Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1941 — Page 3

- Gallup Finds Rank- And-File Of G. C 'P. ‘Backs F. F.D.R. Foreign Policy

By GEORGE GALLUP : Director, American Institute of Public Opinion - PRINCETON, N. J. Sept. 29.—Wendell Willkie’s announcement that he will work for the nomination and election of Republicans who have backed the Roosevelt Administration’s foreign policy—in the

brought into the

Should the tration foreign Since the

AMERICAN INSTI

&'s who have been critical of those foreign policies, some political observers are bracing themselves for a series of party showdowns—perhaps as dramatic as the so-called “purge” primaries of 1938. But in all the speculation on G. O. P. tactics

nation-wide contests which begin next spring—has

open one of the sharpest dilemmas

now facing the G.

publican’ Party support Adminis-

or oppose it? P. contains many individuals

thus far, the missing ingredient has been what the “grass-roots” Republicans think, the men and women who will ultimately name many

of their party’s nominees.

Major Eliot Says—

~ ARMED SHIPPING CAN'T STOP SUBS

Bs for Merchant Vessels Are Necessary, but Only Way To Combat Effectively Sea Attacks Is Offensive Action, Asserts Expert.

By MAJ. GEORGE

FIELDING ELIOT

Copyright. 1941, 1d The Indianapolis Times and The New York Tribune, Ine. The proposed arming of United States merchant vessels

for defense submarine and air

attacks brings to mind certain

memories of the World War, when the efficacy of this meas-

ure was held in some doubt.

Arming of British merchantmen on a large scale was first carried out in the spring and summer of 1915. By July of that year some 250 ships had been armed, mostly with

one 3-inch or 47-inch gun apiece. By December the

number had risen to 750.

The results began to show in 1916: From Jan. 1 to Sept. 7 of that year (according to the British Official History, “Seaborne Trade’) 228 British ships were attacked by submarines; of these, 90 carried

guns. ; Of the 138 unarmed ships, 116 were sunk’; of the 90 armed ships, only 19 were sunk. This was a ratio of 84 per cent for the unarmed ships as against 21 per cent for the ships with guns.

Attack Without Warning

However, during this period the submarines were acting under certain restrictions, as a result largely of American diplomatic action. During the last three months of 1916 attacks without warning increased in number. Of the unarmed ships attacked during this period 68 per cent were lost as against 32 per cent for armed ships. This suggests greater caution all round, imposed by the fact that the submarines had difficulty in telling whether the ships were armed or not, but it also indicates that the guns were not much protection against attacks without waming.

By linty, 1917, the official historian (“Naval Operations,” Vol. IV) records that while “naval opinion of all grades seems to have been entirely in favor of arming more and more ships with 4-inch and 6-inch guns,” nevertheless “existing statistics were sufficient to show that this method was, in fact, rapidly losing its efficacy. ”

Urged Offensive Drive

On June 28, 1917, Admiral William 8. Sims sent from London to the Navy Department a report on the arming of American merchant ships, in which he said, in part: “The measures demanded are not defensive, but offensive-defensive. Guns are no defense against torpedo attack without warning. “In this area alone during the last six weeks 30 armed ships were sunk by torpedoes without a submarine being seen. “If the submarine campaign is to be defeated it must be by offensive measures.”" In fact, the principal result of arming merchant ships was to compel the submarines to attack without warning. This had a certain advantage; it forced the submarines to use the torpedo, a bulky and expensive weapon of which they could carry|{m only a limited supply. They no longer dared to attack on the surface with guns. The period during which any submarine could operate effectively was thus limited by her torpedo capacity. This is of even greater importance today, when so many of the German submérines are small craft, carrying few torpedoes.

But it is just as true now as it was in 1917 that against submerged attack without warning, guns are no defense. Air attack, however, is quite another matter. For ocean-going ships defense against air atack was of little consequence in the last war, because of the short range of the aircraft available to the Germans. During the whole of that war only 8,039 tons of Britfsh, Allied and neutral shipping was lost by the action of aircraft. Today air action is estimated to account for about 50 per cent of losses, and this does not include losses by submarines piloted by scouting aircraft to their targets.

