Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1942 — Page 4

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“+ LONDON. May 13 (U. P.).—Adolf

on Vichy-German collaboration and " @& Vichy cabinet meeting today may + Mark a turn in relations, diplo~ "matic quarters reported.

of desperate need of man power and . Vichy’s embarrassments regarding a § Madagascar and Martinique com-

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{In return for a satisfactory ar-

_* geived information that every morn- © ing German gestapo agents in Paris

dren but the girl friend of Gen. Otto ~ Von Stuelpnagel (German occupa-

~ Paris promulgated a slave-labor decree under which they imposed min-

: women in industries working di

for the Germans can get no raw materials, apparently all French in-

- local areas are to fix hours of labor, and will have power to impose . harsh penalties on violators.

of hours fixed, and employers must

v and trades of workers

- freed” workers would be put on the lists of skilled workers to be

_ pists” _ Impress hostages into slavery in

I tray Italy and Spain, who demand

the French to organize for the mo-

ences. Monitoring units here say “they have given a pro-axis propa-

~ mation of value to the enemy.

Nazis Issue Slave. Labor Decree; Resistance of Patriots Grows.

Hitler has demanded a show-down

Mounting resistance to German rule by French patriots, Germany's

. ‘bined to make the French situation explostve, it was said, and the abil-

_ ity of Pierre Laval to pursue his|

* collaborationist policies might soon

German military authorities at

imum hours of work on all men and

rectly or indirectly on German war orders. All Factories Affected

As French factories not working

dustry in occupied territory is af-

German military authorities in

It is prescribed that all workers must actually work the full number

report to the Germans the number “rendered free” because increased hours make ‘it possible for féwer men and women to keep production to schedule.

| Start Slavery in Revenge This meant, apparently, that the

deported to Germany as “Commuwhen German authorities

revenge for patriot acts of sabotage. Hitler was repprted ready to be-

territorial concessions from France,

rangement with Laval. But .there was increasing doubt that Laval could deliver. Leaflets Denounce Nazis Free French headquarters here re-

find in the streets leaflets denouncing the Germans and urging

ment when they may strike. One said: “There is no milk for our chil-

tion overlord) takes a bath every morning in 30 quarts of milk.

Seek Control Over ~ Pro-Vichy Radios

WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. PJ. — Satisfactory controls over two radio stations at Martinique and Guadeloupe were said today to be important items in negotiations be-

colonial authorities in the Caribbean. ~The two stations apparently are under control of pro-Vichy influ-

anda, tinge to news broadcasts; commentators have ridiculed Great Britain. The British were said to have , urged some curb on these stations, _ but the United States, it was said, _ will be interested principally in an agreement that the stations shall not be used to disseminate infor-

so-called Gates faction provided some of the party's greatest fights. Last August, however, the GatesEmison factions united to kick ous Arch N. Bobbitt as state chairman and replace him with Mr. Gates. Mr. Emison first was offered the post but declined. Shortly afterward, the move to oust the veteran party leader was launched in his district and resulted in yesterday's action.

Only eight chairmen and vice chairmen were re-elected yesterday, and James Fulton of Hartford City, representing the fifth district. is now the dean in point of service. Today’s top interest was in the race for committee secretary, a post vacant since the registration of Neal McCallum several weeks ago to accept an appointment hy Governor Schricker to the state alcoholic beverages commission.

New Post for Bookwalter

Claude Billings of Akron was believed to have an edge in the race, with the support of the Indiana Republican Editorial association. Other candidates are Horace Coates, committee publicity director; L. S. Bowman, committee statistician who has been acting as secretary, George Fate and R. Lowell McDaniel, deputv secretary of state. Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass of Nashville, ninth district vice chairman, is slated for re-election as state vice chairman. John Bookwalter, who has served two years as state committee treasurer, will retire to become finance committee chairman, and Donald Jameson of Indianapolis was scheduled to succeed

Platform Study Due

Following the election of officers today, the state committee will begin its study of platform proposals for the June 18 state convention, at which candidates for state offices in next November's general election will be nominated. Representatives of labor, agriculture, education and other groups have been invited to present their views. The new state committee, as elected yesterday, includes: FIRST—James T. McShane, Hammond, chairman, and Mrs. Kathryn Randolph, Gary, vice chairman,

Dixon Heads Second

SECOND—Ira Dixon, Kentland, chairman, and Mrs. Mabel Fraser, Delphi, vice chairman.

THIRD—Leroy Yoder, Goshen?

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Ralph Gates (left) was scheduled to be re-elected state G. O. P. chairman this noon and Claude Billings of Akron was the leading candidate n te rast for committee secretary.

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Ralph Gates Slated for Re-Election as Chairman

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chairman, and Mrs. Leota McHenry, South Bend, vice chairman. FOURTH—Roy J. Jorg, Ligonier, re-elected chairman, and Mrs. Grace Double, Pt. Wayne, re-elected vice chairman. FIFTH-—-James P. A. Fulton, Hartford City, renamed chairman, and Mrs. Clara Coyner, Frankfort, re-elected vice chairman.

