Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1941 — Page 1
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PRESIDENT ROQEEVEL (had his hands full today. He had three big problems to juggle: 1, The labor situation (John Lewis’ miners are still on strike). 2. Japan. (Tokyo's Parliament was breathing fire all during to-, day’s session). 3.The railroad situation. (The President met at noon with all parties involved in an effort to stave off the general strike now set to begin Dec. Tth), 7
Labor Legislation
MOST IMPORTANT at ment seemed the labor crisis. Mr, Roosevelt met this morning with Senate and House leaders. | When At was over, Speaker Rayburn said “I don’t think it will be very long” before Congress starts moving on anti-strike legislation. Megntime, coal stocks were shrinking with 43,000 out of the 53,000 employees of the captive mines out on s{rike.
The Far East |
THE BIG PUZZLE of 3 day what Special Amabalssat Kurusu expected to achieve [in his conference with Cordell H } The Japanese Parliament: went. 4 ~out: in its support of the x s-and the Army and Navy 1 ! the nation , that. it was * ; pared. for & any “eventual
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In Europe
THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE interest in.some peace feelels sent out toward Turkey by the Ger= mans’. skilful Von Papen. London seemed to think i was the forerunner of the "Neate offe they've been precictitig £0 some time. In the actual fighting, the only reports came from the Moscow area. The Nazis hav o been stalled gt Tula, 100 miles south of Moscow, and today .swi hed the drive to the region north of the Russian capital. The fighting was heavy, but there were no indications ‘the Germans were ghining ground. 1
Udet Dead
ERNST UDET, famous German aviator, well known in the |U. 8S. for hig daring stunt flying, was killed today “while experimenting.
with a new type of firearms,” Ber-
lin announced.
Twas a German
THE SHIP caught by a |U. S. cruiser while flying the American flag today turned out to be German. It’s now in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, and the German crew prison.
ers at Ft. Buchanan there.
Britain First
FRANK KNOX, secretary of the
Navy, made it clear this afternoon
that the first American merchant
ships to be armed under the revised Neutrality Bill, will be those heading for Britain.
All Aid
AND THE C. 1 O., in convention °
in Detroit, passed resolutions com-
mending the President's program of all-out aid to the enemies of Hitler,
| Unconstitutional |
. THE SKIP-ELECTION - Law,
passed; by the last Legislature, and |
which has been a burning political issue for the last few months; this afternoon was. ruled unconstitu-
tional by Circuit Court Judge Earl ||
Cox. Now, the case goes directly
to the State Supreme Court, which
Is expected to hand dow an early
ador
nsive” | War
BUILD NO BASE
IN FAR EAST, U. 5. WARNED
Nazi Attacks .Turn South; Rostov Pincers Feared.
On Inside Pages
Details of Fighting Today’s War Moves...... oreaees
3 Why British Don’t Invade Europe 3 “On Burma Road) by Stowe.... 11
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor
A warning that Japan’s armed forces are “fully prepared” for war in the Pacific came from Tokyo today as German armies were reported swinging southward for an offensive toward the Middle East. Reports from the Russian fighting front were meager, but the Nazis appeared to have failed in new thrusts at Volokolamsk on the Moscow sector and London believed that Adolf Hitler was attempting to gather strength for a pincers operation against Rostov and a drive southward toward the Caucasus. These developments, as well as British hints that major operations were being renewed on the Libyan desert front, were of importance in connection with intensified Japanese attacks on the United States in preparation for a showdown in the ar East.
"Put Blame on U. S.
> Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo, speaking as War Minister, and Naval Minister Admiral Shigetaro Shimada told the Japanese Diet that the Army and Navy were “fully pre- ” for any development and the| said that Japan was de~| TF
Te fermi ogo tasgand Jn esadlih
Japanese spokesmen renewed warnings ‘against ‘the creation of any American bases in the Far East at points such as Vladivostok and— in line with Tokyo's effort to increase pressure and put responsibility for war or peace on Washington — the press charged - that the United States was the chief obstacle to Japan’s efforts to end the China
“The United States is the root of the cause of world upheaval,” commentators in Tokyo charged. “America is seeking world hegemony, our people are ready.”