Need Better Guns

Anti-aircraft guns manned by well-trained crews are an effective

defense against air attack they are not always successful, of course, but they do compel the aircraft to fly at greater heights, thus reducing bombing accuracy. Some of the larger German aircraft have been swooping very low, to masthead level, in order to make sure of their prey; against this sort of attack, andi-dircraft machineguns or pom-poms are the’ best defense available. What is obviously needed is a 5inch or 6-inch dual-purpose gun, which can be used against aircraft, submarines or surface raiders. These guns should be supplemented by 50caliber machine guns, and by pompoms when the latter become available. : Smoke-laying apparatus, paravanes for mine-sweeping, and on larger and more valuable ships, even submarine detecting apparatus might all be of value But, remembering the lessons of the World War, it must not be supposed that arming merchant vessels is in any way a solution of the submarine or air attack problem. It is a necessary measure, as part of a general system of protection for our shipping. It will reduce the efficacy of the submarine by forcing it to use torpedoes instead of gunfire; it will reduce the efficacy of the raiding aircraft by forcing it to fly higher and be more careful, and may result in some losses of enemy aircraft. When ships are in company, as in a convoy, it will produce a really respectable volume of anti-aircraft fire above the convoy; it will give a merchant vessel some sort of chance against a surface raider, if the lat-

ter be (as many are) only an|

armed merchantman herself. But, as Admiral Sims pointed out in 1917, the merchantman’s inherent weakness is still lack of speed and of protection, The only real defense must be an offensive defense by warships and naval aircraft designed and oper-

ated for fighting purposes alone.

To see how rank-and-file Republicans across the United States

stand today on the question of

‘Administration foreign policy, the

American Institute of Public Opinion has gone to these men and

women themselves.

They have been interviewed in some 200 commu-

nities from coast to coast—so selected as to give an accurate composite

. picture of Republican rank-and-file

sentiment today.

And the results of the Institute’s experiment indicate that—at the

present time at least—a majority

of Republicans believe their party

should support the line the Administration has been taking. The Institute put the following question to persons who voted Republican in the last Presidential election, in each of the 48 states: Should the Republican Party support the Administration’s foreign

policy or oppose it?”

The results of 'the test, in percentages, are: Favoring support of Administration ©000000000000000000000000000¢ 60%

Favoring oppositio; Undecided

Lanham, Grotto monarch.

ITALIANS AID IN NEW NAZI GAINS

3 Russian Divisions Wiped Out or Driven Into Marsh, Berlin Says.

BERLIN, Sept. 29 (U. P.).—The High Command asserted today that German and Italian troops destroyed three Russian divisions (possibly 45,000 men) northeast of Dniepropetrovsk in the area between the Dnieper River and Kharkov and took 13,000 prisoners, according to incomplete reports. In addition, the communique said, the Germans and Italians captured 69 guns and much other material. It was asserted that some of the Russians were driven into marshy iertiny and suffered heavy casuales.

2 Big Cities Bombed

The High Command said strong German air force formations attacked “with good effect” railroad stations in the Donets Basin and the Moscow area and bombing planes attacked “war important” objectives at both Moscow and Leningrad during the night. It was asserted that a Russian cruiser was hit by bombs off Kronstadt, the Baltic naval base. Military informants intimated that the German armies in the

on the Kharkov industrial district while fleets of German planes sought to knock out the Russian air force based to the east by a series of mass raids on airdromes. Though they would not say the attack on Kharkov already had been launched in -full force, informants said the conclusion of the Battle of Kiev had released enormous forces and these already had been thrown into the “new operaons.”

Landings Unsuccessful

In the Leningrad area, it was asserted that the Germans repulsed a strong Russian bid to land men at Schluesselburg, east of Leningrad, from Lake Ladoga. Airplanes

sian attempt, it was asserted, and sank one tug, two 600-ton barges

and 15 smaller barges all loaded with troops. =

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His Model Plane Won .

Winner of the largest. gas model plane contest in the Middle West, held yesterday at Troy and Ritter Aves, was James Bennett Sr., who received the Sahara Grotto trophy from Harold (Pete)

By DAVID MARSHALL It must be getting horribly monotonous for James Bennett Sr., the way things go in the Indiana Gas Model Association’s annual MidStates Gas Model Contests, Last year Jim had the second annual meet nicely sewed up when he

had some tough luck. He forgot to put in a new battery. His power plant sputtered and died in 10 seconds. Carl Goldberg, the Chicago champ, nosed him out by 25 seconds. Yesterday Jim was trying to snag the meet for the first time for the local fliers. He had two swell flights of 3:61.8 and 3:30. All he needed was a third flight of just under two minutes to win the Class C event and the championship.

