Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1942 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1942

RADIOS NEEDED

ON U. S. TANKS

British in ‘Honeys’ on Lib-

yan Front Also Prefer Bigger Guns.

By JAN YINDRICH

United Press Sta Correspondent

With the British Eighth Army the Libyan P) —British solwho have been fighting in several as wonderfully efficient but said they need bigger guns and a mechani-

outside Agedabia on Coast, Jan. 9 (U. diers American-built weeks praised

for today

tanks them

cally-operated turret.

Another important need,

by the tank’ commander who, the roar of can't be heard. Chatting with these members of a Hussars regiment which has been fighting the Axis since the British offensive began Nov. 18, I learned that they greatly admire the manueverability of the American tanks, which have stood up well in operations against Ger-

man Mark IITs and IV's fitted with]

4s-pound guns Call Them Honeys

The 12-ton American tanks were nicknamed “honeys” by the United States military attache at Cairo, Col. Bonner Fellers, when he visited the Hussars in the desert. The name has stuck.

One of the tankmen told me of]

being surrounded by the Germans in the desert outside Agedabia after three days of being shelled by German artillery, bombed by Stukas and pounded by ta nk guns. About 10 a. m. lated, the British tanks tacked by two regiments of German tanks, one on each flank. “We were told to take up our positions as well as we could,” he said, * and prepare to fight. then Jerry was about 700 yards away. My tank got a direct hit on one Jerry tank, and then on four more, but we had to withdraw when he got three direct hits on us, the last one in the motor, which burst into fiames. With smoke and flames belching from our tail, we made a run for it.

Gunner Blown te Pieces

My gunner leaped out and tried to get into another tank nearby but he was hit in the neck by | an armor piercing shell which blew| him to pieces The remaining three of us scrambled onto the back of anther American tank and hung on with the battle still turned

time the tank

around in maneuvering for position|

we had to run around to the front. ly got out of it.” A | senior officer told me that altogether 30 German Mark IITs and IV's had been destroyed, against a loss of 10 for the British on Dec. 28 alone. “Thirty German tanks were s blazing that day so we know number was destroved,” he “We shot them at 400 yards tank guns nad anti-tank guns’

CUT NON-DEFENSE COSTS, CG. OF C. ASKS

The Indianapolis Chamber Commerce Board of Directors adopted a resolution urging Congress to make all possible reducin non-defense Government

of

nas

tions spending tremendous war for the largest

Because of the program, calling

budget in the history of the world.!

the resolution stated that “it is most essential in this undertaking that our Government, as well as individuals, bend every effort to allow no room for non-essentials.” The resolution urged that Congress accept the recommendations indicated in the first report of the Congressional Joint Committee on

Reduction of Non-essential Federal] Expenditures and to give favorable

considerations to subsequent economy reports of the Committee. The Chamber of Commerce directors also urged that Congress consider the findings of the Brookings Institute, ber of Commerce and “other recognized associations which have studied Federal budgets.”

they said, wars for radio aboard the tanks. Battle commands now are shouted in fighting, sometimes

tankmen,

1 Dec. 30, he re-| were at-

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the United States Cham-|

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Philip Willkie presents his credentials to U. York for the reserve midshipman school at Annapolis. Looking on are

and Yeoman Leone,

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S. Navy guard Lawrence Daley preparatory to leaving New

his father, Wendell Willkie, (right)

REDS LIFT SIEGE 37 Days of High Adventure,

OF SEVASTOPOL

Stalin Hurls Vast Fresh Armies at Hitler on All Fronts.

United Press KINHWA, China, Jan.

| 26-year-old American bank clerk of Madison, Wis, provincial city today, bearded and covered with flea bites after spending 31 days passing through the Japanese lines,

civilians and guerrillas.

