Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1943 — Page 2

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Jungle and Exchange Greets Ended at Guadalcanal s of Fighting.

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©. MILLER

United Press Stah Correspondent

WITH THE AMERICA

ANAL, S. I, Feb. 9 (Delayed

iforms caked with mud, ad

ther through an abandonet

uted and clasped hands in a

land fighting on Guadalcanal. It was the union of two

d iven the last vestige of J

rthwestern tip of ‘Guadal-|’

al in the first all-American ictory of the war in the

acific. : Leading the forces moving from e west, Maj. H. Wirt Butler, year-old Springfield, - Ill. tional guardsman, greeted Lieut. Col. James Dalton, Burlington, Vt., ushing westward with his battleegrimed troops. “I'm damn glad to see you, nel,” said Maj. Butler, wringing is senior’s hand. T'm sure glad to see you, too, or,” the colonel replied.

A Reunion in the Jungle

Men from both commands rushed yard through the dense undersh, waving their rifles and ugging each other, every man of em shouted almost as one," “It’s over boys,” they cried. e chased those little, yellow unprintables) back to Japan.” Old frienas from the two forces recognized each other despite the ‘flirt and beards on their faces and ‘the camouflaging of their uniforms.

ously. : One said “Jeez, men, I wish we a bottle to celebrate this. T’ll ny mom will be glad: when she this back home.” Exhausted, the men flopped on je ground for the first relaxation ce the offensive drive the ps from the island was renewed hb. 1 by landing troops at erahue, 18 miles beyond Cape ance behind the Jap lines and apping the enemy between two columns rushing along the coast.

First Nippon Retreat

The historic battle for Guadalcanal, which began six months and days ago, 35 miles to the east

na-|t

greeted each other uproari-|

N FORCES ON GUADALd) .—Two bearded men, their anced cautiously toward each d coconut plantation today, reunion that signaled the end

American forces which had apanese resistance from the

a large number of troops the night of Feb. 7,” said Maj. Butler, “in the vicinity -of Marovoro, as our forward outposts heard much jabbering and commotion along the ore, and we_had little opposition n Feb. 8 or today. | “Most. prisoners captured sufered malaria. There were unoubtedly hundreds of Jap soldiers ho died on this island from maaria and one of the reasons for our victory was that we were able to combat {he disease and the Japs apparently couldn't.” | It was estimated that less than 200 Japs remain in the island’s jungle interior, without food, short of animunition and probably suffering from malaria and other disgases. Patrols are leaving tommorow to ferret out those remaining.

DEFENDS WPA IN JULIETTA SNARL

Jennings Poriee Agency To Blame for Increase

In Costs. (Continued from Page One)

by the WPA was deficient and that 3 further grant of $85,000 was exfended by the WPA.” : “No such grant ever was made

Makes City Hall and Police Fume.

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to determine who's ‘going fo run the G. O. P. show around here, The ‘Republican regulars broke off relations with Mayor Tyndall

sweeping patronage coup and his ultimatum that he would handle

ward chairmen, Whereupon the ward bosses boiled over and said “well see what's what.” Then the raids came. Hardly had the ink dried on police blotters recording Mr. Blue's arrests when the fireworks started at city hall and at the police station. One city hall official close to Mayor Tyndall said: “Pine thing! Why did Mr. Blue

when he’s had two years to do it?” Yesterday. a Tyndall ' supporter made this statement: “prosecutor Blue’s request for an additional $15,000 for hiring investigators draws attention to the fact that he has not made any apparent use of the investigators he has now, notwithstanding the inactivity of the police under the previous administratibn when, as shown. by the present cleanup of gambling, there was plenty to be investigated. Blue’s Bill Opposed “Mr. Blue’s assurance that he would not use this money unless conditions made it necessary is not supported by his past record , . . ete.” One Tyndall henchman was known to have been over in the legislature lobbying against the payroll increase sought by the prosecutor. A member of Mayor Tyndall's safety board complained yesterday that he didn’t think the “vice .cases were being prosecuted . vigorously enough.” «+ He said it is hurting the morale of police officers to see their cases lose out in court. A deputy prosecutor countered: “===, “you can’t prosecute cases without sufficient evidence.”

More Heat Promised °

And so on the battle has been raging all week and promises fo get hotter. Prosecutor Blue’s role in the political skirmishing is clear. He got into the prosecutor’s office with 100 ‘per cent backing of the G. O. P. faction of James L

)y WPA,” Mr. Jennings said. The: jose figure also is on file in the! josie auditor's office. 3

He disclosed that WPA records how that from May 21, 1938, when

n the coast near the mouth of [the project actually got’ under way, |.

e Tenaru river, ended at 4:25| about 100 yards ‘west of the; d native village of Tenamba, 2ar’ the Tenamba river. The simultaneous drives of the two American columns ended com- ; ‘the ‘Japanese occupation of |] the island and for the first time in the Pacific war, the Nippons were forced to retreat from previous concept for a " tow hundred who ped in small boats from the fhern part of the island in the fortnight, the Japanese army marine units on Guadalcanal utterly annihilated or taken pner.