Order New AA Guns
Gen. Tojo asserted the “grim determination” of the nation to break out -of alleged American-British economic encirclement as the Diet approved a new military appropriation of $873,000,000 and ordered additional anti-aircraft defenses for the capital. - Reports circulated again that the Japanese were moving or preparing to move military reinforcements said to total about 100,000 troops, into French Indo-China in preparation for a blow at Thailand or the Burma Road, which Tokyo. news-, papers charged was now defended by American aviation experts. In Shanghai, however, it was reported that the Japanese were becoming increasingly alarmed by the diplomatic, and political activities of Germany in China, especially with {the Wang Ching-wei Government set up by Japan at Nanking. The Germans at Nanking were reported to have told Wang that a Japanese war against the United States was inevitable ‘and that only strong ‘German support could “save the Nanking Government if Japan were defeated.
Pincers on Rostov?
believed that the Germans now were preparing to strike with greater strength at Rostov (Berlin said a drive already had been renewed in the Donets Basin) in order :to open the road to the Caucasus. Atl the same time, it was believed, the Germans might attempt to cross
|the Kerchenski Straits from the
Crimea to the mainland, thus working a pincers attack on Rostov. The - Hitler peace offensive predicted by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appeared to be developing. At Ankara, Nazi Ambassador Franz von Papen started
{talk of peace. negotiations (after
Russia is crushed) in an interview
y and Spain in event the war and the Axis seeks to drive from the Mediterranean.
TIMES FEATURES ° ON INSIDE PAGES
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Udet Killed
Col. Gen. Ernst Udet #® ” 8
ACCIDENT FATAL E22 TONAZI AIR HERO =
Pioneer in Chute Techniue| Was Testing New Type Of Firearms. ° BERLIN, Nov. 18 (U. P.). — The Luftwaffe suffered a severe blow to-
day with announcement of the death “while experimenting with a
: |néw type of firearms” of Col. Gen.
Ernst Udet, World War ace and originator of the Nazi parachutist technique. Udet, 45, was head of the technical bureau of the Air. Ministry and was responsible for many of the technical achievements of thes Luftwaffe in the war. Adolf Hitler ordered a state ls neral for him in recognition of his achievements, and named Luft-
waffe Squadron 3 the Udet Squad- i
ron in his honor. Udet was Germany’s No. 2 ace of the World War—second only to the
(Board Begins
Stiff Fight Seen.
A formal pl
through “sizable cyts” in local gov-
lis Chamber of Commerce the State Tax Board began
year’s {local tax rates which are
slightly above current rates for most|
s as approved by the Marunty Tax Adjustment Board.
. | Stife Fight Expected als of the City,
County,
Baron anfred von Richi- . great M yt, | dizing
hofen—with 62 planes to his ¢ ‘has sirice-
by some of the young fliers of ‘the | | Luftwaffe to which he had devoted|-
his energies since the start of the Nazi ‘regime. Widely Known in U. S. In this war Udet had no chance for actual combat. He was tied to his desk by a mass of details. But he still spent his spare time in the air whenever possible and he had retained his trim youthful figure and appearance. He was well known in America, having appeared at American air meeis as an a Biion and sou flier. He specialized in picking up handkerchiefs from airfields with hooks attached to the wing-tips of an old biplane. Last July when rumors circulated in foreign countries that he had fallen into disfavor with the regime and had committed suicide,
he received a United Press corre-
spondent at his office in the Reich Air-Ministry and smilingly denied the rumors. An announcement by the official news agency today said Udet died Monday “of injuries suffered from an accident while experimenting with firearms.” He died. en route to a hospital, it said.
Dispute Site of Spafford Grave
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (U. P.). —A. fight developed in Supreme Court today over the final resting place for the body of Edward E. Spafford, former American Legion national commander. - The widow asked permission to bury Mr. Spafford, who died Nov. 3 hi Arlington National Ceme-
“Hs daughter by his first mar- . Charles Peffer of Brewster, N. Y., wanted her father buried in the family vault at Woodlawn Cemetery, N. 25 According’ to the daughter, Mr
Spafford’s last wish was that he {
be buried at Woodlawn. After listening to preliminary argument, Supreme Court Justice Isidor Wasservogel ordered the body placed in a receiving vault at Woodlawn pending trial of suit. The frial date was not set.
