Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1942 — Page 1

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Four siguainen from the Butler hiversily 1 navy school spell out the name of their branch of the service—N-A-V-Y, Today the navy and the

nation are celebrating Navy day—the first held since Pearl Harbor,

Complain (Text, Page Six). By LYLE ©. 1 C. WILSON | * “United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 27—President| Roosevelt's s eohduct of the war: was _ under fire today from. Wendell L. Willkie, ‘who | charged that our “superb fighting allies” are getting

boasts and promises instead of help. | *

Mr. Willkie’s complaints were largely in behalf of Soviet Russia | "and: China. He said ‘American diplomats should be appointed “who are big enough in their own right to ‘dare to tell our president the truth. ”» 1 An’ enormous radio ‘audience last night ‘heard the 1940 Republican presidential nominee report to thei’ peoplesupon his 49-day flight around the world,

Asks Attack on Burma ’

for a second front in Europe and _ for dispatch of forces to India for all-out attack on Burma to relieve, respectively, the embattled Rus- ‘ sians and Chinese. Then he went considerably further than that. He argued that we are fighting not merely our enemies but for a new world idea, a new freedom which will see the orderly abolition of the colonial system and for a ‘new : society, world-wide in scope. ‘That new world, he said, would be free alike of" “the economic in4 justices of the west and of the political malpractices of the east. “Our ‘western world and our presumed supremacy are now on tr he said.” “Our boasting and our big: ~ talk leave Asia cold.” Mr. Willkie disassociated himself 5 entirely | from any official ‘connections. He. said the tour was his ; {Continsicd on Page Four)

A Goodie, ‘Goodie!

Mr, Willkie reiterated his plea 1B the same class.

Hs report, for active duty.

_- By VICTOR ETgelt all three jars. They hit anning one of the fore.

the Solomons,

_ Spinach Scarce

| WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (U. PJ). Look, . children, the man says you may have to give up spinach to help win the war. Col. Lewis Sanders of the selective service system, whose job involves determining whether available manpower is used efficiently, also thinks head lettuce + and. green celery may have to go, too. Testifying -at a senate hearing, Col. Sanders said lettuce had to be replanted to grow as head lettuce... It.takes .too much labor to do this, and the day may ‘come ‘when head lettuce just won’t be ~ErOWN.. “I-hope,” put in Senator Lister (D. Ala), “that spinach

WAR

“rd almost force my conscience to ‘put it there,” Col.: Sanders replied. “I think we could put ‘it ‘there on account of the labor required to wash it.” Bleached celery, he added, also requires an unusual amoun: of labor. as it has to be banked to be bleached. }

} 80-Foot Dive Saved Local Sx Seaman in Sinking of Wasp

PETERSON Just/15 feet back of where: my crew ‘antidaireraft guns,” said Sea-

"| man First Class James Kenneth Lee, 513.5. Qakland ave., this. morning. . That, according to Seaman Lee; attack pn the U.S. S. ‘Wasp; aircraft carrier sunk Sept. 15 in action off “My gun crew was standing watch when’ we picked ‘up

describes the Japanese submarine

‘|the sound ‘of -a plane and:I ‘gazed toward the sky trying to spot him,” {Lee said. Knocked Off Feet

“Suddenly someone on the flight deck cried, “Torpedo wake!’ “I looked down and saw all three ‘tin fish’ coming in. Then they disappeared from view beneath the splinter-shield of the gun. ° “It was split seconds until I was knocked off my feet.” “That was about 3 p. m.; and the first thing I can remember’ about the action is grabbing for a life preserver. - “It was kind. of hot for a while. “Our gun was right over a powder magazine and the shells started to

go off. Shrapnel kept cutting up|’

through the flight deck, but the worst injuries to my crew were ‘a

~{few flashburns. We felt we were

pretty lucky. Cut Off by Fire

“We were surrounded by fire and cut off from the rest of the ship. We didn’t even haveany Water to fight the blaze, “About 20 minutes later we were told to abandon ship. = ~ “There is no use lying, I was scared. “It was an 85-foot drop from where we were to the water. The

GABLE TO GET BARS ‘OF 2D LIEUTENANT

. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 27 (U. P. ).~Officer Candidate Clark Gable, handsome heart-throb of female movie fans, receives his second »[lieutenant’s bars tomorrow at the army air force officer candidate | school here. ‘| Gable will be commissiotied with | other members of his class Who have concluded 90 days of intensive training. He ‘then will await orders to

A Rushville Girl Knew Just

What Willkie

“o “Times Special , RUSHVILLE, Ind., Oct.. 27.—While! America ‘wondered last ‘week what Wendell Willkie was going to say in| his radio address, a ‘17-year-old Rushville high. school. air] knew,

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1 YI senars.- “She can do the job well.”

