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yore 53—NUMBER 85

Hitler Can’t Win War, 3 In Nazi Cabinet Sa

WHITAKER

Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. LISBON, June 18.—Conversations repeated by third persons must generally be discounted and any estimate of Nazi Germany must always be based on the realization that that country still enjoys the momentum gained by a seven-year head start over its enemies in military opera-

tions.

After making due allowances for these conditioning

factors, your correspondent

feels, nevertheless, that he

must report some of the more trustworthy and less sen-

_ satioral reports which are capital today.

coming out of the German

The realization that the war is to be long and that

CONN AND RAY CASH IN AFTER YEAR HAUL

Win or Lose Against Louis, They’ll Be Hungry No Longer.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, June 18.—Nine years ago a man walked into a Pittsburgh . gymnasium and said to Johnny Ray, who owned the tumbledown place: “The big boys in our block are picking on the kid, and I'll give you

a buck a week if you'll teach him|

how to fight.” At that moment Conn be: came a fighter. 1 of his 23 years he never has been anything else. If he can get rhoney for fight-

ill

ing, so much the better. If He can’t;p

he’ll fight because he loves it.

Steps Up Ci

No Wedding?

PITTSBURGH, June 18 (U. P.).—The father of Billy Conn’s fianeee threatens to || “punch the hell” out of him. | James L. Smith of Pittsburgh || objects vigorously to the marriage plans of Conn and his daughter, Mary Louise. . Mr. Smith, who spent 11 years as an outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds and New York. Giants, said last night there will be no wedding. He said his daughter is only 18 and 21 is the minimum age in Pennsylvania for marriages without parental consent. Mr. Smith said, “Win or lose, I know where those people end up. I hope that fellow wins, but I want him to stay away’ from my family.”

The man who spoke to Johnny Ray was Billy's father. The kid, of course, was Billy. : : Johnny Ray took one look at him and saw a frail, pale youngster with pipe-stem arms and a face that was almost girlish. Standing there in the corner of the shakby gymnasium, Billy looked anything in the world but a professional fighter. Untii he put his hands up and shadow boxed.

For Buck a Week , .

“Right then .I knew I had something,” Johnny Ray said, “and so I taok the kid for a buck a week.” Tonight Billy Conn and Johnny

the investment they made nine years ago. They stand on a peak after a journey up a long, slow.road. Hard knocks and hunger have been their companions most of the way. But win, lose or draw against Joe

are over. They will walk out of the Polo Grounds with $60,000 and if they win they are on the road to half a million. It’s more money than either of them knew existed in the days when they were on the tank town circuit, fighting for as little as $2.50 a bout and never dreaming that e day the heavyweight championship of the world would come within range of. Conn’s™ flashing left -hook. There are factors in a prize fight besides footwork, hooks, jabs and straight rights. There is an intangible thing called fighting spirit and Conn is crammed with it, think he is too: light and too much of a powder-puff puncher to handle Louis, but I'm looking for him to put up a whale of a scrap while it asts. :

90-Degree Heat Forecast in City

LOCAL TEMPERATURES m..... 62 Ham... .66 1llam. .. iv 24 12 (Neon) , . 75 1p.m... -u

A MODERATE heat-wave to . coincide with the arrival of sum-

a. a.m, . a.m . a.m, ,

end by the Weather Bureau to~ ay. The high temperatures are generating over the Northern plains . and are dye here in a few days, Weatherman J. H. Armington said.

‘| lieved to be suffering from appendi-

The mercury is_expected to top |

Mayor signs the ‘Daylight Time Proclamation.

Daylight Time Begins Sunday; Business Backs Mayor's Plea

" By RICHARD LEWIS

With indications that most busi

Indianapolis will try Daylight Saving Time for the second time in its

history beginning at 1 a. m. Sunday. Acting at City Council's request,

Time proclamation at 4 p. m. yesterday, amid the continuous clamor of telephone calls from a confused public asking what is was all about.

" The proclamation was drafted. in the wildest confusion at the Mayor's office since the day the City discovered the $1,000,000 budget error.

All telephone lines on the City Hall switchboard were tied up.

