Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1942 — Page 3
THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1042
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By RICHARD LEWIS Once there were three boys who told the recruiting officer a little fib about their ages so that: they could go off to war. .
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“That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.”
That war ended a long time ago. The three boys helped win it. They are in their 90s now. On their vests, they wear the rib¥ons of the Grand Army of the Republic.
“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished task which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. . . . ”
The Boys in Blue sat together on
a sofa in the Claypool Hotel where they had assembled to complete
Organize Quickly
The War and You— Printing of Stamps and Books May Delay Restrictions Until March; Limit of 12 rationing boards were slated today to serve as custodians of tho citizenry’s sweet tooth. restaurants, cafeterias and lunch counters regularly. All those who take their] | The Office of Price Administration wants to utilize the 27,000 set up to ration automobile tires] —for the issuance of the sugar Southern Coastal Area Are Expected. ister with the local rationing board and then receive sugar stamps. and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. RANGOON, Feb. 5—In all their which would prevent “chiselers’ from misrepresenting the number of persons in their families and pre- | : vent hoarders from gaining benefits|great skill in landing troops under sorts of maritime conditions, A housewife would need a sepa- crossings and jungle penetrations. rate book for each member of her| In their struggle to seize the enherself, husband and three | Burma, including Rangoon, children, she would 2 all five] | Japanese must, therefore, be exfrom each book, attaching it 1 2... ficiently organized to do so. card which would be turned in| Highly disciplined, the Nipponese 12-Ounce Basis Indicated troops apparently get organized Although the definite amount of |VETY fast in increasing their numerthe broad Salween River beindicated that it probably would be |€roSS set at 12 ounces for the coming {tween Moulmein and the Pa-an Selnveq until March because of the | rafts and trying to g In on small tremendous assignment of printing islands in the river wherever pos-
Ounces Per Person Indicated. Present sugar rationing plans do not provide for issuing meals at home, however, will can buy sugar from their] BURMA B BY SEA members of the rationing boards in stamp books By LELAND STOWE Watch for Chiselers | operations’ throughout the South Sea from their supposed foresight iniall family. If Mrs. Jones wanted to section of stamp books to the grocery. The| ..i.y ty resort to surprise operalater when he wanted more sugar the weekly sugar allotment has not | ical strength at any given point. spring months. en. the sugar stamps and books for Sible. It also appears that they are
'61 Veterans Opine Army of Today Will Do All Right
The Boys in Blue blinked. Then they were silent for a while.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.”
Finally, Commander Gay said: “The best news I've heard is that the Marines have landed to help MacArthur's men. Give me one of those modern guns on the coast. My eyesight is just as good as ever. Commander Gay is 93. “You're a lucky man.” Vice Commander is 96.
“But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who fought here, have consecrated it far above our poor
spoke up Ridenour. He
_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Prepare for G. A R. Encampment Here
Grand Army of the Republic officers: Eugene Owen, Quartermaster General; Thomas Ridenour, Senfor Vice-Commander-in-Chief, and George A. Gay, Commander-in-Chief. plan the G. A. R. national encampment here Sept. 13.
They came to Indianapolis to
SEEK REDUCTION IN FIRE LOSSES
National Drive Outlined to 500 Farm Mutual Men Meeting Here.
A nation-wide fire prevention campaign to reduce fire waste approximately 25 per cent was outlined to more than 500 farm mu-
tual insurance men today as the 46th annual convention of the Mutual Insurance Companies Union opened in the Claypool Hotel. Harry P. Cooper Sr. Indianapolis, secretary of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Com-
panies, said that more than 1500 farm mutuals of the country now in a campaign sponsored by the association to re-
are participating
Civilian Defense—
POLICE CHIEFS GATHER HERE
Capt. Donald S. Leonard, Head of International
Association, Speaks.
Indiana police chiefs and sheriffs met in Indianapolis today to hear
of the International Police Chiefs’ Association, outline policing functions in civilian defense at the War Memorial. Capt. Leonard was sent to London by the Office of Civilian Defense to study police and civilian protection methods. He has just returned from a similar mission on the West Coast.
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Begin Housing Survey
Women defense workers have started a City-wide survey to obtain data on available housing for those who may get bombed out. The survey is being conducted under the direction of Mrs. Edna Kuhn Martin, Preparatory Housing Committee chairman. A list of homes in each of 25 districts in which the City has been divided will be made. That will make is possible to know where there is enough extra room to house families made homeless by disaster.
