Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1942 — Page 1
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‘March Comes in Like a Black Sheep; Look For a Timicl Lion.
HAVING TAKEN one furtive glance out the window, we've decided that March fame in not like a lamb, but like i black sheep. Thus, it may be that March will go out like a timid lion. | The weather >
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March camg in like a lamb? | #0 =» = AT 1 ga. m, yesterday (when March was an hour old), the thermometer read 3L which some might think was lambish. But we've got our own ideas. We lean to the black sheep ‘theory. At 1 o'clock this morning it was 32, which seems to be sort of a status quo temperature today, but we don’t budge. We're expecting a timid lion. Tonight, from sundown to 8:30 o'clock, there will be an eclipse of the moon, caused. by the earth’s shadow, but .as yet we have not been able to find gut exactly how this fits in with March coming in like a black sheep. | We're working on it, thoygh.
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Highway Funds Juggled Without ‘Approval, Sadlier Says. By NOBLE REED
A fight between the county council and the county commissioners
lover the [spending of $404,000 in [road funds flared openly at the be Under a commanding general,
jcourt house today. Heated debate developed when commissioners proposed an ordinance asking appropriation of $114,000 for road materials, equipment and salaries, George Badlier, council president, charged there is some evidence that “these highway funds are being
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Wants Specific Requests The council president demanded
‘that the ¢ommissioners revise their |requests for appropriations, .setting
out specifically what the money is going to be spent for. “We want to see the detailed spending list before appropriations are made as there seems to be a trend of thought around here that money can be rn without much check on it,” Mr. Sadlier said. Commissioner William T. Ayres sald “we commissioners might just as well quit ‘our jobs if we can’t anticipate the spending of highway
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to determine what money is to be spent and what it is to be spent for.” |
Demands Wise Spending
Mr, Sadlier said the council is not going “to write any more blank checks to the ~(ommissioners fér “We are here to see that money is spent wisely.” The council president further (Continued ¢n Page Two)
| BRITISH-NAZI GUNS
ROAR IN CHANNEL
Germans Loe Tanker in
Attack on Convoy.
LONDON, March 2 (U. P).— British motor torpedo boats torfedosd a ‘German tanker and heavily engaged enemy escort ships and shore bafteries in an attack on a in the Erglish channel, the picid said today. The engagement, which oecured last night, kept people awake in a huge aren near the: Dover straits.
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Acts as Marshall Declares Time Has Come to Carry
War to Foe..
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P). —President, Roosevelt today streamlined the army organization into three basic branches—ground forces, air force and service of supply. Mr. Roosevelt’s order specified
cise through the chief of staff, Gen. George C. Marshall, the presidential functions as commander-in-chief in relations to the strategy and tactics of prosecuting the war, As the presidential orders were issued. Gen. Marshall said that “the time has now come to carry the war to. the enemy” and stop immobilization of troops in the" continental United States. Expects Isolated Raids He said he felt the nation must expect “isolated air raids” by a few enemy planes “directed against us for no other purpose than to create a public reaction which will adversely affect the sound military purpose of defending America by engaging and defeating the enemy in theaters distant from our shores.”
views in a letter to Assistant Senate Republican Leader Warren R. Austin of Vermont. Senator Austin read it to the senate during debate on the pending $32,762,737,900 war a, iation: cig The senate by: voice: vote passed and returned to the house the appropriation—the largest yet in the series of recent record-breaking war bills. “The enemy,” Gen. Marshall said, “calculating on public relations, is undoubtedly employing submarines close in shore for the purpose of restraining our efforts to engage our planes, and ground troops so far as practicable, offensively in distant theaters.” To End Duplication The sweeping army shake-up was designed to facilitate faster and speedier co-ordination of the army's varied functions. : Each of the three basic units will
|who will be directly responsible to 'the chief of staff. This new set-up, lit was hoped, will eliminate overlapping of duties and make for bet(Continued on Page Two)
The chief of staff made known his|
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS AF.LLOCALINN.Y,
‘Rules Teamslers Did Not|
Break Racketeering Act.
WASHINGTON, March 2 w. Pp). —There supreme court today ruled that the first circuit court of appeals properly set aside the conviction of New York City Local 807 of the A. F. of L. teamsters union and 26 of its members on charges of violating the federal anti-rack-eteering act. The statute outlaws extortion 'in|" interstate commerce by “force, violence or coercion.” Justice James F. Byrnes delivered the 6 to 1 opinion with Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone dissenting. Associate Justices Owen Roberts and Robert H. Jackson did not participate, The prosecution was one of the justice department’s major cases exemplifying the charge of Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold that some unions have set up “economic toll bridges, working to the detriment of consumers.” Indictments alleged that Local 807 and its members “coerced” truck owners delivering goods into New York City into hiring unwanted and unneeded drivers who were mem-
bers of the city union.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P.).
