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VOLUME NUMBER 87 | ** Ly . "FRIDAY, JUNE 20,1941 s4 =

ith 33 Aboard, Missis “After Dive

D.R. BRANDS NAZIS AS ‘OUTLAWS, ‘DEMANDS ROBIN MOOR DAMAGE

545,000 SHORT, overs S611. S. WON'T BOW LS ‘ov nica TO REICH PLANS, ttt eT CONGRESS TOLD

Conspiracy Charged in True Bill. a By NOBLE REED ‘We Must Take Ruthless Sinking as Warning To Resist German Aims of World Con- * . quest,’ Special Message Declares.

Petain ‘Surrendered’ Merit Chief

Before the Armistice, Gen. de Gaulle Charges

Marshal Beaten Month Before He Assumed

Command of Retreating Army, Free French . Chief Says; Calls Defeat ‘Debacle.’

By BEN LUCIEN BURMAN (Copyright. 1941, NEA Service, Inc.)

BRAZZAVILLE, French West Africa—From the jungle heart of Africa, Gen. Charles de Gaulle charges today that Marshal Petain was beaten even before he took supreme command of the retreating French Army # somplieateq J 2 veglin 1] i ourf records and “fixon May 28 of last year. § at at Police Headquarters “France is done; we must surrender !”—that, accord- [for four Joa from Jan. 1, 1935 te : te ye > : Dec. 31, 1938 ing to de Gaulle, was the aged Petain’s plea to war-time et Tour former clerks named in Premier Reynaud nearly a full month before the Franco- |the true bill were Philip L. Early, German armistice.

855 Eastern Ave., now a traffic poThis revelation was made in an exclusive interview

Salvage Vessel Follows; Craft Down More Than Five Hours.

BULLETIN

NEW LONDON, Conn., June 20 (U. P.)~A salvage vessedl left the harbor here this afternoon bound for the Isle .of Shoals where the submarine O-9 was reported missing, it was announced at submarine base No. 4.

An indictment charging four former deputy Marion County clerks with conspiracy, forgery and emsbezzlement of more than $45,000 of public funds, was returned by the Grand Jury in Criminal Court today: : The jury's report charged that the four former clerks engaged in 1a complicated system of juggling

(Text of Message, Page 13) ) : WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt told Congress today that Germany had tried to drive the United States off the high seas by the “ruthless” sinking of the steamer Robin Moor, and proclaimed that America will not yield to such “outrageous and indefensible” acts “of an international outlaw.” y The President, in a special message to Congress matked by strong language, told Nazi Germany that “the United States will neither be intimidated nor will it acquiesce in the plans for world domination which the present leaders of Gers

many may have.” “We must take the sinking of ‘the Robin Moor" as a warning to the United States not to resist the Nazi moves ment of world conquest,” the President said. “Iti a-warning that. the United States may use the

W. L. JOHNSON GETS STATE JOB

Kansas City Personnel Director- to Administer Indiana Law. W. Leonard Johnson, present personnel director for the city of Kansas City, Mo. will assume the direcon July 1.

the Indiana Personnel Di Mr. Johnson was an-

PORTSMOUTH, N. H, June 20 (U. P.)—The United States Submarine O-9 has been missing since she submerged in a routine’ dive at 8:36 a. m. (Indiana time), off the Isles of Shoals, n where the Submarine Squalus ‘sank two years ago, it was announced at Portsmouth Navy Yard this afternoon. Yard officials said the missing submarine carried two officers and 31 men. The O-9 was in company with two sister submersibles, the O-8 and 0-10, when she submerged. The 0-9, out of New London, Conn., is one of the oldest submarines in the service of the U. S. Navy. It was commissioned in 1918.

Rescue Ships Near ~The - 0-10; which first reported

charged conspiracy and embezzlement, the rain count Alleged she

four men: ‘altered oe show show suspension Sf het cs “when he e

liceman; William R. Beckwith, 3352 Central Ave.; Thomas R. Ross, which Gen. de ‘Gaulle, legend-shrouded leader of “Free I, Oy St, and Frank Lyons, France,” granted to me at his temporary quarters in this | Judge Dewey Myers set bonds sleepy little settlement on : at $2500 each. ; the palm-fringed banks of | 7 Claim Records. Altered the Conga. : INT | | The first count 'of the indictment .. For the first time General de | _ ; Gaulle—a - tall tower of a man, | solemn and measuied in, his words | 1

Gen. de Gaulle . . . T saw the debacle being prepared.”

