Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1941 — Page 1

VOLUME 53—NUMBER 159

FORECAST: Fair- and somewhat’ warmer tomorrow and Sunda,

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i 194

WAR IN RUSSIA “AT NEW CRISIS,

‘CAPITALS SAY

General Strike in ‘Norway Reported: Nazis Talk of ‘New Offensive.

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Details of Fighting Page 3 Stimson Raps Critics ......... 11 Clapper in London .....eeese. 19 William Philip Simms .

By JOE ALEX MORRIS = United Press Foreizn News Editor Dispatches from London, Moscow and Berlin today indicated that the whole Eastern Front was entering a crucial stage and unconfirmed reports from Norway said that the country had been brought to a standstill by a general strike. The three belligerent capitals’ claims led to the general belief that the Russian position was not too advantageous. - Berlin, for instance, spoke of “offensive” operations on the whole front for the first time in recent days, claiming that the main force

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of ‘the Russian counter-blows had|-

been absorbed and that the Nazi attack forces were getting under way agafh. Two new Russian counter-attacks were admitted, however, In part, London bolstered this view by reporting that the central front seemed fo be the key to the whole conflict and®that the Germans were displaying new strength both on the lower Dnieper and in the area southeast of Gomel. The Gomel sector has been one of the most important on the front for weeks as the 80 drive southeastward there: the Russians in the Ukr

Russian counter-attacks were intended to relieve this threat but Moscow dispatches made no specific mention of that area today and the Red Army drive there may have played but for the moment. Taking the relentless attacks ané counter-attacks of the last two weeks as part of an unprecedented and - broad military operation, it appeared to neutral military-sources that the Russians had succeeded in halting the German advance gen-j. erally except: for the encirclement of Leningrad and had thrown back the Nazis in the Smolensk sector. But this trend must be extended greatly and continued .if the German Army is to be endangered. Adolf: Hitler indicated his: belie! that the ' “gigantic struggle” in Russia would extend into the winter as he pled for the German people to make “voluntary ’sacrifices” for the winter relief campaign to assure the existence of all Europe against “Jewish capitalism and bolshevism,” He said that the Reich’s enemies were “not humane but consist only of beasts.” British co-operation with fis seemed to be increasing. R. A. F. planes for the first time bombed the German Baltic port of Rostock, chief supply base for the attack on Leningrad. ‘The Nazi naval base at Kiel and the French ports of Le Havre and Boulogne also were at-

was "alleged to have ed Nazi air and naval bases for operations on the Black Sea. The warning carried an indirect threat of miliiary retaliation, presumably by aerial bombardment,

Spark Plug Larceny In Norway, the Lendon

lants just before the workers went out on strike. The Daily Mail said - the situation was Jcompletely and that reinf ‘of German troops ‘which had been 'intended for use in Russia had been landed in Oslo, There e Were rumors of mass execu t dispatches! Oslo by way a Berlin said

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“In waters necessary for our defense, American naval vessels will no longer wait until Axis submarines strike.”

CENTER RELIEF RATE IS PARED

Tentative 2-Cent Slash Made; Administrative

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A 2-cent cut in the Center Town~ ship poor relief tax rate for next year was. made tentatively by the County: Tax Adjustment Board to-

day: At the same time, the Board eyed the ' pOssibility - of .further .cuts in the levy as it began ‘an :investigation into relief administrative costs in all. nine townships. . The cut reduced the rate to 13 cents under the present levy. The investigation of these costs ‘was ordered by Board Chairman Albert F. Walsman after tax experts. asserted that the proposed cost of administering Centor Township relief next year is $108,000— 13 per cent of the $810,455 total poor relief request for 1942, :

Experts. Are Critical

Tax experts questioned the township’s failure to reduce its administrative cost to meet the drop in relief rolls. It- was .contended ‘that administrative costs in Center Township should ‘have been cut. through the substitution of business machines for some clerical help, but that this reduction had not materialized. The tax experts also contended ‘that the drop in poor relief rolls should have brought a corresponding cut in the proportion of administration expenses to the total relief costs. Mueller Explains

Henry Mueller; Center Township Trustee, told the board he is making every effort to * eliminate “chislers” from the rolls and that investigations of applicants ' continued to run high despite the drop in the ‘number of actual reliefers. The number of applications which must ‘be investigated: are running 50 per cent higher than the actual ‘(Continued on Page 12)

= BATH 1S DISPUTED IN DIVORCE CASE

Wife Says Baby Was Born, | Mate Denies It.

