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TUESDAY, AUG. 26, 1

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RUSSIA HOPES FOR QUICK IRAN DRIVE

‘At Last We Are Taking

Initiative From Hitler and

His Gana,’ Say Soviet People as New Campaign Is Revealed on Radio.

By A. T.

STEELE

MOSCOW, Aug. 26.—The Russians are confident that the Anglo-Soviet campaign in Iran will be quickly con-

summated.

There is an evident desire by both the British and Russian camps to avoid the inconvenience and embarrassment of a long-drawn-out conflict such as the British went through

in Iraq and Syria. So far, the Soviet Government has not severed diplo-

matic relations with Iran. 1 had no trouble today visiting and interviewing Iranian Ambas-

sador Mohammed Said—the stubby, genial and popular diplomat who ironically enjoys the prestige of being the dean of Moscow's diplomatic corps. Said was summoned to the Kremlin yesterday morning to hear from Foreign Commissar Viacheslav M. Molotov an explanation of the Anglo-Russian move. The Russian people got the first intimation of their Government's action in a radio broadcast at 10 o'clock. The announcement came with surprising suddenness but unquestionably it was well received by the Soviet public as an unavoidable move which gave another and thor-

RUSSIA IMPLIES GOMEL RETAKEN

City in German Hands Five Days Recaptured After Street Fighting.

MOSCOW, Aug. Army forces, in a savage counteroffensive on the Central Front, were reported today to have stormed and recaptured street-by-street a large ancient city in White Russia that had been in German hands five days

oughly convincing demonstration of Anglo-Soviet sclidarity in this antiFascist war

See Threat to Caucasus

One comment I heard was typical: “At last we are taking the initiative away from Hitler and his gang.” Moscow's eight-page communique points out that the object of the joint action is to suppress Germaninspired diversionist activities in Iran. aimed at threatening the stability of the Caucasus and the Turkoman republic, Soviet areas adjacent to the Iranian frontier. The extent of German intrigue in Iran can only be conjectured, but that it existed no independent observed doubts. Especially disturbing to the British and Russians were reports—apparently reliable — that the Nazis were expending large sums to buy off certain key men in the communications section of the Tranian Government. This touched close to a matter of vital concern to the Soviet, British and American Governments.

Railroad 600 Miles Short

As Iran is one of three practical routes of entry into Russia, obviously | it was vitally important to all three Governments that this supply line] be kept wide open and adequately protected and developed to its maximum capacity | The main supply artery through | Iran is a railway running from the| tip of the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea, whence goods can be| transported by ship or road over| the Soviet frontier. If this line becomes insecure as the result of a German push, there is a rail and highway connection further west.! beginning at Karachi, India. and; paralleling Iran's eastern border, finally linking with the Turkish-| Siberian railway. | The disadvantage of this route| is that 600 miles would have to be | traversed by road. z! It is equally plain that neither | Russia nor Great Britain intends to| tolerate a wedge of German in-| fluence pointed at the Baku oil] fields and other adjacent potential trouble centers like India and Afghanistan, the latter an essentially Moslem country. Diplomatic observers anticipate] that the move also will have a benef-| jcent moral influence on Turkey] as an object lesson of Anglo-Soviet| determination to brook no nonsense. |

28TH GRAY REUNION IS SET FOR SUNDAY

The 28th annual Gray family reunion will be held at the Moorefield celebration grounds near Moorefield Sunday. for which members will bring basket dinners. The reunion is scheduled to begin| at 10 a. m. Asher W. Gray is presi-| dent of the group. and Miss Jessie] Allen is secretary. |

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record] County City Total 36 47 83 47 4 91 —Aug. 25— 26 | Injured .... 65 TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines| tried tions paid 17 $246 | 8 6

Accidents «+ 8B

Arrests MONDAY

Violations Speeding Reckless driving Failwre to stop at thgough street Disghbeying traffic s@nals ........ Drifhken driving. . All others

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jmunique announced

(The dispatch did not make clear what city the.Russians reoccupied. Russian forces, under Gen. 1. A. Konev. however, have been engaged in a large-scale counter-cffensive in the Gomel area and it was believed Gomel, recently taken by the

Germans, might have been recap-| Among those who took part in the the conduct of Congressman Larabee | urer now.

tured.) Komsoinolskaya Pravda, organ of the Communist Youth League, said that Russian tanks, infantry, cavalry and planes co-operated in recapturing the city. Communications already have been restored and evacuees are returning to resume normal life. it added.

