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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 100 SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1941

ONDON HINTS NAZI SLOW-DOWN Germans Report 60-Mile Stab In Stalin Line To River Dnieper US WRECKS 3 | ‘Miss Sparks’ Off to War FDR CONSULTS [HY OSES EE MOSCOW SAYS

Only One Person Injured in Calls Meeting After Warning Berlin Communique Reports Penetration of

Freak Accident on That Americans May Have Keystone Ave. To Pledge Lives. Stalin Line to ‘Last Natural Obstacle’ On Road to Moscow.

Home on the Range

(State and national traffic report, (Text of Address, Page Three)

Page Three 5 ) By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 5 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt returned to the capital today after an eight-day rest and immediately conferred with his ranking defense and foreign policy advisers on the rearmament and war-aid programs. He met with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles, Undersecretary of Navy James V. Forrestal, Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, and Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff. White House Secrefary Stephen T. Early described the conference as .a general check-up on the defense situation.

Gives Solemn Warning

The President, who is seeking to speed the tempo of all-out .material aid to Britain and her allies, solemnly warned yesterday that Americans must pledge their lives,

A motor coach with a broken steering knuckle ran wild today at Southeastern and Keystone Aves., injuring one person, knocking down| high tension wires, and wrecking itself, three cars and a bicycle. The coach, driven by Chris Barton, R. R. 3, Box 719, hit a bump in the street and went out of control. There were five passengers on it.

It first struck and damaged a parked car owned by Fae Phelps, 348 S. Hamilton Ave. The bus then veered into a truck owned by Walter Thorpe, 2367 Southeastern Ave. and damaged it. It cut a bicycle, owned by Leo Burnett, 2024 English Ave, in half, and struck and sheered off at the base a 50-foot Indianapolis Power & Light Co. pole carrying high tension wires. Hits Milk Truck

The bus, still on a rampage, struck a milk truck and sprayed milk: all over the street. Hobart Colvin Jr, 19, Lawrence, driver of the truck was slightly injured. The bus then came to a. standstill, and the five passengers and the driver made their escape. High tension wires were draped oyer both the bus and the milk truck andj: John O’Brien, 1215 Broadway, ‘who happened on the scene, was knocked flat when he touched the truck. He was not injured. “MT, Colvin ‘was taken to" Metho-| dist Hospital where his condition was described as good. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office is investigating an accident in which George Stark, 55, of R. R. 1, Box 293, was killed. He apparently was struck by a train last night. Mr. Stark was found beside the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Dudly Ave, in Edgewood. His left leg had been severed.

Crashes Into Culvert

Roscoe Hafner, of Ravenswood, whose car crashed into a culvert on west 86th St., outside the city limits was injured seriously. He was taken to Methodist Hospital. . Joseph Eudaly, 27, of 3714 Hillside Ave., was injured critically when his car collided with another driven by William Gray, 31, of New York. Mr. Eudaly received head injuries and cuts while his 5-year-old nephew, Dick Hostetler, 2052 Post Road, may have serious back injuries. Both Mr. Gray and his wife were injured slightly. James ®Russell, 27, of 3008 Ww. Michigan St., escaped injurey today when his automobile was struck by a freight car at Belmont Ave. and the B. & O. The car had been “kicked” loose and was rolling toward the intersection when Mr. Russell drove on the tracks. He stopped the automobile but it was on the same track as the freight car. The machine was hurled against the gate support and was damaged badly, but Mr. Russell was not hurt. :

45 Start Hike Of 265 Miles

CLEVELAND, July 5 (U. PJ), —Bernarr MacFadden, %73-year-old physical culturist and magazine publisher, sped 45 stout- . hearted men and women who intend to walk from Cleveland to Dansville, N. Y., a distance of 265 miles on their way today. The hikers .included 30 women, 11 of whom weigh more than 200 pounds and hope to shed a bit en route.. They expected to march 20 miles a day for 13 days, accompanied by a truck which will serve their noon-day meal of cracked wheat. Their choice of food for other meals is their own.

Norwegians, Taught by Nazis to Hate, 'Visiting' Hitler via 'Frisco and Canada

pretty good fifth column of our

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg army today reported a 60-m stab into the Stalin line to the Dnieper River on the road Moscow. A communique broadcast from Moscow and picked p in London reported that the Russians had inflicted terrik casualties upon the Germans. : Moscow estimated that 700,000 men in the “finest Gos man divisions” had been killed or wounded. : British military experts in London cautiously expres: belief tonight that the German blitzkrieg was slowing do Pointing out the it was still too early to determine a defix trend in the fighting, the experts said there were clear ir cations that the German panzer divisions were running | hind the high command’s time-table.

