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TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1942

VOLUME 53—NUMBER 9

"REINFORCEMENTS REACH E

"SIGNS INDICATE AXIS

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* Hold Bvything 11] Society, 13, 14, 15

WHITE NOMINATION CERTAIN; ROLL WITHDRAWAL LIKELY; METZLER MAY QUIT CONTEST

United Party March-| ing to Victory, Bays Tells Convention.

BY EARL RICHERT

L. Barney Clayton, former}

mayor of Gary, withdrew from the race for the state auditor nomination before the roll call was started today at the Democratic state convention, thus assuring E. Curtis! White of Indianapolis, the]; only other candidate, of the] nomination. | As the time for neared, it also seemed likely that Supreme Court Justice E. Curtis

i Roll of Kokomo would not allow his |

,name to be placed before the con-|

vention for renomination. | Marion county's decision last night} to cast its 306 votes for his oppon-| ent, Circuit Court Judge Roscoe C. O'Byrne of Brookviile, apparently started the landslide for the latter.

Metzler Undecided

There also was some doubt as to! whether Arthus Metzler of Roches-! ter would post the $1200 entry fee| for the appellate court nomination | in the northern district, thus leaving those two nominations to George | Hershman of Crown Point and! Judge Charles E. Smith of Ander- | son. If Judge Roll and Mr. Metz- | Jer do not run, there will be no| contests in the convention. The attendance at this convention was slightly larger than the Republican session with the 2000 delegates and 3000 to 5000 spectators not quite filling the coliseum.

Lauds Party Harmony

As State Chairman Fred Bays opened the convention this morn- | ing, he declared: i “A united and harmonious Demo- | cratic party is marching toward cer- | tain victory in November.” But what the convention lacked | in the. way of political interest. | Mr. Bays sought quite ably to make up for by putting on an elaborate patriotic pageant for the entertainment of the delegates.

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Acclamation Likely

Due to be nominated by acclamation were these unopposed candi-| dates: Winfield K. Denton, Evans-| ville, for secretary of state; George | Beamer, South Bend, for attorney general; Harry E. McClain, Shelby(Continued on Page Two)

OFFENSIVE HAS BEGUN

WASHINGTON, June 30 (U. P.). —Informed diplomatic observers today believed that the axis is] launching the long-awaited offensive by which it hopes to win the war in 1942. They pointed to: 1. Germany's intensified drive through Egypt. 2. Greater intensity on the Russian front. 3. Conferences between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Marshal Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim which may imply plans for an attempt wo cut allied communication lines with the ‘Soviet Union through Murmansk and Archangel. i 4. Increased tension between! Japan and the Soviet Union.

CRASH! NC DAMAGE

CINCINNATI, June 30 (U. P) — Mrs. Esther Mafifey, 41, was hauling

mobile today. A passenger train hit the rear of the car. The milk was not spilled. Mrs. Maffey was unhurt.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

11] Movies 19 Obituaries “elt Crossword ... 18 Patterns 12 Pegler 12] Questions Mrs. Ferguson 12| Radio 8! Mrs. Roosevelt 11 12| Serial Story. .19

18 Side Glances..12

Homemaking. .15 | Sports .. In Indpls 3|Simms .. Inside Indpls..11|State Deaths.. 4 In Scdrvices 20, War Moves ... 5

nominating |

Wonder what the governor just said to the senator that was so funny? Maybe Senator VanNuys (left) and Governor Schricker were just trying to figure what sort of shenanigans Chairman Fred Bays was going to think up next for the convention delegates in the coliseum. At any rate, it sure looks like harmony.

“Judge, this is the shortest platform in the history of the Democratic party in Indiana,” Chairman Bays (left) remarked to Circuit Court Judge Earl Cox after looking over the six-page document. The judge headed the committee that drew up the platform, which was adopted at the state convention today.

Bet former Governor Townsend doesn’t see many young ladies like They are Patricia Weirick (left) and Betty Campbell, both Broad Ripple high school majorettes.

Schricker Attacks G. O. P.; Says FDR Warning Ignored

(Another photo, Page 2; VanNuys speech, Page 3; Platform, Page 3)

these in Washington.

The record of the Republican party, both in congress and Indiana, was denounced today by Governor Schricker in his keynote address delivered before the Democratic state convention at the Coliseum. His talk laid down the line which Democratic candidates probably will take in the coming fall campaign. The governor placed particular stress on national affairs and as-

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e Good News— ightly Cooler

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

co 76 102. mM ... 84 9B. 11am... 87 « ... 76 12 (noon) .. 87 . 82 p.m... 87

FOLLOWING scorching weather yvesterday—one of the four hot-

test

days of the summer—the

weather bureau had good news to-

day:

“Slightly cooler.”

