Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1942 — Page 1

VOLUME 53—NUMBER 290

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942

UNITE FOR WAR EFFORT BUT KEEP POLITICS ALIVE, KELLAND TELLS STATE GOP

Constructive Criticism Termed Need in

Emergency. By VERN BOXELL Determination of the Republican Party to assert in the Congressional campaign next fall its right to criticize constructively the war effort of the Roosevelt Administration was expressed today by Clarence Budington Kelland, executive director of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Kelland spoke at the Lincoln Day luncheon of the Indianapolis Women's Republican Club at the Columbia Club. He used the words of the Civil War President and of Woodrow Wilson, the Democrat who guided America’s course during the First World War, to justify the G. O. Ps stand against a “political In 1918 soon after the United States entered the conflict on the side of the Allies, the Republican leader reminded his Indianapolis audience, President Wilson made this declaration: “We do not need less criticism in time of war, but more. It is to be hoped that criticism will De structive, but better unfair a than sutocratic repression.”

Quoles Ragts of Ligeia

And Abraham Mr. ma land told Hoosier the target of attack when he for partisanship even in time of, crisis, thus: “There is an important sense in which the Government is distinct from the Administration. One is perpetual; the other temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his Government, and oppose the peculiar principles and methods of the administration.” “And Alfred J. Beveridge, the great Indiana Senator speaking in Boston when the Spanish war was Just over the threshold said: ‘Partisanship is only a method of patriotism.’ ®

Various Types of Unity

“Fear of political defeat is the surest guarantee of an efficient administration,” Mr. Kelland declared. “How, in the face of this proposition. must we react to the propaganda that has spread across this nation that we must submit to political unity?

“I point out to you that there i is

a vast and important difference between political unity and national unity. “Nationa! unity is unity, solidity, loyalty to the common state and for the common welfare; to the country and to the flag which belong to all of us alike. “Political unity is a cat of a different color. It is unity under the emblem of a single political party.|gy, It is the abolition of the two-party system and the erection of the oneparty system.

Pleads Right te Criticize

“When political unity comes In at the door, human liberties go out of the window. When political unity seizes a community in its clutches, it murders every one of those prized and essential institutions which make life desirable. Political unity means that all opposition, all criticism dies and a one-party system arises—a system of tyranny upon which there is no deterrent, no check and no brake” Political unity plunged the world into war, Mr. Kelland contended, {Continned on Page Five)

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DAY not ON SETH

Refuses to Yield Cottage At Fair Grounds After Aid Is Ousted.

By EARL RICHERT Although losing on all other sectors, Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Daw- || son today was still holding the “honeymoon” cottage front in his battle with the Democratic-con-trolled State Fair Board over the

Fair managership. He was asked by members of the Board who yesterday ousted his secretary, Paul 8S. Dunn, as Fair manager and replaced him with his political enemy, Guy Cantwell,

Cafe Society

It Gives Miss Thompson a Kick as Well As a Bite.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (U. P).— Dorothy Thompson, newspaper columnist, nursed a bruised tummy and a bitten forefinger today, casualties sustained in an attempt to quiet a blond in her cups who persisted in shouting “Heil Hitler” in a Jewish restaurant. Shortly after midnight the blond and her escort swayed across the sidewalk into the = Cafe Royle, Dorothy noted for its Thompson patronage by many leaders of the theater and literature. The blond took up a strain of loud conversation. “Nobody can she proclaimed.

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‘Seattergood Sees New Successes for His Party

If voure cold, imagine the plight of Clarence Budington Kelland (Mr. Scattergood Baines to you), who left his Arizano home yesterday with the thermometer pumping over 30. It was 19 when he got off the train here, Hes in town on official Republican business and anv chill that the cold early morning air might have ca as washed away as

INDIANA PAYS NEW [mori ss n m o HOMAGE TO LINCOLN

Clarence Budington Kelland . « . © ER

(and electing more Republicans in

“They certainly throw you off the {trains here* early,” he greeted reporters who found him at the Co'lumbia Club well on his way to “And it's cold,