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Where united nations defenders fought three Japanese invasion armies on Java, and expected another
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‘BODIES OF JAPS FILL BEACHES’
‘Attack, Not Defense,’ Java Watchword; U. S. Pilots Fighting Mad.
By W. H. McDOUGALL _ United Press Staff Correspondent WITH AMERICAN AIR FORCES, Java, March 2.—“We let our bombs go and those Japanese transports simply came gasi-~t dopo ei. American aviators thus described one of their flying fortress bombing attacks off the coast of Java today when I stopped at their base en route back from a tour as close as permitted to one. sector on which allied troops are battling to crush Japanese invasion ‘forces. The American aviators were
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as they aided Dutch, Australian and British defenders of this embattled island. great. job. Bodies Heaped on Beaches Dutch and allied land troops were counter-attacking the Japanese in three invasion areas. It was an all-or-nothing battle in which the watchword uttered hy Gen, Sir Archibald Wavell, united nations’ supreme commander, wags “Attack, not defense.” & Although the allied high on mand was compelled to withhold particulars of land fighting, it was indicated that the Japanese; eontinued :to filter: in through planfations and jungles along the ogi} {ern coast. : The beaches were thickly | {with ‘the bodies of Japanese {troops who fell before the Art] of Dutch artillery and gun Sink Transport Boats
Thousands more were. killed as the invasion forces drove inland from the Bantam province at’ northwest corner of Java, t dramayu area north. of Bande and the Rembang area toward’ hy east end of the island, befwe Bandoeng and thé great naval-en air force base of Soerabaja. * “At the present phase of tk tle against Japanese invasion no particulars can be given siBErd (Continued on Page 5)
LISTED AS FIRST CASU HONOLULU, March 2 (U. Ba The army today listed Pvt. Are R akin, Pinetown, N. C., as casualty of the war, - "I'wient minutes after the Japanese aff ty on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 he was admitted to the army general hospital with a bullet in his chest. He is now back on duty.
U. 8. SUBMARINE LADN PORTSMOUTH, N. H, INCHED (U.P.)—The U. 8. submarine King-| fish was launched -at Portsmouth navy yard today. The sponser was the wife’ of Rear Admiral | Allen Stuart, director of naval petroleum reserves.
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Mystery Planes Heard Here Again
Mystery planes are continuing their unauthorized night ° flights over Indianapolis, according to reports received by Walker W. Winslow, wing commander of the Indiana Civil Air patrol. A plane was heard last night at 9 o'clock by persons in the 4300 block on Guilford ave. Mr. Winslow said today and several other planes were reported over the week-end. Under strict wartime regulations, only military and certain commercial planes can now make ‘night flights,
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Observers ole: Note Unusual Markings; Are Japs Short of Planes?
(Today’s: War Moves, Page Five)
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U.P). —Strange planes which “may have been German-built” have carried out bombing attacks behind Gen. Douglas MacArthur's new battle line stretching across Bataan peninsula in thé Philippines, the war department saiq today. The Japanese are believed to have some of these German-made warplanes in reserve, . a communique said, indicating that the Nipponese invaders. were hard-pressed .for aerial strength and were making use of Nazi reinforcements.
Cause’ No: Damage Recent communiques have indi-
pig cated that Japanese air squadrons
had been withdrawn from the Philippines for the battle of ‘Java and the ‘Dutch East Indies nearly 2000
=~ miles ‘to the southwest.
The planes suspected of being
German and which bombed Gen.
MacArthur’s rear - line positions— without inflicting damage-— were three twin-engined bombers with
. |“unusual markings,” it was said.
“They were painted black with
*" white crosses on the wings,” the
communique stated. The usual Nazi planes-are marked
[ |with a black cross outlined in white.
Quezon Urges Battle to End
A scattered army of thousands of guerrilla warriors is playing havoc with Japanese hopes of a swift conquest of the Philippines, military authorities revealed. President Manuel Quezon, in a stirring proclamation to Filipinos over the week-end, urged them to battle the invader behind his lines as well as on the battlefront in a “fight until death, and expel si
Irom our land.”
Japanese from a 45-mile stretch of the Abra valley in northern Luzon.
