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YoLuME 53—NUMBER 122

FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942

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Our Front Begins At Home! .

HIS country needs a front at home. ; It needs to quit the land of make-believe and invade that of reality, to drop the silly idea that although losing we are bound to win, and awaken to the fact that unless we

start winning we will lose.

We have been putting forth our efforts in a daze of wishful thinking. What we need are the full efforts that come from facing stark reality. We don’t need to be told what an axis victory means —slavery, starvation, torture, rape, murder. . . . The loss of our homes and farms, our wages and profits, our businesses and unions, our freedom to speak, write and worship as we please , , , endless agony leading finally to merciful

death.

We don’t need to be told,

screams and seen the blood.

for years we have heard the

Yet somehow, we seem to think that WE are different.

Tt won’t happen to us. bound to win.

Wait till WE get started. We're

BUT, WILL WE? There’s the question.

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Until we face it squarely; until

we realize there can be two answers and that thus far

events point to the negative, there can be no real home front. Amidst defeat this country has oozed confidence.

We've found not one—but a cloud. Sure it’s bad .. , but we

dozen—silver linings to every

cant lose.

Sure the Russians are being pushed b back . .. Sui look

at the awful German losses,

Sure we're losing ships . . . but think of what we're

going to build. Of course the Germans

have been winning . , . but

think how tired their people are, and see the unrest through

occupied Europe. Of course the Japs have

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taken a lot of places . .. but

wait till we bomb their cardboard cities.

ND so it goes. You see it

radio, hear it in speeches, applaud it in the movies and .

in the papers, hear it on the

sense it in official statements; you laugh about slant-eyed Japs in your. joke: and sing of victory in your songs.

“Goodby, Mamma, I'm Off to

Yokohama.”

The U. S. ‘treasury sends to newspapers a so-called

“liberty limerick’: A painter named

Samuel Brush

Said. “Here is our job and it’s rush ... Buy war bonds so fast That Hitler can’t last,

And ihe Japs will

collapse in the crush!”

See, just that easy. Wait till WE get going! And so, amidst defeat, there is a strange lethargy.

In our confidence, we put off until tomorrow the bond -

we could buy today,

We posipone ¥ till after elections the legislation needed

now.

An Editorial This state of mind is why we scramble for higher wages, fatter contracts, bigger farm parity and group ad<

vantages; why we strike and midst of war; why we burn

waste time and money in, the up rubber and fail to collect

scrap; why we crab over saving gasoline that seamen died

to {rangport.

" We grasp at straws, buy the newspaper Nose head= lines kill the most Japs and enjoy the radio commentator, who constructs the biggest victories out of defeat. . We haven’t faced the fact that we are losing this war; : that we CAN lose it finally, and that we WILL lose it unless

the tide turns. We haven't realized that

this war is everything; tha

nothing else counts; that all we hold dear is at stake.

We can face these things without panic and despair,

The only cause for panic will be if we fail to do so. We are NOT bound to win—nor will we while lulled with that contenting thought,

Army Plane Inside Wrecked House

Here is the wreckage of the R. W. Baldwin home near Houston, Tex., which was‘demolished yesterday when a twin-motored army training plane crashed into it. The training ship is entirely inside the house. Cadet Leland F. Scholl of Indianapolis, inset, was one of the victims.

TRAGEDY HALTS WEDDING PLANS

Local Flier, 22, Had Just Written of Success at Army Field.

A letter and a telegram received within a few hours yesterday plunged Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Scholl, 314 N. Drexel ave., from happiness into grief. The letter was from their 22-year-old son, Aviation' Cadet Leland F. Scholl, who said he had completed enough flying time to enable him to graduate from Ellington field, Tex., next Wednesday. It especially mentioned his pride in a certificate he had received for “blind” flying. Then the telegram came. It told

them that Leland was dead—the

victim of a plane crash that very morning just a few miles from the air field. The young air cadet was one of three persons who died yesterday when a twin-motored training plane from Ellington field crashed into a private iesidence near Houston, Tex. Cadet W. R. Simpson, California, Pa., who was in the plane with Cadet Scholl, also lost his life as did a young expectant mother, Mrs.

" Clem Baldwin, who was found in

the wreckage of the demolished home. After his graduation Wednesday, (Continued on Page Two)

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Sweets for Axis Given to Aussies

CAIRO, July 31 (U. P.).—Rich women of the Italian colony in Alexandria were revealed today to shave bought $5000 worth of cakes. and candies to*shower on axis troops whom they believed were on the outskirts of the city. Acting on a false rumor that axis forces had reached the Alexandria ‘suburb of Mex, the Italian women bought up all the sweets in Alexandria, loaded them into automobiles, and drove to Mex. When they arrived, they found Australian troops—not Italians. The women burst into tears, gave the candies and cookies to the Australians and left.