“4 MORE UNITS

ory : events which led him to divorce himse]f from the Vichy Government and to start the Free French movement,

” » » “THERE was no other way.” He stirred his tea in reflection. “It was not a matter of minutes, not a matter of a quick decision. The debacle was long ‘in coming. I saw it arriving. More than that, I saw the debacle being prepared.” He sat for a moment. He is an

Excise Levy to Raise

House Group Studies New

Up to Billion.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (TG. PJ). —Members of the House Ways and Meéans Committee hinted today at surprise excise tax levies to raise the $850,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 balance of the $3,500,000,000 revenue - pro-

Siapessiors and the third count accused the men of forgery in making false entries over a judge's signature. Discrepancies in Municipal Court records first were discovered by State Board of Accounts examiners more than a year ago. One of the examiners, while making his usual audits of court fines and costs, overheard one of the clerks inform a caller that the fine in a certain court conviction had been paid.

nounced today by Earl Beck, chaitman of the recently created State Personnel Board. More than 80 applicants were considered, 12 being interviewed personally. The new ’ director, acting under supervision of the State Personnel Board, will have charge of administering the new Merit Law as it applies to all state penal, benevolent and correctional institutions and to the several State departments coming under the law.

that her sister ship was missing, reported at mid-afternoon that the rescue ship Falcon and seven other vessels were at the scene where the 0-9 submerged in 350 to 375 feet of water. One of the searching, vessels, it was reported, has located underwater sounds. Officials said the area in which the submarine was conducting its routine maneuvers was about 15 miles due east from Portsmouth,

the German Reich.

tality,” “international outlaw.’

high seas of the world only with Nazi consent. “Were we to yield on this we would inevitably submit’ to world domination at the hands of the present leaders of

“We are not yielding and we do not propose to yield.” Uses Strong Language

Using such terms as “outrageous,” “indefensible,” “bru wl * Mr. Roosevelt declared that

gram. Many Produce Receipts Mr. Beck sald the Board 1eeis Ms. Two. Offictrs Abonfd this country will hold Germany strictly accountable for thé

AGCEPT STAMPS

"Trustees of Warren, Franklin, Washington and Lawrence 0. K. Plan.

‘The trustees of Lawrence, Warren, Washington and Franklin Townships today agreed to join . Center and Wayne Townships in adoption of the Federal stamp plan ‘of distributing - surplus commodities.

. Approval sof the four trustees !

was given at ‘a conference with |

Otto K. Jensen, chief examiner of the State Accounts Board, and representatives of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp. * Trustees Henry Mueller of Center Township and Herbert McClelland of Wayne early this week announced they had decided to adopt the plan and notified the FSSC of their acceptance. At’ today’s meeting, Trustees J. T. Plummer of Lawrence, George J. Hopper of Washington and John R. Maze of Franklin attended and agreed to join in the plan. Trustee H. M. Thomas of Warren gave his consent by telephone. John W. George, Perry Township

Trustee and the most vigorous op- :

ponent of the plan among 'the trustees, was not present, being on vacation. He and Trustees Arland Coolman of Pike Township and Frank Bishop of Decatur, who also were absent, will be contacted later by FSSC officials. Representatives of the . stamp plan said they would attempt to -get formal approval of the installation from Washington .by telephone in order to speed the preliminaries.

REP. SUCCEEDS BROTHER

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20 (U. P.)~—Rep. John Folger (D. N. Cc) y was sworn in as a member of the House, succeeding his broth- . er, the late Rep. Alonzo D. Folger, who was killed in an automobile accident.

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extremely quiet man — far more: the reserved Englishman than the popular conception of a gay, electric Frenchman. He is a shy figure, obviously accustomed to thinking a lot in solitude, :

General de Gaulle, gaunt and angular "Jean d'Arc" of Free France, whose words and movements have been veiled in secrecy since he elected a year ago to carry on from distant shores his country's war against Germany, has broken his silence in a ‘revelatory interview with Ben Lucien Burman, distinguished : American novelist: Burman is now in the de Gaulle-controlled- area of French Africa,

His blue eyes grew troubled. “I am vefy reluctant to say what I am going to tell you,” he said, “but I love my country and my countrymen. The life of France and of the world is at stake. The truth must be told no matter whom it touches. : “As you reme r, Marshal Petain took over supreme command of the army as Minister of War May 28. All France believed he was going to rally all the great powers of the country to resist the Germans. This was his duty.: But unfortunately for the werld his actions were exactly to the contrary. 5 ” s ” “AT THAT time I ,was in the war office of the Reynaud Ministry. I shall never forget the occasion when Petain arrived for his first conference with Reynaud. To my astonishment, instead of advancing plans for halting the enemy, with his first words he urged that Reynaud ask for an

armistice. “‘We are finished,’ he said. ‘We mist capitulate.’ “Remember, this was the 28th

