Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 October 1941 — Page 3

aor to Senate Says Attempted Towedoiny of u. 8) ;

Destroyer Was Preceded by Assault on Nazi

Craft by British Plane. :

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15

(U. P.)i—The attempted ‘tor-

pedoing of the U. 8. destroyer Greer on Sept. 4—an incident that led to President Roosevelt’s “shoot-on-sight” order to the Navy—was preceded by an attack on the German uh»

marine by a British plane.

' That was revealed last night in a report written by

Chief of Nava - ate Naval Affairs Committee. Chairman David I. Walsh (D. Mass.), released it with the consent of the Navy Depart-| ment. The report led’ thal the British plane hi informed the Greer some four hours before the torpedo attack of the presence of a submarine 10 miles ahead of its

. course.

Nearly two hows later, the report said, the British plane dropped four depth charges in vicinity of the submarine, which was submerged,

and departed from the scene. Set Off Depth Charges Two hours after the plane had left and some four hours after being informed about the submarine, the Greer sighted an “impulse bubble” indicating that the submarine had discharged a to minute later it sighted a track 100 yards astern. The report continued: with details of the Greer’s attack upon the submarine with eight depth es, a Sybsequent torpedo track hted, after locating the submarine a the discharge of 11 more depth charges. None of the depth charges apparently were effective. The incident, the report said, took place 175 miles southwest of .Iceland in ‘an area whieh the German government has warned that vessels there expose themselves “to the danger of destruction.” Greer “Trailed’ Sub In fesponse to a written question by Mr. Walsh as to whether the Navy opeaent knew Shall this German order, the report sai “The Greer had orders the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet to proceed shrough the area. The Navy Department had full knowledge of this.” - Acting upon the information furnished by the British plane, the report said, the Greer set out to search for thé submarine and after locating it with listening devices “trailed” it under orders to refrain from shooting, but to broadcast its position. The report emphasized that at no time did the Greer see the submarine’s periscope. During part of the operations, it said, a British destroyer was within five miles and asked the Greer whether she needed. assistance. Receiving a negative response, report continued, “the British destroyer stood clear of the area and disappeared to the southward.” Mr. Stark declined to furnish the committee with the Greer’s log or to permit men or officers of the Greer to appear before the committee on the ground that such .testimony might reveal military secrets.

Chronology of Incident

Following is the chronology of the Greer incident on Sept. 4 as revealed by Mr. Stark’s report: 8:40 A. M.—Greer, en route to Icoland, informed by British plane oi presence of submarine 10 miles ahead. 9:20 A. M-—Greer, through her listening devices, locates submarine. 10:32 A. M.—British plane drops four depth charges near submarine. 10:52 A. M.—British plane dest parts from scene. 12:40 P. M.—Submarine, which has been trailed by Greer, changes course and comes closer to destroyer. 12:48 P. M.—Greer sights “impulse bubble” indicating submarine has discharged torpedo. 12:49 P. M.—Torpedo track sighted 100 yards astern. , 12:56 P. M.—Qreer attacks submarine with eight depth charges. 12:58 P. M.—Second torpedo track sighted 500 yards to- starboard bow. 1:00 P. M.—Greer, which has lost contact with. the submarine, starts search again. 3:12 P. M.—Greer locates a submarine through listening device and gone 11 depth charges. © 6:40 P. M.—Greer abandons search {or submarine.

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Operations: Harold R. Stark for the Sen-

STATE DEALERS FIGHT AUTO CURB]

Lower Production Means “Loss of Jobs and Taxes, They: Wire Willis. _

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times. Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 15—~With SPAB supposedly meeting to consider further curtailment. of automobile production, automobile dealers in Indidnapolis and throughout Indiana today deluged Senator Raymond E. ‘Willis (R. Ind.), with telegrams of protest. The Senator’s office promptly dispatched them to Donald Nelson, executive director of SI'AB, As the protests were: received, Civilian Supply Chief Leon Henderson ordered next January's automobile production cut “at least” 51 per cent below the output of January, 1941, and warned that the reduction probably would be considerably greater] The order limited manufacturers to a maximum output of 204,848 passenger cars next January. Mr. Henderson told the industry’s representatives that there was no guarantee that there be sufficient materials to fulfill the maximum permissible production.

Urges Thorough Study Fifteen telegrams came from Indianapolis - dealers, President Alvin _R. Jones of Jones & Maley,

Inc., wired: “We are quite anxious to co-oper-ate on the national defense program to the best of our ability. However, any further curtailment of production in the automobile manufacturing industry not only will force additional unemployment in retail automobile business, but will also force many of us out of the picture entirely. “You are our only representative in this cause. . We ‘sincerely hope this matter of ‘further curtatiment is studied thoroughly. before acting.” Ofer Indianapolis = telegrams rea “We beg you to prevent further curtailment of automobile production. . Expensive cut aid pr bare: Le Livelihood of many families depends upon not ete x us ‘down, Further reduction forces us out-of business. Remember, automotive industry helped immeasureably in. recovery from last depression. We are doing our part now. Jim Roberts, Inc.” “Further reduction in automobile production will increase unemploy= ment, reduce Government tax .income and wreck dealer investments. Seventy-six: per cent of our organization buying defense bonds.| Community Motors, Inc., J. H. Taylor, President.”

