Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1942 — Page 14

5000 Attend Ceremonies; Father of Hero at Pearl Harbor ‘Honored.

Times Special ANDERSON, Ind. Sept. 10.—Em- : : Plovees of the Guide Lamp plant here wore their “E” pins today!

and the army-navy “E” floated over |

; the war production factory,

Almost 5000 persons were present | yesterday when. the efficiency].

. awards were presented by. Lieut. ~ Comm. L, F. Brozo. . * The ‘first pin was ‘presented to | ‘Prancis Hannon, a foreman, whose = son was ‘killed in action at Pearl Harbor Dec, T. The ceremonies were followed ‘by : a ‘luncheon at the Anderson Coun“try club by 150 plant officials and © guests,

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Attending a _gunner’'s mate service school is Seaman Elmer B. Moore, who has returned 40 duty’ following a six-day furlough which. he ‘spent with his wife, Mrs. Leona Moore, and their son, Keith, of 1819 N. Illinois st. Before enlisting he was employed at the Keith Shade Co.

ACCEPT NEGROES FOR ARMY FLYING COURSE

. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (U. P.). ~The civil aeronautics administration today was receiving applications from Negroes for non-combat pilot training for the army air forces. Most of the successful candidates will become instructors. The courses will-be given at Tuskegee Institute, Ala., and Coffey School of Aeronautics, Oaklawn, IIL The. candidates must be between 18 and 36 years old and, if under 27, must be declared by. an army aviation cadet selection board’ in-

eligible for combat : pilot training.

| Most of His s Fieot Has Been g§ Sunk or Is in Refuge i

“In Safe Waters.

LONDON, Sept. 10 (U. P.).Most|8

fof the high seas fleet with which Adolf Hitler began the war has been sunk, damaged or driven to refuge, but its remnants still ‘are a threat to the British and American navies, particularly In northern waters,

| The Germans ships still afloat, for the most part, either have been in-

capacitated for months, or have]

taken refuge in the Baltic sea and

{the narrow Norwegian Fjords. If, |

however, it should be concentrated

for an offensive action, ‘naval experts}

‘believe - it could - be particularly

effective along the supply. routes to & Murmansk

ue Risks His U-Boats ; The hiv craft Hitler risks now against the united nations’ sea power are submarines, small motor torpedo boats and a few, scattered

armed raiders. Except for occasional |

small-scale sorties, the rest of his naval strength has: stayed close fo its hide-outs for the last six months, as inactive as Germany’s imperial

navy after Jutland in.the last war.

According to the latest available information, Hitler's battle fleet is disposed as follows: Norway—the battleship Tirpitz, officially 35,000. tons but believed to be nearer 50,000, and the most formidable battleship in European

waters, is bottled up in the new}

Nai naval base at Trondheim. With her are the surviving pocket battleships,: Admiral Scheer and Lutzow (both 10,000 tons listed -displacement) and the 10,000-ton heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper.

Old Ships in Service The Baltic—the 6000-ton cruisers

Nurnberg and Leipzig, together:

with a few small German destroyers

and torpedo boats and 17 Danish |S

torpedo boats seized in 1940, constitute Germany's complete effec-

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ticipated in the seizure of Danzig in 1940. The battle cruiser Scharnhorst (26,000 tons) and the 10,000-ton Cruiser Prinz Eugen are at Keil. {The Scharnhorst has just completed extensive repairs necessitated by the pounding she took when she ran the British gantlet through. the channel last February. a Since the beginning of the war,

Germany has lost at least half her

navy. The definite losses include the 40,000-ton battleship Bismarck, the 10,000-ton pocket battleship | Graf Spee, the 10,000-ton cruiser Blucher, the 6000-ton cruisers Karls-

ruhe ‘and Koenigsberg, 13 destroy-|

ers and 15 armed merchant cruisIn addition, the 6000-ton cruiser Koln is listed as probably

ARRESTS REACH 120 IN INDIAN TROUBLE

BOMBAY, Sept. 10 (U. P.).—Arrests of Indian independence demonstrators here reached 120 today as leaders of the Hindu Mahasaliha minority faction conferred h ‘the viceroy over a role for a in settling India’s troubles. Thus far disturbances had been reported only in Bombay and New Delhi, and had not approached the level of the rioting which followed the arrest of Mohandas K. Gandhi early in August. Dr. Syamg Prasad ' Mockerjee, working president of the: Mahasab-

ha, was conferring with other Hin-

du leaders in New Delhi after his one-hour talk Tuesday with the viceroy. .Mockerjee reported that the initiative for settling the “In-

dian impasse would have to come|E

from the British government,

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LUMBER FIRM DIES

Frank W, Alvis, a partner in the Alvis-Morrissey Lumber Co. which maintains offices in the Meridian Life building, died today in St. Vincent hospital. He was 58 and lived at 745 E. 49th st. Born in Salem, Ind., Mr. Alvis came to Indianapolis 30 years. ago. He was in the lumber business many

‘|years. He was a member of the e

Masonic lodge at Salem. Surviving are his wife, Aurilla: a son, John A. private first ‘class, at: Ft. Thomas, O.: two daughters, Betty and Susan of Indianapolis, and two brothers, B.'W. of Ft. Lau-

Albany, Ind.

The body was taken to the - {ster & Askin mortuary, 1902 ey

ridian st., where services were by being

—————— lA TREE TRIMMER INJURED Thomas Wilson, 62. of Keystone ave. and .the. River road, was in critical condition at City hospital today from injuries he received when he fell 40 feet out of the top’

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