Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1942 — Page 7

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ew TORTS COREY J . TO BURMA ROAD

| British Battle to ttle 1 Hold New

' |River, which flows from north, to

supply route to China.

Front | After Line on

Salween Cracks.

RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 17 (U. P.).—The |imperial defenders of ‘Burma established a front only 50 miles from| the Burma Road today, having retreated before a Japanese offensive that cracked the Salween River line at all points.

Thaton and the entire area between it gnd the Salween as far north as Papun, the defenders withdrew to the west bank of the Bilin

south into [the® gulf of Martaban. Shorten Defense Line

‘They thus shortened their lines and consolidated their forces but generally advanced the Japanese 20 miles westward from the Salween. Chinese troops were arriving by thousands in the defense lines and other reinforcements were coming in from India and other British Empire ‘points. Lo Fighting is in ‘progress: along an irregular line roughly 50 miles from Pegu, the railrogd junction connecting Rangoon with the Burma

A British army communique today said that the new Jae was “holding well.”

HINT MISS PERKINS WILL RESIGN SOON

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (U. P.) — Congressional circles heard reports y that Secretary of Labor |Frances Perkins may resign soon. - Miss Perkins is the first woman cabinet member in history, . She and Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes are the only members of President Roosevelt's first cabinet still holding their’ posts. Discussion of possible successors to - the ‘labor post includes such names as Sidney Hillman, now head of the War Production Board's division; John R. Steelman, Tate Government's ace labor conciliater; Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator, ‘and William H.

Abandoning the railroad town of

Gm )AP THRUSTS - MILES 0 - 300

in ALL FRONTS

§e = | strike Hard rd. With Artilery

At German: Lines in Southwest Sector. 3

" LONDON, Feb. 17 (U. P.). ~The Russians were striking the Germans hard on the southwestern front today, their artillery pulverizing stub-

«| |bornly held enemy fortifications and

* (4), thredtening the Burma Road.

Australia:

Total-War Dutch Call for Help in Java

Java steeled herself for attack as Jap drives through Sumstra (1), Borneo and Celebes (2) continued after fall of Singapore. Japan aiso stepped up her attack in the Philippines (3) and swept past Thaton

Preparations. Made;

SYDNEY, Australia, Feb, 17 (U. P.) —The. Netherlands East Indies has appealed to Australia for sub-

determined to defend Java to the end, it was\ understood today. News of the Dutch appeal came {as the cabinet, at an emergency meeting, ordered the inner war cabinet to announce all regulations necessary for total mobilization of all resources, human and material, throughout Australia to ensure effective defense of the continent against an expected Japanese attack. ; An air ministry communique announced that in addition to reconnoitering over Port Moresby, on the

stantially increased aid ‘and has asked assurances that the allies are

New Guinea coast northeast of Aus-| tralia, 44 Japanese planes had made a savage one-hour attack on allied ships in the Timor Sea, northeast of the great Australian northern base of Darwin, but failed fo score ‘a single hit. ~ Prime Minister John Curtin, announcing: the total mobilization decision at a mass meeting here incident to the flotation of a 35,000,000 pound sterling ($140,000,000) Liberty Loan, said Australia’s war effort must now be on a totalitarian basis. “That means every human being in Australia, whether he likes it or not, is at the service of the government for work in defense of the

country,” he said.

East Indies:

Dutch Fliers Bomb Palembang; Score Hit on Jap Transport

BATAVIA, ‘Feb. 17 (U. ‘P)~— Dutch bombers, counter-attacking Japanese thrusts toward Java today hor| bombed the Japanese-ocecupied airport at Palembang, scored one direct hit on an enemy| transport ship and bombed two other transports in nearby waters. - The bombers flew through rain

Davis, head of the War Labor

and storm to reach the Palembang)

GE EV TOF me L LUDES EVERYTHING IN STORE AND EHOUSE—ON ORDER OR.iN TRANSIT

oid Few Hems on Which Manufacturer Controls Price

wisasd

There hag never been nanything 1k itn the his-

is store.

* DELAYED SHIPMENTS

WAREHOUSE. GLERRANGE

STORE RUMMAGE

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e shown an interest in this sale far

br than we expected.

- Not only have they

ping in unusual numbers, but it has

a crowd. ed:

a Pay. You to be a

airport, in the great oil center on Sumatra Island, where they shot down two Japanese fighters. Previously allied planes had. attacked a convoyed line of! transports near the Bangka strait, off the mouth of Musi. River, and re-

poris and two cruisers. _The Japanese, meanwhile, bombed and ‘machine-gunned several places on small islands in‘ the ; Sunda Strait. A government - broadcast urged the people of Java to fight to the last ditch against an imminent Japanese invasion of this strategic | island. The Japanese invasion forces in

Sumatra are spreading out and will

soon “storm these gates,” the people were told by Charles O. Van Der

3 CLAIM VIERECK USED

FREE-MAILING FRANK

WASHINGTON, Peb. 17 (U. P.).—~

| the late Kaiser on charges of fail-

ing to disclose the full scope of his activities when he registered with the State Department as a German agent. Mr. Maloney declared that Vier-

Minn.) delivered’ on the floor of the Senate, entitled “Six Men and War.’ He said 125,000 copies were reprinted at the Government Print-

"a8 pook dupe ‘of ‘a clerk named

| | George Hill was instructed by Con-

gressman Fishy to go ahead and mail them out,” tinued. NT

was recently-sentenced to two 16 six years in prison for lying to the

ported scoring hits ori eight trans-|

Plas, member of the Netherlands|’

ing Office, “a good part of the ex-!-pense being born by American tax-! Ir” and distributed ce Con- | | gressional flank.

‘Mr. Maloney con-!’ Hill, Rep. Pish’s second secretary,

South of Smolensk, on the central front, Soviet forces were re-

"1 Iported to have crossed a tributary

of the Dneiper River. They pushed ahead in the Kharkov area despite heavy rains. Radio ‘Moscow, describing action in the southwest, said Russian tank and infantry units drove the Germans from an important village and pursued them as they retreated westward. Other advices reported the Russians had gained in five directions —west of Leningrad: in Valdai hills area toward Latvia; toward Smolensk; toward Bryansk, and Marshal Timoshenko’s advance in ‘the south toward the Dneiper. In the fighting around Leningrad, a Russian cruiser was reported to have shelled a German-occupied village in that area and taken the enemy completely by surprise, although the warship had to use an ice breaker to get within range.

FLIERS SHOULDER- ARMS

BATAVIA, Feb. 17 (CDN) —Fighter pilots in the role of ordinary infantryman is the innovation established among the defenders of Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor. Deciding to give a role to his surplus pilots, Gen. Douglas MacArthur has ordered them to bear Fifias 0 help hold: off che Japaness RSSAUNLS. -

OFFERS RUSSIA NEW LOAN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt has offered an additional large American loan to Russia, it was learned today in official quarters. The amount of the new loan was not disclosed. It is to be used for purchase of military equipment'and munitions,

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