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Prepared for ~ Showdown - With Axis: Doolittle Paces Advance.

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the airdrome outside Tunis and set afire or destroyed 19 axis planes on the ground. These planes were part of the

force which the Germans have been| , .

rushing into Tunisia in a desperate effort to hold off the rapidly-devel-oping American-British pincers which is closing on Marshal Erwin Rommel’s battered! forces.

The distance between the ad-) vanced positions of the British 8th!

army in Libya and the Americans in Algeria now is about 1400 miles. It was believed the attack at Tunis was particulariy damaging to the Germans because they have not yet been able to move any large numbers of troops into the French colony. The size of the axis force there is estimated at not much more than 1000 men.

100,000 French in Tunis

The French, however, have upward of 100,000 troops in Tunisia, ‘known to be a well-trained, hardhitting force which should be capable of strong resistance unless its will to fight has been weakened by the American occupation of North Africa and the German occupation of ce. Reports from the French and German radios said that the Nazi occupation was proceeding rapidly and according to schedule. The Nazi high command announced that three German armored divisions had reached the Mediterranean. The Germans also said that they would not occupy the French naval headquarters at Toulon, being satisfied with assurances of the French fleet commanders that they would protect their warships against any aggression. French Fleet at Toulon, Vichy Claims

The German-controlled Vichy radio was trying this morning to _give the impression that the French fleet remained at its base at Toulon. The propaganda broadcast said that “the French naval chiefs at Toulon have taken all measure of defense against any attack and therefore the Germans have decided the raval headquarters will not be occupied and the French navy will be there in safety.” i Vichy said the orders not to occupy Toulon were issued by Adolf Hitler.

It was quickly noted here that the

broadcast was trickily worded so as to seem to say the French warships remained at Toulon without flatly saying it. The possibility that the united nations would get the French fleet and might even be joined by Marshal Henri Philippe Petain was based mainly upon the statement

—of a spokesman of the Fighting

French in Cairo. He announced that parts of the fleet which had been at Toulon had - steamed to sea to join the allied fleet. Later he reiterated this announcement, adding that it had been “confirmed.” At the same time, he asserted that Petain, accompanied by Gen. Maxime Weygand, had escaped France by air and flew to North Africa during the night to join the allies. There was no confirmation for either statement in any other quarter, but the axis radios were indefinite both as to Petain’s whereabouts and the fate of the French fleet. It was pointed out that if the axis had the fleet, it would be inclined to advertise the fact. A part of the fleet has been demobilized at Alexandria since the fall of France. The maintenance .crews often are in possession of authentic imférmation from continental France and it was suggested that they may have been the source

/ of the Fighting French spokesman'’s ". confident announcements.

Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander in chief of American-British forces in North Africa, broadcast an appeal to the French fleet last night to join united nations forces.

‘Darlan’s Position Obscure

Allied quarters speculated that Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, commander of Vichy’s aymed forces who ordered cessation Of resistance in North Africa yesterday, may have commanded the proud French navy to throw in its lot with the allies. There were reasons to believe that the French officers and seamen would obey such an order if it was issued. Darlan is ‘a navy man; Petain is not. . Darlan’s position was obscured.

As commander-in-chief of French

forces “in North Africa” he issued an order yesterday, after long conferences in Algiers with Americar Maj. Gen. Mark V/. Clark, that

French forces were to tense resistance at once. His order was issued “in the name of the Marshal (Petain)” and, apparently, it was obeyed. ; “Our engagements having been fulfilled,” he said, “and the bloody battle become useless, the order is given to all land, sea and air forces

from the receipt of this order and return to their barracks and bases and observe the strictest neutrality. . I assume authority over North Africa in the name of the Marshall.”

Axis Castigates Darlan.

Although axis propagandists had castigated Darlan for treasonable action in the rapid surrender of Algiers and the armistice ending the defense of French North Africa after 76 hours, there still was no definite indication that he had joined the allied cause. Observers believed, however, that if the Fighting French reports that Petain and Weygand were en route to Africa to ally themselves with the united nations proved true, Darlan also would fall in line, presenting a solid anti-German French bloc operating from the colonies of the empire. The Vichy radio today broadcast a DNB (German) agency dispatch saying it was rumored thta Admiral Darlan, Gen. Charles Auguste Nogues and Gen, Henri Honore Giraud were trying to form a “counter - government” fn North Africa, The axis was known to have landed a number of warplanes on the air field at Bizerte, vital French naval base, and these may have already contacted the allied fighters. The axis’ own" appraisal of their chances in what appeared a desperate gamble to halt the British and Americans before they could drive through Tunisia and take Tripoli, capital of Italian Libya, and cut off the westward retreat of Gen. Erwin Rommel’s beaten Afrika Korps was seen in denials broadcast by axis radio that any axis troops were in Tunisia. One prize of the impending battle. was of vast importance. Bizerte commands a strategic position at the narrowest part of the Mediterranean, only 110 miles south of the southern tip of Italian Sardinia, 160 miles west of Sicily, within twohour bomber range of Rome and Naples and but 370 miles from Taranto, the main Italian naval base. Bizerte also is a highly developed naval base.

