Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1941 — Page 9
60 ON TRIS LIN ITALIAN PLOT
11 More Rebels Sought; Attempt to Kill ‘Duce Is Charged. |
ROME, Dec. 3 (U. P.).—Eleven members of an anti-Fascist band accused of attempting to assassinate Premier Benito Mussolini, inciting - rebellion in the Italian Army, and ; undermining the Fascist regime, ~ were sought today while 60 asso- » clates were being tried before a . special - tribunal.
The alleged attack on Mussolini ¢ occurred at Caporetto in 1938. It was charged officially that all of the plotters had worked for foreign powers. Russia was named specifically. The 60 defendants were on trial "in Trieste, the center of the plot. 7. Stirred Up Slovenes The revolutionary band, which r maintained headquarters at Trieste, ! on the former Yugoslavian border, | iwas charged, rormally: with conSpiracy against the state and at- | tempting to overthrow the regime. The state declared that Commu- | Hist members of the group hoped to ‘ create a Soviet republic comprising ' the Slavs of Italy, Corinthia and " Yugoslavia. . They brought pressure on Italy’s: Slovene minorities, it said, i. exploiting their “hate against Italy” to create rebellion. Slav soldiers in "the Italian army were openly in- ~ cited to rebellion, it said. \ Widespread sabotage was blamed "on the terrorists. They were said to have blown up three powder factories in 1940, bringing death to 137 . persons and injuries to 1056. They were charged with attempting to blow up: the Arnolstein Bridge be-| tween Italy and Germany, and with porpeatating other military saboge : Active -in Trieste Area
Most of their activities’ centered near the former Yugoslavian border,
it was said. Attempts were made to destroy schools at Plezzo, Oltre, Sonzio. and Plusia, all near Trieste, the principal..seaport of the old . Austrian empire. The terrorists organized in Trieste { and neighboring provinces ‘during . 193s and 1939, the charge said, although some had committed terror1S c acts between 1929 and 1931. % i Most members of the band belonged te other terrorist organizations in Yugoslavia, it said. Their activities © were confined mainly to the Trieste ; area and other parts of northern Italy. ; : Police seized more than 400 i pounds: of TNT, '40 pounds of dyna- | mite," 149 hand grenades, five ma- ' chine guns, 85 revolvers and a quan- . tity of cartridges.and other ex-
. plosives cached by the terrorists, it
. was announced.
'C."W. GEILE NAMED 1,AID_TO TOWNSEND
: *leniarles- W. Geile, Public Relatic Director of the State Selee- ‘ tive Service, today was named ad- : ministrative assistant to former { Governor M. Clifford Townsend, ! now director of the office of Agri1 egltural Defense Relations in the : JU. S. Department of Agriculture. . Mr, Geile will leave for Wash- , ington this week to assume his new duties. He will succeed’ Tristram Coffin, former secretary to the Gov- « ernor, who has been advanced to . the post of director of information in the Agricultural Defense “Relations Division. Mr. Geile formerly headed the spublicity office of the State Devartment of Public Welfare.
REPORTS U. S. HAS
"INDIAN OCEAN BASES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3. (U. P.)— Columbia Broadcasting System’s listening post today heard the Japanese radio quoting Shanghai sources that the United States had leased three islands in the Indian Ocean from Great Britain. , The islands were not Jjdentified. The Japanese broadcasting company said the asserted leasing of the islands was another “example of the greedy hands of the United
Pinder Move?
Senator Claude A. Pepper
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (U. PJ). —Senator Claude A. Pepper (D. Fla), ardent supporter of Administration foreign policy, pre-
dicted today that Japan and Vichy France would begin a huge “pmcer movement” within a few 8ays in an attempt to slow down the flow of American war materials to Britain and Russia.
AUTO TOLL FOR '41 REACHES 124
Pedestrian Hurt “Fatally; City Man Dies After Fall From Car.
The 124th traffic death in the City and County this year was recorded
550 Woodrow Ave., died in City Hos-
Washington St.-. It was the 62d death in the County, outside of Indianapolis. An Indianapolis man, Orville Purvis, died last night In a Chicago hospital as a result of injuries received last Thursday when he fell
land and : Lafayette. was T4 and lived at 140 8 Belmont Ave. Mrs. Maze was struck by a car driven by Phil Ervin, 23, of R. R. 7, Box 124G. With him was Mrs. Ervin and William Emert, 18, of the same address. According to deputy sheriffs, Mrs. Maze and Mr. Ervin said that fog obscured . their vision. Mrs. -Maze said she saw the automobile, but thought that it would not hit her, deputies said.
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Mr. Purvis was a retired motorman for the Indianapolis Street Railways Co. to Chicago by his son-in-law, James Smith, to visit his daughter, Mrs. Alice Smith. The ‘body was to be brought to the Finn, Brothers’ Mortuary. Mr. Purvis had. worked for the railway company 35 yeais, and. had been: retired: several years. He was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Another daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Indianapolis; a son, Fred, Indianapolis; a brother, James Purvis, Tipton; a sister, Mrs. Venia Long, Indianapolis, and three grandchildren, also survive him. ' Mrs. Maze had lived in Marion County most of her life. She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church, - Her husband, Thomas, died several years ago. She is survived:by two sons, Walter C. Hicks and John Maze; a daughter, Ruth Mazz, and a brother, James Adair, all of Indianapolis;
mo; her stepmother, Mrs. Margaret Adair, Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Ella Reeder, of near Summitville, and a niece, Mrs. Laurel Ferguson,! living in Connecticut.
