Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1942 — Page 1
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942
VOLUME 53—NUMBER 129
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. Place ‘Mead and Bennett
Mn ‘Nomination at 4 Convention.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (U. Pa
U.. 8. “Senator James ' M. Mead, carrying the New Deal banner, and Attorney General John J. Bennett, sponsored by ° former national chairman, James -A. Farley, were placed ‘fh nomination ‘today at ‘the Democra c - : convention - for the gubernatarial nomination in New| York state. The nominations assured a amb down :yoll<call later in the day between ‘the ‘forces of- Farley and Presidest Roosevelt. * Mead was placed in ‘nomination by. U: 8. Senator Robert F. Wagner |- ‘as the man. best fitted to co-operate with the ‘president in peace and in
War. "Aaron L. Jacoby, former Iling
(Brooklyn) ‘county, leader offered|’
Bennett's name with a speech designed to counteract assertions that Bennett has. been. lukewarm to the policiés of - the Roosevelt administration, and in the November elections: might lack labor's support.
Parade Around Hall
~ Forwes backing Bennett were so eager to show their admitted strength that: even before the convention was ‘called to order they paraded around. the hall waving banners and placards. As floor managers of the opposing candidates scurried among the
+ delegates in a last-minute effort to
strengthen their drive for the nomination, ‘Farley: claimed a majority.
“Evérything is under control,” he -
said. < “There has-been no change in’ the situation.” It’s all ovi The Mead’ ‘backers, holding banners “high, replied with: “Jim Mead
4 campaign 8 managers claimed they were. within ‘29 votes of the 508° ‘necedsary “for ' nomination against Farley's - assertions. that he held 670 delegates.’ . Senator: Wagner, urged Bis ool). league's: candidacy’ on’ the ‘ground that President. ‘Roosevelt ‘had described him. As “the. man best
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J! cucaco, au Ww WG BI] |! An Abyssiniaxt ‘Ground Hornbill |
Was: loose in Chicago ‘today. “A telephone. call - to Assistant Director Robert Bean. of the Brookfield zoo yesterday reported ‘that a “creature” resembling a large black ‘hen and sporting a blue wattle and a black bill eight inches long was roosting on West"ern Electric property. Bean and three keepers arrived in time to. approach the “crea- ; ture,” but;it flew away when they cast their nets... They had, been hunting for the bird since it escaped two weeks ago. Someone forgot to clip'its wings. -
STATE BUS LINE SALE PROPOSED
Holding Firm Would Lose 7 Million on Indiana
Railroad Deal.
The Indiana Railroad may be sold to a Chicago tool and machinery company, it was learned today. The railroad is now operating 200 busses and trucks throughout the
state and may be sold to the Wesson Co. of Chicago for $650,000: In its heyday when it operated a network’ of traction lines, since abandoned, it was valued at over 10 million dollars. Chief loser apparently will be. the owner, Midland United Co. of Chicago, a utility holding company organized by the late Samuel Insull.
Would Lose $7,093,910 :-
If the sale is approved: by: the securities and exchange commission in Philadelphia and the federal court of Delaware, ‘Midland United would lose $7,093,910 owed to it by Indiana Railrpad. - The: $650,000 sale price is slightly more ‘than Indiaha Railroad's net ‘worth “of $560,545, according io its June. balance sheet. : ~The ‘Wesson’ Co., if plans are approved, would pay $200,000 down and the balance in three annual installments: ‘Indiana Railroad officials ‘here said no personnel or op-
erating changes were planned.
|| RUBBER SCRAP PILE: “HAS 210,000 TONS
: WASHINGTON, Aug..20 (U. P). —Rubber scrap which Americans turned in weeks ago during the president’s whirlwind. campaign will provide as much reclaimed rubber las the country’s total requirements for three or four 1941 months, ‘War
24 produstion board «officials said to-}
Driving for Novorossisk, Best Base Still Held
By Russians.
MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (U. P.).—The Russians announced today that they had been forced farther south of fallen Krasnodar by German tanks ° and infantry penetrating dangerously - close to Novorossisk, the best remaining Soviet naval base on the Black sea. A Soviet communique indicated, that Russian. forces were holding on all. other fronts, and reported the destruction of 52 German tanks and the killing of 8400 more Germans, in -addition to an enemy _| column.
South of Krasnodar, the enemy|
massed strength and started a ferocious attack. The Russians withstood it for 24>hours, but finally had to retreat. into the valley beyond. .
Kill Hundreds of Nazis
On neighboring sectors the Russians had beaten off two attacks and killed hundreds of Germans and still held strategic heights. The communique reported that Russian forces had made “a number” .of counter-attacks around
Kletskaya, 75 miles northwest of}
Stalingrad and. the Volga line, and had ‘wiped out seven German tanks and a battalion (1000 men) of infantry. : Northeast of Kotelnikovski, 90 miles southwest of Stalingrad, violent fighting continued.
RESTRAINING ORDER
CLOSES 2 PLAGES|
Injunction Hits Cotton Club|.
And: Mitchell’s.
A ‘restraining order closing the Cotton Club:cafe and Joe Mitchell's restaurant immediately was issued this afternoon by Jugge Dewey ® Myers in criminal court The. order was: issued on & petition filed by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue after he filed aMdavits charging ‘Mitchell and Sea‘ Ferguson,
proprietor of -the Cotton club, with}
maintaining a public nuisance. = Judge Meyers ordered Mitchell
‘anid Ferguson - held ' under $1500 bonds’ and set next Wednesday at! 10. a. m. for a hearing on the re-
straining order to determine if the
‘two . cafes are to ‘be: closed per-
‘manently.
‘Prosecutor Blue charged that the/
ihe bids of sivon same car- mitt bioad loka of Fubber ataivie 2a 3
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The. Injured Came Back From. Disppe—C:-
Rarely, War There a Groan.
By LEO 'S. DISHER United Press Sfaff Correspondent
IN A FIELD DRESSING STATION ‘ON THE | LISH SOUTH COAST, Aug. 20.—The ambulances ck through the dead-black streets of: this town in the aii danger zone last night with the wounded of the men raided Dieppe.
Stretcher bearers. carried them through 20 feet of a dark c(: into the brightly lighted’ dressing room. It was a man’s show, There were 10 Women. nurses. Pr treatment was administéred to the ranger: Canadians, the commandos and the fighting French and the; taken back to ambulances and on to base hospitals. Soon the walking cases began arriving, their uniforms blo : taters, ugly gashes reddening their dirty faces, arms and legs.
Some Still Grip Their Rifles
SOME STILL GRIPPED rifles and: tommy guns. Some, wild looking, were suffering from shock. Some hobbled, supported .on each side by & first aid man. Many had ‘lost the uniforms in which-they had started ¢: the morning and ‘had pieced together what other clothing could find. : They waited in the adjoining ward. : Most of them eagerly reached. for the cigarets ‘handed 0
- them, but some dropped asleep the moment they sat down.
As the emergency ward was cleared, the surgeons came alo
walking cases.
Some they had to tap on the shoulder—if the shoulder ‘wa wounded—or shake to awaken them,
Only Rarely Is There a Groan
THIS DRESSING ROOM has makeshift operating’ table: ¢ makeshift beds. Beds and tables were all full now. Some mer on stretchers, crowded on the floor. The surgeons moved quietly and expertly among them, admin ing a hypodermic - injection of morphine here, giving. sulfanil there, bandaging a wounded face, arm of leg. ‘The men- took it. in brave silence. Occasionally: ‘there was a | tered curse. { Only rarely was there a groan. Many sweated and gritted their teeth. A major knelt on the, ground and started a sort of prayer. + “I don’t see how in the name of hell 1came through it,” he His whole shoulder was mangled.
This—and ‘More—Is Price of. Victory.
