Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1941 — Page 3

WEBDNESDAY, AUG. 27, 1941

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TWO SOVIET CITIES CLAIMED BY NAZIS

Fall Borislav and

Flotilla of Russian

of

Velikie Luki Gunboats Shelled

Reported;

On Dnieper, 15 Sunk.

BERLIN, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Germany made sweeping claims of victory on the far-flung Russian front today, including annihilation of the 22d Red Army on the central front, capture of Borislav near the mouth of the Dnieper River in bloody house-to-house fighting which left streets littered with corpses, and destruction of 15 Russian gunboats on the lower reaches of the Dnieper.

With rolling drums and a

fanfare of trumpets the High

Command issued a special communique which claimed that

in “annihilating” the 22d Army at Velikie Luki, 265 miles west of Moscow, the Russians lost 40,000 dead, 30,000 prisoners and 400 guns. The fight for Velikie Luki, ‘between Smolensk and Lake Ilmen, lasted several days, the High Command said. The official German news agency DNB said that in taking Borislav the Germans destroyed five Soviet battalions which had been strengthened by artillery and engineering units and captured 1500 prisoners. DNB said that the German infantry which captured the town was not

supported by artillery and that the’

Russians made every house a little fortress and mined the whole area.

Claim Dnieper Triumphs

Operations against gunboats on the Dnieper were conducted by German land units which, according to DNB, shelled a Soviet flotilla with artillery and poured concentrated rifle and machine-gun fire into the vessels. The Germans claimed that with new triumphs along the Dnieper all of the western Ukraine except the fortress of Odessa is in German hands. (Russian forces still hold Kiev, capital of the Ukraine.) The German success at Velikie Luki will relieve Russian pressure on the flank of the central German army east of Smolensk.

General Is Captured

South of the Velikie Luki area, the Berlin radio said, two Soviet rifle corps and one tank corps were “annihilated” near Uman. “The command and entire staff were captured,” the radio claim said. “The 236th Russian artillery regiment engaged in a fight with the Germans and Gen. Snegoff and another general were taken prisoners. The 46th and 49th tank divisions were totally destroyed.” Uman is the point south of Kiev from which, the High Command said yesterday, German troops drove eastward to capture Dniepropetrovsk on the Dnieper River.

Finns Reach Viipuri

On the northern front Finnish troops were reported to be fighting their way into Viipuri, anchor town of the Russian line in the Karelian Isthmus north of Leningrad. German armies were reported closing in on Leningrad, Russia's second city, from the south and west, although impeded by roads hub-deep in mud. Helsinki dispatches said that after taking the Viipuri Airdrome, four miles outside the city, in heavy fighting yesterday, the Finns drove on to reach the city proper and start thrusting their way into it against

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SINGLE CHIEF FOR DEFENSE IS URGED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. P). —The Army Ordnance Association today called on President Roosevelt to appoint a single defense chief to co-ordinate the functions of defense agencies. “Without disparaging one iota the splendid work being done by experts in many lines, the old adage that too many cooks spoil the broth still applies,” an editorial gnalysis of the defense program in t h ~ organization's publication “Army Ordnance” said. The organization, founded after the World War, represents 6000 industrial executives, engineers and officers of the various armed serv-

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Here Is the Traffic Record County City Yell

47 Accidents .

44

.. 18 | Injured 52 | Dead

TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried tions paid Speeding $171 Reckless driving. 3 2 3 Failure to stop at through street. 6 Pisobeyng traffic signals 5 Prunken driving. 0 0 1 30 48

Totals ........ 80 $240

MEETINGS TODAY

Loyal Order of Moose, all day, Claypool Hotel Marine Corps League, all day, Claypool Borel Liens Club, noon, Claypool Hotel. Kiwanis Club, noon, Columbia Club. Y. M. C. A. Camera Club, 7:30 p. m,,

C. A Th Motor Truck Association, noon, tel Antlers. Bint Men’s Discussion Club, 6 p. m., Yy.M C..A Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Board of Trade

