Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1941 — Page 1

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Today s News | In Five Minutes

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT this afternoon rejected John L. Lewis’ demand for a closed shop in :the captive mines. He issued a sweeping statement saying the Government -will not “decree” or pass legislation. for the closed shop. He met with Lewis and steel company executives for 30 minutes, then issued his statement a short time later. . He asked both Lewis and the . steel companies to continue Boge tiations over the week-end, tryin to compromise their disput) Lewis had set tomorrow as the deadline. : Immediately on top of the President’s statement came a “flash”— ‘the mines will remain open.

Thus ends another U. 8. labor

At-Long Last ' THE ARK ROYAL, a 22,000-ton ‘aireraft carrier, has been reported sunk. or damaged so. many times , concerning it have

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HEAVY QUAKES CAUSE DAMAGE

Business District of Town Near Los Angeles Is in Ruins; None Killed.

LOS ANGELES, Nov, 14 (U, P.). —~Two of the heaviest earthquakes

to strike the Los Angeles area in

years today wrecked at least 100 small buildings and a huge oil stor-| age tank, broke gas and water mains and damaged homes in the suburban Torrance-Gardena area. ‘Torrance, an industrial ‘ city of 10,000, suffered the worst damage. “The whole business district is a wis |SHambles,” Police Chief J. H. Stroh

Hundreds of residents milled about the streets in pajamas,

‘| bathrobes. and shirtsleeves after

having been rolled out of bed. Some were on thé verge of hysteria. = Others, old-timers who saw the city wrecked by another quake almost nine years ago, were calm, satis refused to return to their

; Survey Wrecked Shops Merchants surveyed their wrecked shops and tried to salvage articles from the rubble. D. G. Goddard, who operates a

small cleaning SN ross hysts

Stuérican British patrols in the Atlantic have wiped out “many U-boats.”

The For East

THE WAR OF NERVES between the U.S. and Japan kept up. This time it was our turn. Mr. Roosevelt qrdered | 970 marines. out of they'd be hopelessly it wat did break out. It news intended to sober Saburo due in Washington somee this week-end. :

r 'Inevitable' AL PASSAGE by Congress ay of the Neutrality Act re‘brought the expected reacfrom abroad. There was no other war news of any import. Bermn, Rome: and Tokyo said glumly * that war with the United States : “inevitable.” London crowed: “They're coming over!”

Coast Quake

THE LOS ANGELES area went through another earthquake episode during the might. There were two distinct quakes. Most damaged was Torrance (10,000 population), where 100 small buildings were wrecked, gas and water mains damsyed. No fatalities.

Defense Housing

THE PRESIDENT today authoried a survey of housing conditions in the Detroit area. Behind it is a

plan for & 10,000-unit, $50,000,000

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; ll Waiting

THE “PRESSURE” from politi-’ lage

cians was still on’ ‘Governor Sehricker ‘concerning the vacant

Municipal Court post iro Re-

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Hardly a building was Yoit un- , and many were knocked ‘flat. Many parked automobiles were crushed. when store fronts fell into the street.

Gasoline Tank Bretks

The quakes: strucle at’ 2:41. and 3:30 a. m. (Indianapolis Time)

| when theatets and: business build-

ings were vacant. Chief Stroh said he had received no reports of any deaths or serious injuries. A gasoline storage tank broke and

{flooded Torrance pueblo, a hearby

hamlet of about 150 Mexican families. ‘The Fire Department ordered the Columbia Steel Co. to shui off its furnaces because the area was saturated with gasoline. ‘Residents were evacuatéd and housed in the’ Torrance auditorium. : The - Torrance-Gardens - area is between 15. and 17 miles southwest of the Los Angeles business district. "The’danger of a major conflagration in the ’debris was mains . broken by: the shock sent their. inflammable fumes over the scene and several thousand : barrels of’ crude oil ‘were spilled into the streets when a 55,000-barrel storage tank was torn asunder.

d was extensive

Socrmtle wide area which felt the rolling’ motion of the quakes. e temblors lasted from 15 to

‘was’ Sesh Lg * shock, hich e ‘secon w apparentl was limited to: the subuzd y

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The ‘quakes . were ved ..centered in the great fault which runs from Inglewood out to. the sea. Riverside, 45. miles east of here, and

the extremities of the quake zone. Long Beach, which suffered the heaviest damage and: loss of life in 1933, felt. the shock. There was some damage, - San Diego did not feel it. Santa Ana police reported “ quite} a good swing” ‘but no serious pi

alos Verdes, Tagune ahd Com - {on also felt the Pp

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IN CALIFORNIA!

