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THREATS OF A NEW Japanese attack in the Far East occupied the spotlight in today’s foreign news. The Japanese have sent tens of thousands of soldiers and much: equipment to French Indo-China and the explosion may come at any moment, There are two BosEibilities & in the present situation. 1. The U. S., Japan and Britain ’ may agree to a “cooling off” period to hold the Pacific situation as it is for a few weeks. 42. The Japanese may refuse to consider any proposals, and may smash at Thailand and the Burma Road.
British Gaining IN AFRICA, the British have definitely gained the upper hand. Heavy fighting continues, but the
‘Germans are handicapped by the crippling of their fuel and supply
bases by air attacks. * * * * Adding to. the British momentum today was a surprise ‘move by French !
airmen, who flew 100 planes over from Tumisia to join in the drive on the Axis, Major reason for this
Bs ation ‘is the ousting of Weygapd,
Moscow Sill Stands ee
THE RUSSIANS were still hold~ ing Moscow this afternoon ;despite the all-out attack by the. Germans. The defensive arc around the city has gradually shortened within the last two weeks and today it appears that the Nazis are within 25 to 50 miles away at some points, but are still being held off from actually entering - the suburbs. ® x The Russians seem to have had more luck in the last 24 hours pin the Rostov area. There they * have beaten back a new German drive. * * * * There were reports this afternoon of British raids on German-held territory, the first in many days. Dusseldorf, Ostend and bases in the Low Countries were damaged.
In Washington
MAIN TOPIC OF conversation in the capital this afternoon was the price control bill, Pulled a dozen different ways by the various pressure blocs, the House may decide today whether to go ahead with it or recommit it to committee and
let it sit until next year, * * * *.
Paul McNutt came into the news in mid-day concerning state unemployment compensation laws. He said that things may become so difficult that full Federal control of this type of aid may be necessary. * * * * The War Department made public today this statement by Majl Gen. Henry H. Arnold: The U..S. now has 2500 combat planes, compared to 1000 at the start of the emergency.
Labor
MAJOR LABOR activity of the day came in Washington, where the Senate’s judiciary subcommittee approved Tom Connally’s hill authorizing the U, S. to seize struck plants and freeze the existing labor conditions,
Skimming the News STOCK MARKET prices were skidding somewhat this afternoon and were at their lowest points in more than a year. ** * * President Roosevelt finally was able today to léave on his oft-postponed vaca tion at Warm Springs, Ga. So Warm Springs will have its Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night. *i® ¢ » 2 rooming Louse “fire broke out in Shreyeport, La., ; killed five, injured two.
Our Worst Smog
THIS MORNING Indianapolis’
? ‘went through its worst fog-and-smoke experience it has. ever. had.
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It turned -out to be a swell ‘day with bright sunshine -and balmy. breezes, but— During the early morning: hours, the worst fog and‘ smoke blanket in history “blacked out”* Indianapolis' and Indiana, paralyzing traffic and grounding all airplanes. Before the fog began lifting about 9 a. m. hundreds of motorists had to stop driving, park their cars and wait for trolley cars and busses
late all over the City. -
. Ridgewille Man Killed At least one traffic death was caused by the fog. Albert Zimmer-|¢ man, 63, Ridgewille, was killed when, his car was hit by a creamery truck driven by Don Elliott of Union a mile west of Union City. Dr. Lowell Painter, Wayne County coroner; said the fog was so thick
other. U. S. Weatherman J. H. Armington said “it was the worst in my experience.” “The visibility in some places, especially on the ‘East Side of Indianapolis was less than two car lengths,” he said. Mr. Armington said that although there was a “great deal of smoke” most of it was fog that started rising from ground vaper about 10 o'clock last night, increasing in intensity every hour. Fluctuating - weather conditions fog, the last few days caused the “There was heavy frost in the ground and the sudden warming up of the atmosphere caused vapor to rise and lack of wind movement caused it to stick close to the ground,” Mr. Armington said. 500 Feet High He estimated that the fog blanket extended up about 500 feet. All cities in Indiana reported similar conditions, Airport officials said the fog ex, tended throughout the Middle
‘West, grounding all planes for a
radius of more than 500 miles. All plane schedules through Indianapolis were cancelled temporarily. Fog became dense about 5 a.m. and when furnaces.were fired ‘up about 6 a. m. it became ‘almost a total blackout. Bright lights could be seen only a few yards away and traffic, what there wds of it, crawled at a snail's pace. All police cruiser cars: were ordered to the curbs to -await further orders. The most difficult jobs in Indianapolis were those of trolley car and bus Sperators They couldn't see more than 20 Jes ahead in most places And had
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HERD FIGHTING. STILL IS AHEAD| IN DESERT WAR
Nazis Tighten Vise on Moscow; Peril Grows, Reds Admit.
