Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1942 — Page 6
COAST BARRIERS “RISING IN ITALY
Axis, Fearing an Invasion Effort, Is Feverishly
Erecting Defenses.
LISBON, Portugal, May 19 (U. P.. =—The axis apparently fears an united nations attempt to invade
Italy and is feverishly erecting de-|
+ fenses along the coast, United Press staff correspondents formerly stationed in Rome, said today. Before leaving Italy, they heard
that the coast was being backed up ] en- | pill boxes and em-| {8 Sin
with trenches, barbed-wire tanglements, placements for artillery. The train that brought them here to exchange for axis corre-
spondents from the United States,
passed along a stretch of the Ital-|fr
fan coast and from its windows, they saw many of these defense measures,
- BERNE, Switzerland, May 19 (U.
P.).—Diplomatic quarters reported |
today that Benito Mussolini's recent visit to Sardinia was an inspection tour resulting from fears that the allies might occupy the island as the first step toward making Italy & second front.
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HOOSIER ORGANIZES 44 WARTHUR BOOM
Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 19.— The South Bend native who started the first Roosevelt-for-President club back in 1930 has set up headquarters in Washington for his new “Draft MacArthur for President” movement which is making a bid for supporters on a non-partisan basis. The organizer, Joseph Lieb, has
association. “In response to popular demand,” a committee statement said, “an independent draft movement has been inaugurated in the nation’s capital espousing the presidential nomination of American’s foremost hero; a tactician, scholar, soldier and man of keenest insight into American and international problems—Gen. Douglas MacArthur. “We pray that we will be victorious against our foes by 1944, In accordance with this consideration we believe it opportune at this time, after three months of grouadwork and study, to keep the name of Gen. MacArthur blazing before the electorate from here on in.” Membership. charters and cards are available, the committee said.
SAY JAPS FIND RICHES
BERLIN, May 19 (German broadcast recorded in New York by United Press).— Japanese divers have recovered $1,000,000 worth of gold that the British sunk in the waters around Singapore when the Japanese advanced on that city, a dispatch from Tokyo said today..
State Deaths
CAMBRIDGE _CITY—Mrs. Edith Smith,
1 Willard, Edna parents,
sons, Chester; sister, Mrs. brother, Ray Lester; Mrs. Harry Lester. CHRISNEY—Mrs. Goldah H. Crews, 61. Survivors: Husband, Steve; daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Southwood, Mrs. Ruel Conner; brothers, P. W., G. ‘A.
Thoreson Mr. and
83. Survivors: Sons,
DALE—Gifford Rice, Mrs. Walte
Walter, Ray; daught ters, Wibbler, Mrs. Oscar Singer. EDINBURG—Mrs. Fern Phillips, 63. Survivors: Husband, Van; brother, Joshu Nail; sisters, Mrs. Charles Drake, Mrs. Ithamer Drake, Mrs. Elmer Carter William Hemphill, 85. Survivors: Wife,
Mrs. Nancy Thompson, 75. . Survivors: Sons, Lawrence, Everett, Dale, Pred, Vernon, Harry. EVANSVILLE—Mrs. Lula Schachter, 49. Survivors: Husband, Harry; sister, Mrs. Clarence Crowley; brothers, Harry and
william } Rieger. oerter, 46. Survivors: Wife, Cecilia: daughters, Misses Geraldine and Mary u oerter; son, Joseph; mother, Mrs. Josephine Grewe; brothers, Cornelius,
Mrs. Anna B. Hein, 72. Survivors: Sons, Edward, Joseph, Val; daughters, Sister Bernice, Sister Louise, Sister Mary, Sister M. Floribert, Misses Cecilia and Margaret Hein, Mrs, Dan: Tice Mike Spitzmiller, SUIVITOTS! Wife, Emma; daughters, Mrs. Arthur Johnson, Mrs. Lawrence Cook, Mrs. Herman Drem- ; son, Robert; sisters, Mrs. Mary , Mrs. Jacob Karsch, Mrs. August Kattman; brother, Theodore Miss Myria L Gabhart, Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. T. E. Jones, Misses Lena and Maty Gabhart; ps JR. R, C.
Mrs. Almeeda Luck. 68. Survivors: Husband, James; sons,- Sollie, William, Louis, Delli John W. Harrison, 77. Survivors: Wife, Laura; daughter, Mrs. Wesley Small: sister, Mrs. Mary Vickers. HAUBSTADT—Miss Frieda G. Meyer, 30. Survivors: d Mrs. George Meyer; sister, Martha, Ann Louise’ and Rosalle; Brothers, Arthur, Al bertus, Paul. Harold, Richard.
