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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 174

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1942

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T0 TRAP NAZIS IN RIVER BEND

Severity of. Stalingrad’s Crisis Grows: Caucasus

May Bog Germans.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent

Soviet reports today indicated increasing gravity of the Stalingrad situation but suggested that the Russian diversionary attacks northwest of the Volga were gaining momentum and that hard-fighting by the Red army in the Caucasus may bog down the Nazis there for the winter. The Germans were seporidd in Moscow dispatches to be pulverizing ‘Stalingrad with the heaviest joint artillery-air bombardment of the war. Russian sources said 25 Nazi artillery regiments were massed on the narrow 40 mile front, backed|

making an average of 1500 sorties a day over the debris-littered city. “Repelled,” Says Berlin Soviet attacks northwest of Stalingrad were described as slashing away at the east bank of the Don and penning large Nazi forces within the great bend of the river. The objective of the Russians was to cut off and encircle the mass of the German army on the actual Stalingrad front. The German high command ad-

tor the Russians had launched “various” attacks across the river Don but insisted that all these drives had been repelled. The steppes from Volga above Sta

(Sept. 30, 1943) : vd RUSSIA—Germans make headway inside Stalingrad despite con-| tinued heavy losses; Soviet diversionary - drive to Don smashes ————————— more Nazi stro oints; - Rus- . . Be abe om ands ‘eid. oa! Contribute More Than High Novorossisk. : i Schools, Schricker Tells SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Australians drive Japs off Ioribaiwa Educators. ridge; ‘enemy retreats to new line 10 miles north. Japanese| “I have long had the feeling that claim - control of Aralire sea|the Boy Scout movement is doing after occupation o animbar,i ore toward citizenship educat Arce and Kal islands, against he a b Re P Sut small allied opposition. our high sc 5 the governor of Indiana told: trusMEDITEREANEAN~BIIS) bomb| tees presidents and deans of Hoosier elly. colleges and universities last night. DIPLOMACY — Axis successful in| He spoke at a dinner in the InShine Briih monepoly hl Ta. dianapolis Athletic club preceding a hampered by dispersal of forces, panel discussion sponsored by the London says. i National Foundation for Education . in American Citizenship in the, World War memorial. JERLRGES HOW | Governor Schricker pointed out ; '" that after 25 years of interest in the Scout movement, he made a study of penal institutions in Indiana and was amazed and elated te discover that there wasn’t a single CETTE inmate of any penal institution who Visitor at Y. N.C. M. C. A. Hopes had ever been a Boy Scout, Gestapo in Rumania -.. ask to Break Laws . “If the Boy Scouts can do this Will Be Bombed. kind of citizenship education, why can't our schools?” asked the govEvery time James W. Brown, for- “Too many . people tave no remer Y. M. C. A. secretary in Ru-|spect for government,” he declared. mania, meets an allied pilot he tells| “Hardly a day goes by in which him the location of the gestapo|some citizen does not appear at the headquarters in Rumania. state house to ask to be permitted And he hopes that one of them |to. violate the law. will drop a bomb on it to avenge| “They come to the very seat of partially the torture he endured at|government to ask for special e Don to the the hands of the gestapo before his|favors. And their opinion of govwhere the release was forced by Swiss and Ru- ernment is so low that ‘they are sive. oi ime {Manian officials, quite prepared to ‘buy: these privdor wo, vere son of flame The| me Se ke :

ileges. - “All of us have helped: to cheapen government. We don’t seem ! “good * men in public ‘off

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to stop ha Riigstsna. ot the tli opy 8 a of of Mr. Brown returned to this country Volga city the Germans had made June 1 on the 88 Drottningholm. more headway. Arrested by Gestapo