Co-Operative Club of Indianapolis, noon, lumbia Tlub. onapohs Junior Chamber of Commerce, noon, Columbia Club. Indianapolis Apartment Owners’ Assoclafon, noon, Hotel Washington. Purdue Alumni Assocation. noon, Severin se Lodge Party, Milwaukee Delegation, noon, Severin Hotel. Disciples of Christ, Executive Committee of the Board of Higher Education, 10:30 a. m., Severin Hotel

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Loval Order of Moose, all day, Claypool the Corps League, 2ll day, Claypool Marion County D2 Se Hers’ Association,

noon, Broad Ripple Oil Club, noon, Severin Hotel. Indianapolis Real Estate Board, noon, ti hingion. y+ a " Club of Indianapolis, noon,

$ndianapolis Athletic Club.

noon,

WOMEN RUNNING ODESSA PLANTS

City Is Huge Armed Camp; Weather Stows Down Leningrad Drive.

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Red Army forces, waging furious battle along the entire front, were reported today to be fighting off German and Finnish drives cn Leningrad and Russian planes were said to be throwing back the onslaughts of great Nazi air armadas on the former capital. The Soviet afternoon communique used no place-names and reported only that Russian troops fought heavily during the night all along the front. Odessa, great Black Sea port encircled by German and Rumanian forces, was described by Alexander Kolibanov, Communist Party secretary there, as a huge armed camp. He reported by telephone that all the factories were being operated now by women, who were working at top speed to maintain production.

101 Planes Downed

Russian fighter planes and antiaircraft batteries were said to have shot down 101 German planes during attempts by the Luftwaffe to carry cut mass raids on Leningrad in the last two days. The Germans were driving in on Leningrad from the Karelian Peninsula, Novgorod, 100 miles to the south, and Kingisepp, 70 miles to the west. It was indicated that the Novgorod and Kingisepp drives had been slowed partly by bad weather, which bogged the German armored forces, and partly by the stubborn resistance of the Russian troops in formidable defense-in-depth positions. There was no indication that either the Germans and Finns who were attacking from the north, through the old Mannerheim Line, of fortifications, had made substantial progress in the last 24 hours.

N. Y. STORM BRINGS FIRE, FLOOD, DEATH

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (U. P)—A furious electrical and rain storm last night tied up subway trains, flocded cellars, disrupted street

traffic and caused at least two deaths in the metropolitan area. Vivid bolts of lightning flashed among the skyscrapers and 2.13 inches of rain fell. Subway service in parts of Brooklyn and Queens was tied up from 7:30 until after 10 . m. At one place water was two and a half feet deep in the subway. Lightning struck a semi-exposed gas main in a subway construction project, causing an explosion and fire that burned for hours, shooting flames 100 feet in the air. Maryin Costello, 66, engineer at a Brooklyn hospital was killed when he threw a switch in the cellar while standing in water, Mrs. Annie Conners, 71, was killed by an automobile, the driver of which was blinded by rain. The fire department received more than 250 calls for emergency

pumping work.

Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois, Mark Rhoads, former Indiana Vehicle License Commissioner, and

Ralph F. Gates, Indiana Republican State Chairman (left to right),

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'Not Candidate for Anything,’ Green Tells Hoosier G.O.P.

By VERN BOXELL Times Staff Writer

FRENCH LICK, Ind. Aug. 27.— Hoosier Republicans who came here to “praise Caesar,” wound up by practically burying him—at least,

temporarily. The object of their affection in this case was Dwight Green, a native Hoosier who moved over into Illinois a few years ago and got himself elected Governor last year. Indiana Republicans have been watching Mr. Green's performance across the border and some of them began wondering if the Hoosierland might not be able to pick off another native son Presidential candidate in 1944—namely, Mr. Green. Since Governor Green was going to be at French Lick anyhow for his college fraternity pow-wow, Republican Veterans of Indiana decided to give him a chance to show his stuff yesterday. They sent out invitations for a luncheon at Tom Taggart’s swanky showplace here. All told, some 150 party members turned out, including a Kentucky delegation and some from Mr. Green’s Illinois.

