Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1941 — Page 3
EI F at at Archangel
By WILLIAM PHILIP
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‘WASHINGTON,
Oct. 24—Reports of & British Expeditionary
‘Force to Archangel and perhaps to the Russian Caucasus are current
‘dpere but unconfirmable. © Five factors, however, lend a
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certain degree of credibility to the
First, the U. S. Maritime Commission has announced that war
: ‘materiel for Russia is to be shipped out of Boston, which: suggests ‘¥m¢ Archangel might be the destination, . Second, on Oct. 13 Stockholm reported that 40,000 British had {already landed at Archangel. London neither denied nor confirmed “his report snd military observers were .inclined to Coubt the truth wy ‘of it, as cabled. Howeve), it was widely believed that a contingent of ¥ ‘British soldiers—perhaps engineers and’ other technicians—had been = sent to Archangel to prepare for an 3 expedivionary fares, the landing
Jot supplies, or both. ; : 8 0» 2
, ON OCT. 10; political - Bri
Fa a leaders, newspapers and the public
Joined in demands that the Government open a second
nt on the Continent to aid the hard-preszed Reds. The matter was Aired in Commons. Even the conservative London Times said the situa-
Reds Train Huge New Armies;
ay Be
tion sailed 10r-“Soldness within ‘she bounds ‘of Fess”! ois mies. papers went considerably further, and the clamor seems to be growing.
Fourth, both Britain and the’
‘United ‘States have made strong
representations to Finland not to push her war with Russia beyond
her original frontiers. This they did, it is reported, because if she
persists she may soon find herself
fighting against a British Expedi-
tionary Force in the region around Murmansk and Archangel. Fifth, the British sent an expeditionary force to Murmansk and Archangel in 1918 to prevent the then advancing Getmans from com-
pletely overrunning and organizing European Russia, Shus defeating the
aims of the British blockade, 8.8 81
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IF THERE IS to be no expeditionary force at Archangel or there- . abouts, observers here remark, the accumulation of large stocks of British and American materiel there might be dangerous. The railway
from Murmansk has already been
severed, and Vologda, junction of
the Archangel-Moscow and Leningrad-Sverdlovsk lines, is clearly an
early Axis objective.
As a rt through which to clear American and British aid to Russia, NY, Archangel would seem to be'in a precarious position.
1f, however, a British Expeditionary
.Force is based ‘there with a view
to using the area as a bridgehead on the Conuinent, well-stocked depots
Moscow | Crisis’ Came Oct. 15
KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Oct, 24, . P.)~Chief War Spokesman 8. L. Lozovsky today announced a new e-up in the High Command to
Russia in organizing great new armies: to be preparej to fight for years to certain victory. “His statement coincided with inBications that Moscow was considered “saved” from the German k—at least’ for the winter and ront line reports that new Geran attacks with fresh troops had een beaten back. # Oct, 15 may have been the degisive day of the he Sreatest German offensive of all tim -On that day*® ie "Germans broke $hrough the Moscow defense lines in the Mozhaisk sector 63 miles west of Moscow. The Government de@ided at once that it would be better to remove the diplomatic Corps, reign correspondents, foreign resints and some key departments— especially supply departments— from Moscow
60 Miles Is Closest
At 1 p. m. Foreign Minister Viacheslav. Molotov summoned diplomatic envoys to fhe gray-walled Kremlin and advised them that they were being transferred to .JKuibyshev but that Russia would’ . fight to the last ditch for Moscow.
The American and British Ambassadors left Moscow at 1:30 a. m. the next morning. Molotov, outranked only by Stalin, set up his office in the schoolhouse at Kuibyshev, which is 540 miles to the east of Moscow. It took four and a half days to move the 200 diplomats, foreigners and officials.
Before the transfer was complete, however, it. was learned that the Red Army, standing fast on a quickly formed defense line west of Moscow, had stopped the Germans who had smashed the armies of seven other nations. Today Lozovsky announced that the German drive had been definitely checked; that to tHe north the
BIOFF MAY TESTIFY gAS DEFENSE OPENS
“NEW YORK, Oct. 24.(U. P.)— - Having failed to convince Federal Judge John C. Knox that William Bioff and George E. Browne should be absolved of a $550,000 extortion charge, defense attorneys began trying to convince the jury today. Bioff, West Coast representative of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (A. F. of L.), was “almost certain” to be the first defense witness, his attorney, George Breslin, said. Bioff and Browne, president of fhe I. A. T. 8S. E., were charged with shaking down four motion picture panies for $550,000, threatening to cal ruinous strikes unless they
Pl Knox yesterday denied motions for directed verdicts, dismissal of the charge, quashing of the indictments and striking of the testimony. The principal defense contention wag that the statute of limitations outlawed prosecution. The defense attorneys also said they would call 2 number of labor leaders as character witnesses.
