Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1942 — Page 6

| OF SINGAPORE CITY

Japanese Claim 25 Ships Are Bombed and Damaged in

Harbor; London Says

Still in Action. (Continued from Page One)

dispatches indicated that much equipment had not been

destroyed.

+ Changi fortress apparently was the main center of resistance as it was under heavy attack by Japanese air-

Defenders

planes which are attempting to silence the long-range British guns that still were hammering ‘at Japanese lines on the :Johore coast. _ The Japanese, their landing operations across the strait from

Johore now unimpeded, were known to be using medium as well as light

planes

tore a

undoubtedly were now using the dynanlited causeway which connects the island with Johore. A London Daily - Mail correspéndent, in a dispatch datelined frém a rescue ship which left Singapare. Tuesday, : said. 900. British wahten. and 500. children were

away from the ship when Japanese

the correspondent reported, and the bomb killed all four men of a tug which was nosing out the ship and

liner's side. It was three days before the liner was out of range of Japanese planes, the correspondent said, and even tanks and it was admitted that they | then there was need for unceasing civilance against submarines and surface raiders. He added that he and the others of the comparatively few of men aboard were taking turns on watch.

Reporting that four babies had

twice attacked it as it left,

DAWSON STILL

dozen small holes in the

Won't Yield ‘Honeymoon’ Home Occupied by Ousted Manager.

(Continued from Page One)

have to be a showdown on the exact powers and duties of the Board in relationship to those exercised by

Tell of Evacuation

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The “honeymoon” cottage at the Fair Grounds . . . still under control of Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson, who says “it is not available” to Guy Cantwell, new State Fair boss.

that case is how

full swing. : Several factors enter into the defense of Burma:

Today's War Moves By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst Singapore having been written off as ‘lost, the defense and delaying action of the united nations in the Far East now falls back on the Indies and Burma.

\ Facing cold reality, allied commanders must count . on the possibility of losing both. The question in

long they can be held.

It may be weeks before a clue to the answer becomes apparent in the case of the Indies; perhaps sooner in Burma. The Japanese are forcing the issue in Burma. The battle for the gateway to India and guardian of China’s supply line is apparently in

ing Dutch stronghold of Soerabaja lies. The appointment of Dutch Rear

Sees Successes for G. 0. P. As “He Fights to Keep ~~ 2-Party System. (Continped: from Page One)

Kelland' is enthusiastic.. He says the G. O. P. changes for gaining control of the House are excellent, “They are even better than: they were before Pear! Harbor,” he said. “And the trend is continuing.” Mr. Kelland -said the change in sentiment started manifesting ‘itself in the last three weeks ‘and “the two-party system is making a strong comeback.” 3 “It is the emergence of the people from ' the bewilderment of © Pearl Harbor,” “he explained. “They are settling down now to good American thinking, You can knock the American people off balance only so long. And I believe the Republicans will be in increasingly better shape as events manifest themselves. “I don’t want to be too critical, but the people are becoming a lit-

seri handled by the New Deal as efficiently as they could be. “We are a realistic people. When told that we have a job to do, we jump in and do it. But we don't get excited unless we are told the facts. The people deserve the whole truth, but they are not getting it.” Asked. if the acceptance of high positions in the war effort by Republican leaders indicated a breaking down of the two-party system, Mr. Kelland said ‘emphatically: " “It is the best indication that the system is working efficiently. The talents of :both parties should be utilized fully’ by the nation at war. Our country comes first, to every Republican as well as Democrat.”