Then Yank in China Is Safe

By KARL ESKELUND Staff Correspondent 8 (Delayed)—Disguised in coolie clothes, walked into this]

a

with the aid of Chinese

He was Paul Stanley Hawkins, one of the Americans who had been

LONDON, Dec. 8 (U. P.). — The ‘caught by the Japanese sneak atsiege of Sevastopol was lifted today, and Premier Joseph Stalin was re- JE ST first f ported to have thrown great, new) Arriving here, he asked first for j armies into the offensive along the ja bath and directions on how to entire front to hurl the faltering, "reach Chungking, the capital, where Ita ib out of Russia. he wants to join the American

S Army. He is a second lieutenant oS Leningrad FON hed sey in the reserve, and had training in SOreeS Sven HhitiEh Sv sue © the reserve officers’ training corps the Gerfnan rear lies besore DCist the University of Wisconsin. former Czarist capital, where the During his journey of 200 air line | Russians have withstood a siege| les from Shanghai, Mr. Hawkins [FOR HRS Ihite ZnbunthS Sf0. {passed through the Japanese lines

T™ St : : ener gt Te aor ya i 'time after time, escaping somerst phase o ussian winter op | times by yards.

| ations—a series of counter- Sachs Chinese peasants, | in preparation for a full-scale drive | —had been concluded. | Now, it was said, huge new armies, well-trained and well-clothed, | and supported by new tanks, guns| and planes had been set upon the! Germans. | The Russians, it was reported plan to shove the Germans into headlong flight from one end of the| ' 1100-mile front to the other, giving them no time to dig in or rest, so Generalissimo Adolf Hitler will not be able to borrow from one army to help another. New Russian landings were reported in the Crimea, and the garrison was attacking |its former besiegers, who had been | | weakened to reinforce the hard-| pressed Germans on the Kerch! 1 was at the Metropole Hotel | Peninsula. jon the evening of Dec. 8 when a German forces in the Mozhaisk | friend telephoned me that we were sector, southwest of Moscow, were|at war with the Japanese. in a desperate plight. “I got up and taxied to the | The British Broadcasting Corp. | {Columbia Riding Academy. I got ined its Kuibyshev observer that,my two horses and started out. ‘Russia's new armies now coming} “Knowing that my only chance into action are real armies and not ©f escape was to pass the Japanese just collections of raw recruits. He|barriers before the sentries got said Russia's Far Eastern force was | Orders to close them, I saddled the “absolutely intact and has not been horses and hurried to the home of drawn upon to reinforce the western 2 friend, who gave me a supply of front.’ | dog biscuits and corned beef. “At the Hangchow Railroad cross- | ing, the main Japanese barrier, I|

{him and helped him to avoid the common enemy,

Grins Through Beard Grinning through his beard Mr.

had lived with Chinese farmers and {guerrillas, making himself understood with the aid of his hands as he knows only a few words of {Chinese. He had waded or swum | more than 20 streams. | Mr. Hawkins, who was a clerk in {the National City Bank at Shanghai. was asleep when the Japanese | struck.

His story follows:

ONE BELIEVED LOST IN BOMBER'S CRASH

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 9 (U.P.). |—Officials at the Salt Lake Army airbase said today they believed all but one of eight men aboard a! bomber which crashed near Hanna, ! Wyo, had escaped by parachute. | Estapes oft Horsebatn Names of the crew members were! not disclosed. ming occasionally, because the

—— | flimsy wooden bridges over the MISHAP CLOSES MINE

| creeks would not hold my horses. VINCENNES, Jan. § (U. P).