Put on the Brakes

But a few days before the powwow, word got spread around in the newspapers that this was to be the beginning of a “stop Willkie” movement in Indiana for the 1944 campaign. The rumors got louder and louder—and finally the sponsors put on the brakes. Even Governor Green was disturbed by the newspaper reports and right off told his luncheon audience that “I feared some mistaken idea had grown up about the tenor and purpose of this meeting.” “So,” he added, “just to lay the ghost for all time, I am not a candidate for anything.” This announcement didn’t startle anyone, inciuding the newspapermen to whom Governér Green laid the blame for the “misunderstanding” which they had “created from their imaginations.” It was generally agreed that Wendell: Willis¢ probably would say the same thing if anyone should happen to ask him point blank today.

Just ‘Informal Party’

After the luncheon, the Hoosier Republicans were a little reluctant te discuss the Presidential prospects of the man who said he wasn’t a candidate. But, off the record, most of them were high in their praise for the gray-haired Governor. They expressed the hope that his record wouid continue impressive and that he could be brought out for the 1944 race. Mark Rhoades, former Indiana Motor Vehicles Commissioner who served as toastmaster, described the meeting as “just an informal party to give Hoosier Republicans a chance to iook over Governor Green.” It’s the second chance they've had. Mr. Green spoke before the Indiana Legislature and the Columbia Club beafsteak dinner this spring—and it's generally agreed

INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis Camera Club, 8 p. m., 110 E. Ninth St. Beta Theta Pi, noon, Canary Cottage. Indianapolis Motor g. AAhery Club, noon, Fox's Steak Hou Sigma Nu, noon, Columbia Club,

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

Charles Lowery, 24, of 12 N. La Salle; Leona Howe, 22, of 613 N. Euclid. Boyce Puckett Jr., 2 Kokomo; Dorothy Campbell, 21, Kokom Jesse Miller, 21, Hy 2026 Jones; Marshall, 24, of 1648 Beeler. Gilbert Polk, 23, of 1625 E. Kelly; Kleinschmidt, 21, of 619 Terrace. Fred Lahrman, 41, of 927 E. Maryland; Myrtle Blackford, 32, of 1202 S. Noble. Charles Epps, 48, of 1104 N. Belmont; Emma Thomas, 51, of 1142 N. Belmont. Erwin Rutan, 36, of 2631 N. La Salle;; Lucille Denham, 32, of 2754 N. Gale. Geoffrey Armstrong, 23, of 737 N. DeQuincy: Dorothy McFarland, 23, of 1701 N. ino Morris Collins, 34, of 1401 Barth; Mildred Geiss, 30, of 1011 Marshall.

TRAFFIC IPS avo QUIPS

Lillian

Ruth

Merle Lee Nay, 23, of 1801 N. JUskiatna; Mary Ten Eyke, 19, of 4437 Manlov Theodore Artis, 38 of 1144 “Missouri; Mary Redix, 23. of 1144 Missour Frank Mil her, 46, of 1025 S. Taft: Louise Clay, 29, of a ug Ww. 5 t ar Barden;

Anna

obert Witeon of Narma Adams, 19, of "902 ch Gordon Connor, 22, of 1512 N. Meridian; Marie Gorman, 22, of 5916 Pleasant Run

willis Lam mm, 24, Ft. Benjamin Harrison; Adixie Ellsworth. 23, Royal Oak, Mich.

BIRTHS

Girls

Daily, Oneita Brown, at Cit Harry, Nora Mae Bixler, at YMethodist. Frederick W., Joanna Mitchell, at Methodist. Marvin L., Bernie Money, at Methodist. Harlan, Evelyn Duke, at Methodist. Tie, Vera Perkins, at 2152 Avondale

Plac pre Edward, Emma Collier, at 2126 Highland

Chester, Mary Helton, at 916 19th. Leon, Anna Taylor, at 2942 Schofield. eam, Faris Wilson, at 2348 N. Ar-

Charles, Viola Padgett, at 950 E. Georgia. William, Mary Bailey, at 1633 Arsenal. William, Mary Richey, at 1815 Hoyt. William, Leona Pavey, at 1111 Carroliton. Boys Dewey, Eleanore Marshall, at St. Francis. Roy, Edith Amos, at St. Franc Frank, Lois Stackhouse, at " “Francis. Paul, Pauline Flick, at St. Francis. Nathan, Margaret Shaw, at St. Vincent's. Freeman 1 Wingler, at St. Vincent's. Maurice, Donna Hamilton, at Methodist. Vernon, Margaret Rice, at Methodist.