Midwest Prospects Bright

National Demoggatic Chairman Edward Flynn's recent speech in which he said. that giving the Republicans control of the House would be worse than a military defeat. has brought the. Republicans out fighting and aided -their ‘cause, ‘Mr. Kelland continued. - Prospects are brightest .in the Midwest, Northwest cand East, according to the party’s national publicity director. One of his jobs here today will be to look over the Indi‘ana situation and the chances for increasing the Hoosier G. O. P. Congressional delegation.

tle suspicious that things have not

Mr. Kelland’s duties as combinag-

o tion executive publicity director for the national G. O. P. will be to “help Mr. Martin with organization matters and do whatever he wants me to.” His chief regret, of course, is that he will be away from- his 30,000~ acre cattle ranch (“which is 35 miles from the nearest telephone’) and his 20-acre date farm. He will talk about the wonderful climate and natural beauties of Arizona as long as you will listen. But he’s certain that giving all this up for the time being will be well worth the effort.

3 WARSHIPS ADDED TO 2-OCEAN NAVY

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12 (U. P.).—Three warships, described by the Navy as “new emancipators” for the nation’s fast-growing two=

into the Delaware today. | The 10,000-ton. cruiser Mont= pelier, which had been on the ways only 14 months, was launched at the Camden, N. J. yards of the New York Shipbuilding Corp. It is of the Cleveland class, of 32 cruisers planned by the Government. The destroyers, Butler and Gherardi, being rushed to completion four months ahead of schedule, were launched a few minutes apart

at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

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been born since the ship left, the correspondent said most of the women had left their husbands in Singapore. He told how they listened tensely to broadcasts of Singapore news. The Berlin radio said an apparent attempt was being made to evacuate the Singapore garrison as those of Dunkirk and Crete had been evacuated. “There is much activity in Singapore harbor,” Berlin said, quoting a German official news agency dispatch from Tokyo. “Many fast, small ships are filling the harbor which ds completely visible from the Governor General's building”—an intimation that Sir Shenton Thomas, the Governor, had fled, and Japanese troops were in the building. Severe Blow to Britath

the Commissioner. Such a showdown is expected to come at a meeting of the relations committee of the Board with Governor Schricker and Mr. Dawson next Tuesday. Relations committee members are P. L. White, John Bright Webb, O. L. Reddish and William H. Settle. Mr, Dawson said today that “everything was apparently prearranged at yesterday's meeting for Mr. Dunn's ouster. They came to the meeting with their resolutions already written out.” He said that one of the members leading the fight for Mr. Dunn's ouster had told him that they would talk to Governor Schricker before taking action, but that this had not been done. Mr, Cantwell, the new Fair boss, was candidate for the Republican

roadeast from Shang- | hCmination for Lieutenant Goveri. Sapatese " = = (nor in 1940—the nomination won by

“The harbor of Singapore is re- MI Dawson—but he withdrew beproducing the “tragedy of Dunkirk. ‘OF te cevention. British and Dutch naval vessels as| 5c has been a member of the Fair Board for 20 years. From

well as merchantment of the two!

countries are desperately attem | 1930 to 1932 he was on the Indiana ing to evacuate large Ly Siem Be | University extension staff as a tax

“packed” aboard “this great North Atlantic liner now acting as a rescue ship from Singapore.” Try to Bomb Refugees

The liner originally landed Indian reinforcements at Singapore, the dispatch said, but left soon afterward with evacuees, some of whom were living on deck, sleeping in hammocks “slung from all conceivable supports.” A Japanese bomb fell 30 yards

DRUFF

MEANS

1. The size of the force which China can throw into the battle. It is not impossible the Chinese can throw in enough troops to offset Japan's superiority in manpower. 2. The amount of aid which can be sent from India, where Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been discussing methods of co-operation. 3. The strength of the American and British air squadrons, and whether they can be reinforced. It is apparent that the aerial defense of Burma is stronger than was that of Singapore. The fall of Singapore will release many Japanese planes, - fighting men, guns and machines for use in Burma or the Indies, or both. The defense of the Indies will center on Java, where the remain-

