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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 274

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Hoosier Flier Bags His Quota of Japs In Battle Over Rangoon RUSSIA DEEPENS

By LELAND STOWE The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. 24 —One New Zealand pilot said to another: He was a wizard of a flier,

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Its that Zealander rejoined: “Don’t you worry about that bloke from Georgia. I'll bet you anything he turns up safe enough That Georgia bloke, he'll come riding home in a wagon or on a water buffalo. Just wait and see.” That was vesterday afternoon when we learned that one of the American “Scalpers Squadron” was Missing after a daylight strafing raid over the Thailand border. The missing aviator, one of the most popular members of the American-manned Chinese Air Force units in Burma. distinguished himself 10 days age in the AVG's (American Volunteer Group's) first darlight strafing of the Japanese airfield at Mehsod. : He returned to the field and dived upon it a second time alone to knock out the last of nine planes bagged by the Americans there that dav. Afterward he explained in his best Southern drawl: “Well, vou know, ah just hated to leave one of them little Jap hornets sitting around there by itself.”

ALL REGISTER ON SAME DAY

Hoosiers to Sign Feb. 16, Officials Rule: Schools Will Be Used.

Br EARL RICHERT

Indiana will register ail men from 20 to 44 inclusive, for possible military service on one day. Feb. 16, Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchcoek. State Selective head, announced;

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oda) Feb. 18 is the date fixed by the President the naw registration but national Seiective Service heada

Justice Owen J. Roberts

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3% (U'PY. —President Roosevelt today scheduled a conference with Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts to go over the report of the special board that was assigned to fix responsibility for “what happened at Pearl Harbor.”

BLUE SUSPEND FRANK SISSON

Deputy Who Got 14 Park ing Stickers Ordered Off Duty for 2 Weeks.

The deputy Marion County prosecutor who permitted 14 overtime parking stickers to accumulate because he considered the ordinance “bad” was suspended for two weeks by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue todav. Frank T. Sisson, deputy prosecutor assigned to Juvenile Court. was fined $28 by Judge John Niblack in Municipal Court this week after two officers testified they had given him the 14 stickers between Oct. 15 and Dec. 15 for overtime parking near the Court House.

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nr yuarters announced that it would . llow states to register men earlier aw fit to do so. Several ve made such plans officials, after conlocal board officials] the State, concluded | that it was unnecessary to have more than one days registration here in order to accommodate defense workers and others.

Boards Select Sites

Each local board will have charge of setiing up registration places in their cwn areas and of recruiting volunteers to serve as registrars. Permission been obtained Dr. Clement T. Malan, State perintendent of Public Instrucschool buildings and of local boards plan to ». Col. Hitchcock said Marion County boards are making

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oard 7 will men In ea at the Cathedral High School Crispus Attucks gymnasiums School 32; Beard 11 at the lermont School, Bridgeport High hool, Speedway School and Ben vis School. Board 15 will register Warren Central High School, Castleton School, Albert Walsman School 3, William H. Evans School and Beech Greve School. The list of places for the latter two boards are nct complete Other Marion County boards expect % have their registration places ready to announce next week. Registration places w open at a, m, and close at 9 p. m. Persons who are away from home on Feh. 18 may register at the nearest local Board. Individuals registered are register.

Need Correct Address

Of particular importance in rural areas, Col. Hitchcock said. is the necessity for giving a correct adRegistrants living in the rural communities must describe the location of their homes on the cards This is being done to avoid much of the confusion that previously has resulted in rural areas. For example, a man who got his mail from a town in a county other than the one in which he lived would give that town as his address, thus placing himself under the wrong local board. Local board areas follow county lines and no local board has jurisdiction in two counties.

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In a statement. Mr. Blue said: “Because of his failure to pav promptly for traffic stickers obtained by him and for his apparent intention to evade his responsibility under the City ordinance restricting parking and in order to maintain proper discipline, I have suspended Frank Sisson from the staff for a period of 14 days beginning Feb. 1.

