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-selves against an expected attack

Iraq, Hitler faces disaster unless he can (A) capture some highly productive ~oil fields . and «(B) cut Russias Anglo-American supply line via the Persian Gulf,

‘ward opin diy and,

_ effect on the others,

"PF Hitler's U-boats continue to get away with their startling raids on

down Hitler's Atlantic “rattle:snakes” after what the Presi‘dent said. To put them down

‘sweeps the seas of these “rattle-

fi Mr. ‘Wickard’s billion dollars’ worth of food fails to get to Britain, |

FORECAST: Incressing cloudiness with rain tomorrow, probably Yeginhite late tonight, followed by clearing and cooler tomorrow night.

[Scures —nowarnl] VOLUME 53—NUMBER 169

Events

in Far Corners

— Of World Sway War

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Events on four continents are coming to a head so rapidly and on so vast a scale that

they may well sway the whole conflict, one way or another.

By. this I do not mean that anyone in authority here is

predicting an early end of the

war. But the groundwork for

the final decision is now being laid in half a dozen different ‘ and vital spots. >

In Washington, Agricult

ural Secretary Wickard told

Congress that unless America sends a billion dollars’

In Washington, Preside American merchant ships

worth of food to Britain in the next five months, the Brit:ish will lose the war.

nt Roosevelt indicated that not only would soon be plying

the waters of the war zones but that they would be armed. 3 In Washington, too, officials admit that the United

States must soon “Shoot, “America faces damaging loss of prestige if she can’t put

means almost certain war.

In the Balkans, Bulgaria is preparing to enter the war by becoming the springboard for a Nazi ‘attack against Russia, Turkey or . the Near East. .

In the Middle East, the British are beginning to brace them-

via the Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, any or all of them. For

In Eastern Europe, the Nazistruggle 1s galloping to-

- In Asia, Japan is poised for action against Vladivostok if ‘Russia collapses, and against the East Indies if the United States and British weaken. Meantime Jap-anese-American : negotiations have come to a standstill. ss 8 8

All these situations are closely inrn Whatever happens on one front cannot fuil to have its

Allied ships laden with our LendLease materials, Uncle Sam will look ridiculous before the world.

IF, on the other hand, our fleet

snakes” before they have time to strike, as the President said it would, then it will be Hitlers face that will turn red. And dictators cannot afford to be made ridiculous. Any setus loss of prestige by Hitler would jeopardize his hold on France, Poland, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Spain, Portugal and even his so-called allies, like Italy. Loss of prestige by the United States might mean Japanese intervention. It would certainly mean vastly reduced influence throughout Latin America. Even dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, like Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, now admit ithe United States has gone too far}. to turn back,

she may drop out of the fight.

IF Britain falters and Russia col-|

Japses, Japan will begin a new adyance in the Far East. I the Soviet collapse is complete smough to suit Tokyo, the Nipponese would probably take all of Eastern Siberia as far as Lake Waikal.

wr Britain should signs of weakening, due to hunger or the failure American munitions to arrive in , and should the United States be’ forced to withdraw the bulk of : fleet from the Pacific, Japan would probably move into the East ® % & ‘Touch any one of the spots enumerated above, and the ‘whole

structure—Ilike any house of cards— will shake dizly.

= - 23 ON PINK STAR SAVED

- WA N, Sept. 24 (U. P). «The Department announced last nigh oat 23 of the crew of 34 the American-owned S. 8.

of ‘the crew was American.

| TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

- 14 Pegler Ss0800s. . 14 oH Questions

Luke, or give up the gun.”

4 DEAD, LOSS HIGH IN STORM

Hurricane Sweeps Toward Louisiana War Games; Texas Hard Hit.

HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 24 (U. P.), —A tropical hurricane roared inland toward Louisiana today after smashing through Houston and the Gulf Coast.

The Weather Bureau said the though somewhat spent, would Drobably pass Setyesn

area where a halt million troops are participating in Army manéuvers. At least four were dead, 5 were injured, and more than 50 towns were damaged. Losses ran into millions of dollars. In Houston, Mayor Neal Pickett made a tentative estimate of $400,000 to $500,000 in damages. Th: known dead were:

DUAN E. SAXBY, Alvin, Tex., superintendent of the Gulf States Utility Co., who was electrocuted by a fallen wire. FRED T. HALL of Houston,’ electrocuted by a wire.

