Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1942 — Page 5

THURSDAY APRIT, 2 1042

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942

NAZIS STRENGTHEN LINES IN RUSSIA

Red Army Batters on Steadily, Killing 3000 in Leningrad Area; but Resistance Grows as Fresh German Troops Arrive.

LONDON, April 2 (U. P.).—The Rusisans steadily battered the Germans on the Leningrad front today, having killed 3000 of them, demolished 22 blockhouses and captured or destroyed huge quantities of supplies in 48 hours of fighting. Dispatches from the front said the trapped German 16th army in the Staraya Russa region, below Leningrad,

had lost 1800 in a new attempt to break out, and that Rus-|

was blasting! them from all sides—at point- German troops concentrations and = ases. blank range in one sector. Fliers of one Soviet formation in The Russians, according fo ad- the five months of the Sevastopol ared the siege have destroyed 159 German viees from Ja gi # the planes, 65 of them in combat. enemy from large areas The Russian communique said a Vyazma district on the central! syerrilla detachment in occupied front. though reinforcements had territory near Leningrad laid an arrived to relieve the weary Get SiS near German military saps stores. mans who had been resisting CON, wo trucks escorted by a platoon fof Germans soon appeared, and the fguerrillas showered them with hand grenades, wiping out the entire A British military commentator ja.)

said the Russians had driven “deep Tell of Food Shoriage

salients” into German positions, but : the Germans had created “similar Pvt. Edelgard Melchior of the 3rd deep salients” in certain Soviet po- combany, 14th motorcycle battalion sitions. jof the German 14th tank division, “The question is now who can cut/NOW a prisoner, was quoted by Tass {that discontent with the Nazi re-

the other,” he said. |t i are the situation in the SIME Was swelling in Germany.

Staraya Russa region where Russians have trapped the German army,

i iets were operating over) Sn d “everything will ration, 100 to 200 grams daily. a large area, an 3 g re nih 3 depend on whether the Russians “Both in the rear and at the front relies the Germans before the there's much talk about the growth

Nazis can bring up reinfor cements.” In the number of desertions from

{the army.” Nazis Rush Fresh Troops Another prisoner, a Lieut. Silbermann, reported that almost 40,000 deserters from the Russian war

were held in Germany.

sian artillery

tinuous attacks. Resistance Is Growing

the |

Heavy German reinforcements also were moving into the Crimea! and Donets basin in preparation for a supreme drive the Germans were! Sergeant Leads Surrender expected to begin soon with 1.250.000, put pavel Kuvanu of the 5th men. company of the Rumanian 92 inA dispatch from Moscow said fantry humorously described his many German soldiers and tanks gurrender. had been withdrawn from France| «y was in a trench when the Rusand dispatched to the Crimea In| sians appeared on our right about an attempt to seize Sevastopol, NOW {300 meters away,” he said. “Within its 151st day of siege out accepting the engagement, our The Russian news agency Tass, in gection began to retreat. a dispatch from Sevastopol, said fliers of the Black sea fleet were what will you do if I surrender? due a large share of the credit for Everybodv answered. ‘Were with holding back the Germans vou, sergeant. Wherever you go, Their planes were over Sevastopol we will follow. day and night, the agency said, andj undertook frequent attacks against geant at the head surrendered.”

16th |is very grave” he said. “Quite fre- | Weighed against

the commentator quently even less bread is given bloc, however, is the probability that

(than that provided by the scanty|Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D.,

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SALES TAX GETS HOUSE SUPPORT

Disney Says Survey Shows

| Majority Prefers It to Harsh Income Levies.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (U. P). —Rep. Walter E. Disney (D. Okla.) said today a survey of the house had convinced him that an overwhelming majority of members would vote for a sales tax in preference to greatly increased income | taxes. He cited two principal arguments for a sales levy—a hedge against inflation and the belief that there was no other way to raise the §7.{000,000,000 needed without destroy-

jing important sources of income. |He favored a graduated tax from low rates on necessities to high percentages on luxuries. Treasury Opposed

| Rep. Disney is a member of the |wdvs and means committee which lis holding hearings on the 1942 tax bill. The treasury opposes a sales levy and seeks to raise the needed war funds by higher income taxes. A substantial majority of the 25 members of the ways and means committee still are supporting a sales tax that would raise in the neighborhood of $4,000,000,00¢0 to $5.000.000.000. The treasury estimates that would take a 10 per cent tax, excluding only governmental transactions. May End Hearings Soon The treasury repeatedly has expressed its opposition and the treasury’s position is supported by a bloc of a half-dozen of the most in-

The food situation in Germany| fluential members of the committee.

this committee

N. C) will vote for a sales tax. Mr. Doughton announced yesterday that the committee may conclude public hearings on the program the week of April 13. Then it can be expected to spend another month or six weeks considering the {program in closed sessions.

LAST BIG COAL PIT CLOSED AT CLINTON

CLINTON, Ind. April 2 (U, P).— Crown Hill 6, last of the big deep shaft coal mines in the Clinton area, was closed down today as workmen completed removal of machinery, Closing of the mine, operated by ithe Ferguson Coal Co., ends the

the early 1900s and attracted thousands of workers to Vermillion county. In 1929 most of the big mines were closed, and finally Crown

“The whole section with the ser-|Hill 6 became the lone survivor of from Rochester, Minn. who

large scale deep shaft operations.