: ARMY WOOLENS IRK FLORIDA
{ CAMP BLANDING, Fla., Oct. 24 AU. P.).— Winter woolens were donned by the 55,000 soldiers in training here today despite the horror of state Chamber of Commerce officials and an average poh Florida noon temperature of The order prescribes BD combinations of . olive drab shirts, trousers and caps “to withchilly, ¥ainy Florida weather.”
S. A Lozovsky . « » » “far from exhausted.”
Russians held half of Kalinin, 100 miles from Moscow and that at no point were the Germans less than 60 miles from the city. The Nazis are .still making attempts ‘to crack the Red Army's positions at Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets, but today’s dispatches reported assaults beaten back at all critical poms, 3
The entire front was reported covered now with snow which was swept by biting winds. Lozovsky . said that Moscow definitely y and the capital and that “the ‘Germans will soon be convinced that our reserves are far from exhausted.” He added: “We can resist
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for
BERLIN, Oct. 24 (U. P) —Naai quarters said today that German armies, although hampered by rain and snowstorms, were advancing slowly in their occupation of the Donets Basin but even official reports on the battle for Moscow were reserved. The High Command said that “in the East offensive and pursuit operations are continuing further’ and reliable German military sources said the deepest peneration towards Moscow was from the southwest, along the Kaluga highway. Xesterday's communique said German spearheads were 37% miles from the Red capital at that point. Competent sources said that while mud and slush hampered the German southern armies the Russians were falling back steadily behind the Donets River, blowing up all big industrial plants as they retreated. A German propaganda company reporter at the front reported that the city of Kharkov, 405 air-line miles south of Moscow, had been the objective of some of the heaviest air bombing of the entire Russian campaign. The reporter said the German ajr force had turned parts of the city—which normally has a population of 900,000— into a sea of flames. A spokesman asserted that the ‘German forces were “standing right in front of Kharkov” and intimated ‘that word was expected at any time that it had been taken. Special High Command maps showed that in addition to the direct attacks on Rostov, “gateway to
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several years longer and it remains to be seen how much longer the Germans can stand the war.” Lozovsky announced that Marshals Klementi Voroshilov and Beiite yon = Budenny, commanding Leningrad and Ukraine fronts, he been relieved of their commands and that Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, formerly on the central front, had taken over Budenny’s command. He disclosed that Voroshilov and Budenny, two heroes of the early days of the Soviet, were organizing new armies.
statements of the entire war he said Adolf Hitler had failed of his main objectives, that he would never get them, that Russia was supremely confident of victory and that if this was not the last great German offensive it was one of the last.
‘Hitler Has Failed’
Lozovsky asserted that the Germans had been thrown back in several sectors of the Leningrad front, that they ‘had. now ‘concentrated their main strength on the Ukraine front, apparently for a winter offensive. Lozovsky said that Moscow definitely remained the capital; that removal of the diplomatic corps and part: of the Government to Kuibyshev was solely a sign of Russian determination to fight without compromise to victory. “It stands for war to the end by Government and people,” he said. “Nothing can shake us. The main German objectives will never be realized. - We are resolved to fight until the last German' is thrown from Russian territory. Temporary German successes mean nothing. We do not for one mo-
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were German spearheads pointed | ; toward Novocherkassk, 30 miles northeast of Rostov; Makeevka, 75 miles north of Rostov, and 10 miles east of Stalino; Izyum, on the Donets River 70 miles southeast of Kharkov and Korocha, 70 miles northeast of Kharkov. An authorized military spokesman described the weather on ‘the Moscow front as very bad and admitted: “Only a cessation of this rainy weather will permit operations all along the front to reach full success.” v ’ The spokesman said that the heaviest German artillery already could shell Moscow, if it were at the most advanced positions, but he|8° added that this did not happen to fit the High Command plans. High Command maps did not show any recent progress on the Moscow front. The maps showed- the Germans with spearheads pointing in the direction of Kalinin, Mozhaisk and Tula, to the north, west and south, with a couple of extra arrows in between these positions but still a considerable distance from Moscow. The newspapers had jubilant headlines on the shake-up in Russian commands. “Timoshenko dismissed.” “Stalin sets heads rolling” were headlines and the Boersen Zeitung carried a dispatch “from Stockholm,” quoting “London and Mos-]| cow sources,” which said: “It is learned that simultaneously with Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s liquidation Marshal Semyon Budenny is in the Lubianka prison at Moscow and Marshal Klementi Voroshilov also has been liquidated.”
