Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1941 — Page 1
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“Tod y's News In Five Minutes
11500 LEAVE FOR
THE rvs CUT LOOSE with war in Africa today and set the stage for what may turn out to be tLe biggest battle in desert history. The British have been preparing for months with 750,000 men and * vast ‘quantities of American-buiit : tanks and plan Today the fireworks started. The English slashed deep into Ge : ritory, | The Germans and Italians issued statements, but it seemed: clear that the British had made a wide-flanking movement designed not only to take territory but to destroy the opposing German armored armies. The preliminary gains seemed to have amounted about 50 miles toward the Tob area. It was equally clear that the battle hadn’t “even really star d. Winston Churchill summed it up for the House of Commons in jubilant tones; This is the first time e British havé arms equality th the Germans. And “we have taken positions of marked adntage.”
Moscow Weaker
THE PICTURE Wanye quite s0 bright in Russia, m ‘daylight bonged Mosco ; ‘cation that the
‘sians admitted; “400, mans had picked up some ground ‘in the continuing drive on Moscow. ‘One reason: ‘The favorable for German aftack.
The Japanese
THERE WAS RISING hope that. the Japanese could iron out their troubles with the U. S, and Britain. There were reports: that. the Japanese had offered: to maintain the
status quo if the two big Allies’
“ would grant some economic concessions.
The Mine Dispute
4+ IT NOW LOOKS like Saturday 4s the showdown day in the mine strike. John Lewis rejected the President's peace. Saturday, his 200-man policy ‘hoard votes on-it. Right after that, Washington believes, the President will ‘sent. the Army to open the ‘captive mines. - He iwon’t move, it is apparent, until after the C. I. O. convention is over in Detroit (it ends today),
Draft Board Revolt _ TODAY, 16 MEMBERS of eight
Indianapolis selective service boards ~ Joined In the growing protest:
gainst the ‘mine strike. The 16 t ‘a telegram fo the President testing the “plain unfairness” of permitting strikers “to use the
emergency to advance selfish inter- .
ests.” Yesterday, a Florida board
‘started it by saying it couldnt |
induct any more while this sort of thing was going on. A
Getting Together |
: U. 8. BROUGHT Mexico into closer collaboration today with g of a series of “agree-
¢. Tt even includes a formula : he seitling of the oil dispute. :
| |for'seeking sa |
ei Iv
-held Libyan ter-
| tions and several over the state
{nade
r=] notables will
two-point proposal for
| Governor Charles M. Dawson, Sec-
sme |" Mexica paid at once $9,000,000 und sere 0 fay 3 total of $0 ! in settlement
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LAUNCHING OF 1... INDIANA
Schricker Heads Delegation Participating in Newport News. Ceremony.
Two train loads of Hoosier dignitaries and patriots—more than 500 in all—were scheduled to steam out of Union Station here this afternoon amid the blare of brass bands and flag waving. The delegation, one of the largest of its kind ever organized for a mass trip, will. go to Newport News, Va., to atterld and participate in the launching of the $86,350,000 battleship U. S. S. Indiana tomorrow. Governor | Henry PF. Schricker heads the delegation, which includes representatives . of State government, civic organizations, patriotic societies, business and industrial concerns, educational institutions and the 102-piece Shortridge. High gichool band.
Three Indianapolis radio sta-
monies for the U. 8. 8. tomorrow. Station WIRE will broadcast from 9:30 until 10 a. m. (Central Standard Time) and its program will be rebroadcast by five state stations; WHBU,- at Anderson; WBAA, Lafayette: WLBC, Muncie; WBOW, Terre Haute, and WAOYV, Vincennes. The NBC Blue network program will be carried by WISH from 9:45 a. m. to 10 a. m., while "WIBC, will carry the Mutual broadéast from 3:3 a. m. until
will broadcast the launching cereIndiana
introducing the Only Follow , Living i in’ ‘America Today Wh | n't Thank That. He's Living in America. Today. a
igi} > Another - delegations met will make the trip from. Washington or Ba i =]
the Secretary of Navy Frank Knox will make the principal speech at Newport News. Surrounded by Adin all their gold-braid, Mrs. wis C. Robbins, Governor Schricker’s daughter, ‘will chirsten the great ship “Indiana.” The USS -Indians is the ' third mighty battleship to slide down the) ways this year and is six months ahead of schedule, the Navy says. The keel was laid Nov. 20, 1939 at the yard of the Newport News Shipbuilding .and Dry Deck Co., where| the launching will be held. The ship is 680 feet long,: with a beam of 108 feet 2 inches, and. a draft of 34 feet. It has a standard displacement of 35,000 tons and designated speed in excess ‘of a7 knots.