Almost Crashes

He launched his originally designed ship into the strong westerly wind. It began to climb like an Airacobra, up and up and up. Then, instead of rolling over it kept on going into a loop, losing altitude and almost crashing. Even though it stayed safely above the ground (about 5 feet) it didn’t have enough altitude and glided in after 1:07.9. That wasn’t enough: Francis Beeler, the Ohio state champ from Hamilton, had posted a grand first flight of 4:10.8, bunched with other flights of 1:40.8 and 3:18, for a 9:09.3 total. To him went the Class C $25 award. Otherwise, Jim carried on at the Ritter and Troy Aves.’ field as he does in most meets. He went home with the most trophies. He won the Sheriff Al Feeney Trophy for the longes? single flight by an Indianapolis contestant—3:51.8. He also won the Saraha Grotto Trophy for being the local filer with the highest total time—8:29.5. None of the other “Big Four” of the IGMA finished in the running in Class C, the class of the big ships and big shots. Here's the complete list of the first ten:

Class C Winners

To 1. Francis Beeler, Hamilton, O 2. James Bennett Sty 234 8S. State St. : 3. Bob Cahill, Mich. 4, George Burtner, Lebanon 5. Kenneth Baldridge, Blooming-

6. Howard Bonner, Anderson.. 7. C.. C. Ashcroft, 6060 Dewey... alos 8. William Hutchins, Portland.. 6:15.1 9. Bud Bowman, 1217 Broadway. 5:54.0 10. Jack Preston, Noblesville.... 5:44.1

out-of-town Hoosier entries swept the field in Class B. Malcolm Warner of Noblesville took home the Comet Trophy and $20 nosing out James Bennett Jr. (there’s that Bennett luck again) by four seconds. Here's that: list:

Class B Winners Total Time ‘1 Malcolm Warner, Noblesville.. 5:29.9 2. James Bennett Jr. 234 8. State St.” ...coiiviiiiiiieinnne 5:25.9 3. Ted Johnson, Sheridan ....... 5:18.3 4. Basil Porter, Anderson ........ 4:39.4 8. C. C. Asheroft, 6060 Dewey.... 4:09.8 6. Edmond Lauer, Crawfordsville 4:03.9

Local Flier Leaves Field With Most of Trophies

Both the local pilots and the|

The results showed a widesnrend acceptance of the objectives of

tion foreign policy, pl two parties should work together” are concerned.

Among

us the frequent comment that “the

where foreign policy and defense

Republicans on the other side of the question, the most fre-

quent comments Were that “the Administration is leading us toward war, and the Republicans should do everything to stop it,” and that “we need a check on this Administration.” ; It is important to remember that the sentiments of Republican voters—as here expressed-—are based on the general trends of Administration foreign policy to date. They obviously do not represent a “blank check” from the rank-and-file of the G. O. P. for any and all steps which the Administration might conceivably take in the future.

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BUT IN a recent Institute survey approximately half of the Re-

puplicans interviewed said Mr.

evelt had moved “about right” with

regard to the war thus far, with an additional group of 17 per cent

saying he had not gone “far enough.”

Flies Pik-a-Back Style .

The Grotto and the Indiana

The remaining third thought

Gas Model Association sponsored

the meet. One of the interesting items flown was the pik-a-back

plane operated by William Dandler, left, and Ralph Greene.

The

plane on the “mother” ship takes off when they are both in the air.

7. Bob McCown, 916 E. 38th St... 8:55.9 8 Jack Malone, Union City °®. Robert Brown, 5137 N New Jersey St. .....ceciciiiieivesns 2 39.8 10. Joha Schisler, Portland ~ An unusual result was a time of 10:16.6 posted by Edward Naudzius of Detroit in winning the Class A event. These tiniest of all the model airplanes usually are at the bottom when it comes to chalking up long flight times. But Ed’s midget hung on to that 30 mile-an-hour wind yesterday like a bulldog on a stick. His first flight was just the ordinary type—1.01.2. His second attempt hit a good 3:44.8 and then on his final the buzzing little plane sat up under the low-hanging clouds for five and a half minutes. Ed, who is ‘the Michigan state

. champ, was away out in front of

Eugene Kemp (Hamilton, O.) and everyone else among the 106 ‘model fliers. He won the Col. Roscoe Turner Trophy for the highest total time, and stacked up against the other Class A builders this way:

Class A Winners * Total Time 1. Edward Naudzius, Detroit 2. Eugene Kemp, Hamilton, O 3. Bud Bryan, Bloomington 4, Frank Ball III, 3232 Cental Ave. 6:02.4 5. Mary Batt, New Castle......... ! 4:31.7 6. Karl Trovinger, Roanoke...... 4:19.9 7. Nick Wade, 5241 College Ave, . 3:10.4 8. Geo. Cochrane, 821 N. Bradley. 2:35.5 9. James Bennett Jr., 234 S. State 1:46.9 Although ary Batt of New Castle was the single feminine entrant and thus had the Sheriff Feeney Trophy for girls won had she only made one flight, her time of 4:31.7 for three flights with her Class A ship was equal to many of the men and way ahead of lots of them. Despite a windy, threatening day which caused scores of crashes the times posted were splendid and the crowd of 6000 seemed to get a big kick out of the whole event, held at the corner of Troy and Ritter Aves. Particularly to the spectators’ liking were the unusual events.

: Harold Stofer of 746 Orange St.

won the novelty event and $10 with a Class C ship which laid a smoke screen. Bill Kandler, of 2211 N. Meridian St., captured the $5 Ucontrol award with his ship that climbed, dived, banked, and maneuvered under its own power.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—M os tly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; continued cold tonight, warmer tomorrow.

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow with some rain in northwest and extreme north portions. Illinois—Cloudy and not so cool tonight and tomorrow; occasional rain. in north and central portions. Lower Michigan—Considerable cloudiness and warmer tonight and tomorrow; rain beginning in north and west portions late tomorrew afternoon or night. Ohio—Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer in west portion tomorrow afternoon. Kentu Sky—Oceasional rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer in extreme

north portion tomorrow afternoon.

President Roosevelt had gone “too far.” ' Much can happen between now and the spring

of 1942 to proven)

these anticipated clashes ‘over foreign policy in the Republican pris

_ maries. Events in Europe as well as in Washington may completely

alter the picture in the meantime. Obviously the present Institute survey is not a forecast of how such primary contests would turn out.

INDEED, SHOULD primary contests develop in either pasty around the ‘issue of foreign policy next year, interpreters of national sentiment will have a particularly delicate task. In short, after such - primaries the question will be: “Was Candidate X successful because of his stand on foreign policy—or because of his stand on other fsuep, F plus his personality, experience and so forth?” Except in rare cases of official referenda, the voters cast thelr ballots for “a man”—with a whole somples of personal factors an

“local issues” intermingled.

. She's Easy Winner . . . .

Mary Batt, New Castle, was the lone feminine entrant and thus won the Sheriff Al Feeney Trophy for girls without much effort,’

She is shown here with William Keough,

Association.

of the Gas Model

{U. S.-JAP PEACE

HOPE FLICKERS

Americans Less Optimistic Since Japan Cannot Back Pledges With Acts.

By H. 0. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (U. P.). —The exploratory “peace talks” hetween the United States and Japan

may taper off into an unproductive effort because of Japan's failure or inability to give definite guarantees as to her future actions, it was learned today. American diplomats “have not abandoned all hope that some solution may yet be found. But at this point, if the talks are to be saved from bogging down, it was understood that the Japanese must give evidencé that they have no jintention of depriving Americans of what they consider their rights in China. Despites®veeks of intensive diplomatic activities—and contradictory reports about them—the conversations have not reached a point where they could be converted into formal negotiations.

Less Hopeful Now

American diplomats, hopeful when, Japanese Premier, Prince Konoye, made his peace appeal to President Roosevelt on Aug. 28, have become somewhat discouraged over the prospects now. It may be difficult for Japan to guarantee American rights in China, either because of the traditional independence of the Japanese military or because of Japanese inability to reconcile their complex domestic situation with their needs for expansion. The tenor of the American attitude has been that Japan must show by actions and not promises that she earnestly desires to improve her relations with this country. The Japanese Lave urged patience because of the admitted difficulties of reconciling home pub lic opinion and of military into line with Tay policies.

. More Talks Planned

It was learned that additional conferences are planned for this week between Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the Japanese Ambassador, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura. Last week there was a lull here but the American Ambassador in Japan, Joseph C. Grew, was busy informing the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo about the several conferences between Mr. Hull and Admiral Nomura during the preceding week. The United States, in the current talks, has made no objection to Japan being the “stabilizing force in the Far East.” But sheinsists that that position of leadership be carried on without impairing or destroying American rights and interests, and without interference with our traditional policy of “open door and equal opportunity.”