LEBANON—Frederick J. Neidlinger, 54. Survivors: Wife, Ethel; Zother, Mrs. Laura Neidlinger; brothers, orge Thom- , Philip: sisters, Mrs. ‘Abigal ‘En lish, Mr : t. Margaret Darnell, Mrs. Geraldine
Mrs. Mary E. Hawking 95. Sons, Fred. James, W. G., Frank, Scull, David, Paul; daughters. Mrs. Lizzie Wainscott, Mrs. Osa mall. Mrs. Rena E. Higgs Survivors: Husband, Elisha; brother, "Bu Wright: sisters, Mrs. Allie Walker Mrs. Lizzie Meadows, Mrs. Julia Emmert, Anna Palmer, Mrs. Mollie Bean, Mrs ita Emmert. MT. VERNON—Mrs. Mary R. Nesbit, 60. Survivor: Mrs. Raymond Schen NEW ALBANY—Miss Effie ry CASTLE—Mrs, Katherine Hoover,
Survivors:
NEW HARMONY—Robert J. Cooper, 85. Suryivors: Wife, Martha; daughter, Mrs. B. Tanner; son, Robert Jr. OAKLAND CITY—Frank Skelton, Survivors: Wife, Maude; sons, Earl, Flo JRalph; brothers, William Mrs. Fronia Shelton, Miss Sudie Riley.
PRINCETON—MTrs. Clara V. Brokaw, 63. Survivors: Husband, Arthur; daughter, Miss Catherine Brokaw; brother, Omar Murphy: sister, Mrs. George White
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Murder Victim’s Ring
Quizzed on Stand.
NEW YORK, May 19 (U. P.).— The lies which Murray Hirschl told detectives who questioned him about the murder of Mrs. Susie F. Reich, wealthy Polish refugee, came back to taunt him today under cross-examination at the trial of dancer Madeline Webb and two male companions. Hirschl, who yesterday testified that the former Oklahoma model participated in a plot to rob Mrs. Reich, a plot executed by her lover, Eli Shonbrun, and John D. Cullen, a petty thief, admitted today that for days after his arrest he persistently told detectives .that he knew nothing of the crime. Jacques Buitenkant, defense lawyer, took him under cross-examina-tion and drew from Hirschl, twice
convicted of thievery, an admission
that only the advice of a fellow prisoner, one Frankie Gardino, caused him to change his protestations of innocence. Hirschl was arrested after selling for $13 the platinum mounting of a $1600 diamond ring cut from the finger of Mrs. Reich.
Soldiers Played In Face of Death
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (U. P.) —Soldiers fighting for their lives on Bataan 'amused themselves during idle moments by making slingshots from girdles, Stewart Carson, 29, said today. Carson, employee of the American International Underwriters Co., escaped from Bataan on a tugboat and returned to the United States by way of Australia. He said a small steamer had run aground cn Bataan and soldiers salvaged its cargo in an effort to find something to supplement their diet of rice and corned beef. They found only thousands of inedible girdles and corsets, Carson said, and used them to make slingshots.
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JOSEPH E. RABINOVICH, Grand Forks, N. D. today assumed his duties here as the first full time supervisor of the Sons of the American Legion. His duties will be to stimulate the growth and expansion of the Legion’s junior organization and he will spend much of his time in the : field. : Mr. RabinoMr. Rabinovich vich has been active in Legion affairs for many years and has been a member of the national Americanism commission of the Legion since 1934. He is engaged in the jewelry business in North Dakota.
WICKARD SLATED AS FOOD AGENCY HEAD
WASHINGTON, May 19 (U. P). —Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard was scheduled today to head a food administration expected to be established soon by President Roosevelt. The broad principles of federal control of food production and distribution was said officially to have been determined. The plan calls for an over-all program of allocation of food supplies into three channels: 1: The armed forces; 2. Lend-lease shipments to allies; 3. Domestic consumption. Mr. Wickard would head a committee on which the army, navy,
warfare and production agencies of the agriculture department would be represented, according to present plans. The first responsibility of the committee would be to determine the amounts of various foods which would be needed by the united nations. The agriculture department, through benefit payments and price supports, would attempt to attain those goals.
