Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1942 — Page 9

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‘feadlong into retreat a few weeks -@go by the British offensive. ‘Reports from a United Press correspondent in the desert several days ago reported that the axis rear ‘guard was trying to evacuate To_bruk and apparently was burning its stores. In an earlier communique, the

Middle Eastern command had an-

nounced the fall of Bardia, 60 miles east of Tobruk. Rommel was beYieved' to be more than 140 miles inside Libya in his flight toward

. Tripolitania.

Race for El Aghelia The recapture of Tobruk set the geal on Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery’s smashing North African victory and the 8th army raced the fleeing-axis armies across the desert téward El Aghelia, 290 miles on a

: direct line across. the Libyan hump.

El Aghelia offered the only nataural defense line east of Tripoli, but the threat of the American forces in Algeria and the allied air action fn Tunis made it questionable whether Rommel’s ragged army could afford to attempt a stand © there. “Another Dunkirk” appeared out An attempt to evacuate Rommel’s remnants from . either Benghazi or Tripoli. would require a large number of transports and warships which the axis would be hard pressed to assemble quickly.

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It also would require air superi‘ority, which the axis would be to muster unless they

bases. Even in such an event, there was. doubt that the enemy could equal the present Anglo-American air power. Rommel’s forces had two. alter-

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natives. They could follow the coastal road, which afforded a good traveling surface and water and fuel dumps. Or they could cut across the desert, slicing Libya's hump and driving back through Mekili and Msus. This route would bring rougher going and poor water facilities. The axis comman however, that what chose for his f would be bombed - constantly and mercilessly by allied planes and kept under constant pressure by Montgomery’s imperials. A delayed dispatch from a United Press correspondent in the desert put the vanguard of the 20,000 men remaining in: the Afrika Korps: beyond El Tmimi Wednesday morning. Tmimi is 140 miles inside Libya, and the fleeing Germans obviously are much farther west than that now. The Middle Eastern command’s

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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Nov. 12.—(Delayed)—(U. P.).—The Arabs on the North African desert have a new business. They are guiding grounded American pilots to their headquarters across the trackless wastes at an established fee of $5 a head. The first two pilots brought back by Arabs cost an American finance officer $10. The Arabs got a $5 gold piece for each, and were delighted, although they get $40 each from the British for re< turning their pilots. The finance officer ,reminded of this, became more generous and gave the Arabs each an extra $5 “for returning the American pilots’ parachutes.”

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communique reported that allied planes had bombed and machine-

tions between El Tmimi and El 'Gazala Wednesday night.

planes made low-flying attacks against enemy columns west of Tobruk, and that barges sailing west had been attacked between Tobruk and El Gazala. This lent substance to reliable reports that the Germans for several days had frantically been trying to evacuate their rear guard from Tobruk, which obviously was too badly battered for any sort of stand.

No Enemy Air Activity

“Despite our constant attacks against retreating enemy forces, there is no enemy air activity,” the communique said. The harvest of forlorn, thirsty prisoners continued as the allied drive progressed. The Afrika Korps lost 1100 prisoners, most of them Italians, at Halfaya Pass. Only a very small proportion of the enemy’s forces could have escaped into Libya, it was believed. Thirty thousand prisoners already are in cages in rear areas. Thousands of Italians are marching back to Cairo without escort to give themselves up. The Eighth army was advancing so fast it did not have much time for prisoners. In two days last week, it advanced more than 130 miles. The Italian 10th corps, which included the Brescia, Pavia and Folgore divisions, was a total loss. The Italian 21st corps, which included the Bologna and Trento divisions and the German 164th panzer grenadiers, suffered very heavy losses. The Italian 20th corps, which included the Arriete, Trieste and Littoria divisions, lost all cohesion and

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Incoming Chief Executive To Address Group Here Next Friday.

Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell of New York City, scheduled to succeed Dr. James E. West as chief scout executive of the Boy Scotus of America, will speak at the annual mesting of the Central Indiana Council, Inc., of Boy Scouts at 8 p. m. next Friday in the World War memorial. Dr. Fretwell has been a member of the national executive board of Boy Scouts since 1933 and now serves as chairman of the division of program and the committee on education. During the first world war he organized the program of physical education and recreation for all reconstruction hospitals, after which he was national director of recreation of the American Red Cross. Dr. Fretwell is the author of “A Study in Educational Prognosis” and “Extra: Curricular Activities in Secondary Schools.”

NEW MANAGER OF

The appointment of Thaddeus E. Snodgrass as manager of the Claypool hotel was announced today. _A native of Tennessee, Mr. Snod-

fo rthe last 35 years. He came here from the Fontanelle hotel, Omaha,

executive officer of the Epley Hotel

Mr. Snodgrass said he was not planinng any changes. George G. Cunninghamb resigned as manager of the Claypool several months ago to accept a captain's commission in the air force. Mr. Snodgrass is a member of the Mystic Shrine, Elks and a past president of the Birmingham, Ala, Hotel association.

0. E. S. AUXILIARY WILL HOLD DINNER

Cumberland auxiliary, O. B. S. will have a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mrs. Anna Roseberry, 6226 E. Washington st, at noon Tuesday. Mrs. Roseberry will be assisted by Mrs. Mae Carter and daughter, Mary Ann. Election of officers will be held at the business meeting and Mrs. Rex Smith will preside.