Estevan No Collaborationist

What resistance, if any, French forces in Tunisia had -offered to the axis invaders was not known, but Admiral Jean Pierre Estevan, the governor, is not regarded as a collaborationist. There are some 100,000 French in the 00,000, population and they don't’ like the Italians. A fast-moving allied contingent was reported from allied North African headquarters last night to be driving beyond Bougie, which is 120 miles east of Algiers, its starting point, and 250 miles from the Tunisian border. The axis was reported to have seized El Alunia airport, outside Tunis and Sidi Armed, the airfield for Bizerte.. The troops had been ferried across the 130-mile strait from Sicily and from Sardinia by huge German junkers air transports. It was not believed they had more than 1000 men there, buf those were being reinforced. They were believed the vanguard of stronger units Adolf Hitler. was expected to send as German and Italian troops raced through France and took up positions on the Mediterranean coastal “under belly of Europe” and the French island of Corsica. Axis Reports Conflict |

The axis radios were issuing conflicting reports concerning Tunisia. A Havas (French) news agency dispatch said it had been officially denied in Tunis that axis forces had landed in Tunisia. Simultaneously, Radio Paris was reporting that measures were being taken to evacuate Tunisia’s civil population. The presence of axis troops was confirmed by allied spokesmen in London and North Africa. There was no reliable indication of the size of the strong allied forces moving eastward, but Radio Vichy said the British-American forces in North Africa numbered upwards of 800,000 men. This enemy statement appeared to be supported somewhat by the assertion of Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, British minister of production, in New York last night, that more than 500 troop and supply ships, supported by 350 warships, participated in the invasion of North Africa. Washington estimated the allied strength at no more than 420,000 men.

Text of Communiques

Navy Communique No. 189.

South Pacific: (All dates east longitude.) the morning of Nov. 11, | 1 Gs “Wildcat’’ fighters intercepted two enemy dive bomber formations over - Guadalcanal island. The first attack was made by 10 enemy bombers and 12 fighters. Our fighters shot down six bombers and five fights, The second attack was by 25 bombers and five fighters. “Wildcats” shot down six of the Sy bombers. Three additional enemy ‘bombers and two fighters were reported as probably destroyed during the encounters, Seven U. S. fightets were lost.

Navy Communigue—No. 188.

North Pacific: 1, On Nov. 9: (a) U. 8. army planes destroyed seven float-t enemy ALi in an attack on Ys Attu tered and all Pp (b) In an tack at Kiska, one of our Shemy anti-air-

oe on Nov. 7: Thm Ros ming, two Grur of 15 zeros at an ‘altitude of 27,000 feet near

(c) During the late afternoon (U. 8.) planes attacked a force of five enemy destroyers to the eastward of New Georgia island. Results were not obser 3. Recent reports state that ht floateight float-type biplanes

¥ e 2 pd at 0 ve and seven respective] Jha destroyed in the action Sli bie Para, 2 (d) of navy department communique No. 186.” . \

Army Communique—No. 2317.

North, (Africa:

1. Admiral Jean Darlan has issued to all commanders in French North Africa, including Morocco, an order to cease hostilities. The order was issued after a ey SE, oy Algiers between Maj. Gen. Mark lark, representing Lieut. Gen. Dwignt Eisenhower, commander-in-chief allied forces and Admiral Darlan. 2. In the Casablanca area French army forces have capitulated. 3. The residents of the city of Oran have welcomed our troops enthusiastically. All prisoners have been exchanged. Instructions have .been issued to the local

sk for orce, R. Fredendall, whose troops overcame the resistance of Ora Be Shin sie hie n ates sho 1o8 leniency.

in North Africa to cease the fight|} against America and their allies as|§

a tinny piano supplies the rhythm.

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Orders to

girl skaters swinging into two closed circles as the tin-pan-alley piano beat out “Jingle Bells.” This she was attempting to convey with graceful, sweeping motions of her arms which contrasted strangely with the bellowing coming out of the speakers: “That's a line. I want a circle. No! I don’t want you to look like the (Radio City) Rockettes. Not at all. Come on, gentlemen, look alive. Now, let's have it... .

