Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1941 — Page 3

Lo % U. S. Li Claims Navy and Air Force to Resist Japanese Invasion Of East Indies; Others Think Action Will Be Limited to Economic Steps. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 25.—Prediction by one United States Senator that our Navy and airforce would help defend the Dutch East Indies against Japan were offset today by insistence of others that reprisals for aggression would be limited to the field of economics. A senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told the United Press this country would not be likely to use force against Japan except to check a direct thrust at the Philippine Islands. He insisted that we Jack] the State Department yesterday as SU i adequate bases near the East! sia Richard G. Casey and Neville Indies to support naval action Butler, Ministers of Australia and ; i {Great Britain, respectively. against Japan and said the, The Office of Production ManageBritish do not have enough ment and the War and Navy De- \ 3 - Fas 1 partments are making a check to force in the Far East to Je of Setermine what supplies can be sufficient assistance. Neither | rushed to the Soviet Union to aid in <Q A ; rt | its defense against Germany. Senator would permit his The scope of United States asname to be used. sistance is limited, however, by the The Senator who forecast armed | 1ack « shipping Facilities Sao fi ” : vk : ; | adequate supplies of tanks, guns, American intervention in eyent of [planes and other essential materials. | 8 Japanese move to the Dutch pt appeared likely that the major East Indies said that the Army and aid that this country can give at Navy have studied the Far Eastern | this time will be in the line of maCheick e “fuliv .. | chine tools needed to keep Russian tituaticn - are os confident | factories in operation. of their ability to defeat Japan in| : ng Tokyo Credits any conflict. He added that this Fissant Toevs Ugud: country “could not tolerate from! Freezing Japanese credits here an economic or strategic stand- | Would almost complete the icy circle point” Japanese occupation of the around the Axis. Ali European Bast Indies |credits have been frozen to prevent : & . b lad Germany or Italy from obtaining U. S. Bombers at Viadivostok |), penefits, although the orders High Army and Navy officials have been relaxed in behalf of have estimated that 250 heavy Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, PortuAmerican bombers based at Vladi- gal and the Soviet Union. vostok could ‘utterly devastate”| The United States has blacklisted every major Japanese city, this| 1800 firms and individuals in Latin source said. He pointed out that | America on charges that they were Japanese cities, which have never | agents who funneled aid to Axis] been bombed, are flat and “com-| powers. The battle for South pletely defenseless” from air at-| America is on, coincident with the tack. economic battle against the Axis “A combination of the United|in Europe and Asia so that the States, Russia, Netherlands Rast United States is fighting a political Indies and Britain would absolute- | and economic contest on four conly insure a walkaway as far as any | tinental fronts; South America, conflict with Japan is concerned, Africa, Europe and Asia. our military and naval officials tell | Appeasement at End me,” the Senator said. American intervention in the| Japanese appeasement apparently event of a Japanese occupation of iS ending or diminishing within 24 the East Indies, this Senator said,| hours or so of an official acknowlwould be based upon strategic and ®dgement that such a policy execonomic factors. From the lat-|iSted. Acting Secretary of State ter standpoint, he said, the nation Sumner Welles acknowledged that is almost completely dependent | 2Ppeasement was in progress last upon the Indies for rubber and month in a secret session of the obtains a large share of its tin House Foreign Affairs Committee, there. but reporters were not supposed to “From the strategic standpoint, disclose that fact, with which they Japanese occupation of the East|QUickly had become acquainted. Indies would place them in an ex-| Mr. Roosevelt let it be known cellent position for an attack upon yesterday, however, in an address the Philippines,” he said. “The|!0 members of the Volunteer ParPhilippines would be completely | ticipation Committee. He referred encircled as far as land bases go. | Primarily to the privilege Japan has enjoyed of exporting oil from this country. The alternative to permit-

Economic Blows Seen

“Unless this nation decides to abandon the Philippines, it could not tolerate Japanese domination of

ting Japan to buy here, he explained, would be to cause her to 20 to the Dutch East Indies for her

the East Indies.” needs. Perhaps with force. Simultaneous economic action! The policy, he said, had been to egainst Japan by the United States, | iV 10 keep war out of the Pacific, Great Britain and possibly Austra- | To oh hee been ps 0 Sar lia was anticipated as the first] Ot say definitely whether counter move of the democracies | the appeasement policy now had egainst Japanese penetration into|DPeen abandoned, but he referred to Irdo-China. it always in the past tense.