8 Divisions “Cut to Ribbons’

Russian forces, after falling back from Novgorod. 100 miles south Leningrad, were reported resisting strongly against German efforts to encircle the Soviet second city. In the south, the Russians were said to have “cut to ribbons” si Rumanian infantry and two German tank divisions attempting lo take the Black Sea port of Qdessa Lengthening nights and heavy rains were said to be helpful factors in the defense of Leningrad. where the army of Marshal Klementi Joroshilov and a motley People's rmy were drawn up for a “last

man’ stand against German forces

driving from the west, south and north. A communique reported heavy fighting along the entire front Dispatches from Esthonia reported that Russian forces besieged at Tallinn, the capital, continued to fight off the Germans but the comthat Marshal Semyon Timoshenko had withdrawn his armies from Novgorod, 100 miles south of Leningrad.

Rosalind Russell Forfeits $10 Bail

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 26 (U. P.). —Actress Rosalind Russell today forfeited $10 bail rather than appear in Pasa- i dena police court to answer charges of speeding a n d driving without a license. Her citation on the charges Aug. 8 started a flood of rumors that she was going to be married : Officer C. M. Webster, who arrested her, said she told him that she and the man with her were en route to Las Vegas, the desert Gretna Green. Later, she denied that she had any intention of marrying.

Miss Russell

MEETINGS TODAY

Loyal Order of Moose, all day, Claypool otel . Rotary Club, noon. Clavpool Hotel Gyro Club, noon, Spink Arms Hotel. Mercator Club, noon. Hotel Lincoln. Universal Club, noon, Columbia Club. Lutheran Service Club, noon, Hotel Lincoln Alpha Tau Omega, noon. B ge.

Phalanx Fraternity, 7 Y MC

ard of Tra :30 p.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Loval Order of Moose. all day, Claypool Hotel

Marine Corps League. all day. Claypool

Hotel

Lions Club, noon, Claypool Hotel Kiwanis Club, noon, Columbia Ciub Y. M. C. A. Camera Club, 7:30 p. m,, M. C. A Indiana Motor Truck Association, noon, Hotel Antlers Young Men's Discussion Club, § p. m.,

M A Sigma Alpha Epsilon. noon. Board of

i Trade

Totals .. |

MARRIAGE LICENSTS These lists are trom official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.

Northern, 25,

Wendel Chris Amy Westerhouse,

Highland Ave.; 32153 Guilford. Thomas Kusnieriewicz, 32, Washington; Imogene Hale, x 211, Bridgeport, Ind. Charles McFarland, 22 North: Mildred Ellis, 20,

of 318 N. 25, of

of 6900 W. 28, R. B. }, 802'2 W.

, i of of 934 W. Ver-

ont. MRichard W. Pigg. 21, of 319 Lesley; Patricia Tarleton, 19. of 525 N. Bancroft. Homer Selch Jr., 27, of 844 Virginia; Helen Moller, 27, of 608 E y Chris Leckas, 44 Marjorie Thomas, 22, of 506 S. East. Glenn Wiese, 35, of 123 E. 47th; Betha Hogue, 26, of 331 W. 39th. 3 David Dean. 23, of 3419 N. Pennsylvania; Helen Hoover, 22, of 3115 Moore. Edwin C. Bernhardt, 33, Belleview, Ill: Margaret Bourgame, 27, worth. Neil Whitney, 26. of 420 Norwood: Dina Barkan, 19. Ft. Harrisen, Ind. Robert Reno, 24, of 5730 E. Bernett Waterman, 28, R. 9 v Cl avid vogelhut, 21, of 352 WwW. Maryrosalie Consoer, 18, of 402 Harvard Pl Milton Valinetz, 23, of 47 W Ebonesky, 23. of 1110 S. Illinois. Ray Stahl, 24, of 403 Berkley Road: Almeda Warrell, 28, Lambsburg, Va Monroe Marcus, 28, of 2444 N. Alabama; Louise Marcus, 24. of 3027 Central

Gordon Hulen. 23. of 1055 W. 29th; Mary

cels. 17. of 334 N. Walcott Mikels, 1, 28, of 431 N. Illinois: Mon19, R. 20, Box 240, Civ. James Nicholson. 34, of 651 N. Oxford Dorothv Caress, 22, of 5456 Hibben. Ernest Heilman, $6, of 1614 Brookside Ave; Helen Hul, 37, of 3325 Washington Blvd, . .

of 4810 Went-| Washington. Box 410. |

30th; | 33d; Ann|

Co-Operative Club of Indianapolis, noon, Columbia Club Indianapelis Junior Chamber of Commerce, noon, Columbia Club. Indianapolis Apartment Owners’ Association, noon, Hotel Washington Purdue Alumni Association, noon, Severin Hotel Moose Lodge Party, Milwaukee Delegation, noon, Severin Hotel. Disciples of Christ, Executive Committee the Board of Higher Education, 10:30 m., Severin Hotel.

