Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1941 — Page 1

FORECAST: Cloudy with rain ‘this afternoon tonight and tomorrow; temperatures 40 to 45 this 8 siernoon;. colder tonight and tomorrow.

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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 220

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 0

Tod ay's News In Five Mind

THE rt KEPT on ' making gains in the Afri war this afternoon. The _ Axis armies apparently were : caught in two.separate traps * with not much chance of getting loose. | The attacking Britisn have driven . straight into the. middle of the Axis armies with the evident “strategy of chewing them up sepa‘ately. Half of the Axis armed “yehicles—220 in number—have ali: +ready been destroyed. Today's movements were marked ‘by a tank sortie ont of besieged . Tobruk by the British, seeking to | : join forces with their comrades. i is a full-fledged blitzkrieg— with the shoe on the other foot this time.

Labor "John L. Lewis, after a meeting with his 200-man policy board, -agreed to accept arbitration of the captive mine dispute and ordered the miners back te work. In the railroad dispute, manage- * ment and union officials agreed to continue ntinye negotiations.

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“Beib East

CORDELL HULL took a step that had the Jgpanese worried this’ afternoon. He called a four-power: conference of the U. S, Britain, Australia and the Dutch. The four envoys met and talked about. Japan. What was said nobody WS. The Japanese certainly would like | to. }

In Russia /

THE GFRMANS have cut loose with a tremendous drive on Moscow. Bitter fighting is raging all’ along the big arc around the city.

The Nazis are staking a lot for |

an important break-through, but

there is no sign of it at the |

moment,

Cold

2 THE FIRST REAL cold wave of the season hit the North Central states today. It is below zero in the Northwest and in the plains states and the wave is moving eastward. The Indianapolis Weather Bureau predicts colder here tonight and tomorrow,

Football

THIS WAS ONE of the big Toot- - ball days of the season. More than 20,000 Hoosiers were in Bloomington watching Indiana and Pur-

Southern Salitornid ’

Cuba Up he

THE STOCK MARKET as a whole today was quiet, but dnything that had to do with Cuba was bouncing upwards—Cuban government bonds, railro stocks, private issues, etc. Reason: A hunch that Cuban- sugar prices are going up.

Shopping

AND, NIPPY OR not, downfown Indianapolis was crowded this morning and this afternoon. ‘It’s going to be a tremendous Christmas.

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As Indiana Was Chiistensd

The Navy’s new 35,000-ton baitleship Indiana was christened yesterday at Newport News, Va. Here Mrs. Margaret Schricker Robbins, daughter of the Governor, of Indiana, holds the champagne bottle, ready to. smash it across the bow df the dreadnaught. At the left is. Cavern

Sehricker, at the right Navy Secreta

ry Frank Knox.

Down the ways the Indiana slides while a great: ‘thfong, including hundreds from the Hoosier state, looks on. (Additional photos, Page 3.)

Newiior News

Recovering

‘From Hoosier Invasion’

By DANIEL

M. KIDNEY

Times Staff Writer

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Nov. 22.—Tidewater Virginia long used to mass invasions by U. S. soldiers, sailors and marines, is recovering to-

day from what the natives frankly its long history—hundreds of Hoosie

admit was the greatest invasion in IS,

When they withdrew last night in their two 16-car trains under

-{ the’ generalship of Governor Henry

EVERYTHING'S SET FOR STATE | CLASSIC

Lana Turner May May Visit I. U. Campus After Game.

Times Special

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.; Nov. 22.— *Miss Indiana” lies a moulderin’ in her grave at Lafayette. “Old Jawn: Purdue” was buried with fittin’ ceremonies in front of the Men’s Gymnasium here last night

And now everything is in readiness for the main event of that traditional Hoosier . football. finale,

Indiana vs. Purdue. This town was jammed to the alleys with celebrating I.-U. alumni, Purdue uates, students from

folks today, awaiting the 1:30 p. mn Hickox ‘with h mising ut even such a pro main galirastion, another feature threatened to move in and steal

of Sought. It was the De port that Lana

Queeh”—would fly here

York in time for tonight's annual dance. 18

The crowd of 25,000° was in ‘gay terni hp re Sige age: di ‘were’ d jammed 3 Highways and b tn new ‘thousands every ‘hour. * of rain or

crowd

Henry Schricker and’ Li Charles Dawson were h

‘F. Schricker, the swank Chamber- ~ lin Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Va., ‘was wondering (figuratively) what it could give its’ regular guests for breakfast.’ The visiting. Indianans had emptied the larder at luncheon yesterday. : Naval historians - were searching vainly for a precedent for such a record turnout in all U. S. history by any other state—seaboard or inland—to name a battleship.