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= 2 A “take your mind off the war” campaign was outlined to women yesterday at the War Memorial by Mrs. Joseph A. Miner, defense recreation chairman. The idea is to provide plenty of recreation projects for women and children to keep them occupied and prevent too much war-worrying. Volunteer groups are being organized to serve at the City’s community center where regular recreation programs will be held.
125 VOLUNTEER AS DRAFT REGISTRANTS
More than 125 persons have volunteered to serve as registrars on draft registration day Feb. 16 in the area covered by Draft Board 7, J. Edwin Kopf, chairman, reported today. Registration for Board 7 will be held at Crispus Attucks High School, Cathedral High School and
Capt. Donald S. Leonard, president |;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—The nation’s 9000 local sugar stam np books to individuals who buy meals in hotels, need the stamps before they] neighborhood grocers. every county in the United States— Surprise Attacks on Entire Members of a family would reg- | Copyright. 1942, by The Indianapolis Times The OPA is working out a plan larea, the Japanese have shown piling up private surpluses. with equal effectiveness at river buy the week’s sugar supply for|tire southern coastal the salesman would tear out one stamp. from the seh as as they from the sugar wholesaler. been settled finally, OPA officials] |Already they are attempting to The sugar rationing plan may be They are using small boats and millions of Americans
Women to Sign For War Work
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P).—|
Thelma McKelvey of the War Pro-
duction Board Labor Division said a volun-|
yesterday the WPB plans tary registration of women willing to work in war factories, agriculture | and essential civilian services The registration probably will be |
|seeking . a foothold opposite Pa-an from which they could push on to the town of Thaton in which are both the railroad and highway from Martaban to Kyaikto. If the Nipponese could capture Thaton they might isolate a con|siderable number of British forces in the Martaban segment and would also be in a position to launch a g | drive to cross the Sittang River and to cut off Rangoon by seizing Pegu. |
plans to hold the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indianapolis the week of Sept. 13.
power to add or detract.”
Commander Fay was in the Navy flotilla which took Charleston. Vice It was here that the first en-| commander Ridenour and Quarcampment was held in 1866. termaster Owen were in the Army. The Boys in Blue were having] They were asked whether they their pictures taken. thought the boys who are fibbing “Don’t look at me,” said the pho- labout their age today to go to war tographer. |will make as good soldiers as they George A. Gay of Nashua, N. H, aid. Commer -in-Chief of the G. A.| , turned to his comrades, Thomas Over, Trion of Crestline, O., senior |quickly.
“T I let you know when the war’s replied Commander Gay
duce fire losses. He congratulated the farm mutuals for their pledge to redouble their efforts to further the education and practice of the latest fire prevention methods.
at School 32, 2110 N, Illinois St. Julius D. Coleman, vice principal of Crispus Attucks, will serve as chief registrar there and Scott C. Legge and Kenneth K. Wark will direct registration at Cathedral and School 32 respectively. Draft Board 7 covers the area south and east of Fall Creek to 10th St. and Alabama St. Registration places throughout the county will open at 7 a. m. and close at 9 p. m. All persons be-
Hope to Save Millions
The achievement of the national goal would mean the saving of millions of dollars of equipment, materials and crops for the defense program, Mr. Cooper said. He urged delegates to carry on their work
held after the selective service sys-| tem completes its tabulation of]
manpower, Miss McKelvey told the § House committee investigating de- FOR B
i fense labor migration. | The committee released informa-| More than 1100 ° ‘bootleggers” were |
Vice Commander-in-Chief, and Eu- | J gene Owen of Grand Rapids, Mich., | G. A. R. Quartermaster General. “We're supposed to be talking |
n obtained from aircraft manu-| brought turers showing that those firms, officers during the last year, Bernard haired buddies nodded and their]
hese workers now include from | E. Doyle, State Alcoholic Beverages | eves sparkled. to 5 Po cent of women, plan to|Commission chairman, reported
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about that war we did in 64” he Sons of the men who fought at to trial by state excise said in stentoriam tones. His white- Gettysburg could do.