Leave Much Booty

their haste to evacuate the n untenable island, the Japs left quantities of booty behind m.. This included two complete o stations and scores. of sam5 and landing boats, about 200 apsible boats and dozens of outd motors, field pieces, machine 8, coastal guns, ammunition, d and medical supplies. w Japanese officers were cap- , but everywhere there was ence of their exodus. Behind m they left their personal gear, cluding the coveted officer's ord, pistols, daggers, all of which y are forbidden by divine tran ever to remove except in is impossible to comprehend . supplies and equipment the “left spread along the beach : p Marovoro and here,” said

Wrecked Zeros Found

Japs made a frenzied effort bury some valuables, but other plies were dumped on the ground | abandoned. ge bullet riddled zero fighters h apparently had been shot early in the campaign were vered along the beach, not far n ‘a two-man submarine which 1 been beached.

‘Alexander George of Chicago, |?

0 led the force down the coast pin Verahue, was wounded slight- ¥ by Jap machine gun fire and was Lieut. Col. George F. y of Chicago, former Carnegie manager, replaced him, andj r was sent to the head of the ng spearhead from the

veal.

n's forces fieanwhile had ‘steadily along the western ~ meeting diminishing resistas the hours passed. Japs Land Marines

said that “feom the landing E

vanced behind a barrage of artillery, which did a mag- $ job. Our first contact with ps came on Feb. 2, when we a force estimated at 2000 fresh marines, fully equipped and

til Sept. 16, 1942, when WPA thdrew, a total of $310,943 had en’ spent ay the sounty. and WPA.

$483, 000 nt

| Records in the hands of the Marn county council, which started he investigation, show that $483,000 has been spent. Sherlie Deming, county council cé president, estimated that be-| een $35,000 and $50,000 more is needed to complete the building, unoccupied now. Mr, Jennings said WPA made two rants for the addition. One was he original grant of $115,715, and n additional grant of $29,386. Of he $144,101 advanced by WPA for abor, a total of $135,190 actually vas spent, Mr. Jennings said. Prosecutor Blue this morning elephoned Mr. Jennings for a

£3

ment’s figures. * Meat, Milk Probed

| Witnesses in the Julietta phase of the county grand jury’s investiation will join with witnesses in e probe of meat, milk and egg les ‘to Sunnyside Sanatorium, onday when the jury is recalled into session, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Saul Rabb announced. | Approximately 20 witnesses will called in to testify Monday and esday regarding these contracts, addition to other contracts let

Rabb said.

CONFIDENTIAL WAR &DATA GIVEN EDITORS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P.). High government officials today reported to the annual meeting of e American society of newspaper tors on the progress of the war d what the civilian may expect or the duration. | The reports were made with the derstanding that the editors uld regard them as confidential. | Among the first to address the fety were Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff; Adm. rnest J. King, commander-in-chief the fleet, and Lieut. Gen. Henry Arnold, commanding general of the army air force.

dent of a united nations triumph but it was understood that no “timetable” was given.

U. S. TOUR IS HINTED "FOR MME. CHIANG

NEW ‘YORK, Feb. 13 (U. P)~ Mme, Chiang Kai-shek will make 5 series of . nation-wide appearances,

if tentative plans drawn at a meet-| ing of Priends of China are execut- |

ed, 1 was understood today. ‘The plans include a gigantic ral-

arden, New York, under auspices of a citizens’ committee, on March 2, an appearance before a joint n of congress in Washington

onference relative to the govern-|--

Foday s Valenti

Bradford, former county chairman, and he was re-elected under the same banner last fall. Mayor Tyndall forced Mr. Bradford out of the chairmanship in a compromise maneuver that resulted in the election of Henry E. Ostrom as G P, county chairman. Ousting o Breed had been a Tyndall prim campaign. pledge. £ Hox Ever; a majority: ‘of the party’s “ward - chairmen and precinct committeemen hung together under the Bradford banner and played along with the Tyndall forces during the campaign. When the votes were safely counted Mayor Tyndall toak the show in his own hands and openly left the regulars on a limb in all patronage, The snubbing of Sheriff Petit apparently was a definite part of the maneuver . . , the sheriff campaigned with the anti-Bradford boys. Who'll control the county G.O.P. for the 1944 elections? It’s anybody's guess right now.

