Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1942 — Page 2

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co is a French protectorate.

’ Africa. assured success at little cost.

ON TIN MOROCCO.

rmer U. S. Envoy Sz says Route Would Be Decisive Blow

At Rommel’s Forces;

Would Enable France

To Fight With Allies.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

: WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—A second front in Morocco and the rich north African coastline, to take Marshal Rom's forces from the rear and annihilate them, might well be decisive according to Dr. Cyrus French Wicker, former 0; S. charge d'affaires in the ancient Sheriffian empire. 2° France, therefore, may yet have an opportunity to play a major role in the war against Germany and Italy. Moroc-

colonies. Thus a little help at the right time and place to

the allies, who are trying to

liberate her, might turn the

_ scales. . Dr. Wicker now lives in New

York. He was the last diplomatic yepresentative of the United States

in northwest Africa prior to its be-

~ ing ‘turned over to France. He knows both the Atlantic and Mediterranean . coasts thereabouts i like a book.

Said he: “Of course the final decision as to when and

where a second ‘front will be must i & be left to the genMr. Simms erals, admirals and statesmen resPonsibile for the successful prosecufion of the war. Pressure. upon them from civilian sources is presumptuous and dangerous. But our

. sons will participate in the fighting,

Sa We may express an opinion. . “Foremost in our minds is a will

that .the second front be made de-

cisive. .So vast an expenditure of blood and treasure as will be required should not be wasted upon some mere delaying action. - “Three places have been men»

~ tioned. These are Norway, France

and the low countries, and North Norway offers reasonably g But ~ the operation would be far from . conclusive. France and the lw

"countries are nearest to Britain but

the Germans are known to have completed defense-in-depth preparations from the mouth of the

.. Rhine to the Bay of Biscay. The

cost would be high and might prove

4 . “No ‘desert travail here!

’ from: Tangier to Alhucemas

prohibitive. Dieppe showed that. We must not have a repetition of

Gallipoli or Dunkerque.

Third Route Little Noticed _ “There remains the third route, little noticed to date, probably because of a lack of detailed knowledge of the terrain. It runs quite

simply and directly through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to Tripoli—all of them ‘ancient, inhabited and fertile countries—and it offers

* execptional opportunities to: catch

‘Rommel from the rear and crush him between the hammer of the . advancing columns and the army of

- the Nile,

CA ‘railroad runs along this route

. and, for great distances, a highway, with busses. | walk it—from the caves of Hercules

Given time one could|;

on. the Atlantic to the walls of Trip-

| oli immortalized in the song of ‘our

s—carrying merely a knap‘sack and a water bottle for refreshment ‘between native eating places. Always there is the sea at no great distance, with all that implies in the way of communications, water for bathing and distillation, naval and &ir support and supplies.

= Coast Open to U. S.

_2*The whole Atlantic coast of rocco, from Cape Spartel to

~~ Agadir, lies open to the American

navy and air supported forces com-

~ ing in from the sea. On the north

side the whole Mediterranean coast is ‘equally open to a united nations air and navy supported invasion taking off from Gibraltar. No effective enemy attacks off either of

these coasts’ need be feared; no

inland defense in depth exists or,

qf ‘contemplated, it has not yet been

carried out,

“Spanish Morocco intervenes, op-

posite Gibraltar, 180 miles long by 40 wide. But it can be by-passed. °° “I have spent many month following both coasts on horseback, visiting ‘governors and friendly ‘caids. Later on, in‘' Washington, I drew up a treaty recognizing the French protectorate and delimiting, in part from my own knowledge, ‘boundary lines. Everywhere;

~ throughout the region, there existed

“Tt offers a route adequate for the safe transit of armies. It is

plain with occasional low where troops can spread out

BIBLE CLASS COMPETES 101 Men’s Baraca Bible class the Broadway Baptist church is soring a “steak and bean” conwith members working to in‘class attendance

contest will end Nov. 29 with nner at which the ‘winners will d steak and the losers will

Algeria and Tunisia are French

MRS. R. GUEST OF QUEEN MARY

Day Spent With American Troops; Visits Wounded Of Dieppe Raid.

LONDON, Nov, 4—That 75-year-old Queen Mary shares with Mrs. Roosevelt an active interest in forestation was one of the first

discoveries made by the first lady when she spent last night as a guest at the queen-mother’s country home during her tour of United States army units “somewhere in England,” completed yesterday. It was only a small house party and after dinner Mrs. Roosevelt talked at length with Queen Mary and the princess royal. It was their first meeting and arranged because of the special wish of the president who had met Queen Mary himself and spoken much of her vitality to his wife. Paratroopers Ready Mrs. Roosevelt’s day again extended from dawn until dusk, beginning with a. long visit to the paratroop unit and closing with a visit to colored troop truck drivers. Mrs. Roosevelt showed the liveliest interest in every aspect of the paratroops commanded by 34-year-old Lieut. Col. Edson Raff from’ New York. It was evident that the paratroops were fully trained and. fighting fit. They impressed their visitor as a formidable striking force. Col. Raff is. justly proud of this unit which, among the allies, holds the record for mass low jumping. All men landed safely when dropped from an incredibly low level above the ground, thus proving their physioal toughness. In the afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt again showed the diversity of her knowledge and interests: when inspecting an officers’ cadef. training school. While it is not. permitted to indicate the number of cadets] now taking the course, it presents further evidence of the immense size and power of the United States army taking form in Britain.

