Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1942 — Page 1

VOLUME 53—NUMBER 85

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The Indianapolis

FORECAST: Not much change in temperature this afternoon through to morrow forenoon with likelihood of local thunderstorms late this afternoon and tonight.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1942

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BOTH ALEXANDER AND KNAPP CLAIM VICTORY MARGIN

Three Office Holders Assured Renomination

Without Opposition;

Hinges on Secretary Vote.

(Other Stories and Photos, Page 1, Section 2) By EARL RICHERT

Emmert-Ward Race

The heated battle between James M. Knapp, Hagers-| town. and Rue Alexander, Pine Village, for the G. 0. P. secretary of state nomination was still a “nip and tuck”

affair as Hoosier Republicans

went into convention at the

Coliseum today to pick their state ticket for the November

election.

Scheduled to start at 0 a. m.,

Both camps were claiming victory.

it was 10:42 before

State Chairman Ralph Gates banged the gavel

where hockey about in the was seething beribboned dele-

floor,

The plavers dart wintertime, with 2212 gates. About 1200 onlookers were in the

stands. Calls for Victory

Said Mrs. Eleanor Barker Snodgrass, state vice chairman. shortiv after the call-to-order: “The first objective of the country is to win | the war—and that objective can be | hastened if the Republican party is| strong.” Supporters of Mr. Knapp claimed | that a “groundswell” for their candidate, similar to the one that gave Henry Schricker the Democratic gubernatorial nomination two years! ago. started yesterday afternoon and had continued through the night, with the small counties coming in strong for the house speaker. i

Alexander Claims 1500

On the other hand. the Alexander forces, consisting chiefly of regular organization men, repeated their claim of yesterday that they had around 1300 of the 2212 votes that can be cast As the convention opened. three present Republican state officeholders seemed assured of renomination because of lack of opposition. Thev are State Auditor Richard] T. James, State Treasurer James Givens and School Superintendent Dr. Clement TL Malan. Outcome of the race between James Emmert. Shelbyville, the organization candidate, and Albert Ward, Indianapolis. for the attorney general nomination seemed to depend entirely on the secretary of state fight.

One Hinges on Other

Should Mr. Knapp be nominated, that would eliminate the candidacy of Mr. Emmert because both are from the 10th district. party leaders said. Should the regular organization prove able to nominate Mr. Alexander, it would undoubtedIv be able to nominate Mr. Emmert | Regular organization support is expected to determine the outcome {Continued on Page Six)

PUBLIC LOUIS BOUTS

{ invite another attack. The military | power of our enemies must be de-

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The “big three” on the Republican state convention platform at the coliseum today were (left to right)

PL ANK ON PE ACE Senator Raymond E. Willis, convention keynoter; State Chairman Ralph Gates and former Senator James

EASES DISPUTE Entire Nation Must Go on NAVY QUOTA OF mittee Gas Ration, Henderson ays MEN DOUBLED

Bv DANIEL M. KIDNEY al

State Committee Follows

National in ‘Middle a Times Stat Writer : : : WASHINGTON. June 18 —Price Administrator Leon Henderson 2000 Hoosiers Wanted in By WILLIAM CRABB ; L : : : i : : cipally to save tires for essential war transportation, he informed Indiana Republicans toda¥ Te- pen Louis Ludlow in a 1000-word letter today. : Hi : Civilian Aid Urged. gram of the G. O. P. national com- eastern seaboard gas rationing to Indiana or the Midwest on the! i grounds that ample gasoline is| The havy wants men—twice as

Of Road’ Stand. intends to carry out his nation-wide gasoline rationing program prin-; Month Ending July 4; affirmed the peace-after-war pro- The Indianapolis congressman had protested any extension of the | available there.

mittee—a program which followed i : (many as are enlisting now.

the middle of the road between ex- | : CARRS CUkaB Rep. Ludlow had termed the gas; That was the message today from treme isolationism and uitrainter- STORES LE ARN rationing plan for saving tires the! (he officials in charge of BAVY ye« |

| "quintessence of ridiculousness.” | iting for the Indi defended gp crul ing for the Indiana area.