“Wang Ching-wei —| (Chinese troops of the JapaneseThe American No. 1 mine near | dominated Nanking regime) nearly Bicknell, one of the largest soft coal | | captured me. I did not see them mines in the state, was forced to| until I was about 150 yards from ‘shut down yesterday when the | them. They shouted to me to halt! blades of the fan supplying air to but I galloped off at full speed. the mine were damaged by a heavy, “That night I abandoned my accumulation of ice. It was believed | horses in a marshy piece of country operations would be halted for sev-| which they could not pass. Shivereral days. | ing, in my wet clothes,

opened up the horses at full speed out the roads to the country, avoid-| ing main highways. “I saw Japanese times, but galloped as I got near them.

troops several away as soon

“Soon I was forced to start swim-

villagers Sd (guerrillas fed, housed and clothed

| Hawkins told how he had slept fully | rillas. '|clothed for a month and how he| brother.

was passed unhindered and then 1|

troops |

I reached a|

farm house and was given shelter there. “For the next three days I proceeded southwestward. It rained much of the time and the sky was overcast. “On the fourth day I met Chinese farmers who took me to their local guerrilla headquarters. The guerrillas were swell to me. They gave me warm Chinese clothes, Chinese shoes and good food. “From the guerrilla headquarters —less than 100 miles from Shanghai —I sent a radio message to the American embassy at Chungking. “The farmers did not know the | United States was at war but the guerrillas did. The guerrilla general, Yu Ne-Ching, who was most kind to me. “I spent five days with the guerThey treated me like a born Their morale and equipment are excellent. “On the fifth day, with a Chinese band, I tried to cross the Japaneseheld Kaishing-Soochow railroad. Apparently we were betrayed, because we found that the Japanese that night had strengthened their railroad garrisons, evidently waiting for us. “We were forced to return. Next night we managed to cross the Japanese lines by another route. Mr. Hawkins was warmly welcomed here and was given American style food by the Rev. and Mrs. John Davis, Baptist missionaries.

2 DIE NEAR BRAZIL IN CROSSING CRASH

BRAZIL, Ind, Jan. 9 (U. P).— William Howerton, 50, and Mrs. Eva Hale, 42, waitress, were killed instantly as their automobile was

[struck by a Pennsylvania passen-

lger train yesterday at a county road |crossing east of Brazil, It was believed that Howerton, an automobile salesman, was unaware lof the train's approach when he drove his car irectly in the path of the fiyer.

BOND WEEK AT HOWE

The sale of defense stamps and bonds is being pushed this week at Thomas Carr Howe High School. A special assembly was called today, and members of the student council were to discuss the part students can play in the campaign.

SON REPORTED ALIVE ROCHESTER, Jan. 98 (U. P)— Mr. and Mrs. Fred McGlothin, of near Rochester, were notified today

|that their son, Woodford, a private

in the U. S. Army, is alive and well at Army headquarters in the Pacific. The youth was previously reported killed in action.

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS

Here Is the Traffic Record | County City Total!

1 2

1

—Jan, §— Accidents ....20 Arrests .. Injured ...... 8 Dead THURSDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Speeding 5 3 Reckless driving 4 2 Failure to stop at threugh street Disobeying traffic signals Drunken driving 2 All others ...... ¢

1941 .. 1942

..118 1

Violations

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MEETINGS TODAY

National Board, League of Women Veoiers, Indianapolis Athletic Club. all day. Butler University and Indianapolis Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters, insurance forum. Butler University, 3:15] Pp m Bundles for Bluejackets Workers, 38th st reet Branch Merchants’ National Bank,

Tofals ....

Exchanes Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin |

y Lithographers Union, Hotel Severin, 8) ©

Indianapolis Pressmen’s Union, Hotel] Severin, 7:30 p. American Communications Association, Hotel Washington. 8 p. aa Club, luncheon “Columbia Club,

“Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, Canary Cottage. noon. Sigma Chi. luncheon, Board of Trade, Delta Tau Delta, luncheon,

Trade, noon. pa or FA luncheon, Canary Cot-

3 3

Paid | $ 37, 33)

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Board of | dist. Nathaniel, ard,

Szyihond. Gwendolyn Hamlin, at Metho-

Feary. Dorothy Barnes, at Methodist. Seoree. Margaret Denwood, at Metho-

ar, Helen Smith, at St. Franci Howard. Florence Robinson, ot St.