All Is Confusion

A number of unidentified citizens who had come. to see the Mayor about some private business of their own left hurriedly after one look at the scene. The Mayor was interrupted by calls so often as he was dictating the proclamation that he left sentences incomplete. His secretary, Russell E. Campbell, performed acrobatic feats on the telephones. ~ At the height of the uproar, 150 determined young women, attending the Hoosier Girls’ State here, marched into the chamber for a first hand view of the processes of municipal government. The girls surprised the Mayor in his shirt Siesver and completely surrounded im,

Illegal, Knight Says

In g dark corner of the Legal De= partment, meanwhile, Corporation Counsel Edward H. Knight sat gloomily shaking his head. The whole business, he said, is illegal. Earlier in the day he had prepared a lengthy legal opinion on the subject of Daylight Saving Time and proclamations which: was handed to the Mayor just before the signing. The Mayor read the opinion carefully. “Sure it’s illegal,” he said. * “But (Continued on Page Three)

BOWES FACING SURGERY -

NEW YORK, June 18 (U. P.).— Maj. Edward Bowes, radic entertainer, will undergo an operation tomorrow for an incarcerated hernia, it was announced today. Maj. Bowes, who first had been be-

citis, was reported to be sing comfortably.

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Clapper ...... 11 Jane Jorflan.. 15

Comics

Editorials .... 12|Obituaries ... Mrs, Ferguson 12|Pegler ... 16/Radio .... Flynn 12( Mrs, Roosevelt I Gallup Poll. .

. 11 Side Glances. Bb

- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1941

Germany cannot win it has swept through the highest Nazi quarters and no less than three Germans of Cabinet rank have said frankly in private conversations, since the flight of No. 3 Nazi, Rudolf Hess, that German defeat has

now become inevitable.

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Hy WITHOUT REVEALING the indentities of these three Nazi personalities, or of the individuals who talked with them, I feel that I can vouch for the authenticity of

the conversations.

Hitler and the military intend to go down fighting in an all-out effort to spread the war to five continents, but the men charged with the financial, economic and industrial

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ness establishments -will co-operate,

Mayor Sullivan signed tha Daylight

TURKEY AND REICH T0 SIGN NEW PACT

Istanbul Embarrassed as Terms Are Accepted.

Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Jimes The Chicago Daily News, SOHN June 18. — as nat the Turks and Germans were to in a consultative pact some time t

but little surprise. : The British had been informed of the negotiations by the Turks and in its final form the treaty will be a mild affair, with reservations by a mild affair. Signature of the treaty, which is expected this afternoon, follows lengthy negotiations and much haggling. The original German draft of the agreement was a mild affair, presumably designed principally to provide an opening wedge and good propaganda material. Even then, the Lurks felt able to turn it down and negotiations continued until a few days ago when the Turks made it clear to the Germans that any formal agreement would have to contain a clause asserting Turkey’s intention to remain loyal to her obligations to Britain. German Ambassador Baron Franz von’ Papen refused to accept this condition but agreed to consult Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Much to the Turks’ surprise, and presumably, much to their embarrassment, von Ribbentrop suddenly agreed, with the result the Turks, with all their con-

caused no gratification in London |

DAYLIGHT TIME DECREE IN ALL

INDIANA ASKED

State C. of C. Makes Plea|:

To Governor; He's Still Undecided.

The State Chamber of Commerce

has asked Governor Schricker to in-

stitute Daylight Time for the entire|: state in the same manner Mayor:

Sullivan has done for Indianapolis, it was learned today. The Governor has been studying the matter for several days and is expected to make an announcement tomorrow. . He went to Ft. Wayne and Muncie

today to address a Luthran Church convention and the annual encampment of the G. A. R., and before leaving instructed Ray E. Smith, his secretary, to contact other State ofto learn “felt about

placing the State House itself on } 3 . ; Evansville Leader to Re-|

Daylight Time. Reached by telephone at Ft. Wayne today, Governor Schricker said he had not yet made up his mind as to what to do about urging ‘Daylight Time. “My feeling all along has been that we ought to be either on or off,” he said, “but I don’t know whether I'll do anything.” The Governor said, however, that a decision would have to be made for the State House since Indianapolis has adopted Daylight Time.

Might Shun Controversy .