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Would Report

At 90-words a minute, Mr. Willkie told ‘Evelyn Berpring what he was going to say. “When he ‘arrived ‘in Rushville after his ‘round-the-world tour, Mr. Willkie couldn’t find a good stenographer.. C.J, Sellars, principal of

highest dive I ever madé¢ was 10 feet. Guess I set myself a new record. “And then when we got in the water it was filled with sharks but (Continued on Page, Foun)

REVEAL 2 RAIDS ON SUB BASE ASE AT KISKA

No Planes Oppose Oppose Bombers

In Aleutian Attacks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 U. P). —Army bombers blasted at the Japanese “submarine base” at Kiska in two raids on the enemy's sole pesifion in the Aleutians, the navy announced today. In an attack on Oct. 23 by Consolidated Liberator ' bumbers and Allison-motored Lockheed lLightning fighters, 18 tons of bombs were dropped. On the following day, : flying fortresses attacked the

|| the high school, came to his rescue. |base.

#1: ‘have a star pupil,” said Mr. With only two wo semesters: of shortMonday with her,

oe 20, in the Aleutions

nes were seen.

! undersea craft in Kiska harbor, this

| was the first time it had called it |fatly a “submarine base.”

This was the first announcement

evoried|

‘11% Strong.”

- Both raids’ ‘were opposed by “ac- io tive” anti-aircraft fire but no enemy Me

Although the’ navy previously has. Deen! ie ‘mentioned the piessios of Jepantss my de in

oy 35,000 IN MGHT PARADE 200 tose Sues in During;

Bonds Awarded.

Indiana, which has sent more than ‘15,000 ‘men. into the navy since that fateful December “day of infamy,” pays a full-blown salute to the bluejackets today in the first navy day celebration of the war. About 200 more Indiana youths will join the Hoosier heroes who have gone before them in swearing

SALUTE TO THE NAVY!

| NOON—Address by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval personnel, in the Columbia club ballroom.

,3:30 .p. m. — Two hundred ““avengers of the Vincennes” take the navy oath, administered by Rear Admiral Jacobs on the steps of Monu- . ment circle.

7:30. p. m.—Navy day parade of "35,000. The line of march; St. Clair and’ Pennsylvania sts., south on Pennsylvania to Washington, west on Washington to Meridian, north on Meridian to North, west to Illinois; disbands.

in ceremonies at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon on Monument circle. The solemn oath of allegiance will be administered by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of navy personnel, who was to arrive here this morning. The rear admiral addressed 500 civic, patriotic and service officers at noon today in the Columbia club ballroom. Prizes to Be Awarded ‘Before the address, $100; $50 and $25 war bonds were to be presented to three Indiana school boys and girls who wrote the best esasys on “Our . Navy—Why We Must Keep

~ At" 7:30 o’clock tonight, Homer Capehart, county navy day chairman, will stage what reportedly will be the most vigorous display of civic and armed might seen here since the war. More than 35,000 people are expected to march in a parade, which will start at St. Clair and Pennsylvania sts. Bekiind the 200 navy volunteers who will have been sworn in at 3:30 ‘o'clock, “between 50 and 100 navy mothers from Vincennes will fall into the line: of march. :

on eaaigetslini/the parade wil be led by the Vincennes naval reSuing Satin Pemsenrel

But America Can ‘Take It,

BY U.S. LIKELY ADMIRAL SAYS

‘He Declares; Shuns:Opinjon on War’s Length. (Picture on Page 4)

By ARTHUR WRIGHT America must. steel itself against

the grim prospect of “much heavier”| E peosp ? NORTH PACIFIC — Navy reveals

losses yet to come, Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Indianapolis’ navy day speaker, warned in an interview today. “But I have not doubt of the ability of the American: people to take it,” the chief* of naval personnel said. ‘“Our people have held up admirably under the reverses so far suffered.” Loss of 12,000 men in the naval service In this. war and destruction

of many ships has not been beyond

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the predictions of military authorities, the veteran naval officer said. “This is a different—more ghastly —war than the last one,” he pointed

EGYPT—British imperial

On the ‘War,

"Fronts

(Oct. 27, 1942)

SOUTH PACIFIC—Outcome bf ma-

jor sea battle raging off Solomons still uncertain. U.S. ad-

mits loss of - aircraft carrier onj:

Sept. 15 and destroyer yesterday; another - carrier “severely damaged.” Japs admit two carriers damaged.

drive on against Rommel’s barbed wire defenses; gain so far is about four and a half miles.

RUSSIA — Russian counter-attack

south of Stalingrad revealed.

