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e—sowaspll VOLUME 53—NUMBER 184
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1942
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Convoy Drives Through To Malta;
‘PRICE CHARGES PUBLIC WITH 1008 TALK
= Tells Lawyers There Too Much Discussion Of Information.
By ARTHUR WRIGHT
The public was taken to task for “loose talk” in revealing military secrets when Byron Price, director of the U. S. censorship office arrived here today to address the Indiana state bar association at its luncheon in the Hotel Lincoln. Lauding the nation’s press for its “excellent co-operation” Mr. Price
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“If the newspapérs and radio stations can co-operate as excellently as they have, I see no reason why the public can’t do even better.”
“Too Much Talk”
He said “there was “too much loose talk on the part of the public regarding information that might - be ‘valuable to the enemy.” Mr. Price, a native of Indiana and graduate of Wabash college was resigned to a status of holding an “unpopular job.” But at the same time he said he was “glad.” “Censorship never will be popular, I'm glad to say,” Mr. Price admitted in the interview at Union. station. “I like to assume: the attitude suggéited by a censor for a foreign nation; ‘Don’t say too. much. and
cross that Bridge if we
Addressing the la sorship and Free ” in their one-day session, ‘Mr. Price contended that free speech was a relative right. : “No one can contend success- » he said, “that the = press, b.or any individual has a right to be ly carem with informa or preach sedition.” Pointing to censorship a8 a military weapon he said it was “neither a guardian of private morals nor a snooper into the violations of peacetime laws.”
‘Wants Facts Known
Mr. Price called for protection of the public’s right to know the facts of war. “In a democracy,” he said, “the public is entitled to essential information—it is entitled to know about the tough ‘realities of this war, and it must not be subjected to such a blackout of news as now pervades totalitarian countries.” Charging the public with its re- : sponsibility, Mr. Price warned that “no American is doing his share (Continued on Page Seven)
REPORTS DAUGHTER BORN TO LINDBERGHS
DETROIT, Aug. 14 (U. gh Detroit Free Press said today Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh br birth to a daughter in the Henry Ford hospital last night. The hospital would not deny or confirm the report, The child was the fifth born to the Lindberghs. Their first, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., was kidnaped and murdered in 1932. .Jon Morrow was born Aug. 2, 1932; Land Morrow, May 12, 1937, and a daughter in 1940.
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Speaks Here
Byron Price . . . an “unpopular job.”
STATE LEGION LEADERS HERE
Begin Sessions Tomorrow; Urge Opening of Rolls To New ‘Buddies.’
Veterans of World War I were arriving here today from all sections of Indiana, prepared to ask congress to admit their “buddies” of World War II to membership in the American Legion. The resolution was to be presented to the first general session of the state department in ‘the Claypool hotel Llomarrow Horning
ers on “Cen-|-
which limited the American Legion membership to veterans of the first world war. The resolution would make aig ble for legion membership men serving in the U. S. forces and any U. S. citizen fighting with any of the united nations. The caucus of the Indianapolis delegation elected Fred C. Hasselbring, 11th district adjutant, as dis-4 trict commander for 1942.
5000 Expected
As registrations opened today at the Claypool hotel, it was estimated that 5000 legionnaires and members of affiliate groups would attend. Devoting its two-day convention to plans for national defense, the Legion this year has eliminated its parade. Principal speaker will be : Dr. Charles C. Smith of Chicago, representative of the National Associa-
Col. Paul H. Griffith, whose sched-
war department. Dr. Smith will talk at 11 a. m. tomorrow. Also speaking at the morning session following Mayor Sullivan’s greeting will be Clarence A. Jack-
t| diana.
hold its annual dinner at the Lincoln hotel this evening. The women's first session will be at 9 a. m. tomorrow at the War Memorial shrine.
TELEGRAMS INDORSE:
Outgrowth of Re of Recent Talk. By Homer Chaillaux.
