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1—RESPITE FROM FRIGHTFULNESS For the rest of my life, peace will be unForever in my nostrils will be the smell
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me nervous.
It was peace, bright.and quiet peace. strange, disturbing. vacuum, suspended in space and time. . I squirmed and gripped the edge of
1 felt myself
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1942
It was falling into a It made Maginot line,
Cologne,
sabotage for personal gain, basking in a military mentality outworn for two decades, building a
Warm and sunny
nourishing a Maginot mentality. “One nation, we defie
Berlin, Dresden and militarism,
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ours and now we all will be rich!”
of death. Always there will be in my ears the “8cream of Stukas and always in my eyes the crash of bombs, and mangled bodies torn apart and 8treets splattered with blood. Forever, there will be in my heart the lust to kill evil men, the consuming desire for vengeance against men who had sown misery and murder in this world. APRIL 29: The small, dirty, antiquated Ru-
manian ship slid toward Istanbul. Sharp gashes of sun flecked the blue Bosporus.
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tened brightly and magjestically. On the hills of Asia to the left, on those of Europe to the right, the ancient stone buildings gave off the warm glow of permanence.
the rail, dug my feet into the deck to anchor myself, It felt unnatural, even from the boat, to sense the peace of Istanbul. From those shores came no vibrations of fear, grimness and apprehension, and no odor of death. It had started when I arrived in England on Oct. 2, 1937. Beautiful, complacent, disdainful, appeasement-minded England, encrusted with the barnacles of empire, stuffing military reports of Germany’s growing military power into dustcollecting pigeonholes, suffering Chamberlain, believing Hitler, ignoring Churchill. Then to charming France, venal, penny- -pinch-
Gestapo, Hitler Jugends and a nation preparing for war, egotistic, flexing muscles to smash, hatching dark schemes for enslavement, twisting souls into devilish forms. These are not Nazis, not Junkers, not Prussian militarists. These are the German people supporting Hitler in his dream for world conquest. No Nazis. Germans, the German people. : Czechoslovakia, a nut between crackers. Czechs stoutly resolute to be independent. Sudeten Germans plotting to open the flood-gates to Naziism. Austria crawling with Gestapo termites, eating at the frail house Schuschnigg was building. Your neighbor, is he friend or foe? Who knows?
North Africa, Libya, the empire Mussolini and Italo Balbo are carving out of sand. Tripoli with white buildings and communal farms in the desert where natives compete with Arabs for sustenance. Empire builders, the Italians? Native labor, nothing more than that. Back to Paris. The end of a five months’ survey of a continent seething with discontent and discord, boiling up, obviously preparing for war. A grammar-school boy could have seen that. Hitler marches into Vienna, and Austria is no more. Then, for me, three years, three days and two and a half hours in Italy, first as Rome
correspondent of International News Service, and (Continued on Page Eight)
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Governor Buys First ‘Revenge’ Bond
‘thave to be called in Indiana within
By Cecil Brown
Cecil Brown
AXIS BOMBED FROM 2 SIDES;
FATHERS FACE EARLIER DRAFT
Ban on 38-Year-Olds Given as Reason by Local Officials. By EARL RICHERT The halt in the induction of men!
over 38 makes it a certainty that married men with children will
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GOP SPLIT ON NAMING CHIEF
‘Prepares for Fight Finish as Willkie Group Opposes Schroeder.
By LYLE WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, ,Dec. 7.—The Republican national committee convened today in an angry mood for a showdown vote on whether WenSeti hi is able to BX elec-
Day of Sadness, First Lady Says
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today that on this first anniversary of the war Americans “should make a resalution that such a thing shall never happen again.” “It is a day of great sad--ness,” she continued, “because of the unnecessary loss of a great number of human lives. “We can replace the guns and ships, but not the men we lost. “We should learn ‘that no matter how much we would like to keep peace, it depends on others besides ourselves. We
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300 PLANES RAID KARLSRUHE
GERMANY, ITALY BOTH ATTACKED
‘Big Week-end of Air War Sees Reggio, Eindhoven, Lille and Abbeville Blasted; Huge ~ Electric Factory Set Afire, Ruined.
(War Moves Today, Page 10)
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State or Pays a. To Heroes of 1st War Year
America’s answer to ths Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a year ago! was symbolizeed in a series of dramatic ceremonies all over Indiana today. today. While Hoosiers stood silently at attention facing westward, Governor Schricker led them in the oath of allegiance to the flag at 11:56 a. m. over a radio network from Butler university,
The governor called ugon the - = Need Is Real
populace to pause one minute at 11:55 a. m. as a silent tribute to Clothe-A-Child Aims At Providing for
the dead heroes of world war II. Simultaneously all over Indiana, machinery was set in motior. for the j mass sale of “revenge” war honds at the rate of one for every man, woman and child in the sta’e.