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ple, by the people, for the people A flash erupted from the camera. |
Commander in Blue
He nudged Vice {Ridenour and the Boys ‘smiled. They knew what the great-grand-
“That Government of the peo-
shall not perish from the earth.”
rai se hat proportion to from 121; |today. to 2 por cent. | These <“bootleggers” received a total of 8520 days in jail and paid 835.000 in fines. Sixty-eight stills and 35 automobiles used in illegal transportation of liquor were con-
Predict ‘Staggered Hours’
To Aid Try von
CHICAGO, Feb. (U.P.).—Stag- | fiscated. gered hours for in Soong] and busi-| Most of the arrests were for
ness workers may be a “bitter pill” selling legal whisky without permits. which Americans will have to swal-| During the last six months of ow to solve problems of wartime|1941, the A. B. C. cited 2th Pe ortation irector Joseph B.|mittees to show cause why their] SP & 5a no deren se transportation licenses should not be revoked I ow in G. O. P. affairs on the liquor law violations. Approximately |west side for several years, Dr. $10.000 in fines was collected from | Hemphill was 14th ward chairman those convicted. This is the largest! for six years and also has served number ever cited to appear before|10 years as Enterprise Civic League the A. B. C. during a six months |president. period, Mr. Doyle said. He was elected to the City Couna {cil in 1938, receiving the highest vote on the Republican council ticket. Dr. Hemphill, 45, has been a (licensed chiropractor since 1925, is
OR. HEMPHILL SEEKS COUNTY CLERK'S JOB
Dr. Walter E. Hemphill, City Councilman, today announced his candidacy for county clerk in the Republican primary election May 5.
said Washington had found staggering hours “a life saver.” He| believed other cities might have to| adopt the same method, even to the
extent of h 1aving Prey busses op-!
Faw a howe Sige: vom vik-195° 70 BE PLEOGED | BY KAPPA DELTA PI
It Can Happen in Sage: 60 Da f War The Butler University chapter | married and lives at 1861 W. Morys 0 of Kappa Delta Pi, national educa- ris St. He was born in Edinburg, Wg a Feb. 5 (U. P.).— [tional honorary society, will pledge Ind, and educated in the public The War Prodi Board, report- 28 members at 6:30 p. m. today in schools there. He was a telegraph ing today on 60 days of war, cited the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority operator and relief agent for the the following as some of the things house. | Pennsylvania Railroad and served sk have happened: Senior pledges are William Esser, as a radio operator and instructor Stoppage of production of civilian Mary O'Haver, Elizabeth Pert, Vir- in the U. S. Navy during the first automobiles to convert the industry |ginia Poe, Doris Brabender, Jeanne | World War. to war goods. | Burge, Magnolia DeHart, Jane| He is a member of the West MorEstablishment of both price; Gooclet, Dolly Mitchell, Ellen | ris Street Christian Church, Manuses and 160-hour production|O Drain, Elinor Randall, Mary M.| | sonic order, Scottish Rite, Murat week to get expanded production of Stephens, Mary Wiley, Herbert] Shrine, American Legion Memorial vital metals such as iron, copper, Reese, Maribelle Foster, Virginia | Post and is past patron of the aluminum and magnesium. Bowers, Dorothy Ann Fisher and Order of Eastern Star. Diversion of “enormous amounts” Marjorie Ryan. a a of canned goods from civilian uses| Junior pledges are Helen Mock, 0. K. CASH AID TO CHINA to the armed forces. {Ruth Recktenwall, Mary Jane, WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P). ' sai | Steiner. Clarice Townsend, Daniel —The Senate completed CongresPrice Ceiling Set | Welch, Theima Bloomenstock, Jean sional action today of legislation On Nylon Hosiery Buschmann, Rebekah Irwin, Kath- authorizing $500,000.,000 in financial leen Shockley and Mildred Reimer. |aid to the Chinese Government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (U, P)— Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son today ordered a cut in the wholesale price of women's nylon hosiery, and said retail prices are “as high as they will be permitted to go.” The ceiling, effective immediately. is set at the highest price charged 1941 by manufacturers, wholesalers and 1942 jobbers during period from Oct. 1 through 15.