Rival claims on the major fronts were: ; CENTRAL FRONT—Berlin said German armored ‘col

Ernie Pyle, the well-known cowhand, is ‘pictured taking it easy at the vacation home he recently built on the edge of Albuquerque, N. M. The roving reporter’s vacation from traveling is just about over, and his daily column will be resumed Monday in The Indianapolis Times.

Walks in Water—Stays Dry; Feat Crowns 27 Years of Toil

DETROIT, July 5 (U. P.).—There’s a.man in Detroit foday who | spent _two hours walking in water and came out of it completely dry.” He is Arthur L. Scott, 58-year-old inventor, who yesterday walked across the Detroit River from the mainland to Belle Isle, without the

aid of the customary bridge. He didn’t exactly walk on the water. He was submerged up to his

iE a FIREMEN BLOWN AGROSS STREET

make the crossing of less than a mile. But the point is, he made 20 Hurt, 1 Burned to Death In New York City Blast

it . . . and dry. On Broadway.

. For 27 years Mr. Scott has struggled with an invention he NEW YORK, July 5 (U. P.), — Twenty firemen were injured, some

calls “the Scott rubber suit for walking across a body of water.” believed seriously, when backdrafts of a fire in a six-story downtown of-

Yesterday he put it to the test. “Current dragged him two miles fice building hurled them across Broadway today.

downstream and he encountered weeds near the middle of the river, but those were the only deviations from his plans. Mr. Scott was greeted ashore by July 4th celebrants and police. He shook the water from his selfmeade contraption and lighted a cigaret. “The -suit proved everything I i a y sd is No Another fireman, Carl Bischoff, 51, just as comfortable as if I had |Was burned to death on the first been walking on land.” floor of the building, presumably in one of the two_backdrafts that blasted through the structure, Firemen said the building, occupied by -a sporting goods firm, had been closed tight since Thursday night... They believed the : fire started Thursday night or early yesterday. ‘When they broke down sa door to reach the blaze, the pent-up smoke and flames burst forth and blew the firemen across the street.

His invention is a rubber suit similar to a diver’s suit which WEATHER'S. GOING

contains a belt with 12 air-filled And [tll Be ‘Ideal

containers for buoyancy. ""o main- . Swimming Tomorrow.

tain equilibrium, a five-pound anchor is placed in each boot. Fins LOCAL TEMPERATURES - 6am ....58 10a.m.....

on each leg and arm of the suit supply locomotion. Once a sea-going chef, Mr. 7a.m.....64 1llam..... 8a.m. .... 67 Noon 9a.m. .... 70 1p m..

Fern Blodgett, former Toronto stenographer, merely smiles when you talk of wartime perils at sea. Pictured at the ship’s radio-phone, she’s now on the job as the first woman radio operator to sail the North Atlantic. ‘

Dnieper, 105 miles east of Minsk, 65 miles southwest of strategic railway center of Smolensk on the Leningrad Kiev Line and 220 miles from Mosgow. Moscow admitted that the Germans had reached and made repeated attempts to cross the Berezina and Rivers east of Minsk but had been repulsed on the Drut,

Hitler Chooses a King for Russia '

LONDON, July 5 (U. P).—Reports have

ler hopes to put Prince Louis Ferdinand, second son of the former German crown prince, on the throne of Russia, it was learned today. p Louis Ferdinand is 37, He once worked in the Ford motor car factory in Detroit, le industrial methods. He is married to Princess Kyra, sister of the Grand Duke Vladimir, pre= tender to the Russian throne. a The embassy which received the report is § that of a country which is on friendly terms with Germany, It has frequently possessed good information from Berlin,

Prince Louis

BALTIC FRONT—German forces, heading toward Lene ingrad, are pursuing “the beaten enemy,” Berlin reported, No mention of this sector was made in the Soviet co munique. BESSARABIAN FRONT—Moscow admitted that: the Germans had crossed the Pruth River at several points.

NORTHERN FRONT—Moscow noted fighting in t Murmansk, Danalaksha and Karelian Isthmus areas of Finnish Front, while Berlin asserted that German and. Fins nish troops, who had crossed into Russia from Finland, gos. tinue to advance. CL Speaking of fighting in general terme. the German com munique reported that the Luftwaffe had blasted many: treating Russian columns. It repeated a report that 20,0 Russians had deserted and shot their political commissai in the area of Minsk. : On the Western Air Front, the British continued throw more and more power into their back-door attacks Q Germany. In, the Middle East, “the British reported that Ita resistance was virtually over in Ethiopia and that tk offensive against. the Vichy French forces in Syria gaining momentum.