Some State House circles’ believe that the Governor would decline to put himself “in the middle” of the time controversy by urging all Hoosiers to go to work an hour earlier, but’ that he will put the State House on Daylight Time since most of the employees live in Indianapolis. One close friend of the Governor pointed out that by issuing a proclamation similar to Mayor Sullivan’s, the chief executive would be getting into “plenty hot water” with farmers and several labor groups who are opposed to Daylight Time. “There is no need,” this friend asserted, “for the Governor to get mixed up in the controversy. The towns that want Daylight Savings can get it. on their own accord.”

) Confusion Claimed

The request for a Daylight Time proclamation for the entire State ¢|Was made by Lothair Teetor and Clarence Jackson, president and executive vice president respectively of the Chamber, in a conference with the Governor. Mr. Jackson pointed out that it was “very confusing” to business to have part of the State’s towns operating on Daylight Time and the rest on Standard. He said that Daylight : Saving should be urged for the entire State “in the interests of uhiformity.” The Chamber executive, who also is State civil defense director, predicted that the Federal Government would soon request that Daylight Time be put into effect everywhere in the interests of defense. rete semester —

WHITNEY WEDS SINGER

PLYMOUTH, O., June 18 (U. P.). —Miss Eleanor Searle of Plymouth, former soprano with the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company, became the third wife today of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Sonny) Whitney, wealthy New York socialite, in a marriage ceremony in the church founded by the bride's great grand-

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problems of Germany feel that defeat is now inescapable. Brilliant new victories by the German military machine and the accession of new allies is expected but these informed Germans fear that Britain cannot be knocked out. before the American armaments: production, now choking along in a halting fashion, suddenly begins to flow in a formidable and unmatchable torrent. America’s potential ifidustrial power and the difficulty of a switt invasion of Britain are the first, two reasons offered. The third is the sudden worsening of Germany's own industrial situation with far-reaching disequilibriums caused by lack of machine tools and shortage of certain

blockaded raw materials.

New Scout Chief

Delmar Wilson ” EJ ”

COUNCIL NAMES DELMAR WILSON

"place: Homer Gratz, Now in Navy.

Delmar Wilson, Scout Executive at Evansville, has been selected to

succeed Homer Gratz as Executive of the Central Indiana- and Marion County Council Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Gratz has been called to active service as a Navy officer. Almus G. Ruddell, president of the Council, praised Mr. Gratz's work as local Executive, and expressed the Council’s reluctance at having to accept his resignation. Formal confirmation of the action of the Executive Committee will he made by the Executive Board - at its meeting Sunday at the Boy Scout Reservation. Mr. Wilson has been active in Scout work since 1926. He was an assistant Scout Executive at Terre Haute, then became Executive there. Four years ago he was appointed Scout Executive at Evansville and has been there since. He was born in Jasonville, graduated ‘from the Indiana State Teachers’ College and attended the 13th National Training School for Scout Executives at Mendham, N. J..He was an Eagle Scout, assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster at Terre Haute. Mr. Wilson is married and has two children, Martha Carol, nine, and Mary Claire, six. Mrs. Wilson is also a graduate of Indiana State Teachers’ College. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Methodist Church, the Scottish Rite, and the Evansville Rotary Club. In Evansville, Mr. Wilson developed substantial growth in the fields of Cubbing and Senior Scouting, according to the local Council.

KUHN DENIED PAROLE AS. PUBLIC ‘HAZARD’

ALBANY, N. Y., June 18 (U. P.). —Yhe state police parole board ruled today that Fritz Kuhn “must be regarded as a hazard to the public peace and security” and denied the former German-American Bund leader’s application for a parole from state prison. The Parole Board met at the

Clinton State Prison in Dannemora,

where Kuhn has served 18 months of a two and one-half to five-year sentence for larceny of Bund funds

ditions granted, had. to sign.

father.

and forgery.

WASHINGTON, June 18 (U, P.). —The Federal Government today is considering moving some of its most important agencies inland to make room for rapidly expanding defense establishments.