- An Indianapolis man and a Hammond woman, married a year ago and separated a month later failed in divorce court today to agree as to whether there had been a child born of the union. She said that there was, after the separation. He said that he didn’t believe there could have been. He sued her for divorce and she asked for and support. for

bed; the child in a cross-complaint be-

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Push Better Housing Here

After Arrest of 12 i in Slums)

Cilizens to Ask Governor

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Mayor Pleads for Repair of Properties.

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a pi ba Ra) 5 if ¢ ‘of * fo heed a ey Health Der arC viosion notice.

1. A committee of citizens was

to confer with Governor Schrickér “DES to tcl him to set up a fact finding committee to investigate the

City’s housing situation and make recommendations.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22 (U. P.). —The ‘Brooklyn Dodgers held a two-game ‘lead over the St. Louis Cards in the thrilling National League pennant race today as the two clubs prepared to meet in the second of their three-game series. - The Dodgers increased their lead by winning the series. opener yesterday, 6-4 in 11 innings. Howard Pollet, the 20-year-old southpaw = rookie, was the likely: St. Louis pitching choice for today, while “Brooklyn's nomination lay between two right-handed veterans, Whit Wyatt and Curt | Davis.

ALLISON REGEIVES $6,501,000 ORDER

War Department Wants Engines, Spare Parts.

. A new War Department order for an additional $8,501,000 in engines and spare parts has been received by the Allison Division, company officials said today. The latest contract calls for delivery of engines to the Army Air D | Force, and is the first sizable order to the General Motors Division since July. At that time, Allison received three contracts within three days calling: for almost $52,000,000 in engines and spare parts. fd Because production figures are not released, it is impossible to guess what the Allison order backlog now totals. The July contracts increased the backlog of unfilled, orders to}to around $242,000,000. Since that time, however, it is believed that more than 1000 liquid-cooled engines have |e been delivered.

zens’ Housing Committee arrange

2. Mayor Sullivan proclaimed that “an urgent need - for -.good

housing exists in Indianapolis.” He

vel { urged ‘all residents te;put. suitable propaganda, , _mohey cand patronsge

property - in good repair and remodel it for additional living quarters. Meanwhile, members of the Citi-

for legal representation for .the tenants, nine of whom were jailed

‘and | fingerprinted Tuesday night.

The legal division of the Indianapolis Bar Association has agreed to represent them. The tenants were charged with violation of the Health Department’s eviction order issued after the City condemned the property at the northeast corner of 'S. New Jersey and Merrill Sts. as unfit for habitation. Owners to Appear

They will appear for hearing .in Municipal Court tomorrow. Pro: Tem Judge George G. Rinier. subpenaed

Obie. J. Smith, secretary of -the| County Real Estate Co. owner of the property, to appear also, after|.

tenants testified Wednesday that

they had been advised by rent col-|

iectors to ignore the Health Department order. The tenants said they could find no other places to live.’ No court summons for the owner of the con(Continued on Page 12)

INFORMAL ACCORD ON TAX BILL IS REACHED

| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U. P.). —Informal agreement between Senate and House on the $3,583,900,000

tax bill was complete today, with |

the House reportedly accepting the $303 ,000,000 Senate amendment reducing personal income exemptions. The. also accepted the Byrd amendment’ creating a joint: execu-

ive. egislati ‘committee $053 Feqeral expen expenditures and A Sete pe

The Senate RSdcons. reduced: personal wee

Present Allison production is reported to be around 700 per month. "co

Children Victims in M dtiple Divorce Problem Plaguing Domestic Courts Here

By NOBLE REED

The pyramiding of families through multiple divorces .and remarriages is one of the: ‘biggest problems confronting Marion Coun-

ty’s six courts handing. domestic :

relations cases. Superior and Circuit - ‘Court Tec

prds show that there are scores of |

cases pending in local courts in

which remarried - fathers have| started their second families ‘with~

In ‘several cases fathers have)

started, on their ‘third families,

{isaving two former wives with chil- |

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“It would take 3 modern Solomon)