BOY KILLED BY CAR COLUMBUS, Nov. 13 (U. P.). — Dwight Crossland, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Crossland,

was injured fatally yesterday when he was struck by an automobile

Police said the youth stepped into the path of the automobile.

RAIL WORKER KILLED VINCENNES, Nov. 13 (U. P.).— Injuries received when he was crushed yesterday between two cars in the Pennsylvania railroad yard at Bicknell caused the death of Harry Antibus, 49, Spencer, a railroad brakeman.

PURDUE INSTRUCTOR DIES . LAFAYETTE, Ind. Nov. 13 (U. P.).—Joseph W. Raub, instructor in mechanical engineering at Purdue university, died yesterday. Funeral

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Spain and the authorities in Spanish Morocco, the only territory at the northwest corner of Africa not

. lin allied control, issued statements

to the populace in an effort to reassure them. ~~ Spain Has 150,000 Troops Spain’s best troops—possibly 150,stationed in this barren strip of North African coast. There also were alarms and ru-

mors at the eastern end of the

Mediterranean where one possible Nazi counter-move would be a sudden move into Turkey. The British radio reported that

{Nazi troops were massing along the

Greek coast—either for transport to North Africa or for a possible thrust at Turkey. . From Hitler's standpoint the ad-

vantage of a Turkish stroke might

be its relative nearness to his main troop reserves in Russia and the fact that allied strength in the Iran-Iraq area may have been reduced in order to pool manpower for the y North Africa offensive. Is Tense

were far from exhausted.

Allied strategic possibilities also

The situation in France, still was

As u. s. British Forces Advance Rapidly

they were not occupying the French

naval headquarters. Reinforcements were streaming ashore today in Africa to support the allies, convoyed by the combined Mediterranean fleet commanded by Admiral Sir. Andrew Browne Cunningham. Cunningham’s naval strength was understood to be strong enough to challenge any threat the Italian navy, even if augmented with German U-boats, might make. The North African picture for the moment was one of tremendous significance, with many snarls to be untangled as the allied forces moved eastward in their bid for control of the Central Mediterranean. Tunisia, under French protection,

African terrain to Italy and Sicily, first logical points for an allied Steck against Europe’s soft under~e. Allied forces in possession of Tunisia would be in position to strike quickly at the Italian island. of Pantelleria, the first stepping stone to continental Italy, which lies

mainland.

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reports saying that the military situation in. Morocco “had deteriorated,” and reported fighting at various places in Morocco and Algiers. It flashed a bulletin last night, saying that three American ships had been sunk off Casablanca, the big Moroc the Americans Wednesday. Observers believed the Vichy report, if true, was a delayed dispatch broad-

hostilities still raged at Casablanca. ‘The allied communique, however, reported that conditions in French North Africa, especially at the ports, now were so nearly normal that French dock workers were helping unload supplies for the smashing allied offensive from the British and American ships that brought them in a steady flow.

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tense with the position of the Vichy regime of Premiere Pierre Laval apparently extremely precarious. Major negotiations were under way at Algiers between allied officials and Admiral Jean Darlan—who has already suggested to the French fleet that it come over to the allies —as the focal point. Joining in the negotiations, according to allied and Vichy reports, were Gen. Alphonse Pierre Juin, Yves Chatel, governorgeneral of Algeria, and Gen. Auguste Nogues, governor-general of Morocco. The possibility that the Germans revacuating their slender personnel from Tunisia instead of sending in more troops, appeared to be growing. This was the interpretation placed

transport planes carrying Nazi soldiers north across the Mediterranean. - It was noted by military authorities that as late as yesterday the Germans were estimated only to

insula of Tunisia, than 100 miles.

would enable the allies to cut the Mediterranean in half and move against Sicily, the Italian mainland, or the islands of Sardinia and Corsica, both now in Mussolini’s hands, in air raids and air-borne or amphibious invasion.

pletely pacified French North Africa

by little more Control of this strategic strait

French Africa Subdued The allied armies had g com-

behind them. Allied headquarters announced late yesterday that “resistance by the French armed forces has ceased everywhere in French

North Africa with the exception of a few isolated localities,” fighting continued, on small scale, the word of an armistice apparently had not yet reached. The axis propagandists attempted to convince the world—and especially the “occupied French” that the colonials still were battling the British and Americans, Vichy broadcast

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have about 1000 air-borne troops and air force personnel in Tunisia —not enough to fight off the Americans and British. London observers suggested these men may have comprised demolition squads, sent into Tunisia to blast installations and get out as fast as their jobs were done.

Axis Faces Nutcracker

With the advance of the imperial 8th army westward and the growing concentration of allied planes operating from Algerian bases, the axis was faced with a nutcracker aif attack as well as a fast closing pincers on the ground. . Malta was also playing its part. German planes were countering with air attacks on allied concentrations in Algeria and the Vichy radio said Nazi bombers attacked Anglo-American shipping concentrations at Bougie during the night.

An allied headquarters statement said that preliminary and partial reports on the French African operation revealed that U. S. casualties were “extremely light.”

Nazi efforts to attack the rapidly expanding allied force ashore in Algeria thus far were reported highly ineffective. An allied spokesman said the Germans lost about 20 planes in one attack on Algiers, about half of the attacking force. However, there was little optimism here that the French fleet or merchant marine — particularly any large part of it — would come over to the allies. It was strongly doubted that the French warships could escape from Toulon, even if they ired, despite the ostentatious announcement by the Germans that

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