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London Hopeful Germans ‘May Be Knocked Out In 10 Months.
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accelerating series of surprises: for| ’ |
the axis Behind the generalities of communiques allied quarters these developments: 1. Full decision on an overall| plan of offensive action against -the, axis in 1943. °| "2. Presumable agreement upon a unified command in Africa with a! view to quick liquidation of axis] forces in Tunisia and early attacks, aerially or otherwise, against Italy. 3. Initial steps toward a solution of the French North African political troubles but no great headway toward resolving the basic difficul-, ties between Gen. Charles de Gaulle | and Gen. Henri Honore Giraud. 4. Hints of possible diplomatic} maneuvers of a magnituce yet unrevealed. North African dispatches involving Fin-| land, Sweden, Turkey, Spain and, even Italy. i = |
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5. Obliteration of any axis feelers | for a “negotiated” peace through the forthright declaration of. Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill that the
only terms acceptable, to them were
those of “unconditional surrender.” 6. Compleie strategic decisions) designed not only to bring greatest| possible pressure to bear upon the axis in Europe but to enhance co-|
‘operation with Russia and China|
and maintain utmost pressure upon: Japan in the Pacific.
Belief was expressed in allied
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~ Combined Chiefs of Staff Mapped Victory Strategy at Casablanca
asablanca Was Saturated ~ With Every Sort of Rumor
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having seen “consular baggage|the same ideas on this subject. bearing Finnish labels.” G. Ward | Price, London Daily Mail corre-|Churchill and their staffs had finspondent at Casablanca, reported ished their work and that the gen“it may he said that the statements eral stafis had had a meeting of
The president said that he and)
made here are only a partial revela- ' minds on all the military operations. tion. It is obvious there may be| The president said he was confi-
additional activities where are un- dent that 1943 would be a much
quarters that the most important 'revealable and may even be denied!better year than 1942. | ?
events of the epic meeting were mat- | ters which could not be discussed
‘ until they occur. “
There was no doubt that decisiong_
‘were made on where and how Hitler
fs to Be hit during the coming months. = Speculation ranged over
virtually the whole of the European continent, with Norway, Italy and
the Balkans in the fore. African Command Topic However, the initial task was| plainly the mopping up of the Axis in Africa—a task which military observers were not inclined to minimize. . rl It was believed the first result of the meeting would be the early establishment of a new African com-
in the interests of the common; Churchill said the discussions were cause.”) the most successful war conference There were a weiter of rumors he had ever participated in or had| regarding those who participated. ever seen, that he had never seen a| What particularly aroused the in- conference to equal the present one |
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terest of the correspondents was the for comprehensiveness and that the,
complete air of mystery whichrssur- results would give the allied troops! rounded the entire proceeding. | their best chance of victory. The records of the correspondents’ - He declared that for the last 10 accredited to. the North African' gays Casablanca had been the ac- | field have been scrupulously studied | tive center for the direction of the and a considerable amount, of con- yo, : anes has ben placed 2 them. © pe oxpressed regret that Stalin owever. in the Casablanca in-',44 Gen, Chiang Kai-shek had not
stance they were given not the] be | . . . s CF been able to be present and went slightest inkling of what was taking| . say that nothing will come
place until after they arrived on the |; {10 war that would ever break
scene. | . . . : ) ... the friendship between himself and During the press conference with| Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill, the! : . correspondents — contrary to the] Churchill declared that the allied
The names of Gen. Sir Archibald |... ;ctomary White House procedure— landing in North Africa and the
Wavell, Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, the British Middle-Eastern commander, and Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower were mentioned most frequently. It was believed that one commander would be named to head-up all operations in Africa, taking over the direction of the British first and eighth armies and the American fifth army, and that another general would be placed in over-all charge of the whole Mediterranean theater. | As for the French polifical squabble British opinion was cool |
were not given any opportunity to| present meeting had altered the ask questions. course of the whole war and placed Immediately after the session the; the initiative in allied hands. newsmen were rushed to a con-| He referred to the statement of ference room where the allied staffs| Adolf Hitler in October that ‘he had held their daily meetings and | given a few hours in which to write the untrained allied military men. their stories. = Then they were| Churchill said that ai that very brought back here. moment heavy actions impehded. Casablanca was literally saturated’ Referring to Marshal Erwin Romwith rumors. ‘mel as a fugitive from Egypt. he One of the most frequent of these |sajq that the British eighth army reports was that the anti-aircraft | had followed him 1500 miles. It batteries had orders not to fire on| was like Mary and the little lamb, any planes—whether? enemy OF | he said. Everywhere that Rommel not—which might appear at cértain| went the eighth army was sure
never knew what to expect from!
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chief of the dairy division of the] 'state board of health, conferred with |
toric Casablanca conference. army; (2) Gen. Sir Allan Brooke, chief of the imperial general staff; ley Pound, first sea lord; (4) Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-
army air forces.