D. OF A. TO GIVE PARTY Barbara Fritchie Council = 76, Daughters of America, will give a public card party at their hall, 2308%2 W. Michigan st.,, at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Mrs. Molly Conley is
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Beamer Issues Ruling on Witholding 10% When Paid Before Due.
The practice, common in the coal mining industry, of deducting 10 per cent from miners’ wages when they are paid before due, is not illegal, Atty. Gen. George Beamer ruled today. He pointed out that the high court found the procedure to be legal on the theory that when a debtor pays his creditor before the debt is due, it is reasonable for the debtor to receive some considera-
tion. The opinion was issued to Ross H. Wallace, director of the department of financial institutions, who had asked if the procedure constituted a loaning of money and if it did, whether his department could regulate the practice.
HARVEY ELAM NAMED BY LITERARY CLUB
The Indianapolis Literary club will be led by Harvey J. Elam who was elected president at a meeting last night. The annual dinner will be held Monday night at the Woodstock club and meetings will be discontinued until October. Other officers named last night were: Montgomery S. Lewis, first vice president; Maurice E. Tennant, second vice president; Francis H. Insley, third vice president; Joseph R. H. Moore, secretary, and George C. Calvert, treasurer. Committees named include: Officers and Members—Mr. Lewis, chairman; Carl Wilde, Fletcher Hodges, Robert A. Adams and Murray N. Hadley; arrangements and exercises—Mr. Tennant, chairman, Seward S. Craig, Austin H. Brown, Thurman B. Rice and Frederick D. Anderson; rooms and finance — Mr. Insley, chairman, Henry C. Ketcham, A. C. Corcoran, Samuel R. Harrell and E. Burdette
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Today
's War Moves
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst
The Russian offensive in the Kharkov region ap-
pears to have set
back Hitler's program for a drive to
the Caucasus oil fields for weeks, if not longer. Whether the Russians can overcome the strong defenses of Kharkov is problematical. More important
is the enveloping
movement, which extends in an arc
of roughly 100 miles from Volchansk on the northeast
to Krasnograd on the southwest. point of German striking power and
The aim is to immobilize this key disrupt the enemy’s communications.
Rather than a frontal attack, Marshal Timoshenko appears to be at-
tempting to encircle the city and cut off the strong forces gathered there. The situation is somewhat similar to that at Staraya Russa, far to the north, where the 16th German army has been .encircled for more than two months. Staraya Russa has not fallen, but the 16th army is out of action and is not going anywhere.
Might Trap Germans
The Russian thrust southwest of |=
Kharkov presents a direct threat to the German position in the Crimea. The Russians are almost astride the north-to-south rail line which leads to the peninsula. By cutting it, the Russians can interfere seriously with communications to the German forces there. If sufficiently strong, they can drive southwards towards the narrow bottleneck of the Perekop isthmus, which connects the Crimea with the mainland, and isolate the Germans on the peninsula. An encouraging aspect of the Kharkov fighting has been the three-way Russian strength in aircraft, artillery and tanks.
Tide May Turn in ’42
It indicates that the Russians have made good use of the winter stalemate in the Ukraine to match in striking power the reserves which they knew Hitler was accumulating for his main push. It is still much too early to appraise the effect of Timoshenko’s bold counter-stroke to the German advance in Kerch towards the Caucasus. If he succeeds in stopping the Germans in their tracks or in pushing them back, it may prove to be the most important battle of the entire Russian campaign and point the way towards a decisive turn in the war in 1942. It has already been widely predicted that 1942 will be the decisive year for Hitler. Indications that this is true are rapidly mounting. The arrival of a great new A. E. F. in northern Ireland was followed immediately by new demands of the house of commons for a » European | fi
offensive, The government promised an offensive, but naturally would not say how soon. The strong reinforcement of the Americans in the British isles by troops, tanks and guns does not necessarily imply an immediate invasion of the continent. There is much training and organization to be done. ; However, arrival of the AmericAns
seasoned, a trained troops for service elsewhere. are veterans of the earlier fighting on the continent and are eager to go. The pouring of American troops and equipment across the sybma-rine-infested = Atlantic moreover shows that this country is convinced
feated by military force.
SENTENCE IN DRAFT CASE IS' WITHHELD
SOUTH BEND, May 19 (U. RB). —Federal Judge Thomas Slick withheld sentencing Max Sharkey, 24, on selective service violation charges yesterday, after the youth pleaded guilty and asked to be inducted into the army as a non-combatant. Sharkey failed to report to a con= scientious objectors camp last August. His draft board agreed to classify him for non-combatant
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