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Hulls Rest in Florida

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vacationing,

Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Mrs, Hull are seen with their host, Milton M. Chapman at Coral Gables, Fla.,, where the Hulls are

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28 Subs Sunk by U. S., but

{ ® i Heavy Ship i WASHINGTON, April 2 (U, P). —A navy announcement that at least 28 enemy submarines have been destroyed indicated today that the axis is paying an increasingly heavier cost for its campaign against shipping off the Atlantic coast. Nevertheless, merchant ship sinkings continued at the costly average of better than one a day, with an unofficial count of 110 vessels sent to the bottom along the

and in the Caribbean since the | submarine drive started Jan. 14

| Nine sinkings have been announced:

{in the last five days. The navy indicated that the total of 28 submarines was a conservative summary, adding that | there is evidence of additional axis {losses which are being withheld {until complete reports are received fand until it is certain that publi{cation of the information will not {be of value to the enemy. A breakdown of last night's report showed that 21 of the submarines were sunk jin the Atlantic and seven in the Pacific. In addition, a Japanese | midget submarine was captured dur{ing the attack on Pearl Harbor. | The navy’s share of the total was [24; army airmen were credited with (four. Earlier yesterday the

of the raiders, two by naval fliers land one by the army. One of the naval pilots was Donald Francis {Mason, 28-vear-old enlisted man : got "his his second

second submarine,

Canadian and U. S. Atlantic coasts!

navy “When our sergeant asked. ‘Boys, [Clinton coal boom which began inannounced the destruction of three

Loss Continues

ldecoration and a commission as fensign. He won fame, the distinguished flying cross, and a higher (rating after his first triumph last {February when he radioed his base {this terse message: “Sighted sub, {sank same.” A further intensification of the campaign against underseas raiders, which already have sunk more {ships along the Atlantic seaboard [than they did during the last war, {was indicated by Capt. Charles E. Rosendahl, pioneer exponent of {lighter-than-air craft. Speaking at | Elizabeth City, N. C., Capt. Rosendahl said new blimp bases are being planned in the Florida, Puget Sound, and southern California areas to provide an unbroken patrol line down both coasts. He did not disclose how many blimps are now in service, but said they “are very definitely on the job.” The original air program called for 48 patrol blimps, and Capt. Rosendahl said an increase In these craft can lick the submarine menace. The navy already has three blimp bases long the Atlantic, and will soon take over the Sunnyvale, Cal, base for the first patrol on {the Pacific. It commissioned a ew one at Elizabeth City, N, C.|

FORMER SERVEL HEAD DIES EVANSVILLE, Ind. April 2 (U, P.) —~Herbert Henry Springford, 64, president. of the Modern Builders {Corp,, and former president of {Servel, Inc, died last night of a heart ailment

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Shakeup of Dominion’s Army Worked Out to Aid MacArthur.

By BRYDON C. TAVES United Press Staff Correspondent GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, April 2.— United States and Australian air forces, first line of offense and defense of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's southwest Pacific command, have completed their unification and are now fighting together in complete harmony, Air Minister Arthur S. Drakeford announced today. “The temporary halt to which the Japanese advance has been brought is proof that Australian-American co-operation truly has an iron ring about it,” Mr. Drakeford said. A headquarters spokesman said Gen. MacArthur expected to announce soon the completion of his supreme command staff organization for the defense of Australia and an offensive against Japan,

Shake Up Aussie Army

Gen. MacArthur is still conferring with Australian army and air force leaders and the cabinet defense ministers on organizational problems, involving a shake-up from top to bottom in the Australian army and air force so they can be worked into Gen. MacArthur's united nations forces. As Mr. Drakeford made his statement it was reported that allied airplanes including flying fortresses continued their tireless and powerful offensive against Japanese invasion bases, Reconnaissance planes in ever growing numbers were ranging over the continental seas and enemyheld territory spotting Japanese activities and watching for signs of an enemy attempt to attack Australia in force by air or sea.

Hurley in New Zealand

Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced that Brig. Gen. Patrick Hurley had now assumed his post as first United States minister to New Zealand after a visit here during which he welcomed Gen. MacArthur to Australian soil. Mr. Hurley’s status was that of a reserve brigadier general during his stay in Australia. Now he reverts to inactive status in order to take his ministerial post, effective today, at Auckland, N. Z. Air Minister Drakeford revealed that Australia was handing over bases and facilities of all sorts for the American air corps, including the flying fortresses.

INVESTIGATE BRIDE'S DEATH IN BATHTUB

NEW YORK, April 2 (U, P.) — Medical examiners perform an autopsy today to determine what killed a pretty, 19-year-old bride, who, dressed in pajamas, was found in her bathroom with her head dangling in a tub half filled with water. She was Mrs. Sylvia Stern, wife since last June of Bernard Stern, a dental technician. The circumstances of her death were mysterious. There was blood in her bathroom and bedroom. Dr. Louis Lefkowitz,

assistant medical examiner, said a | perliminary examination showed a| bruise inside the lower lip and] another on the chin, both of which | she had suffered before she died There were bruises on the neck, but he said they might have been made | by her mother, Mrs. Edith Gooding, who discovered the body, and lifted | it from the tub. | Mrs. Gooding said she was con-| vinced her daughter was killed and | robbed. A shirt and necktie belonging to her husband and a piece of a Tuesday newspaper were soaking in the] tub,

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