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3Y JOE ALEX MORRIS Unijed Press. Foreign News Editor Greet Britain’s mechanized armies today vere reported close to success in thelr prime objective of destroying th: bulk of Axis striking power
in Libra. Harc fighting still was ahead of
the British and final judgment was
reserved. Bott Cairo and London indicated that tlie Eighth army offensive had the upper hand‘ in operations from
lthe E:zyptian frontier to Tobruk|.
while :. New Zealand column again was sl \shing westward in the Tobruk :zione against stiff opposition. On the Eastern Front, the German offensive forced a major breakugh on the Klin sector, north oicow; in a growing threat to
* lencircl: the Soviet capital.
Child campaign today. '
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IT 1S EASY to “participate i Clothe-A-Child. You can clothe: a child directly yourself or you can provide the money and The Times will clothe the child for you.
The average cost of clothing a child is about $10, depending on the youngster’s needs. These needs are cked by representatives of the Pu lic ‘Schools’ Social Service Department and accredited social service agencies who have investigated each case.
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BACK WILLKIE IN SURVEY CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (U. P).—=~ Rank and file leaders of the Re‘publican Party want Wendell L. Willkie for * President and favor more active American participation in the war, a survey conducted by the Repuniican. nati
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‘THE "INDIANAPOLIS TIMES opens its « 12th: anfiual Clothe-As.
It is a campaign which ‘has grown nearly eight- fold since. it was inaugurated at Christmas-time in 1930.
double purpose: Christmas for many youngsters
WNUTT SEES STATE JOB LAWS DOOMED
Centralized U. S. Control ~ Likely, He Says. HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28: (U. P.).—Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt suggested today
that the system of state unemploy-
ment laws may have to be discarded for centralized Federal control ‘to meet the trying times which Lie, ahead.’ ”» Mr. McNutt, . replying to State Labor Commissioner Cornelius J. Danaher’s demand for details of the proposed federalization of state unemployment compensation’ funds, said he had “grave doubts about the wisdom of continuing our. present system of state unemployment laws, which vary so widely from state to state, when the basic problem of unemployment, involves. nation-wide economy.” The present arrangement, he. said, has: proved “unsatisfactory and inequitable” for workers: who “work for short-periods of time in several states and thus are not able to build up benefit rights in any one state. “Moreover,” he added, “when the post-defense period hits us; I wonder whether .the Federal Government can stand idly by when the unemployment insurance reserves of states with high peaks and valleys of unemployment are depleted, as they well may be.”
ADD TO SINGAPORE FORCES SINGAPORE, Nov. 28 (U.P.)— Arrival of strong British troop reinforcements from A the United Kingdom was announced today,
' Battle in Rostov Area
"'he Red Army reported it had ‘the ‘enemy in the Stalino-
DS Ve fierce i against stov. push. = British domination of Libya itained, it: appeared that the re had cut off large armored pf the Nazi corps under Gen. Rommel in the zone west and south of Tobruk. * The main fuel and supply bases for ihiase Axis forces have. been destroyed or seized by British infantry and the British were said by Cai} the armored units in & “spirit of cofifideince.” :
Axis Faces Big Odds
Ther? still was a chance that Gov. Romm;l might reform his forces and bleak out to the west or that there sill are larger armored forces west of Tobruk, but if the British are rigat in their reports and surveys tdday the main Axis armored strength is shattered or facing tremendoils odds. If the British positions are fully consoliciated, the prospects for a drive ¢n to the west against the main -cefense lines in the Derna area and possibly to Tunisia appeared ‘reasonably good. A Biitish armored column, with airplanes. escort, is operating somewhere southwest of Derna and possibly nw moving northward toward the Gulf of Sidra, to harass the Axis niar lines.