Willis Asks Consideration

mobile sales force, I am registering my protest against further produce|irem tion curtailments. A further cut will force many of us into the ranks of unemployed. Lynn Myer.” Other Indianapolis protestants were and Motors, Inc., Meridian Pontiac, Inc, Louise Sauter, E. J.

man, Thomas Mahaffey Jr., J. B. Chauncey, George Walker, Francis Pierson, Packard Indianapolis, Fred L. Mahaffey and 'W. W. Tobey The Evansville Automobile Trade

also dealers from Ft. Wayne, Colum-

Senator Willis’ Nelson read:

letter to Mr.

situation, I hope and believe that you and your associates will give

breaking the back of depressed conditions of ecent; years.”

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most serious consideration to the 9 protests coming from the members|pitre of a group which have been in the past large contributors toward|San Pra

Mariupol Falls, Kalinin it + Endangered, Paratroops Are Captured.

MOSCOW,

ers and paratroops moved closer. to

some sectors.

west, north on the Kalinin sec away) and in the directions.

g hands several times according ‘to front line reports.

king 96 tanks, 22 armored Cars, oo utomobiles and two planes in a

said. : Cold’ Aids Nazis The cold weather and snow sweeping over some sectors was said in war dispatches to have aided the enemy in using secondary roads, ‘on which scouting units were sent after the muddy paths had frozen. Mass operations were reported on both sides, with. the Germans throwing heavy reinforcements, including paratroops, into the Kalinin

said to have been wiped out. . “Moscow is in danger,” warned Red Star, army newspaper, “The enemy has reached the far-off approaches to the capital. Moscow’ defenses must be strengthened ims mediately. The Germans - have broken .some defenses in the Vyazma sector despite terrific losses but they have a considersble advantage in this sector, in parts of which the balance of forces is unfavorable to | Dispatches said that the’ Russians held their main defense jhe ng that individual German units had broken through in the Kalinin sector to the approaches of the city. In the Bryansk direction, the Ger=| reported advancing slowly against stubborn resistance, and it was said that in a small 1 sector the Germans lost 30 tanks, ]100 motor cars, 10 field guns and 1000 men. The drive on Kalinin, pointed down the railroad toward Moscow, was mentioned for the first time in today’s morning communique, and it was admitted at the same time that the Russians had evacuated Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov at the fringe of the Rostov industrial area. ~

Kalinin Is Critical Spot

It was believed that the Germans, driving in on Moscow from the directions of Kalinin, Vyazma and] Orel, were trying to shorten their line to approximately 200 miles in order to concentrate their striking power for a final asst, on the t| capital. ve

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Oct. 18 (U. B)—|& Massed tank and ‘mechanized 'in-| {fantry, columns led by dive bomb=

Moscow today : but war front dis-;

slowed ‘or checked the. enemy on| Great battles raged all night] and south of Moscow} tor (100° miles} Vyazma and Bryansk, with villages 5 mass attacks and’ eral RS in -

On .the western front befors the !

battle in which 1500 Germans were | killed or wounded, the Red Star

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Germans 50 to 60 Miles From Moscow, Natural Obstacles Passed.

BERLIN, Oct. 16 (U. P.).—German panzers, paced by Stuka divebombers, were reported today by Nazi quarters to have crashed

Kalinin ‘and Tula sectors and to be roaring four-abreast along the highways within probably 50 or 60 miles of Moscow. Official ‘ quarters declined to say how, far beyond Kalinin and Tula, about 100 miles north and south of

ocal | Moscow, respectively, the German

pjoicers operation had carried, but er sources indicated that advance

50 or 60 miles of. the capital at some points. German sources said they had no confirmation that Kalinin itself had ‘been taken, but reported that the German forces had advanced about

day. . Planes Attack Moscow

Front dispatches claimed that all important - natural obstacles, rivers and swamps, had ‘been left behind | jar and that only second-string Russian troops were between the Germans

yy High nd, in its daily commumnigue® ‘at Hitler's headquarters, merely repeated a special communique of last night which had asserted that more ‘than 3,000,000 Russian prisoners had been taken, and added that during the night

objectives” at Moscow, causing several fires. “Whatever the Russians can now throw into battle by way of dubious reserves, they are no longer an op-

their destroyed armies,” said the Nazi Party newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter. “Road ‘conditions -are now the main opponents of our soldiers. The war in the East alorrow, |TEAAY Las reached ‘its actual aim: destruction of the enemy which menaced our existence,” :

“Red Army Destroyed” “Experts before the war asserted that of the great Russian army

to-{ about ' 3,000,000 men could be con-

sidered fully trained, experienced and equipped,” said the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. “Even if that estimate was too low, since the enemy’s armament was even more

ay) confirms the world-shaking

er today is already shattered. For to 3,000,000 prisoners must still be pore Seep bo B able but at least equivalent number of killed and wounded. «0 « The result ok the German

victory in the east can ho-longer be - | assailed, all British arrive until the last “few ‘days: of