BESSIE JACKSON of Housfon, Negro, who fell out of an auto and died of heart failure in a rain-filled street. AN UNIDENTIFIED SEAMAN, reported swept overboard from the tanker Myriam en route to Houston from Tampico, Mex. The hurricane moved to Houston from Palacios and Freeport and centered between Houston and Ellington Field, 17 miles to the south. The maximum wind ‘reported officially in Houston was 65 miles an hour. But Ellington Field re-lso ported 73. Estimated and official velocities reported elsewhere ranged from 90 to 110 miles an hour. Much of Houston, largest city in (Continued on Page Nine)

WINDSORS LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON

Duchess Gets Flowers From Railroad Employees.

MIAMI, Fla. Sept. 24 (U. P.)— The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sped toward Washington aboard -ga railroad streamliner today to keep a luncheon engagement with President Roosevelt at the White House tomorrow. : As the Duchess stepped aboard, 6-year-old Sandra = Southerland, daughter of a railroad engineer, came forward to present her with a corsage of roses on behalf of Seaboard Railroad employees in recognition of the fact that the Duchess’ uncle, the late S. Davies Warfield, formerly was president and chairman of the board of the railroad.

“La. today, the|

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1941

‘SEIZURE, OF ALL ABOVE 67% 1S ADVOCATED

Treasury Chief Favors Farm Prices Control, Opposes Wage Ceilings.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (U. P.). —Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr, declaring that this country “is going to have much more ‘stringent laws affecting excess profits,” recommended today that all corporations be allowed only a six per cent return on their invested capital. . All above this return should be ,| Subject to 100 per cent taxation, Mr. Morgenthau told the House Banking Committee during hearings on the price control bill. Earlier, Mr. Morgenthau, in a prepared statement, had said that an Administration-sponsored price con-

vide adequate control over farm prices. He opposed suggestions, that wages be controlled, asserting that

labor is not a commodity.

. Must Prevent Inflation

vent inflation that would be costly to the Government and individuals alike, he said. Then under questioning he said heavier taxes on corporations also are needed as a anti-inflation measure. Referring to the recently enacted $3,5563,000,000 tax bill, Mr. Morgenthau said:

laws affecting excess profits, “If we are going to ask anybody else to be patriotic and make sacrifices, the owners of corporations will have to do likewise, If a corporation earns: 6 per cent on its capital that ought to be enough.”

Clamp on Profits Urged Rep. Clyde Villiams ®. Mo.)

“Does that mean that everything over. and above a 6 per cent return should go-to the Government.” “Yes,” Mr. Morgenthau replied. Under the new revenue bill, a corporation may determine whether it has made “excess” profits by either of two methods: comparing its earnings with the average for 1936-39, inclusive; or by determining whether its earnings amount to more than

"asked:

if that capital does not amount tot more than $5,000,000, and 7 per cent on the balance. The excess, computed either way, is taxed as follows: up to $20,000, 35 per cent; from $20,000 to $50,000 40 per cent; from $50,000 to $160,000, 45 per cent; from $100,000 to $250,000, 50 per cent; from $250,000 $500,000, 55 per cent; ' over a, 60 per cent.

Sees Major Defect

Mr. Morgenthau said he thought price control authority should be set up by Congress immediately, but that the Administration-sponsored bill had one major defect in its specific restriction of “the authority of the Price Control Administration over farm prices.” “I strongly recommend that this inflexibility be removed,” Mr. Morgenthau said, “in the interests of the attack upon inflation, in the interest of the 'standard of living of our people and in the long-run interest of farmers as well.” “I fully appreciate that wages affect the cost of production and the general level of prices,” he said. “However, I feel very definitely that if we can on the one hand keep the

the other hand impose adequate taxes on excessive profits, then. we will have removed the major catises for demands for general wage increases.” ’ Mr. Morgenthau reiterated his be-

retard increasing prices by danger during the first World War.

trol bill how pending in" Congress was defective in its failure to pro-| =

Price control is essential to pre-| SS

8 per cent on its invested capital, |

cost of living from rising, and on}.

lief that the Government could help] releasing}. agricultural surpluses to thwart the

. Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postotfice, Indianapolis, Ind.

orgenthau Urges 6 Per ( ent Limit On Corporation Profits

PRICE THREE CENTS

Destroyed; 5500 Join In 6-Hour Battle +

Times Special

WHITING, Ind., Sept. 2%.

over the Standard Oil Co.’s

in the death of one man and

{the injury of at least five:

lothers.

Explosion ‘followed explosion as the fire destroyed 16 gasoline tanks of about 10,000 gallons each. :

blast in the oil treating plant, was brought under control only after a desperate "battle by the refinery’s

[5500 workmen who were called from

As flames and smoke shoot skyward at Standard Oil's Whiting refinery.

