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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 102

Foundlings

Pups Left at Capitol ;. Dog Nearly Dies to - Save Mistress.

THE STATE HOUSE woke up this morning and found seven basket babies on its door step. Five were several weeks old; the other two in their adolescence. Hardening its limestone heart, the State House called the dog

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The Foundlings

A GREAT DEAL of mystery surrounds the incident. A State House custodian said a middle-aged man appeared yesterday. Keeping the small pups in a cardboard box, he tied the other two to convenient trees. This morning he was gone, but 4 he left a saucer, a bottle of water and a basket filled with dried bread and a chicken. The dog catcher took a realtisic view. _ “Lots of times,” he said, “transients have dogs and then when the going gets tough they have to leave them. It’s- just a case of too many mouths to feed.” But even he paused and said he hoped the middle-aged man would have a streak of luck today and be able to get his dogs back from the City Pound.

Tippy a Hero But May Lose Life

TIPPY, A TINY BULLDOG, today fought for his life because he had the courage to save his mistress, Mrs. Mildred Kibbee, 37, of 1206 N. Mount St., from a prowler early this morning. Mrs. Kibbee told police she heard a noise at the rear door of her home and picking Tippy up in her arms she took him to the door, unlocked it and placed Tippy outside. With a growl big enough for a dog three times his size, Tippy took after a man who was crouching in the rear of the house, Mrs. . Kibbee said, and the man fled. About 4:30 a. m. ‘she found Tippy whimpering at the back door, a long gash on his back, his neck slashed and stab wounds on his: legs. She took him to a veterinarian, who said the dog’s chances of

iat this session unless some move

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COURT RULING ISSUE IN 1942. SAYS BOBBITT

Organize Now to Carry Fight to People, He Tells G. 0. P. Leaders.

By VERN BOXELL Indiana Republicans must begin

the 1942 campaign at once on the

issues raised by the Supreme Court’s invalidation of the G. O. P. “decentralization” program, State Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt” told

party leaders here today.

In a formal statement, he told the 24 State Committee members and other leaders that these issues are: 1. “Shall the czaristic government resulting from this four-man decision be allowed to exist and thrive in Indiana? 2. “Shall the people be denied the right to control’ the legislative affairs of their own government within the Constitution as it was written and adopted and understood for 90 years? 3. “Shall the Supreme Court itself be preserved as an" impartial judicial tribunal?”

‘No Time for Silence’

“This is no time to permit disappointment to silence us,” ‘Mr. Bobbitt said. “This is the time for the Republican party to organize effectively for the purpose of carrying these issues to the people, for they alone can now rescue their government from the ruthless dic-tator-minded and temporarily en-

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941

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Willis and VanNuys Here

Raymond S. Willis, junior U. S. Senator, (right) teday paid his

first visit to Indianapolis since he

Bobbitt, state chairman.

trenched minority party.” Meanwhile, fhe long-rumored move to oust Mr. Bobbitt and his close advisers from committee control was not expected to materialize

is made by the chairman to force the issue.. Those who have been most outspoken in demanding his removal said, “this is not the right time.” : A highlight of today’s rally was the visit of Rep. Joseph Martin, Congressional leader and national

from New York by plane late this afternoon, and will attend a dinner at the Columbia Club tonight, followed by a closed meeting. Rep. Martin will discuss the party’s program for the 1542 Congressional elections. :

Committee Met Weekly

‘Although Mr. Bobbitt did not mention the opposition to him in his statement, he did lash out at critics who have given him the sole responsibility for forcing the illfated “ripper” program through the Legislature. He pointed out that the State Committee met weekly during the session with members of the steering committee and Glen. Hillis, defeated G.:O. P. Governor candidate, and discussed the “decentralization” program “in all its details.” “Repeatedly, approval of the entire program was expressed and at various times by resolution this committee commended the steering committee and the Republican legislators for their fine work,” Mr. Bobbitt said.

surviving were slim.