TRAFFIC <IPS aNd QUIPS

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A dilatation of heart.

Other Congressmen Warned By Women of U. S. Danger

The women's division of the In- Indiana delegation in Congress with

diana Committee for National De-|on® exception, recently voted against a measure which would extend the

bd y . - . 3 26 (U. P).—Red fense yesterday adopted a resolution saying quring which drafted men |State Board of Embalmers and Fu- |

commending Rep. William H. lars jw serving in the United States 'rabee for his action in voting in|armed forces would be continued in favor of extending the draft period. | Such service for a further period of Rep. Larrabee was the only meme] HES aa, : i. : Whereas, in the opinion of this ‘ber of the Indiana delegation 10, e66ting this action of voting against 'vote for extending the draft period. the measure is but another alarming The resolution aiso asked that manifestation on the part of Conlother Indiana Congressmen “realize gles of Sitaor a failure o 2Dbrect ‘the danger that exists today.” |ate the seriousness of our nterna- | At the meeting, which was at- | tional situation or a willingness to ‘tended by more than 400 women,| Put politics above patriotism. lit was decided to take the meetings| “Now, theretore, be it resolved lof the organizations to various that this meeting, composed of Inparts of the state.

| diana women, does hereby commend

Imeeting were Mrs. Felix Vonnegut. if,» his vote in connection with the 'chairman of the division; Mrs. Olive|jeoiqlation extending the draft |Beldon Lewis, chairman of the| heriod and we do furthermore ur‘speakers’ bureau; Mrs. Richard Ed-| gently request that the other mem- | wards, Mrs. Maggie Maxwell, MIS. ho q of the Indiana delegation in the ‘William J. Young, Mrs. James P.icooress of the United States give 'Wason, Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston andj, oper recognition to the fact that | this country is facing the possibility

Mrs. Grace Reynolds of serious international complica-

| Miss Helen Cusack, who was voted queen of Camp Shelby, Hat-| jong which require more serious attention to the problem of national

tiesburg, told the women of her |visits to the camp and urged them! erence than their statements and |to do their part in making life a bit| tes have evidenced up to this happier for the boys in camp. time.” The adopted resolution follows: “Whereas. every member of the Strauss Says:

| OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau,

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—P ar tly cloudy and cooler tonight: tomorrow partIv cloudy.

| (Central Standard Time) | Sunrise ...5:07 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —August 26, 1940— 1p m..

BAROMETER 6:30 a, m...... 29.78

| Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... | Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1 N OTHER CITI Weather Bar. 29.75 30.11 29.65

ES, 6:30 A. M. Temp.

WEATHER Station

Amarillo, Tex Bismarck, N. D. ......Cloudy PtCldy Rain ..Cloudy PtCldy PtClidy PtCldy Clear ..Clear Cloudy . Clear

29.89 29.95 29.82 .e 30.05 ..Clear 29.85

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight preceded by scattered showers near the Ohio River early tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy and continued cool. Illinois—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. preceded by scattered showers near the Ohio River early tonight. tomorrow partly cloudv and continued cool. Lower Michigan—Fair to partly and cooler tonight: tomorrow clondy and continued cool. | Ohin—Mostly cloudy and showers over south portion {morrow mostly cloudy and {with cccasional showers in scuth portion. Kentucky—Showers and thunderstorms [this afiernoon and tonight; cooler in north showers and

cloudy partly

cooler with tonight. tomuch cooler

| portion tonight: tomorrow

| much cooler.

BIRTHS

Girls Cecil, Alva May Hendricks, at St. FranC18

CIS x Raymond, Fern Hudson, at St. Francis. | McClain. Alma Duncan, at City. , Wilbur, Edna Brookover, at Coleman Walter, Gail Cox. at Coleman. Barnet, Bernadine Groves, at St cent’'s arl, Mary Frances Hardy, at St. Vini's

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E cent’s. Rav. Rosemarie Trimmell, at St. Vincent's. | Donald, Jean Brown, at St. Vincent's. Herman, Matilda Hendricks, at Methodist. William, Margaret Meek. at Methodist. Reimer, Mertle Beghless, at Methodist. Joseph, Anna Roach, at 35 S. Tremont. Clyde, Thelma Danz. at 939 S. Senate Graham, Alice Hanlon, at 511 Prospect. Charles, Clara Briley. at 1030 Bates. Boys Daniel. Barbara Logan, at St. Francis. Kenneth. Hazel Falvey, at St. Francis. Harold A.. Mary E. Sauer, at St. FranHarry, Mary Pieper. at St. Francis. John, Edna Gansman. at Coleman. Irwin, Elizabeth Tenholder, at St. cent’s. Samuel, Mae Klipsch, at St. Vincent's, .. Jane Lavden. at St. Vincent's. Lawrence, Violet Eilslazer, at St.

cent's James. Helen Holder. at St. Vincent's. Gladys Westra. at St. Vincent's

Ray Benjamin, LaFrenda Braughton, at St. at Methodist,

Vincent's. Hornick, at Meth-

Vin-

Ernest. Flossie Fultz, Rev. J.

