Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1942 — Page 2
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ently announced toll of Japanese ships would prove to have been conservative. It had been noted that, though the Japanese fleet was massing for an invasion thrust, little mention had been made of transports. Reports were circulated today that the enemy fleet included a number of transports and that a final list of Japanese losses might include a number of transports, each crowded with hundreds to thousands of troops. . In addition to their week-end offensive operations which resulted in the smashing of two enemy submarines and an unestimated number of seaplanes, American warplanes threw back a weak enemy attempt to bomb the allied base of * Port Moresby, in New Guinea, and shot down two of the small attacking formation. It was now indicated that the American and allied fleets and air force had broken up a Japanese attempt to assemble an enormous invasion force, including a battle fleet which had operated in the Bay of Bengal, most probably for - @ direct attack on Australia.
Thumping U. 8. Victory
The danger of such an assembly, and a resultant attack on this American-protected continent, had not ended. : But nevertheless, the {ferocious ‘engagement in which 500 or more dive bombing, torpedo, bombing and fighting planes battled in a chaos of ‘destruction over -6pposing naval forces, had resulted in a thumping American-allied victory. Over nearly 200,000 square miles of island-dotted ocean off northeastern Australia, American and Australian planes patroled today, bombing as opportunity offered, to discover whether the Japanese +. forces, driven in defeat to hiding in
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lairs at a dozen invasion bases, were trying to reform for another try. Gen. MacArthur conferred both yesterday and today: with Prime Minister John Curtin on the implications of the Coral sea battle and the possibility of a new enemy attack. Today's communique made the first mention of the presence of enemy submarines in Australian waters, working in co-operation with the Coral sea invasion force. Mention of the bombing of enemy seaplanes in the Louisiades was understood to mean that planes from two damaged enemy seaplane tenders might be stranded there. Eye witness reports of the Coral sea battle told of the desperate attempt of the Japanese ships to es-
{cape the merciless attack of United
States navy dive bombing and torpedo planes and long range bombers based in Gen. MacArthur's Australian zone. A Japanese aircraft carrier, believed to be one of the two sunk or damaged—one certainly and both probably sunk—steered in circles, churning up a tremendous wave of foam, in its attempt to save itself. Fighter planes clashed while dive bombers and torpedo bombers dived down through them on the Japanese fleet, and high overhead great United States flying fortresses and Catalina-Consolidated bomber 8 picked their targets. Japan announced yesterday that it had occupied Lorengau, on Manus island in the Admiralty group 180 miles off the north coast of New Guinea and about the same distance off the west end of the Bismarcks. This occupation had the effect of strengthening the enemy’s position off northern New Guinea by extending westward the string of invasion. bases in the Bismarcks,
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More than 500 leading business and professional men in Indiana have been invited to the annual appreciation dinner to be given by Rdaio Station WIRE June 1 inh the Claypool hotel. Arranged annually by Eugene C. Pulliam, delegations of outstanding radio, newspaper and advertising agency executives from New York, Chicago and Washington will attend. Two of the most prominent leaders in the fields of radio broadcasting and newspaper publishing, along with Governor Schricker, will be special guests. They are Niles Trammell, president of the National Broadcasting Co. and Kenneth Hogate, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Wynkoop Toastmaster
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day preceding the dinner to speak at the commencement there, Al Wynkoop, well-known newspaper columnist and humorist of Lebanon, Ind., will be the toastmaster at the dinner. Chief among the entertainment features will be John Mulholland, the only man in America to be listed in “Who's Who” because of his
performed magic feats in 42 countries and has been the subject as well as author of more feature articles in national magazines than any living magician. Mr. Hogate, a native Hoosier and alumnus of DePauw, was a member of that school’s board of trustees for nearly 20 years. He has been
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FLORIDANS WATGH AXIS SUB STRIKE
PALM BEACH, Fla., May 11 (U. P.).—An axis submarine, lying in wait 300 yards off the lower Atlantic coast, torpedoed a mediumsized British merchantman in broad daylight in sight of several hundred spectators who witnessed the rescue of the 31 crew members from the beach. Waterfront residents, bathers and fishermen, attracted by the explosion only a mile and a half off shore, told today how they saw the stricken ship—engulfed in a cloud of steam~—limp to within 20 yards of land before she was abandoned. The torpedoing was the ninth gnnounced by the navy since May 4 from which survivors have been
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MAD DO’ BAS WAR IS FEARED
Churchill Warns Britain Nazis May Try New
Terror Attacks. (Continued from Page One)
