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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1942
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PELLEY IDEALS ARE LIKENED TO NAZIS’ AT TRIAL
Silver Shirt Founder Sought Only to Promote Peace,
Counsel Says.
By EARL RICHERT William Dudley Pelley, founder of the Silver Shirts and one of
America’s top-ranking fascists,|
went on trial in federal court here
today along with two associates on charges of sedition, Oscar R. Ewing, special assistant to. the United States attorney general, in opening the case for the government, said that the prosecution would prove that Pelley published statements in his magazine, “The Galilean,” which interfered with the war effort. Mr. Ewing declared that while evidence might be brought out during the trial that “The Galilean” published statements highly critical of President Roosevelt and the New Deal, he wanted it expressly understood that the defendants were not being prosecuted because of such eriticism.
Certain Criticism Permissible
“So far as the government is concerned,” said Mr. Ewing, who is assistant national chairman of the Democratic party, “they may criticise the president and the New Deal to their hearts’ content. We only desire to prosecute the defendants for statements which interfere with the war effort—in other words, only for statements which fall within the prohibition set forth in the statute for which they were indicted.” Pelley appeared in the courtroom wearing a blue-striped shirt ‘and a grey suit with a white ‘handkerchief dangling from the coat pocket. He appeared meditative during. the} hour and a half spent in selecting a jury, resting his head on his hands. Pelley and the other defendants, Lawrence A. Brown, secretary of the Fellowship Press, Inc., and ‘Miss Marian Agnes Henderson, treasurer of the corporation, posed readily for photographers. A large crowd was on hand when Marshal Julius Wichser escorted the trio into the small courtroom and
only a few seats were vacant as the
proceedings started. Sedition Act Is Read
Federal Judge Robert ©. Baltzell read the 1917 sedition act under which the three defendants are charged to the panel of jurors and spent about 30 minutes expalining the indictment. In questioning the jurors, Oscar Smith, one of the defense attorneys, asked: ‘Do any of you listen to or follow Walter Winchell or any other radio commentators?” Judge Baltzell interposed: “That doesn’t include Lum and Abner, does it?” Everyone in the courtroom laughed, including the defendants, and none of the prospective jurors said he was influenced by the remarks of Mr. Winchell or any other commentator. The judge asked the jurors if they had political prejudices that might keep them from serving on
the case with an “open mind.” None
said that he did. : Six Farmers on Jury
The jurors selected are Donald C. Martin, Greensburg, farmer; Gus A. Mingle, Delaware county, farmer; Bert C. Orr, Hancock county, Leslie Pritchett, Posey county, service station owner; Jesse Pritchett, Indianapolis, Polk Milk Co. ‘employee; Albert W. Roth, Greensburg, oil dealer; George O. Real, English, retired farmer; Dale. Shadday, Brooksburg, farger; Joseph W. Anstead, Sullivan, mining engineer; Fred H. Bronnenberg, Madison county, farmer; Russell Corson, Rising Sun, farmer, and
John Hunter, Terre Haute, insur-]
ance agent. Two alternate jurors selected are Clement Studebaker, Scottsburg, merchant, and Frank Thomas, Danville, retired oil dealer. Judge Baltzell excused Kent Carter of Monroe county, whose- 1-year-old daughter is in the Methodist hospital here with pneumonia, and D. W. Bennett of Crawfordsville (Continued on Page Four)
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of bombs on key centers. Two results have joer
German war industries and
INDICT DRIVER OF DEATH CAR
oe: Lr O Charges of Reckless Homicide,
‘Manslaughter.
Three indictments charging manslaughter and reckless homicide were returned by the grand jury today against John W. Lee, 42, driver of the car which jumped a downtown sidewalk and killed three persons and injuring 14 others. The jury returned an indictment for each of the three deaths. In addition to the manslaughter indictment, there is an affidavit on file in criminal ‘court charging Lee with perjury in connection with alleged false statements he made in obtaining a driver's license.
Bond Set at $20,000
Judge Pro Tem Robley George of eriminal court fixed bonds at $5000 for. each indictment and reduced |the perjury bond from $10,000 to $5,000, making a total bond of $20,000 for all the charges. Lee has been unable to post'any bond. Judge George set Aug. 5 for Lee's arraignment ,on all four counts. The first count of the manslaughter indictments accused Lee of “unlawfully driving his automobile over the sidewalk with reckless disregard for the safety of other persons.” Held Responsible
The second count of the manslaughter indictments charges that although Lee apparently was unconscious with some form of heart attack or epileptic seizure when his car hurtled the curb in front of L. S. Ayres & Co., he was criminally responsible for the deaths because he knew that he was subject to such fainting spells.