A.. Mildred | odist. | Lowell, Margaret Alexander, at Method1st

St, Harry, Margaret Hess, at Methodist. Walden ean. Edna M. Cribelar, Methodist. | Daniel. Agnes Luvear, at Ralph. Harriett Ellis, at Methodist. | Charles, Alicia Ballard. at Methodist Thomas. Lazatha Franklin, at 15 Bundv Place. | Willis, Ovie Rarrett, at 415 S. We ! ye Opal Hammond, at 1943 side. Vincent, Dorothy Lannan, at 1402 Tabor. DEATHS James Z. Perin. 62, at 1859 N. Pennsylvania, carcinoma. Betty B. Burt, 64, at 415 E. 15th, cerebral hemorrhage Bobbie McCandless, 11. at Riley, chronic nephritis. v Pettigrew, 45, City, hemorrhage. Daniel P. Sullivan, 43, Market, cardio vascular renal Jeannette VanTilburg. 58, cerebral! hemorrhage. Estelle Hittle. 53. 2615 cerebral hemorrhage. Paul C. Smith, 42, at Veterans. coronocclusion. haries Fenstermacher. 72. at 1240 W. "30th. acute cardiac dilatation. Maude Harvey. at 969 WwW. 3ist, 32. at cellulitis at 2106 S. Emerson.

Methodist. 11

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cerebral

1140 E.

at at at Central,

at Southern,

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| chronic myocarditis. Herman H. Fields. City, Helen Wilhelm. 66.

I Morrison, 72. at Methodist. coneart. Arnet B. Cronk, 56. at 4543 Carrollton,

| coronary occlusign. | Jesse E. Pigmar, 64, at Methodist, acute

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Commend Larrabee for Draft Vote

Mrs. Olive Beldon Lewis (left), Miss Helen Cusack (center) and Mrs, Felix Vonnegut.

SHIRLEY NAMED TO

118th Ward Democratic chairman, |

s. Kirby of the Kirby Mortuary

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GERMANS DIG UP 3200 RED MINES

Rail Junction of 20,000

People Captured, Berlin Says.

BERLIN, Aug. 26 (U. P.) —German troops Sunday captured Luga, | 90 miles south of Leningrad. cap-| turing 2300 prisoners, 54 tanks, 41 guns and removing 9200 mines planted by the Red Army, competent German quarters said today.

Luga was described as a town of 20,000, but competent military quarters said it was an important railway junction with large chemical and other factories, sawmills and a large air field. To take Luga German troops had to put 1200 bunkers out of action, it was claimed.

Fighting Bitter at Tallinn

Claims of the new triumph on land were followed by reports from the official German news Agency DNB that a Soviet destroyer, a tanker and three merchant ships cank after striking mines in the [Finnish Gulf yesterday: DNB said that Russian troops holding Tallinn, Estonia, were resisting tenaciously but that German infantry and engineer units ‘today was named a member of the Dad driven deeply into Soviet lines : there. Soviet naval units were said {to have attempted landings to aid [the Red Army at Tallinn. German I neve. {artillery was reported to have The Governor also named Ralph beaten off the attempted landings, McMullan of Kempton to the hoard |Setting fire to a Soviet cruiser and to succeed Donovan Garland of {Wo smaller naval units. Ligionier and reappointed Roy | Needham of Marion, George A. |Kraft of New Albany and John §.! Discussing operations north of | McGuan of E. Chicago Leningrad. DNB said that the The board licenses funeral divec-| Finnish advance on the Karelian tors and embalmers. Mr. Kirby as isthmus was “continuing systemat-secretary-treasurer was the only ically and successfully.” salaried officer of the board receiv-| Heavy, soaking rains, heralding ling $1800 annually. The board will the approach of the autumn “wet” have to elect a new secretary treas- [Season in Russia, were reported reThe terms of the old|liably to have bogged down operaboard expired and the appoint-|tions of German panzer columns. ments made today are for four but bombing planes were said to be I vears. carrying out savage. nonstop raids > ah along the entire Eastern Front. AXIS CHIEFS MAY MEET For the second successive day. NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—|there was no official news of land [Adolf Hitler. Benito Mussolini and|operations and the combination of | other high Axis leaders probably|bad weather and stubborn Russian | will meet within a few days to dis-|resistance was believed to have cuss political and economic co- [slowed the Nazi drives against both | operation, as weil as the general{Leningrad and the Dnieper Line. war situation, the Tokyo radio said |The High Command said only that last night in a broadcast heard by |operations were proceeding ‘“‘accord-

