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Homes, Business Houses to

Darken Lights; Sullivan |

Issues Rules.

Preparations - for the day when enemy bombers might attack Indianapolis reach county-wide propor“tions here with a half-hour dimout

scheduled to begin at 9:30 o'clock}

tonight. -

Short blasts from girens and whis-{ alarm and for|

tles will sound

8 half hour afte

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On the War Fronts

Sonvention; in a resolution’ adopted

are to be darkened. douse. their lights.

Pedestrians are asked not to

Although tonight's dimout is only 8 rehearsal, the threat of more se

rious things ahead was seen by de-}

fense officials, “Asking for full co-operation from eltizehs, Mayor Sullivan and De-

fense Director C. Harvey Bradley|

Lssued the following statement: ' “Phere is no doubt that Indianapolis, with its numerous important ‘war plants, would be one of the first]

objectives of enemy bombers if they]|-

ever set out to wreck the Soirced. of this country’s power. *Simplé prudence and common sense demand that we take all posgible protective measures against such an eventuality, as other cities have done.”" Judging from district dimouts which haye ‘already been held, howneed: have, no. fear

ete Cron have shown|

a S Niliingness to comply with orders

at first surprised those in 4

dat 2 District after district reported: “Surprisingly good results,” So that each may know what his «duty ‘is tonight, Mayor Sullivan issued the following rules and regulations: Individuals — (Pedéstrigns) shall}, proceed with their ‘normal habits in so far as practicable. If flashlights are used, they shall be equipped with a covering of two layers of magazine paper. The beam of light shall not project for a distance exceeding 10 feet. Never ‘point a flashlight upward, and keep the lighton for only a few seconds at any one time. Do not point light at any smooth 'surfate which will readily reflect light. Any open \ (Continued on Page bt

(Oct. 16, 1042)

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Admiral Nimitz confident that marines

and army on Guadalcanal can|

repel all-out Japanese drive to recapture Solomons. MacArthur planes aid Solomons defense ‘by damaging light Japanese cruiser. Fighting in New Guinea dwindles.

ALEUTIANS — Arnly takes “aver, without real opposition, third of Andreanof islands. Navy announces two bombing attacks on Kiska.

(RUSSIAS Fanti flares in renewed fury

serena strat pr £Bermans | WESTERN EUROPE - — RA » blasts Cologne. and other: Rhine- ' land cities. LUTHERAN PARLEY DISAVOWS OBJECTOR

MENDOTA, Tl, Oct. 16 (U.P) —|

The ‘American Lutheran church today gefused to defend conscientious + Ohjectors, “to ‘the seventh biennial].

‘change in American _ military °

|suré ‘whom he will attack.

sctihad 304 per; cent of its War goal.

GERMANS HURL

130 BIG ATTACK AT STALINGRAD

| This Battle ‘Decisive,’ Says|

Moscow Army

Newspaper.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent “The decisive battle of Stalingrad” was under way today, according to the Soviet army newspaper Red

| Star.

Soviet troops fell back in the bat tered streets of an industrial sec

tion in the northern part of the||

city under the crushing initial pres-

& [sure of the Germans’ third all-out

“Wendell Willkie Js shown as he arrived at/the White House to report to President Roosevelt om his round-the-world visit to major battlefronts. Here he steps from & rain-drenched army staff car.

assault against the Volga city.

Russian reports said fighting was:

as intense as any in the bloody 53 day-old battle, in which the Germans have lost. 250,000 killed, wounded or missing. > Attack Every Two Hours

The Germans were said to be

attacking with 30,000 troops, behind |: ‘massed tanks and dive bombers

attacking in waves of 30 to 40—just

{the pattern of the two previous

Nazi attempts to také the nowruined city. The German attacks were coming ‘over in waves about evéry two hours, Russian dispatches from the front said. There were seven assaults during the daylight hours yesterday. The luftwaffe was supportihg the attack with a block-by-block : bombardment described by Soviet re-| ports as even heavier .than the fa-

