Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1942 — Page 18

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By LOUIS F. KEEMLE

BATAAN FACES » MAJOR BATTLE \ TS

| 4 i i pore and the British have prepared for the siege "Smoke - Begrimed’ Men BB a i " Nan and Australian forces on the peninsula Send 60th Birthday BJ he hk retreat acres ne narrow Johore Surat Message to FDR. 7 to the island is the next likely development.

The defenders on the mainland now have shortened and compact . ; lines. Infiltration tactics which the Japanese used so successfully in the u HARRISON SS emUNY jungles no longer hold good. Nor is it possible to make flank landings United Press Staff Corresponden | the sea. to the + of tne

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Gen | British lines. civilian population and the garriDouglas MacArthur reported Joda¥| oy. japanese have the advaritage son. that in “the fox holes of Bataan ,¢ cood roads over which their| While the Japanese have nullified and the batteries of Corregidor” his mechanized units can operate to Go For use as an Allied nave) “ L : » wait a best advantage. Their bombers and | base for the present, its loss woult smoke-begrimed” forces 2 x |fighters can work over short dis- | nevertheless be a serious setback. large-scale new Japanese attack. | oo from the captured airfields. Its facilities would give the JapaThe description of Gen. Mac-| gy British have only one im- nese a tremendous advantage in the Arthur's men and their pPoSiUions|,. ant air port still in their struggle for Sumatra, Java and Boris his own. A | possession. neo. The indomitable American com-| If Britain can hold Singapore, it mander thus described his forces) Should Withstand Siege | will be the springboard for the great in a special message to President, pn the island, the British should | Allied offensive when Japanese

Roosevelt on the anniversary of his withstand a lengthy siege, although | superiority on the sea and in the!

Today's War Moves

birth. |it is true that Singapore's defenses air has been overcome. Await Big-Scale Attack | were planned mostly against attack | n sent he, OY Sea. | ' t heat thon Depa waiting The 18-inch coastal guns pointing | P lan Blackout a “large-scale” Japanese offensive, outward to blast hostile warships hi backed by fresh troops and new Will be useless against the swarm- Wor S p Sunday armed dispositions of enemy forces Ing Japanese on the peninsula. | which have been observed in front However, there are other artillery] LOGANSPORT, Ind, Jan. 30 of the American defense lines. emplacements on the island, on the! U. P.).—In the weird glow of blue | Gen. MacArthur's message to north coast as well as on the east; lights, the Rev. George Christian, | President Roosevelt said: and south. pastor of the Logansport Naza- | “Today. Jan. 30, the anniversary Lack of water hastened the fall of rene Church, will conduct what is | of vour birth, smoke-begrimed men, Hongkong. This should not be true, believed to be the nation’s first covered with the marks of battle, in the case of Singapore. | “black-out” religious service here | rise from the fox holes of Bataan According to British sources, even; Sunday night. and the batteries of Corregidor, to! though the sowce of water Supply | Hymns, music and scripture will pray reverently that God may pless| from the mainland might be cut be given from memory. immeasurably the President of the)Off. Singapore has two big reser- Adding a further wartime touch, United States” voirs, each two miles in length and| girls in war-nurse uniforms, and fed by large catchment areas, a tent with a seated soldier writEjighting Is Light Rainfall is sufficient to keep them ing a letter “home” by candlelight The War Department communi-| full, and the British estimate that! will provide a military “tableau” i for the congregation, |

gue which revealed that message | they should be ample to supply the reported that a lull continued on | the fighting front as the Japanese

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“Fighting on the Bataan peninBASEMENT STORE

sula was light” the communique said. “There was practically ro enemy air activity. “The arrival of fresh Japanese troops at the front and movements behind the line indicate preparations by the enemy for the resumption of a large-scale offensive.”

Organizations

Syrian Group Names Officers— New officers of the American, Syrian Lebanon Brotherhood are: Mose Katter, president; William Todd, vice president; Thomas Kaston, treasurer, and Frank! Freije, secretary. Directors are Roger Ajamie, Louis Haboush, Salim Freije, and Joseph Freije.

Lip-Reading - Classes Set — The Social Club of the Indianapolis; Society for the Hard or Hearing!

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will show the picture, “Here Come | the Trollies,” at 8 p. m. tomorrow | at 318-319 Board of Trade Bldg. Lip-reading classes for the new] semester are: Advanced beginners, | Mondays, 7:30 p. m.; advanced stu- | dents, Tuesdays, 7:30 p. m, and a| new class which met for the first time yesterday.

Townsend Men Plan Supper—The FOUN DATIONS

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at McClain Hall, State and Hoyt, Aves. A meeting will follow. | i Wf ? b Club te Hear Readings — Rabbi oo 3 2.50 Morris M. Feuerlicht and Judge a Eb E Louis B. Ewbank will give readings’ 'T before the Indianapolis Literary, PAN TES Club on Feb. 2 and 9 respectively. | 2.50 Rabbi Feuerlicht will read “It is Delicate creations . . . perfect control . . . smartly styled in NYLON (made

to Laugh” and Judge Ewbank “A Real Pioneer.” Astronomers to Meet—Paul Rich- by DuPont) for long wear ev will address the Indiana Astro- and sheer loveliness! Fanomical Society Sunday, 2:13 p. my, NY ‘ mous “La Simone” conat Odeon Hall, Pennsylvania and Se struction! North Sts. “Atoms, Men and Stars” is the topic. i

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0. E SS Group te Meet—The Golden Rule Auxiliary, O. ES, will meet Monday noon 2t the home of Mrs. Marie Manker, 1036 N. Illinois St, Apt. 5. Mrs, Margie Yager will assist with the luncheon, and Mrs. Sarah Watson will preside at the business session B

'98 AUXILIARY CLUB | HOLDS DINNER TODAY,

The Past President Club of Major! Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary, No. 3’ United Spanish War Veterans, will have a dinner meeting at 5:30 p m ! in Colonial Tearoom, 1433 N. Penn- | svivania St. 1 Mrs. Vuginia Martin and Mis. Marie C, Williams will be hostesses and Mrs. Alice M. Goodnight, junior past president of the auxiliary, will be initiated into the club. Herschel! Goodnight will be made an hon- { “I a 3 orary member. Mrs. Marie K. Cron, | 4 » "3 mR Mrs. Virginia Martin, Mrs. Eliza- Ly ; © wel beth Tyre, Harry Krause, James Mangus and Wilson C. Oren will] have charge of the initiation. Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin, president, will pre- | side at the business session. |

MRS. ELLA STEWART FUNERAL IS SUNDAY

MOORESVILLE, Ind, Jan. 30.—| Funeral services will be held Sun-| day at 2 p. m. for Mrs. Ella N.| Stewart who died Wednesday at the!

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