Bars Rockette Precision

“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven—go! What's this over there? What are you doing over there? I want you to fall into position on “Jingle Bells.” Do you get that? “I don’t want Rockette precision. All right.- Now start skating. Give me some speed. Speed. Dick Norris! Where's your pivot? Get on it, get on your pivot.” The petite ballerina stamped her foot, The lines became closed circles. The tiny piano banged out, “Jingle Bells.” “All right,” shouted the blond di-| rectress through the speaker. “Take a rest. Five minutes.”

Pleased With Results

She jumped down, or rather glided down, from her perch, grinning. Jimmy Gonzales, dance specialist with the show, took over. “I think,” said she, “they are beginning to get the idea.” Released from tension, the boys and girls swooped and whirled on the ice, then came to the shore railing with a swoosh and sat down out of breath. Miss Littlefield chain-drank two cups of coffee in the coliseum restaurant, both cups on the table at the same time. “Three a. m. this morning, back at 9 a. m.,” she gasped between gulps. “This is the first time I've done a show on such a big sheet. It’s work. They get away from you so fast, the kids, all over the sheet. “But it’s wonderful. I'm going to be spoiled, I know, after working with Sonja.” She started on the second cup.

Studied in Paris

Miss Littlefield is a ballet artist of considerable renown. She has studied in Paris. She has her own ballet troupe which is an integral part of the Chicago opera. She directed the dancing for the ‘“American Jubilee” the second year of the New York world’s fair, had 300 dancers: performing at one time — on bicycles. Last July, she built the New York show, “Stars on Ice,” still running at the Center theater, Rockefeller Center playhouse. She also directed “It Happens on Ice.” “They released me for eight weeks from “Stars on Ice” to do Sonja’s show,” she said. “Being perfectly honest with you, I never saw such a lavish production in my life. Working with Sonja is a new experience.

A Tribute to Sonja

“When she’s on the ice, she’s all on the ice, if you know what I mean. You .make a change, ever so light, like a hand waving down instead of up. As far as Sonja’s concerned, it’s in the show. She never forge She’s a great artist and I = forges This year’s ice revue is pure Americana. No Tyrolean scenes, Hawailan hulas. Purely American in theme and texture, with a keynote of optimism. American ballet on ice. The cast of youthiul talent in-

Dainty Ballerina ‘Bellows’

Ice Show Cast

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cludes one Indiandpolis girl, Allison Briggs, while another local girl skater, Tommy Irwin, is first on the list if a vacancy should occur. For the most part the girls and boys were recruited from the coast where they were making a bid for the movies. But Michigan, Florida, Texas and New York are represented, too. Miss Henie picks up skating talent for her shows wherever she goes. “Although you don’t say it in so many words, the idea‘ gets across to the audience through the show itself,” Miss Littlefield explained. “Psychologically, it will be very satisfactory, to them. Here’s How It Happens “How do we cook it up? Well, you just get a hot flash. Then you call up somebody and say, ‘gee,” why don’t we have a number like this? You see? It goes like that.” What the chorus was rehearsing yesterday was the opening scene, an American winter. Boys and giris enjoying themselves with ga little bit better than park skating. ‘Jingle Bells” and other familiar tunes are heard. Then follows a military number. Sonja’ makes her entrance from a plane, pays a tribute to the air corps. “She can do it, t00,” the ballerina commented. “Boy, she flies.” < The third scene is a girls’ number, a dreamlike flamingo. The fourth scene is a combination cakewalk and minstrel interlude with Sonja appearing in gorgeous feathered dress as the belle of New Orleans.

Yep, It Was Boogie-Woogie The intermission follows and the second half of the revue opens with a sophisticated number, followed by a jitterbug and boogie-woogie. The jive session is introduced with a Garden-of-Eden production. The “Eves” are tempted by the apple, They reach for it, then retreat, reach and retreat, hesitant, fearful, curious. Suddenly the snake appears and turns out to be‘ the boys jitterbugging on the ice. The seventh scene is a PanAmerican set with Sonja doing a “tango” and the finale is a Christmas scene. Sonja is a little girl who hangs up her .stocking.

