Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1942 — Page 18

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JAPAN DRIVING

HARDER AT JAVA

New Landings in Celebes

Reported; Dutch Break Up Enemy Air Fleet. BATAVIA Feb. 11 (U. P).—Jap-

anese landing forces drove forward)

against stubborn Dutch defenders) st three points on the southwest! arm of Celebes island today in an

LINER SABOTAGE

‘Claim They Fired Normandie; Newspapers Score

attempt to gain new footholds for :

Te Socaman mv pase I)

eastern Java. The Jap planes were driven of without bombing the base. Additional Japanese landings were effected at Macassar, capital of Celebes; Biangnipa, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bone, and Djemeponto. The outnumbered Dutch defenders on Celebes were reported carrying out a scorched-earth policy. There were ingications that the Japanese in Borneo were nearing the southwest coast Neijther the Macassar Bandjermasin, Bomeo,

nor the garrisons

could hope to hold back the Japa-:

nese indefinitely, it was said.

REALTORS TO HEAR JACKSON

Clarence A. Jackson, executive vice president of the Indiana Stag Chamber of Commerce and State Director of Civilian Defense, will

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‘at the national shrines. |

‘that Singapore would have been

i While the Navy began assembling [its experts to decide how the 83423 ton liner was to be liftea from her © side and set on an even keel again, * | New York mewspapers assailed the {official carelessness, which, they Goh. Mastarc ona on | said, haa caused it. [ mands the Japanese troops bat- | One, The Mirror, called it “anthing the outnumbered Forces other Pearl Harbor” and said an-| of Gen. Douglas MacArthur im other “Roberts report” was indithe Bataan sector of Luzon Island cated. Sabotage, Nazis Say

in the Pups. The National Broadcasting Com-

JAPS WORSHIP = srs ON EMPIRE DAY

prosdnst, Soy ‘that the fire had Note 2602d 2 ANIVerSary as Troops Pound British All American authorities reported

At Singapore. {that the fire had been set by sparks! TOKYO, Feb. 11 (Official Broad- from an acetylene torch which was casts Recorded by United Press in being used near large stores of inNew York and San Francisco.— | flammable materials.

k | Japan celebrated Empire gm Urge Speedy Salvage |

y origin.” ee ae the plans for trans- | forming the liner into an aircraft {carrier,” the Nazi announcer said. | The broadcast seemed the start of a campaign designed to weaken American and British public morale {by suggesting that German agents had been responsible for the tremendous loss.

25024 anniversary of the nations! pn gas understood that a naval founding—today as Japanese troops board of experts would go over the pounded at the remaining British huge ship, the second largest afloat,

ise ; . within a day or so to decide on positions on Singapore ISand. | oof salvaging her. Though

Flags were displayed throughout ype problems involved were ad-

Japan and crowds gathered t Pay mittedly tremendous, no competent

at the imperial palace and’ | authority would call it impossible. Ep The need for speed in salvaging

okyo redicted last week the Normandie, if she is to be salhy hs |vaged, was evident. Her tremendous

(bulk, flat on her side at her Hudson River pier, was pressing into |the cozy mud of the river bottom.

§. DISPLEASED BY

{taken by Empire Day.) Emperor Hirohito donned ocere-| monial robes, and, with members| of the imperial family, Premier | Hideki Tojo and high military and, naval officials, I in services worshipping his ancestors Toshikazru Homma, internation- | ally known commentator, writing in|

a toes commer ies {IGHY_ EXPLANATION

the fall of Singapore “means the | WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (U. P)— complete retreat of British arms |The future of troubled Francofrom the entirety of East Asia be-| | American relations, now disturbed

cause without Singapore the Brit- | by reports of French pro-Axis acish will be powerless to withstand tivities in Africa, depended today

any influence, either politically or Upon the broader question of militarily.” | whether Vichy it swinging toward

CAPTURE OF BURMA |= Sms sey ss “TOWN IS. REPOR

LONDON, Feb. 11 (U.

[Welles and French Ambassador | Gaston Henry-Haye, and promises jot continued inquiries to the Vichy P).—A government, indicated that the

British military commentator said | United States was not satisfied with g leader in the Townsend Plan Con-

today there was no confirmation | ul reply 4 ui. that the Japanese had crossed the reached Axis armies in Africa from Salween River “in force” and cap-| French territory. tured Martaban on the Bums The United States naturally front. would not continue to recognize a A Daily Mail Rangoon @ISpateh| ..ime which was engaged in giving said that it was believed British attive military assistance to the forces had withdrawn from Marta-|...m. However, evidence thus far ban, on the west Side of the Sal-| pc not warranted an assumption ween estuary opposite Moulmein. |,.¢ Vichy plans all-out collaboraThe Imperial command had re - | tion with Hitler.

ported that there was fighting! Y north of ! Henry-Haye told reporters that

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CARD PARTY PLANNED AS ORPHANS’ BENEFIT

Children of the General ProtesOG. E. © pPhilco tant Orphans’ Home, 1304 S. State a ————— | Ave, will receive the benefits of ® Zenith ORCA | the proceeds of a card party spon{sored by the ladies’ auxiliary of $ Crosley ® Deirola | ine orphanage at 2 p. m. Friday at the Wm. H. Block Co. auditorium. The General Protestant Orphan Association, founded ia 1867, is a member of the Council of Social Agencies and is supported by the Indianapolis Community Fund and {private contributions. Mrs. Charlotte Reis is president of the auxiliary; Mrs. Edward Wiebke, vice president; Mrs. William Wagener, secretary; Mrs. Ed- | ward G. Iske, recording secretary, land Mrs. Fred Baase, financial sec- | retary. Mrs. E. F. Brockman and Mrs. ‘Henry Walters are the chairmen

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CITY YOUTH HONORED | BY EASTERN COLLEGE

i | David J. Smith, son of Mr. and | Irs, Matthew F. Smith, 2008 N. { New Jersey St, has been appointed chairman of the honor system committee at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Shortridge High School and is a 2 at the university.

