Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1941 — Page 3
- whether the war continues or is ad-
i Would Insure German Domination of Most of World
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y CARROLL BINDER Copyright, 1941, by The I CALE Times and The Chicago. Dally News, Ine. by President D. S. Robinson.
CHICAGO, June 9.—If the war should end in the near| After presentation - of - diplomas, future, German domination of all of Europe, Africa and the|Dr. Robinson announced the presNear East ‘would be assured for at least a generation—prob- entation of five honorary degrees.
ably for several generations.
‘Germany, moreover, would be well on the way. to that world dominion envisaged by its leaders and a considerable
section of its people. For the British Empire, France and Italy would be reduced to such weak states that resuscitation would be impossible for decades, at least. The United States, the only surviving obstacle to totalitarian dominion, would be subjected to such military, economic and Fifth Columnist pressure by the combined forces of Germany and Japan as to necessitate continuous ani ruinously costly efforts to maintain its independence and strength. If, on the other hand, the war is prolonged, Germany almost certainly will have to fight the powerful American nation as well as the
vigorous and determined British|
peoples until its resources are as exhausted and its people as dispirited as they were in 1918. A German victory undér those circumstances is inconceivable and a German defeat of a greater magnitude than that experienced in 1918 is probable.
Best Timed Campaign
* That, briefly stated, is the background of the current peace talk referred to so forcefully by the President the other day.
. It is not the first peace offensive launched by Germany but it is the pest timed, mostly shrewdly calcuted of them all. It is designed to discourage American participation in the war quite as much as to induce the British to imitate the French in laying down their arms and accepting the role of vassals in the totalitarian new world order. What are the prospects of an early peace? How much fire is there underneath the German smoke? . It is doubtful if even President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, Ado Hitler or Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka are in a position to give a definite answer to the first question “NOW. The first two men do not want such a peace as can be had now. The latter two fervently want such 8 peace as can be had now. But no one of the four, with the possible exception of Mr. Roosevelt, can create the conditions which will assure the outcome he wishes.
U. 8S. May Decide Course
The President may be in a position to make the decisive move because the course taken. by the United States prebably will decide Jjourned by at least a temporary peace. The President presumably is waiting for Germany or Japan to take such provocative measures against the United States as to make our active participation in the war inevitable. But Hitler and ‘most Japanese are determined to _ do all in their power to avoid giving the United States such a casus belli so long as ‘Great Britain keeps up their fight. They want to defeat Britain before ‘becoming involved with the United States for that is their only hope of ever having the ' United States over the barrel where they dream of one day having it. Some underling may lose his head, some accident may happen and a causus belli be furnished by the Axis but not if Hitler and his associates can help it. It is always difficult to write with confidence about the attitudessand policies of foreign governments whose activities must always be reported through censorships. There may be changes in the offing which the best-informed correspondents cannot make known fo their far-off readers. With this reservation, the writer gets down his impression that the
Today’ 8 War Moves—
BRITISH FACING TRIPLE DANGER
Prospects .in Atlantic and Syria Good, Risky In N. Africa.
The British are combating three grave dangers to thelr war position.|. One is in the North‘ Atlantic, another in the Near East in Syria and a third in North Africa on the Libyan-Egyptian border.
Syrian and Egyptian fronts: still are
in the balance. In the North Atlantic, the Admiralty reports that its fleet has sunk five German supply ships which had been operating with the battleship Bismarck and the fleeing cruiser Prinz Eugen. The announcement re-emphasizes- the importance of the sinking of the Bismarck. Those twp warships, at large and continu supplied, could have taken staggering toll of supply convoys from America. That, however, has been broken up and the bulldog fleet still is sweeping over a wide area of the north Atlantic ° yipe out any straggling raider
Prospects in Syria Good The campaign in Syria is designed to combat a menace almost equally great. In this case, Britain, aided by the Free French, has taken the initiative for a change, The Allied prospects would seem good. They have larger and better equipped land forces, more airplanes, and control of the sea off the Syrian coast. The morale of their men is better. They may get support. The native tribes are not eager to fight for the Vichy French sid now have been promised gy e ependence é iY plet woul rr Sine: ‘for Hitler to come effectively to the rescue of Gen. Henri Dentz, Vichy’s High Commissioner in Syria. Crete is more than 500 miles away and the Italian island of Rhodes more than 460. An attempt to land a large air-borne force by glider and transport planes would be a risky and doubtful operation. The British fleet precludes any attempt by sea. Push Looms in N. Africa The British were forced into the Syrian campaign. Gen. Wavell undoubtedly was reluctant to tie up so many men and planes in the north when they may be sorely the | needed in Africa. There has been no major activity in Libya for days. It is possible that Hitler is gathering his forces for a smashing drive. The occupation of Crete places him much closer than Sicily to the Tobruk area, making the transport of troopsand supplies by air or sea considerably easier. The withdrawal of the German air forces from Sicily, announced by the Italians, probably means that they have gone to Crete. Simultaneously, heavy bombing attacks have been made on Alexan Britain’s chief naval base and guardian of Suez. The bombers most probably came from Crete. The Syrian campaign may be a
peace talk to date is, as the President says, German propaganda.
