Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1942 — Page 5

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THURSDAY, JAN. 22,

BATAAN DEFENSE IS AIDED BY NAVY

Smooth-Functioning Battal

Guard Important Beachhead; Leathernecks Smash Snipers. A. F. FE. ON THE BATAAN]

WITH THE U. S. PENINSULA, Jan. 22 I

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ion of Sailors and Marines

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is playing a large part in the defense of the Bataan penin-|

sula, although that is primarily a job for the Army.

There is a smooth-funct sailors and marines, which 1s defending one of the most 1mportant beaches in this area. This pickup outfi 1gs rides and mans 1 e 2 anti-aircraft guns because the ba ed by an to get his 1} : and strike at Ja Some Navy men have been signed the Army important guard duty hile others are helpIng to man e Arm radio telephone equipment

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Marines There is a persistent making the rounds of Bataan province that several sharpshooting Manines who wer visit the front faniry and ther lives carrving and dangerous job ft Japanese Enemy riflemer trees have been concent efforts on picking officers.

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De friend of the United States, iII' jeader of the insurrectionists in thej €TICan philippine Islands after the

ioning battalion, composed of | PETE | Marine anti-aircraft batteries likewise are playing an heroic part]

in making the Bataan skies unsafe; §

for Japanese planes They alsc have broken up sev-

1® eral formations.

General comments are along the “Those Marines sure can shoot,” as smoke puffs reveal the devil-cogs “laying in” charges from | their batteries. | Meanwhile, American and Fili-| pino guerrilla fighters—taking a leaf from the pages of Gen. Emilio] Aguinaldo—are striking sharp blows | at the Japanese rear and aiding the battle of Gen. Douglas Mac-| Arthur to hold his Bataan province siege lines. | These guerrilla bands appeared | {0 constitute a potential source of]

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ne major Japanese difficulties in their |

effort to establish firm control. Aguinalde Tactics Used

Gen. Aguinaldo, in recent years a was |

States took them from Spain in {1898. His followers fought guerrilla {warfare for several years against American occupation forces. { So far Gen. MacArthur's reports have mentioned two actions by guerrilla or detached forces. One was an attack on a Japanese airport in northeast Luzon just south of Aparri in which 110 Japanese were killed. The other was an action in Mindanao in the back coun--try north of Davao.

Guerrillas Well Armed

A flashing smile by Coffee Queen Mercedes Lucy Saenz Davila of Colombia holds the attention of Cadet John E. Craig of Indianapolis. Miss Davila and six other queens of the Pan-American Coffee

Bureau captured a corps of cadets

the academy—a highlight of their good-will tour of the United States.

at West Point as honored gyests of

Blast Path Through Jungle In Burma Invasion Attempt

By DARRELL BERRIGAN United Press Staff Correspondent RANGOON. Burma, Jan. 22. —Japanese and Thailand forces, blastUnited | Ing a path westward through the frontier jungle, intensified a drive strategic Moulmein today in a renewed attempt to cut off the panhandle and gain a major base for a possible new thrust

toward Tenasserim at the Burma Road.

Co-operation between Chinese and British forces in the defense of

FIGHTS TO KEEP

FAYETTE POST

Welfare Director’s Case Is

No official statement has been made but it was presumed that these actions were carried out by joint American-Filipino units—{ragments of original defense forces| mye new State Personnel Board

which became detached in the . . : vg | 3. 24s will hear its first appeal in a disheavy fighting of the early days of | ll hear Ppe: |

the invasion. jmissal case at 2 p. m. Monday. | The guerrillas are believed to be, Charles Gettinger, Fayette County| {operating under general instruc- welfare director who recently was| | ons and plans laid down by Gen. gischarged by the Fayette County | MacArthur before the Japanese welfare Board on a charge of po(attack. They probably are well jirjcal activity, has charged that the| { equipped with rifles, machine guns,|qdismissal was unjust and asked the! | grenades and other light weapons. Board to review the case.