UNION FIGHT CLOSES PONTIAC WAR PLANT

G. M. Is Victim in Dispute

Of Food Store Clerks.

DETROIT, July 31 (U. P)— President C. E. Wilson of General

Motors Corp., today appealed to high government officials in Washington to intervene in a jurisdictional dispute between A. F. of L. and C. I. O. grocery clerks which forced closing of one G. M. war plant in Pontiac “and threatened to close two others.”

The war plant suspended opera-

tions after an estimated 250 Pontiac,

independent grocers and meat dealers closed their stores for lack of supplies and their clerks picketed two factories engaged 100 per cent on arms orders. Thousands of the G. M. war workers refused to cross the picket lines. Tucker P. Smith, C. I. O. regional director, said the motive was “to

o|focus public attention on the food

situation and compel the A. F. of L. to drop its fight, against the grocers.” When the independent grocers’ association last week voted to sign contracts with the C, I.. O, clerks’ union, teamsters and butchers, affiliated With the AP of L. tied. up

STUDY CITY'S GROWING PAINS

C. of C. Outlines Plans for Solution to Municipal

Service Problems. By FREMONT POWER

Indianapolis’ acute case of “growing pains” was being projected today by a Chamber of Commerce committee on ' community development and post-war planning. At the. initial meeting of the committee yesterday at the Indian-

apolis Athletic club, the following subjects were suggested for committee consideration: : 1. What areas should now be annexed, if any; reasons why, and plans for consummation. 2. The sewer problem both within the city and outlying areas and the need for a survey. 3. Control over land use in suburban areas, and the need for changes in governmental machinery for this purpose; i. e, county plan commission consolidation with city plan commission to insure a c¢oordinated and effective metropolitan program, 4. Extension of .municipal sanitation services to suburban areas (Continued on Page Two)

(Questionnaire; Page Three)

‘The siren vs. the steam whistle as an air raid warning. That is the test being conducted by city defense officials as air raid preparations move into the “blackout” stage. Yesterday a giant siren was demonstrated at the war memorial plaza. Tomorrow at 11 a. m. 27 factory steam whistles will blast away in their inning of the test. City officials were not seriously impressed by the electric siren. yesterday. ;

A program designed to remedy|

LINDBEREH TO TAKE STAND IN PELLEY TRIAL

Accepts Service of Subpena In Detroit; U. S. May Rest Today.

By EARL RICHERT Charles A. Lindbergh has accepted service of a subpena in Detroit, Mich,, to testify as a defense ‘witness in the sedition trial of William Dudley Pelley here next Tuesday, it was learned today.

i Adviser to Henry Lind ; said He doubted,. however, that his! [testimony would be of value either| ; to the defense or: pposecution. ;

United Press dispatches reported} that Lindbergh said he would be glad to co-operate with federal authorities but bélieved he would be of more value at the work he is now doing. Never Met Pelley

He added, according to the United Press, that he did not believe he ever had met Pelley. Pelley, who is being tried in federal court here along with two associates, said yesterday that he had called Col. Lindbergh to “confirm certain statements that I have made.” The government charges that certain statements made by Pelley in his magazine, The Galilean, published at Noblesville, are seditious in that they are false and tend to interfere with the war effort. The government, scheduled to rest its case. against Pelley late today, continued at the morning session to hammer at the allegedly false statements made by the Silver Shirts founder in his magazine. Col. Robinson Hitchcock, state draft head, testified for the government that there is no differentiation in selective service in calling Jews and Gentiles. This statment was introduced to refute Pelley’s (Continued on Page Two)

ALEXANDRIA RAIDED

CAIRO, July 31 (U. P.).—Enemy bombing planes raided Alexandria last night, killing four persons and injuring 13 others, an Egyptian communique anneunced today. The raid. coming only 24 hours after an attack on Cairo, caused slight property” damage. British light patrols are harassing the Germans and Italian forces in all sectors of the front west of El Alamein, a joint"communique of the middle eastern command and the air force said today. In: limited air activity over ‘Malta British planes shot down one German plane, the communique reported.

