Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1943 — Page 1

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5 VOLUME 53—NUMBER 284

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1043

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

Letter to a Reader "HERE has never been a day, in in your lifetime or mine, ; when it meant as much to you and me to know the truth about what is going on in the world, and to know it quickly. : ut "A battle in New Guinea, or a bomb raid over Essen

may mean actual personal tragedy to us, or to the family

next door. An order in Washington, or a vote in the state house, may decide what we are going to eat and wear and spend, right here in Indianapolis. A conference in Casablanca or a meeting in Ankara may be shaping the way our sons and daughters will live. " » » » » # INCE it is so important to know these things, it occurs to me that you may be interested i in how we go about getting the facts for you. Here at The Times we are very conscious that for Americans the earth has no longer any dark or distant corners. Wherever men and women live we have someone to report to you what they are doing, and what they are thinking and planning. As you read these words this Svaniss, reporters of the United Press are lying in front line foxholes in Pacific jungles ‘where it is already tomorrow morning, riding home from Berlin, where it is already midnight, in the tails of bombers, going into battle . with the tanks in Tunisia, or with the ‘warships on the ‘route to Murmansk. adio waves and. cables will chatter all night about ings they see, and long before dawn our own wires

uring into The Times office their dramatic accounts of action in a world at war—and pliotographs, also by wire, that yesterday perhaps were snapped Présatioisly in the

midst of battle.

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thrilling as it is, battle is only one phase of the siatic, 8 the story of what other peoples are ukine and

world scene today. Just as important, and often as dra-

0 8 5 or a a solicy —— in “Madrid, or a din in: Rio de Janeiro. You see their reports, from time to ed “Leland Stowe” ot “Robert Casey” or any of |

vital and adiusive wartime feature of The Times.

In RE where world hews these Says is nr

8 lis, ;' You see their signatures. too—Raymond Clapper, a. Simms, Peter Edson, Ludweli Denny, Edward A. Evans, Tom Stokes, Dan Kidney, Walker Stone and many more—men who have earned and won high honors in journalism, men of maturity and Judgment and broad understanding. = . =» (OUTSTANDING columnists contribute every day from every conceivable point of view, their part to the complete picture of the world it is our aim to bring you. Ernie Pyle has sent from Africa some of the most brilliant reporting of the war, and has visited boys from Indiana—which is “his home state, too—along many a battle front to report to you hat they are doing—and maybe to them on what

like Westbrook Pegler, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ruth rs. Walter Ferguson, Joe Williams, in different | and from varied viewpoints, describe the vital and the interesting affairs of this nation.

: % x Sk eee WE! have tried, in the face of difficult conditions, also to £ own state and our own. city. Many of our finest young writers are in uniform—one of them, Bob Fleetwood, died this week in a navy dive bomber—and more of them will be . going. But we believe it is doubly important in times like these that we do not lose sight of what is happening right here at home; that we continue, first of all, to be good ‘citizens of Indianapolis. And informed citizens are good citizens, always. columnists like Lowell Nussbaum and Eddie Ash and Roger Budrow and Dick Lewis and Earl Richert, each interpreting ~ his special field; reporters continually in intimate touch ‘with the affairs of city and county and state; departments devoted the whole range of human interests in our town. “seem a long way from a skirmish on Guadalcanal in Broad Ripple or a hockey game at the Coli- , too, BTS pat of ihe vivid scene that is a

: complete picture that The Times wsiirtakin Ee

tain the most complete wartime coverage of our |

Here again we are proud of our writers and reporters—

SENATE GETS LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR BILL

Provides for Township Election Upon Petition of 25% of Voters.

liquor: bill, expected to produce the greatest fireworks of the legislative session, was introduced today in the state senate by Senator Milton W. Thompson (R. Covington), a farmer. The measure provides for township elections to determine whether

The elections must be held -by the county election board if 25 per cent of the voters in a township petition for them.

An avalanche of 64 bills was introduced in the house of representatives today, last day for introduction of bills in the house during the current session. The daily average of bills introduced in the house this session is a little more than 15, equaling the average set in 1941 when represeniatives threw 677 bills into hp the hopper in 45 days to set an all-time record. © James M. Knapp, chairman of the house rules committee who instigated a change of rules to limit introduction of bills to 30 days, said only the shorter tie limit saved the house from setfing a new all-time high, In the senate, where under present rules 15 more days remain in which to have bills. introduced, 33 bills and three resolutions were turned in for the biggest day of the session so far.