Fran fy "Mary Andrews, at 2040 Houston. Bors

Russell, Alene Mavo, at St. Andrew, Alma White, at Brie, Georgia O'Connell,

MEETINGS TOMORROW ]

ais Indiana Department, Veterans of Fore Wars. annual midwin ter conference, SpinkArms Hotel, all day Sigma Chi Cha Rers. conference, Indianapolis Athletic Club, all day. EE Party, meeting, Hotel Severin, * Grand Circuit, luncheon, meeting, Hotel Severin, ncon Indianapolis Alumnae Club of Pi Beta | Phi. luncheon, Butler University Chapter house, noca

MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from oficial records In the County Court House. The Times,

therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.

jryantit, 1 at Metho-

Frank, Alice Beniamin, at Methodist. Wilbur, Ina Lessler, at Methodist. Anthony, Mary Frances Guidone, Methodist. Paul, Frances Sheehan, at Methodist. Leo, Martha White, at St. Vincent's. Liyrence. Ursula Gearns, at St. Vincen William C. Morgan, 24 of 933 E. Rav- v (Renhud. Frances Hochstetler, St. ardner, 20, of 1129 Te- Vincent's | on Wilma G | George, Hazel Irish, at St. Vincent's. | Cecil Corbin, 23. of 5142 Wayne: Ruby | Bruce, Willadeen Parr, at St. Vincent's. K. Fox, 21. of 5142 Wayne yn Howard C. Ledford. 23. of 1929 Co. becca Mitchell, 21. of 1822!

23. of 148 N. Tre-| of 189 Iris. . ‘Roberts. “3%. is 53 Rookwood: | ai 11 cle

220 a Thvington: Pearl Jeanette Butze,

Norma Jean Whaley i of 29 S. Audubon Re. | ' |. William Clack. 28, ‘Anderson. Ind.; Mat- | eral Don be tie Jardnes. 24. of 2346 Cornell. | ney. ginbet er nan, | Willard R. Frederick, 2. of 1826 Madi- | "ej. diabetes mellitus | son: Geneva Rednour ». of 1926 Madison. ean Martha Baker, 9, at City, endo- | Max D. Fauce of 810 Broadway carditis. Velo Parr, 19. oY 0 Broadw Ellis Voorhees Stuart, 65, at 1455 N. Paul W. Bradfield. 0. of 3430 N. Penn. |New Jersey, chronic luekemia. we Phyllis Sanders. 27. Seattle | John Trostte, 59, at Long, broncho- " 20. of 3503 Roosevelt;

pneumonia. A. Close, 03 Reo op Se Nay, Senway. 51, Nee Furnish. 18, of 131 aware. paralysis | lie i M. Allen, 24 fen ood. Ind.;| Lemuel Jones, 63, | Ru ith TC ntown, Ind. Charles B. bell, st 328 E. 12th; ay L.

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DEATHS

Iven Craig Woods, 42, at 513% Ogden, | cardio vascular renal. Edward Gilmore Pottage, 89, at Methoist septicaemia. 3 at ons urem‘a. 17, t City, gen-

85, at 1531 N. OI-

at Central, gengeneral

at Central, Henry Campbell, 53, at City, occlusion. Helen C. Meyer, 45, at 2154 N acute myocarditis. Catherine Snowball, 78, chronic nephritis. Irene Oakes, 33, at City, tuberculosis. Mary Ann King, 57 at 455 Berwick, cardio vascular renal. yrtle M. Burton, 52, at City, diabetes. Eva VanArsdall, 17, at Long, status

epilepticus. Jon, W. Mattocks, 72, at 2308 W. Mor-

paralvsis. coronary 30. or 231 E. 12th;

m Hash. 18 of 625 yirgihia: Maryiy 5 Fishel. 18 Greenwood Ind.

Price, . Delaware,

at Central,

BIRTHS

Girls

Warren, Helen Stafford, at St. Vincent's. William, Nathalie McCartney, at Metho-

Fayette Hamilton. at Metho- es Willard, Frances Gibson, at Methodist,

Nellie Louise s, bowel obstruction.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather Burean

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Partly cloudy with some snow flurries this afternoon, becoming fair tonight; temperature this afternoon 20 to 23; lowest tonight about 10 above.