A Rare 'Possum Is in a Stew Now

AN OPOSSUM probably proud of his albino fur, a rarity, and disdainful of Cornell Ave. residents on whose chickens he has been feasting, started for a stroll this morning. Mrs. William . Pettijohn, . 6158 | Cornell Ave., saw the ’possum on the sidewalk across’ the street from her home.. She followed him and called to Mrs. Charles PF. Whitinger, 6148 Cornell Ave., into whose yard the ‘possum turned, still at a leisurely pace. Other neighbors heard and came to see the excitement. Sleepy-eyed children, bare-foot and pajama-ciage.came running. A regular paradé-formed behind the possum as he ambled arougd the side of the Whitinger home and headed for the back yard.

” ” ” - THROUGH THE back yard of the Whitinger home, the ‘possum headed and then started to clamber through the fence. But he stopped right there, because Wil-: liam Harrison of 6116 Cornell Ave. had hold of his tail. The State Conservation Department, informed of the ’possum’s

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REPORT 12 GERMANS SLAIN IN PANAMA

Dispatches Tell of Police: Clash. With Pro-Nazis.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 8 (U. P.).—Twelve German colonists were reported today to have been killed in a gun battle with Panamanian police in the village of Gotito, 20 miles from the Costa Rican frontier. One Panama police officer was said to have been wounded and several Germans were said to have been taken prisoner. According to reports received here the area in which the battle occurred is settled by Germans, many of whom were described as strongly pro-Nazi. Panama police were said to have requested that the Germans submit their papers for examination. The colonists, it was claimed, refused. The Government, it was reported, then sent a detail of Panama police to the area.

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took office. At the G. O. P, state

headquarters in the Claypool Hotel Senator Willis confers with Arch

Another visitor in Indianapolis was Senior Senator Frederick

the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

VanNuys (left) shown with E. Kirk McKinney, Democratic leader, at

VoiNuys Home 1 Fiid Out What Hoosiers Are Thinking

Senator Frederick VanNuys, back in Indiana for the first time in more than a year, said today that he came home to learn what the

and patronage. Tired from the train ride but in

to Washington next Monday. Without a moment's hesitation, he answered a question that has been paramount in political circles: “Will you be a candidate for renomination in 1944, Senator?” “No, I will not,” he said. “I have stated my position on that question many times and I have not changed my mind.”

he will discuss is the Collector of Internal Revenue post here, now held by Will Smith. Senator VanNuys said there was “nothirg new at present” on his attempts to oust Mr. Smith, but that he expected some developments shortly. Glenn VanAuken, local attorney, is slated for the post.

Revenue Post Discussed

Several postmasterships and some possible Federal Court appoint= ments also are on the list for discussion. In discussing the national situation, Senator VanNuys said that war talk dominated the Washington scene. He said that a majority of the Congressmen were waiting for future developments before passing judgment on President Roosevelt's action yesterday in. sending U. S. troops to Iceland. “If it is purely a defensive measure there will not be much objection,” he said. “But if it is a step into this war, there will be plenty. There is no occasion for us to get into this war. And unless our nation is menaced (Continued on Page Four)

LIGHTNING FAST!

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 8 (U. P.).—The first bolt of lightning struck an electric transformer at the Waddell Manufacturing Co. starting a fire. The second struck the nearest fire alarm box, turning in the alarm. Firemen extingusihed the fire quickly.

Among the patronage- problems

Hoosiers are talking and thinking about and to talk over some politics

the best of health, Senator VanNuys

said he would spend the rest of the week in conferences here and return

IT'S PITCHING AGAINST POWER

McKechnie - & Co. Match Wits Against .341 Sluggers at Detroit. DETROIT, July 8 (U. P.).—Big league baseball’s ninth annual All-

Star game drew 58,000 to Briggs Stadium here today for an answer

-|to whether skillful pitching can

check murderous hitting. The favorite American League, out to avenge a 4 to 0 shutout in last year’s game, boasted tremendous power at the plate backed by the strong pitching arms of young Bob Feller, Thornton Lee and veteran Charley (Red) Ruffing. The National League, short on batting power, again is relying on its fine pitching to silence the deadly bats of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Jeff Heath, Bill Dickey and the other American League sluggers. Baseball's top pitchers — Cleveland's Feller and Brooklyn's Whit Wyatt—were given the starting assignments by - Managers Del Baker and Bill McKechnie of the American and National Leagues. Feller has won 16, lost four—the best record in either league. Wyatt, who failed to make good as a Detroit pitcher in this park a decade ago, is leading his league's pitchers with 13 victories and four defeats. ‘Baker probably will field a team with a compgsite batting average of 341—50 points better than MecKechnie’s tentative selections. Although there were thundershowers yesterday the weatherman pronmrised generally fair and slightly warmer temperatures today.