Some Slot Machines
Ban Nickeless Nickel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P).— Violations War production bosses who want to | Speeding eliminate the nickel from nickels Reckless driving faced a new complication today. Failure to stop at A nickeless nickel wont get by| through street automatic slug detectors in about Disobeying traffic . 1,250,000 machines, vending machine| signals company representatives said, and Drunken driving if that happens they may have to|All others .... 12 go out of business. The new nickel | would be 50 per cent copper and] 50 per cent silver, instead of} 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent MEETINGS TODAY nickel. : Telephones, subways and gam-|psmeiass of bling machines will work all right toes, annual meeting, Hotel ners all with the new coin. They don’t have
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MEETINGS TM TOMORROW
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FBI Lauds Local Police and Chief
THE INDIANAPOLIS Police Department and its chief rate aces-high with Uncle Sam. That's what Spencer J. Drayton, special agent in chaige of the Indiana FBI office, told the Kiwanis Club yesterday in the Columbia Club. Discussing ways in which all law enforcement agencies are working together under the national defense program, Mr. Drayton said: “The Indianapolis Police Department under Chief Morrissey has given the bureau tremendous aid. Without this aid we could not function efficiently.” President Roosevelt has urged all enforcement agencies to cooperate closely, Mr. Drayton said.
BLUFFTON SCHOOL FOUNDER IS DEAD
BLUFFTON, Ind, Feb. 5 (U. P).| —Philemon A. Allen, founder of the Bluffton and Ossian High Schools, and one of Indiana’s best known educators, died at his home here today after a long illness. He was 89. He was superintendent emeritus of the Bluffton schools. Surviving are his wife, two grandsons, and two granddaughters. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Methodist Church
Oil Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. |!
slug detectors.
here.
Indiana Stale Symphony, women’s committee. luncheon, noon Indiana Stamp Club. Hotel Antlers, 7:45 m. Exchange Club. luncheon. Severin Hotel. no
Optimist Club, luncheon. Columbia Club. noon. Wi ged Chi. luncheon. Board of trade,
"Pht Delta Theta, luncheon, Canary Cot-
tage oon Ita Jan Delta, luncheon. Columbia Club, no Rana “Sens. luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon.
meeting.
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. .he Times therefore is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)
oo prence G. Greenwell, 50, of 1208 BeechFrieda M. . 1342 Wade. oF preqerick B. Butler, 21, of 706 E. Market; Nora M. Nicholson, 23, of 1536 N. Hamilton. - Bngland, ro of 230 S. McKim;
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of property inspection and to in-
crease the distribution of fire pre-
vention literature and posters.
Others who spoke on new developments in the mutual insurance field today were Mrs. Glenna Watkins, Indianapolis, union secretary; Maurice and D. Ray
Abner Hunter, Columbus; Douglass, Flatrock, Higgins, Indianapolis.
Schricker Talks Tonight
Speakers this afternoon were to be Mr. Cooper; E. Van Matre, as-
sistant secretary of the Indiana
Lumbermen’s Mutual Insurance Co., and R. D. McDaniel of the Grain
Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Governor Schricker principal speaker at a banquet tonight. guests of the Indiana Mutual Insurance Co.
OBSERVE WAR TIME, SCHRICKER URGES
Governor Schricker today issued
Farmers
will be the
Convention delegates will be
tween the ages of 20 and 44 who have not previously registered are required to register. John Ferree, chairman of Draft Board 6, also announced today that his board was ready for registration. Registration in the Board 6 area, which covers Wards 9 and 18, will be held at Schools 57, 62, 77, 82 and at the Dearborn Hotel, 3208 E. Michigan St.
ST. JOSEPH’S DRAWS 11 LOCAL STUDENTS
Eleven students from Indianapolis have been enrolled for the second term at St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Ind. They are: William Carlos, 214 Buckingham Drive; John Carmody, 4228 Park Ave.; Cornelius Fenton, 39 N. Holmes Ave.; Richard Haffner, 3949 N. New Jersey St., John Hyland, 768 Massachusetts Ave.; Donald Kremp, 528 N. Oxford St.; Thomas Scollard,
424 N. Arsenal Ave.; Eugene Stiker, | Route 5, Box 341; ‘Michael Welch, 4545 Central Ave.; Joseph Collier,
a proclamation asking all businesses |50 S. Summit St., and John Stenger,
and citizens in the State of Indiana to observe and abide by War Time which goes into effect next Monday. The Governor proclaimed that the
new time prescribed by Congress
3736 N. Meridian St. St. Joseph's high school department registered the following students from Indianapolis: William Clark, 903 Eastern Ave.;
shall be the standard of time to be Rudolph Gildehaus, 4226 Carrollton
utilized °
‘in all statutes, orders, rules |
Ave ; Robert Greene, 1212 Central
and regulations, relating to time or|AVe.; Richard Hermann, 1640 Union
performance of any act by any department of the State.” The Governor
Washington’s birthdays.