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Seno Indra Res Party Leaders:

. 'Wehdell Willkie's refurn to Indi‘ana today. revived in state G. O. P. circles’ that ° bugaboo ' question: Should. Willkie be "invited to speak for the party uring the campaign? " Most party leaders, realizing just how: hot. the question is here, refused to discuss the matter “for the record,” saying that they would wait for State Chairman Ralph Gates to go into the situation. “And Mr, Gates, who has been ill at his home ‘at Columbia City, declined tomment. /

WASHINGTON; Oct. 16 (U. P.). “=President. Roosevelt declined to ‘say today whether ‘Wendell 'L. ‘Willkie’s tour would result in any

strategy. Mr. Roosevelt was asked the question at his press conference. He said he found Willkie’s report exceedingly successful’ and very interesting, but that he could not. disel military secrets. : . The ‘president added that he was afraid a controversy could not ‘be developed for anybody. N + .

Many Indiana party leaders are definitely against Mr. Willkie and they say they do not care to have him speak because they are not

There are ‘others, however, who think he would help the party, re. gardless of what he says, by ‘merely appearing ' at a Republican rally.’ Mr. Willkie,* of course,” may choose not to speak, even if invited. ‘Plans Week’s Rest Mr. Willkie was expected back in Indiana today. His ‘wife and son, Ensign Philip Willkie, were to meet him in Richmond where he was to arrive by train from New York. From there the party was to motor to. Rushville, where Mr. Willkie intends tak-

The. Russians admitted the Nazis + {had captured “several” streets at a 'jcost’ of 3500 men and 81 tanks. Moscow said the enemy was rapidly

Began on ‘Wednesday

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sending more men and: machines “into the gap.” . The German high ‘ command claimed that a Nazi tank division, “in a daring night attack,” broke through to the Volga river in a northern suburb, - capturing the Dzerzhinsky = tractor factory and establishing themselves along the Volga fer almost two miles, Red Star said the “decisive battle began Wednesday morning,” after a lull of almost a week.

“Heavier Than Ever”

A dispatch from Zurich said a German military spokesman had told neutral correspondents that “after the reorganization of German (Continued on Page Four)

MOST FIRMS WAIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Accept Personal Affidavits, Haight Reports. Most war industry = employers

have indieated that they will follow recommendations to give work-

ers jobs without court issued birth.

certificates, J. Bradley Haight, Indiana director of U. S. employment service, said today.. “Of course, federal agencies have no authonty to require employers to abolish the use of birth record certificates but we are recommending this be done in order to avoid delays in getting new workers in the plant,” Mr, Haight said. Instéad of requiring the birth certificates issued by the circuit court under a 1941 law, most employers indicated they will require job applicants to make personal affidavits, attesting to their birth status. In order to get a court issued birth certificate, which is provided in the event the origina! birth rec-

bords cannot be produced, applicants

sometimes have to wait as long as two weeks. ‘The cost of the certificates is $3, which some workers say is too ex-

ing a Week's: rest on- his fam.

pensive.

Fund Ww. orkers. Hope to Add

Another $

Sliasiorolis : already’: tas soli

100,000 Today

Reporicd to Gate ...... §. L300 w

: {penis 61 per gent of thee quota.

SCRAP PILES UP

mous Nazi dive-bombing attack] gas | which hlligrated the heart of Rot:

' The notorious, bank-robbing gang of Al Brady actually made a contribution to" society today. . Their arsenal has been turned

over to the navy for salvage of gun. parts.

ge Collected.

The. county salvage, committee won't know for sure’ until’ tomorrow, but'it appeared. today that Marion county school. children gathered at least _ 3,000,000 pounds of scrap metal. Volunteer trucks still were trying to get in 100 tons of scrap from 20 ‘schools. They have been working since last Saturday but the amount was so great that they had heen unable to complete the task. William A. Evans, salvage drive director for the schools, and Blodgett E. Brennan, county salvage director, said that about 25 trucks were assisting inthe collection ‘today,

Firms Donate Trucks.

