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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1942
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rte Stand Revealed as House Plans Vote on Overtime ; Suspension Today. |
aro, Feb. 27 (U, P)) — An unimpeachable source said today that the administration is opposed to abandonment of overtime pay for wprk | in excess of 40 hours a week, and that even if he had the power, nt Roosevelt would not sush provisions of law. The | source represented the chief ve as feeling that abandon-
Us as a proposed amendthe second war powers bill | .affect workers in non-de-idustries such as textile mills, as well as thé increasing millions of defense, industry workers. _F.D.R, Raps Rider Method | time, the President told |a ess conference he regarded the practice of attaching riders to nonle: tion such as appro"as reprehensible. | gia ‘not specifically mention . Srpith’s effort to attach the oe p-work-week measure pwers bill; but he made tH E detunciation ap-
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of the workjuse they are ntracts with . But many tracts, he med, leave the question|of hours and overtime pay up to federal law for enforcement.
Huse May Vofe Today
velt was| asked at his press conference if he had heard of a 168-hotir war work-week suggested in a petition by a group of Rhode Such a | 20-hour day, seven-day week, would not even give the workers time to eat, the president observed, ‘The Smith proposal has thrown into another of its heated discussi of new deal labor legislation. It was expected to vote to- . Representative Smith's amendment, which -WFB Labor Di- ( inued on Page Four)
Mr.
NEW BATAAN GAINS
WAS: GTON, Feb. 27 (U. P.) —| Gen. las MacArthur's indom-
L. inatable men of Bataan have advan-
ced their lines from one to eight kilome along their: entire front during the past 48 hours, the war department reported today. Fighting was continuing. There. still was no indication, however, { that’ the attack had ’ portant Japanese-held } confers, that it had assumed the of a major counter-
thur’s two-day old ofil was a puzzle to milicticians here, although it} enérally agreed that the ad-|
“days of lull in the fighting. | and savage Fesistance|
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. Donald Crisp + + « best supporting actor.
2. Joan Fontaine , « . Ne. | actress.
3. Gary Cooper . .'. Neo. | actor in. 194},
4. Mary Astor . + , best supporting actress.
5. Orton Welles . . . gets half an Oscar.
6. John Ford , . , praised for directing.
7. Walt Disney . . . distin guished service.
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= DEFENSE OPENS
IN PAYNE CASE
Publisher Employer Pictures Her As of Unsound Mind At Time of Slaying.
By JOHN L. BOWEN Times Staff Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb, 27.— Two shairply contrasting | portraits of Mrs. (Caroline G. Payne were
painted by the first defense witness this, morning en the eighth day of her trial on murder charges in connection with the shooting of her former sweetheart, Charles O. Mattingly The witness. was Blaine Ww, Bradfute, owrier of ‘the Bloomington Telephone, BIiermaoh newsbaper, of which Mis - Paype - was | Business manager. Mr. Bradfute took the stand after
{Judge Charles B. Staff had over-
ruled a routine defense motion for quashing - charges against the defendant. Heralded as the defense’s star witness, Mr. Bradfute’s testimony sought. to establish under examination byw Attorney J. Frang Regester a singiilar demarcation line im Mrs. Payne's life.