+ the memorial services for noon in-
10 HE Dee. 7 (U. P).— James E. Murray (D.
» The second answer to the enemy, of course, was the high speed production in all of Indiana's hundreds of war plants. Governor Schricker purposely fixed
stead of 1:25 p. m. (actual time of the Pearl Harbor attack) in order to avoid any disruption of production.
Pledges Butler's Help
At Butler university Dr. M. O. Ross, president of Butler, reviewed the war efforts of the school and its students and pledged ‘renewed effo assure complete victory.” Lieut. H. C. Sigtenhorsf, commander of the naval training school, at Butler, listed the accomplishments of the navy and the nation in the 12th month of wat. “We have more than a half milion men overseas and millions more in training,” he said. “It is the best trained—and that takes time—and the best equipped fighting force in our history. “Naval personnel has more than (Continued on Page Night) ® 8 =
On Inside Pages
Japs muffed chance in Hawaii ; Chart of Pearl Harbor losses .. Japs takes vast areas’ in Pacific.. 6 HE S. mobilizes a record force. . 1 » New Pearl Harbor pictures ...... 10 Photos depict first year of war... 15 Pearl Harbor and After . .. an editorial The Red Cross at war The movies: since Pearl Harbor.. Local industry hits war stride...
CALLS PLANTS UNNECESSARY
e senate small business i said today it is ‘generally hat one-third of the pres-
PAYNE SENTENCE SCHEDULED TODAY
1500 to 2000.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES again this Christmas season is filling a community need with its Clothe-A-Child campaign. This need is real. The social service agencies.and the public schools have estimated that there are between 1500 and 2000 youngsters who lack the proper clothing to see them through the cold winter months. These children are in families whose husband is disabled or ill; where the only provider, is the widowed mother, or whose parents have deserted them. Clothe-A-Child needs your help. You can mail your check or money order “Clothe-A-Child, The Indianapolis Times,” or call RI-ley 5551 to make arrangements to shop for the child yourself.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 7 (U. P.).—Mrs. Caroline G. Payne appears today before Special Judge Charles B. Staff in Monroe Circuit court for sentencing on her’ con-| viction of voluntary manslaughter
CLYDE CARTER oR NOTED ATTORNEY
Entered Hospital Week
Ago for Treatment.
Clyde C. Carter, prominent Indianapolis attorney, died at noon today at Methodist hospital where he was undergoing treatment for an intestinal ailment. He was 55. Mr. Carter had been in the hospital for about a week. A graduate of the Benjamin Harrison Law school, he had engaged actively in the praetice of law here for the last 16 years. He was a member of the Indianapolis Bar association, the MaddenNoftingham post of the: American Legion and the Scottish Rite and the Shrine.
ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 7 (U. P.).— Col. Elliott Roosevelt became the first American airman to fly over an unidentified distant enemy territopy when he made a photographic reconnaissance flight this week-end. ! The president's son described the! purpose of his trip as picking out “targets for tonight.”
- FIRE TOLL REACHES 494 BOSTON, Dec. 7 (U. P.).—The official death toll of the Cocoanut Grove fire rose to 494 today as investigators disclosed that about 300 more witnesses will be heard before the case is ready for submission to the Suffolk county grand jury.
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in connection with the death of] Charles O. Mattingly. Mrs. Payne was found guilty by an all-male jury Friday night in the slaying of the Indiana Public Service commission attorney-examiner and the defendant's lover for 16 3 years. Mrs. Payne is subject to a sent-\ 2 of two to 21 years on the conHeat Although she already has spent ‘17 months in the Bloomington jail, she cannot be credited with time served under Indiana law and, consequently, a sentence of not less than two years must be imposed. Mattingly was slain July 5, 1941,
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as he talked with friends in. the
“{order, state draft officials had pre-'
"1 new group of men will get underway
FLIES OVER ENEMY
velegrams of congratulations to the
dicted that at the present rate of calls married men with children | would have to be drafted by early summer. Now, because of the new ruling,| it is likely that the drafting of the
a month or two earlier, they say. This analysis of the future as it | pertains to the draft is based, of course, upon the assumption that the present heavy draft calls are maintained.