ventionism. The statement was the first plank But Mr. Henderson | ot ih the G. ©. P. platform presented boldly in his letter as the one hope-| The navy's immediate goal is to by the resolutions committee te the ful solution of the civilian trans- recruit 2000 men from Indiana durstate convention at the Coliseum to- © Boryetion, prebiem, | ing the month preceding July 4. dav. Called National Problem Heretofore, 1000 enlistments a Fetes Most Merchants ; ; isfac rome es te Welcome “It is unfortunate that an MONI was considered satisfactory. ganization compromised with the | Interpretation This Week °mersency petroleum trensporta- a the recriane Selnbaeh opposing forces of Senator R ort tion situation, and the accompany- Won't end July 4” said Comm. R. A. Taft isolationist and Ww eit By OPA Checkers. {ing emergency rationing plan, have H. G. Mathews, in charge of reia i endell | inadvertently suggested to many|Cruiting. “Were just using this ; onist. By ROGER BUDROW ‘that our automotive trensportation | month to set our sights. The camWillkie Forces See Victory | Indianapolis merchants for the Situation is purely a regional prob- Dalen won't end until shortly after However, Willkie supporters con. MOSt Part are pleased that the gov-| lem. the Henderson letter said. 10k¥0, burns AWA, sidered it a victory of sorts since tment has put price ceilings on This 1S Dik 10 ease, OUF Hans: Civilians’ Aid Asked the Taft followers were strongly | their merchandise. But they fing Poriation Fadi 16s Hse guia The aid of numer ivili oi sed to anv peace-after-war it difficult to interpret the involved £9 as hw national asset. It is Pos | roups is being Wert lind an Pho Bee a 3 ; Fs ; OL sible that we may, at any time. be id x ; . stand by the state organization rules written by OPA lawyers as to ° v ; > ‘message of the navy’s nzed for w i : . how thev should dispi i jj. forced to divert overland transpor- MSS 2 netW meh Wy J ga the platform i vags on oii per price ceil tation facilities now serving certain | 21d the opportunities offered by the plank, “must be based on the real- 3 Hy on i \ service. This week air raid ward : : N ; ” sections of the country to serve es= ° i al Walaeas ities of history an Cab For that reason they are welcom- . ee L c eivili rorker “An SPR taotiart ov ig only INE representatives of the OPA who Selial War needs in other areas.” thn ow div FH Hh : ee LL ORLY ore making a check throughout the The letter then outlined the erit- Rroushout the state will conduct {city this k. They do not regard [Cal situation in regard to rubber = ChAVaste: I when wee 3 : i i i 1 S. stroved. The first step i inning | (NEM aS “snoopers,” but as men whe SUPPLY and tires. making the point Filli tat rator 0 ar Sek St step in winning that synthetic sources and the less : ANE Station operators also are 4 e peace must be an unconditional (Continued on Page Five) being asked to be on the lookout for Yusha. Wo army. navy and air EE ;men who want more information on orce, with secure bases, mi ; {nav is ! ) ’ than any possible combination of Over and over you will hear ‘navy hooster clubs, navy mother our potential enemies. merchants say they indorse the government clamp on price ceilings beProgram Undetermined cause a majority of them has been “In this war. conditions and al- through a costly inflationary pe- i liances are developing and changing riod and they don't want any move & ’ ! "Obviously there must be some ne one mean, or;° _ Don’t Pass Up Small Items, things about the navy which some group of men, is sufficiently wise to 1ese are the conclusion I came; : men in Indian tk py i 2 : 3 s S : na don’t know,” said jetermine what program will be U0 after spending yesterday atter-. GOunty Chairman Asks. comm. Mathews. “Otherwise they'd ight and proper at some unknown OOH going from store to store with | be in the navy serving their country.

Personal Contact Desired

representatives of the OPA. None ‘There were four in the family.