27 Whistles to Blow at 11 A. M. Tomorrow - In Demonstration of Air Raid Warning

tion; will scream simultaneously tomorrow, The whistles will blow a series of short blasts, two seconds on and one second off. There will be no all clear signal tomorrow but this will be heard in future demonstrations. The all clear signal is a steady two-minute blast. The siren demonstration apparently left the officials “cold.” Each of the sirens cost approximately $5000 and it would take about 10 to cover the city. On the other hand, city industrial

A prominent speaker at America ;

BY ENEMY BOMBERS

A Barrymore Weds

Plans By riymorb, actress _daaghter ‘of the late: antor John Barrymore, and Bramwell Fletcher, ; British actor, smile for the photographer after their Hollywood : Wedding . ceremony yesteray, & 1

R. A. F. POUNDS FRENCH COAST

Weather Grounds Big Night Bombers; Nazi Airmen Raid Britain Again.

LONDON, July 31 (U. P.).—British , fighter and - fighter-bomber planes resumed their daylight offensive on northern France today.

Observers along the southeast coast saw a big mixed force of the fighters and fighter-bcmbers returning from the directicn of Boulogne, which apparently was the target center. In the afternoon another strong flight swept over the coast, Bad weather kept the big British bombing planes groundsd during the night but nine German planes were shot down in minor raids on the Midlands and scattered towns

in other areas. The air and home security ministries, in a joint communique, reported that damage in the west Midlands raids was small. mostly caused by fires. A small number of persons were killed.

AFTER THE RAIN

NEWBURYPORT, Mass, July 31 (U. P). — Someone stolz Samuel Markos’ watch and raincoa b Wednesday. The watch was returned yesterday with a note complaining about its poor quality. Last night, Markos found the raincoat in his front

yard—after it had stopped raining.

installed two, R. C. A. is installing one, the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. has ordered tive and sol” it goes." Mayor Sullivan and C. Harvey Bradley, county defense director, pointed out that the test ‘tomorrow is to check the “silent” points. They point out that with the present number of whistles, many iesidents, especially on the North side, may hear nothing. But they have asked the co-operation of all Indianapolis residents. ~ Printed on Page 3 in

today’s paper is a eupon Suds tionnaire that

RUSS SLOWING CERMAN DRIVE

ON STALINGRAD

Nazi Battering Ram Attack Broken; Axis Claims Big Gains in Caucasus.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS - United Press Foreign Editor

The Soviet army smashed a Nazi armored battering ram attack toward Stalingrad and threw the enemy back across the lower Don river in another sector today. But the axis claimed a 112-mile

in: toward -the oil and Turon centers of the Caucasus. Heavy . Russian ia were reported by Moscow following Josef V. Stalin’s order for the Russian army to make its greatest stand .on .the Don: river bend -defending the road to Stalingrad in the face of powerful enemy attacks by v-shaped tank formations pro{ecting Nazi massed infantry. The German battering ram attacks were repulsed with heavy losses in eight days of fighting southwest of Kletskaya, which lies only 70 miles northwest of Stalingad.

Russians Gaining Strength

Later dispatches reported that the Russian army had battered its way back across the Don in another vital sector. vrobably near Tsimlyanskaya. 125 miles southwest of Stalingrad. Thus the Russians appeared to be gaining strength and turning back the most powerful axis attacks designed to close in on Stalingrad from both sides and trap the Russians in the Don river bend. . These successful stands, however, did not lessen the peril to the Russian Caucasus and there .was no indication that. the axis offensive toward the Volga and the Caspian sea had been definitely stepped.

Nazis Gain South of Don

On the front below the Don river from Rostov to Tsimlanskaya, the Russians ‘acknowledged new retirements and “the Germans claimed that they had made important advances, driving the Soviets back in “disorder” to the railroad junction of Salsk. 100 miles south of the river, and pushing south from Rostov toward the important junction of ‘Tikhoretsk. Berlin denied, however. that a German flank attack had been launched from the Kerch peninsula of the Crimea against the Caucasus, as had been reported by the usually inaccurate French radio. The Nazi high command also claimed that the Tikhoretsk-Stalin-grad railroad had been seized at many points, suggesting that the enemy might be frying to make a short cut south of Stalingrad toward the lower Volga, Astrakhan and the Caspian sea, Berlin said Italian units were in Were in action in this area.

EIGHT POLIO CASES REPORTED IN CITY

Three and Half Weeks.

i Eight ‘infantile. paralysis cases in the city, one of which resulted in death, during. the last three and a half weeks were reported today by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary. Although this many cases usually are not found: this early in the summer, Dr. Morgan said the disease was. not in an ‘epidemic stage. “I don’t os we about this

One Death Listed in Past,

| (see page 1),

On the War

Fronts

July 31, 1942

RUSSIA—Soviet army holds against “Nazi “battering ram” tank attack on Stalingrad front but gives ground in Caucasus; Germans claim 112-mile advance below Don to Salsk and toward Tikhoretsk rail and oil center.