filled with liquid gas of tremendous corrosive effect. : 5. That preparations had been made to drop gas in large glass spheres, designed to break on contact and disperse widely. 6. That German officials in eastern Europe had been ordered to provide themselves with gas masks and keep them handy. 7. That gas shelters were under construction throughout Germany, even in villages. 8. That three factories in unoccupied France were manufacturing flame throwers, apparently to be carried on motorcycles, for the Germans. Many military authorities still expressed doubt of the efficacy of gas, aside from the retaliatory brake, but they admitted that the Germans might always envisage its use in a last resort, or try it to reduce. specific objectives. Britains expressed approval of Churchill's warning that Britain would use gas against’ Germany if Germans used it against Russia. They girded themselves for a new phase of the war which in sheer terror might pale earlier terrors, in the confident belief that as in aertal bombing warfare, they could take what Germany had to give and pay back on an inexorably increasing scale, In one of the great speeches of his career, Mr. Churchill announced his portentous news yesterday that Russia had advised him that the Germans in their desperation, might resort to gas against the armies and people of Russia, Cheice Left to Hitler In fact, Russia already had charged officially that the Germans had used gas, apparently as a tryout, in the Crimea. On the subject of poisonous gas, Mr. Churchill said: “We ourselves firmly: resolve not to use this odious weapon unless it is first used by the Germans. Knowing our Hun, however, we have not neglected to make preparations on a formidable scale. “I wish to make it plain that we shall treat the unprovoked use of poison gas against our Russian ally exactly as if it were used against ourselves. “If we are satisfied that this new outrage has been committed by Hitler we will use our great and growing air superiority in the west to carry gas warfare on the largest possible scale far and wide against objectives in Germany. “It is thus for Hitler to choose whether he wishes to add this additional horror to aerial warfare.” There were plain indications that Hitler might make the choice soon. Telephonic communication between Sweden and Germany - was cut-off from Saturday night until early today by the Germans. Such severance ‘is a normal part of big troop movements inside Germany. Soon after servis was restored, Stockholm quoted authoritative Ber-|-lin quarters that “good news is to be expected soon.” Severance of communication led to fantastic rumors that King Gustav had died and that German had invaded Sweden. Actually the King was playing tennis at the time and the Swedish army was ending dramatic defense maneuvers.
Mussolini Taunted Mr. Churchill’s speech was notable for many things, above all for the vigorous confidence with which he looked forward to allied victory. He taunted Benito Mussolini as “The Italian miscalculator” who had looked for an easy victory by knifing France in the back, and Italy as a nation which. when it went to war. “was still ranked as a first-class power.” He taunted Hitler with his ignorance in failing to take account of the Russian winter. “Hitler forgot about this Russian winter,” he said. “He must have been very loosely educated. We all heard about it at school, but. he forgot it. I have never made such a bad blunder as that.” He said Germany had certainly had more men killed in Russia than in the whole last war—that is, 2,= 050,466. Germany had 4,202,028 men wounded in the last war, incidentally. By his speech, Mr. Churchill consolidated his personal position at a time when politicians were dis cussing the possibility that his government, and possibly he himself, might fall, The speech was made on the second anniversary of his assumption of office, the day Germany attacked Holland and Belgium, Political quarters said today that he had re-established himself as the man who would lead the country to victory, and there was no British pi leader even shoulder high to .
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Pritchard was second, rolling up 21,860 votes for judge of superior court four. In most cases, the rival parties were fairly even in county vote total, with the Democrats holding a slight edge in most cases. Unofficially, the top total votes were in the Democratic sheriff races, 39,269, and the Democratic superior court one race, 38,889.
Prosecutor Vote Heavy
The heaviest Republican vote, apparently, was in the prosecutor race, where a total of 36,431 votes was tabulated. These figures compare with an average of 34,000 votes for leading Republican offices in the 1938 primary, and 57,000 for the Democrats. In that primary, the G. O. P. mayor total was 34,256, the Democratic, 63,268. In 1940, the Republican average was about 50,000, the ‘Democratic about 51,000. With the vote counting out of the way, local attention now shifted to the muddled state-of the county Republican organization, where a county chairman who lost not only his mayor candidate, but his choice for congressman, county clerk, sheriff and probate court judge as well, still occupied his post with little chance of removal. James Bradford was re-elected G.
0. P. chief unanimously by precinct committeemen last Saturday afternoon when Mr. Ostrom was 500 votes out in front of Gen. Tyndall. Under a state committee rule he can not be ousted. Meanwhile the politicians were wondering what would happen in these races, for which final Yotals are shown: : Republican
CONGRESS—Howard M. 15,073; John Coulier, 14,531.