The ‘general trend toward decentralization was approved yesterday by President Roosevelt when he said 4 De was afraid that some of the Fed4} eral agencies or buredus would have! ole be moved bodily out of Wash-| 0|ington. Although the transfer of any gov9| ernmental agency from the capital will require a specific authorization from Congress, informed quarters

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said the first units to go probably |¢ a the Interstate Commerce,

Commission, the. Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities & Exchange Commission. There was no deubt that the recent influx of defense employees into Washington recent months: has caused overcrowded housing conditions. According to the Civil Service Commission, the number of Federal employees in the District of Columbia jumped from 158,587 in January, 1941, to 172,876 in April: May figures are not yet available, but statisticians' said the trend

its, Jpkard Wing, Suring May and

continued |are widely scattered

U. S. Plans Transfer of Major Agencies To Relieve’ Washington Housing Shortage

burn, proposals to transfer the Eed-

terstate Commerce Commission would not receive support from more than 10 per cent of Congress. There were some advocates of a plan to establish: 12 “regional capitals” in the United States, corresponding to the present setup of the Federal Reserve System. Other quarters, particular! y Congressional, discounted the necessity of spreading the Federal Government over a wide area. Government employees already t the

country. Only 172,000 of more than 1,000,000 Federal employees work in

eral Trade Commission and the In-||

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CONSUL ORDER BROKE TREATY, NAZIS PROTEST

U. S. Believed Acting to Keep Propagandists From S. America.

By LYLE C. WILSON United/ Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 18.—Germany today formally lodged a protest with’ the United States against the closing of German consular

this country, charging violation of a U. S.-German treaty of commerce and friendship signed in 1223. The German note was delivered to the State Department by Hans Thomsen, charge d’affaires at the German bassy here, after its general contents had been made known in Berlin. The note was said to state that the treaty gives Germany a right to retain its consuls in this country.|

Safe Conduct Asked »

Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles told a press conference that

| the note dealt solely with the order

against German agents. He indicated that Ait cid not touch upon President Roosevelt's order of last Saturday, freezing Axis funds in this country. He declined to say whether it threatened retaliatory action. Mr. Welles said that arrangements will be made to obtain safeconduct from other belligerent powers ‘to permit ihe ousted German officials to return to their homeland safely. Some observers interpreted the Welles remark as indicating that in this way. the officers could not be reassigned directly to other American countries. Mr. Welles indicated that the consular officials would not be permitted to take any unusual amount of frozen German funds, beyond normal expehses, when they leave the United States. Orders were issued last night to close U. S.: borders to the exit .of (Continued on Page Three)

REPRISAL ‘CHEAP, SAY NAZIS OF U. S.

But Consul Ouster Issue Is Not Closed.

BERLIN, June 18 (J. P.).—Some usually reliable German quarters said tonight that if relations between Germany and the United States deteriorate further, the Reich probably will take some action other than parallel retaliation against the United States.

what kind of action Germany might take, but.that immediate identical reprisal would be “cheap.” An authorized German spokesman said, however, that Germany did not intend to let matters rest with the Nazia protest, delivered today in Washington, against the American action. ;

‘An Eye for an Eye’ To Be Rome Reply

ROME, June 18 (U. P.).—Competent Italian quarters said today that Italy would retaliate to the United States freezing of Axis assets on an “eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” basis. Competent quarters said that the American freezing order was “grave, rash, iniquitous and an illegal- act of economic and financial warfare.”

Plan Holiday For July 5

A large number of downtown retail stores will be closed all day Saturday, July 5, thus affording their employees a three-day week-end vacation, , M. H. Morris, manager of the Indianapolis Merchants Association, announced to A All stores will be open all as usual Saturday, June

day 21, and Saturday, June 28.

offices and- propaganda agencies in|

They offered no suggestion as to|

damage upon the German spearhead and upon its ammunition dumps at | through the Egyptian frontier had been “ay -

Matter

RICE THREE CENTS

The general view in Berlin that swift invasion is ime possible. was voiced by a former banker, who is a close: collaborator of Hitler and who knows the world beyond.

Germany.

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Se.

“UNLESS HITLER speaks over B. B. C. from Londo, by July 15, he will never speak from London,” said this ine:

dividual, who affects a caustic

that Hitler will never be there by then. From then on we!

wit. “You know and I know

‘will ‘have brilliant military successes by our fool generaig | but the real war will start going against us.’ : Another German, officially charged with fancial

(Continued on

Stepping Up?

. Maj. Gen. Henry H. ‘Arnold.

UNIFIED RULE OF ARR UNIT URGED

Lovett ‘Backing Plan . to Give Army Branch More Power.