FIRE NEAR NAVY YARD
BOSTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—A fouralarm fire caused more than $75,000 damage to a large wooden warehouse near Boston Navy Yard today but a brick wall prevented the flames from reaching large stores of volatile and inflammable chemicals in the same structure.
IN INDIANAPOLIS— VITAL STATISTICS
at Methodist. at St. Vin-
Wallace, Virginia Nubaum, Albert, Edna Thompson,
cent’s.
Lowell, Josephine Weidner, at St. Vincent’s.
Rollin, Helen McKim, at St. Vincent's, Henry, Irvena Goger, at St. Vincent's. Arthur, Winifred Miller, at ot Vincent's. Carl, Elizabeth Minus. at City. Boys
Perry, Mary Colbert, at City Harold, Mary Calvert at St. Vincent's. Kenneth, Violet Jacobs, at Coleman. Ralph, Elsie Jacobs, at Coleman. Norvel, Carol Ayers, at Coleman. Paul, Wanda Fulford, at Methodist. Howard, Francis Craig, at Methodist. Frederick, Mary Nichols, at Methodist.
Walter, Betty Baker, at St. Delbert, Maxine Thompson, at St. Fran-
cis Frederick Mary Brown, at St. Francis.
op Fawn, Margaret Druding, at St. Fran-
Stantey. Ruth Taylor, at St. Francis. Arthur, Nellie Moler, at 270 Reisner,
DEATHS John Robert Tomlinson, 80, at Central, 75, at St. Vincent's, 70, at 450 S. Keystone,
4d. _R. Joy,
M. Pegty,
acute “myecard] is
James Pau ] Murphy 18, Long, sarcoma. Alfred E. ‘Bal weg, 8, a 2133 Webb, ar-
Rich, Nettie: Gallagher.
at Veterans’, 65, at St.
arterio-
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Vincent's,
careinom ter - Marsh, 70, at 3118 N. Arsenal, Corehnat in bolism,
also proclaimed | Feb. 12 and Feb, 23 as official holi- | days in observance of Lincoln’s and |
JENNER LAW OFFICE
'St.; Robert Kremp, 526 N. Oxford |St.; Gerald Leahy, 4510 Marcy Lane; | Robert Meiners, 14 S. Butler Ave., Gerald Whaley, 720 E. 38th St.
IS MOVED TO CITY
In formal announcements sent to friends, State Senator William BE. Jenner, president pro tem of the
| State Senate, today announced the
removal of his law office from Shoals to the Circle Tower Building here. Mr. Jenner was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1940 and it is believed that he will seek the nomination again in 1944.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
U. S. Weather Bureau
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Continued mild this afternoon and tonight with showers late tonight. Sunrise 6:50 ' Sunset TEMPYRATURE —Feb. 5, 1941— a3 Mh... 26
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. Deficiency since Jan, 1
INDIANA WEATHER Continued mild temperature this afternoon and tonight; showers late tonight.
The following table shows the maximum and minimum gneratures in other cities in fat last 24 hours 0
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pt. Way ine mais (City) Kansas Ss. Mo Miami, Minnea oI St. Paw! . New Orlea . eee New Yo rr “eva Oklahoma City. Oka. Omaha, Neb. . Pittsburgh
Lu by Kirby, 80, at Central, ari 43, at City, tuberculosis,
66 padebidl § An onio, Tex. . seasenaee i Fakiiiton: 5: wig
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Sergt. Macey's Rites Scheduled
FUNERAL services for Sergt. Loyal A. Macey, formerly of R. R. 3, who was killed in an auto accident at Ft. Bragg, N. C.,, Monday, will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at Stiles, Ind. Details of the accident have not been received by relatives here. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Grace Col- # lier; his stepfather, D. OC. Sergh Mavey Colliers a 7 year-old daughter, Jane Macey, and two brothers, Stanley and Daniel W. Macey.