“og : . ling allegedly watered milk to SunThe combined chiefs of staff of the British and American military *forces took part in the his-
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YANKS REGAIN TUNISIAN PASS
Axis - Reports Americans Plan Drive to Cut Off - Rommel,
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miles border. Axis radios expressed increasing alarm over the situation in Tunisia. Nazi radio Vichy also said that _ {the British Eighth army's tanks were driving south of Tripoli in a sweeping movement around the Afrika Korps to join allied forces in Tunisia. But the Middle Eastern command still gave no indication of how much
of the Afrika Korps had reached Tunisia. Its communique today
west of the Tripolitanian
rear guards yesterday west of E32 | Zauia. Ez Zauia is 30 miles west {of Tripoli. | Radio Paris Jittery
4 The communique also reported — lallied air activity Monday night and
IS PERM ANENT Radio Paris joined in axis jitters | over reports that Lieut. Gen. Mark
| W. Clark’s fifth army was massed ae | for a push to Gabes, 100 miles from meat under specifications as set out | the border of Tripoli. | It was not explained how the axis
in a contract with county commis- | 2 | ascertained a drive was contem-
| Supers, lated against Gabes, although that a a | plated against Gabes, althoug a Evidence that “watered” milk was | might | To - the. easiest
also sold to the institution by Gold- | Tepessa, near the Tunisian border en Guernsey Farms, Inc, was being |in Algeria, 1s 150 miles northwest of given to county grand jury investi- | Gabes. Tebessa is about the same gators this morting. John Taylor, | distance from Sousse and Sfax, (either of which might offer better port facilities to an allied column.
planes swept over Sicily and bombed the ferry terminus at Mes« sina.
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Chief Deputy Prosecutor Saul Ralb. State health board officials also were investigating conditions at the! Golden Guernsey concern. The com- | pany has been asked to show cause | why it should not be cited for sell- |
said Eighth army forces foyght axis
yesterday, although Jow-flying J
objective, _
Shown here are (1) Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U. S.
Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, chief of the air staff; (6) Lieut. Gen. H. H. Arnold. commanding U. S. |
is determined that the “watering” was done wilfully, prosecution will follow, Dr. Thurman | Rice, board chief announced yester- |
| day. |
(3) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudchief of the U. S. navy; (5) Air
FDR and Churchill in African
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velt and Churchill appeared] their common desire to win France's to speak - for Stalin and ering oa oly for that end Chiang Kai-Shek as well as| However, the fecling was strong | themselves, indicated a more inti- in London that much more has not, {mate collaboration with Russia heen told about Casablanca than | land China than in previous purely has been placed on the record.
| Anglo-American deliberations. ; Doubt. Full Story Told -
Moscow Talks Bared This feeling was shared by correStalin and Foreign Minister W.|spondents in Africa. They noted M. Molotov met with British and that there was no real necessity for
Map ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Strategy
| tegic decisions made at Casablanca ings to the county grand: jury.
The state legislature today was] to be given a bill by Rep. Lloyd Claycombe (R. Indianapolis) asking that a separate purchasing depart[ment be set up at Sunnyside. Meanwhile, investigation of all county. contracts -with Sunnyside sanitorium was under way today | | by probers who will reveal their find- |
Parley
was naturally diffuse. It was not| In addition to investigating meat expected that the allies would tip and milk sales, representatives of their hand on their plans at any, the ey office will scrutinize moment before contact is actually egg a grocery contracts, Prosemade with Nazi forces. However, cutor Sherwood Blue announced.
the tone of the communique left! com
little doubt that the year would see! allied offensive operations hit a climax which could only be produced through land invasion of the con- | tinent. |
CLAY MOGG Says:
to the results of the De Gaulle-| hours of the day. The inference, of Giraud conference as were Fighting/ courses was that some sort of emisFrénch quarters.
| sary from some belligerent state was
American diplomatic representatives lin Moscow last nght a few hours before the news of the Casablanca
to go. - | He concluded that he and Mr. | Roosevelt were more than deter-
Allied quarters frankly stated that lengthy and possibly difficult negotiations# lie ahead before full collaboration can be achieved among the French facfions. There was little but} hints and rumors on the possibility that diplomatic negotiations of some nature curred at Casablanca. Finland to Quit Some credence was lent tp the Finnish rumors By signs that some Finnish diplomatic activity might be under way. Dispatches from Stockholm reported the presence there of an important group of Finnish, officials, headed .by V. A. Tanner. President Rysto Ryti, in closing a session of the Finnish parliament, |
expressed hope for improvement of ago as November when.the Amer-| French armies, navy and air force |
Finland's relations with the United States. | | " The problem of increasing the | flow off supplies to Russia and of co-ordinating allied strategy on the
expected. Conference in Garden
The president and the prime minister met correspondents in the rear garden of a beautiful white villa— the North African “White House — marked simply “Villa No. 2.”
