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By JOE JAMES CUSTER United Press Staff Correspondent The story of the navy's daring raid on Japanese-held Wake and Marcus islands has been told, but not the story of America's sea warriors who carried it out, their cheerful and unselfish courage, their high morale, and of their day-by-day life aboard a warship engaged in a highly dangerous mission in enemy waters. This correspondent, who accompanied the naval task force, draws upon the dispatches he

VOLUME 54—NUMBER 14 FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1942

huge floating airfield was poking her nose through the channel and heading out to sea. The tall, affable officer of the deck attended to comfortable stateroom accommodations and routed my bags. When I saw him at lunch, he had changed his trim whites for working khaki, seagoing “‘gear” for officers. “Before the war, whites were regulation,” he said. “Meal times were marked by formality, Now, you stand in line with your tin tray, bring (Continued on Page Twelve)

wrote while living with these men (and which, because of the necessity of keeping vital information from the enemy, can only now be published), to take the American enthroned in his arm chair, aboard an aircraft carrier pounding through the Pacific.

We Put to Sea ABOARD A U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE PACIFIC, Feb.—This assignment came on short notice, and 1 had no sooner scrambled up on the quarter deck than this

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| JAPANESE STEP UP ATTEMPTS | TO SMASH BATAAN AND BURMA |

CUE STAND OL RAF GETTING PREWAR LINKS INP ON T0 AXIS ARED IN RUBR DRIVE BY WARTHIR

By EARL RICHERT Red-headed, 22-year-old Jud Mc-| Atee was the toast of the thousands | | Pact With Nazi Firms Shut Tons of Bombs Dropped by _~JE Bombs Pound Corregidor: Off Synthetic Rubber in Day and by Night on BP BREN Big Push Is On in U. S.. Arnold Says. Nazi Europe. Toungoo Area.

of Indianapolis hockey fans today for the sensational goal he made! unassisted last night to send our Caps into the i Calder cup finals : with the Hershey | | WASHINGTON, March 27 (U. LONDON, March 27 ‘U.P.).—The| | By JOE ALEX MORRIS os en | P).—Assistant Attorney General] [royal air force today appeared tol & United Press Foreign Editor or eas i : i : | ‘ . $4000 and possibly Red McAtee |Thurman W. Arnold said today that, (have gotten the jump on Germany| Japan's war machine went $4500 to the Caps—canie after 70! the German subsidiary of Standard] by launching the first offensive of | i [all out today in an attempt minutes and 32 seconds of play toi Oil Co. of New Jersey Seveloned) [the spring, a Rouse au non- | : Rea to break American defenses end one of the most exciting hockev ! ; , ati “4 {stop assault on Nazi-held Europe. - 3 : Ba. o . St exciting hockey | pang in 1938 tor an aviation gaso-| p p I in the Philippines and allied place playoffs. considering “closer relations” with Jud’s $4000 goal was one of the & large Japanese trust in 1939 to story book kind. assure re-establishment of trade At the end of the regular 60 after any U. S.-Japanese break. minutes of play, the score was, After outlining the Japanese 2-to-2. A 10-minute overtime pe- | episode briefly, Mr. Arnold reverted |

An aircraft carrier provides a front seat.

| Attaboy, Jud!

JOINT SENATE JOB ADDED TO BALLOT

Edward J. Green Loses Seat as Beamer Ruleg Against Continuance for Those With

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ACT TO STRKE | BEFORE BLOWS

Indicted Sent to West

‘Lucrative’ Jobs In Services. Another office will be added to the Marion county ballot in the primary and general elections under a ruling made today by Attorney General George N. Beamer—that of joint state senator from Marion and Johnson counties. In his ruling, Mr. Beamer held that state officers. judges and legislators holding “lucrative” jobs in the nation's

armed forces could not con- = tinue to hold their state jobs. LESLIE COUNSEL

The present joint state senator fis

Edward J. Green, Indianapolis Republican, who has been on active duty as a commissioned officer i ‘Too Much Streamlining,’ He Says Opening Defense In Whipping Case.

the navy since shortly after the (Photos, Page 18)

Russell W.