prelude to a major drive eastward into Egypt toward the canal.
Marked success has been achieved | pg in the North Atlantic, while the}
Hillis . Class to Meet Crisis by + Hard Work, (Continued from Page one)
dress, graduates filed by to receive, their diplomas and degrees awarded
Mr. Hillis was the first to be honored. He received an honorary LL, D. degree presented by Dean M. O. Ross, who described Mr. Hillis’
“generous interest in the educational advancement of young men and
Link, Indianapolis, nationally recognized Surgeon received an honorary LL. D. degree presented by Dr. Ray C. Priesner. Dr. Kendall E, Burke, president of Northwest Christian College of Eugene, Ore., was presented an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Deéan Frederick D. Kershner of the College of Religion. Dr. Herbert LeSourd Creek, head of the English Department at Purdue University and a Butler alum-
~|nus; was awarded an honorary Doc-
tor of Literature degree by Dean Gino A. Ratti. “The fifth person ‘to be honored was Donald ‘DuShane, superintendent of the Columbus, Ind., schools | and president of the National Education Assdciation. Mr. DuShane was presented with an honorary kr of Laws degree by Dean P.
Honor Wabash President
After presentation of the degrees, President Robinson announced that the faculty and board: of directors of the university had voted to award a- honorary doctor of laws degree to Frank Sparks, newly elected president of Wabash. College and Butler alumnus. The presentation will be made on Founders’ Day, Feb. 6, 1942. Benediction was read by the Rev. W. A. Shullenberger, after which the graduates filed out while the University Band - played a recessional. Twelve® students were graduated Magna Cum Laude, top scholastic honor. They were Dina F. Barkan, Velora Beghtel, Jeanette Thomas Carey, Helen R. Caster, John Burdette Charles, Danna Jean Lansley, Jean Irene Lentz, Estelle Mayer, Tula Smyrnis, Betty Ayres Tripp, Mary B. Tripp and Harless Wagoner. A total of 32 seniors gradated Cum Laude.
Present Bust of Brown
The: week-end commencement began Friday night with the presentation of a bronze bust of Hilton U. Brown, president of Butler’s board of directors since 1903, to the University by the Arthur Jordan Foundation. The presentation was made at the annual Butler Alumni Association supper and business meeting at the fieldhouse. Emsley ‘W. Johnson Sr. vice president of the Jordan Foundation and the board of directors, made the presentation speech. The second important feature of the week-end program was the laying of the cornerstone yesterday for the University’s new College of Religion. The cornerstone laying followed the annual baccalureate sermon. Central figures in the cornerstone ceremonies were William G. Irwin, Columbus, ‘member of the Butler board of directors and president of the Butler Foundation, who gave $100,000 toward‘ the new building; J. W. Atherton, University secre-tary-treasurer, through whose efforts $150,000 was raised from the Disciples of Christ churclies of the state; President Robinson and Dean Kershner.
WORKERS SCORE STRIKERS BUFFALO, N. Y., June 9 (U. P.. —Independent aircraft union workers of the Curtiss-Wright airplane plant here condemned the “unpatriotic and subversive strike at the North American Aviation Co.” today and urged President Roosevelt
dria, | “to use full.powers to put an end
to efforts of un-American labor agitators and opportunists who seek to capitalize on the national emergency.” They said they would continue work while negotiating for a 14-cents-an-hour wage rise.