With Churchill sitting at his left.
| mined that their designed purpose ywas the unconditional surrender (of the criminal forces which have | plunged the world into sorrow and ruin. President Roosevelt then gave the correspondents the names of those who participated in the discussions. He said that he and Churchill
‘had pledged themselves that peace,
Mr. Roosevelt explained to war cor-|
felt that the occasio - respondents that he and Churchill] or
cellent opportunity ‘for’ Generals S Charles de Gaulle and Henri would return to the world and that Honofe Giraud to meet. this peace could not come unless it| De Gaulle and Giraud, Mr. Roosewas accompanied by the total de-| yelt revealed. had been in confer-
struction of the power of Germany ence for a couple of days and that 2nd Giraud, ‘it appeared, agreed in|
and Japan to make war. "both were wholeheartedly bent on The President revealed that the achieving the liberation of France. meeting had been planned as long| The president said. that the
icans and British first swarmed would all take part in the liberation ashore on the North African coast. | of France. The first actual discussion of the meeting took place about Dec. 1.
meeting was flashed to the world. | The communique emphasized that Stalin had been invited to attend the conference but that he found it impossible because of his preoccupation with the Red army’s offensive. 1 London reaction to the announcement was enthusiastic except as regards the De Gaulle-Giraud situation. Fighting French spokesmen
Mr. Roosevelt to make a 6000-mile trip by air to Africa simply to have a heart-to-heart talk with Churchill. | They coupled these observations! with the multitude of rumors suggesting that Finnish, Spanish, Turkish, Swedish or even Italian representatives may have been there. There was no tangible evidence, apparently, for these rumors except Finnish labels spotted by one correspondent on the luggage of one
Allied propagandists felt certain that the Casablanca meeting—without regard
“It is reported that candy is be-
ing paid Solomon island natives to its decisions and
transactions—would in itself prove
as a bounty for dead Japs.
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London believed that two com-| mands will be established—a com- | mander-in-chief
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of the arrivals at Casablanca. , : . Finland's position would be of ing any forthcoming operations!
made clear that whatever progress {had been made in settling this ‘thorny issue was almost entirely confined to generalities. De Gaulle
major strategic importance to the| from that theater against Europe, | |allies in event of a move on north-| and a field commander in Africa lern Norway designed to clear the itself. The African field command- | | econvoy route to Russia. (er would assume charge of the 1st
: ; on _ and 8th British armies and the 5th Speculation as to the overall Sra. | American army. London believed an!
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‘The president said that all possible material would be sent to aid the Russian offensive, thereby cutting down German manpower as well as wearing out German material. . . The united nations, he said, would give all possible aid to China
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I Two amendments, proposed by
‘not able to be present, Mr. Roose. minority floor leader Robert Heller
velt said, he and Churchill kept him {fully informed of their discussions.
of Decatur, both designed to save the clemency commission. were overridden by the Republican marity. ‘ “Naturally any governor hates to
can appoint free salaried members,” ‘Rep. Andrew said in urging that the amendments be defeated. “In ‘old-fashioned days before these | things were streamlined, it was still | possible for a judge and a jury who believed they made a mistake in convicting a man to come before the prison beard of trustees and seek his release. | “The principal difference between the old system and the one we have now is that the trustees knew the men with whom they were dealing while the clemency board, apparlently - believing that its job pri | marily is to parole prisoners, operates without knowing these men.” The bill's original provision to remove the merit system from the
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the mayor. we feel that the billto put school hoard members on Mr. Miller | the same salary basic as city coun-| - |cilmen, but that it was not sponsored by the school board.
I should be withdrawn.” told Senator Chamberlin. The senator asked why. .
“We think this would be a bad time for it,” Mr. Miller replied. Senator Chamberlin returned to ‘the senate floor and asked unaniI mous consent of the other members fo withdraw it. They agreed. Some of the other Marion county senators who realized what was going on thought it was just as well that the whole thing turned out the way it did. Proposed raises in the bill were: t Proposed Old Salary Salary $6000 3600 3000 2400 4500 3600 4500 2500 900 3000 . 2100 3600 600 the!
Office Mayor ....eces0e.. $10,000 Controller 6000 Deputy Controller 4500 i Clerk 3600 : Corporation Counsel 6000 ~— | City Attorney .. 5500 Engineer 6500 . | Safety Board Pres. 3500 'Safety Bd. Memb'rs . 1900 | Works Board Pres.. 4500 Works Bd. Memb'rs 3600 Purchasing Agent.. 5500 Council Members... 1200 Another bill introduced in house by Rep. Mable Lowe and Rep. Alva Baxter (R. Indianapolis) would
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