Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1942 — Page 5

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Warren township school, Franklin road and Washington st.; Ben Davis school, 6220 W. Morris; Lawrence school, Lawrence; Wanamaker school, Wanamaker; Perry township school, Hanna and Bluff; school 34, 1410 Wade st.; main office, room 34, courthouse.

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CITY KITE CONTEST CARDED TOMORROW

The annual city-wide kite contest sponsored by the city recreation department will be held tomorrow at Christian park with approximately 150 boys and girls competing. Prizes will be awarded following the judging which is to start at 10 a. m. Judges are George Coffin of

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agreement uniting the Indian people but pointed out that if the opportunity were rejected it would not be possible to make a new offer before the end of the war. “Success or failure of the proposd#is is in the hands of Indians and Indians only,” Cripps emphasized in disclosing that India had been invited to send a representative to the British war cabinet, the empire pacific council and the united nations council.

Expresses Faith in Victory

“The direction of the part to be played by India in the World war in which we are engaged must remain in the hands of the com-mander-in-chief under the war cabinet, but Indians will be invited to participate in this central control not only in India itself but in all of its inter-relations.” He expressed complete confidence in a united nations victory in the war. The British plan for India provides for Britain to maintain control of Indian defense until after the war when an assembly would frame a dominion-status constitution in which the various provinees could join as they desired. As a dominion, India would have the right of secession just as all British dominions have the right of secession from the empire. Thus India would be granted the same rights and powers as other dominfons under the terms of the 1931 statute of Westminster whereby it was declared that the domintons are “autonomous, equal in status, and . . . subject to no compulsion whatever.” The All-India congress promised a definite decision tomorrow on whether it would accept the plan, Moderate leaders under C. Rajagopalachariar were understood to be definitely in favor of acceptance, hoping for compromise later, but

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posed, holding that the offer gave no powers now and had mischievous and underlying prineiples. The Moslem league, representing the Mohammedan minority in Indian politics, was in favor of acceptance and asked only assurance that it would have a*50-50 share of membership on the prospective Indian executive council. Hindu Sikhs also were in favor, except as regards details of provisions as to the choice of provinces which might elect to abstain from participation in the Indian union. N. M. Joshi, labor leader, was understood to find the offer acceptable. Some moderates urged that the offer be accepted as a war-time measure, hoping for suitable modification later, especially so as to insure Indian control over defense.

Offered As Whole

Mr. Cripps made it clear that his offer was one which must be accepted as a whole or not at all. Points in the offer are: The British government proposes that immediately after the war, machinery shall be established for the election of a constitutional assembly. Included in the assembly would be the representative Indian states. Britain undertakes to accept and implement an Indian constitution worked out by the assembly, subject to the conditions (1) that provinces which did not accept the constitution would retain their present status or frame their own consti tutions, and (2) Britain would negotiate a treaty with the assembly for the protection of religious minorities, but otherwise leaving India’s affairs in the hands of Indians. Members of the assembly would be elected by provincial legislatures immeditely after elections to be held at the end of the war. The assembly would be elected on the basis of proportional representation. Britain would be responsible for India’s defense during the war and invited the full co-operation of Indian leaders for the war effort.

$87,490 IS LOW BID ON SANITARY SEWER

The board of works received bids today for a sanitary sewer interceptor to be installed from Ruckle st. to W. 34th st. The Columbia Construction Co. of Indianapolis was low bidder with an estimate of $87,490. Others that submitted bids were Thompson Construction Co., $03,710; Sheehan Construction Co. $97,400. and Marra & Son Construction Co. $07,530.

2 STRAY DOGS BITE WOMAN AND PUPIL

A pack of stray dogs today attacked two persons. Mrs. Frances Miedrich, 1314 N. Euclid ave, was taken to St. Francis hospital after she was attacked near her home by one of the dogs. She was bitten on the arm. Thirty minutes later another dog bit Miss Laverne Jonas, a student at St. Mary's academy. The attack occurred in the 1100 block on Bosart ave, Q BURN RAILROAD TRESTLES NILAND, Cal, March 30 (U. P.. —Investigators said today that arsonists or saboteurs had destroyed two railroad trestles on the vital Southern Pacific main line, 11 miles south of here, in a deliberate attempt to wreck the fast Argonaut passenger train and disrupt traffic. The engineer halted the Argonaut, carrying 150 passengers, a half mile from the burning bridges.

‘HELP RUSSIA'—BEAVERBROOK MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March 30

(U. P).—Lord Beaverbrook, British lend-lease co-ordinator and London publisher, in a radic address to Canada last night, urged all possible aid to Russia—“the most eritical Value tans in the history of civiliza-

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BURMA FORCES LOSE TOUNGOD

Chinese Defenders Making Heroic Stand After Key City Falls.