Sees Churchill

Learning that a small detachment of. colored. troops was quartered nearby, Mrs. Roosevelt asked if she could visit them. She chatted with the men and their white commanding officer; ‘Lieut. ‘Charles -Scqvern, for some minutes inquiring concerning their happiness and conditions. She was assured that the men were most happy and that no troubles had been reported. The first lady's day was completed by a_ visit with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and to the American hospital near Oxford where she spoke with some American soldiers who participated in the Dieppe raid. Mrs. Roosevelt - wished to record as her leading impression formed in Britain the constant cheerfulness of -the ‘people. She also paid the highest tribute to the part women are playing in the war effort,

HULL DEFENDS U; S, ATTITUDE ON VICHY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (U. P).— Secretary of State ‘Cordell Hull at his press conference yesterday defended the administration’s continued recognition of the Vichy regime in France. He was asked for comment on the statement in which Wendell L. Willkie criticized governmental policies which included “continued 1 recognition of the vicious and subversive Vichy government.” The secretary said he did not intend to engage in any controversy on the subject. He added, however, that the government and the state department were entirely content with the course being pursued in our relations with Vichy, as well as with other phrases of foreign policy.

be less criticism of American for-

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By Science Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Autumn thus far has been a climatic layer cake with two layers of frosting, reports from the field to the U. S: Weather Bureau here indicate. First came three weeks of warm, mild

weather, . then a premature cold

wave that damaged soybeans and late truck crops. Then three weeks more of Indian summer, followed by another sudden cold wave. The second chill spell, however, did little harm. Although temperatures during the two cold snaps were abnormally low for the season, the line of killing frost did not extend farther south than is usual at this time of year.

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Scientist Hears J. R. Dunn]

“Love is the one great and perfect remedy for fear,” John Randall Dunn of Boston, said last night in an address in the Murat theater. Mr. Dunn is a member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, First Church’ of Christ Scientist, Boston. He spoke here under the auspices of the Fourth Church of Christ. Scientist. : “What is this love? Why, the love of God, the realization: that this love divine is all-power, is light which can know or tolerate no opposite or darkness,” Mr. Dunn said. “Take no one’s word for this; prove for yourself this very hour that fear is outrageous, lawless, never belofiging to man, and never part of the Father’s plan for his children; that it can be routed and

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permanently nullified by flooding one’s consciousness with the glorious light of love—the understanding of man’s understanding of man’s eternal safety: and Indestristibiisy as God’s spiritual idea.” ; “Mr.” Dunn related "the ‘story of a young: soldier. in world. war I who always'carried a vest-pocket edition of science and health with him.’ “He and some of his ‘Scientist friends always referred to the textbook as ‘The Fear Chaser.’ Whenever possible, and especially when there seemed to be impending danger or disaster, out: would come the little book, ‘and : ‘eagerly would its inspired ‘ pages be scanned for the messagé of God’s goodness and man’s “exemption” from fear and harm.”

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (U. P.).— Reginald Mills, 22, of Orient, Ill, a gunner’s mate 3d class, has won the silver star medal “for gallantry and: intrepidity - in- action” during}

which was sunk by ‘Japanese: airplanes in: the vicinity of Christmas|

nounced today. “When a bomb. exploded in: the forward part of the Pecos, wounding| or killing. many of the gun crews,” the citation said, “Mills, who was a survivor of the U. 8S. S. Langley, promptly manned a machine gun and maintained fire with ‘outstand=

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On Raiding Drill | COLORADO , SPRINGS, Colo, Nov. 4 (U. P.)—~The night was dark. The soldiers crouched with fixed bayonets on a practice raid-

-ing drill in the mountain country [manager, announced today.

west; of Colorado Springs. Ly ‘Suddenly a dark form dashed at‘the soldiers. J

Corp. Floyd ‘Kephart Sunged out’ ‘with: his bayonet instinctively. 3 ‘And “then when. they ‘turned on a. ‘flashlight, a fellow soldier ‘re- ° ported . today, the ‘soldiers found that Corp. Kephart' had. ave: : netted a deer. :

PENSION ao eh Indiana Old Age Pension Group 1 will ‘meet tomorrow: evening in room

Downtown Nash Sales, Inc. moved ‘from 528 ‘S. Meridian oh to new and larger quarters at 1018 Ni Meridian st., F. S. Kurdys, gene

Commenting on the. move, said, “This address will give us central. location for service parts, which are so vital now to ¢ -fowners.”

Bert Lambert will have charge of L :

the service department. 3

PHILATELISTS TO MEET | Dr. Sumner L. Martin, pastor of

|Roberts Park M. E. church, ‘| speak on: “Why I Collect Stamps”

at a meeting of the Indianapolis Stamp club at 7:45 p. m. Friday in

the blue room of the Antlers s hotll,

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Part-Wool Panties 5

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Winter-Weight Union 2 for $1

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