Tribute to Mother. | Sounds Keynote Mr. Kelland, author and RepubHoosierdom, the land where Abra- jcan National Committee exEnive ham Lincoln got into the swing of | gjrector, spoke before the Indithings as a rail-splitter, today hon- | anapolis Woman's Republican Club ored his memory and his mother's|jncheon at the Columbia Club to-| on the 133d anniversary of his birth. | gov, sounding the keynote of the In Indianapolis, the birthday off partys drivé to win control of the the 16th President, who was the House in next November's elections. first Republican in the White House, After today’s speech, Mr. Kelland provided an occasion for Clarence will go to Chicago for conferences Budingten Kelland, executive di-|with Illinois party leaders. Then rector of the Republican National ‘he is heading back to his Phoenix Committee, to address Indiana Re- | | tanch for a conference with Nae publicans at a luncheon at the tional Chairman Joseph W. Martin Columbia Club. next Tuesday. When the Great Emancipator| At that time, they will outline died, a man who knew him well Mr. Kelland’s program an@ he éxremarked: “Now he belongs to the pects to be on the road most of ages.” And by that token Abraham the time until after néxt NovemLincoln belongs to more than the bers elections. Republicans. He belongs particu-| “That doesnt leave much time (Continued on Page Six) for writing, does it?” he smiled.

Let Scattergood Rest “Well, you can let Scattergood rest a while,” a reporter said. “If Scattergood rests, that's just what the Xelland family will be doing at mealtime,” came the reply —which should be good news for followers of the philosophical Mr. Baines.

Rocker Breaks 2

Of Bogart's Ribs

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 12 (U. PD). —Humphrey Bogart, who has faced knives, fists and guns in motion picture battles, nursed two broken ribs today because he was outmaneuvered by an oldfashioned rocking hair. During the filming of a movie scene, an overstuffed rocker tossed Mr. Bogart over backwards. He admitted he didn’t have the knack of sitting in a rocker. “Come to think of it,” he said, “I don't remember ever sitting in a rocking chair before in my life. Is thére some trick to it? Must be.” ARMY BOMBER CRASHES SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 12 (U.P). —A twin-motored Army bomber from MeChord Field crashed near Tolt, north of here, today. Sheriff's officers said four men were killed. yoing

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CHICAGO, Feb. 12 (U. BP), = Three eminent psychiatrists agreed today that “substitute” fathers must be found for fathers in the armed forces to prevent the nation's children from becoming a lost

stitute for shout Fre thas children — about : Ys

if the cottage were available,

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been living in the cottage on the Fair Grounds and Mr. Dawson said he didn't know when, or if, Mr. Dunn would move out.

missioner of Agriculture has con-

"| weeks and Mr. Dunn moved into it

3 the cottage.

cause of the custer of his secretary.

clined to comment on that possi-

—The War Labor Board, in its first major decision, today ordered =a T-cents-an-hour wage increase for workers at two Southern plants of the Aluminum Company of America but warned thet laber cannot ex. pect constant salary hikes to keep pace with rising costs of living.

sacrifieés in the interests of check je the tute of inflation.” the

especially in “the high paid brackets” have receive wage increases during this

war period which will enable them to keep day by day pace with up-

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keep me quiet,” “Heil Hitler!” Several patrons mumbled angrily but Miss Thompson said: “Don’t pay any attention to her.

“She's drunk.” ” ” »

MISS THOMPSON and her escort left the restaurant. ‘The blond’s escort made some remarks along the same general lines as those of his companion. Cashier retorted with a sharp right hook. The couple was escorted from the restaurant They found Miss Thompson outside waiting for a cab. “You ought to behave yourself,” the columnist told the blond. The blond kicked Miss Thompson in the midriff. Miss Thompson countered with a flanking movement. Her roundabout right jolted the blond’s 16ose jaw just as Miss Thompson's cab arrived. The blond sunk her teeth Intesathe Thompson's fore-

columbish, expressing conhile possibility of siliies refused fo sign A police

NOT SIL INGALLS CRIES

| Admits Saying President |: ‘Told Us Lies’ in Her

Speech at Gary.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (U. P). —Dynamic Laura Ingalls, prominent aviator and erstwhile pianist, nurse, dancer and champion of "| isolationism, denied passionately in district court today that she was anything but a loyal American | citizen.