Tos R EoRctin ends a on pe ‘riod of tenseness caused by thé ‘enormous pressure put on fle legstators. ad both : ‘the "Wels? ana)

' fT a local option bill from being introduced and the “drys” have {been pressuring the legislators, by

* {personal contact and hundreds of letters’ and telegrams, . both to in-

ment of a local option bill. : Added to this strain on the legislators was the pressure of many

bill from being introduced on the grounds that it would ‘be harmful to the. party by splitling it wide open on the controversial issue. But after the bill was introduced (Continued on Page 12)

DIMOUT TONIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND 11

To Report Violations.

Air raid sirens will signal Marion county’s first surprise dimout tonight “sometime between-8 and 11 p. m.” A state of emergency during those hours has been declared to provide proper trial conditions for the dimout, which will last approximately 30 minutes. A joint proclamation released last night by Mayor Tyndall, Harry E. Yockey, city civil defense director}: (Continued on Page 12)

Coffee Brings $4250 a Pound

A POUND of coffee brought

tion conducted by Rep. Emery Fulk (R. Clay City). The ‘pound of coffee was resold several: times, Speaker Hobart Creighton being one of the pur-. chasers of a $1000 bond. This amount raised the house pledges of ‘war bond purchases to date to $13,050

The long-awaited local option

liquor can be sold in townships.|

troduce and support “the enact-

G. O. P. party leaders to keep the

Co-operation Urged, Guards

$4250 today in the house of rep- | resentatives in a war bond auc-

Senator Thompson’ sald = me The high

‘nation in the world.”

Ts Hitler Dead?

Possibly So, but the Nazis May. Be Putting Over the Biggest Hoax Since the Wooden Horse Rolled Into: Troy; Whatever the Case, War's Not Over,

Is Adolf Hitler, dead? That question ran around:the world today-mapd got no answer. . It was pure speculation, even as Joseph E. Davies, former ambassador to Russia, put it into words on the radio last night, and as correspondents and diplo‘mats in nearly every world capital looked at the scanty

‘evidence and wondered. ; Is Hitler dead——or are the Nazis, iting. over: the mest propaganda hoax since the wooden horse tolled into Troy? Even in Germany no more than 4 = a handful of high-ranking Nazis really know the truth. This is the evidence: He has not been seen in public, “for 10 days; > For the first time since he came to power he did not speak on the 10th anniversary of his regime; » 2 8

Germany ‘Mourns

Germany.now is in the second day of three days of national mourning, with funeral dirges blaring incessantly from their radio’stations, all amusement places closed, tight restrictions on every-

thing: Hitler frequently has said he would kill himself: if he failed— and the biggest failure of his career was the bloody. defeat of his armies in front of Stalthgrad; Command of the German armies passed 10 days ago from Hitler to the clique of generals—many of them anti-Hitler—who originally opposed the drive toward Stalingrad. Photographs of “Hitler” that recently reached this country do not very closely resemble the Hitler face that was familiar from earlier ‘pictures. If he is dead, there are {wo .avenues of ‘speculation—oune- that he killed himself, the other that ane command killed The igh command tn 0 the .past |

THUG PROWLS N 5 MORE HOMES

Call by Colonel's: Wife “Launches Futile Hun it:

isjble for its fail- | himself, as a psychopathic case,’ | “might. well ‘have ‘ended his own {ga life under * such as’ faced him this ‘week. Ly *

The War's Not Over’

But if he is dead it does mot’ }:: mean the war is over. J Mr. Davies said as much last |& night, adding: | “*The Nazi Party with its industrial Fascists and military: leaders is ‘still alive. These elements "which have destroyed the liberties of half of Europe and started two world wars in 25 years, make Germany a menace to every other

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west and: Winthrop gve. on the east. Mrs. Long, wife of Lieut. Col of Camp - Atterbury, was roused from her sleep at 1:20 a. m. when a prowler attempted to enter her room at the N. Pennsylvania st. ‘address. Sticking his .head through the - (Continued on Page 12)

MARINE GENERAL'S "CAR INJURES . SAILOR

- SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 5 (U. P.). —Maj. Gen. Holland Smith, commanding general of the fleet marine force for the San Diego area, was arrested by police today after a twomile chase through the streéts of San Diego during which police said | is car hit, and seriously injured a sailor, Smith was booked on charges of hit-and-run and drunk driving, the former a felony when: “involving inuy. Police reported the car driven, by. Gen. Smith struck Alvin J. Wilder, 23,' a machanist’s mate 2d class, fracturing his leg. The ‘general |