CLAIM SPY HAD SEGRET OF B-19
intended for Japan, Trial Witness Says; Leader Linked to Gestapo.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (U. P).—A woman member of a German spy ring was arrested as she was preparing to flee to Japan with information about the Douglas B-19, world’s largest bombing plane, it was testified today at the trial of seven persons charged with espionage for Germany. < Lucy Boehmler, 18, who has testi-
fied that she was secretary to the ring’s alleged leader, Kurt Frederick Ludwig, said that Ludwig turned information about the big United States Army bomber over to Mrs. Helen Pauline Mayer, woman defendant. Ludwig was accused of having sent American secrets directly to Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo. Miss Boehmler said that an address to which Ludwig sent information was “Manuel Alonzo, Madrid, Spain.” She said “Manuel Alonzo“ was Himmler, and the letters were immediately forwarded to Germany. Much of the information, she said, concerned shipping from New York. Ludwig kept a book, she continued, in which was listed the names, cargoes, origins and probable sailing plans of ships that put in. In the back of the book, she said, he kept a list of those which were sunk.
FIRE CAUSES $6500 DAMAGE AT AIRPORT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 5 (U. P.) —Fire caused by an over-heated furnace destroyed the main building of the Bloomington Airport late yesterday, with damage estimated at $6500. Two light trainer planes, a crib
JAPANESE GOAL IS PORT DARWIN
Australian Port Key to South Pacific Control; End Hit-Run Phase.
By GEORGE WELLER (By Transoceanic Telephone) (Copyright, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Inc.) BATAVIA, Feb. 5.— Increased Japanese air activity south of the island of Timor makes it obvious that Japan is using to the fullest advantage its superior forces on land, sea and air with a view to seizure of Port Darwin in Australia —the key to domination of the South Pacific. In what was evidently a recone naissance raid, a Japanese plane Monday dropped a single bomb and machine-gunned two Dutch ships at Koepang on the southern coast of Timor. Koepang is only 500 miles from Port Darwin.
Hit and Run Tactics Over
Signifying that the Japanese are now within fighter planes’ fuele range of Port Darwin was the announcement that a flying boat had been shot down en route from that southernmost allied bastion to Koepang. The Japanese are ne longer restricted to . hit-and-run tactics. It is becoming a battle between fighter planes in this area. Aware that her immediate ree sources in this respect are greater, Japan throws them lavishly over tropical seas. The purpose is not only bombing military objectives and terrorist bombing, but annihilation of the Sumatra and Java defenses. To check this advance the allies must obtain fighter superiority in at east a single place. The Malay episode demonstrates the futility of piecemeal reinforcements.
Hopes Built on America
The encouraging spots suddenly appearing are Balikpapan in easte ern Borneo and Amboina in Ceram, which are still giving trouble to the Japanese, Radio silences descende ing upon these places means that they are fighting for their lives and must protect themselves against the radio compass. The British Empire is fighting for its life and the prine cipal hope for life is America. It is appreciated fully here that in relieving Britain, the United States may be acting from a iQngrange view. At the same time it is evident that only through every ase sistance and continual reinforce= ments arriving here can the battle be maintained. With their meager means the Dutch East Indies have already proved themselves to the world.
TOMMY MILTON ACQUITTED
DETROIT, Feb. 5 (U. Pow Thomas Milton, 47, twice winner of the 500 mile race at the Indiane apolis Speedway, was acquitted by a traffic court today of negligent homicide in connection with the ace cident death last August of Mrs. Constance Geirtz.
of valuable aviation tools and seven parachutes were destroyed. Destruction of the building, which housed Indiana University CAA classrooms,
NAVAL SUPPLY BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).~e The Senate today completed Cone
will not interrupt the school’s activities, University officials said.
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Note please: There are still plenty of HANDKERCHIEFS at
10 for $1.
And quite a few SOCKS at 4 pairs for 95¢
L. STRAUSS & CO. nc. THE MAN'S STORE
gressional action on the huge $26, 495,265,474 naval supply bill.
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This is a strange (usual) Dukesmixture of Weather!
Snow and sleet . . . rain and
inds and what have
you ... murky ... and pleasant . . . all jumbled up... it's always like that . .. in this calendared month of
Which reminds us that here are clothes in which to taper
inter—with which to
enter into spring! ...
s and Introductions!
PERHAPS—we should mention
are quite a few
TOPCOATS at reductions— and quits a few spring newcomers priced to lift up your spirits!
PERHAPS we should mention
are plenty of good husky at about whatever
price you have in mind.