Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1941 — Page 19

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0. $. 0. BACKS SERVICE CLUB

Funds Will Be Provided for| 4

W. Wabash Place; Branch At Union Station.

Arrangements whereby the United Service Organizations will provide

Army, Club, 128 W. Wabash St. were an-| nounced today.

Navy and Marine Service!

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The proved assertion that the Japanese had planned to aceupy the island an funds for the operation of the ; wac essential to Allied defense. There can | strategic value, It is at the eastern ; lend of the Netherlands Indies ham viewed in’ Washington as is but 450 miles from Port|possibility." President Roosevelt al-

War Moves Today

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analest

Allied seizure of the Portuguese part of the Island of Timor brings to the fore the general question of Portugal's neutrality and that of her other island possessions. Of direct interest to the United States and Britain are these Portuguese possessions — the Asores, Maderia and Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic and Portuguese Guinea on the west coast of Africa. nt set in the Timor seizure is founded on the Eeitish a

no doubt ‘of Timor's

a strong

Under an agreement with the parwin the Australian naval base./ready has laid down the principle City Park Board, the U. 8. O. will| ¢ has been developed—with an eye|that Axis occupation of the Azores

start providing funds for the club | yo military value—as an air base.

Jan, 1. In its first year, the club has been financed by the Pack Board and citizens’ contributions. | At the same time, it was announced that a branch, to be known as the Service Men's Club Canteen, will be opened Monday at the Union | Station. The branch will have a recreational room, and will be un-| der the direction of Mrs. Lesh,

and Cape Verde Islands would di-

This precedent undoubtedly will rectly menace the safety of the be followed if there is the threat of [United States.

an Axis move into Spain and Por-

te desire to re-

Portugal's despera tugal, a move which has long been {main neyiral therefore has not had

her ¢ possessions. | to It is impossible to over-estimate the strategic value of the Portuguese Atlantic islands as bases for destroyers, submarines and aircraft, and as coaling and supply depots. They admirably guard the exit from the Mediterranean, should the Axis take over the French fleet and capture Gibraltar,

Hitler Looks to Africa

There have been suggestions from Portuguese sources that if the motherland is invaded, the islands would be surrendered to the United States for safety. A growing Axis threat in the western Mediterranean, however, might find the Allies in possession even before an actual invasion. If Hitler is to come to grips with this country and intensify the war in the Atlantic, a move into the Iberian Peninsula and West Africa would be his most logical course. How soon he might feel able to at-

on ihe] emp, for

own purposes and ald his Ad partner by diverting American naval and ale

strength, is highly problematical. Pressed on Other Fronts

It is, in fact, extremely doubtful] : ;

that Hitler could attempt any such thing under the present circumstances. He is pressed to the utmost both in Russia and in Libya. British reports indicate at least a possibility that the Axis will be driven entirely out of North Africa.

If Hitler has been unable to pour enough reinforcements into North Africa to stop the British drive, it does not seem logical to assume that he feels capable of embarking on an adventure of far greater magnitude.

The probability is that Hitler has not been able to spare enough from his Russian campaign to put up the prope defense in Libya. His strategy in coming moriths will be governed by the outcome of his withdrawal in Russia.

War Analysis By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copyright, 1041, by, The A Oa and The Chicago

LONDON, Dec. 18.—It is now freely admitted by the press that Singapore is in serious danger either of being taken or of being neutralized as a naval base and commercial port. This, in turn, means that the Dutch Fast Indies are directly threatened and that the Allied chances of a successful and early counter-offensive against Japan are endangered. It is admitted that the Allies have neither air nor naval parity with the Japanese in the Western Pacific, partly as a

days of the war and, in the case of air, shortsightedness.

Official circles in London today gave a revised estimate of Japanese naval strength as of the present moment, According to their information, the Japanese have eight battleships, nine aircraft carriers, four large and: five small, 12 eightinch gun cruisers, most of which are strictly modern, six light cruisers armed with 6.1-inch guns, 14 light

cruisers armed with 55-inch guns, 64 destroyers with 5.5-inch guns and 62 destroyers with 4.7-inch guns, 86 submarines and six small seaplane carriers, - Eleven of Japan's 20 light cruisers and 80 of her 126 destroyers are classed as modern. Without ‘ indulging in any witch

consequence of British and American naval losses during the first few

Hy the British people are won’ dering how Singapore's defense could have been entrusted to the command of a man like Sir Rob« ert Brooke-Popham who, though an

air marshal himself, did not even

prepare the defense of the Malayan airdromes. It worries them to contemplate what further mistakes this gentle man may have made and they won der if there are many more like him. Some people who knew him in the last war say that he is pretty unique and find whatever comfort they can in that thought. In private they complain sharply that the key to the whole strategic position in the Far East has been made a sort of attic in which the Government has stored its left overs: Brooke-Popham; Alfred Duff-Cooper, who had already failed at the ministry of informae tion; and Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, who had not been to sea for years before he was sent to Singapore where he lost his own life and two of his most valuable ships,

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Supervisors Named | Supervision of the club will be| if

placed in the hands of a manage-| ment committee of representative | citizens, |

Parker P. Jordan, Y. M. C. A. sec Ih.

retary, has been named chairman, | and Paul Rathert of the Park Board vice chairman. Also on the committee are H. w.| | Middlesworth, City recreation direc- | tor, secretary; Hiram McKee, U. 8.| ©. treasurer, committe treasurer; Miss Grace Hawk, Overseas League | representative; Miss Gertrude Brown, Park Board member; James Zachary, of the Federal Security Administration. Others include J. J. Kiser, chair-| man of the local U. 8S. O.; Posie] Denning, representing WPA: Allan] Bloom, Kirshbaum Center secretary: Floyd Hunter, Council of Social Agencies secretary: Capt. Francis E.

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Conder, morale officer at Ft. Harri- |,

son; Harry Reid, Indianapolis Rail-| ways president; Frank Mumford, American Legion; Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin, chairman of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Recreation, and Ensign C. L. Mize, recreational officer of the Naval Armory.

OFFERS DEFENSE BONDS AS PRIZES

Defense bonds and stamps will be the prizes for employees of the McCullough Printing Co. competing in games at their annual Christmas party tomorrow evening at the Columbia Club. Ralph E. Duncan, executive vice president, said that everyone in the | firm is planning a year of defense stamp and bond buying on the | largest possible scale. George A. Werp is chairman of | the entertainment committee, fs- | gisted by Miss Helen Abel.

PARTY SCHEDULED AT INDIANA CENTRAL A Christmas dinner for students and faculty will bé held at § p. m. today in Daily Hall, Indiana Central College. Following the dinner faculty | members and their families will | gather at the home of President and Mrs. I. J. Good, 4202 Otterbein Ave, for a party. The holiday recess at the school

begins tomorrcw and continues to Jan. §.

DIES OF CRASH INJURIES FT. WAYNE, Dec. 18 (U. P)— Mrs. Alice Duddleson, 52, Ft. Wayne, died yesterday of injuries suffered Oct. 18 in an automobile-truck pileup caused by smog oh U. S. Highway 30 near Columbia City.

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