The mercury was in the 70s early today, far under the record of 97 set in 1913 and 1933. Yesterday it climbed to 93 between 3 and 4 p. m., seven degrees under the record of 100 set in

1934.

FT. WAYNE, Ind, June 30 (U. P.) —Ft. Wayne's first 1942 heat death occurred last night when

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serted that the war came to this country largely because we were unprepared. “We were unwilling to heed the storm signals or listen to the voice of our chosen pilot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who sensed the danger from afar,” he said. “Though we thrice elevated him to the highest station of human responsibility we still had those among us who would rather sacrifice the safety of our country than to accept his unerring counsel and advice. Both in and out of congress,” he continued, “when the war clouds were gathering on every horizon, his recommendations for defense were received with malicious hatred and contempt. “The fact that he had once lead the nation from hunger and bankruptey to security and health only served to infuriate these selfannointed critics. History records that Washington, Lincoln and Wilson suffered the same experience.”

18:20 HOOSIERS SIGN UP TODAY IN WAR EFFORT

85,000 to 150,000 Expected to Register With 152 Boards in State.

(Photos, Page 3)

Indiana youths between 18 and 20 put their names on the United States’ roster today, completing the registration of all American males from 18 to 65. : All young men born on or between Jan. 1, 1922, and June 30,

1924, were subject to the one-day registration, but only those who have reached their 20th birthday were subject to military service. A half-hour after the registration opened at 7 o'clock this morning, more than 100 had called for information at the National Guard armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania st.

Girls Give Information

Three girls were stationed at a switchboard there today until the registration closes at 9 o'clock tonight. The number is LI-6501, Shortly before noon state selective service headquarters reported the registration was ‘going smoothly” over the state and that “no large number of calls or complaints” had been received. The information girls at the armory said that “everything is very congenial.” Most of their calls were from youths wanting to know where they should register.

List May Reach 150,000

Between 85,000 and 150,000 Hoosiers were expected to go to regis-

-j tration “places set up by ‘Tndiana’s

152 local draft, boards. There: will be no national lottery for the 18 to 20-year-olds. Instead, their cards will be arranged in order of their birth dates. This will determine serial numbers and order numbers will follow immediately after the highest order number has been assigned to a new registrant.

Urges Local Registration

Col. Rcbinson Hitchcock, state selective service director, repeated his request that all youths register in their home districts if at all possible. If not, they may register at any of the other designated places and their cards later will be transferred to board having jurisdiction. Invalids or institutionalized persons could register at their homes or institutions if arrangements previously had been made with local boards.

JUNE BOND QUOTA EXCEEDED IN STATE

‘Count on Indiana,” Pulliam Wires Morgenthau.

Indiana went over the top today in its June quota of war bond sales, Eugene C. Pulliam, state executive chairman, wired Treasury Secretary

Morganthau. The state quota was $14,876,200, but no figure was available on total sales. : «Marion county, however, was a half-million under its quota of $3,247,200, but this may be made up before the day ends, Mr. Pulliam said. “You can count on Indiana to make its July quota because out here in Hoosierland, we know that this is our war because this is our

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DRIVER SENTENCED IN CRASH HURTING 5

The driver of a car involved in a collision June 15 which resulted in injury to five persons was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 180 days on the state farm today by Judge John Niblack in municipal court on a charge of drunken driving. He was John Herbert Hunt, 3%, of 3052 Brookside parkway. Court records showed he had been arrested on the same charge four times previously. He was discharged once and judgment was withheld in the other three cases.

Buy a Bond

Tomorrow noon, many IndiBnapolis retail stores will sell nothing but war bonds and stamps for 15 minutes. Sales of merchandise will be suspended from noon until 12:15 p. m.

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The governor turned to the Con-

Then the best merchan

Vote in Balance

On the fence . . . D. M. Pressnall, 34 N. Drexel ave.,, went up to the Prohibition party convention today to see if at 88 he should re-enter the fold. He swung to the party in 1884 but went back to the Republicans when prohibition came,

3 PROHIBITION PLANKS DRAWN

State Delegates to Party Convention Silent as To Candidates.

~ By VICTOR PETERSON Convention reports of the Indiana Prohibition party meeting today at the First Church of the Nazarene predicted that the platform would embrace three main planks. The party will be pledged to wartime prohibition in and around army camps, national’ prohibition and support of the administration in

the emergency, it was reported.

As to possible candidates on the

state ticket, delegates were silent.’