10 Uy io unravel some: of these soBo vine | “support |

|LINDBERGH HITS

far under the guise of American

for F150 fo farvied Empire;

serted last ‘ight, that a small minority of . “agitators,” led: by “the British, the Jewish ; and: the ‘Rooset ° Administration,” were using

to’ push the nation into iwar.. The isolationist , leader said . the three groups “planned, first to prepare thé United States for foreign

efense; second,’ to involve us in the war. step by step, without our realization; third, to create a series of incidents which would force us into the actual conflict.”

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U. P.)—~Commenting today on Charles A. Lindbergh’s Des Moines’ address, President Roosevelt’s spokesman, ‘Stephen Tr Early, ‘said: 4 . “You have seen the outpoutings of Berlin vim, the last few days. { “You saw Lindbergh's statement last night. “I think there is a striking siniflarity.” :

Mr. Lindbergh addressed an audience. of 8000 at a. meeting sponsored by the America First Committee. The throng ' first heard Eresident Roosevelt's address from It applauded a dozen times at pauses - in the . President’s speech and then greeted Mr, Lindbergh with’ applause which mingled with shouts from the: upper balcony : of “Heil Hitler” and “get your head out of the sand.” Gallery hecklers shouted several times during Mr, Lindbergh's - talk; but he took ‘no notice ; of them. “The three : most important groups who have been: pressing. this try. toward war are the British, e. Jewish and the Roosevelt Adbower Mr. Lindbergh said. “Behind these. .groups, but of lesser are a number of capitalists, anglophiles: and intellec whd believe that their:future and the “future of mankind upon: the: douiination of: the Brit

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‘merely insisting ‘they want a di-| yorce. : On the other nd enraged wives hy Ee es from the un if the Judge has to onder them lof. stop.

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26 SINKINGS

Halifax Says Roosevelt Has Given Guarantee Against Hitler Mastery.

; By UNITED PRESS ~The Axis answered President

Roosevelts “shoot first” order today with a declaration that the Amerjean executive had accepted sole responsibility’ for compelling the Reich to take “appropriate meas-

Allied ships had been destroyed by submarines in the North Atlantic. Charging that Mr. Roosevelt's orders for defense of American waters was tantamount to a declara-

at Rome replied through its spokesman, Virginio Gayda, that Axis naval ‘units had no alternative but to shoot on sight at American warships.

Halifax Pleased

Berlin, while continuing to assail the President, delayed an official reply pending word from Hitler but tke German High Command issued a special communique claiming the sinking or destruction of 24 . Allied - ships in a strongly pro‘tected Atlantic convoy and Rome claimed two more had ‘been sunk, bringing the total to more than 150,000 tons. In addition, Nazi planes reported sinking three other ships off the British coast. Britons welcomed Mr. “Roosévelt's assuring ultimate victory a. the war and Lord Halifax said at 1 meant the American peo-

to Britain and Russia but that they would not permit Hitler to win the war, Batavia reported that the 7322-ton Dutch East Indies liner Kota Nopan was overdue and believed sunk by a German raider off Galapagos islands, in American defense waters west of the Panama Canal.

* Report 300-Ship Patrol

The British press took the position that Mr. Roosevelt had: presented Germany with a choice of allowing American war materials: to flow freely across the Atlantic in an ever-growing stream or entering a shooting war with the United States. Attributing their information to well-informed sources in Washington, most British newspapers said that the United States was. using 300 warships in the hunt for Axis submarines, raiders. : Except for the statement that “all of Roosevelt’s facts are lies,” Berlin withheld comment, apparently pending word from Adolf Hitler at the Eastern Front. Tonight, however, authorized quarters said: “The President has clearly told the world he is responsible for all ensuing developments. The Reich has been placed in a position of compulsion against which it has to take appropriate measures.”

