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As the African Front Looks Today

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1942

U.S. AGENCIES HOARD HELP, WNUTT SAYS

Agrees With Senator Byrd On Manpower ‘Waste’; Tells. of Pirating.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).— War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt, supporting charges by Senator Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.), that the government is wasting manpower, said today that federal agencies in some instances were hoarding workers or pirating them from each other, In a statement last night Senator Byrd had accused the government of recklessly employing large num- £ | bers of unnecessary workers needed "|elsewhere in the war effort and of wasting mililons of dollars. Byrd 3 said at least one-third of 3,000,000] workers in federal civil service could be dismissed without harming war agencies. Mr. McNutt agreed that the government was guilty of hoarding and pirating practices but told a press conference that efforts to correct these abuses were meeting ‘with some success.

Cites Own Organization

Mr. McNutt said branches of his own organization—particularly U. S. employment serviee and the old age and survivors insurance administration—had lost numerous workers to other federal agencies. In reply to a question, Mr. McNutt reiterated an assertion he said he had made previously that occupatiomi deferments from the armed services of war workers who are frequently absent from their jobs should be revoked. A reporter asked if this could be interpreted as a “work or fight”

MAJOR

NAVAL BATTLE . AF RIC

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LONDON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).—The United States army air forces announced today that American fighter planes had swooped down on German military personnel and ins stallations in Occupied Europe, inflecting casualties and destroying material. :

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 16.—A powerful Anglo-American force drove into Tunisia today, its advance guards clashing with an estimated 10,000 axis troops in the Bizerte neighborhood amid reports of a major naval battle off the African shore. Indications were that Adolf Hitler may attem “shoot the works” in an effort to block allied cont: Africa and the Mediterranean. An allied’ communique, broadcast’ over Radio Morocco, reported that the allied force, spearheaded by the Britis 1st army, is pushing eastward as rapidly as possible. Bizerte. Is Allies’ First Objective Other reports placed its vanguard already close to the key French air bases around Bizerte which Lieut. Gen. Kenneth A. N. Anderson said were the initial objective of his troops. The first contingent of American-built fighter planes ar- i rived in Algeria today to reinforce the strong force of British Spitfires being flown by American pilots under Brig. Gen. oh James Doolittle. Allied air forces were further augumented when reme § nants of the French north African air force joined the allies ® Five French pilots landed at 12th air force headquarters in : Algeria en route to Algiers where they planned to join the a forces of French Gen. Henri Giraud.

REPORT

* This map shows the latest disposition of the fighting forces in the African theater. Advance elements of a powerful Anglo-American army are fighting axis troops today for control of Bizerte, key Tunisian naval base. American and British bombers are blasting axis emplacements in Tunisia from bases at Bone. Inset shows the path of the axis retreat in Libya.

OPEN 2D ROUND Tobruk—Hallowed Burial IN SOLOMONS Ground of Allied Heroes

- By HICHARD MOWRER Copyright, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. Japs Reported Bringing Tremendous Fleet Unit

TOBRUK, Nov. 13 (Delayed).—“This is hallowed ground, for here Into Formation.

Stout field was iepectod yesterday vy members of the Indiana civil air patrol. Left to right, are Maj. Charles A. DaCosta, executive officer of Stout field; Maj. Robert J. Rentz, commanding officer of the field, and Maj. Walker Winslow, Indiana commander of the civil air patrol.

Link Freinar: Big Gliders Thrill Local Civilian Fliers * Stout feld was “invaded? vesierdgy by uniformed “airmen—the men and women of the 527tn group, Indianapolis civil air patrol.

