Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1943 — Page 26

ASSEN ACE PROGRAM

uggests World Federation ith Three Branches Like U. S. Government.

~Giov. Harold E. Stassen of Minne- grealast | Sines fe war started, sta toda posed rman n esday, ed planes sank y. pro 3 ye en nine or 10 Japanese ships at Rabaul

eration of the united nations,| ,, New Guinea. Now it is anth legislative, executive and ju-| nounced that two large Aramports @iciary «an | have been sunk and a third damol branches, 4s Suatagise i aged in an engagement off north‘Shduring people’s peace. eastern New Guinea which is con~A mobile land army, & navy: and| tinuing. fn air force, according to Stassen’s Tne Japanese migy be preparing a _| major offensive, as some Aus an : would, be established 1o en quarters have suggested, but it is £ the federation’s code of laws equally probable that they are dig‘designed to stimulate world trade|ging in to erect a barrier against and maintain freedom of the|the allied offensive which has been air and of the seas. promised, perhaps this year. : “I do not propose that we enter| An extreme view of how long the nto the systems of devious diplo-|war may last if the Japanese solidify ‘macy and international intrigue in|their position in these islands is yelations between countries,” he|taken by the Melbourne Herald, said in a foreign policy association|which commented today that Prime address last night, “but rather that Minister John Curtin is concerned ~ We bring to thsee relations some of|not so gruch with immediate danger ‘$he forthright and direct dealing Saat has characterized the rela-

evens » we «| Planes Attacking Convoy Roar 36 Hours Over New Guinea

_|busy fighting off zeros to see what

America.” it Unicameral Legislature * Stassen, who has been aligned With We Te: 540 Senb (Copyright, 1943, by United Press) Spposition to the isolationist Wing| jan. 7 (11:10 p. m.) (Dela gp _of the party, called for a “deflnite| ~~ "4 = D. m).. yas): = eontin 4 ti more than 36 hours, the roar of Sonning organisa ion of thelgn unbroken stream of allied airmited nations after the war. planes has shattered the: silence of Zhe legislative prans of the fed-|¢the reconquered Owen Stanley n government, tassen Sug- mountains. s , should be a unicameral, or| since the spotting yesterday e-house parliament, whose/morning of a convoy of 10 Japbership would be based uponianese ships, two cruisers, four: deDE a ! “ ; from: Gasmata on New - of their contribution to the ex-lland:ito Lae up the north ‘New “penses of the joint government and|Guineéa coast from Buna scores upon eir resources. * | scores of planes have been shuttling me mre nn, BERATED, Si, ind “This united nations parliament| 1jeut. John Arrant, Winnemucca, uld select a chairman of the|Nev., returning from a routine renited nations council who will, in|connaissance flight yesterday mornjurn, select seven members for the|ing in his Consolidated B-24 Libera- —— Hon 2 thio parkiamei Stas. tor bomber, first spotted tWe conjen- sa. . “The council wo vov. become the executive side of the 5 rnment; th paciiament, the Lag iy Last night a big Consolidated B-

"vy : |24 flying boat patrol bomber re- = The ted ora b > D boy Orie ported to base: “Attacked convoy.

airports and airways and the Bombed transport. Left same in gateways to the seven seas. It flames. ; ould, in addition, stimulate trade| Then came a second message: stween the peoples of the world, One transport burning fiercely. id thus gradually improve stand- Attacked vessel 12,000 to 14,000 tons. ards of living. It’s now listing 30 degrees. Severe

For the axis nations, Stasfen explosions. No survivors. She's done

v for.” posed ment, - » Ln ied Sisarmat oh Throughout the night, throughout tice for innocent citizens. today, throughout the evening the : attack had proceeded and the planes are still roaring over the mountains

HOLD SIMPLE RITES |mutiose R DR. G. W. CARVER A id pees

Rs A Boeing B-17 flying fortress + TUSKEGEE, Ala., Jan. 8 (U. P.).| piloted by Capt. Charles Giddings, »Brief and simple funeral services,| Muday, Tex., a New Guinea veteran, 4n_ keeping with the life he lived,| made the first attack. were to be held at 2:30 p. m. today| Capt. Giddings’ fortress was acfor Dr. George Washington Carver,| companied by a formation of Lockthe former slave who became one| heed Lightning P-38 fighters. ®f America’s greatest scientists. A big formation of Japanese zero . The Rev. Harry V. Richardson, | fighters attacked just as the planes ghaplain of Tuskegee institute, sighted their targets and three of w Dr. Carver taught since 1896, Capt. Gidding’s men were wounded. jas to read the funeral sermon for| There was a wild melee. Giddings he 79-year-old scientist, who died | dropped three bombs in the target l area but everyone aboard was too

Left Some in Flames’