Telegrams indorsing the Indian-} apolis United War fund and specifically Russian War relief poured into the war funds: offices today | from internationally known Am ricans. ok
tion of Manufacturers. He replaces
uled address was canceled by ithe!
son, civilian defense director of In-
The auxiliary executive board will |
RUSSIAN \ WAR RELIEF =
CONVICTS WITH 600D RECORDS T0 G0 TO WAR
State to Free : a Limited Number ‘Whe Will Be Subject to Draft.
By EARL RICHERT Inmates of state penal and correctional institutions with good records are to be given a chance to serve their country in the armed forces through arrangements worked out with the army by, Governor Schricker and Col. Robinson Hitchcock, state draft head. :
phasized, however,
be taken and only those will be released who are considered to be good parole risks. Not acceptable to be released in order that they might be drafted are those inmates who are chronic offenders who have had two or more felony convictions, or those convicted of murder, rape, kidnaping, arsen, pandering, any type of sex perversion or any illegal dealing in narcotics or habit forming drugs.
Indorsed by Schricker “There are a considerable number
of men ‘in the penal institutions with good records who would like
Both state and draft officials em- |§ that only a “limited number” of these men will}:
| Bombs on Dutch Wharf
A Vomb from a Douglas “Boston” bomber of the RAF .bomber command on an unescorted daylight raid, explodes on a crane on & wharf at Sluiskill, an inland port in southwestern Holland. Red hot bomb splinters can ‘be seen flying: through the alr in this photo taken from the same plane. that dropped the bomb.
By HI United Allied more has
includec aircraft t : And more il t the fut: ‘Howe *
to serve ‘their country,” ‘Governor| ‘ Schricker said, “and I am glad they. i
Here's How It Works
The system is rather complicated because it is designed to check and counter-check. Here's the way it will work: Usin gthe army’s qualifications as
mates snd select a limited number who want to join the “army and whom they believe Ai, for. army service. : These men will hen be given a] cursory ‘physical examination by the prison physician, the same examination as is given by local draft board doctors. The inmate's record and a statement of facts on the case will then (Continued on Seven)
ABOUT SOLOMONS 8y UNITED PRESS |
Allied communiques were avaited| today to reveal the true story of the battle of the Solomons as nee
tie wa in pi
solidating bases in ‘the ‘Solomon
probably will be ne within the] 4 weeks. :
IAPS “TALKING BIG’ iy
GE }! Eli Lilly Receives
a yardstick, the institution Y.eads| toe “wili go over the records of the in-|
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ims U. S. Wasp Jamaged; It ’t in Battle. 1 ‘SON SALISBURY s Staff Correspondent
en through the MediA reinforcements—in- : ‘planes—for the citaa British admiralty’ evealed today. :
Lerranean convoy bat-
Alty’s report on the 3
1 that the allied naval |
some through the con=|
sharp losses, although ere branded . as ex-
ective, the bringing of s and reinforcements, vitally needed fighter ttained.
xis Subs Sunk
inique added the new ser Manchester to the f. losses which already old 22,600-ton British er, Eagle. wmiralty hinted that may be announced in
‘he. axis also suffered st_two Submarines ag] hits on a ‘cruiser fleet. eports on the effec-
fabers ‘were sunk n the
le. sted authoritatively in contradiction of Nazi neither the United aft carrier Wasp nor merican war vessel was the battle. ans have’ claimed that yomb hits" were. scored )-ton carrier Wasp and ablaze, toward Malta.
‘ht for 3 Days
British warships, includnips and ‘several air's, battled German and ‘ships, torpedo planes, and motor torpedo ree days to protect the ne admiralty - indicateg ial phase of thegirvgiill be under way. ‘ no aos among 1g surface ships of the
ce of the hig-scale .nabattle, said in axis achave begun Tuesday ie admiralty said that a talo-German eight-inch J gun cruisers steamed but were turned away olanes. cruisers never came re of the British ships. » = a®
2 War Fronts
Aug. 14, 1942
“Nazis within 125 miles
¢, but Soviet diversionary ‘now increasing ‘ strength Russian front. Russian counter-attacks from Far North to Don ucasus drive slowed by
. Imperial headquartiérs % American and Austraships. and 10 transports Solomon islands battle.