BENJAMIN SAYS TAX
Opposes Expenditures for “Horse Back’ Appraisal.
a tax rise this year; must be reduced, C. R. Benjamin,
said today.
RATE MUST BE CUT)
It’s not enough merely to prevent local levies
executive secretary of the Indianapolis Taxpayers Association, Inc.
Mr. Benjamin said it is economic-
Bomb Germany Out of the Warl
31 Key Industrial Creal
This is the fourth of five articles on the possibilities of a concentrated aerial offensive on Germany.
By THOMAS L. STOKES Copyright, 1842, Scripps-Howard Newspapers
WASHINGTON, July 28.— (Reviewed by U. S. office of Censorship.—A design for destroying Germany has
ruins of war plants for over
rilliant exploits of intrepid Brit-
This design, so far only a light outline, can be filled in with a pencil of heavy steel by an immediate use of the gigantic bomber production already achieved by the United
S. army air forces and the
R. A. F. can join in a task force which
winter can spill a continual
rain of bombs on Germany. They need only the diversion of enough bombers from present production for concentration on Germany. This would take nothing from other fronts, and would leave an ample proportion of the new production for the defense of the United
” ” » ” ” » BRITAIN ‘HAS PROVED what can be done by the. crescendo of bombing which began on a small scale in May, 1940, continued in a scattered way, and then rose
the recent blasts at Cologne
and elsewhere. Fleets of 300 to 1000 planes dropped tons
achieved—
English airmen have done considerable damage to
transportation, all of which
has certainly affected the German war machine in many (Continued on Page Four)
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HOME FRONT DEATHS EXCEED BATTLE TOLL
30,000 War Workers Killed To. 4801 in Services.
Almost 26,000 more American war workers have been killed through accidents since Pearl Harbor than soldiers on the battlefronts, the National safety council said in a press release today. The council released the following figures: On the battle fronts—4801 dead, 3218 wounded and 36,124 missing, totaling 44,143. On the accident front—30,000 workers dead, 2,500,000 injured. The total American accident toll since Pearl Harbor has been 60,000 killed and about 5,500,000 injured, the .council reported. “Casualties on the battlefront are a necessary sacrifice to perpetuate our freedom,” said Ned H. Dearborn, council executive vice president. “Casualties on the home front, through accidents, are preventable and hinder the efforts of our fighting men by sabotaging the production of the weapons and material of war. “Those who fall in battle die for a cause. Those struck down by accidents die in vain.”
5 DIE IN BARGE BLAST PADUCAH, Ky., July 28 (U. P.).—
were killed today when an oil barge on the Ohio river exploded, hurling wreckage of the shattered craft for more than a thousand ‘yards.
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Deputies Drag Sand Pit For Missing Local Swimmer
Deputy sheriffs today were searching for the body of of sia who | disappeared during a midnight bathing party at a sand pit at W. Min-{
It was not determined definitely whether the missing man, Earl Carrico, 31, of 135 S. Neal st, had drowned but his clothing was found
A squad of police and deputy sheriffs dragged the pit all night and continued the operations today but no trace of a body had been found. Mrs. Inetta Collins, 33, of 136 S. Neal st., one of a party of 10 persons, including three children that started on the swimming party — about 11:30 o'clock last night, said
no one in the party saw Mr, Carrico go down or heard him call for help. “The last anyone saw of him he was in the water near the bank,” she said. “Some time later we missed him and all of us searched the pit from one end to the other for an hour or more.”
Nothing but Clothing
John Turner, 21, of 339 N. Lynn st., another swimmer in the party, finally called police, reporting that Mr. Carrico had drowned. Sergt. Michael Griffin, one of the first police officers to arrive at the scene, said no one was at the pit when he got there. “There was nothing there but a pair of pants, -a shirt and a pair of shoes,” he said. “We dragged the pit for two hours but found nothing.” Deputy Sheriffs John McMahon and Toney Maio continued the investigation and dragging operations today. Others in the swimming party besides Mrs. Collins and Mr, Turner, were Mrs. Collins’ three children, Joseph, 14; Norman, 13, and Wanda, 15, and Max Garrett, 17, of 127 N. Elder st. Names of three others on the party were not learned by police.
REPORT JAPS MASSING CHUNGKING, July 28 (U.P.).— The Korean provisional government here tonight received reports that Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese conqueror .of Malaya and Singapore, has arrived in Man-
‘|churia with a strong fighting force.