Under Hitler's orders, Goering would assume supreme command. But it is doubtful if the generals of the army would permit Goering to take ‘over—especially if ‘they themselves killed Hitler. Rudolph Hess, who was his second’ choice as his successor, is a prisoner in England. The logical assumption, in case Hitler is dead, is that the army high command would take control of Germany. That would mean- that Germany will be even harder to defeat. The German army has a group of skilled, competent, highly trained generals who would be able to use the Gérman armies: much more effectively - without the - interference and blundering of. der fuehrer’s “intuition.” = » They have ung ler their commang all the force of the : nation—and “they would use it (Continued on Page 11) LOCAL TEMPERATURES od36 10a m. .., 43 «... 36 11 a.m, ... 47

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Lesh Named as '43 Chief Of Local C ommunity | Fund,

Perry w. Lesh. Indianapolis bust. F i

rv a dash through dimmedout streets for more than two miles, the general's automobile sideswiped another car.: J Smith said he ‘had. had only two drinks. He was released oh $500

a. a. a. a. bail.

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., | was resumed briefly in one | sector, and finally

failed to stop 880-3 radio, GAT gave | :

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us. ships Bag 5 JAP PLANES IN SOLOMON

Writer Tells of ~ Torpedo Attack in First: Phase Of Major Battle.

Editor's Note—The following dispatch is an eyewitness account of part of the sea-air battle shaping up in the Solomons area.

By FRANCIS McCARTHY ‘WITH THE U. S. FLEET SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Jan. 29— (Delayed) —Good shooting and lady luck tonight enabled this task force to accomplish an important convoy-covering mission in the general Guadalcanal area against a heavy Japanese aerial torpedo attack. The three-hour air-sea battle, in

ese lose at least five and possibly six aircraft, was the longest, weirdest and most colorful which I have seen in the past 12 months in the Pa-

cific.

Twenty to 25 Jap torpedo planes repeatedly attacked this task force, whose strength and composition I am not yet at liberty to reveal. The enemy's use of color flares over a broad ‘expanse’ of sea provided a breathtaking panorama.

. . Transports Reach Haven

"This: first Japanése night aerial torpedo attack of this war began over a vast area of wind-lashed waters at a point about 60 miles |due south of Guadalcanal. There Twas a call to battle stations at 7:24 p. m. and two minutes later our

| anti-aircraft opened up on a twin-

¥ fem low and to starboard to rake our | gun mounts.

ue 1 He. flied light

e| reash our. warships at altitudes: ne 20 to 50 feet. -

ed their first terrific effort, one that gly exécuted, they lost our main force for] a couple of hours. Then the battle

Japanese. = Our transports, some

|. py! carrying troops, still were safe, All St. Clair st. on’ | reached their destinations, or. the Hosth, Graceland ave on thel

Torpedo Scrapes Ship

During the time our battle stations were manned, from 7:24 p. m. until 10:45 p. m., the commander of our task force maneuvered his units brilliantly during the running battle. And it was only this maneuvering which saved his ships from the, deadly torpedo planes used in combination with a sensational utilization of color flares. The close scrapes: of every ship in our force can best be illustrated by those experienced by the vessel on which I was stationed. We faced two torpedoes. One missed widely and every man watching it breathed, “Thank God!” But the next “fish” aimed in our direction came closer. At first it (Continued on Page 12)

Russian Trap Is Closing on 50,000 Germans.

_ By UNITED PRESS

The region around the Cauéasus city of Rostov appeared to be turning into a vast trap today with between 50,000 and 100,000 Germans ‘troops being surrounded by: Russians or pushed back to thé Sea of Azov. Borrowing from - the ns’

enemy into small groups and then systematically, liquidating each

“toward the Sea of Azov and there | Spe of to be little hope for the

| escape of the main axis force.

~ The British Broadcasting Corp.

| reported:

. “Hitler's Caucasus army js in full retreat by the only way of escape

which I personally saw the Japan- | -

4 ze ted thiat bi: ait rons crossed thé. channel to: France

‘When the Japanese had exhaust- |

NAZI ARMY IN ‘FULL| RETREAT’ TO CRIMEA

blitzkrieg technique. of cutting the!

group, ‘the Red army. was pushing]

Takes Big Job

Gen, Andrews . , '. “somebody is - taking care of interrupting Goering's sleep.”