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GERMAN NEWS CORPS CLAIMS GAIN IN SOUTH

R. A. F. ‘Non-Stop’ Raid Believed Biggest of War So Far.

On Inside Pages Details of Fighting ......... R. A. F. Raids

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Russia reported the German blitzkrieg offensive had been checked with terrible losses on most of the eastern front today and the Nazi high command avoided any claim of gains against the Red Army. Only on the southern or Bessarabian front did the Germans, through the official news agency DNB, report that Axis forces were

{moving forward to the Ukraine

after breaking Russian resistance west of the Dniester River. Budapest claimed the big river had been crossed. And only on the Lepel sector of the central front guarding Moscow did the Russians indicate that the enemy might be striking with fresh power. There, the Moscow communique said, the Germans were “countering’ 'a red Army counterattack, but elsewhere on the road to Moscow and Leningrad the Nazis were reported hurled back in all attempts to cross the Dnieper River or strike through the Ostrov front.

Report Fighting ‘Fierce’

But on the 16th day of the war, both sides emphasized that “fierce fighting” continued on all fronts along the Stalin Line and the outcome still dependent on ability to bring more and more reserves into the 1800-mile eonflict. The pictures presented by the rival communiques: FINNISH FRONT: Russians report Finnish-German drives stalled by Red Army counter-attacks; Finns admit fierce Russian opposition encountered in drives on Salla and Kandalaksha; Hango under bombardment; Russian transports en route from Tallinn to Kronstadt reported sunk. CENTRAL FRONT: Russians claim all Nazi attempts to cross Dnieper hurled back; big Red counter-attack in progress at Lepel; two Nazi battalions and 35 tanks destroyed at Bobruisk; fierce fighting at Polotsk; attempts by Germans to cross Dvina fail. SOUTHERN FRONT: Germans driving hard toward Novograd Volynsk and Mogilev Podolsk, but Soviet troops reported to have checked advances; German spokesmen hint that Stalin Line has been penetrated in this area due east of Luck and that about 20 pillboxes and bunkers in the fortifications system have been captured; Hun-garian-German troops reported at or across the Dniester River.

R. A. F. Increases Blows

Authoritative Nazi spokesmen claimed that once the German forces have broken through the Stalin Line, the way will be clear for an almost unimpeded advance across the Russian plains all the way to the Urals, 1400 miles. away. British Royal Air Force planes struck heavy blows at Occupied France today in a nonstop night-and-day attack said to be the mightiest of the war. The R. A. F. engaged in an extremely heavy series of night attacks on some 13 continental points, including Osnabruck, Muenster and Frankfort and lost nine bombers— an indication that an extremely heavy force was over Germany.

WILLKIE INDORSES ACTION ON ICELAND

NEW YORK, July 8 (U. P). — Wendell L. Willkie approves of the Government's decision to take over the defense of Iceland. “I advocated such action in a speech at a unity rally in Chicago June 6 as a necessary precaution for the protection of the United States and to insure our ability to protect shipments from the United States

to the British Isles,” the 1940 Republican Presidential nominee said.

Atlantic Is Ang

By WILLIAM

that Germany is finally confronted active clash with air, sea and land on earth. To their simple European minds, it works out this way: The establsihment of a corps of elite American troops on Iceland means that the United States is prepared to maintain those troops there for the duration, come what may. That, in turn, means that the Uinted States is prepared to maintain a sea lane between the American coast and Reykjavik, and that means that the American Navy is prepared to sink any hostile raiders and submarines 'which may be encountered in that stretch of water.