~ ‘Losses Still High When Japan attacked Pearl HarSoviet reports said that the Ger-{bor Mr. Brown and his wife were mans were storming a most im-jadvised by American officials to portant elevation which dominates|leave Rumania. The only way open was through Bulgaria to Turkey but they were held by Bulgarian officials at the Turkish border and were arrested there by the gestapo when Bulgaria declared war on the U. S. Mr. Brown was kept in solitary confinement for six days in a military prison in Rumania. He was questioned time and again by gestapo agents who suspecetd him of trying to smuggle out military information. Then He Was Beaten Finally, the gestapo agents tied ropes around his wrists, suspended him in the air and beat him for about 45 minutes with a rubber hose, . “The pain was terrible at first,” Mr. Brown said, “but I became stunned after a bit and then it didn’t hurt so much.” The beating left large, red welts on his back far more than three weeks, he said. Russian officials finally learned he was a German prisoner and, with the aid of Swiss officials, obtained release for Mr. Brown and his wife. |

NEAL'S SALARY CUT $2000 BY BOARD

| State to Ask Beamer to Rule on Action.

him to the sky—and often over: advertise him--and then as soon as the election is over, we start tearing him to pieces. “We all need to inculcate our youth and all our citizens with a wholesome respect for government oF else We are on the road 10. self destruction.”

Leaders in Field Speak

Three outstanding leaders in citiZenship education, who were featured on the panel later in the evening, also spoke. Dr. Thomas H. Reed, former political science professor at the Universities of California and Michigan, told the educators that “democracy as we know it, is in mortal danger, “Danger, not alone from without, but from within. “In the New Jersey primary only 25 per cent of the regular voters on the Republican side went to the polls. The largest vote was cast in Hudson county where there was only one ticket on the ballot. “Ninety-one thousand Democrats turned out to vote on the Democratic ticket because they were ordered to turn out to make a showing by their boss, Frank Hague. If a boss can exert that kind of influence, why can’t decent citizens start doing something to make for better citizenship?”

Criticizes Schools

Frederick D. Griggs, secretarytreasurer of the association of governing boards of state universities, pointed out that in Massachusetts only 35 per cent of the total number of registered voters: cast ballots in a' recent primary. “That,” he said, “is one of the reasons the citizenship education movement has to grow. Our schools and

of Stalingrad. This attack, believed to be in the northwestern sector of Stalingrad, was being pressed despite heavy German losses. The Rusisans reported that 7500 men of a force of two German divisions and 79 of about 150 tanks had been destroyed ‘in this area. The Nazi command asserted that its troops had stormed more positions in northern Stdlingrad and that 34 Russian tanks were knocked out in futile counter-attacks.

Caucasus Battle Intensified

The Caucasus situation was reported by Moscow to be showing “significant improvement.” Heavy autumn weather besieged the western Caucasus and the snow line rapidly crept down the sides of the mountains. The battle mounted, ever more fierce, as German crack Alpine troops, veterans of the Greek and Jugoslav cam-

mountain passes before violent blizsards begin. Soviet airmen, swooping dangerously low, pinned the invaders to the mountains. Black sea marines, in a daring commando raid, penetrated to the center of Novoressisk—the Black sea naval basé now held by the] Germans—wrecked artillery batterfes and sowed a general panic.

U. S. MISSED CHANCE AT JAPS, HART SAYS

PHILADELPHTA, Sept. 30 (U, p.),| The state welfare department will ~—American fighter planes hissed confer with the attorney generals their chance ‘at Pearl Harbor and|/omce on the legality of the Marion agalp 56 ue amis] hia county welfare board's cutting of ey oy Welfare Director Thomas Evening Post article reviewing the| s salary from $5000 to $3000,

early phases of the war with Japan. |N i” t : Gottschalk, state direcThe first day or so: was UF or.

in the air and we missed chance . The county board's action was

it,” said the former commander of the U. 8. Asiatic fleet. “From there another episode in its long fight to oust Mr. Neal. Frank Symmes,

on it was backward all the way, on he sea, on the 18nd, under the sea|ounty board chairman, could not 2. To establish a clearing house and over both,” 7 be reached for comment. for citizenship activity and trainThe I~ is te ME 16 aid atid prescri or counties’ of the size encourage TIMES FEATURES

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the line of citizenship ‘education Felix Morley, president of Haverford college and a former editor of the Washington Post, was the third member of the trio. Samuel R. Harrell presided at the panel discussion. The foundation has a three-point program: 1. To encourage .free discussion and ‘active ‘participation in public affairs,

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JAPS RETREAT IN NEW GUINEA

Ridge, End Threat to

Port Moresby.