Entered as Secend-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis. Ind. Issued daily except Sunday.

clubs asking them to secure one BEGINNING TO ROLL reo exer

Times

PRICE THREE CENTS

ROMMEL ADVANCING ON EGYPT

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actions Ready For Convention Battle

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| Warning to Nazis Demanded

oun was non | GRAVE PERIL Hang Over Czechs. | : ; ; | A a LONDON, June 18 (U. p—pe. iMpoOrtant Strong Points Lost in Libya, but | mands for “eye for an eye’ retribu-| NE a ry Yantlst ‘ ia’ : Russians Are Striking Hard at Axis |cent Czechs were voiced in the {house of commons today as the | German deadline for handing over By JOE ALEX MORRIS | neared. { United P Foreign Editer | Nazi authorities threatened to A . ee " 3. 34 . |burn Czech villages to the ground Axis armed forces pushed the British eighth army |less sabotage and resistance ceases _. Hes v Pa avr $s1 land the killers of “the hangman™ | ©L the Libyan desert battlefront today, but on the Russian are turned over to authorities by 8 end of the enemy's giant middle eastern pincers the Soviet | reports. * . : : ne xi isp The important strong points of El Adem and Sidi ; Rezegh on the Tobruk front were abandoned by the British The demand In the house Was gpd seized by axis troops. Tobruk now is virtually ene servative member, who demanded circled. {18s Enel tell Germany that “in| Berlin claimed that Nazi Col. Erwin Rommel had split 1 u Pe, § p : . $8 wid Oy eure, an undefended German ye eighth army in two, driving part of it back on Tobruk by the R. A. F. in retribution for and pushing the remainder eastward toward Bardia, near Jevery innocent person murdered by the Egyptian border. the Nazis in i wid e : azis in an occupied country.” Axis troops also apparently had taken Acroma, in minister, said: ‘Tobruk’s outer defenses. There would not be enough tank spearheads were operating within 50 miles of the German villages to go around. You! sy : Egyptian border. effort against Germany will be di- | vecied against the most effective only by results of fighting in the next few days, but both | oun Cairo and London acknowl.

| As New Terror Threats |tion against Nazi Killings of inno-Mid-East Pincers. the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich ‘and execute entire populations un hack toward Egypt in hard fighting on the Tobruk sector |. m. tonight, according to British aymy struck back with mounting fury. made by Sir Thomas Moore, Con-| tewn or village will be obliterated, Maj. Clement R. Attlee, deputy! ke . . British sources said Rommel's may rest assured that our bombing | ; Y : The extent of Rommel's success can be determined points.” edged the strong possibility

Czech Executions Continue

Meanwhile, reports reaching Lon- | i H don said Kurt Daluege, successor | | to Heydrich in Bohemia<Moravia, {had warned that other villages

must suffer the fate of Lidice for { “acts against Germany.”

that the British will be forced 'back to the Egyptian border

§ with Tobruk again under siege or—more likely—aban- | Latest reports on Nazi reprisals jrmspeeapenracsg [doned. N were that the number of executions The difficulty of supplying Tobruk

in Praha and Brunn for Heydrich's U. P. Writer With British 5) Sem a es death had reachad 472, excluding fo i ; an estimated 250 slain when the | Fleet Relates Story of | ranean, may make i Jmpossibie fot Germans razed Lidice. | 30 Bligh 1 reheat nr pay The Czech government in exile | Great Battle. Bus Stati SL hus city lash, yess today demanded the right to ex- No Good Defense Points : iter . #3 By HENRY T. GORRELL irs . : ete holt ne, Hermann Wil- oy. HES 2 Gocresy onsent In addition, it was pointed out helm oering, einrich Himmler : that there are no good defense and other Nazi leaders when the | WITH THE BRITISH MEDITER-| oints on the 70-mile coastal road is i ibuti RANEAN FLEET, June 17—(De-|P war ends in reiribution for the loved British val officer re. | from Tobruk to Bardia and the | German reprisals. |layed.)—A british nava | Egyptian border.

| em vealed today that the allied convoy “other Rommel would attempt ‘AIR POWER TAKING

which ran the axis gantlet in the | frontal atiack on Tobruk while

y ,, Day alter day, the Oermens nad that several strong points in the ne | ITZ eens threw everything they had|.; vs perimeter defenses had been from submarines and motor torpedo| seized. ae =; boats to battleships and bombers