: ‘Led by Maj. Walker Winslow, state commander of the C. A. P, the: .khaki-clad pilots and navigators spent four hours at the field as

lie those who died for their country.” Since this morning (Friday), we have Tobruk again—Tobruk, whose 10-month siege amazed the world, whose fall in a single day last June shocked and alarmed the united nations. As we enter the Tobruk area, we see on our right the monument of

A

! squadron went through its paces

; was the son Charles and Semira

5. of Maj. ‘Robert J. Rentz, base commander . fa]."Charles A. DeCosta, base ‘executive officer, conducted the party

through ‘huge troop-carrying glid-| ers, gigantic transports and other equipment of the I Troop Carrier Command. “For most of the-C. A. P. mem- |. ; bers, it ‘was their first visit to an army. air base and they were amazed at the marvels of the new Link Trainer, a miniature airplane used to teach instrument flying. This “plane, » operated entirely by radio and electricity, simulates .exactly the: actual conditions of flight.

Maj. DaCosta explained the mechanics of the Link, after which Sergt. Otto. A. Buettner discussed . the machine in detail. Maj. Winslow, a veteran flier, - climbed into the cockpit. for a flight, went into a spin and theoretically crashed to his ‘death.

- Gliders Draw Interest

“The. huge gliders drew much attention, -as each visitor climbed: inside ‘to examine the giant craft from. stem to: stern. ‘The men and women of the C. A. P. marched onto the field with military precision, executed a few smart maneuvers for a gallery of Stout field- officers and then broke ranks for their inspection tour. Later the squadrons stood at attention while Stout field’s| own crack guard

under the command of Capt. Robert L. Debevoise. The 527th group is composed of squadrons 1 and 3. Squadron 1 is commanded by ‘Lieut. J. V. Heizer and ‘squadron 3 by Lieut. Horace Moorman. There are 27 other squadrons in the ‘state. The ‘men and women of the C. A. {Continued on Page Four)

WARING URGES

‘department commanders and ad-

ating strikes that coxlanue to ham-

8-HOUR WEEK

Legion Commander Calls’ ‘For End of All Strikes During War.

. The working week should be ex-

policy. “I don’t like cliches and that is

one,” he replied. Z '

Mr. McNutt opened the press conference with a prepared statement

outlining and defending WMC ac-

tivities: which he said “materially aided in preventing the anticipated October crisis in war production.” “I am pleased to note that other groups studying the manpower problem agree substantially with us as to the administrative steps which should be taken and the additional powers required,” he said. Mr. McNutt declined, however, to comment on a plan by a group of congressional leaders for reorganiza-

tended to at least 48 hours to help|tion of civilian phases of the war

win the war, Roane Waring, national commander of the American Legion, said here today. He spoke at the annual appreciation luncheon given by the Chamber of Commerce in honor. of the national commander and. visiting

jutants of the Legion. . “We can’t expect to beat our enemies whose ' working weeks ‘range up to 80 hours, by working half as long,” he said. “We can’t win this war by toler-

per ager produgiion, whether such work stoppages be inspired : by racketeering labor leaders or provocative and grasping employers. “The time has come for our government to take action to force labor unions to abanden for the duration the strike as a weapon for use ‘in collective bargaining, and likewise to take strong measures against those employees who still {Cantinved on Page Four)

Russell I. MacFall, Retired t Lawyer, Is Dead Here at 77

‘Russell Trall MacFall, retired prominent attorney and : former president of the sanitation board, - died today at his home, 5730 E.

Washington st... He was 77. ‘A ‘native of Elizabeth, Ind., he

Salem, Ind, he was graduated first

: -janti-trust and patent law, nA graduate of Eikosi academy,

tificate to teach in county schools. After teaoching a few years, he entered the Universtiy of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1892 with an LL.B. degree.

He opened law office in Indianapolis in ‘1893 and practiced here until his retirement two years ago. He specialized in the practice of and prosecuted patent infringement cases throughout the country for

of the WMC policy - committee that manpower ‘| programming be carried out by the joint chiefs of staff, the war production board, agriculture department, office of economic stabiliza-

! production program under an allpowerful director of war mobilization. Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.), Rep. John H. Tolan (D. Cal) and Senator Harley M. ~ Kilgore W. Val.

The plan is sponsored by

D.