Triumph for Schricker

With the well-christened U. 8S. S. Indiana riding the waves of the James River whete her final fittings will be installed, officials and workers of the Newoors News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. ‘went back to their work with one acclaim: Indiana sure is patriotic. The day itself was a personal 4riumph for Governor Schricker.' Republicans, as well as Democrats, who made the trip from Indiana; all

his: daughter, Mrs. Lewis C. Robbins, probably pitched the best directed bottle that ever broke ‘ over a Dew, battleship’s bow. She was. sented with a diamond siuated watch for her services by President Homer Ferguson of the boat com-

pany. Bh 950° at Luncheon

armed services such as Maj. Gen. | t

retired, were pre-

There followed a bus ride back back from Old Point Comfort to Newport News and. then a boat tour

w.{of Hampton Roads, so that the in

land visitors could see for them selves how the Atlantic seal oard-:

from ' the launching of at; Ney

‘with: naval ‘warfare

‘smashing -

agreed that he did his job well and ja,

The Chambertin luncheon, “to| peace

Robert Tyndall, sented. It was at the luncheon that], Mrs. Robbins received the watch.

JOIN IN BATTLE;

Moscow Front; Showdown With Vichy Near.

(Details of Fighting, ‘Page Two)

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor Great Britain claimed successes mechanized offensive ‘into Libya today but the Germans

|reported they had taken thei

key Russian city of Rostov and breached the defenses of

| | Moscovs™

‘On the | Libyan front, the British said they had trapped the main

bruk and were frustrating furious German attempts to break out. At the same time; British tankled units from Tobruk, besieged for seven months, began a drive to join the main invasion force at Sidi Rezegh, making slow but steady progress. ; American-Built Tanks. Praised

American-huilt tanks “were described as coming through the

{North African battles with ravine :|colors” as the British offensive;

1. Knocked out. about half of

iB German and Italian tani

: ; % to . two nits and ‘repulsed their: efforts ‘|to break out of a trap extending] - -{ westward to Tobruk.

3. Staged a ‘terrific dog fight”

|over ‘a: wide desert battlefield that

may decide whether the Axis mili-

.|tary backbone in North Africa will '|be broken and the way-opened te ‘|drive on .to Tunisia and establish |new bases: designed to knock Italy

out of the war. The British, using many American tanks and trucks and a large number - ‘of - American planes to control ‘the ‘air over Libya, were said to’ have suffered a loss: of] about one to three in four main mechanized battles with the Germans and Italians. The Italian Ariete or “battering ram” tank division was described in British dispatches as virtually knocked #1

lost at 57 of its 135 tanks.

Vichy Showdown Near

At the same time, Adolf Hitler appeared to be ready for a showdown with Vichy France in an effort. to make use of French facilities in behalf of the Axis war machine in the Mediterranean and presumably in‘ return to grant some of the concessions which Vichy has been seeking in a permanent ‘settlement to replace the armistice. Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, according to Vichy dispatches, is ex-| pected to meet Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering in Occupied France ‘Wednesday. Hitler, who has been avoiding negotiations ' with France for a permanent settlement, was not’ expected to attend. Now, it was believed in London, Hitler is ready to make a deal if the French will grant him use of needed naval bases such as Bizerte, air routes and transit for Axis reinforcements to North Africa through French territory to fight the British drive through Libya.

May Release Prisoners:

Hitler also was reported to be gp ments for some ove of German “preventive occupation” o

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2, An agreement f, for Fren - diers under x Freeh a.