SIXTH—Rue Alexander, Village, chairman, and Mrs. Harden, Attica, chairman. SEVENTH—Homer Capehart, Washington, chairman, and Mrs. Leon Aikin, Dugger, vice chairman.

Huffman Is Renamed

EIGHTH—Ben Huffman, Rockport, re-elected chairman, and Mrs. Mary Lorch of New Albany, wife of the former mayor, named to succeed Mrs. Nannie Groves, vice chairman. NINTH-—Ivan C. Morgan, Austin, and Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass of Nashville re-elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively. TENTH—AIlfred Norris, Rushville, chairman, and Mrs. Mary Benadum, Muncie, vice chairman. ELEVENTH—Joseph J. Daniels, Indianapolis, chairman, and Mrs.

Pine Cecil re-elected vice-

Fern E. Norris, Indianapolis, vice

chairman.

WARSAW MINISTER NAMED ROTARY HEAD

FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 13 (U. P.). —The Rev. Arthur Raabe, Warsaw, the only announced candidate, was nominated by acclamation yesterday as governor of the 154th district of the Rotary International. The 154th district includes the northern third of Indiana. More than 300 delegates were attending the 28th annual conference of the district. The Rev. Mr. Raabe will be officially elected at the International Rotary conference at Toronto next month, He will succeed William Rastetter Jr., Ft. Wayne, who will hold office until July 1. At the annual banquet last night, delegates heard Rr. Merton Rice, Detroit Methodist pastor, urge heed of the biblical . admonition that “a live dog is better than a dead lion,” and to bury the past and its errors and sorrows and to make the best use of the present and future. The conference was scheduled to close today with committee meetings and a luncheon at which Guy Murchie, foreign correspondent, will speak.

WORKERS THANKED IN SUGAR RATIONING

Leon Henderson, OPA director, and Governor Schricker today sent their thanks, via the press, to the school teachers and civilian volunteers who conducted last week’s sugar rationing registration. Mr. Henderson sent the Governor a telegram asking him to convey

_| his thanks to the Hoosiers who had

donated their services for the registration and the governor joined the OPA director in expressing his gratitude “for the patriotic services of the Hoosier school teachers in this war effort.”

JACKSON EXPLAINS WARNING SYSTEM

Clarence A. Jacksen, state civilian defense director, described the emergency communication system being set up by his office to members of the Co-Operative club today. He told members at their luncheon in the Columbia club that every “target point” in Indiana can be reached in 10 minutes through the war defense communication system.

FARM BILL APPROVED

WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. P). —The senate appropriations com-

farm appropriation bill for 1943, which for the first time in at least a decade was below the administra-’ tion’s budget estimates.

VICTORY GROUP TO MEET

Committee for Victory will be held at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Colum-

bia club. Hugh McK. Landon is chairman,

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FURIOUS TANK BATTLE RAGES

In Crimea; Japs Mass

Invasion Fleet. (Continued from Page One)

coast, probably destroying two or three enemy planes. A dispatch from Darrell Berrigan, United Press correspondent, who reached Calcutta from Burma, said the British imperials appeared

{to be winning their battle to fight

their way out of a Japanése pincers in western Burma, despite terrible hardships imposed by the jungle, high mountains, swamps and constant enemy air attacks. In the Mediterranean although weather conditions aré probably unfavorable the intensified aerial fighting raised the possibility that the axis forces in North Africa might be attempting to muster strength fdr a new blow in‘ the Libyan desert, aimed at Cairo and the southern route to the Near East. This might fit in with British reports that Hitler's Ukraine offensive, aimed at'the Caucasus and the Near East oil fields, is scheduled for early June and that a pincers movement might be attempted by way of Egypt or Syria.

Interest on Crimea

This possibility also was indicated by Russian reports that the Germans were running short of oil. It was also pointed out that Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel this week was reported recalled from Libya to Berlin for consultations. Greatest attention was centered for the time being, however, on the Crimea battlefront. It appeared, despite the German claims, that the battie has not been decided. Formidable Soviet resistance, apparently, must still be overwhelmed if the Germans are to storm into Kerch, which they abandoned last December, and strike on across the Kerch straits toward the oil of the Caucasus.

Waves of Dive Bombers

A Russian communiquc said that at least 2500 Germans had been killed on the Kerch front. The Russians reported that the Red air force carried out destructive attacks along and behind the Nazi lines, battling waves of German dive-bombers and bringing down a total of 102 enemy planes in 48 hours. Ilya Ehrenbourg, one of Russia's outstanding war correspondents, said in a dispatch, to the United Press that the masses of German troops, planes and tanks were attacking along a front only two miles long and that “the air is"as congested as the land.” Tanks are the principal weapon

i{of the German drive, led by one

of Hitler's ablest geenrais, Fritz Erich Von Manstein, and against them are being thrown new British tanks and triple-turret tanks from the United States.

