Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1942 — Page 1

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By ALLEN HADEN “Copyright, 1943, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec. 1 (Via Clipper, Delayed by Censorship) .—Germany planned an air-borne invasion of

* Brazil last May.

This was revealed to your correspondent by Maj. Olinto Franca Almeida y Sa, chief of police for the state of Sao Paulo. Maj. Franca, who broke up a vast Nazi espionage net-

“work in Brazil, is no spinner of fantastic yarns to make

copy. The Nazi air invasion plan was revealed in a Nazi

: agent’s secret message, intercepted by the Sao Paulo police last January. Presumably air-borne troops were to have been supported by an attempted sea landing at Santos. Trained Nazi shock troops, recruited from the large German population

FORECAST: Cold wave tonight with temperatures 10 to 15 above and snow flurries.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942

ed In Plan To Invade Brazil

in southern Brazilian states, were to have launched an uprising synchronized with the aerial invasion. . nn " = = = MAJ. FRANCA is convinced that the attack did not take place only because Russia’s failure to collapse upset Hitler's timetable. The full story of those dramatic days in Brazil last August cannot yet be told. Maj. Franca is one of those amazing characters who just happen once in a while. For the first time in 30 years of army life, his job as chief of police required him to wear civilian clothes. No fashion plate, mufti bulges his thick, short frame and only recently has he learned to make speeches. / To the major belongs the credit for having made the biggest spy haul in all history—according to Uncle Sam’s FBI.

By arresting an obscure individual in th& Nazi organization in Brazil called Niels Christian Christiansen, last May, the whole pattern of Nazi espionage unfolded. 2s.» 8. 8 8 "THE CHRISTIANSEN case is Maj. Franca’s pet. In his headquarters it is referred to as the “N. C. C. case.” American Consul General Wilbur M. P. Cross and Consul John Hubner (the latter helped vastly in seizing Christiansen and in subsequent anti-espionmage work) the case is simply known as “Chris.” ~~ Seizure of this Nazi-paid radio operator allowed the Sao Paulo police to warn the British authorities to change the course of the Queen Mary, then loaded with nearly 10,000 troops, to avoid ambush and possible sinking. On his clandestine radio set Christiansen had reported her presence in Rio de Janeiro harbor and probable course.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday.

Christiansen’s arrest implicated over 40 persons and revealed that the Nazis had four separate spy rings in oper

_ation. The four units were the German army high coms: mand, the admiralty, the foreign office’s secret informa

tion service and the gestapo. aie

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CERTAINLY Christiansen made a valuable contribus

tion to the allies by revealing this complex four-ring spy

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circus. The spies caught were found to have connections in most Brazilian states, in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Great’ Britain, Belgium, France, Denmark, Switzerland, i ;

—and the United States. . 1 have been privileged to see the complete record of the Christiansen case, but for the moment more cannot:

be revealed.

Ross Accepts Full Presidency of Butler

Dr. M. O. Ross (third from right) this morning. aceepited the full presidencgy of Butler univeisity::. ‘With him are (left to right) John F. Mitchel Jr, member of the executive committee;. Johs, W. Atherton, secre-

ies Posh Ber ha Fi Jor.

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". HARD TSK YET,

NELSON ON WARNS -

‘Grimmiest Fight Fight’ Ahead; U.S. Production Now “Tops That of Axis. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17° (U. P). ~—War Production Board Chairman

Donald M. Nelson, in a report to-

day on the progress of production in this country's first year of war, said “the grimmest fighting and the hardest work lie ahead of us.” Mr. Nelson said the overall war program in 1943 will have to be intensified 0 do a “better than

/ 3 $90,000,000,000 war job.” This com- @ pares = with $52,500,000,000 spent © for war in 1942 and $13,800,00¢,000

4 Amusements . 24 Inside Indpls.

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for defense in 1941. He said the United States is making as many combat weapons today as the entire axis, and the united nations, together are turning out twice as many weapons as the enemy. Buf he warned that “we cannot win a war simply by equalling

t or even out-producing our enemies.”