{ | into an attempt to sink the convoy Roe reported S00 Snitish 1ooxS ifi n 1 » | captur 1 Adem and the Ger= Pacific Strategy Now Based wit which 1 was the only naval| fens claimed (ha several British On U. S. Planes correspondent, and to cripple the ang South African battalions had Wn : | British Mediterranean fleet. | been destroyed on the Tobruk front, | “The enemy will probably attack | jday and night because they are out| (Continued on Page Five) On the south Russian front, the ‘ ABOARD A UNITED STATES 9 a Red army reported that it had | WARSHIP, PEARL HARBOR, June | | broken up a German artillery, ine | 18.—~Naval experts charted their On the War Fronts fantry and tank attempt to cross an plans for the next phase of the! important river, probably the Do Pacific war today on the basis of al nets, on the Kharkov front, killing | new conception of strategy, laid! another 1500 enemy troops. {down by Admiral Chester W. Ni- CAIRO: British imperials abandon Stiff fighting continued, although mitz, that air power had taken the! El Adem and Sidi Rezegh and fall Moscow said that the main fury of leading role in Pacific fleet engage- | back upon virtually-encircled To- the enemy attacks had been broken ments and will continue to do so as! bruk. and the initiative seized by the [the war progresses. obit ooo | Russians at some points. Addressing men of the fleet yes- MOSCOW: Russians seize initiative | In the battle of Sevastopol, the

By FRANK TREMAINE Russians Sieze Initiative

United Press Staff Correspondent

June 18, 1942

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PR future time. : \ : ; BANNED FOR ESEN | The navy recruiter can't read minds, | terdav, i p i | in counter-attacks on vital sectors ew ; \ : “Phe RePublican bart wi of the stores h a | ; y I= | ay, in presenting honors to nine | | Russians said that they had stood publican party will as re-keepers knew I was a Bach one was rolling a tire and the and he can't uncover those cases of heroes. Admiral Nimits frankly| Of Kharkov and Sevastopol battle-| oo German attacks, including

WASHINGTON. June 18 (U.P) — The war department has ruled that Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis must complete his basic army training before it will consider allowing him to participate in any further public appearances, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today. ‘Louis’ public appearances have made it Impossible for him to complete his army training and this is! unfair to both Louis and the army.” the secretary said. “This is the rea- | son why we have made this ruling”

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sume whatever just and reasonable NEWSDADEr reporter and for that mother was pulling a little wagon lack of information unless he meets responsibilities may be necessary reason I am not using any of their ged with ” bher i {the man personally.” in the post-war world, consistent Names But they are ordinary store- x o ERO | Points which the “assistant with our Republican form of gov- keepers. trying to do their part wn AS hey approached the Gaseteria,| eich will be asked rig V nl ent.” (Continued on Page 21) ; Ine. station, 1017 E. Washington st. include the tremendous need rose PeaS xe role of Indiana Re-| they smiled. They were doing their men and the opportunity for a man ‘d on Page Seven) mechanical or technical

| . i 1 {part in the scrap rubber campaign. | With —— H int Hender son | Phil T. Williams, county nar. | raining to get a petty officer's . man, said the incident was a good rating. They also are asked to exGUERRILLAS STRIKE | Nearly Resigned

indication of how the campaign is/plain the navy's provision for deON 4 ALK AN FRONT WASHINGTON. June 18 (U. [day since the campaign started|is eligible for navy enlistment even P)—Price Administrator Leon | Monday. ‘after he has received his draft ina, Henderson considered offering his Some people, he added, are over- duction papers, Comm. : resignation to President Roose- {looking small items that could be said. London Hears 1500 Axis velt about 10 days ago but now given. He explained, for instance, has changed his mind, good that there is move pure rubber in