The Third Indiana ryt 3d
This is the third Indiana to. be launched by the Navy.' ' Indiana No. 3 will have a main battery of nine 16<inch guns mounted in three turrets, as well as the latest type of anti-aircraft and secondary broadside guns. ’s' official- - committee at the launching, in addition to Governor Schricker, will. be Lieutenant
retary of State James: M. Tucker, Chief Justice Michael I. Fansler of the Indiana Supreme Court and Attorney General George N. Beamer. “on LE :
PACT BRINGS U.S. CLOSER TO MEAICO
Believed ‘Solved.
WASHINGTON, Nov..20.(U. P.)— The United States and Mexico to=! day prepared for closer future collaboration for hemispheric defense ‘alter signing agreements which are
{expected to solve most.of the prob={
lems which have plagued their Pn, tions for years.
They ‘have ‘on a formula
re aac nd Mexico
,000,000 ; [stabilization and $30,000,000 ¢ yy’ improvements, and
advance on the oil ‘claims
, announced he would not |-
W TRAFFIC NEE
Most of Ticklish Problems. B
15. Others Hurt Jn Hurt in 3% Aoi] ;
tis as Toll for Year « Hits 12150 7
Two more traffic deaths’ in Indianapolis last night and -eaily today brought: the | Marion & County death toll for this year to 121. Fifteen ‘other persons . were: in--jured 4n=35 accidentsron city streets last might, °° William Chambetiain, --
3 3 2
48, of: 740
Hospital early today of: a fractured ca skull ‘and internal injuries he: received when struck by a trackless trolley in front of his home last
be a Olivet Beeman, of: 213 S. Meridian St. operator .of the trolley, said Mr. Chamberlain walked out into the street in front of the car and that ‘he gt, see him until too late to stop. Roy D. Cass, 80, of 626 N. Alabama St. died in City Hospital last night of | ‘injuries. hé received Saturday night when struc mobile as he was crossing East: St., near Wi 8t. The’ automobile was driven by Dwight Farrell, *31, of 2132 Park AVE, Mr. Cass was a retired real estate Qealer and a member of the Scottish
iy the 15 persons: injured’ in other accidents heré last night, five of them were pedestrians. None of them, was_ hurt seriously, -however.
COLDER WEATHER | ON: TAP: TOMORROW
LOCAL TEMPERATURES :
+8 Reelilenssnndh Be. 7a m....4 10a m.... Sums. iird3 Hoan, 745
Near’ ‘mitalog Tamas ‘were 1on “the way for In “ «| night. tomorrow, the Weather Bureau today, 8 early today following rain last night and Shey were predicied to con-
Massachusetts: Ave.,: died * in City :
by an auto-|.
‘The. lon Station. was: packed: hurry. to get. ‘wherever ‘he was: going - A ‘middle-aged man ‘pushed his
Like It
this morning. * Erorvol. was in a -in time for; Thanksgiving dinner; way breathlessly’ through i crowd of
50_or more: ‘waiting: at the downstaids. gate ‘to board a train arriving from Cleveland. The man elbowed’ his’ way to the gateman and panted: “Got: to. let mé upstairs. ‘My. mother’ s coming in on this train, She’ s
ald snd not. ‘very well. She'll. meyer make i this mob.” The cateman Teplied h he was sorry,
better fast. wait re the te day: stairs for his’ mother. o'com i me pouring’ ‘through the gate. The sh iar ‘man’stood on tip-toe, shift-|. ed from one foot to the other, moved
here and there to get: a better view|. g {as her son helped her to the car.
of ‘the crowd.