Silent on Labor Draft Mr. McNutt said that he thought

the purpose of this plan could -be

achieved under a recommendation labor-management

tion; and WMC. He refused to commit himself as

to whether he thinks national serv-

ice legislation to draft labor is necessary. That is up to congress and President. Roosevelt, he said.

Mr. McNutt described as “stu-

pendous” government success in in-

creasing ‘the number of workers in war production from 7,000,000 at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack to 15,000,000 at present. Senator Byrd had described manpower waste in federal agencies as unprecedented.

PRO-ALLIED REGIME iN N. AFRICA GROWS

LONDON, Nov. 18 (U. F.).—The rapidly -growing pro-allied French regime ‘in North Africa today was joined by Pierre Etienne Flandin,

former French premier, and Pierre Pucheau, minister of interior in one

of the Vichy governments.

What part these leaders would| #% play in the new North-African French set-up was not certain.

Flandin was closely identified in

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).— The second round of the battle of the Solomons rages : air today with’ belief increasing that this time there may be a. showdown engagement betweern American and Japanese naval forces which include battleships. . The current fighting is six.days old. U. S. marines and soldiers — some of whom have been defending their positions for 103 days — are holding their own according to latest reports.

_ Battleships In Area = °

The navy is withholding all details of the fighting which began last Thursday night (Solomons time) lest the enemy obtain valuable information. But reports from Pearl Harbor, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Australia and Tokyo, as well as the guarded comments of naval spokesmen - here, indicated that the Japanese - have sent no boy on a man’s errand for this battle. Both sides are known to have battleships inthe area and any showdown ‘naval battle seems certain to bring about the first “shoot it out” engagement of this war between dreadnaughts. . Last night’s communique added little to the picture of the terrific struggle. °*

EX-ART EDITOR i BOBBS-MERRILL DIES

UTICA, N. Y., Nov. 16" (U. P).— Egbert H. Clark, art director of the San Francisco exposition in 1914, died today after a brief illness. Clark, a commercial artist in Utica, was a native of Milwaukee, Wis. He formerly worked on the staff of the Chicago Art institute. Clark also was a former art editor of Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Co., of Indianapolis, and associate editor of

| the Tobruk military cemetery on

(Nov. 16, 1942.

former French proconsul for North

LONDON—Allied troops in Africa reported - in contact with axis forces near Bizerte and Tunis; reinforcements pour ashore.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AFRICA—Axis revealed to have lost 13 submarines in attacks on allied fleet; Admiral Jean Fran- " cois Darlan emerges as head of pro-allied French civil regime in North Africa with Gen. Henri Giraud as milifary command to rally . French fighting force against axis.

CAIRO-—British 8th army speeds west, occupying Martuba airdrome. WASHINGTON~—Battle for -Guadalcanal in new crisis with Japa-

nese believed moving’ up largest convoy’ of reinforcements. |

MacARTHUR’S HQS.—Allied planes attack Japanese forward bases at Rabaul, Bougainville and Timor.

MOSCOW — Russians halt latest Nazi attack at Stalingrad. .

REPORT WEYGAND ~ SEIZED BY NAZIS

NEW YORK, Nov, 16 (U. P).— The London radio reported yesterday that Gen. Maxime Weygand,

Africa, had been arrested by the

Germans. “We have just been informed from a usually very reliable source that Gen. Weygand has been arrested by the Germans,” the London broadcast said. “There is no confirmation

Sunset magazine.

Today’

The number

sufficient forces

~ By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst

which the allies have poured into the African campaign makes it increasingly evident that Hitler, lacking superiority either at’ sea or in the air, cannot get

yet.”

S ‘War Moves

of ships, planes, tanks and men

across the Mediterranean to stop :

<€rosses. with upturned, empty bottles stuck into the ground at one end with furled pieces of paper in them—we suppose giving the identity of the men buried there.