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the gateway to the big Burma oil fields. . British troops were in contact with the Japanese in the Paungde sector, where enemy bombing squadrons were active, and an important battle appeared to be developing. Fighting Affects India

Outcome of the Burma fighting will have a direct bearing on the fate of India, where the All-India congress party leaders were reported split on Britain's offer of post-war dominion status, with the’ right of

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minions in an emergency. The congress, which is predoms inantly Hindu but includes all political and religious factions, wants one strongly united state, whereas the powerful Moslem minority watts the right of secession if it feels its rights are impaired by the Hindu majority. Moslems and moderates of the congress party were said to be ready to accept the proposals but the majority of the congress leaders demands for safeguards against secession by the Moslems.

Expect Move On Calcutta

A new flare-up in northeastern Burma along the Shan states front was reported in a Chungking communique. It said Chinese troops repelled a Japanese force attempting to invade Chinese positions west of Kengtung, 50 miles west of the Thai frontier. Foreign military observers at Chunking, discussing the next possible enemy move, said the British undoubtedly expect Japanese forces based in Burma to invade India both by sea and land. This fact, they said, was indicated by a recent British order evacueating non-essential civilians from Calcutta and a strengthening of India’s east coast defenses.

May Stop at Blockade

Some quarters, however, believed the Japanese would be content to blockade the Indian ocean, using Singapore, the Netherlands East Indies and the Andaman islands for bases. Should Hitler attempt a drive into the near east, the Japanese then would be in position to use these sea routes for establishing Axis contact, Chou-En-Lai, Chinese communist leader and liaison agent in Chungking, told the United Press that all signs indicated Japan and Germany were planning a major war effort this spring, but probably had reached no final tactical decisions.

Differ on Strategy

He maintained that Japan and Germany disagreed on fundamental strategy. Germany throughout the war, he said, has struck at enemy strong points, while Japan has concentrated on weak points, striving to conquer as much territory as possible to build up her resources. Chou said Japanese acceptance of the German theory probably would mean a Nazi spring concentration against Russia, while Japan opens a second Soviet front by attacking Siberia.

PUPILS HOME WITH MUSICAL HONORS

Musicians of Lawrence Central, Warren Central and Southport high schools were home today with honors gained in the annual contestfestival of the Central and Southern Indiana School band and orchestra

association held at the Indiana State Teachers college at Terre Haute, Ind. More than 1000 pupils competed. Among those cited were: Violin, Helen Jennings and Irma Louise Piel of Warren Central; clarinet, Wayne Staberry of Central; Earl Click, Patricia Jennings and Luella R. Schenck of Warren Central. Cornet, Bud Knox of Lawrence Central; oboe, Jack E, Stow of Warren Central; woodwind trio, Warren Central and Lawrence Central; ‘cello, Ruthe Dawson, Warren Central; French horn, Don Gleasom, Warren Central; cornet trio, Warren Central; string trio, Warren Central; clarinet quartet, Lawrence Central and Warren Central; brass sextet, Warren Central; piano, Miss Piel, Warren Central; regular clarinet quartet, Southport, and trombone quartet, Warren Central.

STATE PAROLES 2 CONVICTED HERE

Two men convicted in Marion county were among Six recommended today for parole by the state clemency commission. They are: Willard Kelly, convicted in 1934 of robbery and grand larceny and sentenced to 17% years, and Elmo Rollins, convicted in 1937 of robbery auto banditry and

sentenced to a term of 10 years on two counts.

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perhaps immodesty were a source of great embarrassment to him. But, little by little, you got from his skipper and squadron commander, and in monosyllables from Mr. O'Hare himself, a picture of the incredible battle in which six or seven planes went down and 40 er 60 men died, but not Mr. O'Hare. Lieut. O'Hare’s single combat came as part of a day of more or less continuous maneuvering, and fighting with Jap land-based planes intent on sinking the carrier to which he had been attached. The official communique described these proceedings vividly but in somewhat incomplete detail, a few weeks ago. There was nothing in the communique that indicated the mission of this task force in the southwest Pacific, but later communiques told of the havoc wrought by the American planes on Japanese fleet units off the Solomons. It seems permissible to take these facts as basis for the conclusion that the Japs were prepared to risk almost anything to end this menace. It was a hot, muggy day with a cloth of clouds in the sky and irregular patches of rain. The usual patrols were out. Late in the morning a scout reported a four-en-gined snooper about 30 miles away. Lieut. Comm. John Smith Thacht, the squadron commander, started for that with another plane; chased it out of the rain squall and sank it. Interlude For Lunch

There is one significant note in his account of this part of the proceedings: “O'Hare started to follow me with his section (his plane and one other) but I sent him back,” and again, “before we returned to the ship after shooting down the first snooper another was reported and I expected O'Hare to be sent for it but ...” You began to gather, about that time, that Mr. O'Hare had not heen entirely without status among his associates before the Japs arrived and that maybe his subsequent successes were not any accident. But Lieut. O'Hare wasn’t sent after the second snooper. Another section went, intercepted another four-engined crate at 6000 feet and sank it. A lot of the boys then went out of the ar. There was an interlude for lunch—a lunch interrupted by the arrival of the Japanese in force. Lieut. Comm. Thacht went up with a group that met the visiting bomb-