Troops Are Captured. sources said today. a pair of rubber gloves than in It was disclosed that Mr. Hen- some reconditioned tires. ANKARA, Turkey, June 18 (U | 9erson regarded as personal the | P).—The Jugoslav guerrilla army| Stent in ane senate of legislation [upon Indianapolis citizens to start of Gen. Draga Mikhailoviteh is in| og suhasise ay Jey. |[aieh 3p Sue 4 Pubbet o wid action again, waging the third big-| erate under price ceilings. He ve- [ver pe — to Se a P.).—Army maneuvers this year scale campaign of its mountain war] portedly told friends he consid- lest Alling ie. in your com! TU begin July 13 in the Carolina against the axis in central Europe. ered the senate’s action was due munity.” § | area and continue in different Weeks may pass before under-| to personal antagonism to hit. | ————————. ri iouhout the sumimef ground sources know the outcome’ Friends disclosed it W ‘ 3 ‘ and fall, Secretary of War Henry of current fighting, but preliminary that Mr. Pino] en [PLANES A7TAUR ST. NAZMAE | 1. Stns sald today. reports said that the guerrillas—| opinion that perhaps he should | LONDON, June i8 (U. P).—Brit- ~~ The maneuvers will stress desa motley crew of peasants, profes-| resign. He was told. however, ish planes attacked the German ert coinbai, jungle fighting, airsors, merchants, schoolboys and that the president considered his Submarine base at St. Nazaire, on ground operations, operations by even a few women—are striking work satisfactory. ‘the French coast, during the night| small task forces, and night maeffective blows on the Balkan “sec! EE ., land laid mines in enemy waters] neuvess. ond front.” } LOCAL TEMPERATURES | while American-made fighters at- One of the objectives is to train ‘London advices to the Jugoslav/ 6 a.m. ... 62 10 a.m. ... 7% [tacked air fields and railroad ob-| troops to operate as task forces. refugee government vesterday re</ Va. m. ... 64 11 a.m ... 76 |jectives in northern France and! All units, ground and air, must ported 1500 axis troops had been] Ba. m ... 68 12 (Noen).. 8 Boigu, te air said to-| be trained to operate effectively

War Maneuvers Yesterday Mayor Sullivan called To Begin J ul y 13

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fronts, | some blows by enemy tanks appar in-! ently landed by boat behind the oviet lines. In addition, Russian dispatches

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recognized the revolution which air power has brought about and as- VE i h ; MELBOURNE: Allied fighters sefted that in the Coral sea and BL 27 Japanese raiders over|S

| Midway island battles the Japanese | s ; omber and ‘had lost at least 10 times as many PUst ares 3 easy hom

Today's War Moves

The ratio in plane losses. he » added, was almost as heavy against the enemy and he revealed: “We are rapidly increasing our battle strength, new ships and planes and pilots are being added By LOUIS F. KEEMLE in Sonsiantly increasing numbers.” United Press War Analyst (The : Sze. i pp Totes Dowet Events ‘of recent weeks have changed the Status bo, Ceylon, quoted Vice Admiral! of air power from that of an auxiliary arm, view 4 C. E. L. Helfrich, commander in’ almost with mild condescension by some army an (Continued on Page Five) | % navy men, to the most important branch of modern i sin | Re. warfare. . REVE AL BOMB H The pendulum of military opinion is swinging. AVOC | While it would be possible to go to the her Sires ‘and place too much emphasis on air power alone, it seems increasingly TO RUMANIAN WELLS Pts that the side which is dominant in the air is going to win the ANKARA, Turkey, June 18 (U.|war. That is even more cheering news for the allies than several suce Bs rour United States army cessful battles of the last month. ” ra will Sorte to dean ombing planes which landed in : i ¥ i ;| CIC war a : Turkey six days ago were part of a| For ‘the Allied nations, i te) This week’s big naval battle in force of 15 which left the Ruman. 2'¢ not already dominant in thei... rediterranean was fought al ‘ian oil fields in blazing chaos, it 2 inevitably will be. Germany | most entirely by air, was learned authoritatively today, Japan and Italy cannot match the| “pegyite heavy losses caused by The mystery of why the planes {femendous production capacity of enemy jand-based planes, the Brits were forced to land in Turkey was Britain and the United States. ish were able to damage the Italian dissipated: It was apparent that] What air power has done in the fleet severely and force through they stayed so long over a perfect Pacific, the Mediterranean and west- padly-needed supplies to Tobruk target, determined to make Amer- ern Europe, needs no recounting. and Malta. ica's first direct blow against the Today we have Admiral Chester W.| The lesson of the Mediterranean axis on the European continent a Nimitz, commander of the Pacific|battle is that decisive dominance in heavy one, that they xan short of fleet, conc as : mplet fuel on the way h