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who not “This action is taken because it is the belief of the prosecuting attorney that public officials. whoever they may be, owe a greater duty to comply strictly with the rules of the law which govern our behavior than do individual private citizens. and that in owing that greater duty, justice demands that public officials who violate the law should be required to pay a greater penalty. “It is the desire of the office of the Prosecuting Attorney by a constant example of its conduct as a whole and by the conduct of its individual members to instill and promote respect of the highest degree for the

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SUE FOR CAMP LAND

A condemnation suit for 7200 acres for the new Army Cantonment near Columbus, Ind., was filed in Federal Court today. The suit paves the way for the immediate possession of the land so that construction of the camp can begin as soon as land titles are cleared,

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Churches € Movies 7 Music ... Comics ......, 13 Obituaries Crossword ... li Pyle Editorials .... 8 Radio ol Financial .... 8 Real Estate . 11 Forum .... 8 Mrs. Roosevelt 7 In Indole . 3 Society . 4. 5 first press conference since his reInside Indpls. 7 Sports .... 10, 11 turn, that he was convihced Russia Johnson 8 State Deaths.. 11 and Japan would ultimately clash, _

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CRIPPS SEES RED-JAP WAR LONDON, Jan. 24 (U, P.). — Sir Stafiord Cripps, retiring British ambassador to Russia, said today in his

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BULLETIN RANGOON, Jan. 24 — (Official Broadcast Recorded by U. P. at Chungking)—American and British pilots today shot down all of a squadron of seven Japanese bombers vainly striking at Rangoon and also destroyed nine Japanese fighters for a total of 16 enemy craft. One Allied plane was lost.

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fenders. Four Jap bombers were n A rangy plainsman from Was from Seattle, Randalia. Towa, and credited with two each.

Last night, the dark, mustached Georgia Kid's absence was felt by the Royal Air Force boys just as much as by his American comrades. But early today word reached his home field that Georgia was okay. They immediately sent a plane speeding eastward to bring him back to his base where he got a vociferous reception. It seems the Georgia Kid—t(he's from Statesboro, Ga.)—shot it out with the Jap fighter and got nis man. But his own Tomahawk was raked badly and damaged from gunfire. Somehow Moosy, as his pals call him, skittered his Tomahawk toward the frontier mountain range after eluding his Jap pursuers. Then the plane threatened to crash so he parachuted. landing with notning more than bruises. The Georgia Kid scurried around, found a native bullock cart in the gathering dusk and rode to the Japanese lines, somehow slipping through miraculously. He rode all night and reported safely today.

BETRAYED, IS PURDUE'S CRY

Trustees for Retaining Elward for 1942.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. Jan. 24 (U '@ P.).—The Purdue Exponent, student | ‘daily, charged in a first page editorial yesterday that the board of, trustees “betrayed the student body” bv reappointing A. H. (Mal) 'Eiward head football coach because iElward “has proved incompetent.” |: Elward was relieved of his duties! {as director of athletics but given a new fontract as head foothall coach until Dec. 31, 1942, by the trustees | Thursday. | Elward’s reappointment “sud -| |dently quenched student hppes for: {Purdue's future football fortunes,”| {the editorial said. |

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“Stupid Judgment” “The choice is unanimously un- et 3 : popular with students, players,! The bow of the 6768-ton tanker Coimbra is still afloat in the oil

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A blond youngster from Coronado, Cal. was generally credited by his AVG comrades as the biggest scores in yesterday's glorious de-

tors tallied 16 or 17 out of 21 enemy craft downed by the Allied de-

In yesterday's battles. one squadron leader of the American Scalp-

score to seven. possibly eight, Jap planes in the past two and one-half ord for drinking a bottle of beer after an air fight.

road engineer who produced the bottle of beer. The Hoosier says he swallowed it “in four gulps and 10 seconds

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WEDGE IN NAZIS LINES TO NORTH

German Positions Threatened at Smolensk And Leningrad; Aussies Mobilize as Britain.

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By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign Editor

The Red Army’s break-through on the Eastern*Front | gained momentum as a threat to German positions at Smo'lensk and Leningrad today but in the Far East the Japanese | offensive pushed wedges deeper into the Allied defense

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LOSSES OF U. §. FORCES HEAVY Dutch war planes again bombed an enemy invasion | fleet off Borneo—blasting three ships and sinking one—but

