Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1942 — Page 1
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VOLUME 53 NUMBER 308
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942
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IN PAYNE TRIAL
Injuries, Thwarted Love Made Mind _
Alienist Say
By, JOHN L. BOWEN Times Staff Write!
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.,| March 5. —An alienist who said s. Caro‘line Gi. Payne had been temporarily insane because of “thwarted love” and auto accident injuries, today was the.last defense witness in. her trial on' charges of killing her former sweetheart. The defense rested its tase “shorts ly before noon with the conclusion of testimony by Dr. Russell LaBier of Terre Haute. Mrs. Payne was on [the stand ahead of him this mo g. She admitted, on cross examination, that she had attacked s. Lurayne Oberholtzer Wittschens, then the fiancee of Charles O.
Closing Arguments Near
Mrs. Wittschens later married Mr. Mattingly, who . death while seated near a window in the kitchen of a friend here.
. Mrs. Payne is charged with the]
slaying. Except for pessible dence by the prosecution and short examination of two couft-appointed alienisis, the way will} be cleared for closing arguments late today or
buttal evi-
- the first thing tomo ~The case may go to
morrow afternoon.
Times FEAT RES _JuSioe F AGES
ttingly, on N. Pennsylvania st. in Indianapolis.
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portant war cakinet decisions on In-
Duped if We're Dopes
THEM LIMEYS WILL FIGHT T' TH’ LAST AMERICAN
Rr ee Au the Axis ventriloquist needs is an audience,
DEFENSE RE TS Axis Fifth Column Experts
Mapping Psychological Blitz
By EDMOND TAYLOR
AXIS POLITICAL WARFARE
experts are preparing against the
United States a campaign of propaganda, sabotage, subversion, terror= ism and other fifth-column techniques which is calculated to make¢ the successful psychological blitz against France look like a Sunday sthool
picnic,
In Berlin, Rome and Tokyo the greatest hopes
are placed in this campaign.
The objectives are
not just to hamper or even cripple our war-effort
but to knock America out of the
war as France
was knocked ouf and to destroy us an an independent nation by attack from within. Not only do the axis witch-doetors think this seemingly fantastic goal can be achieved, but they are actually convinced that America will prove more vulnerable to propaganda and other forms of political attack than did the disintegrating. Third Republic of France and they reason that if the “Strategy of Terror” worked well in France, it
will . work even better in the United
States. Further,
they believe that sensational results can be achieved
soon, before oui rapidly mounting war-production
Mr. Taylor
can turn the tide of battle in Europe and in the Pacific—in other
words, before the end of 1942.
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Axis Plan Is Not Fantastic
MAYBE THE AXIS political experts are wrong about America as they were wrong about England and about Russia, but their plan is not
Watch for the Old Baloney!
To his sorrdw, many a good man in many a good land has “fallen” for exis propaganda. The same old poisoned baloney in some intriguing new wrappings is being served up to Americans now. To be on your guard, read the two articles which have been written by Edmond Taylor who, since the publication of his widely read book, “The Strategy of Terror,” last year, hag come to be re- | garded as Ainerica’s foremost student of German propaganda
DECISION IS NEAR
ON POLICY IN INDIA!
LONDON, March 5 (U. P).—Im-|
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a fantastic or irrational one— granted the means of action they possess in this country and the reasonable hope they have of continuing military reversés for the united nations in the weeks to come. On the contrary, it is
something which should be taken .
seriously by the American people and government—in fact it is only if the axis plan is- taken very seriously that it is likely to fail. In addition to averting a possibly deadly menace .to America
America Is Battlefield IT LOOKS, therefore, as if ‘the
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MANY KILLED BY MWARTHUR AT SUBIC BAY
| Stimson Says U. S. Sends]
Dutch Air Aid; Big Battle in Burma.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor Japan’s invasion armies smashed deeply into stubborn allied defense lines in Java and Burma today, but apparently had lost thousands of [troops in a surprise American air {attack on enemy transports in the Philippines. - Dispatches from allied headquarters in Java told only of - enemy advances that were. closing a pincers close to’ the suburbs of Ba~i ed through the mouni hin less than 30 miles of Bandoeng, headquarters, and severed co cations lines to the Soerabaja naval base. In the Philippines, thousands of were believed drowned when Gen. Douglas MacArthur's tiny flying force sunk more than 30,000 tons of enemy vessels in a surprise raid on Subic bay.
Stimson Reports Java Aid
The Japanese now control almost all Dutch important communications centers and are using Java airdromes for their dive bombers according to dispatches from Java, thus forcing the defenders to resort to guerrilla-like resi§tance in the mountains where they may hold out for some time. But Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson asserted today that Ameraid to Java has-been nat heavily "in -the “ast” week: He said that Great Britain andj the United States will continue their extensive support of the Dutch. Dutch, American and - British forces were still - fighting against superior enemy numbers and the great odds set up by Japanese air control, but the enemy ignored mounting casualties to press forward in a drive across the middle of the island, supplemented by bombing attacks on south coast ports. - The enemy obviously was trying— and making progress—to isolate Batavia, Bandoeng and Soerabaja while slashing a path through the middle of Java to the south coast and thus to stall possible allied reinforcements.