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Destroyer Battled Pack of Subs Until Hit, Stark . Tells Senators.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (U. P.)— The U. S. destroyer Kearny fought for nearly three hours against a pack of German submarines before she was hit by a torpedo, an official Navy report to Congress revealed today. The destroyer, almost cut in half by the explosion, limped into an Iceland port with her 10 dead and 11 wounded. The attack occurred on the night of Oct. 16-17. The Navy report—a letter from Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, to Chairman David I, Walsh (D. Mass.) of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee—said the Kearny was on convoy duty and that “a number” of merchant ships were damaged “and some of them sunk” during the battle,
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Admiral Stark said that although American vessels were in the convoy “it may be stated . . . that no United States flag merchant ship was sunk at this time.” Senator Walsh, who had asked for answers to a series of questions on the Kearny incident, released Admiral Stark’s report without comment, except to say that so far as the Senate’s efforts to obtain information were concerned “the Kearny incident is closed.”
He said, however, that he had written Admiral Stark asking for similar information about the sinking of the destroyer Reuben James which was sunk off Iceland with a loss of 100 officers and men.
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TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE children clothed. That is the record of the first four days in The Indianapolis Times 12th. annual Clothe-A-Child campaign. Yesterday 59 children were clothed by Times’ shoppers with cash contributions to the Clothe-A-Child fund which was swelled yesterday by $350 from “The Voice in the Crowd,” an annual donor, ,and frequent contributor to The Times’ Forum. The first donors who shopped for children themselves clothed four additional children yesterday, making the total clothed for the day 64. The direct donors were Darko & Sons Cleaners and the Thompson's Restaurant Employees, each clothing two. Additional cash contributions yesterday were: Construction Worker s— Bridgeport Brass Co, Cartridge Brass and Case Plant, Indianapolis .....
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BUFFALO, N. M., Dec. 3 (U. P.f.— Local showing of the Greta Garbo film, “Two-Faced Woman,” = was canceled by Shea Theaters, Inc., today at the request of the Most Rev. John A. Duffy, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
SCAN EXTENSION
Protection May Be Given Townships in County Outside City Limits. *®
The extension of Indianapolis fire protection services to all township areas in the County outside City limits was under consideration at City Hall today. Warren township officials and Safety Board members yesterday came to an agreement whereby the City will provide fire protection at the rate of $2500 for the first 25 runs and $100 for each run thereafter.
Complications Cleared
Board members expected Washington, Wayne and’ Perry townships to ask for .similar fire protection agreements. The City recently refused to send its fire fighting equipment outside City limits because of legal complications arising out of the use of City fire equipment. Oscar C. Hagemier, assistant City attorney, informed the Safety Board that these complications have been. cleared up by the State Supreme Court. The Board decided to renew commitments on fire protection with the townships, some of which have been attempting to maintain their own fire-fighting equipment.
HEARING FOR ALGER: TO RESUME FRIDAY
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a. m. Friday.
chance that Gen. Rommel will be able tp withdraw along the narrow coastal plain to stronger lines closer to Tripoli. If that occurs, the first phase of the British campaign will have failed. @ The reserve strength which Gen. Rommel has in the area towards Tripoli can only be conjectured; it is reasonable to assume that he has not risked everything against the first British assault in the Egyptian border area. If he fails to hold there and has to retreat, Gen. Rommel will be. in a better strategic position farther west. Assuming that the opposing forces are equal—Britain’s reverse after two weeks of fighting would indicate they are approximately so —the British have the advantage in Eastern Libya.
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nearly 1000 miles away. If Gen. Rommel is pushed back to Tripoli, the British supply problem will be as great as that of the Axis now, and they will’ have the problem of reconstituting intermediate depots evacuated and destroyed by the Germans, The outcome of the new Libyan campaign is therefore an apparent
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whose main base is at Tripoli,
War Moves Today OF FIRE SERVICE| :
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst
. The magnitude of the task which Britain has undertaken in Libya becomes apparent with the momentary turn of the tide in Germany's favor. The junction of the divided Axis forces in the region between Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk means that Gen. Erwin Rommel has ‘a. chance to withdraw his command through the gap in the British lines unless a renewed British drive succeeds in closing it. The announced British objective is to trap the Axis forces in the Libyan “hump” and annihilate them. * If they do not succeed in the present action, which so far has been confined to a narrow corner of northeastern Libya, there is a good
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CYCLOTRON FIGHTS CANCER SAN FRANCISO, Dec. 3 (U. P). —The atom-smashing cyclotron at the University of California has been used in treatment of cancer with . “encouraging results,” the Radiological Society of North America was told today.
WARNING
10 CHECK YOUR BIKES
Youngsters, check your bicycles. Are the brakes good? Do you have the required horns and lights? Corp. James | Hasch, police officer in charge of safety at elementary schools, is ‘beginning a city wide check-up. Yesterday he checked the bikes at School and of 40 inspected, none was perfect. In two weeks, he will return to/the school at 2033 Sugargrove Ave. to see if-the defects have been corrected. It was the first checkup in the city and the inspector intends to visit ‘all schools in the near future. Lights, horns, brakes, Spokes, frames and fenders were inspected and a check was made to determine whether the bicycle was adjusted to fit the rider.
TOWNSENDITES TO MEET Townsend Club No. 48 will hear E. E. Neal of Noblesville, at 7:30 p. m. tonight at 824 N. Pennsyl-' vania St. The club will also nomi-
nate officers at the meeting.
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