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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 134

FDR, CHURCHILL MAP ‘NEW DEAL’ FOR - WORLD AFTER ‘NAZI TYRANNY’ ENDS

REAT RUSSIAN CITIES DOOMED, ‘BERLIN CLAIMS

Krivovi Rog Occupied,

Nickolaev Threatened, Nazis Assert

Odessa Encircled and

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Drive Smashed, Moscow Replies. WAR NEWS INSIDE

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U. S. Still Awaits Vichy Action Moscow and Berlin Communiques Second Polish White Paper .... Hackett's “Mein Kampf” Analysis

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By UNITED PRESS In two fulminating special communiques, ostensibly designed to dull the world impact of the Roosevelt-Churchiil| conversations at sea, the German High Command today made its most sweeping claims of the Russian campaign.

The Reich asserted that: 1. Krivoi Rog, industrial Kiev, had been occupied.

2. Odessa, the great Soviet grain port, was encircled.

3. Nikolaev, Russian nava

4. Russian armies west of the Bug River face annihila-

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5. Defense of the western Ukraine faces onerpiehe)

The Columbia Broadcasting System in New York heard Radio Rome say that Adolf Hitler had gone to the Ukraine

front “in prelude . . . to important announcements regarding! British See American Pledge the great battles which are raging on one of the greatest] Ls

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fronts in history.” Official Russian sources an-| grily denouncing German! claims as faisehoods, declared that the third great German

| offensive has been smashed. | Twenty-nine Nazi divisions, pre- | sumably about 300,000 men, were listed as destroyed or routed.

Admit Smolensk’s Fall

“No new developments,” said a| Russian communique, issued follow- | ing an official admission that | Smolensk. 235 miles west of Moscow. had fallen to the Germans.

The official Community Party organ, Pravda, announced today: “Germany is throwing in new reserves and the Wehrmacht is still strong, but the myth of its in-| vincibility is shattered once and) forever.” | Germany claimed command of! the “entire Dnieper River bend sector extending to the Dnepropetrovsk area.” ! There still were strong Russian armies fighting in the “bend” but indications were that the Soviet forces would be confined to a lastditch defense of ‘he grain port of! Odessa and perhaps of the Dnepro- | petrovsk industrial region, although | the main industries are on the west bank of the Dnieper and may have | to be abandoned. Smolensk Is Lost The important military factor at the present stage of fighting in the Ukraine, however, was the ability of the Red Army in the south to remain intact—that is, to frustrate the German objective of destroying this Army as a fighting force—and then to set up a strong defense of the great Donetz power and indus-. trial basin about 200 miles farther east. The German advance forces that | reached the Black Sea between Odessa and the Bug River, according to the Berlin High Command, probably were advance mechanized units seeking to pave the way for mechanized infantry. ! On the central front, the Russians admitted the loss of Smolensk which the Germans had claimed since July 16, though there seemed to be only slight German gains in this sector protecting Moscow. But on the northern front the Germans again were exerting pressure on two sideg of Leningrad, another chief Russian war industries center. The main operations were reported in the Staraya Russa sector, south of Lake Ilmen, the Germans having swerved in that direction after suffering a setback west of the lake.

Air War Subsides

The eastern thrust south of Lake Ilmen pointed in the direction of the vital Leningrad-Moscow railroad. On the aerial front, there was] less furious action due to weather conditions but both sides claimed | advantages in the big scale operations conducted this week. The British-Russian aerial offensive against Germany was described | in London as highly effective in| damaging the Nazi war machine from Berlin to the Rhine and Ruhr valleys, while British estimates of losses were around 3 per cent out | 900 or 1000 planes participating. The | German losses in the blitz on Britain | sometimes ran as high as 10 per. cent. i

LYRIC CONTROL IN NEW HANDS

Lease to Be Taken Over Sept. 5 by Greater Indmanapolis Amusement Co.

Operation of the Lyric Theater,

U.S. TAKES ON

one of the best known vaudeville

houses in the country, will be taken over Sept. 5 by the Greater Indianapolis Amusement Co. Inc, under

la long term lease from the Lyric

Theater Operating Co.