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SMALLEST WPA
BILL OFFERED
Less Than Million Men to Be Employed After July 1. . WASHINGTON, June 9 (U. P).—
‘The House Appropriations Commit-
tee today approved relief expenditures of -$885,905,000 for the year beginning July 1, contemplating an average monthly employment of 941,315 = workers, smallest in the history of the Work Projects Ad-
Jministration.
The committee based this outlay on an estimated average unemployment of 5,500,000. The average project employment -was cut 58,685 under WPA requests by allocation of $50,000,000 for surplus commodity distribution. - The appropriation was $95,000 less than President Roosevelt's revised request and $482,158,357 less than the relief fund for this fiscal year, ending June 30. ; The. committee rejected recom=mendations by Acting WPA Administrator Howard O. Hunter that the bill eliminate prohibitions against employment of aliens and operation of theater projects. It also ignored his request for elimination of the provision requiring dismissal of a WPA worker ‘at the end of 18 months. and. disallowed his other legislative recommendations. It chopped off his administrative force to hn average of 16,500 employees instead of 18,350 for which funds were requested and warned the WPA against boosting this fig-
Mr. Hunter's ' testimony during hearings on the bill disclosed that WPA retrenchment will require dismissal of 300,000 WPA workers early in July on top of a reduction of 600,000 workers since February. He estimated that the number of WPA eligibles during the year would average 2,500,000, permitting the employment of 37 per cent of those who could obtain WPA jobs.
11 CHILDREN, ADULT FLEE STOVE BLAST
A fire today drove an adult and 11 children from the double frame dwelling at 623-625 E. Maryland
«| St. after an oil cook stove exploded.
The 10 children of Boyd Browder, at home alone when the explosion occurred, escaped without injury. Mrs. Bertha Rippy and her 9-year-old daughter, who live next door, also escaped safely, Both homes were. damaged.
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The Aladdin Temple, Columbus, 0. entertained hundreds of Indianapolis Persons last evening with a band concert and drills on the World War Memorial Plaza. swung up Meridian St., followed by other musical units and all concerned seemed to be having a good
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time.
pretty steadily. This. convention will be preserved in picture in hundreds
of private snap shot albums in a lot of Indianapolis homes. Those weird horns that make a wailing noise and, are so popular with. the Shriners are Chinese musettes. They are double reed instruments and are made in China. Here’s the catch, according to Dr. A. S. Roseborough, Rockford, Ill, a musette artist. You can’t get the reeds any more because of the war. They're made in China, Too. Dr. Roseborough made a trip to the Pacific coast before this convention, for the express purpose of picking up all the reeds he could.. He didn’t get many, but he figures his ‘band will last out the convention. Zem-Zem, 8 mystic drink reputs ed to make Shriners say “Yumyum,” is being dispensed this week to the wearers of the fez by L. Strauss & Co. Store officials swear the drink was obtained direct from a sacred spring located beside the Kaabah . in the heart of Mecca, and was flown here by magic carpet. It is not a manufactured drink. Zem-Zem, according to the store officials, is “brewed ‘from tropical berries, flavored with spices of Araby and is the only drink of its kind in the world.” Girls in Oriental attire will serve the drink without charge to wearers of the fez from 1 to’ 4 b. m. daily during the conven on. : Strauss’ display windows have been transformed into scenes depisting Shriners at work and at play
THOUSANDS’ DIE IN SERB BLAST
5000 Are Casualties, Says Budapest; No Cause for Explosion Given. BUDAPEST, June 9 (U. P.) —The
approximately 5000 persons were killed or wounded in an explosion
of 90 wagons laden with munitions at the old Smederovo fortress, near Belgrade, Serbia, last Thursday. It was reported that several thou-~ sand persons were killed. Most of the town of Smederovo was said to have been demolished by the explosion, which occurred in one of the chief ammunition depots of the Serbian Army. The section of town between the railway station and the fortress suffered the heaviest damage, it was added. The dispatches said the cause of the explosion was not known, 3 (Informed Nazi quarters in Berlin confirmed that there had been an Sxplosien, but said they had no de8) +
NEW YORKERS FIND
‘NEW TRUNK MURDER
‘NEW YORK, June 9 (U. P).—A}|. body found 1n a trunk'in a lonely,
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Pardde a Minute Just Small. Inkling of What Future Holds
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The Aladdin Temple (Columbus, 0.) band, drum and chorus serenaded the office of The Times today and did a mighty good job of i le ¥ » 2 o
The Shrine convention Proves one thing, if nothing else, here are a_ truly amazing number of persons in this country who know how to blow a horn. : ® » t 2 % If you happened to yell, “Jones,” during the Shrine convention, the chances are someone from Aladdin Temple, Columbus, O. would respond. There are a lot of Jones hoys representing the temple here. Neath O. Jones, financier, is Aladdin’s potentate; Dr. Earl G. Jones of
tentate-elect; L. Ewing: Jones, capitalist, is a past potentate; Bill
‘|Jones is Aladdin’s . chaplain, .and
Johnny Jones is one of Aladdin's star. chanters. - ” » pa
Milton A. Pixley, past potenfate of Aladdin, recalled that during the Shriners’ convention hers in ‘1919, “nearly every .good looking Indianapolis girl was kissed by a ‘Shriner.”
