Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1942 — Page 2

sreme Command for United Nations

Seems Nearer, but Subject Is Still T ouchy 3

job. “It would be Mr. Roosevelt's | -

By LYLE C. WILSON ~ United Press Staff’ Correspondent

President Roosevelt and me Minister Winston Churchill suggested that the united na3s are heading toward selection f a supreme American ot British nder for the second front at-

on Germany. arshal Ferdinand Foch had the b in world war I and (t was not bi alter he took over that the % began to go the allied way. American claims on the post are (bstantial, But they woud be ted, too, by the extent to which ted States troops could join in landing on the continent of ‘Europe. The United States would “have to put up men hy tae hundreds thousands if it wanted the comnd flag to fly over an American

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The American nominee probably would be Gen. George C. Marshall, of “Pershing’s boys,” who was Jumped from brigadier general in 3939 to four-star rans as chief of

If Gen. Marshall were moved to

probably would he succeeded as chief of staff by wuieut. Gen. Brehon D. Somervell, a West Point honor man who now heads the vital service of supply. Gen. Marshall is a graduate of Virginia Military Tnstitute. Next in line after Gen. Marshall for the job of leading a united nations army into Europe is Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Gensral Ike,” who now commands American forces in the European theater including such of the American navy as is based there.

‘Nothing has been heard here in official circles in echo of the clamor of some months ago to put Gen. Douglas MacArthur in: charge of the war. Supreme command is a touchy subject and one which could create great antagonism between British and American service men and civilians unless ‘it were approached carefully. But a decision for or against will have to be made before this war ends and there is reason to believe that’ American claims on the post will be presented to President Roosevelt with vigorous citation of reasons why Gen. Marshall

Weslern Encopean theater he

or Gen. Eisenhower should get the

Job to convince the British. If Mr. Roosevelt has approached the explosive subject with his. advisers, circle has leaked that fact. But his fireside chat review of the ‘war situation there was a reference that suggests the matter is on his mind. “The war will finally be won,” he said, “by the co-ordination of all the armies, navies and air forces of the united nations operating in unison against our enemies.”

2 INJURED IN PLANE TO BE BROUGHT HERE

Injured in an airplane crash in Wiscohsin Sunday, Carl L. Quillen, 34, of 2206 Lafayette road, and Benjamin B. Patterson, 32, of 834 Eugene st., are expected to be returned here by ambulance Saturday. Mr.. Quillen sustained a broken vertebra and Mr. Patterson, who regained consciousness yesterday

noon, was injured seriously about the head and shoulders.

Their plane lost a wing at 1000 feet and plowed into a bluff near Camp MeCCy. Wis.

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Patterson Says. ‘Planes, and |} Tanks. Prove Better ~ Than Enemy’ 8. CLEVELAND, 0. -Sept. 9 (U. P).

— Undersecretary of War Robert P, Patterson said today that American

planes and tanks are proving su- Si

perior to axis machines and criticism of their performance “comes from uninformed “sources.” - Speaking at the convention of the United chine Workers: union, Mr. Patterson said U. S. plane production during August ‘was larger than the total output of Germany, Iialy.-and Japan and that tank production had| reached “an impressive figure” which would be doubled in December. y 5000 Planes a Month ; ~(In Ankara, Turkey, Wendell L. Willkie told a press conference that this country turned out 5000 planes during August, 1000 more than Germany. Sixty per cent of this output was pursuit planes, Mr. Willkie said. He predicted a monthly production of . 10000 planes within a year.) Mr. Patterson answered criticism of American war material with specific records. Heavy bombers—flying fortresses and Liberators—"“are the fastest high-altitude, long-range bombers now flying, and they have the heaviest fire power,” he said.

fronts has been impressive.” “In pursuit planes, the Republic

the swiftest plane in the air, and the much-maligned Curtiss P-40 Hawks have proved better in combat than the Japanese zero, no matter what some critics may say,” he added. “The - war department stands squarely behind this statement.”

Defeat Jap’s Zeros

Actual combat records, Mr. Patterson said, ‘showed that during

and four bombers with the loss of only two U. S. planes. During the

down 13 zeros, -losing only four, Mr. Patterson said there was “not

man machines. He added, however, that “we are by no means satisfied” with plane designs or production rates. Improvements are being made on both sides, but “we believe: that we will be able to maintain and even to

present.”

U, S. SPURNS VIGHY'S PROTEST ON BOMBS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P.)., —The United States has bluntly notified French Chief of Govern-

ment Pierre Laval that American

airmen will continue = bombing “German military properties in France” at every opportunity.

The action was announced by ;

the state department which revealed that the pro-German Laval Monday protested recent bombing

grounds that “a number of people were killed and others wounded.” Laval directed his protest to S.

Mr, Tuck apparently acted on his The state depart “im-

He told Laval “the Americans do

E| not desire to see the French people |

suffer any more than can be aveid-

German government,” but that military plants “operated by or for Germany and other German mili-

tary properties in France will bel!

hombed at every opportunity.”