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t Board, supplemented Mr. speech with the plea that k board find a way to reduce unty tax rate at least to the nt it was last year.
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Niblack Assumes Bench
= PLEDGES EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL
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Pledging: sha 1 Tastice 1 for. alt who
|came before. him, , Judge John L.
Niblack: addressed several . hundred persons ‘who had “crowded into Municipal Court 4 today to seg him assume ‘the bench left vacant by the death.of Charles J. Karabell.
all of his cases would be tried . in public... “There will be no-. cases fried in the back room,” he said. ‘Judge Dan V. White, of Municipal | _ Court 2, administered’ the oath. Also present were the other two
Court and Louis - A. Weiland, Court ® ha Alar fr Others. who spoke: at the cere monies were V. M. Armstrong, national vice commander of the American Legion; William H. Remy, former prosecuting attorneys; Judge Wilfred Brad-
Court; . Sherwood Blue, ° present Prosecuting. Attorney: .B. Howard Gaughan, United States District Attorney; Harry ‘Gause, attorney, {and former judges Harry O. Chamberlin, William Schaefer and Walter Pritchard. The courtroom ‘was decked with | flowers sent by: friends of Judge Niblack. After the ceremonies” all in the room bowed their heads for a moment. in: memory ‘of the late Judge Karabell. Judge Niblack is to serve the remaining 13 months of. Judge Karabell’s term. He was appointed Sunday. by. Governor -Schricker. i
LOCAL ‘MAN'S BODY
“The body. of a man believed to
of 1242 DeLoss.St., was found along a highway near Glasgow, Ky., today, according
Police “notified - Mr. | Capps’. wife, broth-
7" | who said that James and-his
er Curtis; 32, ‘had left yesterday in | James’ car for , Ky., to | visit their ‘mother, Mas: Fanni
Sandblastirg Co
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er were excluded. ..
Carlisle Citizens Shru ug as s Outsiders - Argue Exact Spot for Population
CARLISLE, Ind., Nov. 18 (u. Py. —Citizens of Carlisle shrugged an indifferent shoulder today to the
According to Sullivan County. t of the Collins
growing controversy among outsiders over the exact location of
the United States’ center of population. For them, it was sufficient to
know that the population center is within a couple of miles of Carlisle and they were gent
cz : Judge John L Niblack—he ‘pledged equal tie & to all.
Judge Niblack also promised that |
Humicipal. judges, John L. McNelis,
Judson Stark, and
shaw of the Marion County Juvenile
FOUND IN. KENTUCKY. be that of James Leslie Capps, 33,|Indiana;
tos word, Teceiven: by. thet - | police ‘here.
e | devant,
Reds Strafe. Nais In ‘Flying Tanks'
BERLIN, Nov, 18 (U. P)~— Russians are using “flying tanks” or “tankplanes’ in; ground strafing attacks: on German airfields |
designed exclusively. dor Jow-level strafing, ‘were: said to be Russia's ‘newest type JR2 machines. The . Nazi. reporters admitted. German fighter planes had pumped ‘enormous quantities” of- bullets into the planes with little effect. “Gasoline tanks, radiator, the pilot's seat—in fact, everything in these. planes is armored,’ * the Nazis ‘said. *
SKIP-ELECTION. LAW DECLARED INVALID
Judge Cox Urges Quick ‘Test in Supreme-Court.