Admiral C, E. L. Helfrich to command of the allied naval forces suggests lively action at sea. He is reputed to be an exponent of offensive as opposed to defensive action. ‘ If in the end the Indies have to be relinquished, the time gained while they hold out will be of utmost value in building up allied defensive and — ultimately — offensive power in Australia and New Zealand. Given enough time, the United States should be able to pour into | Australia enough airplanes, guns and men to make it impossible for the Japanese ever to take Australia. The United States Navy has just opened an ocean supply route to New Zealand for that. purpose, and]! the Pacific fleet is protecting it. |

Hoosierdom Honors Lincoln

- And Mother on His Birthday

(Continued from Page One)

British trodps and their arms, The|SPecialist and from 1923 to 1931 British troops are. ter confusion.”

a : ./he was on the Purdue University : a he wh |extension staff. He has been a di{rector of the agricultural depart-

larly to schoolchildren and to clerks, stenographers and other employees of banks and brokerage

Barnhart, director of the State Department of Conservation, participated in the ceremony.

Another Japanese dispatch said, however, that it was uncertain whether the imperial troops were]

Te tie mmaueee 1m + ma. Alice Malone Is Dead Here at 72

tary sense was expected to be the most severe blow suffered so far by the united nations in the Far East, MRS. ALICE MALONE. a resisince It knocks out the main bastion| gent of Indianapolis for the last for both offensive and defensive ob-| 99 vears. died yesterday at |lerations and creates that danger| the home of a daughter, Mrs. that the Japanese offensive can Ross Patrick, 24 " " sweep forward agsinst the Dutch Woodl and East Indies and India. Drive. She was 72. Born in Tenn-

New Burma Pressure essce, Mrs. Ma-

Increasing Japanese pressure on the Burma front was reported withi the occupation of Merion, KR IGHE Wat # iene [Sritice commentator said that in Nee A ne 2 northern Burma Chinese troops car- A ried out “a most successful engage-| 0dist Church for ment against Thai troops.” many years. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch Surviving, be- RW from New Delhi, India, reported] Sides Mrs. Pat- po. arojone that Generalissimo Chiag Kai-shek,| rick, are anon an official - visit to India with| other daughter, Mrs. Warren members, of the Chinese general] Lucas! two sons, Dayton Spring|staff, was likely to abandon his plan| man: and Wallace Malone; 15 ‘to meet Mohandas Gandhi, na-| grandchildrén and a great-grand-|tionalist leader, and tour Bombay| child. Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs.

offices who receive a holiday’on his birthday. Schools in Marion County, however, had classes as usual today, for giving up a holiday was part of their war effort. But the banks did close as required by law. At Batesville, Ind., Rep. Earl Wilson, the Hoosier Republican who has stirred up the national capital by demanding that Government stenographers stop frittering away the . Government's time, addressed {the Republican organization of Ripley ‘County. Place Wreath on Grave A lonely, windswept hilltop in Spencer County was the scene of one of the most touching Lincoln Day exercises in the nation. On that hilltop sleeps Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the woman who bore in a Kentucky log cabin a son destined to be the savior of the Union. A wreath was placed on the simple stone marking her grave, and it was recalled that her greatest tribute came from her great son, when he said: “Whatever I am, whatever I hope to be, I owe to my mother.” Col. Richard Lieber, chairman of

In a brief address at the Lincoln memorial ceremonies, Mr. Barnhart said that “here today we must take renewed devotion to that cause for which he who lived here gave the last full measure of devotion. “Today we assemble on the 133d anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday and place this wreath on his mother’s grave to exemplify our pledge to them that this Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth.”

Spokane in Spotlight

Kentucky, Lincoln's native state; Indiana, his home in the early years of his life, and Illinois, whence he journeyed to the White House, always lead the nation in the observance of Lincoln Day. But this year Spokane, Wash., takes some of the spotlight because a replica of a Lincoln statue in that city appears on awards given to Boy Scouts attending Lincoln pilgrimages. Pilgrimages to the larger cities in America have been arranged by the Lincoln National Life Foundation, which has headquarters at Ft.

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