Virgil C. Finnell, state chairman from North Manchester, said, “We won't know who our candidates will be until the nominating committee reports this afternoon.” Keynote Stresses Reform In the keynote address, Prof. F.

W. Lough, Winona Lake, stressed]:

the philosophy of reform in the Prohibition party and added, “this is a real political party with a group of voters organized around a central idea.” He pointed out that liquor and people cause friction, and the situation cannot be remedied unless liquor goes or the people change. Striking at the two major parties, Prof. Lough said, “We could line up the national organizations of both parties here on E. Washington st., have them meet and change places. Neither party would take a principle with it, leave any behind or find any on the way.” Committees Named

Named this morning were the committees on credentials, platform and resolutions and nominations. They were to report out this afternoon. Polling 6000 votes in the last election, the party sent 350 delegates to the convention. On schedule this afternoon were the election of the state committee, the nomination of the state ticket and several speakers. Those speaking include Mrs. Paul Halladay, state president of the W. C. T. U, North Manchester; the Rev. G. G. Holston, Linn Grove, and Edward E. Blake, national party chairman, Chicago. Dr. D. Leigh Colvin, New York, party candidate for president in 1936, will address the convention tonight at its close.

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DEBATE OPENS AS CHURCHILL FACES CRITICS

Confirms Ritchie’s Ouster As Commander of 8th Army in Egypt.

LONDON, June 30 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Winston Churchill revealed in commons today that Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, commander

in chief in the Middle East, had relieved Lieut. Gen. Neal M. Ritchie of the eighth army command and himself assumed the job of stopping the German drive through Egypt. \ Preparing to defend himself in a two-day full-dress war debate in the commons, Mr. Churchill entered the house for the first time since his return from his visit to President Roosevelt, and was greeted by cheers from all sides of the house.

Appears Confident

As he revealed the change in command, and said that it had the government's full approval, it also was announced that Sir Miles Lampson, British ambassador to Egypt, had been authorized within the last few days to give Egypt “additional assurances” beyond those given last week, when Britain pledged its determination to repulse axis aggression in Egypt. Faced with the new development of the fall of Matruh, following immediately on the disaster of Tobruk, Mr. Churchill appeared in his usual confident mood. He said in behalf of the government that he had received various reports from Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, commander in chief in India, regarding the loss of Malaya and Singapore. He added that these reports were the result of the coliection of material at his direction, and that they were unsuitable for publication in war time. This statement, in answer to a question by Richard R. Stokes, Labor, one of his critics, brought a new burst of cheers. In an exchange with Mr. Stokes on the Malaya and Singapore campaigns, Mr. Churchill said that (Continued on Page Three)

RENT CONTROL HERE STARTS TOMORROW

Tenants Will Pay Same as On July 1, 1941.

The federal government assumes control of rents in Marion county tomorrow. The office of price administration, finding that rents in this area have increased excessively, has ordered them back to the levels prevailing July 1 last year. Tenants automatically will pay the rent charged a year ago unless

asking more than that, without special permission of the OPA, are subject under the law to civil and criminal charges. Tenants who pay more also are liable. Temporarily the office of Herbert J. Reade, Indianapolis rent administrator, is in the Murat temple. Questions about leases, refunds or charges will be answered by him or his staff, either in person or by telephoning Ri. 8381. Later there will be a registration

of all rental property.

ERNIE PYLE Overseas Again

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Ernie Pyle has arrived in Ireland.

Report of Arrival of

naval base.

ing a delaying action on a

BRITISH FACED MATRUH TRAP

Base Was Abandoned to Avoid Another Tobruk, Says Writer.

By RICHARD D. McMILLAN Copyright, 1942, by United Press

WITH THE BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY IN EGYPT, June 28, 10 P. M. (U. P.) —The British eighth army abandoned Matruh to avoid another Tobruk. It has withdrawn not merely to retreat but to fight. As I write, British forces which had been threatened with disaster have fought their way through the enemy columns to join the main army. Tanks, going faster than I believed a tank could move, are racing along the road westward from Alexandria, hurrying into battle, cascading dust.

Hard Decision to Make

They are brand new tanks, just arrived in Egypt. With the evacuation of Matruh, the entrance to the corridor leading along the coastal highway toward Alexandria, falls into the hands of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. At the same time, the menace to big British forces from the left flank of Rommel’s Africa Corps as it drove east has been removed. The British eighth army command decided to abandon Matruh because it did not want another Tobruk. It was a hard decision to make, especially in view of the present state of public opinion in Greas Britain and the United States. But it was faced with facts. The tight little fortress

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RUSS ADMIT NAZIS GAIN AT SEVASTOPOL

Report Hundreds of Axis Tanks in Kursk Trap.