PT. A. BLASTS

"We would have liked then to gof °F

Resolutions. By ROSEMARY. REDDING

“Recommendations: that the ‘police and c~'rts “crack “on reckless bicycle - riders. and young drivers | “toh Bac

Resolutions urging spec by the Court. ets lo o Be. presented

him to: attend - ‘the

On: the second offense, the the reg lution’ suggests that the: Court voke the license ‘of the violator for a period of :30- days. or‘ more and on a hi offen offense added action . necessary to restrain the driver. from furthering endangering the ‘lives of people on the streets

18 years-old. upon : by the group : bicycles, of- young grantly violate : bicycle laws,

‘and’ further offenders be denied t ‘(Continued on 3

WPA Now Seeks Lani! - Burns. City: Man,

Hilton F. Crouch, a member of the third Dillinger gang, which obtained $25,000 in the daring daylight holdup of the Massachusetts

Ave. State ‘Bank here in Sept. 1933, a parole today by the Commission

a skilled ‘automobile me-

: 1h Bs see. 16]sion ;

»es2210,11

13|Biate Deaths 18

Ex-Dillinger Gangster Offers [= Aid to England, Denied Paroles:

into its Civilian Technical|

if he“were released.

hint Corps : and sincere de-

8 + get

§ g

E i

ex 8

i Sh Co ’ i lator to pay- his" fine and require| Red -Arm Traffic Instruc-

that the: Court take|Be

and highways. ‘The resolu- fica Hons are aimed ot the drivers under

Another resolution to be pected], T

. Plan Europ r

“The first Inter-

Europe's ¢ smashed with “tanks, vital sectors of the Eastern Fron

FAllied governments—most of them in sexile—to - suppert the ‘RooseveltChurchill eight~point declaration were given at ‘the’ London conferlence. ‘Russia and Britain were

44 leaders at the meeting.

BULLETIN * BERLIN, Sept. 24° (UB)—An ‘authorized Germah military 8 spokesman said today that Ger- | ‘man troops were in the “suburbs of Leningrad” after cracking the - city’s defense ring Sand Sightening

_. ‘offensive

| toward the big Aveiie port af 1 Mur-

mansky, ‘smashed. a

SRR Teams: Mo

‘pessimistic from the Army viewpoint for ty moment at

Allies and Exiled Regimes

Coane oF ne | 368 anf ii{anity af’ Gerrans Hines on feur|

‘| with: most Tur! ms, |ing an early decl s| Turks still were “hoping: they could {keep out, but their ability to achieve ; that goal was increasingly doubtful.

“Por the frst tine; Royal Alr at

wow.

e of the Future,

i ane Tun

A United States pledge to er at. the Dropet time what role can} ‘be played by Washington in post-war relief, and’ a promise by 10

units . of. “the” British Empire - were reported in action alongside the Red Air Fleet. - London ssid the British piloi's brought down. even German | planes. Snow has started falling on some sections: of the battle front, the Moscow Radio reported, and American. correspondents. visiting the central sector in the: vicinity of Smolensk said’ that mud and rain as well as strong Russian fighting units had forced the invaders to shift from lightning Panzer blows to trench warfare. Turkish Difficulty Grows ‘The outcome of the present wave|

e|of attack and counter-attack in the

Ukraine, probably will decide the course of the war this winter in the Black Sea area and the Near East.

| Dispatches from ‘Turkey made it :on|clear that both the Bulgarians and ard {the Turks were watching the trend ‘of battle carefully as a guide for ous | their own ‘decisions.

’ The Bulgars were regarded as already in the conflict against Russia, quarters expecttion of war. The

It may have been with the idea

‘of stiffening the British-Russian ‘position - in the Middle’ East that

the Inter-Allied Conference met in London and pledged full co-opera-tion. with the United States and

| Britain in a ‘broad plan to make the world of the future free of fear

of aggression -and free of economic

‘| restrictions.

5 » 2 2 : On Inside Pages U.S. Can Arm 125 Germany Pressing Bulgaria . .. The Wounded Don't Cry Allied War Council Meeting ... 15 Details of Pighting .

so 0sessece 15

Wate Moves s Today

means that the expected

s a new: German: Pal eastward will be considerably

slowed up.

ae 2 oh RE SEIELE

tion

{DOCTORS STUDY

DEFENSE NEEDS):

Te Sr Convention May Set Up Plan to Mobilize All Physicians.

By JOE COLLIER ‘The Indiana State Medical Association, first civilian medical unit to} ‘anticipate selective service and do something about it in advance, will be urged at its present convention to set up machinery for general mobilization. , ‘At a House of: Delegates session of the 92d annual convention now in progress here, Dr. Charles R. Bird tomorrow will present such a plan.

