Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1942 — Page 4

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36,000 TRAPPED

| AS BATAAN FALLS

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exhausted army if necessary to gave further bloodshed and

gacrifice that no longer could accomplish any purpose. Gen. Wainwright is now at Ft. Mills on Corregidor

from where he sent the fateful news of Bataan early this

morning. His report of the “complete physical exhaustion’

of his men was made public in a brief communique at 4:15

A m., Indianapolis time. Mr. Stimeon disclosed at his press conference the

gonsiderable cost in ships and men.

The supply organization was directed from Australia

hitkerto secret information that ever since Gen. MacArthur had firet consolidated hie U. ScFilipino forces on Bataan the army and navy had been able to get ammunition and limited food supplies to him by breaching the Japanese blockade at

bulleting, claimed not only the sinking of the two British cruisers but 44 merchant ships in the Hay of Bengal. The German radio added a claim —unsupported elsewhere—that a Japanese expeditionary force supe ported by cruisers and destroyers had landed on the Bay of Bengal coast.

Japanese planes again attacked Britain's crown colony of Ceylon off phe India coast, bombing the Trine

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as one of the world's half dogen great natural harbors.

Ceylon Base Bombed

Trincomalee once was one of Britain's most important naval bases in the east and possession of it would give the™apanese an ideal

by Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Hur ley, former secretary of war] ih the Hoover cabinet and now minister te New Zealand. “Our forces have never

to the Japanese. Valuable Time Gained

to these efforts” “hey had plenty -of small arme|er-in-chief, Gen.

been on short rations since Jan. 11. “That long strain has been a very potent factor In wearing down our troops and placing them in a situation in which they no longer had the necessary rebound to continue | $0 ably doing for so long” The 36.853 U. 8. Filipino effectives st reported in Gen. Wainwright's defense lines did not include the forces on Corregidor and other hare bor ports at the entrance of Manila bay, or scattered forces else where on Luson and other Philippine islands

10.300 Filipine Troops

It was disclosed that there was enly one complete regular U.S army |pino troops—may be of the utmost mfantry regiment in the Philip- importance in the Far Fastern pines at the outbreak of the war, struggle, which was raging more the 31st long stationed in the is- fiercely than ever on the Burma lands. and Bay of Bengal approaches to The Philippine scout force— India. Philippine troops in the Ul 8. army Fear Retreat Is Cut Off

«numbered sbout 10,500. There were about 5000 air per-| Gen. Wainwright's message from sonnel in the Philippines. As the| Ft. Mills said that the Japanese had Americans lost their planes, owing | ceeded in enveloping the east

to the superiority of the Japanese fh the air, at least 9000 and pos«| AnK of the Bataan lines and that

equipment, and in time for every

inch of ground gained. The time gained for the allies—

soldiers, sailors, marines and aviae

apparently was appreciably superior |

The German radio heard in Lone Been short of ammunition owing|don claimed that Gen. Wainwright Mr. Stimson said had asked the Japanese commandTomoyuki Yama« and artillery ammunition, but had shite, for a truce, but no word of {this came from the war department

Outnumbered from the start, low on supplies, lacking air support, and wearied beyond human endurance the attack in the way they had been |, days of fighting against fresh lenemy troops—the defenders fulfilled to the end their promise and their purpose. That was to make the Japanese pay and pay in men, in

paid for with blood of American tors fighting beside courageous Fili-

gibly more of these joined the de-

fense forces as rifle-carrying in-|

fantry. Last summer two tank battalions were sent to the Philippines, as well as some mobile artillery. This arproved a vital factor in prolonging the defenses and for a time

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ia counter attack by another corps ihad failed “due to complete physi[cal exhaustion.” | “Full details are not available, but | this situation indicates the probability that \the defenses on Bataan have been overcome,” the come munique said.

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springboard for an invasion of In dia. During the attack on Trincomalee two Japanese planes appeared over Colombo, Ceylon's capital which was bombed Sunday with 50 casualties while 57 Nipponese planes were shot down or damaged out of a raiding fleet of 75 aircraft, Nearby cities on the coast of In« dia were on the alert against a new attack by Japanese planes, which already have bombed two coastal centers, and the grave menace appeared to have one bright spot for the allies~higher hopes for a settle« ment of the deadlocked negotiations between Great Britain and India. It was reported that the Nationalist All-India congress, which has been demanding that the Indian people be given authority over their own defense, was ready to accept a new British formula which is a re vision of the Nationalists’ own “last hope” proposals. Plan Allied Offensive

The new British formula wag un-

establishing of an Indian government controlling all portifolios ine cluding defense but leaving actual military direction to Gen. Sir Arche ibald P. Wavell because of the “present critical situatiom” In London the fall of Bataan had a saddening effect but served to add vigor to the consultations of Gen. George C. Marshall, U. 8. chief of staff, with British leaders on means of hurling back the axis on the world-wide fronts and then striking heavy offensive blows. On the Russian front Soviet forces on the southern front were reported from Kuibyshev to have smashed Germany's most powerful tank attack since the battle for Moscow, battling for 10 days against