BARES Today's WarMo : By LOUIS F. KEEMLE : United Press War Analyst ; 3 Balked in northeastern "New Guinea and on Guadalcanal and the southern Solomons generally, the Japanese apparently are attempting to build a strong defense line on the fringe of islands north and east of Australia from Timor through New Britain and New Guinea to the northern Solomons. Reports of a heavy Japanese naval and transport concentration in these waters are unofficial but appear to be borne out by the large-scale allied attacks: on Japanese shipping. The concenMINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 8 (U. P.).| tration is described at Pearl Harbor and in Australia as one of the

years after Germany is defeated.”

to Australia as with the fact that by permitting Japan to strengthen its hold on the strategic fringe, the allied nations would be “concurring in a situation which may lead to prolongation of the Pacific war for

This is in striking contrast to the opinion of Admiral William F. Halsey, naval commander in the South Pacific, who: sald he believes Japan can be defeated this year. There should be some reassurance to the Australians in President Roosevelt's speech yesterday when he said: “Japanese strength in ships and planes is going down and down and American strength is going up. Last year we stopped them, This year we intend to advance.”

damage was done. They got two zeros for certain. These fast twin-Allison fighters which have quickly become the terrors of the New Guinea . skies, bagged four zeros. North American Mitchell B-25 medium - bombers joined in -the battle this morning, under Maj. Robert McCutcheon, Bishop, Va. Maj. McCutcheon said that his boys dropped a bomb stick beside one: transport. “The anti-aircraft fire from the ships was terrific and the zeros gave us a battle,” Maj. McCutcheon said. “The decks of the ships appeared loaded with troops and equipment.” By the time the surviving Japanese ships approached Lae this evenings 94 sorties had been made against them and the allied planes had dropped 131,000 pounds of bombs.

NAVY ENLISTMENTS OPENED TO COLORED

Eligible colored registrants may volunteer through their local draft boards for induction in the navy it was announced today by Col. Robinson Hitchcock, state director of selective service. Ratings of men accepted by the navy will be changed to mess attendants, third class, before they are forwarded from the navy recruiting station, he explained. Col. Hitchcock said that arrangements have been completed for a small quota through the district navy recruiting station in Indianapolis. . To be considered for this -enlistmeént, registrants must be citizens of the United States and at least 17 years of age. Interested selective service registrants were advised to call at their local board offices.

AXIS 40 MILES

Camel Corps ‘Rips Italian Unit; Allied Planes Bomb Wide Area.

LONDON, Jan, 8 (U. P.).—Allied planes are harassing westwardmoving axis transport columns only 40 miles east of Tripoli, it was (isclosed today, indicating that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's desert forces had resumed their retreat toward Tunisia. The renewed westward movement of the Afrika Corps was reported in an allied communique issued in Cairo. It said axis transport columns had been - machine gunned yesterday “along a stretch of coastal road 40 miles east of Tripoli.” .Allied headquarters in North Africa reported that a French camel corps had intercepted an Italian unit of 400 men near the Tunisia-Tripolitania frontier and cut it to pieces. Only 150 of the Italians escaped.

Axis Reports Activity

Simultaneously, axis radios reported big-scale allied activity at both ends of the African front. The Cairo communique today, however, said there was no ground activity yesterday in Tripolitania, and London believed it would be some time before the allies were ready for a Tunisian offensive. But allied planes of the Middle Eastern command were busier than they had been in days. Heavy bombers, fighter-bombers and fighters attacked targets in Sicily, off the coast of Tunisia, the ports of Tunis and Sousse, in Tunisia, and the retreating Afrika Korps 40 miles east of Tripoli, . Hits were scored on the harbor at Palermo, Sicily, and bombed sulphur factories at Licta, Sicily, blew up with heavy explosions.

Fires Set at Sousse

Allied bombers scored hits on a depot at Tunis during the night Wednesday and Thursday, and started big fires at Sousse, where an axis ship was reported hit. Lampedusa island, between Malta and Tunisia, was attacked by bombers seeking to knock out the airfield:

pected to open an immediate drive to hurl the Germans and Italians from a pass that dominates the approaches to Mateur, and to the naval base of Bizerte, 25 miles to the northeast. The pass has changed hands twice since Tuesday, when British forces captured positions north of Mateur. On Wednesday, the axis counterattacked and forced the British to relinquish their gains, and fall back into the valley west of the height north of the Mateur road.

* Pass Needed for Advance

Because alternate roads are few, it was considered almost impossi-~ ble for the allies to advance in

the pass. Hence, it was not believed. the allies would let the Germans and Italians hold it long. Far to the southeast, the Fight-

ing French forces of Brig. Gen. Jacques LeClerc won their most

region.

tured Oum-El-Araneb, the main

have to divert considerable forces communications between Tripoli-

nants of the Afrika Korks can re-

FROM TRIPOLI]

Allied forces in Tunisia were ex-|

northern Tunisia without controling: |i

important victory since they started |i their drive from the Lake Chad ||

After a three-day battle, they cap- | ji | axis outpost in Fezzan, some 475 miles below Tripoli. The possibility |} was seen that the axis would soon § to fight this column, or have it cut|}f

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