Production Alone Not Enough

“We must have a smashing superiority and keep it that way to the end,” he said. “And we must remember that we cannot win by prduction alone. Victory will be won on the fields of bloody battle by our soldiers, sailors and marines." Production for war alone in 1943 will have to equal the value of all the goods and services produced by the nation in its years of greatest prosperity, the report said. Attainment of this goal would mean that by the end of 1943, the United .States would be out-producing the axis two to one, and with its allies would be out-producing the axis three to one.

SHORT STRIKE HALTS TANK PRODUCTION

DETROIT, ‘Dec. 17 (U. P.).—Assembly of tanks at the Ford motor company’s Highland Park plant was halted for more than two hours today when 1400 workers conducted a demonstration protesting layoff of three union members.

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te ‘Deaths, 12

Coitines as Dont of College,

Of Business

rectors this morning..

; ‘He will continue his duties as dean of the college of business adminNo contract was signed. | *. The new president’s first act upon accepting the appointment was to send a telegram to the College of

istration for the duration.

the City of New York which. was seeking his services, saying that he had decided to remain at Butler. ,. “I feel very definitely honored to receive the appointment to such a responsible position,” Dr. Ross said. Dr. Ross became acting president Feb. 23, and yesterday an executive committee of the board was authorized to offer him full authority. The move came after the board learned that he had been offered a position as dean of the college of business administration at the College of the City of New York.

Committee members who met with | Dr. Ross were, Hilton U. Brown,

board president; John W. Atherton, Butler secretary-treasurer, and J. I. Holcomb, John Mitchell and Emsley Johnson Sr.

Played Football

The, new president came to Butler in September, 1938, as dean of the college of business administration. From 1937 to 1938 he was proiessor of finance at the University of Ten-

nessee. He served as professor of economics at Earlham college from 1924 to 1931 when he became dean of that college. He remained in that position until 1937. : A native of Hillsboro, Ky., he received his bachelor of arts degree from Kentucky Wesleyan college in 1917. While there he was an all-state tackle on the football team. He received his master of arts degree in economics in 1924 from the University of Chicago and his doctor of

philosophy degree in economics inj

1936 from the Chicago school.

During world war I he served in:

the naval air corps.

BROWN TELLS SINGAPORE STORY—

Cecil Brown, noted war correspondent, today. starts the dramatic telling of the story of Singapore. : Brown was aboard the Repulse, one of the two British battleships that were sunk by Jap planes. Brown's story has never been completely told. In his best-selling book, ''Suez to Singapore,” he describes in detail one of the greatest chapters of world war Il. Start reading today,

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5 M0. Ross took over the full presidency of Butler university today, following an agreement reached with the school’s board of di-

Administration

ARMY ‘AND NAVY MAP SCHOOLING

Specialized '* Training for

Younger Men to Get

EASING OF FUEL CHAOS IN STATE

Washington Expecte : Give Indiana; St al ge

; | timistic over their © ] : quick Washington approval of

eir three-point to end, fuel oil crisis Hil, The plan, proposed fo Washington

change the value of the third period coupon from 10 te: gallons and move its effective date up from Jan. 5-6 to this coming Saturday. I. W..Cotton, state fuel oil rationing officer, left for Cleveland today to. confer with Washington and regional officials about the plan. “The fact that Washington officials' are coming into this region to investigate conditions is a sign that complaints from this area are heing given attention,” James D. Strickland, state OPA director said. Officials also were optimistic fol-

lowing a conference yesterday in | WasHington between Mayor Kelly of

Chicago and OPA Administrator Leon Henderson in which the Chicago mayor made a request similar

IS SEEN BY OPA

yesterday, would ameng other things |

cials,

Under Way Soon.

to that made by the Indiana offi-

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (U.P.) — A broad program for utilizing college and university facilities to give specialized training to" young men in the armed services was announced

Mayor Kelly announced, following the meeting, that the OPA had agreed to make coupon No. 3 good for a greater amount than was planned. Mr. Strickland said he was “greatly

jointly today by Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of Navy, Knox. The principles to be followed;

were laid down, but the institutions which will be used were not named because they have not yet been chosen. The number of students eventually to be trained was not announced either.