Admiralty report ‘Teitish cruiser Manchester ging Mediterranean cone; convoy reaches Malta.
14: Optimism over Soloands attack continues; 18 believed to have won Tulagi. £ ;« India Hotitig continues ‘tion. quieter. eh
LEI: mires bomber
Japanese in Burma.
10MBERS BLAST
Lou Zamperini, who ag a Call fornia high school miler in the 1936 Olympics at Berlin nearly provoked an international - incident by tearing down a‘ Nazi flag before Hitler's chancellory, is now .ready io go back and tear down the chancellory. ' He has just graduated as an army bombardier at Midland Flying Sele], Tex.
‘MARINES Ho
United Press Staff. Correspondent
week’s fierce fighting in the Solomon islands has brought. American
successes and the {. S. ‘entries are on the credit side of ‘the battle
Strict official secrecy continued to
fighting, but it was known here that initial phases of the battle have gone in favor of the Americans. It is understood . here that the landing of the American ground forces was carried out strictly according to the advance blueprint of the operation. The U.S. marines obtained strong footholds in the most strategic points in the southern part of the Archipelago. It was not doubted here that the operation cost the American force heavily in casualties. However, it was not believed that losses were greater than had been (Continued on Page Seven)
PELLEY IS PREPARED T0_ BEGIN SENTENCE
Files Motion Asking Start Of Term ‘at Once.’
William Dudley Pelley and Lawrence A. Brown, convicted sedi{ionists, today: filed a motion in [federal court signifying their desire to begin serving their respective 15 and 5-year prison sentences at once. By this procedure, the iwo will get credit for the time they. are spending in jail pending perfection of their appeal to the U. 8. circuit court of appeals. Since Pelley is now. under commitment to be. sent to a federal Howard
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obscure the details of the Solomon’s
Allied Fliers Blast Jap. Reinforcement Fleet Off New Guinea.
MacARTHUR'S HEAD« QUARTERS, Australia, Aug, 14 (U. P.).—United States. marines have captured Kus kum, on Guadalcanal island; ° most valuable airdrome sit@ in the southern Solomons, and ‘ the Japanese seaplane base off Tulagi, it was bee lieved today. (A dispatch from Sydney to the London Evening Star said that the first “stage of the Solomons. battle has ended in an American victory: Confidence, restrained pending &
to keep their hold in the islands. This confidence was increased bh new fantastic Japanese claims garding allied naval losses, which admittedly were expected to heavy, because it was believed Japanese were “cushioning th publi¢ opinion against. news
ledger, it ‘was reported here today.|
into Guadalcanal, across the plain that skirts the coast and toward the mountains of the (The naval correspondent of Yorkshire Post reported that * cording to: the latest intelligen supporiing naval forces have rived and joined in sea operati in the Solomon area. Am troops, he reported, have d back the Japanese farther with | aid of reinforcements newly and: air attacks on Guadalcanal land are in progress.)
Attack Reinforcement Fleet
The United States and allied and air forces continued fig a fierce battle on the eighth da; the Solomen islands offensive, first big United States offe operation of the Pacific war. It was indicated that the fleet driving off probably inferior e; surface units, and fighting against a ferocious enemy aerial at tack, with its’ hard-pressed I United States south Pacific 8 headquarters: reported that the # casualties of the Solomon isla battle had: arrived at American and field hospitals somewhere the South Seas, to be attended medical units of Johns HopkKi Pennsylvania and Maryland versities, and that more were the way. Gen. MacArthur's communique noon wday reported a ferocious: tack on a Japanese reinforcem fleet in New Guinea waters, dently bound for the 'sout Solomons.
Fliers Blast at Japs
definite communique by the navy gE