French Planes Join British
Privzie advices reported that about 100 French planes had fled from Tunisian airports to join the British because of resentment against the removal of Gen. Maxime Weygaiid as Vichy’s commander in North Africa. ~ The trapped Axis elements are “now lieing engaged,” a communique said, while other enemy forces in the desert between Tobruk and Egypt iis well as at encircled Bardia, Solum, Halfaya and Sidi Omar are under steady pressure. The Axis forces include the German: raechanized raiding column that lroke across the Egyptian frontie: several days ago. If was blasted: into smaller units by the Royal Air Force and driven back into Libya with heavy losses. a fete femteteiielo—
HESS FOR FUN
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (U. P.).— The London Radio ‘broadcast last night that “While Germans are advancing slowly ‘but steadily toward Moscoyi, a chess tournament was Started) today in the Soviet capital.”
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Invasion Seen.
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (U. PJ). —Best information available here today indicated that the question of
whether Japan responds at the Jast moment to American efforts to induce her to withdraw from China
quo in the rest of the Far East. Whether the Tokyo reply to the American terms will take a form that will permit further discus-
known here. This Government has proposed that Japan engage in no further aggressions in the Pacific area and
in Chira and Indo-China, while talks proceed for a permanent peace settlement,
Fear Burma Road Attack
ment’s position was handed to Japan’s tvo emissaries, Saburo Kurusu onda Kichisaburo Nomura,
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entire situation was ; the appre
sion in high Government ters hers to invade Thailand, possibly with the object of later: attacking the Burma Road. . President Roosevelt, meantime, told a press. conterence that, the situation being what it is in the Pacific, American merchant ves-
routes would not be armed at this time as permitted by recent revision of the neutrality law. But he stressed that conditions might change #t any time, It cepends on Tokyo, ke said. High sources in Washington said that the Japanese-American negotiations had ‘not broken down, but that this Government regards the situation as serious and does not intend to retrest from its demands that Japan cease its aggression in China and Indo-China. The U. S.-Japanese talks were intended by this country to help bring peace between Japan ahd. China, and also obtain a permanent agreement of non-aggression in the Pacific and a return of stable economic conditions, high sources said.
Blockade Is Hinted
In the midst of these discussions with Japan, the Japanese Army sent an expeditionary force to IndoChina. Governmenf quarters. compared the infiltration technique with that used by the German Army in capturing the Balkans. An attack on the Burma Road would be of extreme seriousness for the United States, which is sending war supplies to China over the road, as well as for China, Britain, Australia and the Netherlands. There was no indication what the United States would do if Japan attacks Theiland, but a reliable guarter said retaliation might take the form of an intensified economic blockade in which Japanese shipping would be prevented from trading, fueling or getting supplies at any point under American control. Senator_ Claude A. "Pepper (D. Fla.), ardent supporter of Administration foreign: policy, suggested that the United States should draw a line and say to Japan: “You have gone this far but you shail: go no further. If you do we Chairman Tom Connally o. Tex.); of .the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he had no official information, but he believed the Japanese ‘were “bluffing, ” as regards Thailand,
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The general staff of ‘the far-flung
States is the. German Embassy at Washington which ‘operates under diplomatic “immunity, Gerhart H. Seger, former German: Reichstag member and bitter foe of the Nazi regime, charged in an interview: here today.’ . Mr. Seger, now a naturalized American citizen, was here to address. a public meeting at 8 p. m. fonight at Caleb Mills. Hall, Short-
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States land is" Sh to “do anything from pro to blowpowder plants” ‘when the time cpmes.’ The | Nazi “hot spots” in this country, he said, are in the Hudson River counties of New Jefsey
German Embassy: Is Seat of botrigae | in U. s. chstag Member, Says Here
front. brarich office in this country, ‘which is crganizing German-Amer-“ican workmen in defense industries, Mr. Seger said, The Nazi Labor Front was created by Hitler after the Nazis destroyed the Germnan
trade unions, he charged. He add-| ed that Nazi agents here are not] =
aliens, ‘but ‘American citizens. He said aliens are deportable
and hence ne geod to Nazi Intelli-|
gence officers. German-Americans in this coun-
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HAWAIIAN ARMY ON WAR FOOTING
u. S. Soldiers Guard Docks, Army and Navy Bases; Officers Silent.