‘Defensive War’ Extended

In other words, according to their interpretation of the American decision, all the instruments of destruction which are now being employed by the Germans in the Battle of the Aflantic will. henceforth, be confronted by the joint forces of Britain and the United States. In other words, as far as the North Atlantic is concerned, the United States is defensively at war just as she has been defensively at war in the Western Hemisphere since she assumed control of British bases there. This reaction may be overly facile but it has served to give the British and their Allies the biggest moral tonic they have had since the war began. Even the passage.of the Lease-Lend Bill was not comparable in effect to the feeling of genuine relief and exhilaration which was felt on this side of the Atlantic today. The practical effects of the American move remain to be seen and they will depend entirely upon what the Germans do about it. Two or three months ago Iceland was regarded as a possible, or even probable, German objective and (Continued on Page Four)

IRESERVE OFFICERS IN

AIR CORPS CALLED UP

Exempt Key Civilian Posts From Order.

WASHINGTON, July 8 (U. P.).— The War Department today ordered all Air Corps Reserve Officers except those in key civilian defense occupation to active duty. Officials said that the orders now

are being dispatched and that by Aug. 1 all available officers will be

AID CON

The harbor of Reykjavik, capital and chief port of Iceland.

Lake Now, British Exult

Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. LONDON, July 8.—The establishment of an American wartime military protectorate over Iceland means, in the eyes of the Allies, that the North Atlantic has become an Anglo-American lake, that the United States is now prepared to fight on this side of the world and

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President Roosevelt's move into Iceland and estabe lishment of a condominium — or joint with Great Britain over that far Atlantic island is believed to have killed at least three birds with one stone and may

by the immediate possibility of an forces of the most invincible nation

WHEELER AGAIN

White House Spokesman Condemns Disclosure Of Iceland Move.

| White House Secretary Stephen T. Early today criticized Senator Bur{ton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) for disclosing last week that American occupation of Iceland was imminent, Mr, Early criticized Mr. Wheeler for making the disclosure while American forces were en route to the island. At the same time, Mr. Early dismissed as of no consequence a statement by Sir Claude Auchinleck, new commander of British Forces in the Near East, who said that American manpower will be necessary for a complete victory over Germany. “The last I heard from London was from Churchill and it was: ‘Give us the tools and we'll do the job’,” Mr. Early said. “I take it this general is a subordinate to the Prime Minister. In reflecting impatience with Senator Wheeler's pronouncements in connection with the Iceland move, Mr. Early said he believed the Montana isolationist was in the position of a horse player who “hit a 20-1 shot.” Mr. Early read a New York Times dispatch from London commenting on Mr. Wheeler, and added that he felt it was a fair statement. The dispatch said that the British could not understand how “once the Iceland movement was decided on, anybody could come out in the dépen and tell the Germans it was under, way.”

WASHINGTON, July 8 (U, P.) —|

EARLY'S TARGET

"U.S. GUNS TO GUARD ATLANTIC LANES

ICELAND OCCUPATION T0 IMPEDE GERMANS, VOYING TASK

America to Share Island Defense With British. |

By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER

Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

WASHINGTON, July 8.— blitz

sovereignty —-

well lead to new moves in a

not too distant future. In the first place, it established & firm bastion against any sort of Gere man attempt to obtain a base from which to attack Atlantic shipping lanes or to move against the West ern Hemisphere by the northern stepping stones—the Shetland Is« lands, the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland. Greenland was taken over by the U. 8. some weeks ago; now it is the turn of Iceland.

Time Propitious

British armed forces have been in occupation of Iceland since May 10, 1940. From now on American forces will share with them the responsibility of protecting the island. It is perfectly clear that this protection and the occupation that makes it effective are only temporary. Between them, the British and american forces should be in a position to prevent surprise landings of parachutists and to protect such bases as they may establish against German bombing. With Hitler's forces engaged up to the waist in Soviet Russia, no moment could be | more propitious for the American move. By the time Hitler's forces are again free, the American position, people think, should be solidly established. The British have developed ' air bases in Iceland and are said to be in fair shape to repel any sort ¢f attack. And while the American forces—which-left this continent on June 23—are still purely naval, in a near future, according to Washe ington belief, they will be strength ened or replaced by regulars from the First Division, whose equip« ment is declared complete.