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“Then throtigh the crowd ‘pushed a. a tall lad wearing the ‘blue of the U.S. Navy. Under both arms were suitcases besides - his own dufflebag. ‘And at his side, and holding on to
ad the sleeve ‘of his uniform was the
old lady—the worried mar’s mother. —e sailor . turned over- the 1's suitcases to ‘her son who k his hand for several minutes. anny Thanksgiving” ? ~the two men’ called. as they’ +» “Isn't he nice?” asked a mother
* aw
Pasion im but: He Insists
On: Officiating at
‘When the Rey. Charles M. Rroft, pastor of .the Asbury Methodist
Church, made up hjs mind that he|Fl
was going to marry the two sons of] Mr. and Mrs. Orville E. Dewey, 558 N. Tremont. St., he meant it; = = He had. ‘performed. the ‘ceremony for the boys’ ‘parents on Aug. 8, 1917, and they are. now two of. “his
most ‘valued assistants in the As-|his buy church. Mr. ‘Dewey is a trus-| quiet’ tee and Sunday schogl jSuperiatend- ;
a junior
ent, and Mrs. Dewey. sdperistesident. ;
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Bandits Trai | c
ye Ne PEE BT
Yesterday, as is iy the case the day before Thanksgiving, was] an. exceptionally ‘busy: one-at the
ih Poultry Store, at 11 N. West) bundle
So’ many people. wanted turkeys and Chickens Jo then TI
‘edding
Last Sept. 2 younger on. Oart 7. Dewey, to Miss| ora’ Randolph. Emmett Dewey, rig other son, and Miss Mary E. Thanks decided to. be married on
anksgiving. But the Rev. Mr. Kroft was taken seriously. ill. in. his home; 548 N. Jefferson 8t., recently and is under orders to be ‘perfectly and do nothing. But at 9 a. m. today; thi: Rev. Mr. Kroft arose from his bed and performed the marriage ceTemeny. :
ouple Home,
Turkey Receipts
Handkerohief and “each Brandishing
Thanksgiv. ‘bandits inig tables today ; : Kacsit yeni 10 the sire to help ber
oe te
|ington today that President Roosevelt, his patience ex-|}
‘|head to return to the captive pits.
‘|mercial pits as a gesture of support
| strike. - Another 100,000 may join | the walkout.
- lin .a brief clash at ‘captive mine in
{peal to the miners directly to return
| would be fully assured of Govern‘|'ment protection.
| Ariny, ‘Troops have been ready for
OVER LEWIS HEAD LIKELY
U. M.W. Head Rejects Plan To Freeze Union Shops Or Arbitrate Issue. (Other Labor News, Page Three)
By UNITED PRESS Indications grew in Wash-
hausted by letter writing,
workers over John L. Lewis’
The gravity of the situation: grew hourly. today. Nearly 100,000 miners in four states have struck in com-
to the 53,000 captive miners on
% |may appeal soon to mine
| ‘Brother Act’
Two distinguished brothers. today ‘were’ directing separate op= erations in the new British offensive against the Axis. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham (above) is commanding the British Mediterranean fleet bombarding Hell Fire Pass. His brother, Lieut. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, is directing field operations . in the Libyan Desert.
Two union pickets were wounded
Brownsville, Pa
Will the Army Act? Should President Roosevelt ap-
to work; it is understood that they “This protection presumably: would be provided ‘by. the United States ore than a week to move into the
| suggestion 3 Sapte ot difficulties, has de-
he maivied the|
district “{would ‘be closed : ie today’s
i 8 Automobile Warkers (C. I. 0.) called |a strike of 450 :
- fields, Slioneh ad pn as: threatened
latest iy pong for adjustment of the}
he President proposed’. vestars
the captive mine dispute, be frozen at its present status or that the controversy be submitted to arbi tration. ¢
Connally Wants Action
- Mr. Lewis: said: final action. must, | be taken. by. the union’s 200-member policy board, but the board is expected to approve Mr. Lewis’ stand. The U. S. Steel Corp. announced it would accept either of the President’s proposals. The U. M. W, chieftain said Mr. Roosevelt's statements had prejudiced - the miners’ case so that it would be difficult to find an impartial arbitrator. Unless the U, M. W. vosrd reverses Mr. Lewis’ action, the President is expected to make a drastic move either by supporting antistrike legislation’ or by" ordering Army seizure of mines and appealing to rank and file unionists to resume work. Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex.) who opens’ hearings tomorrow on a bill to extend ' Presidential defense plant commandeering ' power ‘to mines and facilities, said he thought Congress: ought to go ahead ‘witht labor legislation regardless of the outcome of Mr. Roosevelt's latest proposal. © That proposal generally was received favorably in Congress but there was general support of Senator Connaily’s view-—that Congress should go ahead with antistrike proposals anyway, ‘Resume Rail Talks “The ‘mine’ shutdown already has Dugatled steel Producto, The arnegie-Tllinois Co ‘has banked four furnaces in the Pittsburgh district and one in the Chicago area, cutting its output 15,000 tons a week, | ‘William. Blizzard Sr., vice president of UL. M. W. District - 17 in Southern West fi said = commercial: mines in’
Thanksgiving heliday. President | Roosevelt was fairly successful in his conference yesterday with officials of railroads and railway labor. He persuaded them to resume negotiations tomorrow to avert a threatened’ na-tion-wide strike. “the unions ‘have
of | the board.