To this Mr. Dawson replied: “The honeymoon cottage is not

Mr. Dunn, as Fair manager, has “honeymoon”

Dawson Controls Buildings The Lieutenant Governor as Com-

trol of all buildings at the Fair Grounds. ‘The Board only has charge of the Fair itself. The “honeymoon” cottage was built several years ago as a model farm home. Governor Schricker, when he was Lieutenant Governor, occupied it except during Fair

last year, Several members of the Board bloc that oustéd Mr. Dunn said that they believed that Mr. Cantwell should now be permitted to live in}

Dawsod Sirs “er

The Board yesterday fixed Mr. Cantwell’s salary at $300 a month, all of which will have to be paid out of its own funds. Board members asked Mr. Dawson if he would pay half of the salary of the Fair manager from his funds as he has done in the past and he answered with a vigorous “no.” Mr. Dunn received a salary of | $300 a month, getting $150 as secretary to the ‘Lieutenant Governor and $150 from the Fair Board. Some State House observers be-| lieved that Mr. Dawson might resign as Commissioner of Agriculture be-

but the Lieutenant Governor de-!

bility. He said, however, that there would

(Continued on Page Six) |. The 38-year-olfi heroine of many

Wie RARSES WAGES an aeronautical exploit was her AT 2 ALCOA PLANTS or star witness in defense against

charges that she willfully failed to register as & paid Nazi propaLabor Told Not Not to Expect Constant Hikes.

gandist. + Makes Speeches to Jury “Defense Attorney James F. Reilly led Miss Ingalls through questions ; concerning allegedly pro-German WASHINGTON, Fes. 12 (UP): and anti-American comments and speeches which prosecution witnesses had testified she made both in the capacity of private citizen and of anti-war speaker for the America First Committee. Many of the fliers’ responses were in the nature of extemporaneous speeches to the 10 men and two women of the jury. Miss Ingalls repeatedly and .fervently expressed her admiration of “ones man rule.” When the attorney asked her age, MisS Ingalls smiled, fluttered her éyelids at the jury and replied, “I'm over 35.” Asked if she had called the President a liar in an America First Committee speech at Gary, Ind, last Nov. 25, the flier replied: “AS an American I have a profound reverence for the office of the President of the United States. I + eouldn’t call him a liar; I did say that the President had told us lies.”

“Labor, too, must make finaneial

It said that workers, “no right to expect that they should

Urge ‘Substitute Fathers’ for War Children

“Mama, how black is a blackout and can I have & for blackouts if 1 hold it real close to the floor s0 only I can seé the light?” Dr. Adelaide Johnson of the InResearch

the boy replied, “No tire stealing for me, that's treason.” The psychiatrists agreed on these solutions to the problem: 1. Provision of “substitute fae thers” by keeping some of “the best red<plobded men” on the home front as teachers, recreation leaders, camp and scout directors and coaches. 2. Selective Service deferments for male youth leaders and keeping fathers in the home as long

th workers from Louises, Jimmy Stewarts and Melvyn Dougiases” to keep child morale as high as | army moraje and give children home as well as on

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National Union Cabinet Demanded; Three Liberal Party Leaders Quit.

LONDON, Feb. 12 (U. P.) <The Singapore disaster today shook Britain more than anything since the fall of France and symptoms appeared of “far-reaching parliamentary refercussions. It brought a demand that Mr. Churchill establish a “government of national union” in which the dominions and empire would be represented. It was admitted frankly that if Burma and Java follow in the wake of Singapore the position of Churchill may be jeopardized. The London Evening Star reported that Mr. Churchill will broadcast to the nation Sunday night, discussing the war situation in general and the Far East in particular. First signs of major trouble for the Churchill Government appeared in a cleavage within the Liberal Nationalist Party, one of the groups which has supported the conservative coalition since the time of Ramsay MacDonald.

Revolt’s Spread Indicated There were indications the revolt

may spread to the Labor Nationalist Party, fractional group similar

to the Liberal Nationalists.

Thiee prominent Liberal Nationalists quit their party. They were Leslie Hore-Belisha, a hornet-like critic of the Churchill Government ever since he quit the cabinet post of War Secretary, Edgar Granville and Sir Jolin Henry Morris-Jones. My, Horeé-Belisha said he would continue to support the Govern ment. However, his differences with Mr. Churchill have beén in creasingly accentuated ‘in recent weeks.

Sir Stafford Wins Support

It was believed that the dissident Liberals may be recruited under the banner of Sir Stafford Cripps, Labor member of Parliament who has established himself as a “friendly critic” of the Government since he relinquished the post of Ambassador to Moscow. In the midst of parliamentary and prblic concern over the Far Eastern situation, the Cabinet

sought to sound a reassuring note in an announcement by Production Minister Lord Beaverbrook that production of finished war goods had doubled in the last six or seven months. Winant Optimistic Mr. Beaverbrook also disclosed production in quantity of a new heavy anti-tank gun that “will penétrate the armor of any German or Italian tank” and said that the United States would soon become the biggest allied supply source un< der a pooling pian for all war supplies. At the same time, U. S. Ambassador John G. Winant expressed confidence in London that the “present dark period of the war will

pass.”