McDermott

Bars. The opening game of the finals, 2 A er 7 > i : : : Taking advantage of the first a as aye ne for the ine plant which it said would ve a bent 5 a long ir season of lines in Burma. At last reCapitals and sent Mr. Hockey's "definite contribution” to the Nazi impossible flying weather, the R. A. ports, the enemy had made no important progress.

a best three-out-close of the 1941 session. battling Springfield Indians back Program of German self-sufficiency. F. was sending large squadrons of | EE : In the Philippines, there wers

Other Posts Affected

of -five series, will be played at the Coliseum here 0 Massachusetts with only the Resuming his testimony before heavy bombers over key objectives $3000 in their pockets which fs the senate committee investigating both by day and night. given by the American Hockey the war program, Mr. Arnold also

Sunday night, Two other posts, and possibiv 2 league to the losers of the first. Charged that Standard Oil was

third, also are affected by the ruling. Thev are Harold W. Handtev, La Porie. joint senator from La Porte ana Stark counties who is on active duty as a commissioned officer with the U. S army, and Circuit Judge Orville D Hunter cof Green county, who went into active service as an army of-

BROKER FACES

! There were indications that the! 3 : sharp clashes on land and steady, F B AUD CH A ROE R. A. F. bomb loads surpass by al 8 L& - «relentless Japanese bomber and dive substantial margin those of the N aia | bomber attacks on the U. S. forces’

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comparatively moderate air warfare! § ; | position. of last year. TRG AE a, | A communique issued at Wash For two nights in succession Brit- ? wo lington said several enemy planes ish bombers have dumped tons of | were hit and that most of the Japa ‘bombs cn the big war factories of | nese bombs fell in Manila bay,

LAFAYETTE, Ind. March 27 U. P.).—Counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Leslie in their trial on

U. S. Jury Claims $40,000

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ficer last August and appointed Karl P. Posloh, another Republican. to serve as judge pro-tem The third Superior George Leonard of Allen county. who entered active service today and left a pro-tem to preside over

is Judge

charges of assault and battery for chastising a teacher who allegedly had chastised their son. today attacked teachers in general when he made an opening statement to the

Loss in Handling Local Woman's Account..

riod was played, but neither team to Standards cartel arrangement was able to score. ‘With German firms—an agreement Then both squads took a short! Which Committee Chairman Harry| rest and came back on the ice for S. Truman (D. Mo.) described as a scheduled 20-minute ‘“sudden| treason” on the part of the (Continued on Page Thirtr-four) American oil company.

Russell W. McDermott, widely known Indianapolis broker, today surrendered to the United States

{the Ruhr, | Attack Northern France |

{ By day bombers with strong fighter escorts were carrying out attacks on Nazi objectives in northern

EMERY LEAVES

while on Bataan American patrols “successfully” raided enemy strong | points,

Bataan Morale High

A dispatch from United Press Correspondent Frank Hewlett at

his court. 4 much All the public schools

Francis J

“There has beenn too stream-lining In Lafayette.” Attornev Murphy asserted. “When one teacher savs boop-boop. tne children have to say boop-boop. and when another teacher says beep-beep. the children must say beep-beep.” Mr. Murphy promised to prove that one Lafayette teacher had given a “Mae West act” before her pupils Wonders What It Means

the officials involved are

Republicans Hendricks’

of

securities and

Up ol With the vacating of Senator Green's seat. Marion county will elect two state senators this vear. The term of Thomas Hendricks, a Democrat, expires this vear and it is reported that he will not seek re-election because of duties connected with the war effort. No other Democrat vet has announced candidacy for the post but several are reported readv to file before the deadline April 4. Hoyt Moore. a farmer, has been indorsed by the county Republican organization for Senator Hendricks’ place, and Paul Moffett. who served in the house in the 1941 session. mean?” has been listed as 2 likelv candidate Only one teacher Was the for Senator Green's seat. Senator :

Nei tat 1040 for courtroom. She was Miss ConGreen NaS Siew nN or % stance Davis. who accuses Mrs. Les-four-year term.

lie of beating her with a Boy Scout Privates Not Affected ‘belt after 11-year-old Danny -Lesiie had run home and said Miss Davis had whipped him. The state contends that Mr. Leslie stood guard at the door of the fifth grade room at Longlois school while Mrs. Leslie lashed the teacher's bare ums:. The defense attornev talked for an hour. He said he would show ihat Mr. Leslie is a veteran of the (Continued on Page Twelve)

Term

“She stood up before the children in the fifth grade.” he said. “and she sallied around, swinging her hips. And she said: ‘I'm Mae West; come up and see me someume.’ "Now I wonder what

Jap Warships Peril India The Japanese apparently had

that could

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The attornev general's opinion declaring the places vacant was requested by the State Election Commissioners. Relying upon a number of supreme court decisions. both In Indiana and in other states. Mr. Beamer held that the constitution prohibits state officers from holding two lucrative jobs sithultaneousiy. He pointed out that only commissioned officers in active army or navy service would be affected