‘the r of the Japanese] Some the threat ; oe p tl and Philippine forces ‘continued (drive increased toward the heir stubborn resistance.” Burma Road, Singapore, Java] AUSTRALIA —Full mobilization and Australia. ‘was speeded for home defense as In the Philippines, too. the enemy the Japanese invasion of the Rabaul way throwing reinforcements|3rea on New Briiain Island was against the weary American defend- confirmed by official reports of 11 lers of Bataan province and push-| {'ansports (indicating a big inva= ling forward at some points despite Sion force), three cruisers, a de- | tremendous cost. |stroyer and an aircraft carrier in Along the entire United Nations adjacent waters. San against front stretching thousands of miles |the enemy also believed in progress from Burma to the Solomon Islands, hear Cardiang on New Ireland Ise (the Japanese hammered at vital land and Kieta in the SIT bases and communications lines in |Australians were digging shellers In an effort to achieve a major break- expectation of aerial bombardment through. |of. Queensland and feared isolation The defenders also were rein from the Allied lines, but officials forced and were standing more promised a fight to the limit against

firmly on shortened lines but the |invasion. need for more airplanes and naval] MALAYA—The Japanese advance units was emphasized by renewed | continued at a slower place and

Australian appeals to Washington | greater cost. The British withdrew and London. in the Paloh (center) and Mersing

Yields West Coast Positions

On Bataan. By HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTGCN Jan. 24.—Terrific Japanese attacks supported by naval vessels and aircraft, have Douglas

coast of the peninsula, the War Department reported today. . “Heavy’; sosses were inflicted upon the Japanese, the communique said, but for the first time since the war in the Philippines started, it was admitted that the American defenders also suffered “heavy” losses—losses they could ill afford. Gen. MacArthur's men, fatigued constant fighting and outnumbered by the powerfully reinforced Japanese troops, launched | counter-attack after counter-attack.

11 Dispatches from the fronts | (east) sectors, 60 miles north of showed: | Singapore, and fought tremendous PHILIPPINES — Fresh Japanese | hemy pressure in the Batu Pahat

troops, supported by naval guns on area, on west coast. British planes

alumni and faculty,” the editoriaj; covered sea off New York, where it was altacked by a submarine Jan. continued. “But it is more; it was| 15. The number of survivors has not been disclosed. (First Army |

‘Sentence’ for Elward

“Elward, to say nothing of the students, under the new setup is practically sentenced to one year at hard labor. He knows that this is merely an expedient of a not-very-| courageous board to ease him out.! “The new athletic director, when|

ja stupid judgment that that board Air Force photo.) {athletic situation in any department with the ill-feeling that Elward will engender. | (the students fervently hoped that| NEw YORK, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—The executive board of the Congress (their school would lose the game of industrial Organizations met today to consider President Roosevelt's (with Indiana last November in the nyonosal for wartime peace between the C. I. O. and the American director? Obviously no. advice of President Philip Murray that it ratify the President's formula. “Last semester student morale hit BG me ee eee The SIX vice presidents of the C. 1. a new low—even huge bonfires anc RATIONIN OF SUGAR 0. also were reported to have apscratch the apathy. United Mine Workers, who recently called for resumption of negotiations {between the A. F. of L. and the C. I. ’ Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the 'U.M. W. A. and their representative |

imade when it assumed that Purdue : ® I C.1.0. Board Weighs FDR's “Did the board of trustees even belief that it woulda force the Federation of Labor. pep sessions and sickly sweet words proved the formula. O. for unity, was not* present at the ‘on the board, attended. |

No Shortage, Officials Say Check Other Foods.

jcould possibly have a successful! P | for Labor P consider that a large majority of roposa or a or eace naming of a new coach and athletic The board had before-it when it convened at the Biltmore Hotel, the about ‘support the team’ could not John L. Lewis, president of the + executive board meeting but Thomas | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U. P.).— Meanwhile it was reported from

| appointed, will be working under a tremendous handicap. There will be a thousand resentments, and the

Officials revealed today that sugar ‘Washington that Mr. Lewis in stickrationing cards probably would be In® to his unification proposal,

distributed next month and that Prought his dispute with Mr. Mur-

: : ¢ they were watching the supplies of ray to the point of an open break. athletic staff will find itself with Ey basic TE iLs Mg of: He wrote Mr. Murray declining

as many opinions as there are shortages. | an invitation to place his proposal

members. | Rationing cards comparable to before the C. I. O. executive board | “What does Purdue want?