Lots of Comedy, Too Comedy sidelights and dance specialities run through the scenes. Sonja does the “Swan,” most famous ballet piece in the second scene, “Sonja does the perfect glide in the Swan,” said Miss Littlefield. “On

| ice, the glide is more continuous,

more flowing than on the stage. I get goose pimples watching her do that glide. It’s marvelous.” When the ice show opens on Nov. 26, Miss Littlefield’s work is done and she returns to New York. Lots of Work, Now

“But there’s work to do right now,” she said. “You know, in the New York show, I used to throw my shoes at the chorus to get what 1 wanted. I can’t do that here, though. Those kids would keep my shoes. “They're wonderful. They're malleable and they've got spark and they can take it, hours of rehearsals.

|. “Please, don’t tell them I think

they're wonderful. I can’t afford to have them find that out yet.” Back she climbed to the platform and the folding chair, The piano took up “Jingle Bells” again, Suddenly it stopped. The premiere ballerina was bel-

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Indiana Association of Personal Finance Campanies, convention, Claypool hotel, a Indianapolis Real Estate board, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. United Christian Missiona! ° war services, Meeting, a. m and 1:30 p. Alvertisias Club of Indianapolis, 1 Jeneheon, Indianapolis Athletic club, noo Knights of Columbus, oo “1308 N. Delaware st., noon. Indianapolis Motor Transportation club, luncheon; Fox's Steak house, noon. National Federated Craft, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p. m, Bookbinders ion 58, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p. 0il club, luncheon, tel U. 8. Em a. m

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Tndianipolls Sem elub, meeting, 110 E. Beta Theta Pi A Seep, Canary Cottage,

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The Sonja Henie Ice Show, 1943 model, has moved into rehearsal out at the Coliseum and this Is what it looks like in sweaters and slacks. Catherine Littlefield, ballet mistress, coaches from the sidelines while

Alice Gonzalez of the chorus executes a practice twirl during a lull in the ballet routine.

Iris Gordon (front) and Jeane

Sturgeon have a duet which they:

perform with considerable abandon and skill. This is topside of a

fast twirl,

PHYSICIAN GETS PAROLE, PARDON

Vincennes Doctor Is Issued A Discharge So He Can

Ask New License.

Dr. Paul B. Arbogast, well-known Vincennes physician and surgeon, who was sentenced on Nov, 1, 1941, to a term of two to 14 years for presenting false claims to the township trustee for medical services, has been granted a parole. A discharge and pardon were also granted by Governor Schricker upon the recommendation of the state clemency commission. The discharge and pardon were

granted for the purpose of restoring his civil rights and making it

possible for him to ask the state|

medical board to renew his license to practice, which was revoked when he entered the state prison.

Acted on Requests

Frank Hildenbrand, executive secretary of the clemency commission, said that there had been many

requests from Knox county resi-|-

dents for his release so that he might return to Vincennes and practice. Dr. Arbogast was convicted of

filing claims with the township!

trustee for treatment of a woman who was no longer a resident of the county. The doctor said that he was unaware that the woman had moved from the county and he made full restitution to the county for all monies he allegedly received illegally.

Parole County Prisoners

The clemency commission also paroled three Marion county inmates of the state reformatory. They were John B. Mutter, sentenced Jan. 27, 1939, to a 10-year term for a streetcar holdup; Earl Portteus, sentenced December, 1936, to a 10-year term for a filling station holdup, and Emmit McGinn, sentenced Nov. 4, 1941, to a term of two to five years for burglary. Paroles were denied to John Bemesderfer, sentenced in Marion county in February, 1941, to a term

.|of three years for second-degree

burglary, and William’ Earl Ballard, sentenced here in November, 1941, to a term of two to five years for second-degree burglary.

CUPID WINS OVER ARMY REGULATIONS

CAMP STONEMAN, Cal. (U. P). —Army officers here intervened to neutralize the jinx that twice had prevented the marriage of Corp. Leonard Belew and Miss Alvera Mikles of Cummings, O., home-town sweethearts. The jinx, which had gotten-in its deadly work first in Alabama where Miss Kikles had gone for the wedding, and then at Pittsburgh, followed the couple here when an alert sounded at the moment of the wedding. Superior officers exempted Belew from responding to the alert until the cere~ mony was. finished.