MOSCOW, June 30 (U. P.).—Rus-

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The Indianapolis Times' roving reporter, who has been on leave for some weeks, will resume his daily column shortly—as soon as he has had a few days to get his bearings.

It will be sent from Ireland by wireless.

Ernie hopes to be able to spend a good deal of time with our troops in North Ireland.

After that he plans to revisit London, where in the winter of 1940-4] he wrote a notable series of dispatches that were later published in book form.

On arrival, Ernie cabled us just three words: "Ireland is wonderful."

He'll tell us more in a few days.

= [sian defenders and axis siege troops = battled furiously at close quarters

in the northeast sector of the Se-

= | vastopol defense today and although = [the Sovie{ troops gave some ground, = | they were counter attacking, front = | line dispatches said.

While the Germans threw addi-

= | tional reserves into the all out ef-

fort to break through the Sevastopol defenses in the 25th day of siege, furious fighting also was going forward on the Kursk sector, where

= the army newspaper, Red Star said

hundreds of German tanks had been cut off from the infantry that followed them. : A dispatch to the newspaper Izvestia said tension was increasing hourly at Sevastopol with axis infantry and tanks attacking indi-

dual sectors upward of 10

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BRITISH LINES STIFFENED, NAZIS GAIN

Large U. S. Forces Is

Unconfirmed; Rommel Drives 45 Miles Against Fresh Tanks and Troops.

Today's War Moves, Page Five)

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor

The axis offensive pushed through redoubled allied aerial attacks in a 45-mile advance from Matruh across the Egyptian desert and battled British mobile units today in the Fuka sector, about 120 airline miles from Alexandria

Britain's eighth army, reinforced by fresh tank units and tough New Zealand troops and supported by American and British bombers, was fighting more stubbornly and effectively, but still had failed to halt the columns of Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, assuming direct command after removal of Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie, still was fight«

battleground of hundreds of

square miles around Fuka and preparing to make his main stand, apparently, on a narrower, bottleneck front near El Daba, 80 miles west of Alexandria. Twelve persons were killed and 14 others injured in an axis air raid on Alexandria last night, the London radio said,

Reinforcements wera reaching the British eighth army, but reports published in Lohdon that large American

army forces had arrived in Egypt .

were unconfirmed. be untrue.

British More Confident

Dispatches from Cairo said that there was greater confidence in British military circles today, pre sumably as a result of arrival of reinforcements and effective day and night aerial bombardment that destroyed or damaged much axis equipment and many supply dumps west of Matruh as far as Tobruk, But the axis claimed Rommel had - passed Fuka and British hopes aps. peared to be based on the steadily extending axis supply lines and the shortening allied lines, rather than on any evidence that Rommel had yet been stopped.

and appeared ta,

CAIRO, June 30 (CDN)—Axis forces, conscious of the time element, are attacking in Egypt by day as well as by the light of the moon, which was full June 27, If Rommel’'s forces get close enough to the Suez, it is likely that parachute troops will come into action. :

Cairo and London dispatches said

that technically the enemy might

be vulnerable to a counter-attack, but it was acknowledged that Rome . mel still was displaying great strike ing power and that there was as vet no concrete evidence to show how much new strength Gen. Auche inleck had been able to muster wes§ of El Daba.

Russians Still Holding

With the Egyptian front critical for the allies, dispatches from Mose cow said that the Russian army was striking back effectively at the othe. er prong of the German pincers. toward the Near East. Some German gains in fierce fighting at Sevastopol were oc knowledged by the Russians, but on the important Kursk sector of the southern front it was reported that “hundreds” of Nazi tanks had been cut off by a Red army trap and many of them destroyed. The Russians also said that their lines were holding on the Kharkov front and that counter-attacks had been launched, indicating that the enemy had as yet made no impore tant progress in efforts to get starte ed on an offensive toward the Caue casus. ; As a result, Hitler's main hope of reaching the Near East oil fields and cutting allied supply lines (Continued on Page Three) : ” » ”

On the War Fronts

June 30, 1942.

EGYPT: Axis columns push east ward another 45 miles to Fuka sector while British regroup, with reinforcements, to defend EI Daba, 80 miles from Alexandria; U. S. and R. A. F. bombers ham mer enemy lines and bases.

RUSSIA: Red army cuts off “hune dreds” of Nazi tanks on K “front; Germans make slight gain at Sevastopol.

BRITAIN: R. A. F. again at probably