Entered 1s Seoond-Class Matter * at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

TOBRUK FORCES, ROSTON FALLS

Berlin Claims B Breaks: on|

in al

German panzer forces east of To-|.

t of the fight, having]

nt; have been issued by

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ARRIVAL OF COLD “WAVE DELAYED

Frid Weather Due in City Tomorrow. Afternoon

e; Indiana is bound, has | ‘been dela eh for about 12’ hours and will not reach here until tomorrow . afternoon, the Weather ‘Bureau said today. Although 'témperatures: in the Northwest are much . colder taday than they were yesterday on atmospherit ‘condition has developed to slow up its progress here, the Buréau- explained. . So instead of .20. to: 25 degrees temperature this afternoon and snow, we'll have rain and 40 to 45 degree temperature. The raih’ will continue tonight and tomorrow, even though temperatures drop.

Extends Over Country

itself felt here, extends practically over the country, to the eastern seaboard. < As: a result . of ‘below freezing temperatures last night here, overheated ’ stoves: and furnaces’ caused the Fire Department to make: 15. runs.

kota early today... Golva, N. D., recorded ‘seven below zero. In Montana, Ft. Peck had six below and Butte ‘and Miles City three below. Temperatures were dropping sharply in other plains areas.” At Sidney, Neb., the mercury ‘tumbled 18 degrees to 13 above zero ‘in the. four hours: after midnight. Readings between 5 and 16 Were reported in Minnesota ‘Much Colder’ Die. . Forecasts for: the broad belt of states stretching from Nebraska to the East Coast promised “much colder” weather for today and tomorrow. : The U. S. Forecaster: at Chicago said the extremely low temperatures probably would be North Central states.

But ther-

en near or below TISUHg levels from “coast to coast.

| APPLICANTS IWVITED FOR WELFARE POST,

state to Name: Assistant to| |

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Invitations to apply for examiriation for the position o assistant State welfare administrate: monthly salary of from |

State Welfare Depa ap gi be resi

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red

, | fled leaving 57 ‘wrecks behind.

The cold mass, which has made]

Sub-zero temperatures - were re-| ported in. Montana and North Da-|.

be ‘limited to the] - mometer readings already had fall-|

ind able to BI oie stand

Where Steel Monsters Meet Head-on

FT. MADDALENA

Scene of the fivesprong British thrust into Libya in which: American main tanks are reported victorious in’ a: Flash with the Nazi armored forces in a desert battle.

U.S. Tanks Cause Chaos as They Clatter Across Desert

CAIRO, Nov. 22 (U. P.).—Alexander Clifford, correspondent of the

London Daily Mail, reported from

forces in Africa with flying colors.” . “In the desert,” he said; “we are

“Three outs after preskfest af a}; report “flash ugh ab what th remainéd : oft 100 . crack Gérman tanks which came out: to ‘do -battle were withdrawing toward Bardia.”

Mr, ‘Alexander- reported that the first tank encounter of the offensive was fought by British tanks which surprised a column of Italian tanks near Big El-Gubi. “They surprised three Italian tanks which turned and ran behind a much stronger screen of tanks,” he said. + “The British went in. It proved | to :be one of those mad careening battles in which - the Italians started off with wild flurries of shots and scared ‘maneuverings - ‘which [pe soon degenerated~into chaos. They |p,

“Meanwhile, away on our right wing were 100 tanks detached by Erwin Rommel from his

Gen.

: WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (U. P. today held a four-power conf S The conference was with Bri Al ‘them with his current conferences saburo Nomura. and Saburo Kurusu, ‘While Mr. Hull Has kept the British, Dutch and Australian Governments informed from time to time on the progress of the Japanese talks, today’s. meeting: marked the first time he has conferred with them all together. ~~ Great Britain’ was represented by: British ‘Ambassador ' Lord Halifa¥, Netherlands by its Minister, Dr. A Loudon, ‘and Australia’ by Minister Richard Casey. “Chinese: Ambassa.dor Dor Hu-shih also attended. - The four-power i Co=

North Africa. The key to-

that “American tanks emerged from their first engagement with Axis

Force planes: ' Just over the horizon from Where I was American tanks * | were Danang, ‘their first Fanta bi Nb [They h 0] 0 dction al dk : to resume. the Aol dhe act