REPORT LINER TORPEDOED BERLIN, Nov. 12 (German broadcast recorded by U. P. at New York).—The German high command said today that a Nazi submarine had torpedoed the 85,000-

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British merchant marine.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Sigma Chi, Board of Trade, ni Indiaas Fraternal congress, Hotei Lincoln,

11 day Exchange club, Claypool hotel, noon. timist club, Columbia club, noon. Delta Theta, Canary Cottage, noon. Delta Theta Tau, Columbia clu , Doon. Kappa S a, Canary Cottage. Lithographers union, Hotel Severin os Eh Indianapolis Pressman’s union 1%, tel Severin, 7:30 p U. 8. Employment Nerviee, meeting, Hotel Severin, a. Employment Security division, Hotel Sev-

BIRTHS Girls Raymond, Gladys Gwinn, at St. Francis. | Chane Fern Sars, at City. ries, Elizabeth Rogers, at Coleman. Virginia Lawson, at Methodist. J 1el Stillings, at ‘Methadisst. Marley, i

Dale, Vi ia Geor e, an Bepmias, Maurice, Jeanne Nord, at Methodist. an, Virginia Danner, dat Methodist. Boys

er, at St. Francis. arriner, at St. Fran Mildred Chandler,

Paul, Elda M James, Ruth

BY ‘EARL RICHERT

RUE ALEXANDER, the Republican secretary of state-elect who takes office Dec. 1, intends to keep R. Lowell McDaniel as director of the patronage-heavy motor vehicle license bureau. There was considerable opposition within the party to Mr. McDaniel when he was named director over a year ago by James Tucker, former secretary of state,

a certain extent.

But Mr. Alexander, who has not always been .a political friend of Mr. McDaniel himself, is now obligated to him. For both Mr. McDaniel and his political mentor, Burrell Wright, were two of the main wheelhorses in the regular organization machine that put Mr. Alexander over in a hot , fight in the state convention last summer.

Mr. Alexander says he intends to go through the regular organization on all appointments. He sald he didn’t think there would be many changes in the managers of the auto license branches throughout the state and that there would be few changes in the personnel of the motor vehicle license bureau and the secretary of state’s office.

He intends to retain Harry A. Sharp as assistant director of the license bureau and probably will name Gilbert Ogles, Putnam county G. O. P. chairman, as deputy secretary of state succeeding Robert Loring, brother-in-law of Mr. "Tucker who is now in the navy. Other major appointments which Mr. Alexander will make will be those of security commissioner, corporation counsel and chief auditor in the license bureau—the position he now holds. The incoming secretary of state says that about the first thing he intends to do when he takes office is to call a staff meeting of all employees and tell them that the main objective of his administration will be “efficiency.” He says he intends to pay a lot of attention to the operation of the license bureau.

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Bradford County Manager

AS FOR the Marion county license bureau managership, it will be retained by James IL. Bradford, former county chairman and now county auditor. This job, even with a number of cars off the streets, Is expected to be worth from $6000 to $10,000 next year. The license branch manager gets to collect a 25 cent notary fee on all license plates sold through the branches and a “10 cent fee on all drivers licenses. Out of this money, he must pay his help and equipment costs. Both Joseph J. Daniels, 11th district chairman, and Henry E. Ostrom, county chairman, are in favor of Mr. Bradford retaining the political plum. Mr. Bradford, incidentally, headed the portion of the county delegation that supported Mr. Alexander in the state convention last summer. He probably will turn the auditor’s office over to Republican Au-ditor-elect Ralph Moore on Jan. 1. Mr. Bradford was appointed auditor by the county commissioners late last month following the death of Glenn B. Ralston, a Democrat. 2 8 =

Many Want Judgeship

AS WAS to be expected, many Republican lawyers are seeking the $5000 a year municipal judgeship to be vacated by Dan White when he begins his term as probate judge the first of the year. Governor Schricker will fill the vacancy. Among those being mentioned are David R. Wilkinson, chief deputy reporter of the supreme and appellate courts; Addison M. ‘Dowling, dean of the Indiana law school, Lawrence H. Hinds, John O. Lewis, Clyde Carter and Scott " A. McDonald. : /

SINKS IN MINUTE

AN EAST COAST PORT, Nov. 12 (U. P.) —A small American ship sank less than a minute after it was torpedoed off the northern coast of South America in mid-September

and that opposition continues to

REPORT CHANNEL BATTLE VICHY, Nov. 12 (French broadcasts recorded by U. P. in London). —A big naval ‘and air battle was reported raging in the English

— ARMY WIVES

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (U. P.)—= Mrs. James Doolittle, wife of Brig, Gen. Doolittle, commander of U. 8 air forces in French: North Africa, advises women whose menfolk are at war to be courageous and hopee |

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. Interviewed by Morgan Beatty on a National Broadcasting Co. pros gram Mrs, Doolittle, who also has two sons in the service, said: “It's up to us all to be courage geous, and if we have no courage, to develop it. Most of the things people worry about never happen,

channel today, but no details on its progress were available,

fortunately . . . and we should think the thoughts that make us hope.”

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