The 1941 Indiana skip-election law was declared . “unconstitutional today by. Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox, who recommended to attorneys: that his" decision be rushed to the Indiana Supreme Court “as soon as pos
sible. Bil "After criticizing “some persons” for trying to delay litigation, Judge ‘|Cox, in urging’ the speedy action, said ‘the people of Indianapolis had| a right to know “at once” whether there . will ‘be: a city. election next year.. ci
‘Killed oud 1933 Law
The law intended to postpone {until , 1943 elections in all Indiana cities except . Indianapolis. However, a repeal clause in the act killed the old 1933 law under which dianapolis could hold an’ next year or any other year. Judge Cox’ decision, it u eld by
"Agree In’ Arguments
- Attorneys for both election com.and for Mr. Studevent
President’s Giving Teeth to
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18
Mrs. Norton made her Roosevelt conferred with his
CHARGE PICKET LINE Tw hia
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18 w. Pym | Violence flared in today in the Pennsylvania-West Virginia captive coal mine fields as the United Mine Workers union massed its pickets in strength to “persuade” recalcitrant members not to work. At Gary, W. Va, close by the Kentucky-Virginia state line, two Negro miners, members of an independent union, were shot and|exha wounded when they
at the No. 10 mine of the United States Coal & Coke Co. Small details of Pennsylva motor police were sent to two Unite States Steel Corp. captive mines in Fayette ‘County when augmented picket lines got out of hand, Af picket line of 100 threatened a nonstriker at the Red Lion mine in Fayette County when his automobile grazed a picket and at the nearby Ronco mine; pickets alleged ‘stoned recalcitrant union members who sought to go to work.
Sympathy Strikes Spread
Sympathy strikes were spreading the commercial mines—those whose product is sold on the open market—and picket lines at the ‘captive mines were swelled by these sympathizers.. Some 53,000 captive miners remained idle, and it was estimated that 14,500 commercial mine employees in Pennsylvania and West Virginia were out. ‘Reports from Fayette County indicated that the handful of.captive mines that operated at’ an. average of 25 per cent of day, had further ed their operations. Only a small number of miners defiled the picket lines. to enter the workings. of intervention
down were revived early today when
35 Army and City
Ss said that the 37th Diy al
participated in| 1an. attempt to charge a picket line
of capacity yester-|
Rumors by the armed Tonnes Ih tos A ‘trucks, convoyed by State| police, passed through |: Pittsburgh on the Lincoln Highway |i
.| to the East; “One report - from Hattiesburg, . Rep vision ||
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Tacit’ Approval to » Leghll
‘Mediation: Board
Indicated; Termed Compromise.
(U. P.).—House hearings
start tomorrow. on a confidential bill to revamp the |tional Defense Mediation Board and give its decision force of law, it was announced today after with. hi § |velt had discussed strike-curb legislation ‘with hi i | gressional leaders. 5 Chairman Mary T. Norton (D. N. J.), of ~Labor Committee, announced in executive session tomorrow to congider the new said she had drafted it as a substitute for several anti-s : | bills pending in the House. | :
= : ild bill
that the group w
disclosure shortly aft Congressional lieutena
the general strike situation and the captive coal mi
pute in particular. It derstood that Mr. Re had given a tacit to consideration of le
strike curbs. : _ Speaker. Sam. Rayburn, one of 1 d that *
1 don’t il ot a ver og time"
Mr, ge velt for about ¢ a half oni the labor situation. era! and the coal strike in p: . Another of the Congre leaders privately exp ) tion that the ative: pit strike ably would be settled “one way another within a very few He doubted that Arm;7 troops be called into the ditpute un possible’ means of sett exhausted.
"Foreign Picture Discussed : Asked whether Mr.
work, he said: “That is a possibility, of CO i other means fail.” | Senator Connally, who has labor bill pending before the ate Judiciary Jomm ge, Sa captive coal mine s John L. Lewis was dis ‘and thoroughly” with the F Mr. Connally said that Mr. F velt also had gone over the policy picture, giving p
ie Cal
‘| emphasis to the Japanes s
There still. was no defin cation as to what spe tion the President had i garding the captive cos though associates repo tended to “crack down 1
Turns to Rail Str
i He turned from the coz to the threatened nation road 3 fo
conference with ratiroad ex labor leaders and F
mittee of the United 1 Union and after an h the session until 10a. m. 8 He said hie had Bo 1 Detroit for the C, I
p Shel for | wo by was prepared et
cy “departure. : 4
(ther series, Pages 2 and 15)
DETROIT, Nov, 18 (U. PY] Roosevelt today ‘called
F. D. R. Asks Uninferviples Production in Plea to C. |
‘behind the. Adminis gram... | 4 The President's