V by the action, since privates are Today S Rumor

arshe Vl is indictment ud : : rArshal; folowing his The British air ministry an-| is ae A \ . a b fighting to hold out until relieved chemical trust had blocked proper violating the the raids on the Ruhr last night. In| In New Mexico by : 2 : : . : big push in an effort to break Driver Is Sentenced After ment represented an effort by Clune McDermott, 4233 Washington y, eco by Berlin’s claim that 16 | Mr. McDermott T it Ww . te | he air war was spreading all leave that post Monday for a simi. | In Burma, the Japanese were Edward T. McHenry, 63, a cripple, | rubber shortage.” while the United ing a resident partner of David | Nazi Planes Over Britain A big battle was reported on the work here for the last seven years, trapped there still were counter-ate itentiary. {mittee until Tuesday when Stand- | tempt to smash reception facilities school instructor for the Roscoe » . . N > 3 51 n e . - . a charge of manslaughter. to prevent future cartels harmful other defendants next Wednesday The Rus- | that agency has ordered him to his lade no progress after capturing B. Howard Caughran, U. S. dis- . : ; io- | Di y : Ed . : diana ave. Where she purchased|“impede the progress of seience ang Over bomb-battered Malta the big- | Dillon, who was ordered here last ity at allied defenses and bases. enger. ‘cluded: Sweeney, wife of Allen G. Sweeney.’ German planes was detected control operators that are willing to| In the Bay of Bengal, allied air i wl thi y - , - Hesalved aircraft had appeared over Britain | ——— Is week by the enemy after Brit G1SS ed. : : in dayilght. | —Because of uncertainties over fu- CUT TO 1300 CASES Mrs. Sweeney's brokerage account Premier Francois Darlan today con- Rangoon, Indicating impending eikire 188 SUDDIY. about 1300 cases, compared to more {letters confirming sales of stock m| ernment, it was understood, it will/ican and allied bombers attacked vate industry have been

by a federal grand jury on charges 1 : : 1 oh, by Gen. Douglas MacAithur. development of synthetic rubber change act. the previous night's raid more than CAA Officials. Vola Avi “bac 95] through both on Bataan and in : : Standard, “even after we were in|plvd. and Clarence A. Cook, 9252 ot the R. A. F. night raiders were! Taxi Kills Cripple. {trol over synthetic rubber. i [throwing more airplanes and troops at Ft. Wayne ave. and New Jersey States has to pinch to supply its A. Noyes & Co. a nation-wide broknorthern Russian front, where .the Mr. Emery was control tower op- tacking after 48 hours of heavy Judge Pro Tem John Kelley sen- ard Oil officials will appear. for the increasing stream of U. S. Turner Areonautical Corp. He ] : : larriving at Murmansk. ir p Anderson said he had picked up to the United States. including | new post, 3h Airdrome wrth of Toungoo, but trict attorney. presented to the! ‘ ah AE Skt | 0 gest air battles of the whole front January from Detroit by the CAA. : : some liquor. He said he drank toot] the useful ares” } American and R. A. PF. fliers struck TEA FOR TWO ONLY? 1. Government encouragement of had lost more than $40,000 through © “1 British southeast coast to- join the organization and that air. P2tr0lS sighted Japanese warships ish withdrawal. DARLAN, LAV/ JONF | Mr, Caughran pointed out tha. | : IL CONFER ture imports from the Far East, the Henry Mueller, Center township involved David A. Noyes & Co. in ferred with Pierre Laval for two haval operations on the approaches Effective immediately, tea pack- : sa. > : Vers i | connection with the account were) { not regarded as holding “lucrative ly deliveries to half the monthly mean a program of full Franco-|the enemy base of Koepang on commenting on the opinion. moved from the rolls and places in | wt ct requires [43 don’ Ss it ont > securities and exchange act requires] : 1 | tion. : Mr Tou hear a rumer dent paw it on: | ‘firms and others buying from the With War Cabinet, Several Japanese bombers again you so. If net. we'll give vou the Gi : —— ro asked grocers to limit their tea sales » —but one was shot down. Tall Story From the Capital— (Continued on Page Twelve) That 15 per cent of all GETS FIRST PRIORITY ’ ised to Russia have been given first | WASHINGTON, March 27— ashington, besides being the nation’s : : announced today. | Recently an old resident of Washington fell into the Potomac river, national connections. ican war aid shipments to Russia dress,” demanded the potential rescuer, with the Soviet Union. shipments of | “Not until you tell me your name and address.” SE ta. manded information. Instead of rescuing him, the BLAST ROCKS COLLEGE a plan is being considered . the superintendent. “Quick!” he told the super. “I the headquarters here and, in close istry laboratories at the California] : . ¢ “Sorry,” said the super, “but you're too late. His room is already | normal functions of the Philippines| ford Cripps; critical battle raging in the U. S,, not in Germany. jured, one critically. at Toungoo. v ¥