Some Already Called
The national draft policy all along has been to avoid calling “as long as possible” married men with children and there are a number of draft officials who believe that a decrease in the rate of calls “is in the cards.” But up-to-date there has been no
WICKARD PLEDGES MORE FOOD FOR WAR
New Adminicteaior Given Rationing Powers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (U, P.).—|
Agriculture Secretary Claude R.! Wickard, taking over his new post, as war food administrator, today pledged maximum farm production to meet united nations food needs.! He called for ‘complete conver-
sion” of farm production in an ad-| dress prepared for delivery at a meeting of farm program directors
evidence of this. - Some married men with children | are being called now, of course, in almost all of these cases there are specific reasons, such as marriage when induction was :mminent and failure to support their families. Practically all of the board quotas |
with married men without children | and the remainder of the original 1-Bs will be gone by Jan. 1. Respite Is Expected Married men without children may expect a respite of from six weeks to two months beginning about Jan. 1, when the boards will i begin calling the newly processed 18 and 19-year-olds. This group is not expected to fill the draft quotas for more than two months because of the large numbers that are enlisting. And some boards that have com(Continued on Page Eight)
MNUTT, WICKARD ARE CONGRATULATED
‘State Very Proud of You,’
Schricker Wires. Governor Schricker today sent
two Hoosiers, Paul V. McNutt and Claude R. Wickard, who were named heads of the nation’s manpower and’ food setups respectively by President Roosevelt over the week-end. “The people of Indiana are very proud of the new honors and increased responsibilities which the president has assigned to you,” the governor said. “We have the greatest confidence in your: ability to do a good job and you may count upon our full co-operation and sympathetic support
“Indiana has made a mighty contribution to the nation’s war effort during the past year and we mark the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor with a determination to redouble our Effort during the coming year. Your leadership is an in-
in Memphis, Tenn. He did not: promise that food production would |
{meet all needs, but said that fail- |
| would be “nothing short of tragedy.” | fight over the election of the chair-
The executive order designating! Secretary Wickard as chief of food |
| production, processing, transporta-| Schroeder wins.
{tion and rationing was issued last night. It consolidated under his!
in the state are now being filled| direction most of the government yled to take place this afternoon.
agencies dealing with food. . He'll Ascertaini Needs
Civ ilian rationing will be one of his first problems.
lenges. as an isolationist.
of Nazi Europe, hitting at targets deep in Germany by!
policy, isolationism' and interven- | tionism seem to be the issues at | 'stake in this unexpected political | i squabble, Mr. Willkie is the real | issue before this committee.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio is leading the committee fight against ithe G. O. Ps 1940 presidential | candidate. Mr. Schroeder has re-| jected all compromise proposals so far including a request from re-| tiring Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr that he withdraw.
| Vote Due This Afternoon
Senator Taft and some. others | apparently feel that the Repub-| | lican party must have a showdown i with Mr. Willkie ultimately—so why not now. “The situation has reached the, | point,” Rep. Martin said just before | | the meeting began, “where it looks as though we have to have some| balloting to clear the atmosphere. " “Some balloting” means a floor
ALLIES SEIZE, HOLD 3-FRONT ‘OFFENSIVE
Axis Put on Defensive In First U. S. War Year.
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent The first anniversary of Pearl Harbor today found American forces and those of our allies hold‘ing the initiative on three major war fronts. Today's battlefronis: AFRICA—On this front American troops were engaged in their first large-scale offensive of the] war, together with the veteran
i British first and eightlr armies and | French units. A heavy: armored
The morning ses-! {battle in the Tebourba area beSion was devoted to routine reports | een Tunis and Bizerte, launched
Iman with Mr. Willkie preparing to! fire a salvo from New York if Mr.
Although questions of post-war night and the fringe of France, Holland and Italy by day.
| The royal air force took: over the hard-hitting night : ‘shift on the air front, smashing at Karlsruhe, the. big
arms and industrial center deep; in southwest Germany. Indicating the weight of the’ rR: |A. PF. attack, the London hist star reported that for more than ' an hour: and a half during the. night hundreds of heavy bombers roared across the Dover straits. :
Biggest for Some Time
The Star said it was one of. the biggest R. A. F. forces heard over: the Dover area in some time. Participating in the attack were i 300 or more of the biggest British
Halifaxes and Wellingtons—and the . German communique admitted that '-
| damage was caused as well: as ap-
parently considerable civilian casu-:. alties. 2 The attack was carried out despite bad weather. Nine’ British % bombers were reported missing :
and. ‘Speeches, ' Voting was: scheq- | yesterday, was still in progress, ac-| Ww cording to a communique from al-|
Cites April Resolution lied headquarters. It was an ap-|
and two German night fighters were shot down. : The growing scope of the British-" American air bombardment of. the.