Such a move would mark the be- U. S. Supplies Periled

ginning of the end of a two-year experiment in appeasing the His extemporaneous address came Japanese. shortly after Mr. Welles had charged There was speculation that the Japan with aggression in undertakUnited States would freeze Japan- (Ing the occupation of strategic ese assets in this country and Japan Points in southern Indo-China, apparently feared that her ships which nominally is French. Mr. might be seized, as well. | Welles said this Japanese move Any freeze order presumably menaced the supply of vital raw would be issued from Hyde Park, materials to the United States. They N. Y.. where Mr. Roosevelt arrived include tin, which is obtained from today for a long week-end. His de- | the Straits Settlements, and wool parture last night somewhat quieted | from Australia, Moreover, Japan is capital nerves because it was Inoving into a strategic spot from known he was not going if the| Which she could attack Singapore, United States seemed likely to be|the great British naval base, the involved more directly and imme- | Dutch East Indies and the Philipdiately in trouble. pines,

Visit State Department “TUGWELL GETS NEW JOB

Meantime, there were indications] NEW YORK, July 25 (U. P).— of an urgent desire to step-up the| Rexford Guy Tugwell has been flow of aid to China and the Soviet | chosen Chancellor of the UniverUnion, both of which would be sity of Puerto Rico and will resign important factors in anti-Japanese| his $15000 a year city planning job,

BREST BOMBED

BY IGY BOEINGS

U. S.-Made Planes Fly So High Port City Is ‘Only as Big as Your Thumb.’

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News. Inc. LONDON, July 25—Americanbuilt Boeing flying fortresses made their first big attack yesterday in broad daylight on heavily defended German naval bases in France. Almost continuously for 24 hours! the Royal Air Force strafed Brest where the German battleship Gneisenau and cruiser Prinz Eugen were lying and made a swoop down to La Pallice to straddle the battleship Scharnhorst (sistership of the Gneisenau) w i t h heavy-caliber bombs. The flying fortresses and Britain's new big Stirling bombers flew over so high that the first warnings the Germans had of a raid was the arrival of bombs. Deutschlandsender radio from Germany yesterday commented somewhat sourly on the latest and more daring daylight attacks: “Twelve times did the British air force, sometimes in enormous formations, penetrate the Channel Coast area yesterday. It was the biggest offensive yet. From the early morning until dusk fell there was not a pause in the deep droning of enemy planes. It was a day the like of which we have never experienced before,” the German announcer said.

From Heat to Ice

The crews of the Boeings took off in the summer heat, but by the time they had reached bombing height ice a quarter of an inch thick had formed on the windows. The Boeings have a ceiling of 36,000 feet— a height to which few fighters can climb and stay long enough to do effective work. Disclosing that the flying fortressas formed the spearhead of the Brest attack, the Air Ministry said: “These great four-engined bombers arrived over Brest at a fantastic height, scarcely visible and certain- | ly inaudible to anyone on the! ground. In all probability the scream of their bombs was the first sign the Boeing planes were there.” One pilot was quoted that when he was over Brest the city “seemed no bigger than your thumb.”

Attack Timed to “Minutes”

“A smooth and heavy load of American bombs was well directed at the minute targets so far below,” the Ministry said. “It seemed almost an impossible time before the flashes of the bombs were seen. Then through the intercommunication system pilots heard a bomb aimer say: ‘There they go—one, two, three, four, five’! Even at that height the flashes were impressive. “Thousands of feet below crews of the fortresses saw a tight formation of many Hampdens sweeping in over the target, and also saw a star cluster of lames where bombs from the Hampdens ringed the German warships. After they finished their work it was the turn of the Wellingtons to continue the battle. The bombers approached their targets and darted away again to leave room for the procession that followed. “Fach attack was timed to minutes. “It was a marvelous sight to see, in the sunshine, bombers ahead of us and bombers behind us,’ a pilot said. ‘Fighters were weaving overhead. All the little ships in the harbor scuttled out to sea as we came in, with frightened trails of white foam behind them.

Halifaxes Bomb La Pallice

“Both fighters and bombers fought hard battles with defending Messerschmitts and our bombers as well as fighters claimed victims. Many bombers came home torn and holed by shells and bullets but when the crews came to interrogation rooms they looked happy and excited and said it was the most thrilling attack they had ever made.” While the Boeings and Hampdens were attacking Brest, some of Britain's newer bombers, fourengined Halifaxes, were pounding La Pallice where the repaired Scharnhorst has sought shelter. The day was very costly for the Germans, the British believe, but it was also costly for the R. A. F, which lost 15 bombers and seven fighters. There were no casualties among the Boeings. Thirty-three Nazi fighters were reported to have

developments. Soviet Ambassador| Mayor F. H. La Guardia announced Constantine Oumansky called at|today.