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forces had thrust probably to within’

eight miles in that sector yester- | §i11

German planes: attacked “military |ment

ponent comparable in any way with}

gigantic than we. believed, the total {of 3,000,000 prisoners (claimed by the German High Command yester-

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Salute by Thousands of Guns To Next. Sunrise Expected

. ‘By TIM TIPPETT ; “Tomorrow paradise begins : for

‘Hoosier hunters. They hope it means

a ‘Waterloo for some half ‘million ducks, geese, brant and coot. :

As the suh’'peeks over the horizon it will ‘be greeted by ‘an18,000gun salute, - With hardly a pause, the hunting will continue on the banks of every river, in the tall: weeds near the ponds and on the shores of the State

through Russian defenses . in the lakes.

Since last Dec. 14, the final day |S of the 1940 bird season, some 18,000 have’ lived again their feats of the past and planned new forays.

Uncomfortable, But Fun

For the next 59 days the avid duck, goose, brant and coot hunter will stand or squat in wet marshes, half submerged blinds, in half awash boats or on slippery river banks, just in case a fight of birds come along. Red capped, mittened and sporting the latest in hip boots ‘and multi-pocketed canvas coats, they spend hours under the ‘most uncomfortable conditions imaginable and love every minute of it. hi” Last year, an addition to the regular State hunting licenses, 18,882 paid the Federal Government a doleach for their “Duck Stamp.”

Plenty of Targets © ‘Sales this year are reported ahead of last year’s but it cannot be as-

sumed thers will be more than 18,000 - toting a-gun. the first day,

for some stamps are bought by}

stamp collectors and some hunters (none we know) can’t make it. The State Conservation Departguarantees . at - least 500,000 home grown birds will challenge the hunters’ aim. These have “come of age” this year—grown in more than 3000 acres of. restored ea and ) Indiana!

; sportsmen, vision of Fish and Game, have ebl possible the restoration of more than 2000 acres of the Kaukakee Marsh —one part on: the Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve; and the other at:the Kankakee State: Game Preserve, In addition another waterfowl area, the 800-acre lake now a part

of the Hovey Lake State Game Pre-

serve, has been ‘with funds contributed as license fees by the sportsmen. Ducks in Canada Still There In these game - areas ‘various species of vegetation providing food

for migratory waterfowl have been| .

planted and nesting areas are pro-

tected during the spring. Thanks to-these areas there will be ducks to shoot tomorrow. For, as was the case last year, there has been no noticable migration from Canada. It will take bad storms and rapidly increasing cold weather ids Winging over the

year in Canada the

the open season Pot-hole shooting is alimost mpossible this year because of the

the |summer

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Editor, | Here on U.S. Survey

James and Wawasee: Some of the shallow ' feeders’ probably ‘ will: be found on the Pidgeon River, he headwaters of the Elkhart. and the Tippecanoe. - : And here are sume, reminders. that the Conservation: ‘Department: hopes aren't necessary: There is no open season .in .Indiana on Ross's .geese, wood ducks, ‘Wilson’s snipe or: Jacksnipe, cranes, swans and mourning or 2 furtle doves. Take along a copy of the game laws vs apd don’t forget your “Duck

RD. birt, that hunting with firearms on Sunday is “ver botten.”

You can use a slingshot or bow and

- |arfow if you want but follow the

crowd—stay home. Sunday and lie about the big ones that flew on by.

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[FBI ACTS T0 GUARD

FORD'S HUGE PLANT)

‘DETROIT, oét. 15 (U. P).—A survey aimed at preventing sabotage ense work ‘in’ the: Ford Motor . River Rouge -plant—the n | world’s largest factory—has been

Investigation, it was learned today. FBI agents, it was disclosed by Ford Personnel Director Harry Bennett, already has visited the giant plant—where 80: per cent of Ford's production is concentrated. Other sources revealed that the G-men would’ begin a major survey within 30 ‘days to study. systematically all possible means by which saboteurs could cripple production in what may become’ one of the largest individual producers| of defense orders. in the "nation. There were reports that the survey would take 20 days. ]

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American : coincided with these other ¢ ments: « Premier Fuminaro 3 he Imperial ‘palace y to Empetor His hito following two days of conf ences with im “personages. the ‘Government and the “Impe household. The pin rh Navy bon ne nounce personnel shake= ups and the Privy Countil ordel university and college terms tailed in order to speed entry students into the armed forces. | Newspapers | intensified a anti-American campaign with ti Tokyo Asahi warning the the Unit States would be responsible for “danger” resulting from from continu tension in the Pacific. Asahi said would be impossible to ‘end the cific crisis “unless the United § changes its. fundamental Far E ern policies.” | The Domel News. Agence said that well-informed quarters lieved “no further: -protraction Japanese-American negotiations wal permissible ‘so {long as the Unit tates continues! its double-des assuming a hostile attitude tow Japan on one hand while diplomats cally negotiating on the other.”

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