1. U. SOCIAL AFFAIRS $1300-S1500 Job

If the Board finds that there was SCHEDULED AS USUAL no just reason for Mr. Gettinger's dismissal, it may reinstate him. The JPHES Sresa [Fayette County Welfare director BLOOMINGTON, Ind... Jan. 22.— earns between $1300 and $1500 a {Indiana University’s Student Affairs|year Committee today anneunced that | Sumy .- er Bie . i rectors come under the provisions [octal Shas on 3S of the new State merit system law Efe 2 : he Se Wr SO eer hich provides for appeals to the under the university's

Ww war serv-| mink : : he Se | Personnel Board from dismissals in ice program. The only change in social regu-

{all state departments covered by it. lations is that requiring women to

be in at 10:30 p. m. instead of 12:30 a. m. on Friday nights be-| DOVER, England, Jan. 22 (U, P). fore there are Saturday classes. —Long range German guns emStudent committees are working|placed on the French Coast fired to reduce the costs of dances and across the Straits of Dover for more parties. In some cases the savings than three hours today. A shellfire effected are to be donated to the|{warning still was in force in the war causes.jarea in early afternoon.

First Appeal to New Personnel Board.

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L SRVINGS AND LOAN

[the Kawkareik

| Burma was discussed at a confer{ence somewhere in the Shan states, according to a Rangoon newspaper. The conferees included Lieut. (Gen. T. J. Hutton, commander-in-(chief in Burma; Maj. Gen. Bruce [ Scott, divisional commander; Gen. |Liu Kwan-Loong, commander of {Chinese forces in Burma; Col. J. H. Wilkinson from India, in charge of the Indian supply program for Burma.

Report Heavy Fighting

Heavy fighting was reported in and Sukli areas about 12 miles west of the Thai border and 45 miles east of Moulmein as the Japanese sought to consolidate their foothold at coastal Tavoy, 175 miles to the south.

The new front centered in the Dawna mountain zone directly east of Moulmein where official reports said Thai troops crossed the border and attacked a Gurkha outpost west of Palu. The Japanese concentrated in the same area, attacked British positions at Sukli and Tiwakale. The maneuver, if successful, would slice off from Burma the narrow finger of Tenasserim, where the Japanese have a foothold at coastal Tavoy in the south, and would place Japanese troops within 100 miles by water from Rangoon.

Americans Aid Fight

The distance by land around the gulf would be approximately twice as far, and would entail probably an all-out offensive into the heart of Burma. British planes were reported battling in support of the army units in the Kawkareik area, and to have swarmed east of the battle line to bomb without loss the Thai-Jap-anese airdrome at Rohaing. Six Blenheim bombers with an escort of six Tomahawk fighters, piloted by Americans, “heavily bombed” Mehsod Tuesday, shooting down two Japanese fighter planes and probably destroying two others. | One American pilot, at first re-| ported missing from the eperations, later arrived at Moulmeim.

27 TO GRADUATE AT INDIANA LAW SCHOOL

The degree of bachelor of laws will be conferred on 27 mid-year graduates of the Indiana Law School of Indianapolis at ceremonies in Butler University’s Jordan Hall next Wednesday.

Dr. Daniel S. Robinson, Butler president, will deliver the graduation address, and Hilton U. Brown, president of the law school board of trustees, will confer the degrees. James M. Ogden, law school president, will preside.

CAMP LEADERSHIP COURSE OFFERED

Camp counseling and leadership will be taught at Butler University starting Monday by Sidney R. Esten, evening division instructor and former lecturer and field work-

er with the Indiana Department of Conservation. Mr. Esten, who estimates some

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Coffee Queen Visits U. S.

RUSS STRONGER RED CHIEF SAYS

Will Defeat ‘Lousy, Hungry’ Germans, He Vows on Party’s Birthday.