Sunrise. .... 7:07 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —Jan. 9, 1941—

Precipitation 24 hrs. endin Total precipitation since Deficiency since Jan. 1

INDIANA WEATHER

Cloudy, snow flurries this afternoon, becoming partly cloudy to fair tonight; warmer in south and east this afternoon. colder in northwest portion this afternoon, colder in northwest portion this afternoon and tonight: lowest temperature tonight, zero to 10 fegrees above; wind 15 to 35 miles per hour

The following table shows the maximum and minimum tempesatures in other cities in the last 24 horu

Station

7a m...

Cincinnati .. Cleveland ...

Denver . Dodge City, Kas. pEcksenvile,

Zan Antonio, Tex. San Francisco ..

Sanders, ‘66, at St. Vin-|St. Loui

gan, cerebral hemorrhage |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Philip Willkie Leaves for Naval School

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PLEA MADE FOR AUTO DEALERS

Face Bankruptcy Along With Half Million Employ-

ees, Spokesman Claims.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (U. P).— The 44,000 automobile Yealers in the United States and their half-mil-lion employees are being swept, “virtually without notice or consideration,” into bankruptcy under the Government's ban on the sale of new cars, a spokesman for them charged today. L. Clare Cargile, president of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association, in a statement prepared for delivery before the Senate Small Business Committee, said dealers were being neglected while enormous contracts were being awarded to the second unit of the automotive industry—the manufacturers. “The automobile dealers of Amer-

‘lica are typical small businessmen,”

Mr. Cargile said. “They are located in every city and town of this country. “They have upon every occasion pledged their support to the prosecution of this war to a glorious victory and they shall continue to do so regardless of the hearing that is accorded this plea.” Meanwhile the OPM’s automotive branch ruled today that all 1042 model passenger cars and trucks— regardless of how many miles they have been driven — come under terms of the ban on dealers’ sales. This interpretation halts sale of “demonstrators” which, it was reported, were being sold despite the ban.

LAUDS CHURCHILL AT DEPAUW MEETING

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Jan. 9.— Louis J. Alber, manager of a lyceum bureau and intimate friend of Britain's Prime Minister today told DePauw University students that “Winston Churchill is the staunchest foreign friend the United States has had since Lafayette.” The Prime Minister, he said, is the type to look at a crisis squarely, decide what to do and do it. Mr. Alber managed the British statesman’s tour in this country in 1931.

Element No. 61 Is ‘Captured’

BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 9 (U. P.).—Two University of California physicists have announced they have isolated a related form eof one of nature's “missing” chemical elements, No. 61. Drs. Emilio Serge and Dr.

Chien Shing-wu revealed that by using the university’s huge cyclotron, they had been able to produce an unstable, radioactive isotope, or “cousin,” of the missing element. They refused to predict the ultimate capture of No. 61, Only other missing element in the periodic scale is No. 87.

AYRES TO HOLD SAFETY TESTS

Store Arranges to Protect Customers and Workers If Emergency Arises.

"Safety floor squads have been organized at L. S. Ayres & Co. store for the protection of customers and employees in any emergency. The first test of the emergency organization will be staged at 5:45 p. m. today when floor squads will evacuate the building of employees in the shortest possible time by elevators and stairways. Capt. L. M. Baker, formerly of the U. S. Army and an employee of the store, has been appointed safety director and he has organized emergency squads on each floor of the store building. Each squad will have a chief, assistant chief, first aid attendant, exit guards, stairway guards, elevator guards, escalator guards, floor patrols, searchers and fire extinguisher crews. First aid equipment has been made available for each floor crew such as stretchers, wheel chairs and electric torches. More than 400 employees of the store have volunteered to take a course in first aid training in order that every employee will know what to do in the event of a fire or bombing raid.