The Greater Indianapolis also operates the Indiana and Circle Theaters, and is headed by Harry Katz, New York, as president, and Fred Dolle, Louisville, as secretary. The lease, running for about 15 years, covers only the theater por-

tion of the Lyric Building, it was!

announced by W. A. Brennan, Iac., downtown realty and management brokers representing both parties in the negotiations. Control of the buil ling space occupied by retail stores and the Variety Club will be retained by the Lyric Theater Operating Co. of which Charles M. Olson is president. Mr. Olson retains his interest in a group of neighborhood theaters, the offices for which will be moved to the St. Clair Theater Building. Mr. Brennan said no change of policy has been indicated for the Lyric, which ‘has a record for continuous operation on a stage show basis believed without equal in the country. When the lease goes into effect, the Lyric will be affiliated, through other companies in which Mr. Katz and Mr. Dolle are interested, with theaters in Louisville, Ky.; Lafayette and Terre Haute, Ind.; Youngstown and Akron, O., and Newcastle, Pa. The Lyric was opened Oct. 1912, by Mr. Olson and Ben Barton with a variety program. Mr, Olson, (Continued on Page Three)

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Landowners Claim Damage

To Drainage Systems.

An injunction suit asking that the State Highway Commission and county commissioners be restrained from seizing land for widening and grading of the Post Road was filed in Superior Court today by six landowners. The suit also asked payment of $12,000 damages to the landowners for aileged destruction of their drainage ditches along the road. The landowners who brought the suit are Mr. and Mrs. Ward Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Green, Wilfa Roberts and Maxine Roberts. They charged that the State Highway Commission program to raise and widen the road wouid destroy #$heir private drainage system. Condemnation proceedings were brought in Superior Court several weeks ago to force the owners to sell the necessary land for widen-

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941

Mr. Roosevelt , . . he gave the invitation,

MORAL DUTY’

To Aid in Policing - World. LONDON, Aug. 14 (U. P.) —President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met on “the calm blue sea” of the Atlantic for three days last week-end, it was disclosed to-

day, upon the express personal invitation of .the chief executive of

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the United States. The war's “worst kept” secret ended with official announcement |

of the meeting, which was held as L d KH d 'Fi h * a result of American invitation in| on on eq IS In

which Harry Lend- | Lease bill administrator,

important part. ‘Outside Enemy's Power’

Nothing was disclosed in regard to how the prineipal figures traveled—by boat or airplane—but it was stated that they met where “only the calm blue seas encircled them.” Mr. Churchill's present whereabouts was undisclosed but he has an engagement in London for next Tuesday. The London Evening Star declared that both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill “now are outside any power the enemy may have to harm them. The meeting was in dramatic contrast to the fanfare of meet-

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a suggestive headaime. Censors have not permitted any news of the meeting to go out over the cables. But for days the story had been familiar gossip in London clubs and Mayfair cafes, in railway compartments and pubs, among suburbanites across garden walls. Some had even heard the announcement over the German radio,

ings of Axis leaders in the past. For days uncertainty about just what was happening on the Atlantic seemed to have frozen Axis diplomacy and to have put the brakes on

which broadcast the report on Aug. 4, German propaganda produced a few grins by suggesting that Churchill, in crossing the Atlantic, {had “done a Hess.”

Japanese expansion in the Far East. | The Germans, presumably, would

Neo Newspapermen It was disclosed today that Mr. Churchill was accompanied by a party of 23. His departure was so secret that even some members of the party did not know where they were going when they left.

On the American side no nhews- | papermen were present. The Brit- |

ish had press representatives but

of Information, sent to do official |

descriptions. Axis curiosity will be satisfied by

of Information men will write. There are some in London who (Continued on Page Three)

CURTISS-WRIGHT CO.

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CALDWELL, N. J, Aug. 14 (U. P).—A strike that has curtailed production of warplane propellers for six days was called off by a vote of -employees of the Curtiss-Wright propeller plant here today. The vote was taken at a meeting of the International - Associa-; tion of Machinists (AFL) as Government defense officials continued conferences which. they hope will end the eight-day strike that has halted work on $493,000,000 worth of naval orders at the Federal Shipbuildihg & Drydock Co. Kearny, N. J. Leaders told members of the I.

ing by remaining away from their jobs at Curtiss-Wright. The union announced that the National Defense Mediation Board would start considering the dispute within a

| have been willing to risk their entire | Navy to sink the valuable cargo {afloat somewhere in the Western Atllantic. But .dgtails were kept guarded and what purported to, be news was simply passed back and | forth in London to the accompani- | ment of knowing winks over cocktail glasses. - |. “Fishing bulletins” from RooseLvelt’s yacht, the Potomac, were .de-

{voured with glee.