Batavia Is Isolated
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ered about 55 miles or one half of their path—as far as Soerakarta railroad junction—from the north coast along a mountain highway toward Patjitan, on the south coast. Most immediately dangerous of the Japanese drives was that against Batavia. The Japanese forces which landed
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On the War Fronts
JAVA-—Japs near Batavia outskirts; capture Tangerang, only 18 miles from Indies capital, and Krawang, less than 40 miles east of city; another column captures Pure wakarta, advances within 30 miles of Bandoeng; third drive is 65 miles from Soerabaja; Japs employ tanks and dive bombers to blast Dutch defenders.
MANDALAY — Japs - cross Sittang river .in force, move up for climactic attack on Rangoon.
CHUNGKING—U. S. military exdivisions in Burma, but indicate pessimism over defense prospects.
TOKYO—Claim U. 8. air attack on Marcus Island, midway between Tokyo and Marshall Islands; German ‘reports’ say Bonin Islands - group also’ attacked. .
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First Lady Here
Mrs. Roosevelt
FIRST LADY HERE FOR 20 MINUTES:
Remains in in Plane During ~- Stopover; Tired, Not
In Talking ‘Mood.
By FREMONT POWER Mrs.” Franklin D.. Roosevelt was Here today for about 20 minutes, all of which she spent at municipal airport. sitting in a Washingtonbound plane. She was about as non-commital as one could be and still say something.
of last Friday night that she would never take another government position as long as her husband is president, the first lady curtly re-
The Japanese already had cov-|plied
“Why should I? I haven't been asked to take any.” Mrs. Roosevelt recently resigned as assistant director of the OCD after being criticized in and out of congress. ; The first lady was asked if she hdd anything to say about Westbrook Pegler, The Times columnist. In his column of Feb. 24 Mr. Pegler. said that “Mrs. Roosevelt is a scheming, tireless politician and a (Continued on Page Five)
GOLF PROS RENAMED
Professionals at four city golf courses were re-appointed today by the park board. They are Russell Stonehouse, Riverside; Tommy Vaughn, Pleasant Run; Kenneth Miles, Sarah ‘Shank, and Wally Nelson, South Grove.
ALASKA ROAD 0. Kd WASHINGTON, March 5 (U, P.). —Secretary of War Stimson announced today that engineer corps troops already are on their way to lay out pioneer roads for the Alaskan highway through Canada. The project has been approved by the Canadian-United States joint defense board.
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CITY ON ALERT FR WIRTH HEALTH PERILS
Morgan Reveals.
A program to control war-time public health problems—including the establishment of a special quarantine clinic at city hospital— has been started by military and civil officials here. Venereal clinic treatment centers are to be expanded immediately
‘|with the aid of the U. S. public
health service, according to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer who is a member of the special committee fo enlist the aid of public agencies in combating the spread of venereal diseases. Other members of the committee are Police Chief Morrissey and Prosecutor Sherwood Blue.
Facilities Must Expand
“The great influx of soldiers to Ft. Harrison and the arrival of thousands of defense workers is increasing the public health problems and we must expand our facilities
: |to meet that situation,” Dr. Morgan
said. “We are going to set up a special
probably ‘with federal funds. We have the building. All we need now
is will be’ obtained at once.” He also said a social service bu-| of trained workers will be set up. to -work with health and social agencies in the "gontrot venereal diseases. er funcgh 8c ‘this bureau will’ the many cases of sweethearts and
families of soldiers who are left
stranded at Ft. Harrison when the
Asked to amplify her statemeni|
soldiers leave. Drysdale Lauds He!
“I am convinced that with a broad co-operatiye program among all agencies we can contrél any situation that might arise from women cam) followers,” said Dr. Morgan. “This is no campaign of persecution, merely an to control the spread of diseases.” Col. W. 8. Drysdale, commandant of Ft. Harrison has been in conference with local health officials for
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INDIA SEEN AS HOPE
T0 TURN WAR TIDE
Wavell Maps Strategy to End Allies’ Retreat.
By JOHN R. MORRIS (Copyright, 1942, by United Press) NEW. DELHI, India, March 5.—A new strategy of warfare based on India soon may enable the united nations to end their three-months retreat and turn a much greater measure of their strength against Japan in the Far East. I have traveled by airplane with Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell almost the length and breadth of India in the last few days since our journey by storm-battered war plane from the embattled island of Java last week, Since last January I have had the opportunity for several off-the-rec-ord talks with the former supreme commander in the southwest Pacific and the allied officers around him. Here in India the war in ‘the
spective and it is possible to give the following broad outline of what
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quarantine clinic at City hospital, |
the equipment and beds and ad
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Pacific may be seen in truer per-|
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,S RICTER TIRE-AUTO CONTROL LOOMS
WASHINGTON, March 5
LACK RUBBER FOR 30,000,000 PRIVATE CARS
None Even for Recapping, Henderson Says; Some Automobile Users’ Stocks May Be Seized; Gas Decision Near.