War Moves Today

By LOUIS KEEMLE United Press War Analyst Brig. Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell’'s decision to switch his headquarters to the Dutch East Indies indicates Britain's determination to make an all-

out defense of

these island storehouses of vital

materials if Singapore falls. The Japanese already have a foothold in the Indies, having occupied Sarawak in North Borneo, Unless driven out, they should he able to get the damaged oil wells there back in production within six months. This, with the rubber plantations and tin they already have seized in the Malay peninsula, gives them a flying start in the fight for

materials which they gravely lack and ‘which they must have to carry on a long war. The fate of Singapore was in doubt today as the Japanese continued their sweep down the narrow peninsula in what appeared to be a redoubled offensive. That is by no means to suggest that Singapore is doomed. The defenses of the island forces are mighty and the British have every expectation that they could withstand a long siege.

Air Superiority Is Key

In the meantime, American and British naval and air reinforcements may be brought up. Once the Japanese air superiority were overcome, or at least cut down considerably, the prospects of holding Singapore would be greatly increased. It was air superiority which played a big part in the Japanese success in the Malay states, just as it did in the Philippines. However, overcoming it is a matter of time, which the Japanese well know, and they are racing for time. It is obvious that if they complete their conquest of the Philippines, they will be able to divert a heavy force of men and planes for the attack on Singapore.

First Phase Near Climax

Eventually, the British may be able to offset the landward pressure against Singapore by a drive down from Burma into the peninsula, but there has been no sign that they are ready to attempt it yet. It would be a risky undertaking in view of the Japanese strength in Thailand and Indo-China, and the danger of exposing the priceless Burma Road. The progress of the fight for Singapore means that the first phase of the battle of the Pacific is reaching a climax. With Japanese claws stretching out from Singapore and the Philip-

pines, the second phase would be an assault on the Dutch Indies. If the Japanese succeeded in that, they would for the time being become master of the western Pacific. The third phase presumably would be a full assault on the Hawaiian Islands, bastion of defense for the eastern Pacific and the west coast of the United States. Hawaii is not vulnerable, as were the Philippines. It is so strong that it does not seem likely the Japanese would attempt an attack in force while devoting so much energy to the assault in the southwestern ocean. However, Gen. Delos Emmons, Ar my commander-in-chief in Hawaii, told the press that he is taking no chances and is on guard day and night against an attack at any moment. He added that the islands can be held.

BULLITT ARRIVES AT TEHRAN ON SURVEY

TEHRAN, Iran (Persia), Jan. 8 (U. P). (Delayed)—William C. Bule litt, President Roosevelt's envoy to the Middle East, arrived today from Baghdad. Mr. Bullitt said he was making a survey of Middle East territory to determine where most effective deliveries of American war ‘aid could be made. He will spend a

few days in Iran and then, probe ably, proceed to Turkey and India.

GERMAN LANGUAGE BANNED BY CHURCH

LANCASTER, Pa. Jan. 9 (U. P.). —The Zion Lutheran Church ane nounced yesterday that services in the German language would be discontinued voluntarily after Jan. 11,

because of the war.

STRAUSS SAYS:

Charge Accounts . . . Special Needs . . .

The "New Accounts" Desk (Balcony).

CHARGE ACCOUNTS... The Customary 30-Day Accounts . . , The JUNIOR Accounts TAILORED to

(No Carrying Charges).

STORE HOURS SATURDAY 9 TILL 6

and

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That's the Price! choice of more than 500 TOPCOATS and OVERGOATS regularly $25, 27.50, 29.50 and 32.90!

16.93 for

They're WEARINGTONS—we can stop right there! We merely want to add— that there are FLEECE coats and TWEED coats, HERRINGBONES and OVERPLAIDS « .. in about every weight—in about every style that is good—in about every color that a man could want!

(There are some very special ZIPPER LINED COATS among them!)

The Clothing Floor

is the third.

l. STRAUSS & CO. wc THE MAN'S STORE