GEN. MacARTHUR’'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Sept. 30 (U. P.)—Japanese forces are retiring northward after losing to Gen. *s Australian

ridge, 32 Moresby, anchor position in their line in the Owen Stanley of New Guinea, it was announced today. The Australians are pressing closely in the third day of their advance enemy troops who are withdrawing toward Nauro creek, the next natural defense line, 10 miles north of the ridge. Storming the ridge which the enemy forces had been hastily fortifying for two weeks, the Australians captured a considerable guantity of equipment and supplies.

Planes Give Real Help

This was the first big allied success in the Owen Stanley mountain zone since the Japanese landed an invasion force on July 21. In support of the ground forces, allied medium attack bombers struck heavily at Japanese rear positions between the Nauro creek line and Menari village, north four miles. Flying fortresses, in the 16th straight day of attack on Japanese communications and bases between the mountains and on the north coast, bombed the beaches and the airdrome of Buna. Another detail of the great Boeings bombed the airdrome dispersal area at Salamaua.

Improvise Camouflage The Australians took the

Ioribaiwa ridge had won a victory of some moment, it was indicated,

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Hitler "Sure’ That Stalingrad Will Be Captured by Nazis:

He contrasted wis allied attack at with German advances in Russia and said, with sarcasm: “If we march 1000 kilometers that

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board members (seated left to right), and J. Wayne Baxter, town

clerk-treasurer (standing).

2. The high school gym contains seven temporary classrooms.

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At Last It's Going to Get A Much Needed Town Hall

By WILLIAM CRABB

Speedway City will have its town hall. The war production board notified the town board today that it

could go ahead and build a $10,000. tion, “jail” and auditorium.

It will be built at the southwest corner of 15th st. and Lynhurst drive as soon as the final details can be worked out.

RIVERSIDE PUTS OLD CHAIN IN SCRAP HEAP

Weighs Two to Three Tons;

Scouts Push Drive. -

Riverside amusement park's “scenic railway”’—it’s given thousands a thrill—figured in the drive today for scrap metal. Working with Madden-Notting-|ham post 348, American Legion, | park officials told scrap workers to

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The war has made Speedway too big for its britches. And its growing pains are countless, ; For example: It has six major war plants with a daily influx of workers totaling 25,000.

Population Leaps

The town population has grown from about 450 in 1926 to 4250. It has grown so fast that the government is still that of a town while the population warrants a city government. The only governing body is a fown board nominated every four years by an old style town meeting in which the voters are’ supposed to assemble and form the two tickets — “peoples” and “citizens” slates. There are no Republicans and Democrats in the Speedway government. -But the largest meeting place is the high school gym and it seats only 500. They nominate from the fioor their canud'dates for the three seals on the town board and for the office of clerk-treasurer. Then the voters at the meeting ballot and the four men receiving

CLAIMS FOUR SUBS SUNK

‘ OTTAWA, Sept. 30 (U. P.—Navy Minister Angus MacDonald announced today = that the Royal Canadian navy has four Uboats, - probably for at least two more, and had made many “promising attacks” on enemy submarines, all in the St. Lawrence or

RAID HOMES OF ENEMY ALIENS

FBI Agents Search 62 in , Jhige Upstate Cities, --Seize Contraband.

FBI agents searched the homes of 62 enemy aliens in northern Indiana this week and confiscated large quantities of contraband material, J, M. Lopez, head of the Indianapolis office, announced today. The searches were in Gary, South Bend and Ft. Wayne, Forty-seven of the residences were Italian and 15 German. Thirty-five were In

Gary, 16 in South Bend and 11 in Ft. Wayne. Confiscated were 38 radios, 21 cameras, 33 fire arms, 1508 rounds of ammunition, two blackjacks, one set of brass knuckles; a U. 8. army signal kit and German and Italian papers and maps. No arrests were made at the time of the raids but the evidence was turned over to the Northern Federal District attorney’s office for further action.