(The report followed repeated warnings by Chinese that the Japanese are moving reinforcements northward in evident preparation for a Siberian attack upon Russia.) .
Pelley and Associates Face U. S. Tory
SPIES APPEAL . T0 HIGH COURT
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Justices Flying t to Cz ital To Hear Habeas Corts Pleas Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, July a8 «. P). —The Supreme court conver: ss in an unprecedented special sessi;: n tomorrow to receive petitions for writs of habeas corpus for seven of the eight German saboteurs who ‘have been on trial here before a mi} itary commission. The 1llth-hour appeal by ec fimael on behalf of the prisoners, in : fect, constitutes a challenge of President Roosevelt's right—as expressed in a proclamation issued when the military commission was creat:i—to deny them access to civil courts. Justices Scattered The court will have to decid: first whether it has the power tc hear the saboteurs’ petitions. It ii decides affirmatively, the court then will weigh the merits of the hy eas corpus appeal. Supreme court membets-| ats tered all over the country for: their summer recess—were flying back to Washington for the special m::ting which Chief Justice Harlan ¥. ii’one announced last night throug; the clerk of the court. It was understood that hid petitions would involve all the piisoners except George John I'asch, (Continued on Page Two)
RAYBURN SAYS FOR APPROVES RECE 3S
WASHINGTON, July 28 (T, P). —House Speaker Sam Rayburs discussing the unofficial congress: onal recess at a press conference fi day, said President Roosevelt had oy him “that for the present he nothing whatever to submit tol a gress in the way of new | leg slation.” Speaker Rayburn said the Hiosident had advised him that if | ‘any emergency arose” Mr. Roos velt would notify him and he in ;jurn would summon members | of i. the house to return if it becomes n.cessary. Similar procedure (Pre ime ably would be followed | : the
senate. | i
On the War Fronts gu. July 28, 1942.
LONDON: German air force attempts | “vengeance”
planes out’ of 50 to 70 raiders.
MOSCOW: Germans throw 11 fresh divisions into battle for Caucasus; seek to increase bridgeheads after Russians abandon Rostov and Novocherkassk.
CAIRO: New “limited offensive” opened by British imperials.
AUSTRALIA: Allied patrols clash with Japanese striking inland for 30 miles from new base on New Guinea coast, seeking to establish base only 55 miles from Port Moresby.
BRITISH ATTACKING ON EGYPTIAN FRONT
Staggering Blows Struck at
Axis in Fierce Battie.
CAIRO, July 28 (U. P.).—Imperial troops of Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck inflicted heavy casualties on the axis in hand-to-hand fighting on the northern end of the Egyptian desert front and took a substantial number of prisoners, dispatches said today. The enemy was staggered by heavy blows inflicted by South African, Australian and United Kingdom troops driving from two directions southwest of El Alamein. The South Africans and English, attacking from the east and the Australians driving south from their positions around Tel El Eisa, squeezed the axis -troops in a limited pincers i United Press Staff Correspondent Henry Gorrell reported from the front. For six and a half hours after the limited offensive opened the enemy was slowly driven back, Mr. Gorrell reported, but later the tide of battle surged back and forth until last night the Australians and South Americans were back in the original positions from which they started the attack Sunday. Fighting in this sector continued today.
ALLIES CAUTIONED ON 2D FRONT PERIL
LONDON, July 28 (U. P.).—For-
mer War Minister Leslie HoreBelisha today warned against the allies opening a second front unless they have learned the tactical lessons taught by the Far East and Middle: East campaigns. “Even if available men and weapons are plentiful and shipping adequate,” said Hore-Belisha, “there would still be another element upon which success or failure would depend. “Without the dive bomber and the use of overhead support cooperating with armored formations,
would not the sending of an expe-
dition against the continent be like
sending a bush-leaguer against a { big-leaguer in baseball?”
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NAZI AIR FLEET RAIDS ENGLAND
50 to 70 German Planes Take Trouncing From
Secret British Guns.
LONDON, July 28 (U. P.).—Adolf Hitler’s air force, bent on vengeance, took a trouncing over the British isles last night. A German attempt to answer the R. A. F's mass bombings of Hamburg, Duisburg and other Nazi war centers was beaten off when British night fighter planes and new, secret-type anti-aircraft guns bat-
tled a force of 50 to 70 enemy planes and shot down at least eight of them. It was the largest number of planes the Germans had sent against Britain in many months and London resounded to the clattering fire of defense guns in its first real air attack since a year ago last night.