EMBALMERS BOARD

Luther Shirley, secretary of the Shirley Brothers Funeral Home and

neral Directors to succeed Robert

Are Rains Beginning?

iN. B. C, ing to plan.”

Hear MAJOR DOMO every evening except Sunday—5:45 on WIRE.

We start the Fall with

NOTICE

NOW IT CAN BE PUBLISHED—We have just completed a detailed survey of our Fall and Winter clothing stocks—and we are pleased to report as follows:

our Men's SUITS and TOPCOATS priced the SAME as last year!

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (U.P.

Present $ 0 4 64 172 686 4253 14.709 44 263 718,404

Income

$ 800 1,000 2,500 5,000 10,000 25,000 50.000 100.000 1,000,000

0 75 440 3,571 13,741 42,948 717,036

$ 2500 5.000 10,000 25,000 50,000 100,000 1,000,000

Income Tax Comparison

under the present law, the bill passed by the House, and the provisions adopted by the Senate Finance Committee: .

For a single person with no dependents:

For a married person with two dependents:

).—A comparison of income taxes

House $

Senate $ 3 21 165 483 1,493 7,224 20,882 53,214 733,139

0 15 157 473 1,470 7,073 20,715 54,168 731,340

$ 0 202 999 6.127 19,527 52,738 735,972

12 271 1,117 6.480 19,967 52,160 731,930

Air-Borne British Troops Protect Iran Oil and English

By UNITED PRESS The first communiques of the | British-Russian invasion of Iran revealed today that the Allies are moving cautiously in an attempt to keep fighting at a minimum. British air-borne troops dramatically to protect British] families in the rich oil centers, however, The important oil station of Qasr-i-Shirin and the pipeline town of Naft-i-Shah were in British hands after some Iranian resistance, it was admitted authoritatively. The landing of the troops from planes was revealed in a communique from the Simla, India, headquarters of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, who is commanding the British occupying forces.

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ing out from their base at Nakhie choven, said by tradition to have been founded by Noah after his ark had landed at Mt. Ararat, A second Russian column was marching south near the west shore of the Caspian Sea on Ardebil. 250 miles northwest of Tehran, the capital. Ankara reported strong Iranian resistance, but the only news from Tehran was in the form of radio broadcasts from the Government station, chiefly reported heard. in AXis cities. Apparently the Iran lan forces of about 150,000 men and | about 100 airplanes had withdrawn some distance from most frontier points for better defense positions. Berlin and Rome papers played up stories that Tehran and Tabriz had been bombed, London said that

The British also claimed the capture by Indian troops landed from warships of the port of Bandar Shahpur, where seven Axis ships were said to have been seized. A Cairo communique reported that British fighter planes had machine~ gunned three Iranian planes attempting to take off from a southern airport against the advancing British. The Russians. moving down the towering mountains from Armenia in a rapid sweep, were believed to be nearing Tabriz, Iran's second city. A Moscow communique said that

the Red Army had covered 25 of |

the 70 miles to Tabriz on the first morning of their march after strik-

16% of

old suit on a bet.”

* As though to compensate for unavoidable price rises, the manufacturers seems to have been inspired in their designing-sense, and cutting-skill. The clothes

reach a new peak in smartness and character.

(Maintaining the same standards of tailoring and fabric value.)

6% are priced at slightly LOWER than last year! 18% are priced slightly HIGHER* than last year!

And the NEW through-and-through condition is such—that it can be expressed in these words (in this little challenge):

“You can’t buy an

| propaganda leaflets had been drope (ped there and elsewhere urging | non-resistance. There appeared to |be a definite effort on the part of Britain and Russia to hold fighting {down until the Riza Shah Pahlevi [could be persuaded to negotiate a | settlement. ORDER MISSION TO CHINA WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (U, P.), —President Roosevelt decided today, |in a conference with Chinese Ame 'bassador Dr. Hu Shin, to dispatch a military mission to China to sure {vey supply problems and the stra< tegic situation. The mission will be headed by Brig. Gen. John Mae 'gruder.

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