"of May—almost an-éntire month

before the armistice—when the resisting powers of France were still enormous, From that moment on, every time he saw Rey-

‘ naud—at . every slightest oppor-

tunity—he continued to repeat his (Continued on Page Ten)

G. M. HERE DONATES

$1750 TO USO DRIVE

The Indianapolis United Service Organizations campaign: for funds was richer today by $1750, donated by Genera] Motors Carp. The money allotted here was a part of $75,000 distributed to all cities where the corporation £ plants, © , E. Wilson, Senetal Mo-

{more by plugging

its tax increases to raise $2,480,900,000 of new revenues.

to get . loopholes

raising rates on ssters taxes.

on excises on consumers’ goods, but

terials,

(Continued on Page Ten)

{EX-KOKOMO MAYOR _ENDS PRISON TERM

Olin R. Holt, former Mayor .o0f Kokomo, probably will be released from the Federal Prison at Terre Haute today or tomorrow. He has completed serving. a sentence for the alleged diversion of WPA labor to private use, and yesterday his attorneys paid his $5000 fine tc the Notice

of the payment was forwarded im'|H. Rummel Co., Louisville.

Federal Court Clerk here. mediately to the prison.

By JOE COLLIER Come Sunday, when you call the Weather Bureau and ask for . the temperature for a given hour, Daylight Saving Time, youll get only: the temperature for that hour, Central Standard Time. You'll have to wait an hour to get the Daylight Saving : Time temperature, and then you won't even be able to get it because the bureau will be too busy taking the next hour, Central + Standard Time. If this seems § mixed up, write your council-:

man. ’ Daylight Sav- ya ing . Time goes Mr. Armington into effect Sunday. But the Weather Bureau, which has to co-ordinate its/ activities = with other bureaus all over the country,

will continue fo operate on Central Standard Time.

The committee agreed yesterday on a program- of corporation and individua] income plus excess prof-

It expects ,pproximately $150,000,000 and and gift

One member said the group has “some new things” under consideration and that “some surprises” may result when the excise tax schedule is completed. He recalled the testimony of Federal Price Control ‘Administrator Leon Henderson, who urged the committee to go light

to increase sharply rates on durable goods which compete with war’ma-

‘Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.) and Rep. A. Willis Robertson (D. Va.) are opposed to proposed increases on tobacco, estimated by the Treasury to be capable of rais-

The examiner, according to Nelson Deranian, deputy prosecutor in charge of the ‘Grand Jury, then discovered that the permanent records and costs had been suspended by the judge. Mr. Deranian said the examiners .| verified the discrepancies by calling in defendants in the cases and ask- © (Continued oun Page Ten)

34 NEW BUILDINGS PLANNED AT: FORT

$419,050 Contract Is Let to Michigan Concern.

Contracts for the construction of 34 buildings, including theaters, chapels and barracks at Ft. Harrison, were let today to the Pearson Construction Co. of Benton Harbor, Mich., at a low bid of $419,050. Announcement was made by Lt. Col. B. F. Vandervoort, fifth zone construction quartermaster. Also awarded, to the same firm, was a contract for $23,590 for construction of a. testing laboratory "at the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot. Other contracts for construction there were $66,000 for the ction of a post garage, and. $479,800 for construction of an administration building, both. to. the George

The Weatherman Will Do His

Forecasting on Central Time

Thus, everything, including temperatures, will be an hour late, offi y. Moreover, the forecast, calculated on Central Standard, Time, will be one hour old, Ds light Saving Tire, before it ys available.” J.. H., Armington said that there's nothing tp do about this. He sald that he recalls during the first World War, when nation-wide Daylight Saving Time was in ef-

- fect, the bureau made two sepa-

; rate calculations, one for: each time. But that can’t be done this year because of the purely local ‘nature of the time dislocation. He recalls that one of the calcu lations was labeled “normal time” but he can't remember which one was so labeled, Furthermore; he's : “too busy to look it"up. - All of this brings up the tact that at 1:34 p. m. tomorrow, tral Standard Time, summer offi- : cially and - astronomically arrives in Indianapolis. ‘By 1 a. m. Sunday, summer will be one, hour older than it really

Johnson is splendidly qualified for the job. A native of New Jersey, he is a graduate of Springfield College, Springfield, Mass., and took -postgraduate work at Columbia University, Temple University and the University of Michigan, After college, he- served seven years as examiner for the New Jersey State Civil Service Commission. While in this post, *the Public Administration Service drafted him to assist in installing a new merit system for the state of Arkansas. The Michigan Civil Service Cimmission next hired him to do a similar job for the state of Michigan, ‘Last year, he was drafted by the Public nla on Service again, this time to install a merit system for all city employees at Kansas City under the reform administration which followed the notorious Pendergast regime. After he had installed the system, the City employed him to direct its operation.