It those in Great Britain and Ger- in New York today and suggesting wants a show for its money: it/many alreadv have been approved. that the board, “if it desires to act wants a fighting, colorful team. not | Defense officials said housewives constructively,” consider “some sort | necessarily a yearly Minnesota. It (hould not be alarmed. that the Of a functional coalition” between | wants something that will not g nny of sugar was not critically the C. L O. and A. F. of L. disgust the entire student body. low and that rationing was being Wheeler Backs Lewis “It does not want to be told to

; : started to prevent it from becoming Mr. Murray and A. F. of L. Presiget behind the team’ every week that wav. dent William Green proceeded with

and then watch an anemic exhi- ofejals aid the Office of Price Plans for appointment of three bition that bores everyone. It d€- | Administration is checking on all representatives each on a commitspises these nothing-to-nothing rices, shortages and hoarding of tee suggested by Mr. Roosevelt to scores and would definitely prefer a commodities. {adjust disputes involving both 40 to 30 defeat. | | unions. “Elward has made enemies at LOCAL TEMPERATURES every turn. There are members of | (v8 Mam... the team who have vowed that they, cy trac. ..5 would play no more football for ... 40 12 (noon)... Purdue if Elward remained.” | iv 43 1p. m .

Dies Refuses to 'Whitewash' Lash, Protege of First Lady Faience 7% Wicie

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2¢ (U. P)., The committee, Mr. Dies said, re- | 3¢Sture on the part of Mr. Lewis —The Dies Committee on un-| fused to “whitewash” Lash [10 try to bring peace in the interest American Activities today in effect| voted to make its information on| Cf National defense.” washed its hands of the case of his background available to any | Tobin Urges Support Joseph P. Lash, former executive branch of the service, draft boarq| LD2viel J. Tobin, president of the secretary of the American Student) or defense industry. Internaticnal Brotherhood of Union, in his apparent effort to win| It had been reported that the Teairsters (A. F. of L), with whom committee aid in obtaining ap- secret meeting was held at the in-|M! Lewis reportedly conferred be‘pointment as a Naval Intelligence stance of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt | {Ore announcing his peace proposal | officer. {but Chairman Dies refused all in.|® Week ago, said labor should not | Chariman Martin Dies (D. Tex.) formation other than what occurred | Misiudge Mr. Lewis’ motives. ‘revealed that Lash appeared before at the meeting. The nature of the C. I. O. exscuthe committee in secret session! It was reported in New York ive board's reply to Mr. Lewis may Wednesday at his (Lash’s) request. yesterday that Lash’s draft board |infiuence his future relations with Mr. Dies said the one-time youth had notified him of his reclassifi-|the C. I. O. Some labor officials leader had admitted former sym- cation and that he had been placed believed a sharp rebuff might pro- | pathy for the Communist cause and in Class 1A. with the possibility| voke Mr. Lewis into withdrawing | “substantial agreement” with its) that notice of ind his United Mine Workers from the

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lat secret White House conferences with Mr. Murray and Mr. Green| |and George Meany, A. F. of L.| | secretary-treasurer, after Mr. Lewis | suggested that labor union peace negotiations broken off in 1939 be resumed. Mr, Lewis’

preposal, however, drew support in several quarters.

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Difficulty May Be Serious

The counter-attacks succeeded in recovering some of the lost positions but others, it was admitted, | remained in Japanese control.

; {hammered the enemy lines with the Bataan coast, seized a numbe” | good oils, London: anpoaneed

of positions held by the American{s sinking of a Japanese subma=

forces tespite “fierce counter-at-|" t, rine,

tacks” which drove them back at| se battle: for Mou] |some points. Losses on both sides BURMA 1 ale or 4 ec The communique indicated for Were heavy’ a War Department mein. only an Two) the first time that Gen. MacArthur Communique said. but the American (Continued on Page may be in serious difficulty to) maintain his lines on Bataan pe-| ninsula. The climax of the big| Japanese drive appeared to be approaching. “Though fatigued from constant] fighting,” the communique reported, “American and Philippine troops conniinued their stubborn resistance,

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rra Appeals to U.S.; Last-Ditch Defense Mapped

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—The Government tonight contesting savagely every advance speeded mobilization of all home defense forces to full fighting strength

as official dispatches confirmed that the Japanese had invaded Rabaul, | on New Britain island, in a drive toward Australia. del. i ilini 'ts—indicating many thousands of Japanese The Amstican 3d FUIDInG toreesl Poe a Sram Hlsermes carriers and fleets of airplanes pare standing as stoutly as any in the|!roopS—as we ) :