Wait Hitler's Nod

Nazi sources continued to denounce Mr. Roosevelt and the United States but withheld any specific reply to. the President’s speech ‘word from Adolf Hitler, who studied the text at his Eastern Front headquarters. From Rome, earlier, the Fascist press spokesman Virginio Gayda asserted that the President had left the Axis naval forces no alternative “but to attack United States naval ships on sight.” Gayda chdrged Mr. Roosevelt with “unprovoked ag-

planes and surface

open declaration of war could be

In the Far East, attention centered on the lack of reference in the speech to Japan or the threat of an

tween ‘Tokyo and. Washington.

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Claims Messages Back F.D. R's Stand 10t0 1.

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By LYLE C. F.C. WILSON

‘United. ress Staff Correspondent ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Shooting hostilities bet United States patrol forces and German or Italian

in American “defensive waters”

seemed inevitable |

unless the Axis hurriedly retreats from those areas.

President Roosevelt announced last night in a

wide radio broadcast that the Army and Navy patrol been ordered to shoot on sight—shooting first. He said we wanted peace but not at the price of ps

ting Adolf Hitler to “attack our naval and merchant while they are on legitimate business.”

The shooting order, he explained, means that in d defensive waters American forces will protect not only

of the empire life line.

ships but merchant ships of any flag. The defensive extends at least to Iceland which is about two-thirds of: way from American and Canadian ports to British tern

Mr. Roosevelt promised to keep rolling across the

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CONGRESS AIRS DIVIDED VIEWS

VanNuys, Willis Critical; Foreign Policy Backers Indorse Talk.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U. P). —Non-interventionist Congressmen charged today that President Roosevelt’s shoot-on-sight speech ‘Was tantamount to an unauthorized declaration of war against the Axis, but supporters of his foreign policy gave it' unqualified approval.

Senator Guy M. Gillette (D. Ia.),

member - of the Senate’ Foreign Affairs Committee, characterized the speech as “a declaration of war insofar as it can be declared without the action of the legislative branch.” “Of course,” he said, “every American will support the Com-mander-in-Chief in any course he takes in international relations, ‘however much we may disapprove of it. But I would much rather the President, before taking such action, had submitted it in a message to Congress.” Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.), stanch proponent of the Administration’s foreign policy and also a

mittee, said President Roosevelt's order for on-sight shooting of Axis war vessels in American defense waters “is the best ‘way to defend ourselves.” He contended that the newlyannounced policy does not bring the United States closer to war “because we are just protecting a limited ‘objective. We are “just saying, ‘Don’t do.any shooting-in our front yard. * If you wan: to shoot, go. down the road a piece’.”

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lantic bridge of ships the supplies to “help destroy” EH Charging that the Axig has begun a campaign of

-}stricted “submarine ws Mr. Roosevelt said that forth German or Italian ships will enter our def waters “at their peril.” “I have no illusions,” he con “about the gravity of this si is the result of months o stant thought and anxiety

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avoided. "i 2 : . Ares Not Defined sol The precise areas of Amerie: fensive waters was not defined the : major trouble spot oby was the Atlantic, although a but less often raided Pacific reaching well beyond Hawaii a the Siberian coast in the far apparently would be included. did not, however, mention Jap! his address. White Hove Secretary: S T. ‘Early this afternoon refus interpret or define the Ame “defensive waters” in which th naval policy will be carried:o \ Early said telegrams were poug into the White House and first veys showed they were about: 1 1 in ‘of Mr. } About 1600: arrived this n said, and of these only abou were not in accord with Mr. velt’s position or were exigioal, }

Isolationists Protest

Mr. Roosevelt Ip shoot-on-sight announcement

that those world-wide ‘right to be enforced at gun point. Mr. Roosevelt said: . og “No act of violence or intimd tion will keep us from main intact two -bulwarks of First, our line of supply of n to the enemies of Hitler, and’ the freedom of our shipping

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nited Press War Analyst