Nazi Planes Over Ireland
The Germans claimed to. have used a large fleet of planes in the attack, at least 200 in one assault alone against industrial Birmingham in the Midlands, but the British said the Nazi boast was grossly exaggerated. Some of the German planes swept over northern Ireland where thousands of American soldiers are based. Sirens wailed but it appeared that no bombs were dropped. Nor was there any indication that the Americans’ anti-aircraft batteries had gone into action. Fire bombs fell in the greater London area, but mostly in country sections. There was little damage. ‘The American was Pilot Officer C. Mehrof of Jamaica, N. Y., who attacked three trains on the important rail lines in the Lens area. Meanwhile, the R. A. F. disabled many German trains of war materials in northern Frahce during the night, including two knocked out by an American member of a fighter squadron, the British air ministry announced.
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FRESH TROOPS ENTER BATTLE OF CAUCASUS
Air-borne Tanks are Landed Behind Soviet Lines; Push Toward Volga.
By JOE ALEX MCRRIS United Press Foreign Editog
Reinforced axis armies, v dropping air-borne whippet tanks
rich Caucasus and toward the Stalingrad industrial center today in a spreading came paign to isolate the Soviet
allied war aid. For the time being, Hitler was throwing everything, including 11 fresh divisions from Holland. and France, into the onsiaught.
The Russian army newspaper, Red Star, acknowledged that the
difficult due to enemy superiority in tanks and men.
Nazis “Shooting Works”
The German high command was facilitating the Caucasus drive by fighting a holding battle in North Africa where new British attacks took prisoners and inflicted heavy casualties southwest of El Alamein but failed to make extensive gains, In the air warfare, the Nazis countered R. A. F. devastation raids weakly with comparatively light attacks on England. Eight of 50 to 70 Nazi planes were brought down in last night's attacks, apparently centered on Birmingham. i
ing their usual method of massing strength on one front. Their prime objective was to smash through to the Caucasus oil fields and move
Fresh Troops Arrive
mans, using possibly 165,000 res serves drawn from occupied Europe, had pushed southward through Rostov on the railroad leading to the west Caucasus oil flelds. They reported that they ‘rad widened their front south .of the Don river to the east of Rostov, where they may have reached orf made unusable the nearby railroad line on which Stalingrad depends for communications with the Caucasus. At the eastern end of this front of about 250 miles, two German columns appeared to be closing in on Kalach, a key point on the road to Stalingrad. - Kalach lies in one of the eastern= most. bends of the Don, only 40 miles from Stalingrad and on the main rail line from the Donets basin. Close to Stalingrad
- Both the Germans and the Ruse sians were vague as to positions in this sector, but it appeared that the enemy was close to the river barrier, beyond which Moscow in= dicated the main battle would be fought in defense of Stalingrad. These axis gains bave not been either easy or cheap. The Ruse sians, probably at considerable cost to themselves, have been fighting to delay and weaken the enemy rather than to stop him north o¢ west of the Don river. % Moscow dispatches told again and again of frightful axis losses, but these were replaced by fresh troops drawn from possibly 1,000,000 troops in the southern area. The German high command obe viously was prepared to pay dearly for the campaign on the theory that it would not only deprive the Russians of their greatest oll fields —which presumably will be ‘wrecked if -necessary—but that it would force the red army back across the
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MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR-
TERS, Australia, July 28 (U. PJ).
~—Japanese patrols advanced today through interior New Guinea, apparently intent on establishing a base only 55 air-line miles from the great allied advanced base at Port Moresby on the south coast opposite Australia.
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters revealed that allied patrols had clashed with enemy forces at the native village of Oivi, only five miles from Kokoda in mid-New Guinea. Kokoda, on a plateau at the eastern base of the Sormidable Owen
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Japs Filter Through Jungles Toward Port Moresby Base
end of New Guinea, is 55 miles from Port Moresby. In one day, since the first clash between the allied jungle patrols and the Japanese from the new Bunas= Gona base on the north coast, the enemy forces had advanced about 30 miles. Anxiety over the new enemy Seliviiy increased throughout Aus.
foreseen to Port Moresby, Japanese had again seized tk initiative in ground fighting an they had suddenly intensified aerial activities. : Gen. MacArthur's planes sti a new, hard blow last night at
behind the Russian lines, battered into the oil«
army from supply routes for
battle was becoming increasingly | =
Thus the Germans were follows
eastward to the Volga before the ! united nations can invade Europe, ¢
On the fighting front, the Gers sb