(Another Story on Page 20)

WASHINGTON, Ju June 18 (U. P)). —A plan for sweeping reorganization of the Army Air Corps to give it greater independence is being

completed and may be submitted to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson for ‘approval within a few days, it

was learned today. Primarily designed to unify the Air Corps’ direction to meet the importance of air power in modern warfare, the plan would give the Air Corps a status somewhat analagous to the position of the Marine Corps in the Navy. The plan has been drafted amidst growing congressional demands for an independent military air force. It has the backing of Robert A. Lovett, Assistant Secretary of War for Air, and other high officials. It does not provide a completely independent military force, but under its broad ' provisions, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air would have centralized direction of the unified force, which would include procurement, training and operations. The deputy chief of staff, in turn, would delegate specific tasks to others in the Air Corps. The new setup under a single head would be known as the U. 8. Army Air Forces. At present, Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arpold is deputy chief of staff for air. The field forces, known as the GHQ Forces, is commanded by Ljeut. Col. Delos Emmons, who technically outranks Gen, Arnold. Procurement and training operations are handled by Maj. Gen. George Brett, chief of the Air Corps. Thus, there is a division of authority. Under the proposed reorganization, Gen. Arnold—who now does liaison work—probably would be

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THOUSANDS OF BOMBS RAIN ON RUH

RAF. BECNS

EIGHTH NIGHT

OF OFFENSIVE.

Thousands in Kent Watch

Attack on France, Feel Explosions.

War News Inside Desert Battle Today's War Moves British Radio Detectors .... x.

LONDON, June 18 (U.P),

—The onset of dusk tonight sent Royal Air Force planes hurtling across the English Channel on the eighth success sive night of their retest

offensive of the war.

Last night's raids concentrated on the German Rhineespecially ‘Cologne and on the French “invasion coast. It was obvious that the invasion coast was already taking a pounds

hh a i a SL

ing tonight with gunfire punctuated oy

by heavy explosions heard cone stantly across the channel.

Cologne Hit Again

It was estimated that an average of 200 planes a night had attacked the Ruhr-Rhine area$since the Brit ish offensive started and that more . than 4,500,000 pounds of explosive bombs and tens of thousands of incendiary bombs had been dropped. It was the fourth straight nigh of attack on Cologne and the sece ond on Dusseldorf.

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facturing plants are the heart of the Nazi war effort. Reports indicated that last night's operations ‘might have heen the. most extensive of the war.

The attack. on the French ine i

vasion coast 13s ion late afters . noon yesterday until dawn todays Thousands of ‘men, women and children, unable to sleep because ¢ the terrific explosions of bombs or the French side of thé channel more than 25 miles away, lined Ak cliffs of the Kentish "coast; thralled, to watch and listen. = The ground shook under their fe as British bombs exploded 25 away across the Strait of Dover,-

. 80 In One Formation

3 J The sky was thick with British planes. Some flew so high could hardly be seen. Others flew up and down the strait so low they almost skimmed the water.

One formation of bombers oe |

corted by fighters numbered m than 80 planes. There were many formations as large. Some .of planes swept across the straits tiny flies in the blue sky. Thy met a terrific fire from the - man ground defenses but they swept down among the burst shells and unloaded their bo; Gigantic explosions made it that the British crews were some of their biggest bombs. = The raid extended to the entire coast line between Dunkirk Boulogne, and penetrated deep i land. The noise was like the cone tinuous peal of thunder in a al

given the rank of full general.

The “Battle of the Tanks” in the it began. °

an attack at dawn Sunday, ended it

their previous advance positions. His headquarters said

storm

British Back at Old Line.

y HARRISON SALISBURY nited Press Staff Corrospgndent

Western Desert ended today w

British Commander Sir Archibald Wavell, who started the battle

today by pulling his troops back that the b

tle had ‘achieved its objective—forcing the Germans to disclose

much strength they have in Libya. ~The British claimed to have “brought back several hundred German prisoners and destroyed a large number of tanks and .” London called the battle. “indecisive,” but said that the inflicting of serious

major achievement.” In the air over the desert, London said the score was 20 Axis planes downed to six lost by the Britsih,

The official Italian news agency, | Stefani, in a report from the front said that the British had suffered “a major defeat,” and had lost 200

tefani said that were of the

of the 1000 tanks thrown into the: battle hundreds | co

Berlin said that an Axis counte attack had “ended .with complé victory,” but the British noted for the first time & big battle n fought in which German ti

forces had failed to make a bk