Two British Cruisers Sunk By Japs in Indian Ocean

(Continued from Page One)

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derstood to provide for immediate

Lieut. Gen, Jonathan M. Wainwright . . . “Nothing but praise for the gallant men he led in epie chapter in the history of the Philippines.”

capture an important river position and supported by dive-bombers. | In North Africa British forces were on the alert against what may be a full-force German and Italian drive toward the Suez canal from the axis positions between Burma and Tobruk. There was little action at the| northern approaches to Australia, although five Japanese planes raided Tulagi in the Solomon islands northeast of Australia. The British admiralty reported that one of its submarines had sunk a 10,000 ton Italian cruiser in. the Mediterranean. MOOSE WOMEN OPEN CLASS IN NUTRITION The Women of the Moose opened a class in nutrition today at the Moose temple. Miss Fern Stover, director of home-making at Mooseheart, the home for dependent children of deceased members of the Loyal Order of Moose, was the principal speaker. Mrs. Robert H. Tyndall and her committee on nutrition of the Indianapolis women's civilian defense organization, attended the meeting. Mrs. Tyndall and Miss Stover will be guests of honor at a dinner at the Canary Cottage tonight. Initiation of a class of candidates in Miss Stover's honor will follow the

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| construction prior to the March 3 | order,

whose office now must decide whether a project is eligible for recomsmendation to the WPB, didn't think the latest ban would have any great effect in the county,

going on here now is defense build« ing,” Mr. Peters said.

who have been able to get mate rials governmental able to do that now.”

BUILDING HERE 1S ‘FAIRLY SAFE

Most Local Construction In Defense Category,

Realtors Explain. (Continued from Page One)

R. Ear] Peters, state FHA director

said he “Ninety pér cent of the building

“rhe order means that those

and build a home without help just won't be

Defense Rentals First

Under present government regu- | lations, any home built here for rental cannot be rented to any one but a defense worker for 30 days. After that time, the realtor may tent to any tenant he chooses, Meantime, Indiana realtors were holding an annual conference at the I, U, extension building here. Each year the Indiana university business school calls a meeting for Indiana realtors for discussion of common problems. Today the meeting took on added

Orders Whipping - For Tire Thief

«GEORGETOWN, Del, April 9 U. PJ). Reese Purnell, 20. Accomee, Va, convicted of stealing a ‘truck wheel and tire, was sentenced to 10 lashes at the whipping post and two years in Sussex county prison. The whipping. will take place Saturday at the county jail, Purnell was convicted of stealing the wheel and tire from a garage where he was employed as an assistant mechanic.

G. A. R. VETERAN DIES ROCHESTER, Ind, April 9 (U. P).—John Shelton, Fulton county's last oivil war veteran and last of 125 charter members of the Rochester G. A. R. post, died at his home here yesterday. He was 95.

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significance in view of the WPB ban and the doors were closed to “outsiders.” Arthur M. Weimer, business school dean, was in charge.

Few Road Projects Affected:

A report was to be made this afternoon but until that time, no information was to be released. « Although the ban will affect highway construction if the cost exceeds $5000, few Indiana roadbuilding projects were expected to be affected. Highway Commissioner Samuel C. Hadden said that few, if any, projects now under way are not deemed vital to defense. Yesterday the commission rescinded a contract let Dec. 20 for the paving of Road 13 between Sidney and Pierceton because the project was not deeemed of defense value. Bids were called for before Pearl Harbor and the project had been tentatively awarded to the Gast Construction Co. of Warsaw, Ind.

PEPPER TOSSING | BANDIT CAPTURED

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thought the prisoner was reaching for a cigaret. “The next thing I know he threw, something in my face and I couldn't see,” the officer said. “My left eye was closed entirely by the pepper, and I could see slightly out | of my right eye, and I could see the prisoners running, and I caught up| with them.” Mr. Rae managed to get the prisoners into the courthouse and there he stopped at the sheriff's civil office and another deputy sheriff, Walter Davis, helped Mr. Rae take the prisoners up to the criminal court room. Meskowich, when brought before | Judge Dewey E. Myers, pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery while armed and was sentenced to 10 years in the state prison. Meskowich and his wife, Eva, were charged with kidnaping Morris Gold, salesman for Abel Bros,

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SPURS PROSECUTION | ‘OF DRAFT VIOLATORS

WASHINGTON, April 9 (U. P).| —Attorney General Francis Biddle has directed U. 8. attorneys to make every effort to apprehend and prosecute persons who wilfully vio- | late the selective service act. “Before Dec. 7,” Mr. Biddle said, “there was a disposition toward leniency for violators where there was evidence that the violation was caused by carelessness. Today such leniency is no longer justified.” HQ said that there have been 907 convictions for violation of the act since its inception in October, 1840

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