They were donated by the state highway commission, the park board, the school “hoard, “the city sanitation : department, the Great Atlantic & Pacific: Tea Co., the Indiana Railways, the ‘Scott Trucking Co., the ‘Federal Express, the Indianapolis Water..Co., . the Hdrgiss Truck Line, the Interstate Dispatch, the EHis Trucking Co., the I. R. C. &-D. Freight Lines and the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. Yesterday's collections were made by the state conservation department, the state highway commission, ‘the Strohm warehouse, the school hoard, ‘the Pennsylvania Motor Inn, the Scott Trucking Co., the Indianapolis Water Co. and Armour & Co.

CONFEREES AGREE ON VICTORY TAX OF 5%

lic Officials.

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Police Chief Morrissey (kneeling) inspects one of the Brady machine guns and Sergt. Robert N. Murnan looks over. a sawed off shotgun.” (Authorities wouldn't permit a picture to be taken of all the arsenal)

Average Man Gets. a: Clear

Brady himself was shot and killed in a gun battle in 1937 in Bangor, Me, and the rest of his robbers rounded up. Chief Morrissey decided there was no use

! in keeping the guns around police

Beater any longer.

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| The bis expt to be passed ; the conclusion of that debate.

enaze iy sn tn Ta senate probably -will

1 ‘mittee today proved legislation Towering the draft age to 18, as the house prepared to debate and ac“tion ‘on’ a similar measuré tomerrow. Zz WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (U. P.).— For the first time “since Pearl Harbor the average American today had a relatively clear picture of his draft prospects until the end of 1943. Testimony by high army officials before congressional committees on the - bill to lower the draft age ‘to 18 made this possible. > Congress :is driving to iplace that bill ‘on President Roosevelt's desk by the end of next week. The house military - affairs commitiee. unanimously approved the bill yesterday. Today the house rules committee

of house debate tomorrow afternoon.

Hundreds of RAF Bombers

- Raid Cologne

LONDON, Oct. 6 (U. P.).—Hundreds of British bombers attacked the German: Rhineland during the night and showered bombs among the ruins of Cologne, on which on the historic night of May 30 1000 planes had dropped 3000 tons of death ‘and ruin. . The loss of 18 planes in the night's raids. was. announced by the - air ministry, * Germany claimed at least 21 downed in raids which, it said, bombs were dropped at random “far between various places.” Germany said that damage was small because of “concentrated defense.” 3 But early reports indicated that

Non-War Expense 35. 6 %o

ap- [pass It the middle of next week. As’ the bill moved quickly toward the White’ House, the selective service situation: until the end of 1943 shaped up about like this: YOUTHS OF 18 AND 19

“Those who have . ed high school, are not ‘atten college and have not already started’ to enlist in the army or navy or marine corps or the ‘aviation cadet corps of those services can expect to be called ; starting in late November, By ‘the middle * February all such youths who are physically fit will be in the army. At. the end of the present school year and no later than next July 1, 'teen-aged youths who have been atiending high school and ‘college’ will be called. Excéptions- to. an extent not yet determined will bé made for medical and‘ pre-medical students, en(Continued on Page Four)

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and Rhineland

Cologne and other German war industry centers, all’ hard hit ‘in previous raids, would spend more days now in digging dead out of the ruins of key factories. Last night's was the 110th raid of the war on Cologne. The city had not been bombed sinée the 1000plane’raid May 30. The last Rhineland raid was on Oct. 2," when the night raiding planes attacked Krefeld and other towns. | American Douglas medium bombers had made two attacks on the Havte docks late yesterday and another force of planes had attacked German targets in Holland, including Den Helder navel base.

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ARMY OCCUPIES ALEUTIAN ISLE

Takes Over 3d Andreanof; Liberators Bombard: Japs at Kiska.