Japs using Kiska as submarine base; two -more raids reported.

MRS. R. LINKS

PEACE, YOUTH

We Shall Never Forget America’s Help,” Eden Tells 1st Lady. ’

LONDON, Oct. 27 (U. P.). — Mrs.

forces

out. Lauds ‘Recruiting Here

When peace will come, Admiral

Jacobs said, “no one can predict.” Lauding Indianapolis and Indian

for contributions to the war program, the naval chief said the Indianapolis + recruiting area stood above all of the nation’s inland recruiting: zones in the number of en-

Eleanor Roosevelt said today that

the United States and Great Britain may do more for world peace “than. we can now know.” In reply to a statement by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that “we shall never forget” the aid America gave Britain “in the darkest times,”

a

derstanding was growing between

increasing understanding between

Mrs. Roosevelt said she believed un-'

listments in the navy. He said the only place where: enlistments surpassed those of this area ‘were on the coastal regions. Pointing to statistics to prove Indianapolis® united ' effort, ‘Admiral

the two. countries.

She : said that she hoped this

would. mean that the world may never again have to live through such a period -as the present.

“I look to your young people and

our young people. to be the kind of

Jacoks said this area, ‘which. yepre-

Sopiian. as arr

Admiral’ Jacobs said:

“We have a seéond front , . , it’

at the Solomons.” Supports News Delay

He took issue with critics of the policy . . of delaying

government's news of war casualties.

“Every hold up,” he insisted, “has

been for sound military reason.” Admiral Jacobs “doesn’t want

selective service for sailors “not as

long as they include the provise o one year’s training,”

them out to duty.” ; He lauded the navy personnel ¢ world war II as “better than ever.

He said sailors of today were better

educated and of a higher, caliber, Praises Commission Men

Men: who go into the service under the so-called “easy” commissions ‘were praised by Admiral

Jacobs.

“They've proved to be good men,”

he said, “and the only criticism o

{them comes from people who can’t

get in”

At the Navy day luncheon in the Columbia club, Admiral Jacobs said

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‘WARMER TONIGHT’;

THAT'S A PROMISE

Not much change in temperature today but slightly. warmer tonight | was . promised ‘Indianapolis after

another record-breaking cold

nigh Following a day. when the : nahi temperature was 19 degrees below]. normal, the mercury went: to 25.2 degrees at 5 a. 'm. today, slightly under. the record of 26 set in 1936. The average temperature yesterday

was 32, the normal 3

The normal for Aoday also is 51.

KING CHRISTIAN WEAKER

LONDON, Oct. 27 (U. P) ~The Oslo radio - reported: from Copenhagen today that King Christian of | injured last week when was - growing

‘Denmark, thrown from his horse; weaker,

If You Expect to Cultivate

er cent p total enlistments in the navy.|. rding a . second war front,

He.said such a congressional act would “ruin” the |navy because “we can’t train ou men on shore a year before sending

‘people ‘most, of us would like to be, : y-aechieve same-of

go and which we how must achieve gasp will achieve—at the end of the war. ~~ ‘Hopes for Peace’

“Then I hope we will have peace.” The first lady saw a demonstration by London’s men and girl fire fighters and ‘they went through acrobatics they had’ learned in’ their spare time which were similar tof those of circus performers. Most of the girls had been typists, clerks and shop assistants. Driving into the blitzed area of the city, Mrs. Roosevelt watched a lifelike demonstration of the rescue of three persons from a bombed house. Z

FOR SIGNS BILL FOR 25 PLANE CARRIERS

14,000 Aircraft Provided By $15,000,000,000 Fund.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (U, P.) — President Roosevelt today signed a $15,000;000,000 appropriation and contract ~ authorization bill which contains funds for more than 14,000 naval planes and authorizes construction of 500,000 tons of aircraft carriers. This would provide for around 25 carriers. The bill also contains contractural authority for 500,000 tons of cruisers. The bulk of the $15,851,196,887 ap- | propriated. or authorized by . the bill is for the navy, the remainder for the supplemental appropriation to: various war agencies. Direct appropriations in the bill anlount, to approximately = $6,000, 000,000, of which more than $5,000,000,000 is for the navy. Aircraft facilities, . including 14,611 planes and the 500,000 tons of carriers, are allocated a large part of | both the direct appropriations and the contractural authority. .