A SOLDIER WAS brought in with a thigh shot off. . A handsome boy came in the door. He:did not look as if anything was wrong with him until He t1 his ‘head, revealing that the cheek which had been turned sway
"shot ‘entirely away.
Angther youth. ‘had been; shot. through. Both legs. ‘He helt pistol as if it were:his fortune. ; He was a commando. He refussd to get on the operating |: A surgeon came up and tried to dress his woinds as he :
:. He shoved the s awa : The Epon y.
reached out for his pistol. «=. i “Get.away from that” he growled, rea p They. Sally induced his tog “on th “able; but he clung ¢ | pistol 3 5 “ :
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Landing Setback Suffered Despite Overwhelming Air Superiority.
The following esewitnoss account of the allied attack on Dieppe was written by a British correspondent who watched the action ‘rom a tank-landing craft oft the Dieppe ‘shore.
By ALAN HUM ‘HUMPHRIES ; ' Representative of the British Press LONDON, Aug. 20.—For eight hours I watched our forces battling against the concentrated opposition]. of the enemy. The sky was filled With British aircraft throughout the whole operation. Since dawn when iwo Focke-
‘| Wulf 1190's darted at us with ma‘chine guns and cannon ‘chattering,
this tiny craft and every other ship has. been bombed and strafed repeatedly and-has blazed back at the
| enemy.
Our motor launch, which 1 about 100 feet long, left:a southern port last night, escorting a tank landing craft. The moon. was sinking - toward the horizon as Britain dropped astern and the ghostly: line of ‘ships headed for France and the enemy. - As it grew -light we discovered scores - of other ships, = destroyers, motor boats, lighters, assault craft and- chasseurs of the \fighting French navy,: all converging upon} Dieppe. The first commandos landed as we neared the French coast.
By a 1000-to-1 chance a raiding
craft carrying some of the commandos was intercepted just before it was due to land. An enemy patrol was the cause (Continued on Page Four)
COUNTY BOND SALES GOING UNDER QUOTA
| Residents ‘Urged to ot
Now to: Save’ Record.
For the first time in four months,
| Marion: county may not meet its
‘Sales during the week ending|
Aug. 8 amounted to $761,176.25, }do
While Auiing the Wiens same Mus
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Military Leaders Scan Commando Reports as Pattern for Future’ Invasions: Believe. Attack ‘Paid Its Way.”
By HARRISON SALISBURY United : Press War Writer The allied military command today appeared to be moved ing at record speed to apply the lessons of the’ Dieppe attack to plans for an eventual second front in Europe. With the last battle-scarred veterans of the fierce. bate tle sul straggling back to Britains’ shores, high British, American and Canadian officers assembled to study firs operations reports to commando headquarters. Later; it was said, the preliminary reports will be aug mented with more detailed information, including that gleaned from German. prisoners taken—a bag that included many Nazi officers. = 3 Estimates of allied Josses in ‘the operation. still wer lacking but were Jmown to be heavy. Sharp losses, how I”
RUSS UNIMPRESSED [5m i i fr BY DIEPPE ATTAGK
tack on beach positions Mentioned on Only One
such strength as those, at . Moscow. Broadcast.
Dieppe. ; The German radio set Nasi casts ‘By LELAND STOWE Cope 13 by The Indianapolis. Times
alties at 400 men killed and wounds ed, but reports from returning go Daily News, In MOSCOW, Aug. 20.—The allies’
mandos and from Vichy indica this probably was a gross invasion rehearsal raid on Dieppe, was big enough news here to get|P
estimate. There was growing belief i three paragraphs in the government |
[tain that Dieppe forecast the pat
On this morning's 7 o'clock. broad-| ‘cast, the Dieppe raid : .was; rated} third . place among fh items reported ip the Russian Non : lic by the Moscow radio. On the 7:45 news broadcast, it} was not mentioned at ‘all. “You get ‘the impression ‘here-
news to the Russians if: it had been | staged while Sevastopol was still{,
I holding and the Germans still far| eit from the Dan, al least two. mentbsla
raids on