|” From Happiness to ‘Grief
This’ line, the defense contends, | divides an era of happiness: for her| as Mr, Midttingly’s sweetheart and an: era of melancholy which set in when Mr. Mattingly. left her home here on July 10,:1939. ‘ Mr. Mattingly later maried Lurayne Oberholtzer Wittschens, his {Contitsied on
battle of the | with a milk Hottie, bo | Workers at the Curtiss-Wright Ogp. today planned a celebration
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when it offered Mr. Goslin the a hal To” the NeW weight to qualify for the air service. ‘The payy rejected him tier. ‘times because he" weighen only | 120 poundls —. six
pounds short. | The army also rejected him. So ‘he “hit the bottle,” for four
‘When he got up to 124% pounds, | a navy board gave him a pound
and a half leeway, fguring he's and. scrap-
to the senate for. final’ ‘congressional action legislation repealing the-eon-
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Stars Cheer Astor, Ford. Disney, Crisp and Welles,
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
HOLLYWOOD, Fel, 37 (U. P.)~Fifteen hundred movi | |mufti at the 14th annual Académy i*| dean; Fontaine and Gary Cooper as
ds dinner early’ + best:-motion. picture players
Miss Fontaine, in black as were most of ‘her hanmueting sisters in| the glambur gin business, and Cooper in 4 business suit and a wide
grin, won their . gold-plated : ‘Oscars for their.pérformances, respectively. in “Sugpicion” and “Sergeant York.” “How a was My” Valley,” was named best picture, while John Ford, who directed it, and who now is serving with the: navy in the Far East, received the prize for the best directing. Orson Welles, the man: from Mars who had been nominated in: nearly all the award classifications, received only half an Oscar, as coauthor of his - one=man- movie, “Citizen Kane.” Best supporting player was: Donala Crisp, for his part in “How Green,” while best supporting actress was the redheaded - Mary Astor—she of diary fame—for “her work in “The- Great Lie.” : Willkie ' Takes Part The war. put a crigip in. the customary. award. festivities; . ‘There was no dancing, No evening gowns. No full drees: suite and no ribbons across hard-boiled: shirts. The folks who ‘paid their ! $11 per plate : for steak and pink ice ‘cream, . Who sat. “through” hours "of 'Oscar-hand-ing-outing, looked hardly at. all like the handsomest. collection of people in the world. The resembled, rather, without their fine feathers, the dinners at
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PENSION REPEALER GOES. TO. SENATE
Vciudes SH $8,000,000 For New Soo Lock.
WASHINGTON; Feb. 27: (Us: B.) The house today approved’ and sent
troverted pensions-for-congress program. - The measure also’ includes-an $8,-
makers in| day ‘cheered | 1]
| “quick crack<down™ would be made
Incidett ‘Occurred ‘Local Defense Plant,
Winslow Told. An unidentified airplasie dropped
defense plant last night, two- telephone callers reported. to Walker W. Winslow, wing ‘commander of ‘the civil air patrol, today. The plane. was hunted today by the CAP, the Civil Aeronautical authority and state and’local’ police. Mr. Winslow - said” he - was inlormed that flares clearly illuminated the mystery plane and that it appeared to be unmarked, He refused: ‘to divulge the name of the defense plant, explaining that an announcement might be helpful-to the enemy in finding the mark with something: mere damaging’ than &: flare: the “next; time,”
Report Seeing Craft
Mr; -Winslow : said he received 25 telephone calls today. from : Indian-
had seen -an unidentified “plane last night, Mr. Winslow: said that. the. plane had been heard by 4m: the 5300 block on. N, New Jersey at 3 a. m. yesterday and at 1:30 acm, the day before, He said that other unauthorized! flights had been reported: recently. One: night about two weeks ‘ago a pilot flew within: 300 feet of an: inbound ‘commefcial airliner; |
Stored Illegally
Mr; ‘Winslow also announced ‘that the patrol had-compiled a list of 28 planes which: were . illegally stored in Indiana, and ne declared that'a
on the owners of . these - planes which were ‘stored in barns and on unauthorized airfields ‘and which had-not been dismantled. Planes, he said, which are not stored: on ‘designated fields: must be taken completely apart and the various parts stored in different places.
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| ship was torpedoed off Long Island,
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passes will be admitted ‘to . grounds of the pissin ' tion during those ‘hours, according’ t6 orders. issued by" Col. Wal-
dant. And the only civilians who will have passes will be those who.work at the fort during the night or live.on: the grounds. All ‘post personnel are required ‘by: Col, Drysdale’s order to carry, positive: {identification with them at all times. Guests of officers will be escort- - ed from the main entrance to their host's quarters either by the host himself or a member of the militaty police.
OMDENTIFED SH AFIE OFF JERSEY
Last Sub Activity in Area ~Reported Jan. 15.
ASBURY PARK, N. J., Feb, 7-(U. PJ.~An unidentified ship . fiercely ‘seven : ‘niles offshore .early today and- civilian first aid- workers awaited ’ the “arrival of survivors. Share watchers said the ship was a tanker, * y No’ submarine activity in waters off New York harbor'has: been reported ‘since Jan. 14, when a tank
and Jan.'15, when ‘another ship was lost in‘ the same area,
‘BUTTER THIN’ FOR CONVOY ‘BREAD'—FDR|.