MRS. PAYNE TO ASK TRIAL POSTPONEMENT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Sept. 9 (U. P.) —Attorney J. Frank Regest-

for Mrs. Caroline G. Payne, 42-year-old Bloomington newspaper whose second = postponed

Mattingly is set for Sept. 17. Regester said Mrs. Payne is in

trial. The first trial in March, 1942, ended in a hung jury. The second trial was scheduled for May 21, but was postponed until the September date because of her condition. Mrs. J*ayne has been held in jail

of Mattingly, Indianapolis, public service on official.

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8 In Crew and 2 Women Killed i in Crash: One Victim Aboard Plane Lived Here

- NEWARK, 0, Sept. # @. P)~A 10th body was recovered today from the broken, smoldering debris of an army medium bomber that‘ spun crazily from the sky and plunged in a residential section here, wrecking and firing two houses. Among the bodies was one identified by Wright field, O., officials as that of Second Lieut. Russell E. Newlin, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Newlin, of 3910 Winthrop ave., Indianapolis. The body was to be returned to the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary ih Indianapolis. Services will be at 2 p. m. Priday. The -Rev. Howard Anderson, Speedway Christian church, will officiate. The crash, believed 0 have been Ohio’s worst military aviation accident since the - navy dirigible Shenandoah was destroyed in 1925 killing 13, took the lives of two women and eight occupants of the low-wing B-25 bomber, police reported. 2 Aged Women Killed The Criss Bros. funeral home reported that the bodies of eight men, seven of them fliers and the eighth a civilian ground crew chief, were taken from the sodden wreckage

which burned for more than four church while in Indianapolis, Lieut.

hours after the ship crashéd. The bodies of two aged women pedestrians were recovered earlier. The funerai home said that the bodies of four army men already had been returned to Wright field and that four more were being held awaiting the arrival of an army am= bulance. Wright field officials so far had confirmed that only six men were aboard the ship. The ninth body was dragged from the smoldering wreckage early today, police said. Officer Attended Tech -

Newark police said that the ninth victim was “mangled so bad that identification will be difficult.” The body was taken from the basement of a five-family apartment building where the big ship came to rest. Lieut. Newlin, of Indianapolis, was @ graduate of Technical high school there and attended Purdue university. During his last year he transferred from a mechanical course to the air officers’ training program and was commissioned last May. He had been stationed at Wright | field since. Attending the North Methodist

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| President Roosevelt, it was revealed

joss 24 Mr. Willkie's Sates préds one hal and the importance ate tached to ‘his. lengthy conference with Foreign ‘Minister Numan Menemencioglu yesterday made it plain that his principal message— one of united nations strength and coming victory—already had been delivered to Turkish statesmen. .

| The conference between Mr. will

Newlin is survived by his parents, a brother, Robert Jack, and three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Newlin and Mrs. Mary Urban, all of Indianapolis. Wright field listed the other crew dead as: Col. Douglas M. Kilpatrick, 33, of Houma, La., pilot; Sec-

of Wray City, Colo., co-pilot; Pvt. Charles Watson of Dayton, who was attached to Lunken airport at Cincinnati and who was on a leave trip to the East. Corp. R. A. Arens, 21, of ‘Dayton, a coast artilleryman on leave; O. A. Pecon of Dayton, a civilian ground crew chief. : Two of the crewmen bailed out of the crippled ship before it began its dive. They plunged to their deaths when their parachutes failed to open because of the low altitude. The body of Lieut. Lawver was found tangled in his unopened parachute on a B. & O. Railroad loading platform. The second crewman who bailed out was found, his parachute partially opened, in the apartment of Mrs. Mary Davis. He plunged through the roof of the building | and fell into Mrs. Davis’ living

kie and Menemencioglu lasted two hours and ten minutes. -

5000 Planes Monthly

Mr. Willkie placed a wreath on the tomb -of the late President Kemal Ataturk, visited s number

diplomatic missions here, and ‘toured nearby villages. He told the press ‘Monday that U. 8. plane production reached the level of 5000 planes in the month of August, 60 per®cent of them combat planes, compared fo 4000 planes produced by Germany in the same period. ; “In less than a year,” Mr. Willkie said, “we will be making 10,000 planes a month with an even higher percentage of combat planes.”

Ships Built Top Sinkings Mr. Willkie reported that axis sinkings of "all united nations ‘shipping for August, 500,000 tons, was topped by American completion

alone in August of 600,000 tons, “By January we will produce 1,000,« 000 tons a month, and I am confident that by lhen the axis won't sink more than 350,000 tons a month,” he . predicted. Mr, Willkie said total : powder production in the United States had already exceeded the total pro= duction during the first world war, that tank and ordnance production were ahead of schedule, and that . bombs “with unprecedented destructivéness” were being manuface tured. ‘He expressed the hope that the “German people will have sense

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