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NAZIS BOAST OF 0

Sergt. Joseph L. Lockard =

HONORS THRILL HIS KID SISTER

Youth Who Gave Pear! Harbor Warning Promoted, Sent to Officers’ School.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Feb. 11 (U. P.).—This is, in Ethyl Lockard’s own words, her day to strut. The reason is that she is the kid sister of Staff Sergt. Joseph IL. Liockard, who has been decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal for warning that planes were off Pearl Harbor an hour before the Japanese struck last Dec. 7. A superior officer disregarded the warning. When Ethyl heard the news, she breathed: “What a guy!”

annihilated

and men in one day's fighting and

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (U. P).—

was slightly damaged. The blaze

VESDAY, FEB. 11, 1942

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were in progress. The Red Army

destroyed 46 blockhouses.

Today’

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst

The fall of Singapore, expected at any time, will

had encircled the city, except possi-

bly in the southwest.

s War Moves

be Japan’s greatest stride forward in the conquest of the southwest Pacific since the attack on Pearl Har-

bor Dec. V. Pearl Harbor

and the subsequent sinking of two

of Britain’s capital ships in the China Sea increased Japan’s initial naval and air superiority in the Pacific

has telegraphed her punch at the strategic island of Java. With Singapore and Amboina, secondary Dutch mnaval-air gone, the Japanese intend to take over Soerabaja on Java. Air Superiority Tells | That would be the last good base in the Indies from which the united | nations can operate. They would be forced back to comparatively re- | mote Australia. | The Japanese already have been

Her joy was tempered only by the fact that it was too late for her to bask in reflected glory at high school. That detail, she promised, | would be taken care of today. Although her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lockard, were more restrained—they said their son had done no more than his duty, and “that is what he has been taught to do since the day he could talk” —Fthyls elation was unbounded. Jeseph is her only brother, and she fondly recalled that he had, in her pigtail days, taken her fishing and taught her the secrets of mum-bly-peg and skin-the-cat. To top it ali, Ethyl and her parents will see Sergt. Lockhart soon. Besides being decorated, he was promoted from private to sergeant and designated to attend the officers’ candidates school at Ft. Monmouth, N. J., beginning March 13.

LANDIS OFFERS BILL FOR $40 PENSIONS

Times Special | WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Rep. {Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind), long

gressional bloc, today introduced a pension bill of his own in the House. It provides for $40 monthly for all persons who have reached 60 and are not included in the new Federal income tax payments of $269 for a single person and $539 for a married couple. Rep. Landis said it was appropriate to offer his bill on the eve

making passes at Port Darwin, the lonly big Australian base on the north coast, and at Thursday Island, the excellent harbor in the Torres strait. The Japanese design is to force the Allies back to the southeastern coast of Australia while they entrench themselves solidly in the Indies. Singapore's present position is due in large part to Japanese air superiority. It is evident that the British planes cimply were not there. The same air superiority may prove the undoing of Soerabaja. The Dutch air force is good, but too small. Sumatra Is Vainerable

Possession of Singapore will give the Japanese a distinct advantage. Sumatra, just across the strait of Malacca, becomes highly vulnerable. Also, the way would be opened | through the strait to the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The Japanese may be able to crash through to Rangoon from the land side and cut the Burma Road. If they can’t, possession of Singapore would give them an approach by sea through the Strait of Malacca. They also could operate against

(British supply lines through the

Indian Ocean.

BUTLER SPEEDS UP PRE-MEDIC COURSE

of Lincolns birthday, because of

‘of the committee arranging the!

the martyred Presidents interest in the common people.

care of fan dancers, useless office ‘help and others” Rep. Landis said. ‘On Feb. 5 he introduced a bill to repeal the Congressional pension! plan.

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held at Grand Rapids, Mich, July | 28-Aug. 2.

“Better take ihe was confident France would jus- | care of the old folks before we take ‘now enrolled and for those who

Butler University has streamlined the work in its pre-medical and pre-dental courses for those

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to an extent which now is beginning to be felt fully. Allied prospects of catching up before the Indies are lost now seem at best an outside chance. It takes no prophet to guess the probable course of events in the next few weeks. Japan clearly

RED CROSS CANCELS HITLER EFFIGY PARTY

OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Feb. 11 (U. P) ~The local chapter of the Red |Cross had to cancel plans today for

a barbecue at which Adolf Hitler,

Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hir ‘ohito were to have been burned in |effigy, because the national organ-

jzation wont accept funds from |}

any entertainment that degrades a human being. The socially-prominent members

of the Red Cross who had planned

‘the entertainment for Saturday,

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