Anthony, hardy 5 . Norbert, Mary Powell, at 1205 Sterling. Raymond, Eugenia Whitton, at 2742

ey Harry, Helen Schmidt, at 519 N. Pin Otis, Julia Ap leton, at 1512 Martindale. Harry, idde t 1820 East. Homer, ary. Wilson. tat 326 Cable.

DEATHS Mary C. Hart, 79, at 2951 McPherson,

urem! Sohn bailey. 58, at City, hemorrh Afres carson 54, at St. lethargic encepba Yea Banks, 77, at Central, chronic yoca Joseph Jones, 70, at 55 N. Gale, mitral insuffienc

pulmonary Vincent's,

lar renal. H. Glenn Morton, 65, at 1622 Lexington, carcinoma. Charles dancascer. 71, at 319 8S. Rural,

cerebral a M4 "Kingsbury. 70, at 1128 E. Ohio,

Amelia Btuart, 65. at City. cardio vascu- {NeW

that there will be more chances to see him in the coming months. Aside from Governor Green’s Presidential boom—or the lack of it —there were plenty of interesting sights and happenings for one and all during the day.

They Can ‘Get Along’

For instance, there was the guest of honor table which proved that Indiana Republicans can get along together all right—at least for lunch. Reading from left to right, they were: State Senator William E. Jenner, who aspired to the Governor nomination in 1940 but didn’t get it and who reportedly had some differences with party leaders over the legislative program this spring; Arch N. Bobbitt, introduced as “the

man in the middle,” who recently

got kicked out as State Chairman; Dr. O. F. Hume, Kentucky national committeeman; Governor Green; Mr. Rhoads; Ralph Gates, who helped engineer Mr. Bobbitt’s ouster and then was voted into the chairmanship himself; State Treasurer James Givens, and then on the end, chatting as amiably as two old college chums, Glenn Hillis, defeated gubernatorial choice of the G. O. P. in 1940, and his foe of that period, Judge James A. Emmert of Shelbyville. Mr. Gates pointed this out as a sign of the new party harmony and maybe he was right, because none of the silverware was seen protruding from anyone’s back as the affair broke up.

“Private Room” Conference

There was also the private room conference between Mr. Jenner and Mr. Hillis, which stirred up a lot of gossip and rumors but nothing definite. And there was George Jefiries, of Indianapolis, the only 1940 gubernatorial candidate who didn’t get introduced. Tossed in for considerable comment was the reported fight brewing in the Seventh District against Ewing Emison of Vincennes, who has been district chairman and State Committee wheelhorse for many years. Mr. Emison himself missed the luncheon but turned up late in the afternoon for the chinfest. And Mr. Willkie, the man whom the reporters had said the meeting was called to “stop,” hardly got a mention all day. All told, the Republicans had a good time even though they all did leave with a slightly confused opinion of why they had come.

COUNTY PLANNERS TO NAME NORDSIEK

Fred W. Nordsiek, engineer for County Commissioners, was expected to be appointed secretary to the newly formed County Planning Commission today. Funds for operation of the Planning Commission were appropriated by the County Council three weeks ago. The Commission will enforce zoning regulations for suburban areas outside the City limits. The zoning ordinance, which provides for regulation of all building activities, was adopted by the Planning Commission and the Commissioners several weeks ago.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness. -&

«(Central Standard Time) Sunrise ......5:08 | Sunset ....... 68:25

TEMPERATURE —Aug. 27, 1940—

6:30 a. m

{Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m...

Total precipitation since Jan, 1 Deficiency .since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair to partly cloudy, a little cooler in north and central portions tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and continued cool. Ilinois—Partly cloudy and continued cool tonight: tomorrow mostly cloudy with showers in northwest. Lower Michigan—Fair to partly cloudy, a little cooler tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness. f Ohio—Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow air.

Kentucky—Fair and cooler tonight; to-

- {morrow fair,

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Station Weather nat Temp. Amarillo, Tex. : dy 29. 69 Bismarck, N. .