| To the credit of British discre- | tion, however, it should be pointed ou when the meeting would occur. When the Churchill party left England even the officers concerned with its departure had no idea of its destination. Some gossips went wildly wrong. One had Roosevelt and Churchill {on the sands of Bermuda. Another {had them in Greenland. There was | even a rumor that Josef Stalin was with them. As Maj. Attlee started talking this afternoon newspapers hit the streets. Newsboys shouted: “Churchhiil meets Roosevelt in mid-Atlan-tic.” Meanwhile, vast throngs listened to Attlee. He spoke in a clear, firm voice. There were no signs of tre-

vealing to millions of Britons that their most popular, fighting Prime

sea with a man regarded here as the most outstanding President of the United States since Lincoln,

CHILD BLEEDS TO DEATH LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 14 (U. P.) —Patsy Ann Dalton, 14-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Dalton, Linden, bled to death in a hospital here, two hours after she fell on a toy which pierced her throat. She was riding in an auto-

week. The to return to work

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Minister since Disraeli, had met at |

Mr. Churchill . , . went more than half way.

Beaverbrook , . . came on over.

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United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 14.—There may have been some in England to whom was advised of the joint U. S.-Brit-Maj. Clement Attlee’s broadcast announcement that President Roose- ish declarations in a personal mesvelt and Prime Minister Cnurchill had met at sea was a bombshell. sage from Mr, Roosevelt and Mr. If so they led very sheltered lives. Newspapers here have contained before today nothing regarding | 3 : the meeting except occasional vague references buried in some dispatch or | their ranking military, naval and ‘mutual national policy:

UNDER BLANKETS * FOR SECOND NIGHT

"Twas 59 at 6 A. M. Today; Cloudy Tonight.

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again last night with the tempera- | ture reaching a low of 59 at 6 o'clock this morning. | The cheering news from the weatherman was that today would (be just about like yesterday. The forecast was for increasing eloudiness and slightly warmer. The mercury wasn't expected to ' soar much above the middle 80's. Tonight was {cloudy, also, and there was a prediction of morrow.

50 BILLION 1ST TIME

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (U. P.). —The public debt of States today ‘exceeded the $50,000,000,000 mark for the first time in history. The Treasury's daily statement fixed the debt at $50,004,821,748.06 —or approximately $377 for every man, woman and child in thé United States.

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27! Movies ....12 13! 26| Obituaries «8 16| Pegler 16 16| Pyle 15 20 Radio . 24 16 |Mrs. Roosevelt 15 16 Short Story.. 27 15 Side Glances.

Comics Crossword ... | Editorials .... Mrs. Ferguson Financial Flynn Forum Inside Indpls. Jane Jordan.. Johnson .....

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Greater Unity Among Washington, London and Moscow and More U. S. Participation In Post-War Security Believed Pledged.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor An unprecedented meeting at sea between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill resulted today in an eight-point declaration designed to sharpen the ‘Allied war ‘effort and open the way for an international New Deal. . Greater American co-operation in the war against | Naziism, greater unity among London, Washington and Mos« * cow and greater United States collaboration in a post-war security system were promised or implied in the statement of peace aims as viewed by Britons. But—as the German invasion of Russia raged more fiercely and British air fleets hammered again at Nazi targets —the interpretation of the declaration if London also was that a radical departure had been made in United States and British foreign policy. ‘Charter of Future Freedom’ “It shows that Britain and America have abandoned

ARRIVES TODAY the old notion of a general all-around laying down of arms,” iene. said the authoritative British Press Association, which often

| Didi | speaks for the Foreign Office. si Lo to bo on “Instead, it is made clear that while peace-seeking coune ans 10 Spee ar

tries will remain strong, the war-making nations will have Supplies. (to be disarmed.” SRLDETIS The Press Association also described the declaration as : : a “charter of future freedom”—it covered Mr. Roosevelt's WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (U.P). | _ es a 1 ived here |S0-Called Four Freedoms—and as “more than ever before —Lord Beaverbrook arrive ere | Si ei . : : by airplane today and proceeded identifying the United States with our war objectives. at once to the British Embassy. First reaction to the statement, which was compared to President Wilson's 14-point World War declaration, was WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (U. P.). that it also answered the peace offensive which Britons have —President Roosevelt and British] : a h | Prime Minister Churchill, in a se- been expecting Adolf Hitler to launch soon. In this connece ries of historic conferences at sea, | tion, the two democratic leaders firmly called for the dee have agreed on eight-point peace! hod 3 . : aims that they hope will prevail struction-of “Nazi tyranny” as an essential prelude to world powers still outside German

