Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1943 — Page 7

the Joss of 4500 huge planes, prob-

Use Smaller Forces. for Constant Bombing of German Cities.

By SEXSON RUMPHREYS A new British. strategy. for the bombardment of German industrial centers became apparent today and at the same time London disclosed

performance was carried out despite poor weather. With' the end of winter, weather

of the heavy planes and gigantic

' ‘'hombs needed for the operation,

The raid on the Ruhr was what is called a “saturation” sttack. The great weight of bombs was dropped in the space of 12 minutes, In the great 1000-plane resid on. Cologne last year, 2000 tons were dropped in 90 minutes. The weight and brevity of the attack disrupts communications end the enemy's. de-

| [fense system.

The 1000-plane raids, 3 costly and

{difficult operation, spparently . have

cost.of the gasoline and bombs’ used, The “British, calculate on # loss of about 5 per cent in their raids. On that basis 50 planes would be lost in each 1000-bomber attack, and each of these big planes cost about $160,000. “Ninety such raids on Germany — whica wouid be ail the weather pere mits in a year—would have cost $1,800,000,000 and would have seen

ably about a full year’s production. Peril to Crews

Such operations would have meant the loss of more than 30,000 trained crew members, which might have meant a dangerous weakening of Britain's air defenses, . beyond the ability of the United States and | the dominions to make replacements. It also can be recalied that the Nagis gave up trying to whip Britsin by continusl bombing after less than & year. They raided London for almost 100 successive night, but found the cost too high. Apparently Britain hagalse found the gamble too great. The last 1000-| plane attack .was on: Dusseldorf Sept. 10. There had been half a dozen raids of 1000 or more panes during June and several during July and August that employed from 400 to 600 planes.

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been sbandoned in favor of ‘more

frequent raids with fewer planes, but carrying extremely heavy bombs,

mendous.. The explosive fron is lateral and it literally devastates entire block: or industrial plant. Hence the name. No man-made

Mail, - British research ‘workers - are engaged in perfecting an even heavier bomb which can be carried.

ings can carry 17,000 plosives. 4 This conosniration. of toad enshles

same result, and the operation is beasier to carry out. ; The heaviest bomb dropped in 1940 was 500 pounds; in 1941, 2000 pounds, S54, 20.4%, 12.3000, pouncs. and go-|. ing up.

'6AS DISPENSERS |

WARNED BY OPA

Procedure for Servicing Automobiles.

Indians filling station operators were warned today by James D. Strickland, state OPA direétor, thet OPA regulations in the handling of mileage rationing coupons must be followed or their authority to do business can be suspended. His warning came afler investigators reported widespread viola-! tions over the state. . When a car comes fo #8 filling station for gasoline, Mr. Strickland seid, /the Stajion employee must adhere to the following xules: 1. Ask for mileage ration book. 2, Jdentily the book with the car. 3. Find out how many gallons are) wanted, 4, Check coupons and ‘make sure that the mileage ration book offered by the motorist is the same as the windshield sticker. 8. Check coupons to see if license number, or proper identificstion, is on the back. 8. Pump the gas. Reports have also reached the state CPA office that some Wing stations are now accepting No. and even No. § coupons. i} Mr. Strickland said thet No. 8 coupon is good until Jan. 21 No. 4 should not be accepted til after that date.

GALLS RECORD BAN FIGHT FOR A LIVING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (U. P) se The American Federation: of Musicians’ ban on recordings was described to a senate committee to‘dey “as an’ instance of organized workers fighting for their very existence” against en industry that has “grown powerful and wealthy on ‘canned music.’ ” Joseph A. Padway, American Federation of Labor general counsel, told ‘an’ investigating: committee headed by Senator D, Worth Clark

| (D. 1da.): that the recording ban—

in effect since last Aug. 1—stemmed

| | from ‘the conviction of union mem- ‘| bers “that it would be nothing short

of suicide 'to continue; themselves, to make the instruments which put them out of jobs." The growth of talking pictures)

and the juke box, the A. F. of L.

counsel seid, has thrown an esti-

| [mated $3,000 musicians out of work,

while brosdeasting and record manufscturers have “made tremendous profits. Radio Corp. of Americe: which he described as “the dominant factor” in the radio industry, had profits in 1941 of more than $10,000,000, or a little more than 12.9 per cent on the stockholders’ investment, Padway declared.

———————————— RUSS ELECTIONS DELAYED

Lucinda Kline's

Rites Tomorrow FUNERAL SERVICES for Mrs.