Minor Bills Forced

which “are inscribed the words (quotes above... It. is just. the same, the monument, except that leaning against ‘it is a German wooden cross with a German name on it. Is it that the Germans didn’t have time to place the cross over the grave of one of their dead, or is it that they couldn’t find his body and

simply leaned the cross against the

monument? We don’t know. Since we were here the cemetery has grown. The Germans and Italians have added a section each. The German graves all have white Other graves are mounds

A Place of Death All kinds of bottles are used:

Chiénti bottles, orangeade bottles, beer bottles, bottles that contained spirits—Tobruk is a place of ‘death and destruction, not a land of plenty, and for marking graves they have used what they could find and bottles are better than nothing.

Near a couple of fresh graves are

two blood-stained stretchers — left behind by the enemy, like many other things. The enemy left in a hurry. There was .no battle for Tobruk this time. Gen. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel didn’t have enough of an army left to try to defend: it. its 40-square-mile would have needed at least three brigades and the wherewithal to fight.

To -defend Tobruk and periphery he

On" each side of the road, the

Germans have concealed mines intended to blow up any vehicles that happen to go off the metalled road

itself. Tobruk harbor looks the same,

with its sunken ships and new

(Continued on Page Four)

YOTE DELAYED IN POLL TAX DISPUTE

Into

Prior Consideration. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).

One. of the French planes was furnished an escort to Algiers by Gen. Doolittle’s fighters. The pilot said Erench fliers were anxious to join the allies. : The axis radio claimed that at least part of the Italian

fleci~siifenad with Nazi warships—had gone into actio

WAR NOT FELT BY CASABLANCA

Path of American Officer Strewn With Flowers.

By Populace.

By ROBERT G. NIXON

U. S. Correspondent in North Africa (Distributed by United Press)

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov 14 (Delayed): <— Casablanca was untouched by the baitle that raged for it on three sides. That could be plainly seen as a flying fortress, piloted by Brig. Gen. James Doolittle and his co-pilot, Lieut. John C. Summers of Lexington, Tenn. in which this correspondent was a passenger, dropped down to land on the muddy airdrome. The wheels of the plane bogged as it landed. Only expert handling by Gen. Doolittle and Lieut. Summers saved it from doing a ground loop.

Gen. Doolittle and Brig. Gen. A. M. Gruenther of Omaha, Neb. chief of staff to Lieut." Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, flew to Casablancs from allied headquarters in ‘French North Africa to reconnoiter and to visif Maj. Gen. George S. Patton’s headquarters here. There had been no communications, other than by air, between the Mediterranean and Atlantic sectors since operations began. Soon after we stepped out of the fortress we learned that the French Lafayette Escadrlile had been based on- that same field. When the Americans attacked the escadrille (Continued on Page Four)

Follow Military Tradition ~_|

against an Anglo-American naval force in the waters off the Algerian coast. A German broadcast res corded in New York by United {Press quoted a communique issued {from Adolf Hitler's headquarters,

port at Bone on the Algerian coast, 50 miles from Tunisia, had been bombed by axis planes. The coms munique asserted that a U-boat torpedoed a 6000-ton steamer off the Atlantic coast of Morocco. It reiterated claims that 89 allied vese sels had been “destroyed or dams: aged” by axis planes and ships in an attack on the allied convoy off the north- African coast. 5 Anderson reported that 10,000 axis troops already are ashore in Tunisia, largely concentrated at the air bases for which his speedy arme ored columns are driving. ; The Nazis were pouring air power and reinforcements into Tunisia despite heavy losses—61 planes thus far off the Tunisian coast and blasted on the ground at Tunisien airdromes.

