Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1942 — Page 2

Get Heaviest Calls.

ASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (U. P). ective Service Director Lewis Hershey, warning. of the “serious ary situation,” today instructed 2 headquarters to apportion injon calls so that the heaviest will fall on boards with the ‘single men or men with only | 1” dependents. Gen. Hershey said that “in so far ‘AS is feasible,” no board should call %one type of registrant with dependents substantially in advance ‘of other boards.” - At the same time he directed local ‘boards to complete by Oct. 16 the §nitial classification of all regisfrants liable for service so that the selective service system will be prepared to fill calls during the coming year “which will be equal to or in ‘excess of the monthly calls made in August, September and October of this year.” Uniformity Sought

~The effect of his order, he said, will be to level off inductions so that men from small towns and from cities will be called on an*approximately uniform basis. .. Collateral dependents are wivesy and children with whom the regdstrant does not maintain a bona fide family relationship; parents, “brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, divorced wives, and minors and handicapped persons Whose support has been assumed *in good faith.” Dependents with both ‘wives and . hildren should not be made suba Ject to induction “until such action Is authorized by the national head-

alu quarters, ” he said.

. The changesin the order of in- - duction with relation to depend_ency may take several months. . /Gen. Hershey said calls are sent out from national headquarters §0 days in advance, and “at least that . period of time is required to conform to any change in policy.”

~ STATE ADDED TON OF SCRAP WEEKLY

. Dudley A. Smith, executive sec- , Yetary of the Indiana Salvage com‘mittee, said today that 42 counties under the direction of the WPA had netted 2000 pounds of scrap . metal a week during August. Eight thousand salvage depots

"have been set up in the state and]

more «re planned as arrangements

are completed. He said most of the

0 total came from farms and ~~ that indications showed a greater ~~ amount would be collected during September.

LAWYERS TO HEAR STAMBAUGH SPEECH

~~ Lynn U. Stambaugh, national Ce commander of the American legion; & will ‘address the Indianapolis Bar association at a dinner meeting at ) 8:18 p. m. ‘Wednesday at 22¢ N. : st. . ‘He will discuss “The Legion's Con-

Today

outcome will be

of the Middle East be opened, but

America. On the other hand, Rommel’s defeat, if decisive, might enable the British to sweep the axis entirely out of Africa and regain control of the Mediterranean, which would be tragic for Italy. The stakes are high and the British are ready to carry out Prime Minister Churchil's pledge to defend Egypt as though it were their own soil. It could be that Rommel is making only a preliminary thrust to test British strength but it seems more likely that he is embarking on his final bid. There would be no point in his sitting indefinitely in the narrow stretch of blazing desert between the Qattara depression and the, sea. Rommel is known to have been reinforced heavily, including at

S ‘War Moves |

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst |

If Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s new attack in Egypt signifies the resumption of a major effort to drive to Alexandria and Suez, it is bound to result in the hardest fighting of the North African war, Its

of tremendous importance.

Should Rommel break through, the eastern Medi-| - ~ terranean will be lost to the British and the axis will dominate the entire sea. Not only will the southern road to the oil

the axis would have a clear field in

all North Africa. That includes the west coast, across: from South

least one fresh division from Crete and. a parachute regiment. The

ent British strength. However, since Rommel started his drive into Egypt last May, the British have had ample time to send men, planes, tanks and material. from home, while American equipment presumably has been arriving in quantity. The loss of the canal would not

having long ceased to be the “life line of the empire.” It is the

sibility, of the axis gefting a free

matters.

a month. After a very

reach their objective.

still in Russian hands, the wonder being explained partly by the stubborn resistance of the Russians who have been told to hold the place at any cost and partly by the excellent defensive system in depth which skirts the city on the north, south and west. If the Russians hoped to relievé

the pressure on Stalingrad by their series of heavy attacks 700 miles further north, they, in turn, seem to have been foiled partly by the excellence of the German defensive systems in the Razhev-Gzhatsk-Vyazma area and partly by the fact that the Germans, having decided to throw the bulk of their weight against the Caucasus and Stalingrad, are sticking to their plan,

It is probable that the Germans

War Analysis

By WILLIAM J STONEMAN Copyright. 1943.1

by The Indianapolis Times and Th icago Daily News, Inc. 44nd ”

LONDON, Sept. 1.—German pressure on Stalin-| | grad and the Volga lifeline does not appear to have been materially lessened by the Soviet offensive west of Moscow, which now has been going on for about

brief breathing spell last week, the

Germans have renewed their assault on “Stalin’s city” with full fury and it is still a complete tossup whether or not they will

Considering the scale of their attack, it is a wonder that the city is],

have or would have found difficulty | §

in shifting troops over the 700 miles which separates the two principal

fighting zones but they would have had time to do so if they so desired. German defenses west of Moscow are extensive and formidable and even the loss of Rzhev and the whole salient to the south would

leave them with well-defended posi-|,

tions. It is fervently hoped that the Russians are not losing so many men in their furious assaults on this salient that they would be exhausted as a fighting force in event of a grand German offensive against Moscow some time next month.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (U. P.).— Senator A. B. Chandler (D. Ky), chairman of a senate military affairs subcommittee which has just returned from an inspection trip to Alaska, revealed today: that the Alaska highway will be completed Dec. 1. ; The highway is now about half completed, he said, and by Christmas time supplies for Alaskan out-

posts will be rolling over the new route.

Senator Chandler revealed that

Alaska Road to Be Finished By Dec. 1, Chandler Reports:

the “most thrilling” incident on the| § 3

20,000-mile inspection trip was when a naval vessel aboard which the subcommittee was traveling was “challenged,” then told to proceed. “If we hadn't answered quickly and given the right answer, we would have been looking for a place to hide,” he said. : He explained that American naval vessels, when on patrol duty, challenge all ships discovered, and that

ing within a given length of time, the challenging vessel opens fire

without question.

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