President's fact-finding
Mich, the United
enemy submarines had. 10g their vessel only
rejected the wage recommendations Bou 15,3 15, and d Perry rv Lesh Board
SUB ACTIVE OFF CANADA GOAST
5 Seanen; only SUNvOIS Of 48, Tell. of. Night 7 Attack on Freighter.
Nov. 20
survivors from a crew of 81 Irom a
freighter,
{aay that the closed oo In ot|12%8. 30
ping ‘d epth charges when the. sub-
rines were first detected. They continued it for three days,
laying stich a barrage that when a torpedo finally struck the doomed vessel its crew failed at first ‘to realize ‘it had been hit.
‘The. vessel was in:a-convoy. bound
from Canada to Great Britain, the seamen revealed. They did not. disclose the nationality of the escorting vessels.
The five men who reached here
spent an hour in icy water after their vessel was hit. A sixth died
of exposure after he had been
rescued.
{6.0N DRAFT BOARDS
GALL STRIKES UNFAIR
Send Telegram to F. D. R,
<Indorsing Florida Move. Sixteen: members of eight Marion
County Selective Service : Boards. signed a telegram to President ‘Roosevelt today, protesting mine strikes as unfair to selectees, con-|t serigited for * military service. : The telegram indorsed the position taken recently:cby the Lee County, Florida, draft. board, which informed the President that it could not “conscientiously sign induction papers for any more trainees as long. as John L. Lewis dictates the labor policy of the United States Government and deprive$ these $21-a-month soldiers of full benefit ‘of industrial production.” gr W ‘Board members who signed the| message were Jerome Pfau, Board 1; John Kautz, Board 3; Martin L. McManus, Board 3; Maurice L. Tennant, Board 3; Henry C. Ketcham, Board 4; Earl E. Moomaw, ‘Board 4; F. B. Ransom, Board 5; J. Edwin Kopf, Board 7; Dr. Charles : ‘W. Nyers, Board 7; Percy. H. Weer, >" Board R. Cross, |*
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Germans Claim Progress: - Moscow Drive; Reds Admit Loss of Kerch. 3
~ On Inside Pages | ‘Details of Libya Drive ., Page 17 Hoover Speech .,...c¥..0se0ee 17 U, S. Convoys cesssssnecaninns 5
War Moves se spessnsgey
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign.
Editor | A slashing British off . sive led by American’ tani into the Libyan desert initiated a long-heralded wins ter war that may help: to 2. cide the fate of hard-presse Russian armies and’ of
war of nerves in the Paci Prime Minister Winston h told the House of Cottons the British army-—equal in gad. equipment to the Axis fa had smashed into. Libya: on & bros front and gained “positions € merked advantage.” : With American-built tanks » airplanes meeting the = panzer units in a big ag, for the first time, the . “
Hell Fire Puss, on the Egy frontier, An Ttaliar armored: fo! ‘also was south. of this sector: The Italians and Germans ported’ ‘that the British atts already hdd been broken although dispatches via Londén dicated that the real battle had yet started. ; A communique issued from | Hitler’s headquarters on the F Front said that the Relish been repulsed “with hea a result of Axis a of Sidi: Omar, near: the frontier. Presumably Lt. ‘Gen. 'C. Auchinleck, British dmman chief, had greatly s rengthen striking power’ in the last six as a result of arrival of Am war Supplies. He hag about men‘in
Moscow: At Bomber |
On the other hand," p had been under tremendous p sure at home and from Moscow open a second front to relieve Red "Army. The African’ were not what Russia
picking up after a bad weather and stub 5 ss resistance around Moscow. the Donets Basin, The. ‘Germans said | ‘in terms that ‘they were 1