bomb carriers—Lancaster, Stirlings,: . vi
Mr. Willkie, who is in New York, | says Mr. Schroeder is a nice fellow |
Mr. Wickard | personally, but that he is under the!
has declared that there will be «ze0is of the Chicago Tribune.” .
shortages of many foods—principally meats and dairy products— necessitating civilian rationing, but that none need go hungry unless there is a crop failure. Secretary Wickard retains his
“Even if he thought right, he could not do right,” Mr. Willkie told questioners a few days before the Republicans gathered here. .-He added that he wanted a chairman
parent axis attempt to drive allied continent was indicated by . the ’| forces from their strong lines in. ‘losses of the past 48 hours which {the hills. west of the city, where | ‘totaled 23 bombers and two fight-* they were pushed last week by a ers. Two of the bombers lost- were temporary lack of air support. In-'american flying fortresses, dication that this situation was] being cured came in the announce- | Two Fronts at Once : ment that 15 axis planes were| But against the losses were meas | downed over the week-end, with a ;.e4 attacks on several prime axis: loss of only eight allied machines. | yar centers, -including the great |
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who was an economic liberal and who would believe "in and would support the party’s declarations. By that, Mr, Willkie meant the resolution adopted last April by the national committee in Chicago!’ which generally was regarded as a commitment to United States par-| ticipation in post-war rehabilitation lof the world.
present authority to ascertain food needs of the united nations and direct American farm production pro(Continued on Page Eight)
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State GOP Reluctant fo Fight Governor Over Patronage
Members of the Republican pol- ment also is now under the govericy committee met here today to nor’s control. formulate party strategy, particu- | Several of the committee memlarly in regard to patronage legis- bers said they could see no reason lation, during the coming session of for passing legislation to take more the legislature. | departments away from the goverMost of the committee members nor “when we'll take over in 1944 seemed inclined to let the present anyhow and then will just have to governmental structure, with but pass more laws to give the departfew changes, remain under the con- ments back.” trol of Democratic Governor Committee members also seemed Schricker. linclined” to squelch one proposal Chief of the changes being dis- that has been advanced that the cussed by party -leaders concerns Republican party ask the governor the gross income ‘tax department.|to give the' G. O. P. a certain perThere are several who believe that centage of the jobs in the departthe gross income department should | ments under his control.’ be taken from under the control of the governor and placed under Re-| and no moré,” said one of the influpublican State Treasurer James ential members of the committee. Givens. There is 3 legislation £
j some: talk of passing tronage with the governor,”
“We'll take what is coming to us: :
| “We won't make any deals on pa-| J place the state insur-| The - patronage ‘problem is of}
THE PACIFIC — On this front} where Japan struck the first treacherous and devastating blow at America, the tactical offensive had {passed out of Japanese hands American and Australian troops on: the north New Guinea coast had penned a stubborn Japanese force into three small segments of shoreline. In ‘the Solomons American marines 'and army patrols steadily whittled away at the Japanese on Guadalcanal.
RUSSIA—Winter and Nagi failure at Stalingrad had shifted the inititive into the grasp of the Red army, which was striking the groggy German troops in half a dozen quarters. Strong German counter-at-tacks were reported, but the Russians held off the Nazis and continued their drives,
(U. S. Communiques, Page 25)
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Phillips electrical works in Holland ;. and the Fives-Lille locomotive works at Lille, France, and the key: Nazi airdrome for the western. European coast at Abbeville. ; ¥ The British and American: airy forces showed that despite the: re-j: quirements of the new African Front they have ‘grown in power to. the, point where they can simultaneously wage a major air offensive in Bu-4 rope. Allied planes striking across: the! Mediterranean followed. up the? American army bombing raid’ ont Naples with an attack on ; Reggio airdrome &at the tip of ek boot, opposite Sicily. :
500 Planes Over Europe
Nazi planes dropped a few. bombs on English south coast towns;
| last night, with three minor casual
ties, and there were a few bursts of anti-aircraft fire on the southeast outskirts of London; but the: battle had been a one-way affair, 48 hours. A hundred bombers, in: daylight and at low levels, dropped high’ explosives and incendiaries on. th Eindhoven radio tube plant yesterday while more than 400 figh planes, piloted by Americans, ish, Canadians, Norwegians, Pg New Zealanders and Fighting
swept over N x Holland A ) and trying to pick fights v man planes. American
bombers tore up the airport
| beville, while fortresses. Lille.