On Inside Pages

Malta Downs 97 Planes.... Page 8 Today's War Moves .. MacArthur Communique ....... 16

Marines Expected Jap Blow .... 18 19

Angericas : Bombers have rained

demolition rn incendiary bombs on Japan's only remaining base in the Aleutians %and American armed forces have occupied a third Andreanof island, it was revealed today. The navy revealed two long-range Liberator bomber raids on Kiska. Large fires were started in the camp area and three enemy seaplanes were blasted on the water. Although' there was -no enemy aiccraft opposition, one ‘of our planes was lost, the navy said. Most of the known damage was done in a raid Wednesday: results of an earlier raid Sunday could not be observed. During the second raid three beached and two sunken ships were seen in the harbor at Kiska. They were among the 39 enemy ships sunk or. damaged. in the Aleutians so far. The number of enemy planes destroyed there now stands at 44.

Island Is Unidentified

The army announced the occupation -of the Andreanof island. It

1did not say which island was occu-

pied, as the navy had not revealed which two islands had been occupied previously. Officials said the! island most recently occupied is well suited as an advance base, Following the occupation of the other two islands, the Jap forces in the west Aleutians gave up two of their island toeholds and concentrated on Kiska. The army took over the island “smoothly and with utinost secrecy with no ground or sea opposition.” As small enemy seaplanes, however,

fled in a hail of anti-aircraft fire,

MORGENTHAU. VISITS LEADERS IN LONDON.

Plans to Remain 10 Days On Treasury Business.

genthau, who arrived here several ago, said today he planned to remain in England for 10 days or two weeks “on treasury business, not a mission.” T came without my brief case,”

dropped two bombs harmlessly and

LONDON, Oct. 16 (U. P.).—United | - ‘States Secretary of Treasury Mor~

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70 RECAPTURE GUADALCANAI

Can Hold Island; Ney

Hebrides Shelled by Nipponese; Land: Fighting Trend Uncertain.

16 (U, P.).— Hard-press American soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen in’ Solomon islands fought stubbornly today' to stem an a out Japanese offensive to recapture Guadalcanal and

. American reports of the progress of the battle—on on sea and in the air—are lacking. Local commanders pro ably are too busy to write detailed reports.

The scanty ones receive here during the last 48'ho presented a grim, ev gloomy, picture of the Ame! icans’ positions. Japs Claim 2 Airfields. But the confidence of Ame naval ghiefs was undeterred. have claimed that American { ore will hold their positions. P Chester W. Nimitz again expresst that belief in an address at Peau Harbor yesterday. He said Amel can troops. in the Solomons far have ‘effectively met all Japan nese onslaughts. Japanese claims, broadcast by ul axis, were that “two important aii fields” had been recaptured. one airfield actually exists in southern Solomons, Henderson fie on Guadalcanal, which is the ject of the Japanese attack, The Japanese—in the words of 8 naval officer here—have $hiown “Sunday punch” at the So One of the enemy's mightiest

madas of the war may have con of the waters around Guadale

Fear Airfield Damaged

Thousands of enemy troops K landed along the north shore Guadalcanal and probably - alre are locked in battle with marines—reinforced by army ti ~although the navy said no patches, on the land fighting. b been received. The Japanese force landed Cape Esperance, 30 miles : west | Henderson field. : Enemy ‘planes are bombing airfield and other American shor installations, and there have been few references for two . American resistance in the air. Th led to fears here that the may have been damaged to’ restrict, if not preclude, its by American airmen. ; Even the mearest Dp) American: base—on Espiritu” x sland in the New Hebrides grou 450 miles southeast of Guad ~has been shelled by an ship, probably ‘a submarine, island was the headquarters the American air striking and ing forces operating in the Solo= mon area.

. Small, but Important

The ability of the Americans weather those attacks on land, and in the air will determine fate of the Solomons and may 0 termine the ‘future role of Au ] and New Zealand: in the wa of 4 Pacific. : It is-a struggle now only, |

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