* Lucinda Kline will be held at 2

Strickland Outline Outlines 6-Point|

p. m. tomorrow at the Liftle &

resident of Indianapolis 44° years, died Tuesday at St. Francis hospital after a long illness She was 82 and lived at 1001 Main st., Beech Grove. ‘She was Mee, 3 member of the Beach Grove Christian church. She formerly lived at St. Paul: : Survivors are. two. daughters. Mys. [Esta Denbis of Beech Grove snd Mrs, May Gsrioff of Pennsylvanis: two sons, Dr. Ernest W. Kline of Thorntown and Owen A. Kline of Anderson; 3¢ grandchildren and two great-grand-children.

U. S. TORPEDOES

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American PT-Boats Score New Successes Off . Guadalcanal.

WASHINGTON, Jan, 14 (U. P). —Lightning swift motor torpedo boats have damaged Japanese de-|. stroyers that apparently ‘were ats tempting again to reinforce or supply enemy troops on Guadalcanal.. They scored torpedo hits on at least

two of :the invading ‘warships, the"

navy announced: today. The action took place Sunday night" (island time) near Guadal< canal. It was broken off when the enemy flotilla withdrew to the northwest. The navy did not disclose the size of the Japanese force nor whether. it succeeded in landing troops .or: supplies before the: PT. boats attacked.’ In addition to hitting one destroyer twice and another: once, the PT boats may have Seured two bite oi a Wid, the navy S88 : Bringing its reports of intensified land operations on’ Gusdalcanel up to Wednesday (island time), the navy seid U. 8. troops, supported by air forces, “continued their advanee.”. ' ° Rekats Bey Bombed

U. 8. medium bombers attacked Rekate bay on Santa Isabel island, northwest of Guadalcanal but results were not observed.

Ty Dans, my positions to be a prelude to a major offen-

“| Prench forces in Tunisia reported

~|the 2000-foot height of Dijebel Bou

the use of fewer planes to get the}

Obsezvers hers considered aurrent

Line Toroush tr Passes Near Kairouan.

LONDON, Jan. ve . Py new vigtories today over German

-| hold strong positions in the mountatnous Kairouan sector, while al-

nants of the Afriks Korps in Libya in a series of widespread attacks, Their new gains gave the French

through mountain pesses and heights from Karachoun south to

Dabous: The latest successes were scored shout 35 miles norihwest of) The French infantrymen were supported for the first time ‘by American-built = planes flown «by

cadrille. Bad Wenther Continues

and Italian ' troops attempting to :

lied air forces pounded the rem. |

control of a 13-mile line running

French fliers of the Lafayette Es-|i

The axis again reported strong|j

ored units, in Tunisia, but an allied ‘communique from North African headquarters said there had been no change in the ground situstion in northern Tunisia, where bad weather has made operations difficult. The steady ascent of ‘American and. British airpower was giving the allies an ‘offensive edge that may enable them to smash the last axis bridgehead in Africa with the | facility that the eighth army routed the. Afrika Korps at Hl Alamein.

19 of 30 Mesperschmitts I ' Allied aircraft prowled the skies

lover North Africa and the Medi-||" terranean, attacking Castel Benito, |

Tunisian bases, axis land transport,

laxis positions east of Tripoli and! i objectives in Stelly, Crete and Tem-

peduss. The most convincing demonstra- | tion was the fiying fortress raid on

| Castel Benito, whers 19 ‘axis planes: {were destroyed. = Fortress gunners {shot down 19 of the: 30 ‘Messer-; schmiits thas attacked them a3 they)

were coming home. - Sergt, BE. L. Burger of Frisco, Ind., | was one of the fortress crew members credited with shooting down axis planes. in -. the Castel Benito raid, :

Artist Softens’ Yank Sergeants

d The. ngs Daily Ds iS Tm CE AOON. Jen: 14. —Attendants |

seum in Burlington house, Picca- |

why: 50 many American soldiers | ‘hive’ been stréaming th almost like 8 chow live, The reason hangs on s prominent place on one of the exhibi‘tion walls: The’ portrait of twe American soldiers painted by ons of England's great artists, Cooper (R. B. A) who chanced across the ‘two soldiers one ‘day, liked their looks and induced them to ‘pose for him, - The. soldiers, wha have thus Baan immortalized, - are Sergt. Theodore Korons of: Latrobe, Pa.. and: Sergt. Oscar Kaplan . of: Lin. den, N. J.

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