: By UNITED PRESS Wing Comimander Douglas Bader, Great Britain’s legless ace, who is

prisoner of the Germans, made Rie bets possible use of & pair of artificial legs his comrades delivered to him with German co-opera-tion, in the quickest possible time, Italian and German dispatches indicated today. to escape and almost

Mr. Bader lost his legs in a milltary plane accident in 1931 and was mustered out of the Royal Air Force. He acquired artificial legs, and, with great perseverance, learned to fly all over again. When the wa started, he rejoined the R. A. Two months ago, his pa plane was shot down over France. He bailed out. A few days later, a German plane dived low over a a

, at. 636 Massachusetts,

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R. A. F. Ace fo Whom Pals Flew Artificial Legs Tries to Walk Away From Germans

. The new legs were dropped 5 parachute over a German field in France from a British plane. That was the last heard of this remarkable display of chivalry amid the brutality of war until today when reports came from both Rome and Berlin that Mr. Bader had made prompt use of his new legs. The United Press Rome Bureau cabled a report that a few days after German fliers ceremoniously delivered his legs in a military hospital in occupied France, he climbed out of a window at night and walked away. Four days later he was recaptured 100 miles away, this report said. He was heading toward the sea coast, where he hoped to find a boat to cross the Channel to England. The radio man said the Germans now take Bader’s legs away from him every Bignt and restore them every mi able to

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Russians Counter-Afiack . Through 'Tank Graveyard’

MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (U. P.).— Front-line dispatches reported today that Russian forces southwest of Bryansk are again advancing through a “gigantic tank cemetery” left by the smashing of Col. Gen.

Heinz Guderian’s Panzer forces. Two more villages southwest of Bryansk have been re-occ¢oupied by the advancing Red Army forces, the dispatches said, as the Russians continued to press against the remnants of the 12 divisions whicn Gen. Guderian employed in an attempted break-through around Bryansk, The Russian forces were said to be moving up through the “tank cemetery” of smashed machines abandoned by the Germans when their offensive failed. Villages and forests through which Soviet troops are moving, the reports said, are strewn with hundreds of machines and other rust-covered wreckage of the collapsed Guderian offensive. The Germans were said. to be falling back in disorder, abandoning much booty, including women’s clothing: Marshal Klementi Voroshilov's forces were reported counter-attack-ing vigorously and constantly in the Leningrad area. It was asserted that in several sectors the Russians had broken through a series of German trench lines 150 yards apart in one of the hottest sectors of that front, and various local counter-at-tacks were reported. On the north central front, the Russians were asserted to have broken the German line and to have retaken five villages in the Staraya Russa region, 125 miles south of Leningrad and 75 miles west of the Leningrad-Moscow railroad. It was asserted that the battle-

field was littered with thousands: of German dead.

This Staraya Russa . attack a.

calculated to relieve pressure on Leningrad, as was fighting at the north end of Lake Ilmen, on the

Finnish front north of Leningrad,

-| where the Russians sought to draw

off German-Finnish forces which might threaten the old city. Russian units there killed 4 Finns in a two-day battle and tured three guns, 15 machine and much other war material, it was asserted. Leningrad dispatches asserted the Germans had failed to make gains at any point and that all approaches to the city were riow guarded by an elaborate system of barricade des fenses, reinforced by pillboxes and dugouts. In the Ukraine, the Russian coftie munique claimed that the 2d and 4th Rumanjan Infantry Brigades, totaling 12,000 men, had beééen

smashed in fights on two sectors bf

the front and that more than 2500 dead were left on the battlefields.’ On the central front Marsh Semyon Timoshenko was. repor

not only to be developing his gérie

eral counter-attack operations but to have recaptured 10 villages -in‘a new thrust southeastward toward the Desna River from Yelyna, ‘fx the Smolensk area.

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scale, the Russians were re to have killed 2300 Germans. -.:*

RUSSIA NEEDS U, S. FOOD WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (U. PM —Russia may have to feed populations in Far Eastern Sibefia and Turkestan with food imported from the United States through the port of Vladivostock, Dr. Lazar Vow lin, eastern Europe specialist for

ported today.

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Strauss Says:

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