FARM BLOC DELAYS PARTY LIMITATION
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U.P),
FRENGH PAGIFIC ISLES GUARDED
U. S. Co-Operation Extends To New Caledonia 500 Miles Off Australia.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U.P), —The United. States is co-operating with: Free French forces in the defense of strategic French: possessions in the Facile achive 4 the island today, New Caledonia, the chief posses sion involved, is rich in nickel and other strategic materials, including some refineries; which would be important to the Japanese war effort. The possibility that- Japan might seize the island, placed strategically near the air and sea lanes to New Zealand and southern Australia has been a source of great concern to the Australian and New Zealand .government. There was no announcement as to -the means or extent to which United R'tates forces were assisting the Free French in protecting these Pacific islands. (The Berlin radio said American troops had landed there.) New Caledonia is 500 miles east of the Australian coast and 750 miles southeast of Port Moresby, New Guinea. .
RUSS. SAY STRATEGIC POINT NEAR CAPTURE
Key Village Is Taken Near
Staraya Russa
MOSCOW, March 2 (U. P).— Russian forces have captured a key village straddling eight roads near Staraya Russa, where 96,000 Germans are encircled, and are pressing forward on the southern front despite spring. thaws and heavy rains which have transformed that sector: into a quagmire, dispatches from the fronts said today. The newspaper Izvestia said the Germans were forcing civilians at Staraya Russa and 35 surrounding places to construct fortifications to resist the relentless Soviet assaults. Belief was general here that the fall of the strategic city would be announced soon,
Supplies Cut Off Supplies to the beleaguered Germans. there were cut off—even by air—despite German aerial reinforcements which may have amounted to 1800 planes, military dispatches said. ~ The 16th German army was known to be trapped at Staraya Russa and scouts have identified the Nazi 32d and 123d divisions among the encircled enemy. The snow fields on the southern front were becoming mire and slush following heavy rains and motorized units and heavy artillery were bogging down. Freres Fighting In Otitis
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BLASTING NEW INVASION FLE
Huge Enemy Armeds Bez Bearing Reinforces ments Is Fought by Flying Fortrésses: 20 Small Landing Ships Also Destroyed.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor
American and allied airplanes, armored units and warships smashed furiously at strong Japanese invasion forces today in an all-out battle for Java. The last island stronghold of the united nations im the East Indies was attacked by an estimated 100,000 Japanese landed at three north coast points and followed up by sea-borne reinforcements which were running a deadly hail of allied bombs and shells. Hard-fighting Dutch troops, bearing the brunt of the enemy attack, were aided by British, Australian and American forces in counter-attacks which London dispatches said had now become a full scale counter-offensive inflicting tremendous losses on the Japanese,
A Dutch communique today said 20 or more Japanese
sloops or small landing craft were destroyed in a blistering’ low-level attack by allied fighter planes.
Sight New Invasion Fleet
Late United Press dispatches from allied headquarters Dutch armored cars, trucks and pri te automebiles force¢ and American flying fortresses pounding at enemy transport reinforcements. - American flying fortresses and other heavy bombers today roared off to attack a new Japanese invasion fleet heading for the north Java coast. The U. S. planes reported that the Japanese fleet consisted of a large number of transporgs protected by many warships. Japanese. air support for landing forces was weaker than had been expected, according to W, H., McDougall, United Press correspondent, but there was little definite information to indicate the|trend of fighting. ;
Admit Jap Advances
The Japanese were known to have occupied Soebang, 40 miles in from the coast and only 40 miles from Dutch headquarters at Bandoeng, and today they pushed forward toward Bandoeng, avoiding the main highway and trying to flank the defense forces.
would release no specific details of the ground situation, but stated there had been no new enemy landings today. However, Japanese troops in hand fighting had ade vanced in Bantam province to within 40 miles of Batavia, and to Blora, 20 miles inland from Rembang in a thrust toward Soerabaja. The Japanese were taking heavy losses to get their invasion forces ashore. | It appeared that they had lost 32 ships, sunk or damaged, in moving the first big invasion convoy up to the Java shore.
Allied Losses Heavy
But there were heavy united nations’ losses, too. At least half and possibly more of the small united na naval force in Dutch Indies waters had been sunk or aged. The loss of two allied cruisers and two destroy sunk and another cruiser damaged was admitted. A Japanese communique claimed that five allied cruise were sunk and six destroyers sent to the botton. Five mo cruisers were listed as damaged. There was little or no optimism in united ‘nations’ quarters concerning the long term defense of Java, Equally grave though less dramatic was the Japanese advance in Burma. Dispatches from Mandalay made plain that Rangoon is almost Within J Spanese grasp.
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On the War Fronts
LONDON: German tanker tatpes doed by Beitiahy motor boats in
JAVA: Japanese land forces drive