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Minor amage threughout - the 50-mile long and|

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‘That's Not True!

Lana Turner NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (U, P).— Lana Turner, film star, had a dinner date with her former husband, Artie Shaw, last night. Today Mr. Shaw .apnounced: “We are going to be married ag Miss Turner countered: {That's not true. We did not discuss a reconciliation.”

COURT CHOICE NARROWS 70 2

Chamberlin and = “Collins Seen as Leaders; Action In 24 ‘Hours Likely. .

60-year-old State 0 Shan be) served 12 yeals as Marion Circuit Court’ judge, and James Ail

ty Criminal Court years judge of City Court. Both men have been recommended to the Go Judge ' “hamberlin, howeve., pees 1» ba in snk On s th

cratic leadership, inclu county judges, have ind Collins.

Three Others Given Ch nce

Mr. Chamberlin. served in the 1941 State Senate, where he won the respect. of his G. 0O.:P. jority colleagues for his’ ‘legal “advice: Judge. Collins was the i Republican candidate aga Louis ‘Ludlow in the Twe trict congresional race. | . Both have been active affairs for many years. Political leaders and:

ernor’s office in person and by mail during -the past two days seeking the appointment for their favorites. other Republican torneys| were “believed ‘to have | chance .to land the appo tment Clyde garter, Saul Rabb g Earle

30 seconds. . | DoRStoun Lok angeles |»

Laguna Beach, 55 miles south, were Det

Collins; 71, for 16 years judge of the Marion Coun d four

of these developments ' centering with Dillon on charges of visiting: a:

AXIS SAYS U.S. [ENTRY IN WAR

1S ‘INEVITABLE

Eondon Believes American Navy May Establish Bases in Ireland.

War News Inside

- Details of Fighting Today’s War Moves. ; Neutrality: Vote Details ..... Maj. Eliot “On Burma Road” by Stowe.. . 20 - Battle of Atlantic 21

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United ‘Press Foreign News. Editor - The threat’ of world-wide war mounted ' swiftly today ; with "em-

the fight against Axis aggression. A series of developments in the {Atlantic sea lanes, across warring Europe and into the tense Far East was viewed by every Juajor ‘capital as foreshadowing a spreading am intensified conflict. ~ Developments included: ‘America’s decision to carry war} supplies, protécted ‘by U. 8. naval guns, into the war zones wéas| described: by Berlin, Rome _ and Tokyo as meaning “inevitable” war-

{fare and by London as meaning that SJE ge coming: over. »

‘the per the. LIher of men eligible

|for army service, S13 “The British acknowledged loss of the 22,000-ton airplane car-

jo|rier Ark Royal, torpedoed in the

‘Mediterranean, probably by an Halian submarine. But British sources said * that = American: and British Navy patrols: had atrcrod “many U-boa's,” successful action against

ly. 8 new German sea and alr offensive lin! ‘the Atlantic.

14 ~Xondon: believed: that American’ ‘warships scheduled to convoy | American merchant ships with supplies for Britain and Russia would {establish bases in the British. Isles,

declined comment. 3 The - Dutch East Indies pre- " pared for large scale war ma-

fenses in view of a spokesman’s statement that they were: prepared

.|to fight ‘with Britain and America

in event of a Pacific war. In the long-range view, the speed

around the role of the United States in both the Atlantic and the Pacific overshadowed the Russian fighting,

Reds Use New Tactics

.'On the Moscow front, the Soviets| reported that they had recaptured 20 villages in the Kalinin ‘sector 1and made: less important gains on

iland strike southward against the| ‘Caucasus oil fields which the official |- ~{Nazi news agency reported within

{range of the Luttwafte bombers,

phasis on the rolé. of America in].

presumably in North Ireland, for} |Tueling purposes, but official sources

neuvers Nov. 18 to strengthe de-]

other sectors of the Leningrad and . | Moscow battlefields. Soviet Stormlayik planes, a new. type of fighter {{8r aitack oa tami, were Said {0 be

ew. wv bomb

0 0”: ‘German etponed Puices called it a “grenade rocket.” In the Crimea, however, the Ger-

| mians to be making progress in their drive to encircle Rostov |

A ad view of the an Royal n

a ‘British port for renovating earlier in the war,

[ENTRY LACKING IN DILLON CASE

4 on Oct; 11, but today court rec-

tion or eg. “At the trial, police officers. turned into the court $600 allegedly confiscated at the Dillon place, known: as