« Within Range of Europe

In the second place, not only do Iceland bases make it possible bet

ter to patrol the North Atlantic and

give warning of Nazi submarine, sea surface and air raiders, but the President specifically stated that the seas between the American continent and Iceland will be made safe. This means that American (Continued on Page Four)

PLAN HUGE EXPANSION

WASHINGTON, July 8 (U. P.)

Informed Congressional sources dise closed today that President Roosee velt’s aids are preparing approprie ation requests to cover expansion of the Army, warship construction and British aid that will total “five or six billions of dollars.”

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the continent aaginst\Germany.

A third is the American occupation Of the three, the outcome of the Russian-German war is the

One is the German adventure in Russia. Air Force’s “blitz” against Occupied France and Northwestern Germany,

Today's War Moves

BY United Press War Experts

Three factors tend to bring nearer the day when Britain, instead of being invaded, may “Ye able to reverse the situation and move inte

Another is the Royal

of Iceland.

so intense at this time far from

|Our Charles Beaven Leads His League As Play Resumes in Marbles Tourney

The rains came yesterday and flooded the marble tournament out at Ringer Stadium, but not before

most fateful for Britain. If Hitler conquers Russia, he will be immeasurably strengthened in material resources, be able to offset the British blockade and turn full force against Britain. Even if he does not conquer Russia, but is forced to retire, he not

signifies that Britain contemplates an early attempt. It will take some time for Lord Beaverbrook to speed tank and mechanical production up to the point where Britain could hope to cope with Germany's superiority. The British are merely faking advantage of Hitler's pres

regretable history in connection with the neighbor’s chickens, suggested that the animal be shot. Patrolman Avery Viles took Site of that detail with one bulet. The Cornell Ave. residents hav-

on duty. They will be assigned units on the basis of their qualifications. Officials declined- to reveal the number of air reserves being called. There is a shortage of both pilots and technical personnel in the new

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES will then enter the national finals Thursday and Friday. The League One victory appeared

By RICHARD LEWIS Times Staff Writer

WILDWOOD, N. J., July 8.—Indi-

ing solved what to do with a live ’possum, wondered what to do about a dead one. An unidentified man solved the problem. He said it would make an extraordinarily good stew.

REP. BOLLES DEAD

WASHINGTON, July 8 (U. P.).— Rep. Stephen Bolles (R. Wis.) died after suffering a heart attack at his home - today, his office announced. ;

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anapolis champion Charles Beaven led League One in the Eastern section of the National Marbles Tournament today with a game 1|score of eight to two. His nearest rival, Dickie Anderson of Columbus, O., lagged one full game behind him with the league preliminaries half over. The winner of League One will play Sports 6, 7|victors of three other leagues for State Deaths.. 16/the Eastern section championship Travel , tomorrow and, the Eastern champ

Obituaries ...,

Mrs Roosevelt. Short Story .. Side Glances.. Society .......

to be a toss-up between the Indianapolis and the Columbus boys. Both were so evenly matched they split victories in two games against each other. : Charles dropped another game to Tom Blangers of Youngstown, O., but won-a second round against the Youngstown boy. The diminutive Indianapolis champ won two games against Karl Barth of Olean, N. Y,, Bobbie Blair of Oil City, Pa., and Jimmy Blake of N.Y

Indianapolis’ tiny champion bagged his first game. Late last night, boardwalk weather prophets peered sourly out of the shutters of their closed shops and predicted fair weather for today and a resumption of tournament games, in which the little Hoosier already has begun to star. They said it couldn't rain in Wildwood during a national marbles tournament. Up to this year, it

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program which calls for a minimum of 30,000 pilots annually with 100,000 technicians. The Army Air Corps strength now is approximately 167,800 men, of which only about 6500 are pilots. The reserve officers not being called include those employed in aeronautical, transportation and allied industry, in flying schools and in other capacities considered as

only will have lost a battle, but perhaps the war. He would have a potent enemy always at his rear and an ever-strengthening Britain in front. Having embarked on the attempt, it seems Hitler has to beat Russia or go out of the war business. As for the British air campaign in the west, it is the logical prepa-

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