3 AXIS NATIONS RAIDED AT ONGE

Turin, Spezia, Lorient, Ruhr and Sicily Are. Night’s Targets.

LONDON, Feb. 5 (U. P.).—The royal air force . carried the - allied non-stop aerial offensive to France again today, following up heavy night attacks on Turin and Spezia in northwestern Italy, the industriai Ruhr in Germany and the U-boat base at. Aorient on. the coast of

Prone.

R. A. PF, squad-

¢ [this afternooti; flying high in the ‘clouds. Visibility was “exceptionally good. » Nazi Retaliation . Weak

‘ Germany made another. of its weak daylight reprisals. - Four raiders bombed and machine gunned a south coast town this ‘afternoon, damaging many. ‘houses and causing some casualties. One enemy plane was believed shot down into. the ses. Last night's tri-nation raids were heavy and the most widespread in recent operations, but only three planes were lost. It was the first simultaneous R. A. F. attack against the three countries since 1940, Turin is the key of Italy’s northwestern industrial triangle. Spezia, on: the Gulf of Genoa, is Italy's chief naval base and site of the

_1Oderi Terni submarine yards.

The raid on the U-boat base. at (Continued on Page 12)

U.S. Has New Ace, Tops Rick's Mark WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (U. P).,

—A modest 27-year-old former

member of: the South Dakota national guards has. become the greatest American air ace of all time. Capt. Joseph Jacob Foss, who is credited with destroying 26 Japaense planes, supplants Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, hero of world war I, as the man with the greatest number of enemy planes shot down. Rickenbacker destroyed 25 German planes. Foss has been recognized for some time as the air ace of this war, but the fact that he had exceeded even Rickenbacker’s record was not disclosed until today. He won his captain's bars on ° Aug. 7, the day the marines invaded the Solomon islands.

| BE BLASTE |

Eisenhower Keeps Top Sp In North Africa; Areas

Are Separated.

y JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Editor’

LONDON, Feb. 5—Lie Gen. Frank M. Andrews, vet< eran of the Panama can command and the Midd East, became ‘commandir general | of United State forces in the European theas ter today, and promptly pledged all-out aerial warfare

against Germany. Gen. Andrews takes over the posk formerly held by Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, now allied supreme commander in North Africa. 3 Gen. Eisenhower's North Africar command is unaffected by G Andrews’ appointment. Presumabl] the European and North Africs commands will be separate | now on. The appointment of Gen. drews emphasizes that the are going to increase the weight o their air offensive ‘against Gel many as a softening up p preliminary to invasion.

Helped Develop B-11.

Gen. Andrews, born in Nashville, Tenn. in 1884; is the Americ army’s outstanding exponent of power as a primary weapon. succeeded Gen. Billy Mitchell commander: of the air octupa forces in Germany in: 1920, manded RE field, Va., ‘and group at \ When the army estal general headquarters air fo 1935, he became its first commant ing general. Under his’ directi the flying fortress, now ‘chief weapon in the theater, was developed. - In the early phases of this Gen. Andrews was responsible the defense of the Caribbean including the Panama canal. : he was transferred to the post commander. of United States for in the Middle East and receiv distinguished service medal for part he played in thé defeat Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Korps.

British Keep ‘Night Trick’

In response to questions today said he planned to continue intensify the daylight bombing Germany. American planes s have made two raids on northw ern Germany. Asked if he had plans for interrupting the sleep

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: {Marshal Hermann Goering,

Andrews said he did not: contem= plate night bombing: by ‘Americar pilots. “I understand that somebody & is. taking care of * inte pi Goering’s sleep,” Gen. Andrews sa referring to the R. A. P. night on Germany. “I also und that they interrupted iG speech. ” That was a reference to the g the British made last Saturday Berlin jf. as Goering was about speak in celebration of the 10th ai niversary of the Nazi party pov

Calls U-Boats Chief Problem

Gen, “Andrews pointed out one of the most important p was to keep allied transpo: lines open so that eventually could be an invasion of the nent. He said the U-boat was chief menace against coramu tion lines. : “I am delighted with the opps tunity for all-out intens jon air warfare,” Gen. Andr

a statement.

Expect Bad News on Nava Battle, Says Adm. Stirlin

By REAR ADMIRAL YATES STIRLING JR, U. 8. N. (Ri (Written for the United Press) It might be well for the American public to prepare [0 re Suuin Pick: The fact that ef