land St... Judge’ Pro “em George ‘Rinter, who was presiding at the trial, continued : until: Oct. 15 his decisior: on disposition ‘of the confiscated I matiey. Space Is Blank® ‘Minicipal Cour | records in the County Clerk’s office. shows the trial ‘was held, but the space desig: nated for conviction entry is blank. Deputy clerks said Judge Rinier had never haided down to them the formal entry nor the Dillon affidavit. = Also the clerk’s office has no record of any ruling regarding disposition = of the confiscated money. Police Department’ records of ‘the case show a continuance until Qet. 15, ‘but’ nothing is- en the record abot any further action. Twelve - other defendants tried

gaming house also were convicted at the same time by Judge Rinier but ‘records of their cases, too, were’ blank as to isonviction or further

action. dys for the defendants indicated: at the tine of the Oct. 11 trial that they would appeal the case and somo of them came in to file their appeal bonds. Deputy clerks said the offers of lappeal bonds had to be turned down because “we have no formal records

. Judge Rinjer could not be reached for ‘comment on . the ‘records. but said: ‘understood dis- [Sone nier had ‘he would

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plete the recptds in the “case.” * Convictest Man Testifies

Today in Municipal Court 3, an-

hin | other gambling case against Dillon was being’

tried ‘before a jury and Special Judge Cassius Gentry of | Noblesville.

No Court ction Indicated ;

ords showed. no entry ; of the convic-

of any. convictions in the case.” : {He

approve the sppenl bonds and com- |den

The evidence in the case was|

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aburu. Kurusu, - Japan’s nergency ‘envoy to the

i tates,: arrived here to-.

& California, Soe en; Washington 1

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reed Down at Port n Caspian.

Nov. 14 . P)—An aotncement. said" ‘today ane carrying Maxim Lit-

sian : Ambassador ‘to ‘the| .

tes, and Laurence Stein-| j. /Ambassador to ‘Russia, “safely: at-Pahlevi, Iranthe Caspian Sea. § ‘ment said it was under-, the plane was forced off] ver the Caspian Ses; apbad weather,

3 175 miles north of Teh-}|.

the usual point of entry r Russian planes flying e Kuibyshev-Tehran run. mats” left Kuibyshey for dnesday. They were due ast night and some fears xpreséd for their safety.

THERS ‘BOLT | DIATION ‘BOARD

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CARRIER SUNK BY AXIS U-BOAT|",

= Lost While Being. Towels

the admiralty announced today, : +The Ark. al was. attacked east of Gibraltar "in_ the. Mediterranean |. late. yesterday and it was first believed the ship. Id be towed safely|’ to .port.: The 23,000-ton- ship's list}.

~ |grew: Brew ome, however, and the: big

-carrier ‘sank. early this maraing ‘while: being

wien \orpedoed. .

IAF 1arge number of: her: orew flier personnel was saved. Thus was written an end to perhaps the best known warship flying the white ensign, the third aircraft carrier ; by Brifain. ‘The . terse ' Admiralty statement |gave. ‘little detail on the: encounter. The announcement said: “The Board of Admiralty regrets to | ‘announce ' that ' the aircraft carrier H. M. S. Ark Royal (Capt. L. E. H. Maund; C. B. E)' has been sunk. . She was in tow. after:

details ‘and casualties’ ‘are’ ‘not known. Reports indicate that casual~ ties ‘are fortunately not heavy as it is known that a large number of the ship’s company was taken off. Next| of kin are being informed. h

Saw ‘Constant Service .

So frequently was the Ark Royal {reported sunk inthe claims of both

almost a by-word | in Britain for false propaganda.

#0 or more planes. The ship had seen ‘almost con-

sea lanes off Norway and the North

~ URGES ON STRIKES

being towed. was. efuming. to. Gibraltar Ee

torpedoed by ‘a U-boat; The being ste 3

~ She had a normal operating per-{" sonnel of 1575 officers and men and :

ar “in | Cape. Her planes had carried outjot A | scores of Stags upon

un snemug naval art.

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| If Necessary. ‘to. Keep Up Production. 3

BULLETIN of ~ WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (u. ‘Roosevelt today

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rent “fice” in the phi which Teed the steel

said to the orton TL threaten—I am asking yon to talk over this problem of cont coal production.” - “If you can't agree tox

Rome and. Berlin that she became| he

stant service in the thick of the sea lat. |fighting. She ranged the Mediter-{sjus ranean, the ‘Atlantic’ and the cold |g

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