LONDON—R. A, F. renews daylight attacks on French invasion coast; more U, S. planes, including new fighters, arrive for second front.

EGYPT—Nazis bomb Alexandria, killing four; patrol uctions on, desert front west of El Alamein.

CHINA—American fighters down four more Japanese bombers, turning back another raid on Hengyang.

AUSTRALIA—Japanese Most nine

planes in four bomking raids, including one against Darwin; allies bomb enemy transport and attack destroyer.

CHAILLAUX VIEW ISN'T LEGION'S

National Adjutant Disavows Statement Made on Russ War Relief.

Frank Samuel. national adjutant of the American Legion, today issued a statement disavowing as Legion. policy any statements made by Homer Chaillaux in connection with Russian War Relief, Inc. Mr. Samuel's statement, concurred in by Ralph Gregg, national judge-advocate of the Legion, said that Mr. Chaillaux’ statements “would have to be considered as a personal opinion.” In a speech before the Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, Mr. Chaillaux, the Legion’s Americanism director, said he would not give a dollar to the. United War Fund because it included Russian war relief, which he said was dominated by Communists. He also attacked second front pleas on. the basis ‘that these, too; Were Com- | munist-inspired. Not Legion’s Opinion “The national organization of the American Legion,” said Mr, Samuel, “through either its national convention or its national executive committee has never debated this subject of Russian war relief. Since we follow the policy of speaking only on subjects which have been officially acted upon by the American Legion as an organization, any expression as to the merits or demerits of Russian war relief would have to be considered only as a personal opinion.” Executives of the United War Fund here and leaders of the Russian Wa. Relief, Inc. in New York, yesterday issued protests concerning Mr. Chaillaux statements, terming them inconsistent with fact.

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SPIES LOSE SUPREME COURT APPEAL

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RIGHT OF CIVIL

Habeas Corpus Privileges Upheld.

WASHINGTON, July 3f (U. P.).—The supreme court today unanimously upheld President Roosevelt's authors ity to order trial of eight ale

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special military commission instead of in civil courts; . : The court revealed its decision in

a brief but far-reaching per curiam: opinion which held that the charge involved—sabotage—were ‘such as” to permit the military trial, that’

stituted” “are held in lawful custody.” 3

held Mr. Roosevelt's proclamation. denying to the saboteurs and any

this country’s war effort the right" of habeas gorpus—a centuries-old procedure Whereby. persons who. claim they are being held illegally, can gain their freedom,

The ‘court specifically denied the: appeal of the saboteurs for writs of: habeas corpus which would take’ them from the custody of the mili=: tary authorities and the special commission. They sought the writs® on the grounds they were entitled. to trial in civil courts.

took no part in consideration of the case because he is on active duty’ with the army, which is conducting’ the commission proceedings. Ape: parently he regarded his army serve. ice as too close a connection with™ the proceedings to permit him to sit in judgment on their validity. The decision .was read by Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, who said “a full opinion” would be pre and filed with the clerk at a Inter. date. $

Resume Military Trial

The ruling removed all bars Ps consummation of the commission proceedings. That trial, in recess for three days while the matter way argued before. the high trib was resumed this morning with Gen. Myron C. Cramer, judge ade. vocate general of the army and cows chief of the prosecution staff, cone: cluding summation of the governs; ment’s case. He presumably asked for the (Continued on Page Two)

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s War Move

LOUIS F., KEEMLE

By u Press War Asvalyst The vital role which the combined ‘British

American air forces are going to play in the com second front is made clear by dispatches from B hinting at the extent of the American air army ra

ly being built up

in the isles.

It is no longer a question of shipping planes 0

to fight. American airdromes are

and ferrying bombers to be turned over to the B;

‘being established all. over the

manned by American ground crews and mechanics and staffed by

perienced ‘American pilots and bombardiers.

from W. R. Downs of the United Press, sent from a U. S. army air force fighter station in Britain,

Amesjcan_ men and ing” into the

According to a disp

seas of four high-ranking army force generals. . The air force will be a 16 command, manned and

leged Nazi saboteurs before a:

TRIAL IS DENIED T0 SABOTEURS

FDR's Authority to Suspend

the commission “was lawfully cone: ‘4 and that the saboteurs”

Habeas Corpus Writs Denied : 2H

Associate Justice Frank Murphy: 5

Inferentially the court also ups: ' :

other persons who enter the couns try for the purpose of damaging

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