MOSCOW, Jan, 22 (U, P.). — A Communist Party report to the na-

tion on the 18th anniversary of the death of Nikolai Lenin asserted to-| day that Russia's war industry was; intact and was growing stronger. | It warned that the Germans would try a new offensive and urged the entire nation to redouble its war effort but it promised the utter defeat of the Germans and the complete victory of the Russian cause. A. S. Scherbakov, secretary of the Moscow Communist Party area, said in the report that between Dec. 6, when the Russians opened their counter-offensive, and Jan. 15, the Germans had lost 300,000 men in killed alone and that the Russians had destroyed more than 1100 German planes.

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The report said the Russians also had taken 4801 field guns, 3071 mine throwers, nearly 8000 machine guns, more than 90,000 rifles, 2766 tanks. | more than 300 armored cars, 33.640 automobiles, 102 wireless stations, more than 2,000,000 artillery shells, more than 30,000,000 rifle cartridges, more than 200,000 mines, about 6000 motorcycles, and many other military supplies. Taunting the Germans with their one-time hope for victory within six weeks, and describing the present retreat of the “lousy, hungry” German army, Scherbakov said:

Lists Supplies Seized

Pledges Vengeance

“We will never forget the pain and suffering of our people and we will exact vengeance for every drop of blood. . . “We will certainly win and we will not cease the struggle until the army of the Fascist German invaders is utterly defeated.”

Midway Workmen Describe Japs' Moonlight Shelling

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 (U.P). —Construction workers from Midway Island told today of a tense, daylong vigil Dec. 7, waiting for a Japanese attack on the island outpost. Enemy warships failed to appear until after dark, but bright moonlight revealed their approach. The workmen, whose one-year contracts had expired, were brought to San Francisco with civilian evacuees and naval casualties from Johnson and Palmyra Islands and Hawaii. Many expressed hope of returning to build more defense works on the mid-Pacific possessions after a mainland vacation. “We heard about the Pearl Harbor attack on Sunday, Dec. 7, and waited all day for the Japs,” Charles H. Kelly, 29, Nampa, Ida. said. “After the sun went down there was a bright moon. We saw ships approaching. I think they were two Japanese destroyers. “They shelled us for five or 10 minutes, then there was a lull of

TWO FACE CHARGES OF DRUNKEN DRIVING

Seven persons were injured in one |

accident and seven autos were dam- | aged in another, and, as a result, two motorists today faced charges] of driving while under the influence Guy G. Lyons, 52, of 549 Luett St., was arrested after his auto col-| lided with one driven by Miss Queenie Madden, 22, 919 Locke St. 310 W. Michigan St. shortly before | midnight. Both drivers and five] injured, none seriously, and were treated at City Hospital. George W. Fritzlen, 58, of 923 N.| Temple Ave. was arrested after " autos parked in a row in the 600

block on N. Noble St.

about 15 minutes. The second shelling lasted for 20 minutes. All the shelling seemed directed at military buildings.”

Roman Dembowski, Milwaukee, Wis., said he was aboard a tugboat when the Japanese ships appeared. “We saw gun flashes from two enemy ships and in no more than five minutes the Midway batteries opened up,” he said. Although we couldn’t make out the Jap ships, it was something to watch. “We saw a tracer shell from Midway hit a destroyer. There was a lot of smoke. The ship disappeared. I guess she was pretty badly hit.” Dembowski was accompanied by his brother, Bernard. Both had spent one year at Midway. The evacuees included Dorothy Ramspeck, daughter of Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D. Ga.). She was at Honolulu, visiting Mrs. C. A. Barnings, wife of a Marine Corps lieutehant captured at Wake Island. “It was an awful thing to watch and live through,” Miss Ramspeck said of the Pearl Harbor attack.

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DRIVER DIES IN CRASH GREENSBURG, Ind., Jan. 22 (U, P.).—Orville C. Parmenter, 46, Gary, was injured fatally yesterday when his automobile and another driven by William Holtkamp, 39, Newport, collided one mile north of Greensburg on Road 3. Mr. Holtkamp was injured critically.

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That Hang On

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