Subject to Discipline

Various educators have estimated that from 200 to 300 institutions would be used to train approximate-1y-250,000 army and navy men. The army and navy will contract with the selected institutions to furnish instruction in prescribed courses and to furnish housing and feeding facilities. Men sent to college by the services will be on active duty and wear uniforms, receive service pay and! be subject to discipline. I Institutions will be chosen on the| basis of their facilities in accordance with rules to be prescribed by Manpower Commission Chairman (Continued on Page Five)

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MORE SNOW, COLD

FOREGAST TODAY

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Transportation Returns to Normal in Night.

More snow and colder weather was forecast by the weather bureau for Indianapolis tonight. Rising temperatures yesterday and last night rid the streets of most of the hazardous ice and eased the transportation situation considerably. Trolleys and bussees were reported mostly back to normal schedules this morning after struggling with the worst jam in history yesterday.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am ...2 10a m. . 7am ...2 1am... 8a m ... 271 12 (noen) .

29 30 32 9a.m ... 28 1pm... 33

New Airport Head

TYNDALL: NAMES MA. WINSLOW

Civil Air Patrol Leader Is Selected Because of

Long Experience.

Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Republican mayor-elect, today named Maj. Walker Winslow, commander of the Indiana wing of the civil air patrol, to serve as superintendent of municipal airport under the new administration which begins Jan. 1. Gen. Tyndall also announced the appointments of Roy F. Jackson, 1209 Villa ave, as city market master; William S. Myers, 4715 Indianapolis ave., as superintendent of the municipal garage, and Mrs, Maude G. Hobson, 1321 Edgemont ‘ave, as chief inspector of weights | and measures. In announcing the appointment of ‘Major Winslow, General Tyndall said: “I have selectd the ‘major as the logical man to take charge of the

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-emptied”;

NATIONS VOW

VENGEANCE ON AXIS’ KILLERS

11 Join in Condemnation of

| « Hitler’s "Policy to Ex+o Aerminate. Jews, wi

the French national committee to- | [day condemned Germany's “bestial’ | policy” of |such crimes siall not escape retri-

Jewish extermination and

bution. -

The statement was indorsed by the Belgian, Czechoslovak, Greek, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norwegian, Polish, Soviet, United Kingdom, United States and Jugoslav governments and the. . Fighting French. Other united nations are expected to subscribe to it later. (British - Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden read the allied statement in the house of commons at London while members stood in silent protest at what one member called “this disgusting barbarism.” The Moscow radio broadcast it as frem the Russian bureau of information.)

Supplements Earlier Pledge

The denunciation supplements a previous pledge by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill to punish axis officials guilty of killing hostages and other offenses. The statement on Jewish oppression charged that Jews were being transported from occupied countries “in conditions of appalling horror and brutality”; that Polish ghettos are being “systematically that the able-bodlied arc being worked to death in labor camps, and that the infirm are left to die or are deliberately massacred.

HOMER L. ROGERS IS DEAD AT ARGOS

Equitable Life’s State Manager Was 57.

Homer L. Rogers, agency manager for Indiana of the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States, died this morning at his farm near Argos after an illness of five months. He was 57. Mr. Rogers came to Indianapolis in 1929 as agency manager, succeeding Frank L. Jones, who became vice president. He had served as district manager in Winamac, La-

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Out-Foxes Fox

Bernmd, L. Moniizamery

MONTGOMERY 1S TOUGH SOLDIER

Teetotaling, Non-Smoking General Traps Thousands Of Axis Trgeps.

Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery; commander of the tish eighth army, out-foxed Germany’s “desert fox” again today and the halo of invincibility over the head of Marshal Erwin Rommel turned out to be another mirage on H nds of Tripolitania. A Montgomery's criteydon for a good soldier is that “every man should

have the light of battle in his eye.” His military genius, proven time and time again since the ¥azi Africa Korps started retreating from Egypt, reached another brilliant climax when a flanking movement trapped thousands of axis troops.