VETERAN RUFFING T0 OPPOSE COOPER

37,000 to See Opening of

Series Today.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30 (U. P.).-— Manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees called on a former miner from the southern Illinois coal fields today to oppose Mort Cooper of the stretch-driving St. Louis Cardinals in the first game of the 1942 world series. Working almost within the shadows of his old diggings at Nokomis, Jl, big Charles (Red) Ruffing will be sent after the opening game for the sixth time in the seven world series the Bronx Bo have played under McCarthy since 1932. If he comes through against the hottest team. in National league history, the Cardinals can blame the old diggins. An accident while working in the mines converted Ruffing from an outfielder to a pitcher. He lost several toes of his left foot in the mishap and it

change. Cooper, . the ace Cardinal right hander, will be making his first | money start. An overflow crowd 37,000 was expected to fill Sports-

man’s park for the duel

slowed him enough to force the|;

Lawrence, Warren Twps. Dimout Tomorrow Night

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dianapolis works of International{areas are exempt from dimout

Harvester Co., prepared today for a dimout from. 8 to 8:15 o'clock to-

Sowns of Lawrence, Oaklandon, Cas.

regulations, Col. Walter S. Drysdale, Pt. commandant, indi~

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FOR ACTION 0 INFLATION

Both Sides Agree Labor Costs Will Be ‘Weighed’ In Fixing Parity.

WASHINGTON, Sept. (U. P.).—The senate today adopted a compromise farm amendment opening the. way for passage of the adminise tration’s anti-inflation bills The compromise calls for con= sideration of "increases in farm labor costs since Jan. : 1941, in the fixing of ries ceilings. The compromise amendment: adopted, 86 to 4.

Adoption of the amendment of: ed by Senate Democratic W. Barkley of Kentucky r vi the vote by which the ate\ yesterday wrote into the bi 48 he 43, a provision requiring th parity be recalculated to includ f in

labor costs before price oul are fixed.

Thomas Amendment Erased

* The language of the Barkley subse stitute eliminated yesterday's amends ment, which was sponsored by Sen ator Elmer Thomas (D. Okla.). The compromise was arrived by agreement among administra and farm leaders. Senator Carl Hatch (D. N. M.), “in the intere of unity,” withdrew an amendmen he had offered to guarantee f ers'a price at least equal to cost’ production.

lation through the senate Sodas, Preston; Roosevelt set Oct. the deadline, informing A would act by executive dr his war" powers otherwise,

gress to complete action. Less Than Farm Bloc Asked

Only senators to vote against the compromise ,were Senators Bennett C. Clark (D. Mo.), William 8S. Lan« ger (R. N, D.), Hiram W. Johnson (R. Cal) and Gerald P. Nye ( N. DJ). 2 In its final form the farm price amendment placed in the prices measure provisions not sought by President Roosevelt, but which were * farm;

less than the congressional bloc first asked. Under the Thomas amendment approved yesterday but ov id by today’s action, all farm labop costs would have been included # the computation of parity An original provision of the inflation bill provides that ceil on farm products are to be set straight parity levels or at highest prevailing prices of year up to Sept. 15.

Extra Cost Not Estimated |

Administration officials said ths the Thomas plan would have pes mitted parity levels to climb. per cent above present figures, that this would cost consumers extra $3,500,000,000 & year. cost of the administration comp mise has not been estimated. The initial break that led | speedy adoption of the farm p amendment came when Hatch ¥ drew his new proposal This ¢ after Barkley made these two n ifications in the administration posal:

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1. Selection of Jan. 1, 1941, as date from which increased costs are to be figured. 2. Addition of age that in the fixing of ceilir tommodities processed from

given to farm labor costs. Rayburn told reporters that |

ti-inflation bill would be all ny over. a least one day J