The Hawaiian Department of the U..S. Army was placed on “alert” today—equivalent to war footing— throughout the islands. Officers refused to comment on the order except to say that it was part of “routine training.” They would not speculate on its relationship to the Japanese-American Pacific crisis. Docks, terminals, bridges and highways were patrolled by armed soldiers and particularly ‘heavy guards were placed around Army and Navy bases. . A similar #alert” order was issued last July shortly after Japanese credits were frozen by the Unite States Government... Helmeted soldiers with fixed bayonets stood vigilantly ready at vital points—power stations, radio transmission towers and' bridges. Strategically = situated - pillboxes were placed on usually unguarded and remote beaches, while heavy mobile guns and fixed emplacements were made ready for action. nl tts ems email,
REPORT TURK -CLASH WITH RUSSIAN NAVY
Broadcasts -by Nazi-Held Stations- Unconfirmed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (U. P)~— Broadcasts by Nazi-dominated radio stations today reported clashes ‘be-
ish coastal batteries. The
reports from Europe. A Vichy radio broadcast, heard here by the United post, quoting Istan today the Soviet Gove
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asked Turkey for Sern for 10}~ .
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By UNITED PRESS © ‘Shanghai reports said toe day that Japan had sent 70 transports carrying 30,000 troops and much war mate rial to French Indo-China des spite suggestions in: Tokyo that an agreement might be reached with Washington for a “cooling off” period in" Pacific.
Shanghai said the. Japanese were withdrawn from central Cl
land that the movement is : to be the largest ‘single Japanese
troop transfer in recent months, The transports carry large qi
| tities of ‘mechanized equipment, 16 | was reported, and are believed. des« ; tined for Haipeng and Saigon, ol
Joint Statement Hinted The Japanese were said to be
light naval units, including in South Ching waters, parti around Haipong. Ek | ‘Meanwhile, in Tokyo, sugges that United States and Japan igh issue a joint statement di their intention to solve
problems without war were made to the Japanese cabinet. High mille tary,- naval and foreign office ade visers. studied Secretary of State Cordell Hull's memorandum in preparation for sending instructions to the Japanese negotiators ab Washington.
not anticipate a general settle between Japan ‘and the Uni States would be possible or f now. However, they said, a declaration of peaceful intentions followed by several months of non-belligerency in which each side made moves des signed to ease tension might provide the basis for a more general undere standing. * 5
Claim British. Land Troops
Provided a “cooling off” period attempted, these sources said it is believed that Japan will initiate & series of moves to promote the ime provement of the Pacific situation, The United States it was said, might then be expeeted to reciprocate. In columns adjacent to those: ree porting the imminent breakdown of negotiations with the United States, newspapers displayed sensati dispatches claiming - that ~50,0 British and Australian troops ate concentrated on the Malaya~ land frontier to. strengthen * the ABCD ' (America, Britain, Netherlands) powers in their against Japan. National Broadcasting Co. nearda 3 Vichy radio report that six fully loaded Japanese arrived early today at and Hue in French- Inflo-Ching,
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