See Major Nazi Effort

lied observers believed this ine ei that Hitler has chosen to ttempt to meet the allied threat in Africa with a major effort in an at= tempt to keep the jumping-off ‘ground for an allied offensive against the European mainland out of British and American hands. Already, according to reports by the Bern radio, the Italians are maintaining a close watch along their long, vulnerable coastline for any allied invasion thrusts. It was believed doubtful that the Germans have any naval strength except submarines and possibly some. motor torpedoboats ‘in the Mediterranean. And it also was doubted that Hitler would be able

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to muster enough force in Tunisia (Continued on Page Four)

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‘as saying that the harbor and airs |

—Filibustering southern, Democrats, opposing legislation to.abolish state poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections, forced the senate today to postpone further consideration of the measure while

the pre-war era with policies of ap- the avalanche. peasement and closer Franco-Ger- As the situation shapes up now, he is bound to man relations. ‘|'be forced back on the defensive in southern or western Europe, or both. "That raises the question.of how well Hitler is equipped to stand his LOCAL TEMPERATURES ground and hold the European fort. The answer seems to be that he

n his class nid Teceived a life cer-|the National Bridge Co. He served as a member of the FEATURES istration « board during the admin~{listra of Mayor Lew Shank, later TIMES pl esomine its president. = : Mr. MacFall was a member of the

Number of U. S. Casualties

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).—The number of members of American armed forces officially reported killed, wounded, missing,

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g|two sons, Russell Jr, and Frank

Meridian Street Methodist church, American, Indiana and Indianapolis| bar associations, Masonic lodge at Salem and the Odd Fellows lodge. ‘Survivors are his wife, Florence;

L; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Brewer, ’ Campbellsburg, Ind.; Mrs. W. L. Hargrave, Lowell, Ind. and - Mis. Edith Colglazier of Larned, Kas.; two brothers, Bruce, Paoli, Ind, and Dr. John W., Shelbyville, Ind.

Funeral services ‘will be held}

Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the ner and Buchanan mortuary, the Rev, Logan Hall, 7| Meridian Street Met

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Work and War

The inside story of American industry and how it is working to smash the axis is told in a series of articles by Charles T. Lucey starting today. on Page 9 of The Times. Don’t fail to | read this series on the heroes of the home front. Read “Manpower sa an editorial, on

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has a really powerful army available for European defense but that he is badly handicapped by his awkward position in Russia. He cannot leave a mere holding force there threugh the winter, as he had planned, and divert a large part of his strength to the west. The alternative would be to accept defeat in Russia and stake everything on holding out in Europe. There is no question that Hitler can. put. up a mighty defense in Europe and that he ean hold out against a long campaign, barring internal

collapse. Jo sie canieation. fis nated by

: : i war has been the steady swing of advantage to defense and away from attack. The success of the German “hedgehogs” in holding firm against the Russian counteroffensive last winter, says this commentator, evidently has convinced the Germans that similar methods can make their European fortress impregnable against attack.

The united nations, he holds, must} re-establish the superioFity of the offensive by devising new methods] and combinations of weapons. Gen, B. L. Montgomery did something of the sort in smashing the strong Foi defense line in Egypt ; merely

tator that one

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minor bills were taken up.

A triple ‘play by Senators Tom

Connally (D. Tex.), Theodore G. Bilbo, Russell (D. Ga.) bogged the senate in consideration of bills on the routine: calendar and promised a long day of time-consuming quorum calls, three of which were demanded in the first half hour. :

(D. Miss) and Richard B.

' After routine introduction of bills

at ‘noon Senate Democratic Leader Barkley. of Kentucky} asked unanimous consent to dis} 1 with calling the calendar of

pending bills. Connally objected. Barkley then

mation reported today.

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Army Navy .... Marines ......cecons00. Coast Guard ,seeec0e..

Totals .

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are reported missing in Java. turned to duty, it was said.

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or prisoners since the war began is 48,956, the office of war infor-

Killed Wounded Prisoners Missing Total

1531 1190 460 703 728 11 oon

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1349

161 29,668 7512 . 1172 126

natin

38478 48,056

3435

‘Army casualties reported by the war department are as of Nor Of the missing, 17,500 were American troops in the Philippines and 11,000 others were Philippine scouts. OWI said that group a believed to be prisoners of the Japanese. An additional 500 tre Of the 1531 wounded, 552 have

to ck. 3 | Jiasine Sud oust guard casualties are trom De. 7