URGE CHRISTMAS DIMOUT WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (U. P). —The ‘office of civilian defense suggested a dimout of Christmas display: lighting Jocay, ;

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Your Own Coffee, Forget THs

By ROSEMARY REDDING

_ IF YOU HAVE ANY fancy idea “| branch libraty. and gasped u} my |

not. when’ faced with a thing like

giving up my Java. . 1 rushed over to the business

the-thingst we hoped to achieve 20-odd years

‘| the dispatches said,

American Warships Outnumbered, Says Ad

miral; Both Sides Admit Heavy Losses Alr eady; Solomons Fate in Balance. |

By HARRISON SALISBURY

United Press Staff Correspondent : A major Japanese-American naval ‘struggle was. ia progress in the Solomons area today—possibly the biggest of the Pacific war—and the outcome was not yet clear. It was apparent, however, that both sides had sufs

fered severely and that the battle was not yet concluded. ( the outcome hinged the fate of the American’ drive into tht

to ‘Australia. | Secretary of Navy Frank

BRITISH REPORT 4 1-2MILE GAIN

Main Tank Forces Are Not Yet Engaged in Fierce Desert Battle. ) By UNITED PRESS

The entire Egyptian | desert battle line‘ was ‘ablaze with: action today,

favged [CEUISET but c

steadily and surely for ard, enlarging the wedges they h into Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s lines. . : The combined British and American air offensive was proceeding night and day in what Berlin said was ‘unabated fierceness. Front-line | dispatches indicated that Lieut. Gen. B. L. Montgomery’s polyglot ‘eighth army had advanced at least four and a half miles into] the ' Afrika korps’ maze of barked wire and mine fields in two thrusts and that a third drive was already under way with what| Rome said was “great numbers of fresh troops.” Gen. Montgomery's heavy artillery, massed in the greatest British barrage since the word I battle of the Somme, blasted at Rommel’s positions from close range. Too Eirly to Know Result

The cautious Cafro communique indicated that the allies have won complete superiority in the air and hold the upper hand in ground fighting, although no major tank clashes have been reported yet. The axis also was taking the line that it is too early to predict the outcome of the engagement and emphasized repeatedly the “emormous” British forces which have been hurled into: the conflict. One Nazi report claimed that more than 200 British tanks had been knocked out thus far. Anbther Nazi propaganda claim insisted that one mil{lion men had been. concentrated for the ie allied push. |

RUSS REVEAL NEW COUNTER-ATTACK

Report German Division in Stalingrad Wiped Out.

By UNITED PRESS Although the general tempo of fighting on the Russian front is still slowing ‘down, the Rusisans have embargked on another counter-| offensive south of ‘Stalingrad, dispatches today reported. | This new drive, which was revealed to have been under way for}

_|six days, has resulted in the. death

60 tanks, : that], driven.

of 7000 Germans and as well as destruction of

the axis forces had beyond 's ijge of is Suwnd-

that the outcome of the conflict is “not yet clear.” that the Japanese have massed “a lot of strength” in the

‘driven deep |

southern Solomons and possibly control of the vital 8 lanes along which the allied supply line runs from: Hawai

Knox asserted i in Washi

“He said

Solomons sea area ‘and tha the American fleet is putting up one of the gamest fights its history. Vice Admiral Richatd 8 Edwards, second in command of the U.' a fleet, said in Cleveland, where he, addressed a Navy day celebration,’ that the American navy “is nowt strongly outnumbered”. in the South Pacific, : Known Japanese Tossen are two aircraft carriers damaged. and three cruisers: hit by torpedoes of bombs, The Japanese admitted damage to the carr

were able Hoi at sea an Battle Is

‘Known Americani es ard: one aircraft carrier. severely damaged and one destroyer sunk. The Jape anese, additionally, claim the sinke ing of four carriers, a battleship and another warship and damage to ana &

other battleship, three cruisers 5 destroyer. . Reports made clear that the bate bale : is: not a : continuous - acti ] Rather, the American and the Jape anese ‘striking forces are f in the area of the Solomons, hitting at each other whenever favorable. conditions present themselves. - Sec retary - Knox’ report made clea: that the hattle is not yet over. i While the sea forces battled a airplane-range; on land on Guadale canal the American marine and army troops were fighting doggedly against hugely reinforced Japanese land forces consisting of more than 11,000 men. The Americans on thi 25-mile beach known as “Hells Corner” were under attack: by artillery, plane bombardment nt occasional naval ' barage. 2

Land Battle Secondary

Outcome of the land battle, ho ever, was clearly. dependent: on the sea struggle. Whichever side ends the sea engagement with control

will be in a position to reinforce and. back up the land forces while the other side will be compelled to fight on with what supplies, men and ammunition has ‘already placed

which would comprise. the ot officially announced carrier strength of the U. 8; navy, since the s 2 of the 14,700-ton Wasp on Sept: which was announced in ‘Was ton last night.

May Eclipse Midway wikia However, at least one .

na known to be in action in engagement, since the commun spoke of “carriers”-~-using the ply form. i It seemed. evident from