Arctic Struggle Develops

The irresponsible Vichy radia said that the Germans are expected to launch an even bigger drive to the north “within a few days.” According to the Vichy report, which intimated that the Kerch attack may have been merely a diversion assault to tie up Russian strength on the southern front, Hitler is preparing to attack Rostov and move upon the Caucasus from thie north above the sea of Azov. Far to the north, in the Arctic ocean, another struggle of importance to Russia’s resistance was developing—the battle of the allied supply route. Camouflaged American freighters and tankers are plying the Arctic route to Murmansk under protece tion of British warships and any day American warships may appear in the zone where several naval battles have been fought in recent weeks. New Invasion Fleet Masses Off invasion-menaced Australia, Japanese naval reinforcements were expected to attempt a rendezvous with the remnants of the battered “invasion fleet” at bases in the Bismarck, Solomon and Louisiade islands. Despjte the heavy Japanese losses in the Coral sea Battle the main striking force of the enemy apparently remains intact and the supreme test for Australia and for the allied naval-air forces may be faced soon. The Japanese naval reinforcements, it was believed in Melbourne on the basis of allied aerial reconnaissance, probably will move down from the heavily-fortified Japanese mandated Caroline islands to the north, On the Burma-southern China battlefront, the Japanese, after suffering reverses that almost wiped out their invasion of _China’s Yunnan pravince, struck back and succeeded in pushing reinforcements northward from Lashio to the aid of their Yunnan spearhead. A major battle appeared to be developing along the Salween river on the Burma road in southern Yunnan, with both Japanese and Chinese maneuvering for positions. The northernmost Japanese spearheads were 55 and 25 miles inside

Swarms of Planes Fight!

in such a doubtful story, it could dwindling supplies for the luftwaffe at whatever front he has chosen for his main drive. In the orient, there is a tone of expectancy in dispatches from Australia. United nations leaders’ appraisal of .the battle of the Coral sea is, “We have scotched the snake, not killed it.”

The Japanese, aceording to Melbourne dispatches, are assembling a fleet of transports and warships in the Bismarck, Solomon and Louiside islands, probably to strike southward toward the New Hebrides and New Caledonia to establish themselves athwart the American supply line to New Zealand and Australia. The possibility of an attempted invasion of Australia is not ruled out. The Japanese might be forced to this difficult course by necessity, since Gen. MacArthur's growing

WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. P.). —Oveta Culp Hobby, a 37-year-old mother and executive vice president of a Texas newspaper who numbers her jobs in the dozens, was believed today to be, the top candidate for the directorship of the women’s army auxiliary corps. Mrs. Hobby, who currently spends half her time as a $l-a-year war department publicity executive, was said by informed congressional sources to have been offered the leadership of the WAAC. She has not said whether she would accept. The wife of former Texas Gov.

NAZI DRIVE UPSET BY MALTA PLANES

CAIRO, May 13 (U.. P.).—Malta’s air defenses probably have frustrated a German plan to invade that Mediterranean island fortress and the Germans may have to alter their whole middle eastern strategy as a result, military quarters said today. During ‘the last four days, 128 enemy planes, largely German, have been destroyed or damaged over the island. It was believed Malta tould not only continue to hold out but might soon be gble to engage in offensive operations. There was stropg belief here that the dramatic reinforcement of the island's air force by new Spitfire fighters probably had come at the moment when the Germans were preparing for -a long-planned parachutist and sea-borne invasion. Now it is apparent that Malta matches the enemy plane for plane for the first time, and the shattering losses inflicted on the axis air force in the last few days have cost only a few British planes.

TAX VOTE NEAR IN HOUSE COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. P.. —The house ways and means committee today is about ready to begin voting on the new tax bill. A preliminary decision is near on how much of the vast war costs will be taken from the average citizen's pocketbook. Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.) announced late yesterday after the committee had heard a new alternate individual income tax plan that the group had decided to close the doors to the experts. The latest plan presented to the committee was a proposal By its own staff of experts. It provided for reduction of personal exemptions for the purposes of a 6 per oes normal income tax, retaining e present exsmpyions for surtax purposes.

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full offensive efforts by Ge Hitler's spring program was continuing offensive in the Crimea™ effort in the Ukraine and Caucasus, could be a feint to throw the enemy off : undoubtedly he badly needs the oil of the Caucasus. Moscow Germans are using olive oil to lubricate engines. If there is any

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War Analyst in the main theaters of to an early renewal of

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strength is a constant threat to their position in the Dutch Indies. There seems little doubt that the Coral sea battle was an allied victory, but not a decisive one. The truth seems to be that efficient reconnaissance work took the enemy by surprise and his advance wedge was routed while his main force was still farther north, probably in the Caroline islands. The allies had, and will continue to have, the advantage of landbased bombers for any action in the Coral sea area. The Japanese, who apparently lost two carriers in the battle, will have to risk more carriers and perhaps large “warships. Such ships probaniy are in the Carolines, where the Japanese have strong naval bases. They may even have capital ships there. Nothing has been heard of Japanese capital ships in months of war,

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The corps was authorized by congress yesterday, and needs only President Roosevelt's signature to hecome effective. Its members must be between 21 and 46. The director, to receive a salary of $3000 annually, will be. named by the secretary of war. Regular enlistees, designated as| auxiliaries, will receive $21 dollars a month for the first four months and | $30 thereafter.

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