000,000
(U. P.) .—~Price Administrator
Leon Henderson said today the nation faces the immediate
future without a “single pound of( rubber” for 30,000,000
passenger cars, and may be forced to take tires from some
private users and give them to a “preferred class of civilians.”
for recapping old tires.
He said there was no rubber either for new tires or
“There is no use in fooling ourselves,” Mr. Henderson told the senate committee investigating the war effort. “We face the possibility of requisitioning all our rubber stocks.”
‘He said blanket legislation might be required forcing
TAXES TO DROP LIVING SCALES
‘Present Standard Must Go, Treasury Expert Claims;
Opposes Sales Levy.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (U. P). —Treasury Tax Consultant Randolph Paul told the house ways and means committee today that it would be impossible to preserve during the war the present living standards of Americans—even of those groups of Americans who now must spend every cent of their earnings for socalled necessities.
Mr. Paul said in reply to question= ing that even if congress should seek te do so for political reasons, it was impossible to prevent lowest income families from sinking lower in their scale of living. One example suggested by Rep. A. Willis Robertson (D. Va.) was a family of four earning $2360 a year. Such a family is considered to have so urgent a use for its funds that it would not be required to pay income taxes under the treasury’s stiff new proposals.
Suggests Lower Exemptions
Mr. Robertson, arguing that inflationary prices would destroy the living standards of such low-income groups if taxes didn’t, suggested that personal exemptions’ be lowered from $750 to $500 for a single person and from $1500 to $1000 for a married |. couple. “Taxes on the high brackets won't prevent these inflationary prices,” Mr. Robertson said. “They may give up their yachts and racing stables but they will continue to have the food and clothing they've been accustomed to.” He also suggested a system of requiring wage earners to buy defense bonds out of each pay check and imposition of a general sales tax to soak up buying powe buying power. A
DISCARD AGE GROUP PLAN IN NEW DRAFT
Some 20-44 Registrants To Go With Earlier Ones.
WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.). —New selective service registrants will be called to active duty according to their number in the March 17 lottery and in proportion to the number of earlier registrants not
yet called by their local draft
boards, Secretary of War Henry L. He explained the complicated procedure to his press epnterenoe
civilians to drive at no more than 40 miles an hour to cone«
serve their tires. And gasoline rationing may have to be in stituted, he said, “to reduce recreation driving.” Decision Near on Gasoline
While Mr. Henderson was testifye ing, Oil Co-ordinator Harold L. Ickes told a press conference a dee cision would be made this week-end on whether to institute paiion-wide rationing of gasoline. was considering the m
ing dwindling su East and West coasts. “It is a prétty serious thing to contemplate taking tires off the cars of civilian users and giving them to the cars of a preferred class of civilians,” Mr. Henderson said. . “It is a very serious. thing,” Come: mittee Chairman Harry S. Truman’ (D. Mo.) replied. “You are going to have trouble if you do it.” “Well, hefore the end of the year, we are going to have 17,000,000 de. fense workers and. there is nit a shade of a possibility of getting cars for all those workers,” Mr. Henders« son replied.
Leather Tires Suggested
Sen. Tom Connally (D. Tex.) suge gested the possibility of finding sube stitutes for rubber tires which may be inadequate but which would permit automobiles to operate. .He suggested leather as one possibility. “Anywhere you turn on these things, you turn to material almost as badly needed as rubber,” “Mr, Henderson replied. “But I think American ingenuity will turn out something that will run, even if it bumps, even if it disturbs the peace of night, even if it only goes 25 or 30 miles an hour.” : 3 said that a group of men have been “doing some . quiet about the - possibility of a rubber substitute for tires, and that some of the results were “startling.” Even rope and canvas covered with shel lac have been proposed, he added,
Humiliating Thought
“It is going to be a tough thing for this proud nation to go down to some of these things,” he declared, He testified that when the rubs ber situation became acute after the outbreak of the Pacific war, 200,000 tons was allocated for ese | sential civilian uses in 1942, but that this figure was almost immediately knocked down to 150,000 tons. Actually, he said, 62,000 tons of rubber are being used for essen tial civilian uses during the first three months of this year. Discussing the proposed synthetis rubber production program of the war production board and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones, which envisages 300,000 tons in 1943 and 600,000 tons in 1944, Mr. Henderson said: ? “That is a very heroic target at which to shoot. It still does nok leave us with the possibility of cone tinuing war operations based on rubber or maintaining civilian econe omy with its simplest demands.” 5 iA
Ickes Favors Higher Oil Prices. Mr. Henderson ‘said South Amere
loan ovuitzies Were Wsinded In the
computations as part of the nations “both for demand