Beamer expressed belief that

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10 a. m. GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD-! 11 a. m. QUARTERS. Australia, March 27 . 31 12 (Noon) . 39 (U. P).—President Manuel L. vt LLL 4 1p. ... 0 Quezon has arrived in Australia at! eo I the head of his war cabinet to |await the day when Gen. Douglas oO h MacArthur returns at the head of a t WwW F t . victorious united nations army to| n e ar ron S: free his islands from the Japanese. A dramatic announcement by MacArthur's headquarters that the veteran Filipino leader had arrived safe with his government and {his family, after breaking through (the Japanese blockade as Mac{Arthur did, was taken to be a new | challenge by the united hations| [commander to the enemy, and a| renewed pledge that the islands | would be freed. | MacArthur's announcement said| TOKYO: Quezon and his cabinet would join

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+» 34!Movies ....... 30 32 R. Mowrer 21 Music ..... 39 Obituaries 38 Pattern 8 22 22 21 23 2 33 22 21 25

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Eddie Ash.. Business ....

(March 27, 1942)

LONDON: R. A. F. rains bombs on MELBOURNE: President Manuel Ruhr for second night in Sagas Quezon of Philippines arrives, on sion as non-stop attack on Nazi] dash similar to Gen. MacArthur's; Europe is launched: German, Australian expeditionary troops planes believed over Britain in return to aid homeland defense; first daylight foray in months: will be commanded by Gen. Sir big battle for control of air over Thomas Blamey under Gen. Mace Murmansk; Malta undergoes Arthur; Port Moresby raided by 1600dth air raid of war. Japanese despite U. S. fighter defense; Australian planes attack Koepang, Timor island.

Crossword ... Curious World. Editorials Peter Edson. . Fashions Fred rguson Mrs. Ferguson Financia! 32, Forum Hold Ev'thing. Homemaking . In Indpls..... Inside Indpis. Jane Jordan.. Johnson

Questions .. Radio ow Real Estate .. 36 Mrs. Roosevelt Schools 16, 28 Serial Story Side Glances Society. 24 23 26 Sports 34. Stage S 22 State Deaths . 26 A. T. Steele 2 Leland Stowe Kirkpatrick Voice in Bal... : Paul Manning 15 War Quiz .... : ! Millets Sete 25 Watch Pennies 21

The Facts Are . . .

That all of the blood Is going for American use. Right now, all of it is tageed

for the U. S. services, but Agree on diplomatic ex-|

change with vatican.

{BATAAN: U. 8. and Filipino troops at high morale; promise to defend position until Gen, MacAr-