“I wonder,” Mr. Pixley added, “if your girls will stand for that sort of frivolity this time. hey did the first time, and many of them Stood for repeat pesiormances.” 8 = = The hat time the Shrine held its convention here was 1919, Thaf convention accepted the bid of Portland, Ore., fof the following year’s session. Now that the convention has come to Indianapolis again, Portland is back in there “fighting for next year’s convention. »’
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Forty-four march men, each
Zor. . Temple, of Madison, Wis., the big convention parade Wah day night. The marchers, members of the Zor Arab Patrol, carry indi-
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it, but the map of downtown. Indianapolis’ most important spots, prepared for the convention. visitors, lists—besides such places as hotels — ‘the Police Station and ‘County J! :
500 ARE CASUALTIES IN ALEXANDRIA RAI
ALEXANDRIA, = Egypt, June ‘9 killed or wounded Saturday night in
a five-hour bombing of this main British base in the Eastern Medi-
_|terranean, officials estimated today.
The number killed far exceeded the death toll of 150 civilians killed in a raid last Wednesday night. (A Cairo report said from: 200 to 300 were injured in Alexandria = Saturday night.) Many’ parts of Alexandria lay in ruins today, but an > showed little damage to military and naval areas. The force of the
DETROIT, June 9 (U. P)—A “new method of combatting sub~ marines has been offered to the United States and Great Britain ‘by Charles F. Kettering, one of the nation’s foremost inventors. or eit, yeseasel
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Immediately after the concert the band
For Natives, Hope % Little Bloodshed, By HENRY T. GORRELL |
.Advance camps. of | J forces had been set up close to the
. | Syrian frontier but. so well camou:
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(U. P.)—At least 500 persons were|
killed and an equal number}§.
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Permit Threat to India Rumored.
By DANA SCHMIDT United Press Staff Correspondent ANKARA, June 8 (Delayed). — Diplomatic sources today reported Axis forces on the move in Rumania in an apparent plan to bring pressuré on the Soviet for permission to cross Russia. into Iran for a drive
dle East and bring a direct threat to India. These sources said that a multiple German threat appeared to be building up in which pressure upon Turkey for transit rights for German troops is expected shortly. Large-scale movement of German troops from the south Balkans was said to have already been started. These forces, it was claimed, are moving into position opposite Moldavia in a pressure drive against
Russia. Baku First Goal
The ' Germans were said to desire permission to move their forces by ldnd across Southern Russia and by sea’ from Constanza toward Baku
north. Iran and Iraq, fi
dia. ‘Simultaneously, . ;
‘new pressure on Turkey for the passage ‘at ‘least of war materials and possibly of ' troops ‘to Syria. It was doubted, however, that the Germans would press these ‘demands to the
to. flank Britain’s bases in the Mid- |.
in order to enter iran from the A
The Nazi plan was said to en-|Bosto visage seizure of Buitish oil supplies |G of the} 3 new. British positions in Syria; and |Dodgs. direct threat to the riches of In- |x Littl
diplomats: said, | Miam the Germans are expected to bring 3
flaged were they that their tions were difficult to detect. .
Tanks on’ Ancient Roads -
A British Imperial motorized army and the Free French force crossed the frontier at dawn yese terday to move up the desolate, heat-stricken valley of the Jordan and along the coast. For weeks past the ancient roads the mountain valleys had
Pressure on “on Russia to Assyrians
along which the legions of and, in modern times of Napole had marched.
OFFAL WEATHER
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