'So | Started to Shoot 'Em,’ Says O'Hare Of Clash in Which He Picked Off 6 Japs

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ers and he is the authority for the detailed report of what happened. It was nothing that any outsider could have understood very well—a disorderly dogfight with several United States planes smashing in and numerous Japs falling down in flames. Two American fighters were lost. One pilot was rescued. Seven of nine Japs in the first formation dropped in the first 10 minutes. After that sundry fighters that had been up during the heel of the morning ran out of gas and had to return to the carrier. As they were returning Mr. O'Hare and another pilot took off into what they erroneously took to be an empty sky. Lieut. Comdr. Thach and the other planes of his squadron were out of sight pursuing the last Jap ate tackers, one of which is known to have been shot down. So, in an odd combination of cire cumstances such as may never occur again in this war, or any other, Lieut. O'Hare and his companions were about 12 miles from the care rier and all by themselves when they saw a second Jap formation coming in, It was spread wide in a rigid V made up of three smaller V's of there planes each. Lieut. O'Hare and his companion signaled their intentions to each other and maneuvered for attack, but whatever they had intended to do wasn't done. Lieut. O’Hare’s companion discovered that his guns weren't working and signaled the aerial equivalent of “take it away.” Lieut, O'Hare found himself look-

ing on as fine a lot of Japanese planes as the Osaka factories had yet produced, all of them armed with guns fore and aft and in the middle turret, each carrying a crew of five, possibly six, each as well equipped as anything the enemy had yet put into the air.

“So I picked one off on the lefthand corner,” said O'Hare. “He was the closest, looking right up the line.” Then he saw this problem as one to take careful thought and execution. He had to get close. That apparently was his technique throughout. But, on the other hand, it was unwise to get under a couple of machine guns. Sc he skirted over and to the rear of the formation (which was traveling at a 200-knot rate) and came down outside and on: their right. Then, as he ex-

squirted 50 rounds apiece at the tailenders. Aimed at Engines

“Two outside planes in the last section caught fire and pulled out,” he said. “I guess they went down. I wasn't looking.” “There was one trouble with the performance,” he said. “The best technique was to aim at the engines.” Always he hit the engine on his side, which swung the planes toward him. “That got you under the machine guns and nose of the cannon,” he said. “So I would close in to about 100 yards, fire a couple of bursts and pull out again.” It was a pecking process, as somebody described it, a whittling process, He just kept chipping and presently, with two Japs still flying, they came just about over the carrier, and then he got some help. All of Lieut. O’'Hare's private battle happened within sight of the carrier and probably was the greatest spectacle of aerial destruction since the day the Junkers-88's began to rain down on London. The whole fight, between the time Lieut. O'Hare made his first contact and the time some planes got into the air to relieve him, was less than five minutes long. On one occasion two Jap planes were afire and falling through the air at the same time. Such planes as Lieut. O'Hare had left in busihess—four of them-—got up near the carrier and dropped bombs. They came close, but not too close. Lieut. O'Hare closing in in the midst of this action, potted another and chipped up a seventh.

DEFENDS LEGION

POLICY ON WAR

Stambaugh Challenges First Lady’s Claims

Against Veterans.

DENVER, March 30 (U. P.).~— Lynn U, Stambaugh, national com= mander of the American Legion, today challenged Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's statement that the nation is fighting its second world war “because the boys in the last war. . . . came back without the actual feeling of obligation to carry on their thinking.” Mr. Stambaugh said Mrs. Roosevelt “indulged in a fantastic flight of fancy unworthy of the great name she bears in attaching even the slightest portion of blame for this war to the American veterans of the last war” ih her address before representatives of eastern colleges last Frdiay. Policies Not Heeded “If the national defense, Ameri-

grams of the American Legion had been followed by the nation,” he said,” we would not be threatened as we are today—our enemies of today would not even have started this war.” Mr. Stambaugh objected to that portion of Mrs. Roosevelt address in which she said: “I believe that what happened after the last war was responsible for the war we are fighting today because the boys in the last war lost touch with their communities and came back without the actual feeling of obligation to carry on their thinking.” Lauds Legion Service The commander said the American Legion and other veteran groups “have been the greatest com=munity service organizations in America for more than 20 years.” “Furthermore,” .he added, “the veterans of the World War have felt the obligation to carry on their thinking, and have carried on their thinking to the extent that the soundness of their pronouncement has been proved by the events which followed that war.”

TECH DEBATERS WIN NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind, March 30 (U.P.).—Technical high school of Indianapolis defeated Cone cordia in the final round of the Ine diana State Debating league Sature

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