. | Truman Indignant AIRPORT POST 5 dh a Li a : the Bataan front reported morale HIT-RUN CABMAN A hoi hallshaiget Lat uk of using the mails to defraud and nounced hundreds of the biggest, : : : : Tl ’ 'y indicaproduction in the United States.’ He was released on bond, signed 3, planes were used. le Japanese gave every indica N x “wr . i . ran » 9, * {the war,” to protect Germany's con- | : lax Emery, traffic control tower (Burma before Gen. MacArthur's : {shot down. Austin | A. Anderson, 35, a taxi | Because of that agreement. Mr. | Pennsylvania st. He has offices in| lar one at Albuquerque, N. M. into their offensive in the Toungoo st. Tuesday, was sentenced today to armed forces. erage firm. Arraignment Is Set (Nazi air force apparently had erator at the airport in 1939 and fighting. tenced Anderson after a brief hear-| Mr. Arnold presented the com- marshal, released Mr. McDermott before Judge Robert C. Baltzell in! .. : : ; : slans said the Nazi raids had been I ai , ‘ 10d a woman passenger early Tuesday adoption of a policy to prevent the | Replacing thei air squadrons were fo grand jury evidence intended 0 appeared to be in progress. | Mr. Emery explained that the po ck at enemy bases (Continued on Page Twelve) Mr. McDermott's transactions while! day, the first time in months that port towers now are under CAA —2 Cruiser and “a few” destroyers WPB RESTRICTS IT ns he was a member of the firm of! | The axis also reported that Japs none of the transactions invelving VICHY. March 27 War production board today re- trustee, reported today that the any way. ‘hours on the question of Laval's to India. ers are required to cut their month. | than 3700 a year ago. ; | Increasing sent to a fictitious person at an office | jobs. The Times today inaugurates a | AVerage of last year. The same re-! German “non-military” collabora-|Timor island, but bad weather Call us or write us and well check ‘packers private jobs Wednesday and eight | that such letters be sent to the : §. raided Port Moresby, on New (Another Story, Page 27) facts. t h f iv 0 each family. New American fighter planes are Stop Us If You've Heard | Hs the blood being donated to WASHINGTON. Marca 27 (U. 8 going to German y beca US€ priority under an order by Presi- | capital, is a city of tall stories. So you don’t need to believe this one. The maritime commisison was in-| Unable to swim, he called to Pedestrians on a nearby bridge to save him. were still “far behind schedule.” “What's the difference?” gasped the exhausted ald to Russia shall have first Just before he went under for the third time, man on the bridge hailed a cab. rushed to the PASADENA, Cal. March 27 (U. for a blood supply for use understand you have an apartment for rent.” “Nope, we're full up.” [touch with the united nations NEW DELHI: Mohandas K. Gandhi | {Institute of Technology today. thur leads conquering army back rented to the guy who pushed him in.” commonwealth government, to Philippines.

France. | ) i AL > : high and said American troops were cartel agreement with a German ex. Newest bombing planes took part in Transferred to Similar Job GETS 2-21 YEARS : La : : z \ : : oe NE DR tion that they were startin their Mr. Truman said that the agree- hy his mother-in-law, Mrs. Cecelia | The size of the British attack was 8 { N. Meridian st. : | . lives at 4410 N.| ‘operator at municipal airport, will |counter-blows begin to fall. its (along the European front. ariver whose cab struck and killed; Truman said. “Germany has noithe Board of Trade building, be-| E P | Prominent in ground aviation area put veteran Chinese forces (Wo to 21 years in the Indiana pen-. Mr. Truman recessed the com-| launched heavy attacks in an at- 1940 and last year was a grou Julius J. Wichser, United States y : ground ing in which he pleaded guilty to mittee a series of recommendations bending arraignment with about 65 and British aid to Russia which is|joined the CAA last January and U. 8. District court. 1 a smashed. him here is Luther .. , ; ” and drove her to a tavern on In- patent system from being used to with increasing force and reglulare of half a pint of it with the pass- The other recommendations in- show (hat Mrs. Marie Langen What was believed to be a flight CAA has taken all airport traffic a An . ad —at the Andaman islands captured any considerable force of German supervision. > CENTER RELIEF ROLL Moore, McDermott & McLean, now . WASHINGTON. March 27 (U.P). (U. P.).-—Vice anese warships had anchored in stricted distribution of the nation’s township's relief roll is down to The grand jury was told that that WITH M ARTHUR rete to the government. | On the southern rim of the united | If Laval comes back into the gov- nations’ Far Eastern front, Amer Placements of relief clients in pri‘recently, he said. Twenty were re-. mott’s. The Philippin Presiden Arrives | In new series designed to help vou. If | duction applies to wholesalers, chain! coony, he s y (HER! HOO WD. MeDeriy [ ppine t | obscured the results. it for yom. If it's true. we'll tell ; ; more yesterday. | purchaser of securities. The WPB food supply branch morc Ye = - Guinea island—the 20th raid there The Gossip ls iva WAR AID TO RUSSIA now In operation at Port Moresby ) tes rn Ti Special the Red Cross blood bank FP) —Shipping and material prom ues Soecia of the Red Cross Interna- dent Roosevelt, the White House| Anyway, it seems to catch the flavor of the busiest spot in the world: | formed by the president that Amer- | “Before I help you, tell me your name and adTo meet our war aid agreement man, floundering helplessly. “Save nie! Help!” pricrity. the drowning man managed to blurt out the dedrowning man’s apartment house and raced up to P.).—An explosion rocked chemSk dba iat . : “But I just saw a man who lives here drown in the Potomac.” commander-in-chief, exercise the| arrives to confer with Sir Stafin civilian emer BEIM 0s UL [Buin reports said two men were in. A

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