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OFFICIAL WEATHER
hemes Us 8. Weather Bureau
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight with lowest temperature about 50.
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PARLIAMENT OF
JAPAN TO MEET
Session to Vote Army Funds And Consider Relations With America.
TOKYO, Oct. 24 (U. P.)—The new Cabinet decided today to ask Emperor Hirohito to call a special, five-day session of Parliament, beginning Nov. 15, and observers be-
approval of additional large military appropriations. It was a foregone conclusion that the Emperor would convoke the ses-
The Information Board said the session was requested “to obtain approval of additional budget plans and legislative bills urgent to meet the current situation and, at the same time, to express the firm determination of the present Cabinet regarding the prosecution of national policies, and, further, have the nation understand it.”
Will Questions Arise?
Because of frequent Government and - press charges that the United States was leading an American-British-Chinese-Dutch encirclement of Japan, it was considered possible that Diet members would take advantage of the session to press the Government to publish former Premier Fumimaro Konoye’s message to President Roosevelt, the progress of present negotiations with Wasfi-
Cabinet of new Premier Eiki Tojo toward the United States. On the other hand, it was said, such questions might not be brought up, lest the pressure be incompatible with the allegedly unprecedented situation confronting Japan. The newspaper Nichi Nichi said
the session would be important, be-
cause Tojo’s Government was expecting to clarify the of negotiations with the United States, as well as the attitude toward that country, in order to obtain the “nation’s solid, resolute support.” It said the proposed session also demonstrates the Government’s “firm determination” to overcome the difficult situation confronting Japan, .
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Nomura Wants to Visit Tokyo
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (U. P). —Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, may return to Tokyo for consultations with the new Cabinet on U. S.-Japanese relations, it was learned today. If it is decided that the present situation in the Pacific is too tense to permit his absence from Washington, it is expected that the Embusty counsellor, Sadao Iguchi, will
One member of the Embassy staff already has arranged to return to
be explained better by direct personal contact than through diplomatic telegrams. Shigeoshi Obata, special adviser to Nomura on American affairs, leaves tomorrow. It was understood that Nomurs feels keenly the state of public opinion in the United States regarding Japan and Japan's possible future moves in the Far East. He believes that a war with Japan would have unquestioned public support in the United States and that the prevailing view here is that a victory over Japan could be achieved without great effort. He is understood to feel that there are no questions between the United States.and his Government which diplomacy can not solve. But he is represented as fearing that public opinion either here or
of the hands of diplomats.
FRENCH SOMALILAND INVADED, SAYS VIGHY
VICHY, Oct. 24 (U. P.) Pree French forces loyal to Gen. Charles de Gaulle have invaded the French
lieved the purpose was to obtain]
ington, and the attitude of the}.
Japan to report matters which can}.
in Japan may take the matter out}
. SOMEWHENE Ow OTHER west of: the Usa, ities Almost 085+. tainly will have to call a halt. “Whereupon, a Russian-British attack
from the direction of Archangel, and a simultaneous: thrust’ from the direction of the Caucasus, would give the Nasi High Command something to think about. : Shortly after the Bolsheviks and Germans signed a separate peace in 1918, an Allied expedition landed at Murmansk. That was in March. In August it took Archangel. The British Gen. Poole was in command but there were American and French contingents. “The object was to defend the new Murmansk railway (built in 1916 to connect Murmansk with Petrograd) against Pinnish-German attacks; prevent the establishment of German submarine bases in the Arctic, and protect the huge supplies of British and American munitions sent to the Cuar but never used. This expeditionary force had to contend not only with the Germans
but with the Bolsheviks as well. Nevertheless, it helped materially to keep the Germans from reaping the benefits they might otherwise have enjoyed se a/Yesult of their victery over Russia.
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