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Here Is the Traffic Record

City Total 40 ih | 35 nw

Andrew .'ohnson, 28, of 2700 N. Capitol; Rosalind Howell, 27, 128 W. 18th. Joseph Feen, 48, of 233!3 Virginia; Katie Cassell, 45, 233'2 Virginia. Raymond Godwin, 25 Camp Shelby, Miss; Pansy Baker, 30, of 117 W. 23d, Robert Aldridge, 28, of 38 Frank; Mary Darnell, 25, of 707 King, Samuel Nelson, 27, 224 W. New York; Minnie Oliver, 27, of 316 Muskingum, onard Weiss, 26, of 1128 Carroilton; Violet Moose, 28, 841 Martin,

BIRTHS : Twin Girls homas, Louise Coleman, at 2602 N, Oxord. Girls

Robert, Margaret Woods, at St. Francis. Ray, Mary hendricks, at St. Francis. Albert, Helen Coffman, at St. Franeis. Lawrence, Theresa Weimer, at St. Francl

5. Carl, Margaret Carter, at St. Vincent's. SUBEr, Jean Trennepohl, at St. Vincent's, Clyde, Martha Bymaster, at Methodist. Methodist. ) a : ethodist. Alfred, Elizabeth Arnold, at methodist. Robert, Mildred Radiner, at Methodist.

County

Accidents ... 23 Arrests THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried tions paid |¢ Speeding ........ 14 13 $210 Reckless driving . 7 5 0 Failure to stop at through street. 4 4 Disobering traffic signals (3 9 Drunken driving 2 2 All others 4 20

Injured

INDIANAPOLIS

Totals o.oo 53 $463 MEETINGS TODAY ptimist Club, Columbia Club. noon. ehange Club. Hotel, Severin, noon. | i Delta Theta, Columbia Club, noon. { Ita Tam Delta, Columbia Club, noon. , Hote! Severin. 8 vb, m. Jewith Welfare Association, noon, Oofumbia Club. publican State Committee, Olaypool Hotel. Sigma Chi, noon, Board of Trade. Kappa Sigma, noon, Canary Cottage,

MEETINGS TOMORROW Union Printers’ International Baseball Awociation, all day, Hotel Lincoln,

MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in pames and addresses.

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Trov Marlowe, 47, of 2515 Paris; Virginia Watt, 35 of 2841 Shriver. George Abbott, 26 of 1145 Lexington: Katherine Ricos, 26, of 2450 N, Delaware. Patrick Rreen, 24 of 508 N. Mlinois: Betty Newbold, 18. of 220 Leeds. Eddeth Cooksey. 28. of 510 E Market: fva Mae McDaniel, 28 of 510 E. Market, Kenneth Hare 21, RR. 17, Box 48: Mary Beck, 20, of 3921 Washington pve. LeRov H. Coy, , of 1233 N. Oxford: Frances Ekev, . Hamilton. 649 .. 31st; Lois

0 ,. 21, of 850 Ewin ussell ove, 3 of 541 W Srtn Mary

fogene, Annette Anderson, at ethodist. Pervhs, Carol Johnson, at Methodist. Emerson, Norma Jameson, at 718 BE Wainut. Orlo, Zella Richison, at 1848 Orang Harola, Katherine narris, at 437 8. West. Boys Everett, Mary Tracawell, at St. Francis. Charies, wanda nunman, at Coleman, Dale, Juanita Schooléy, at Coleman. James, Georgie Stovall, at St. Vincent's. Edward, Jane Simmons, at St. Vincent's. Herman, Audrey Marsische, at St. Vincents, Paul, Leona Showalter, at St. Vincent's. Oren, Violet Boyer, at St. Vincent's, Henry, Christine williams, at St. Vine

nt's. Lemuel, Colleen Whitten at St. Vincent's. arred, argaret Wiseman, at ethodist. John, Rowena Stafford, at Methodist. Frea, Dorothy Schiegel at thodist. Willard, Helen Given, at thodist, Lawrence, Martha Chadwick, at 1222 8.

est. Arthur, Jualia Pyke, at 410 Beecher. Alexander, Mary Walker, at 24 S.

stone. Leonard, ydia Case, at 288 N. Lynn Dewayne, uline Phelps, at 82

mont. Riley, Mary Williamson, at 804 Marin, DEATHS

Harriet Perkins, 71, at

hypertension, Samuel wider, 79, at 378 N.