Prime Minister to Premier Josef the Red Army's Russia. eight points of

Sler.she fnaldestrucion of the heace, and sought to sway Kio, It was announceq today, (domination to remain neutral. they examined ways to get a great- : J er flow of American munitions to Letter Sent to Stalin Britain and her allies, notably Rus- President Roosevelt and the British sia, The Premier and war leader of | ia Russia, Josef V. Stalin, reportedly were understood to have sent a joint letter |V. Stalin expressing their admiration for | . . . - . resistance and promising all possible aid to | Charehiil. a The declaration listed the following The two leaders, accompanied by |

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‘Opponents Decide Further Fight Is Useless.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (U. P). —The Senate is expected to accept the House version of the Army service extension legislation today and send it to President Roosevelt

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|air chieftains to a secret rendezvous | a « ne . . [ale highs eg AT L That the two countries seek no “aggrandizement, ter< a joint declaration of policy, em- ritorial or other. bodying the eight reace aims—in- | DA a, ar o ; it af the As 2. They desire to see no territorial changes that do not | powers after the war. accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples cone I Announcement of the dramatic cerned.” ; { meeting on the high seas—symbol| OE : . ‘of American and Bris freedom: 3. “They respect the rights of all peoples to choose the |was made simultaneously in Wash- | . nN Ss sa : ington, London and Ottawa, ending form of government under which they will live and wish |& mystery which had kept the world to see restoration of “sovereign rights and self-government” Suasing Jorilnmve sam 2 Seek ‘to those “forcibly deprived of them.” The announcement of the meet- ° J p ; . ins declared fas bs question of 4. They will endeavor to further the “enjoyment” of the | American war-al unaer 1¢ lease- . . llend act had been discussed and trade and raw materials of the world by all states “great or | that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Church- small, victor or vanquished.” {ill had “considered the dangers to worl srlliation sriving from the Urge “Social Security” for World policies of military domination by ley : . 3 ‘conquest upon which the Hitlerite 5. “They desire to bring about the fullest collabora ‘government of Sermany a other tion between all nations” on the economic front, to secure |governments associate t ith! “ : (Fave wna Crew ifor all “improved labor standards, economic advancement | Other than the mention of “Ger- and social security.” {many” the Roosevelt-Churchil!| AL ] ots Nozi tvy i) declaration “on. Which - they: base | 6. After the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny their hopes for a better future for the two countries hope to see a peace which will assure to the world,” did not ns the Axi : : : ls : a ororid, did mot name the AXis 4)} nations the “means of dwelling in safety within their To further the immediate prob- own boundaries.” f (lems of the prosecution of the war, | r . . (Continued on Page Three) | 7. That such a peace should assure the freedom of the peter coe— seas “without hindrance” to all men. 8. That all nations must come to abandenment of the ‘use of force and that since no future peace can be maine ON DR AFT EXTENSION tained unless aggressor nations are disarmed “the disarmae | ‘ment of such nations is essential.” The declaration of aims bore the signatures of both Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill. Details Still Secret The Roosevelt-Churchill meeting was somewhere in the Atlantic last week-end, continuing for three days with their principal aides, including Lord-Beaverbrook and presumably Harry L. Hopkins participating. Lord Beaverbrook will or agai, sich 1a : continue the conversations on Lease-Lend aid to Great enate opponents o ne resolu- 3 . . : “Ri 1 tion authorizing retention of Draft- Britain and Russia in Washington. gery Nations; Guarisen, Reservists Except for the fact that the conferees surrounded by and enlisted regulars for 18 months «« ’” io: rave ola: . beyond their normal service decid.| Ce calm blue sea, no details were 1 eleased. Both leaders ed at a conference that a further and their parties, however, were said officially to have re fight would be useless. rei inal ; Ay ; “We would Tike & ove the House | turned safely, indicating that Mr. Roosevelt had reached another chance to vote on the bill,” American waters. Bena Robes; A mah ® 32 fea. Initiative for the meeting was said in London to have ing it.” yo ‘come from the United States, apparently meaning Mr, i Ese pesd the pescliion, Hopkins. President Roosevelt then extended a personal, ine » er a. t. -—ias . . . sion Tuesday, Bo uO Ses-lyitation to Mr. Churchill # meet, it was stated.

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