Ck sone ; «| ici in the landing at Rabaul, : : long history of the nation, were ticipated I I advices. | his country's imperative plea for

aided in their fight—a War Depart-| according ; Oe : ment spokesman revealed—by a tiny| Which ou ok etigitely mention fiat sources said Japanese (Continued on Page Two) [ny resistance. forces on New Britain were in po=

| The i8ieof the garrison at Ra-| ition to bomb Queensland and if LACK DANCE PERMIT 'baul, from which civilians had been | 1, jpftration continued in the J

‘made by the enemy. Size of Air Ferce Not Told |

|evacuated by air, was unknown but|o,..oyunding islands—iandings have earlier reports had said they were p.., mage at the Solomors and | believed to be fighting inland in| probably on New Guinea—the ene | the hills. 'emy would have good airfields to | About 75 per cent of the home command the sea lanss north of | defense forces were said to be mo- Australia. in bilized by tonight after the War' The gravity of the threat to Ause |Cabinet had sent a second urgent | tralia was emphasized by Prime appeal to the United States and Minister John Curtin and other Britain to rush aerial and naval re- Cabinet ministers but they also res Judge John L. McNelis of Munic- | inforcements as the only method jterated that a desperate battle ipal Court 3 today set Feb. 7 for | of turning back the Japanese. would be waged from every village the trial of four men arrested yes-| In Washington, Australian Min- and city. terday on charges of soliciting [or| ister Richard G. Casey today was Australian air reconnaissance pis a charity without a license in con- | to present to President Roosevelt (Continued on Page Two) nection with the sale of tickets for | a “George Washington Birthday Ball” at the Columbia Club Feb. 21.! The dance reportedly is sponsored

oie ier over ot mens Brazil Reveals Axis Threats; Peru Breaks After Rio Pact

RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 24 (U. P) —Pan-America began breaking

Business Bureau Acts Purple Heart Event.

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Affidavits were filed by Albert Mendenhall of the Better Business Bureau. The men are Herbert F. Mitchell,

312 Northern Ave. adjutant of the local chapter of the Purple Heart; George C. Baker, 515 Ripple Road; D. R. Lee, St. Louis, Mo., and Perry Knight, Boston. The former two were released by police on their own recognizance and the latter two posted $250 cash

diplomatic relations with the Axis today and Brazil prepared to publish’ threats by which Germany, Italy and Japan vainly attempted to intini date ‘the conference of American foreign ministers. Peru was the first to break relations under a resolution unanimously adopted by the conference, but Brazil announced that the Rio De Janeiro Government had “practically broken off relations” and would make the the action of the Rio conference. action formal early in February. | Meanwhile, the conference come

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bonds. It was reported that the decree by mittees completed the arrangePolice arrested the four follow-| which Brazil will break relations ments for rupture with the Axis ing a visit to the office at Room with the Axis already had been by approving unanimously a rese 408 in the 108 E. Washington Street’ signed, to become effective in 10 olution for an economic and finane Building where the solicitation was| days. {cial break, thereby implementing being conducted from a battery of, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay| the diplomatic break. telephones. |said that similar action was being, Argentina entered a reservation Mr. Overley charged that the so- taken immediately and it appeared refusing to black-list any Argentine licitors, in selling the dance tick- that only Argentina and Chile might operated firms but it was believed ets for $1.50 apiece, were “trying to delay until after forthcoming elec- that final approval would be given cash in on public sentiment by tell- | tions in those countries. Both Ar- to the resolution by the entire cone ing prospective purchasers that the gentina and Chile, however, have ference in formal session Monday, proceeds were to be used for wound- | joined in the resolutions calling for| Brazil's preparations to publish ed soldiers of this war.” |a diplomatic break within constitu- the Axis threats that approval of An attorney for the men declared tional limitations. | the resolution would mean war dis it was not necessary for the vet-| In Washington, Secretary of closed that President Getulio Vare erans’ organization to obtain a li-| State Cordell Hull said that bene- gas had been angered by the threats cense to sell tickets dance. Golal results. Quid Re. SF0S Continued on Page Twa),