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Holmes,

al. Samuel Jacob Simon, 78, at 937 8. Meridian, carcinoma. William Shelby, 68, at 1311 E. Michigan, TRE SL — sepiy y, 37, a : Blanche Wheatley, 64, at PN Rah: ington, corongyy occlu

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Chicag .| Cleveland Edge le

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been shot down.

Thomas Smith, 65 at Methodist, coronary occlusion. Lillian Kahn, 57, at Methodist,

cinoma. Edwin Arthur Sellers, 85, at City, ecarcinoma. Richard O. Laughlin, 66, at 5339 Carrollton cerebral hemorrhage.

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy, warm and humid tonight and tomorrow; thundershowers likely tomorrow: temperature this afternoon about 95. (Central Standard Time) Sunrise 4:37 | Sunset..... TEMPERATURE —July 25, 1946—

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BAROMETER TODAY 8:30 a. m... 29.98

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Partly cloudy, continued warm and humid tonight and tomorrow; scattered thundershowers in south portion tomorrow.

Mlinois—Partly cloudy, continied warm and humid tonight and tomorrow; scatfered thundershowers in south portion toorrow.

Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature, Ohio—Generally fair and contin'ted warm fonight and tomorrow, except for scattered thundershowers tomorrow afternoon in south portion. Rentuehy_Genetally fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow, excapt for scattered thundershowers afternooh.

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YOU TUNE IT IN BY DIALING 1311

Broadcasting Studios Rest On Steel Springs in Board of Trade.

Officials of the Capitol Broadcast- | ing Corp. hope to have Indianapolis’ newest radio station, WISH, on] the air this week-end. The first official broadcast for the] NBC Blue Network outlet here will] end months of engineering and in-| stallation work at the second floor studios in the Board of Trade

Building and at the transmitter]

JAPAN TO REPLY T0 U, S. CHARGE

Be Prepared for Any Action Against ‘Unpredictable’ America, Says Press.

By UNITED PRESS

The important Tokyo newspaper Nichi Nichi, warned today that Japan must prepare for any eventuality in the Pacific because the actions of the United States cannot be predicted. A strong Japanese reply to the declaration by Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles that Japan is guilty of aggression in Indo-China is expected as soon as a formal announcement is made of the occupation of the French colony. Saigon, capital of Indo-China, reported that the agreement probably will be announced simultaneously in Tokyo, Vichy and Indo-China on Tuesday, although start of the occupation was believed imminent, The agreement was said to permit Japan to occupy Indo-China’s strategic bases for the duration of the European war, These bases are 700 miles closer to the vital rubber, tin and oil of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. The Tokyo press already was switching its attention to Thailand and starting to beat the drums for similar Japanese action in that strategic South Pacific state.

Eden Repeats Welles

Britain was acting in close concert with the United States. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden made a statement in Parliament today which was almost identical with that made by Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles yesterday. He called the Japanese action “new aggression” and said that it is a potential threat to British territory and interests in the Far East. He announced that unrevealed defense measures have been taken in Malaya and Singapore after consultation with the United States, the Dominions and India, and the Netherlands. Shanghai reported that the Japanese occupation of Indo-China is expected to he accomplished over the week-end. Tokyo revealed that Emperior Hirohito has summoned the Privy Council for a meeting. The press claimed that the United . | States now has air bases in China . (from which it could bomb Japan,

BALLOON CAMP SELECTED

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WASHINGTON, July 25 (U. P.).

plant, Road 40 and Post Road. A formal opening to which the public will be invited is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 2.

On Steel Springs

The new studios occupy 5000 square feet. The entire quarters are resting on acoustic concrete, which is laid across steel springs. They are now in the process of completion, C. Bruce McConnell, corporation president, said. The Board of Trade Building was selected for the studios because of its high ceilings. Every effort was made to. control sound. For example, cables for all the lighting fixtures had to be replaced after their installation because they transmitted a slight movement, Mr. McConnell said. The entrance to the new studios

cal director, is at the piano,

PARIS ALLEGES

Asks Nazis to ‘Protect’ African Base From Threat by U. S.

PERIL TO DAKAR

is crystal glass about an inch thick trimmed in chromium. In the glass above the door are etched the letters “WISH.” The station letters are also set in the inlaid linoleum in a monogram pattern throughout the studios. Three Studios

The quarters contain a commercial manager's office, secretary's office, general manager's office, directors’ room and president's office, auditor's office, a news room, three studios, one of them of auditorium size, an audition room with recording equipment, a control room, lounge and observation corridor. The studios,” which have large observation windows, have chrome and leather chairs. The acoustically treated walls are in two tones of green. The station is equipped with specially built R. C. A. equipment, an electric organ, three pianos and recording equipment. The lounge and observation corridor are to be in red and turquois. The offices are finished in sand and taupe.