CRIMINAL COURT--William D. Bain, 13,622; Clyde C. Carter, 12,522.
COUNTY CLERK-—Arnold Tilson, 15,440; Walter Hemphill, 15,198.
SHERIFF—Otto Petit, 10,618; Jesse Hutsell, 10,252.
Democratic
SUPERIOR ONE—Joseph Markey, 15,691; Jacob Weiss, 13,579,
STATE SENATOR—John Kelley, 12,888; E. O. Snethen, 11,993.
AUDITOR—Glenn B. Ralston, 18,258; Toney Flack, 17,390.
In all the other races, the victory margins were decisive. Municipal Judge Dan V. White pulled away from Edwin McClure in the final stages to register a 17,652 to 15,862 victory in the Republican probate court race and there was believed to be little chance of a recount. Judge White, however, was the
Meyer,
031.39 in 1939, compared to $2,836,788.46 in 1932. New shops were built at 1150 W. Washington st., at a cost of about $850,000 and 210 miles of trackless trolley overhead lines set up, making it perhaps the greatest system of trackless trolleys in the world. Upon his resignation to go to Chicago, Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney for Indianapolis Railways, said: “I don’t know of any man who in so short a time, by his vision and work, has so favorably affected a whole city in its well-being and comfort.
" Put Public First
“He has had the right point of view "as operator of a public utility—that is, as an instrumentality for public service and not as an instrumentality for security operations. “He has held uppermost in his mind the performance of public service to the people and fair treatment of employees.” He and his wife lived here at 8650 College ave. Surviving him are his wife, Adele; three sons, Warren M., attache of the American diplomatic legation at Berne, Switzerland; James R., Indianapolis attorney,. and Anthony D., Pennsylvania Railroad official at Cincinnati, O. Born in Wilwaukee, Wis, Mr. Chase graduated from the Univer-
the Harvard law school in 1901. After 12 years’ law practice in Chicago, in which his interest in public utilities was nurtured, Mr. Chase organized and became presi-
sity of Chicago in 1899 and from
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dent of the Calumet Gas and Electric Co., which is now the property of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. Later he became vice president of the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Co. after which he was president of the Shore
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In 1917 he reorganized ‘the street and interurban railway at Gary and he was president of that organization when he came here, : He was appointed a member of the transpprtation committee of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce in 1936
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the American Transit association, a national organization of street and electric railways. Here, Mr. Chase was a member of the University club of Chicago, the Columbia club, Indianapolis Athletic club, the Indianapolis country club and of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. His hobbies were walking, golf and early American history and he is said to have earned his first money putting out a newspaper, The Weekly Echo, in Omaha, Neb. Mr. Chase was succeeded here in the presidency of Indianapolis Railways by Harry Reid, formerly of the New York State Electric and Gas Co.
PULITZER WINNER DEAD
WESTON, Conn., May 11 (U. P.). —Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Forrest Wilson, author who last week won the pulitzer prize for biography. Mr. Wilson, 59,
only member of Gen. Tyndall's judicial slate to upset the G. O. P. organization. Prosecutor Sherwood Blue rolled up a 14,000 edge over Glenn Funk, while Judson Stark, Hezzje Pike, Emsley Johnson Jr., Walter Pritchard and Ralph Hammill were easy winners in the superior court battles. Sidney 8S. Miller led the anti-organization vote, but lost to Mr. Johnson, 17,729 to 14,533. Mark Rhoads won the court nomination handily.
Democratic Slate’ Rapped
On the Democratic side, the “organization slate” also took a pasting in four important places, but the party did not face the organization problems which is bothering the county G. O. P. * Russell J. Dean, political associate of Judge Myers, was named county chairman Saturday with no opposition,
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Tyndall Is Vicor i in Republican Contest for Mayor: Myers Leads Democratic Vote as Count Is Complefed
the Democratic ward chairmen, be= sides Judge Markey and Auditor Ralston, were Judge Herbert Wilson of superior five, who defeated Chalmer Schlosser by 7400 votes, and Robert Allison, who upset Ray Herner by 6000 in the county trease urer vote.
Ludlow Wins Again In all other places, the state’ came through handily. Rep. Lude low again proved his vote-getting power by rolling up a total of 30,495
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nearest opponent, Earl J. Cox, got 7,770. Oscar Hagemier was more than 10,000 ahead of his nearest rival in the five-man prosecutor race and David M. Lewis ousted Judge Smiley N. Chambers for probate court by 8500. Robert Kirby beat John Bright Webb by 10,000 for joint state senator and Miss Hannah Noone finished 7200 ahead of Guy O. Ross
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