Dr. Bird, chairman of the association’s M-Day and Military Affairs

as to which doctors would be taken in the armed forces and which would reinain | to attend to the civilian popuation.

In event of a general mobilization, he said, the armed forces and public health and defense industries would require 44,000 of the nation’s doctors. Indiana’ will have to furnish one-thirty-ninth of these, he said. : Dr. Bird already had put before the House of Delegates a plan that would put the burden of selective service examinations’ on three boards of army examiners in this State. The plan, sponsored by Washington, would cut the free work of the State’s civilian physicians in selective service in half. It also would assure the selectee

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ROOSEVELT READY T0 SEIZE VESSELS

Strike Threatened at San Diego Plane Plant.

By UNITED PRESS President Roosevelt will take over all strike-bound ships if he must do so to keep commerce moving, a high Administration official said to-

The official indicated the President hopes for speedy settlement of a strike by members of the A. F. of L. Seafarers’ International Union, which has tied up 21 vessels on the ¢|natoin’s three-ocean. coasts. S. I. U. members in New York voted ‘to release strike-bound ships there pending consideration of the dispute by the National Defense Mediation ‘Board, although actual

13 other branches of the union. Meanwhile A. F. of L. machinists .|by a 08.9 per cent vote authorized {their officers to call a strike at the huge ‘Consolidated ' Aircraft * Corp., tracts - of : $700,000,000 for homber planes and employs 25,000 men.

Committee, ‘said his plan would give ‘|the association . some voice

-|San Diego, Cal., which holds con-|

Unign members rejected an offer :

their homes by three blasts of: the emergency whistle. ;

FBI Starts Investigation a

' FBI agents from Indianapolis and Hammond were on the scene to ine vestigate the possibility of sabotage. Thousands of gallons of high-tes§ aviation gasoline were destroyed. At one time the wind sent the flames out over homes nearly half a mile from the plant, but a timely shift in the ‘wind saved them from: possible destruction. From the heat-treating plant, the flanies spread Breh ie i two Buige omy tator’ tanks ‘an

mercial™ ars As oil poured down the sewers, & covers high into the air

The workmen threw up earthen dikes to prevent the flames from

; -|engulfing other tanks, many of them

filled with highly volatile gasoline. In some places workmen could get no closer than a block from ihe, plant because of the Tntens8 | ea

Describes Explosions

The dead man was identified ; a Mr. Jaeger. The injured, taken to

| St. Catherine's Hospital, East Chis

cago, Ind., were listed as: John Johnson, . Whiting; Joseph Piech, Indianapolis Blvd., Chicago; Joseph Owens, Daniel O'Keefe, and Stephen Dvorscak, all of Whiting. Bert Abercrombie, sergeant company police at the Carbide & Carbon Chemical Co., which: is 400 yards east of the burning plant, said he was sleeping in his home when the house shook and awakened him,

and then the house shook again,” he said. “So I knew it was an exe plosion, and got out of the house and went to work..

Series of Explosions “Then there were a series of exe

then there’d be another blast and the flames would shoot sev hundred feet into the air.” Mr. Abercrombie said that if. the wind held in a southeasterly direce tion, the flames would not bother the Carbide & Carbon :Co., but he was keeping ‘a fire crew reddy for any shift in the wind. The entire area was blanketed with thick smoke. Harry Owens, an advertising man

from the plant, said he was a

sounded like a train that-didn’t stop. ” ‘He said he saw the light of the fire.

layed. The Baltimore rerouted through East Chicago. ;

Abnormal Heat | Continues Today

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES

6a.m. .... 66 EE 7am.....65 1llam.... 8 8a.m..... 65 12 (noon) .. 84 9a. m. .... 13 3 1pm...

SEPTEMBER BL! BLAZED away at Indianapolis yesterday with tem peratures averaging 11 degrees above normal to reach a maximum of 90 degrees, a tie with Sept. 23, 1891 for the day’s record, There is no reason to

‘that there will be great

| fo an meets Teleried an ofits] ores

an In ons leet in crease. ‘The union

®the Int

RD RI Board to

Flames billowed & half-mile

700-acre refinery. today in a six-hour blaze which resulted:

of private retailers were Ta ;

“I dressed and went downstairs |

plosions. The fire would die down,

living about three-fourths of a She 3 ened by a rumbling noise “that

Trains of the New York Central x were rerouted over the Michigan Central tracks, and several were des ‘& Ohio was

1 DEAD, HURT; FLAMES PER NEARBY AREA

160,000 Gallons , of Fuel

The fire, which started with & |

series of explosions blew manhole a