Air-Conditioned

The lighting throughout is fluoresscent. All offices are equipped sO the occupants can tune in on any studio program or can receive programs from all other radio stations. The quarters are air-condi-tioned for both summer and winter. The station is licensed for 24hour operation on a 5000-watt basis. It will be at 1310 on radio dials. The transmitter plant is of white glazed blocks and glass tile. The two antenna towers are 640 feet tall. Buried in the fround for 300 feet around the base of each tower is a network of copper wire for ground-

ing. The 22 members of the WISH personnel are: W. W. Behrman, general manager; R. BE. Bausman,

VICHY, France, July 25 (U. P). —The Paris press published a report teday that the United States planned to occupy Liberia, on the West Africa coast, and demanded that France start negotiations with “European powers” to insure the “indispensable protection” of Dakar. Such negotiations, the Paris newspapers said, should be similar to those by which Japan arranged to take over the “protection” of French Indo-China with the consent of the Vichy Government. It was the Paris press, which is German controlled, which published in France the news of the IndoChina negotiations.

commercial manager; Miles Reed, program director; James Boyer, musical director; Stokes Gresham Jr. chief engineer, and Charles W. Hines, Luke Walton, Sig Roush, Jack Lellman, Lew Lowry, Wayne Bouslog. Herbert Bidson Jr., William Dietz, Harold Trosper, David Maltby, Russ Salter, Paul Schlatter, Nell Davenport, Betty Lewis, Virginia Orman, Dorothy Braun and Robert McConnell. ‘ WISH officers are C. Bruce McConnell, president; A. R. Jones, vice president; Joseph G. Wood, secretary; BE. W. Harris, treasurer; Joseph BE. Cain, John Messick, Thomas Mahaffey and Lyman S. Ayres, directors. The station is to be open to visitors all hours of the day and night, Mr. McConnell said.

“MIKE” FOR RESCUE WORK LONDON (U. P)—A special sound detector to enable people trapped under debris to talk to their rescuers has been invented by two members of Stoke Newington stretcher party. The appartus, including a microphone and loudspeaker, can be lowered through a small hole.

proposal for German occupation of West Africa to South America.

Today's War Moves

By United Press War Experts The German-controlled Paris press broke out today with an indirect

Dakar, the nearest point in French

The papers published a report that the United States is considering

the occupation of Liberia, on the coast south of Dakar, and demanded

the “indispensable protection” of Dakar. The papers suggested the arrangement be similar to the one under which the Vichy Government agreed to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China. The suggestion is of direct interest to the United States, whera Dakar is regarded as the prohable jumping off place for any Nazi incursion into the new world. It has been mentioned by President Roosevelt as a potential menace. Why Liberia was picked on as a pretext for what looks like a trial balloon is not entirely clear. There has been no hint in Washington that any such move has even been contemplated. While Liberia is an unofficial “ward” of the United States, it is not particularly suited as a base for military operations. 1t is strategically situated on the South Atlantic trade route, with a coast line 350 miles long, but it has no harbors. The United States has pushed its defense outposts in the north from Greenland to Iceland. If the time comes when a similar extension is deemed necessary in the south,

there are islands which probably

that France start negotiations with “European powers” to take over

would be considered ahead of any expedition to the continent. Chief of these are the Portuguese Azores and Cape Verde Islands. Portugal has expressed uneasiness over the possibility of interference with the islands and it was learned recently she has sent military and naval forces there to resist foreign encroachment.

The Cape Verde Islands, 460 miles off the coast, flank Dakar effectively from the northwest. If the United States should want to isolate Dakar, they would be a logical base. To flank Dakar on the south, a landing on the continent would be necessary, because there are no more islands. Rather than Liberia, British Sierra Leone would be a more probable choice. It is 50 miles south of Dakar and has in Freetown an excellent harbor. Arrangzments could

{be made with the British for its

use as in the case of Bermuda and other Western Hemisphere possessions. An attempt to occupy Dakar itself by force—since the French are unlikely to give their consent— would prove a major military

operation,

1. R. E. Bausman (left) is commercial manager and Miles Reed program director of Indianapolis’ newest radio station, WISH, which is expected to go on the air this week-end. 2—Luke Walton, WISH sports commentator, at the micronhone in ene of the studios. 3—A trio of Indianapolis girls step to the microphone in the auditioning studio.

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