Cincinnati ........ Cleveland

Denv Dodge. City, Kas. Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. ..... Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles Lede Mites ant 1 s.-St ul . Mobile, Ala. New Df icans

reinom co ants Jane Allardt, 91, at 540 Oxford, chronjc myocarditis, 4 " 0 o

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES They Come to Praise Caesar,’ but—

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hold spotlight at French Lick.

BRITISH DEMAND ON FRENCH REPORTED

VICHY, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Britain has demanded that French Somaliland, little French East African colony, join the British and Free French or face continued sea and land blockade, the Djibouti Radio said today. The Governor at Djibouti, nominally loyal to Vichy, was said to have informed the British that there soon would be no food for women and children. Djibouti is crowded with refugees from Ethiopia, Italian Somaliland and Eritrea. In reply to the British demand,

SOVIET TO SEEK R. F. G. LOANS

Has Trouble Shipping Gold: “F. D. R. Denies British Misuse Funds.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. P).|. % —Soviet Russia has virtually exhausted its dollar balances in the United States and probably will seek short-term Reconstruction Finance Corp. loans to continue baying war materials here, well-in- | ¥ formed sources revealed today. : According to these officials, this | does not mean that Russia will be|§ unable to pay cash for its purchases here in the future. Rather, they said, it is a temporary situation growing out of difficulties Russia is having in shipping gold and goods to this country. The gold and goods which could be exchanged for dollars here must be shipped by rail across Siberia to Vladivostok. And the Siberian railroads are already heavily taxed transporting supplies to the Far Eastern Red Army. Meanwhile, the Government's | program for aiding nations resisting Axis aggression produced these developments: 1. A military mission will leave within the next fortnight for China to co-ordinate lend-lease aid to that country. 2. President Roosevelt denied that the British were misusing lend-lease aid from the United States and | characterized such allegations as|§ half truths or falsehoods designed to sabotage the program to smash Hitlerism. 3. Senator Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.) said that at his request for a “full accounting,” a report covering all lend-lease operations up to Sept. 1 would be made to Congress.

This

L. and

Ickes,

CARY GETS A HAT

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27 (U. P). —Barbara Hutton and Cary Grant, movie star, interrupted their vacation yesterday evening to go shopping for a new hat for him. He de-

Ions. His

hicles

the Djibouti Radio said, the Gover-

nor said that the colony was neutral.

cided on a pork pie hat, saying sombreros weren't becoming.

ment limousine.

Rationing Here?

is the private gasoline pump on “Headlands,” the ultramodern 350-acre estate of Haroid Secretary of Interior Petroleum Co-ordinator, Olney, Md. The tank under the pump has a capacity of 500 gal-gas-consuming

include a farm tractor and truck, a station wagon, a private sedan and his Govern-

IRANIANS’ PEAGE OFFER SPURNED

But Talks Continue While British and Russians Continue March.

LONDON, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Nego= tiations are progressing with Iranfor a concrete guarantee that would expel Germans from the kingdom and halt the invasion of British and Russian forces, an authoritative source said tonight, but proposals from Tehran so far have been une satisfactory. The informant indicated that mere promises to expel Germans from the country would not be ace cepted.

British Imperial and Russian troops continued to sweep into Iran from the south, west and north. Russia reported the occupation of Tabriz, Iran’s second city; Ardebil, near the Caspian Sea; Lissar, a short distance down the coast, and the important town of Shahpur (Dilman). at the northwest side of Lake Urmia, only about 20 miles from the Turkisn frontier and 80 miles from Iraq whence British forces had moved into Iran from the Mosul oi! fields. British forces marching in from west and southwest, after seizing key ports and oil installations, were believed to be advancing again after consolidating their gains. Clearing the Iranians out of the oil installations in the Abadan area at the top of the Persian Gulf, Indian troops took two field guns, three armored cars and 350 prisone ers. On the western side British forces took Marid, Gilan and Sar-I-Pul’ and advanced on the fortified Pa-I= Tuq pass. For the moment, however, all reports indicated that the Allied forces were meeting with little more than token resistance and this ine creased the belief in diplomatio quarters that the campaign might end within a few days in a Russiane British-Iranian agreement which would leave the Allied forces im effective control.

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