HOGS UP 35 CENTS TO 4-YEAR HIGH

Hog prices continued their rec-ord-breaking climb at Indianapolis stockyards today. Packing house buyers were willing to pay 35 cents more per hundred pounds than was paid yesterday, lifting the top price here to $10.60, the highest since Oct.| 19, 1937. Government buying of pork: for| the army and lend-lease to Britain and increased public buying have boosted hog prices here more than $1 in the last 10 days, almost $4 in the last several months.

DISPUTE SETTLED AT ‘BOHN ALUMINUM CO.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20 (U. P).—The defense Mediation Board today announced an agreement fo end the dispute between the United Automobile Workers (C. I. 0) and the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co. Detell, which makes ‘forgings for Army and Navy Terms. .of the agréement, signed by company and union representatives, were not disclosed pending a ratification meeting to be held by 4600 union :members in Detroit, at 2p. m. Sunday, -

SUMMER'S ARRIVAL

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am ....72 10 a. m. . Ja Mi 08 ‘Mam. 8am ....79 12 (noon) 9 L838 1p. m

8 36 9

‘The first day of summer—tomorrow—will - be warm and fair, the predicted. The

Weather Bureau pr

WILL BE FAIR, WARM 4

The. commanding officer of the 0-9 was Lieut. Howard J. Abbott. - The only other officer attached was Ensign M. P, Wangsness, U. 8. Naval Reserve. Rear Admiral J. D, Waynewright, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, was ordered to direct the search off the Portsmouth Coast. . The Navy said that Rear Admiral R. S. Edwards, commander of sub-

‘marines of the Atlantic Fleet, was

proceeding to the scene. Divers Sent to Scene -

Deep sea divers stationed here were ordered own to the scene. The exact number is not yet known. Navy records gave the home address of Lieut. Abbott, a 1931 graduate of the Navy Academy, as Osceola, Towa. The home of Ensign Wangsness was given as San Diego, Cal. . Navy officials were checking” the possibility that Ensign John Francis Jones, Chatsworth, Ga., also ma have been aboard the 480-ton craft. He had been under orders to join the O-9 this week.

MONTHLY SINKINGS “PASS 500.000 TONS

British Drop Six Million Pounds of Bombs on Reich.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent Five dramatic situations vied for world interest in the war news today. 1, Great Britain admitted that the Nazi sea blitz has sent more than 500,000 tons of shipping to the

military posed to that of the Nasi Party. Minister

with Undersecretary of State

message. press conference.

Moor itself was not engaged in

the high seas.

must accept full responsibility.

By JOHN T, far-

the bitter factional struggle now litical reasons. Unwonted truculence in face of Russia has been evidenced by, the German officers for six months now, Reports of their impatient demands a’ military settlement

Berlin, Paris, Rome, Warsaw, Bucharest and Sofia and the similarity of them all made it plain long ago that these demands reflected the mili policy as op-

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destruction of the Robin Moor. sunk by a submarine in the South Atlantic May 21, and it 46 passengers and crew later were rescued. “Full reparation for the losses and damages suffer) by American nationals will be expected from the Germa, Government,” Mr. Roosevelt said. The President’s message was completely Jnéipacted until White House Secretary Stephen T. Early announced the move at 10:45 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today, a few’ hours before it actually was sent to Congress. Mr. Roosevelt drafted it hastily, conferring person:

Sumner Welles, and by teles

Defies N w Coercion

carrying aid to Britain.

Soviet Crisis Splits Nazis

WHITAKER

LISBON, June 20.—Germany may invade Russia even if Stalin ¢ reaching concessions, your correspondent can reveal today, be | Suase the fateful, decision embroliivg the two great. revolutionary. Sines Somends not onl, hegotiations leiwesn Moscow

Berlin but place am Hitler's.

taking dv 's generals prefer invasion for wiltiary and internal ps

for with Russia have reached me from |that

The American vessel was

phone with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who is resting §

up at his hotel apartment following a recent illness. The President thrust aside all other work to draft

t|drive them off the high seas, Mr. Roosevelt said, represents an effort to coerce this country “from carrying out our chosen policy of helping Britain to survive,” although the Robin This country will not yield to such coercion, he contingied ; in the message which clerks read to the House and Senates However, he did not disclose by what means this couns

The message represented, rather, a statement of tact surrounding’ the sinking, and an assertion that Germany,