: ho ‘din seemed to roll for miles

Hull Talks fo Ausiralian, Dutch and British Envoys;

nce to discuss the Far East situation. It was assumed that Mr. Hull had summoned the envoys to acquaint

‘War Analysis

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

LONDON, Nov. '122 a gondii offensive in has “come off with a ‘bang” and|T. AToaty a all we carmarkn of xendlons ivogge |

i destruction of he two desert

units would be ‘able to slip away before they could be brought : io atile by superior’ British units which were sent, to wipe them ou 3 It is now clear that they either ie not wanted tat away ox

HALFAYA (Hellfire? PASS °

DI OMAR

ATT. BASE

EGYPT

desert general - headquarters today

‘living under a ‘canopy of Royal Air

an Pooley eva

‘| called . strikers had gained “symp: ‘recruits from the ranks of

and

agreed - to continue ‘negotial an effort to avert. a Tationstrike Dec. 7.

iri Had Spread’ to Commercial Mines. BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (U. PJ,

-—=President John L. Lewis of the

United | Mine Workers today acs cepted President Roosevelt's

“quest for arbitration of the

tive coal mine strike. At the same time, Mr. | ordered strikers in the ca; back to work. The strike last Monday,

ir commercial coal"

By UNITED PRESS ; ‘The United Mine Worl

tional policy committee - today after twe meetings in’ |ington with John L. Lewis:to d a reply to President latest proposal for ending: the tive coal mine strike.

The reply was expected to

made public at the White’ shortly.

Meanwhile railway ; ge union officials, at a confer

Bu shun forward os aE a h

row .of Germans stretched across the plain. “When the Germans withdrew that. night 15 of their 100 tanks had been knocked out. “All night long the silver star shells rose and fell in’ Jerky flight along the eastern horizon. The great orange flashes suggested sporadic gunfire. The distant rumble of moving tanks and vehicles meant both. sides were gathering their strehgth for a renewed effort. at dawn. : “We woke. with the first: light to see the horizon still. sprayed with star shells. When the fiery dawn began to light up the desert the attle was raging once more, Smoke

across the tawny plain. “A few hours later the Germans began to retreat back to Bardia.”

tlement of the wage dispute the problem for “direct ne between | unions.”

the managem oi :

Refusal Is Forebast The United Mine: Workers’ oli

committee was expected flatly to re Ject President Roosevelt's twoemergency proposal for ending captive mine strike; °

had predicted pport of their leader, John L. Lewis, who Ha “personally”. rejected ‘the P

proposal. ‘The: President ‘offered two natives—freezing of the open: sh status for duration of the emergent or submission of the union shi issue to arbitration. ;

When and if it is rejected, 1}

. iY : next move will be up. to Mr. F

)i—Secretary of State Cordell Hull ustralian and Netherlands diplomats. with Japanese Ambassadors Rich-

incided with growing official concern over reports of Japanese military activity in French. Indo-China and the ' possibility of a move against Thailand. ‘. Mr, ‘Hull left the meeting momentarily at one point to confer ‘with : Ralph William Close, South African. Minister who had scheduled ‘an appointment. The exploratory talks with « the two Japanese envoys were in recess after four: successive ‘days.

9 ‘The Jpdianapers Times and The Chicago Dally. N

curbing legislati

velt.

* Radio Appeal Possible Congressional leaders of the

ministration said they ex Roosevelt to. take “direct; 5 not’ later than Monday or es ay if J his fs proposals are Ejected .

protection. ‘These sources said: Mr, RoC might tell the miners that by cor Mages Would be ba : y o I n {sintain) i order and prevent ence. “

Senator: Tom Connally | «D.

sugested that ‘might. repeal the Guffey Coal Act if captive mine strikers “can’t some country in time of pe

to reopen the mines, eH “0 leaders p

slight sacrifices Jor

lag to proceed with rike

HITLER T0 CALL # EUROPE TO MEETI

success: in ‘this. offensive was ‘the tic

ramoted

have found -it impossible to do so and,” with any. luck: a5 all, thie