Nothing Proven So Far’

y WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copyright, 1841, by oo Y (odianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. LONDON, July 5—~Two weeks of the Russian-German war, violent engagements between massive and beautifully equipped h {along a line stretching 1800 “Iles from ine White Sea to the

Scott conceived the invention when he was teased for his inability to swim.

- 8 ” ” Penny Serenade

OAK BLUFFS, Mass., July 5 (U. P.).—~When a penny skyrocket failed to go off, a little boy returned with it to the fireworks shop of Irving Sarin, As the boy handed the rocket to Sarin and asked for his money back, the rocket hissed ominously -and then—kerblam! When the last pinwheel had stopped whirling and the last salute had exploded, Mr. Sarin was - a retired business man—as far as fireworks were concerned. Total damage to two three-story buildings and the shop was $20,000.

# #" ” Saves 13 From Fire

. NEW YORK, July 5 (U. P).— Pvt. Robert Abate, 29-year-old draftee who has been in the Army only four months, found himself a

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The Weather Man today added to the holiday spirit with a forecast which promises fair weather today and tomorrow with enough rise in temperature tomorrow: to make it an ideal day to swim. The mercury was expected to fluctuate between 80 and 85 this afternoon.

_ PLANT SITE CHOSEN WASHINGTON, July 5 (U. P.) —

Edgar Bergen was best man. Others present included Jack Oakie, Bob Hope, John Mack Brown ‘and Jon Hall.

if necessary, to the defense effort. No other July Fourth since World War days has been observed by the nation with such grim contemplation of world affairs as that of yesterday. : Po Keynoting the unprecedented Semonstzation of national unity commemoration of the 165th rer il Ss or tH antic wl os si ng Ru of American Independ.jence, Mr. Roosevelt warned that B vad. b E S ie he me Loa not gapeet to - hs x an island of freedom a r ave y X en ogr ap er world otherwise dominated by a : By J S MONTAGNES : “dictator combination.” y Times Special Writer Speaks at Hyde Park TORONTO, Ont., July 5.—“Miss Sparks” is off to the - maritime|" He spoke from his Hyde Park, wars. . during a 10-minute Pretty Fern Blodgett, Toronto stenographer, pulled a cover over her Na home 4 us reached into trusty typewriter the other day, put shorthand symbols out of her mind every corner of the land and was in favor of the international Morse code, boarded a large Britain-bound |proadcast throughout the world by cargo ship in Montreal—and thus embarked on a career as the first girl Shot yere radio. radip Speralor on the peril-fraught g for an “end to backNorth Atlantic. ; Py ing to the sabotage which When a male operator: decided at runs far deeper than the blowing the last moment he did not want to up of munitions plants,” Mr. Roosemake the dangerous trans-Atlantic velt asked the people in his brief crossing, a call went out for an message for “loyalty and unity.” operator, and among others receiv- “And so it is,” he said, “that when ng the gall as the Toronto school we repeat the great pledge to our > ere Fon Blodgett and a half- country and to our flag, it must be AY wh youne women were our deep conviction that we pledge BIR YE Tilo mer danic Gneisenau, Scharnhorst and as well cur work, our will and, if it a nel Yolupiesred for the job— he necessary, our very lives.” ey preferred safer be on the i . Great Lakes, Fern got the joo, ana| TinZ Eugen Bombed; What Will Japan Do? within four hours of being notified Lille Raided Alongside the immediate question te former stenographer had a radio Hi te of Japanese- Amer) San relations is post of her own. She is paid $170 a £ facing Mr. Roosevelt is the problem month and her board. BO Tuy pI Bn of what would be the effect upon Most. of the girls in training here across the English Channel in relays| Jr, Lv ssian-aid program If Tokyo as radio operators are taking eve-|t{oday to . hammer Nazi-occupied 0 d aggressively a e ning "courses. ' About ‘a year is re- against the Soviet Union. 18 : y north France after making heavy Yiadivostok. tho great Port. on the quired ‘ before they pass their ex-|night attacks on German warships aaiv » great po. aminations for a: First or -Second|and U-boats at.the naval ‘bases of Sea of Japan, can be reached only Class Wireless Operator's certificate. Brest and Lorient. . through seaways which Tokyo reIt is a new line for girls. ' The Air Ministry said that the gards much as i United States In addition, many other women|German battleships Scharnhorst Fegalys the Oatibean a os 0 are now taking lessons in the intri-|and Gneisenau and the: crack 10,-| De! OE ea Soo Se cacies’ of ‘modern ship transmitters|000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen, berthed | V!adivos & wo gf Cc 3 Ie and ‘receivers, how to operate them, |at Brest, were straddled with bombs |ardous i per aps 5 poss ® and ‘how to read and receive code|and reported that high explosives|Japan un Sriool gg . a messages at upwards of 20 words|fell among - moored U-boats at|0f Japan to shipments consign per minute. Lorient, for Siberian ports. IEA RMR, During the operations, in early afternoon, the British formations KEN MURRAY WED were believed to ‘be striking at ob- ITALIANS 10 RELEASE . : Jectives some distance from the TO CAMERA MODEL coast of North France. : rn ae ene), S, CONSULATE AID HOLLYWOOD, July 5 (U. P.).—|gaid reached as far north last night| ¥1 U1 Comedian Ken Murfay and his| go gristiansand, Norway, where “a bride, iss Cleaus Caldwel), pho. factory was hit by a salvo of bombs apher’s model, we “ mooning today at Lake Tahoe. _|2d fires were started near the west Withhold Reason for Clerk’s In the presence of many fim "0, Haguesund, + also tn; Norway, Arrest colony notables Murray and Miss| . Caldwell were married yesterday in| bombs fell on quays and shipping a Rose Arbor at the Hollywood home |2longside.” + | ROME, July 5 (U.P.).—The United of actor Lew Ayres. While Ayres| RF. A. F. heavy bombers, escorted | gates Embassy said it had been adaccompanied him at the organ, Bing bY a big fighter force, also attacked |; 0; ov yialian authorities that Crosby sang “I Love You Truly.” (an important steel engineering : works at the French city of Lille| Raymond Hall, - 50, clerk in the this afternoon. United States consulate at Milan, “Direct hits were obtained on the|who had been arrested Tuesday and factory,” it: was stated. held incommunicado, would be released today. ‘The reason for Hall's arrest was not disclosed. United States Ambassador William Phillips had sent two notes to the Italian Government. The first reported Hall's mysterious disappearance from his home in company