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Details of Fighting Japan Unmasked

STINSON SAYS JAP PROBLEM BEING MET

Adds Army Is Not Ready to

Disclose Moves.

WASHINGTON, Feb, 12 (U. P.).= Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today that “we are not idle” in handling the problem presented by Japanese in Hawaii and on the West Coast, but that the Army is not yet ready to talk about steps which are being taken. Other announcements included: All Army men will be immunized against Yellow Fever as ‘a preventive measure designed to make all soldiers available for service in areas where the disease is known

to exist.” Army

2. The American force recently landed in Northern Ireland will be “self contained’ receiving their own food, military supplies, and athletic equipthent from the United States. 3. The reserve officer training corps summer camps for college students between their junior and senior years will be discontinued uns

til six months after the duration of

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JAPS BATTLED OVER STREETS OF SINGAPORE

Tokyo Claims 25 Evacuation Ships Blasted as Main Army Invades City Proper; Little Hope to Save Troops.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor The battered and bleeding British defenders of Singas pore were still fighting bravely—although doomed—as ane other tropical day ended in the besieged bastion of empire in the Far East. As night fell, it was certain the imperial garrison was losing its defensive punch, no longer able to hold back wave after wave of Japanese attackers surging into the British positions. The Berlin radio said a report from Lisbon claimed that the British legation there had announced that Singapore has been surrendered, but this was unconfirmed from any, other source, Imperials Still Defiant Battling in their last stand, probably hand-to-hand in the streets of Singapore City, the imperials reported hy radio that they had carried out four counter-attacks against the enemy. Only one attack was successful, but they closed a brief late broadcast over the Singapore Fadio station witle the defiant ciry—“We shall win.’ London officials, however, doubt that the battle can be carried on much longer, despite the courage and valor of the garrison. Claims 25 Ships Blasted Radio Tokyo said that the main Japanese army — the city of Singapore this morning and that furious aerial bombardment Had blasted or set fire to at least 25 ships in the harbor. The Japanese reported fierce street fighting was inf progress. A number of British troops—the Axis estimated them anywhere from 25,000 to 75,000—were reported cut off as a result of the Japanese advance across the island. London sources acknowledged that lack of warships and merchant vessels made it highly unlikely that any large force could be evacuated from Singapore even with unusual luck,

Thrust Into City Streets A Japanese Domei News Agency dispatch datelined “With the Japanese Army at Singapore,” said that the British resistance had been broken after heavy fighting and that the invaders, led by tank spearheads, had thrust into the city’s streets. The Tokyo radio said the Japanese soldiers had been unable to capture the entire city because they had been “helping non-combatants.” More than half of the 25 transports bombed as they, were anchored in the harbor, were sunk and the others were set on fire, according to Japanese dispatches. “These vessels were dicovered preparing for a desperate dash to sea, but were caught while still getting up steam,” the dispatches said. Smoke Covers Harbor Area “In close co-operation with land units now pouring into Singapore, virtually every avenue of escape to the waiting vessels has now been blocked,” Tokyo claimed. The Singapore radio earlier said that ships still were evacuating women and children from the harbor, A London spokesman said that the British defenders

‘are under constant dive-bombing, machine-gun strafing, ‘tank assaults and artillery bombardment.

Communications still were functioning to Singapore at 3 p. m. (9 a. m,, Indianapolis Time), but only a trickle of reports came through to tell of the last desperate moments of the battle. » But the key island in the united nations front was doomed, and the Dutch braced for an early Japanese thrust at Sumatra and Java. A huge cloud of smoke hung over the harbor area and other parts of the island as a result of the application of

the “scorched earth” policy, Calcutta reports said, but other * (Continued on Page Six)

On the War Fronts SINGAPORE: Japs report main LIBYA: British artillery . pounds

army enters Singapore City;| Axis forces, including tank units, claim 25 evacuation ships set on fire or damaged by bombs.

EAST INDIES: Netherlands navy claims five enemy ships sunk off Amboina in attacks on naval base there; fight pincers drive at Java.

NEW ZEALAND: U. S. Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary warns of pessbifly of Japanese attack| PHILIPPINES: Island of

miles southwest of Derna.

RUSSIA: Russions. continue: bala tering of German defense lines at Kharkov, Orel and Rzhev.

BURMA: Japs occupy Martabany strategic city, west of Selwaen;

River.

and calls for far-reaching de-| occupied by Japs; lll in, oe : +

in Mekili sector of desert, 1008