‘at "his press conference : today; likened: this. coun-
uation. of ¢ having*.too little: butter for too much bread. :. The United States is ‘doing poasiuly. gat 6 inde allied
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Sectionals: Howe: Noses Out Southport. (Details and box scores, Page 26)
By HARRY MORRISON
Beech Grove hit six more free throws than Shortridge’ in“the second game of the local sectional today and the Hornets upset'the Blue Devils, 29 to 23. Meanwhile, Decatur Central, defending champs, turned back Franklin Township, -41 to 25, and will meet Beech Grove tonight at 8 o'clock.
Howe Whips Southport
Howe high school grabbed the spotlight last night, defeating Southport, 33 to 30, The:East siders built up a comfortable lead and then held "off: a: belated “Southport rally, ‘Washington had a close call with Speedway, finally winning 39 to 35. Ben . Davis completed ~last night’s action’ by winning ‘over Broad Rip ple, 44 to 34. All of last night’s and this merning’s winners moved into the quar-ter-finals that were to begin at 4 o'clock this afternoon with Tech battling: Howe, All favorites came through with flying colors in games played throughout the state, Martinsville’s 32 to 22 triumph over Bloomington (Continued m Page 28)
‘THIS AFTERNOON'S GAMES 2 p. m.—Warren: Central vs. Lawrence Central. 3 p. m~New Augusta vs. Manual. 4p. ‘m.~Tech vs. Howe. 7. pv. m~Washington vs. Ben Davia
On the War Fronts
JAVA—Zero hour of Jap attack on Java at hand; Dutch ‘blast Jap
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Report British Withdrawing From Rangoon: Australian Fliers Blast Rabaul; Push on Siberia Predicted.
By JOE ALEX Hokus $s United Press Foreign Edita
Sturdy Dutch and their allies vel against imminen all-out Japanese attack on Java today, smashing at new enemy invasion forces in Sumatran waters. a Meanwhile, the long arm of Japanese air power reached into the Indian ocean to bomb the Andaman islands. And Anglo-American military reports from Chungking indicated that British and Indian forces had virtually . evacuated the Rangoon delta area, leaving only a small holding force to resist the Japanese attack on: the Burma capital. The Andaman attack was the first of the war against Indian territory. The islands lie in the Bay of Bengal, south of Burma, and with the nearby Nicobars constitute the last barrier to Japanese operations in the Indian ocean, Japanese submarines already are reported basing om Penang, the rich tin island off the Malayan coast, to operate against united nations supply lines in the Indian theater, ig /
Java Facing Zero Hour
If Japan plans to move forward into an offensive against India, her first step may be to obtain control of the Andaman and Nicobars—famous spice s¢ then strike west by sea in an effort to win Ceylon, great tea iw land at the southern approaches to India.” rr A broadcast by the All-India radio said that the Andae man islands were bombed twice by Japanese planes, which also attacked with machine guns, The main Japanese operations were against Porth Blair, where two deaths were reported. Java's zero hour was at hand but the sturdy Dutch awaited the enemy’s invasion attempt with calm, Gen. Hein Ter Poorten called on Java's defenders te “fight like wild cats . . . fight like hell,” and assured them that thousands of Australian, British and ‘American roo are there to aid in the last ditch defense,
- Blast at Invasion Ships
‘New enemy warships and transports were sighted today . in the waters of Sumatra island on the western approach to Java. Dutch airplanes bombed them. ‘In the neighs borhood of Bali island, on the eastern approach, American bombers led the attack. The Japanese air force, now operating from: ‘bases with in short flying distance‘of Java, was battling savagely to protect the enemy fleets and hammering steadily at the big Dutch naval base of Soerabaja on eastern Java. Enemy fighting planes, carrying two cannon and four machine guns and equipped with detachable reserve fuel . tanks that give them a long range, savagely attacked Netherlands airplanes. Dutch strategy for resisting the Japanese on Java has not been revealed. But it would be no surprise if they emue lated the successful tactics of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in retiring from the hard-to-defend coastal -area and took up (Continued on Page Five)
Terrific Risks Are Faved If Allies Open New Fronts
| By HARRISON SALISBURY "United Press Staff dent . There are fot possible fronts in Burope, one in Africa and one. in the Far Bast. here the united nations might take the offensive,’ Military “possible” and ht.” . These possible fronts are: Norway, France, Spain, Italy, West 4 Africa and Si 3 Each is beset by tremendous dif-
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‘A rising demand was heard today for the united nations to take the ‘offen: sive on European and Asia: tic fronts.
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