hero today, after rescuing his ‘mother and 12 other persons from a fire last night. Home on leave from Ft. Jacks

son, 8. C., Abate was being given:

a party. Suddenly the lights went out and smoke poured into the second floor apartment, cutting off escape down the circular wooden staircase to the first floor. Abate, acting swiftly, picked up

* his mother, bed-ridden with a |

heart ailment, carried her to the front of the house, slipped out on an 18-inch ledge overhanging the street, and, as he started for an adjacent one-story buliding, gave

orders for the others to follow. All

escaped. Mrs. Abate was treated for smoke and Robert was treated for smoke poisoning’ and cufs. on the left foot.

Senator Scott W. Lucas (D. Ill.) said today the new $15,000,000 defense plant scheduled for Southern Illinois will be located in the Crab Orchard Lake area.

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By ARTHUR CAYLOR Times Special Writer SAN FRANCISCO, July 5. — Through San Francisco there is passing’ a constant trickle of Norwegian boys, bound from their homeland to Canada to England —by way of the round world. Even England is not their goal. They have a date with Hitler. The other day eight came through the Golden Gate. In the past three months they had seen Sweden, Russia, Turkey, Persia, India, Singapore, Manila. They had crossed the Pacific. They had gone half way.

Of the eight some were pilots, some gunners, some mechanics. Almost without rest they left for

3| Toronto, seat of the Royal Nor-

wegian Flying Corps. After more training they’ll get to England— next door, by air, from where they started. They don’t. know when they'll die. All they know—each for himself —is that every one of them is one man against Nazi might. It is a strange thing to see individuals going to war against a great power. In their 20s—tempered by tragedy until all the flighty kid is out of them—these eight know how fantastic is their effort. But they have to do it, you understand. It means they won’t even hear what happens to their mothers and sisters. But they have to do it. We wondered: how, even with

~such compulsion, - they could elude

the Nazis. “Oh, well,” sad a. clear-eyed. pilot; of 25,

of two plainclothes men on company! c The second note confirmed that Hall was being held incommunicado at the San Vittore Prison in Milan. An official Italian announcement today said Hall would be released sometime during the day. Hall, 50, was an Army officer during the last war. He was employed

own.” He spoke very good English, although he had used it only in “high school, and he told about things which happened when: the Nazis came, after they had taken over, after the first troops, largely Austrian, had been relieved by Nazis, who had learned their trade in Poland. He did not make it sound good to be either a Nazi or a Quisling. : “It is not good, either,” he said, “when one must forever walk along with. one’s hands clinched in the pockets. It is better to act. We have seen much, and it is well. Now we can drop | bombs on German ' women | and Ce he “We ve > a fui voice ante on,

11 U.S. MARINES SAFE

The Navy announced today that all of ihe di. 8. Marines, who were

: Pp WASHINGTON, July 5 (U. P.)—