33 Years in Army

Montgomery, 55, is a very tough soldier. He's the son of bishop,

neither drinks nor smokes and de-|

mands that his men deliver the maximum in physical prowess and mental alertness.

He took command of the im-

perials last June after Rommel had swept into Egypt and threatened Alexandria. Three weeks later he stopped the axis cold and started laying plans for the return offensive that has thrilled the allied world. Montgomery has had 33 years of army experience. He entered the

.| service as an infantry officer in 1908,

fought in world war 1, won the D.S.C. and the Croix de Guerre. In this war he commanded the third division in France and supervised getting his men off the Dunkirk beach and back to Britain, : Hitler once characterized all British generals as “military idiots,” just one of the remarks he is having increasing cause to regret.

REPORT. TALKS WITH DARLAN ON FLEET

LONDON, Dee. 17 (U. P.).—The Nazi Vichy radio, heard by the Exchange Telegraph, reported today that negotiations were under way to put the demilitarized French naval ‘Jeet at Alexandria, Egypt, in the control of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan and Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, commanding the French fighting forces in Africa. * British naval and Fighting French quarters had no information of any negotiations under which the French fleet at Alexandria might

join the allies. Other sources ex-|

pressed doubt that the report was

ROMMEL ARMY SPLIT BY SLY BRITISH MOV

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BLOW MAY

AFRIKA KORPS.

10 15,000 o

| Position Worst of

German Force Since: ng, «Say Military Experts,

By UNITED PRESS The British Eighth arm

E executing a brilliant flanking" movement, has cut the res

treating Afrika Korps in half - about 60 miles west of El Aghelia, and British experts said today that Marshal Fre win Rommel’s forces were in; the worst plight of any German army since 1918. The blow fell on the weary, res treating Germans and Italians yess terday at the little town of Wadi Matratin on the Gulf of Sirte 58 miles west of El Aghaila. Advanced. units of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Monts gomery’s eighth army, swinging around the German flank, reached the town and then raced south te

cut off the enemy's retreat,

Part of the Afrika Korps struge gléd on toward Tripoli. The other part, including armored units, was.

trapped in a 20-mile area just east |

of Wadi Matratin and was fighting to break through the British lines, “Enemy troops already have sufe fered heavy casualties and continue. to be severely mauled,” said a Cairo communique. * Entire Outlook Changed Gen. Montgomery's changed the /entire picture in the bpinion of military experts. Befors the flanking movement they were reconciled to a slow, slogging ade vance by the eighth army. 3 Today they were speculating . on whether Rommel would be able to get any sizable portion of his troops out of Libya and join forces with Col.-Gen. Walther Nehring in Tunisia. ; Experts said Rommel’s prospects

since the allies smashed the west ern front in the world war. They pointed out that if the eighth army keeps the trap clamped around the portion of the Afrika Korps neap Wadi Matratin, Rommel may be ree duced to 15,000 first line fighters, »

Axis Attacks in Tunisia

In Tunisia the Germans thrust three columns toward allied posis tions around Medjez-El-Bab, 30

thrust

were the worst of any German army =

miles southwest of Tunis, and the “3

unreliable Paris radio said : the crossroads already had been caps tured. Despite that, the tide of battle-in © Tunisia appeared to be runing slow= ly in favor of the allies. Axis ports : in Tunisia were under a steadily mounting air JJinck, »

On the ‘War Fronts 8

Dec. 17, 1942 :

NORTH AFRICA--Rommel’s Afrika ‘Korps cut in two, with thousands

of troops trapped in retreat to=

ward Tripoli, after brilliant Brite ish flank movement. Germans in

man columns in Tanisia drive on Med jrz-El-Bab, a

RUSSIA—Red army takes five more towns, destroy 24 tanks and kill’ 2000 Germans west of Rzhev,

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC~—Allies mép up around Buna against scattered stubborn Japanese resistance; fy ing fortresses in So entire Sightof | 12 a A