained. calm under such taunts as “What: do. you think this is—Germany, Shooting {down working men and women?” As the troops streamed up to the plant, they started moving pickets and spectators away. from the gates, jabbing in the ribs those who moved too slowly. ~~. ; Police at first had attempted ‘to escort the workers
ers walking inside a protective rank of officers. March 4 Abreast in ‘Lockstep But’ the 2000 pickets were marching-four abreast: Bel lockstep and when it’ became apparent that this method would fail to get enough workers into the plant to! Tesume
Mayor Fletcher Bowron arrived at the scene, too} .
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“If you do ‘any such thing.” Phillip: Connelly; C. I 0
Hl, told the mayor, “it will mean bloodshed.”
Mayor Bowron, who sought a peaceful ending to. {
strike, ‘approached approximately 1000 - “men who. stood watching the { | | across the street from ‘the plant. With hin were Police | Chief Arthur Hohmann and ‘Mr. Connelly. :
picket ] lines from the company auto parking
é
“What is it that you men want?” the mayor asked. * “We want: to go back to work,” a chorus shouted.
“Tear Gas Scatters Pickets Sy The Taayor turned to the ‘chief and said, “Well, it 5
these men want. to go back to work and it is Gali