Blue’s Raids in Subiirbs 1

three weeks ago over the latter's]

city jobs without any help from the

wait until now to make those raids |

Maj. Ruth Cheney Streeter, Morristown, N. J, attorney, in uniform after taking oath as director of the new Women’s marine corps reserve.

GOP TO REGRET A GERTAIN BILL

‘Registration Measure Was

Republicans’, but Helps Democrats. (Continued from Page One)

to his heart’s content. Now he'll have to “divvy up” with the Democrats. But that isn’t the only inferesting angle to senate bill 3. It created quite a stir at city hall, with Mayor Tyndall’s political coterie wondering how it all happened.

As pointed out before, the measure also provides that county chairmen make all recommendations—in writing—for vote registration deputy Fappointments. - County clerks are obliged to draw their registration

‘| officers from choices indorsed by the

county chairmen. This in effect takes Republican registration machinery here from the hands of Tyndall-favored Jack Tilson and places it under the jurisdiction of Henry Ostrom—a key man in the Bradford-G. O. P. organization forces. With Democrats and the Brad-ford-Ostrom -- Republican faction controling the vote round-up structure here, Tyndall Republicans are wondering where that leaves them next election, when the bill apparently will go into effect. Other Republicans are protesting that the bill has deprived them of the same vote registration domination so long enjoyed by the Democrits before the swing of the political pendulum, One other thing: Governor Schricker hasn’t signed the measure yet, but nobody doubts that he will —for perfectly obvious reasons. P. S. Some of the Democrats in the legislature voted against the bill because they thought it a Republican “party” measure.

ines Prove

That Love Is Unrationed

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sions as “No blackout on my love” or “I'll conserve on everything but my love for you, sweetheart.” The penny comic Valentines are still available in vast numbers, and

tines of the 1043 vintage are in tune with the times. Hearts and flowers entwined with stars and stripes, rhymes and jingles about home front blackouts and no coffee or sugar,

by the county commissioners, Mr.]|

| The trio were described as confi-|.

Sol ua eas i aston seins

n Feb. 18 and public receptions in|

and expressions of love and loyalty for the soldiers, sailors and marines are in the front row. It takes some careful searching to %he bottom of the pile to unearth any of the old-fashioned lacy, rib-bon-bedecked cards with the passionate and flowery love poems. The modest maids and shy violets will probably have to make their own Valentine greetings, because most of today’s verses are worded so that the young lady can let the man in her life know her intentions.

Shock Back in 90s

Such “impropriety” no doubt would have shocked the belles of the gay .ineties far more than the display of ankles. ¢ Here's one popular wartime request suitable for either the service man or his girl friend:

Just waiting for the call to your arms And hoping there’s no delay. I'm good at maneuvers and blackouts and such So deliver me for Valentine's Day.

A favorite for men “over there” in world war I is back in style now. A coating of gum arabic where the young lady can impress her lips is put on the Valentine and underneath is the wording:

Hello there, soldier, I'm savin’ sumpin’ for ya. . . That's a true confession, And if you think its’s THIS You've got the right impression.

* The popular miss can find use for several of these:

Looking for a hot number? ’ ‘Well, call the number you find - inside And let your conscience be your

guide. -

with their grotesque figures and sarcastic and often insulting verses, they “can’t be beat” for giving friends a good ribbing or enemies high blood pressure. Whether the chosen recipient is a golfer, college joe, braggart, singer, he-man, Romeo, gossip, flirt, supersalesman, or overhearing army officer, there’s one to fit. Back in the old days, only the women were on the receiving end of the Valentines. Preceded by at least a year’s courtship, the Valentine was .a means of “popping the question.” Sometimes hopeful lovers left gifts and unsigned Valentine notes on the door. steps of the young ladies they were courting and then knocked and dashed away. Others attached their love tokens to an apple or orange and tossed them ‘hrough an open window, The men spared themselves no time. or trouble to - make their missives as beautiful as possible, and they were usually resplendent with lace, ribbons, satin cushions: of sachet and red hearts plunged through with Cupid’s arrow. : : ‘Love's Labor Lost’ Others had fluted paper hearts opening to reveal the words, “To My Sweetheart.” In those days the gentleman whc did not find himself engaged ot married to the girl to whom he sent. his armorous declarations knew the true meaning of “love’s labor. lost.” Even books, known as “Valentine Writers,” were published as aids tc the inarticulate to help do the

a “A 1 ntly eloqient. ‘about. St. Valentine's’ day. Today's nearest approach to the angle is the Valentine

8 police claim J

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Wolf, 2028 Olive it, a wrother- inc} law of Murray, who yesterday voluntarily police of the identity of ‘the. driver of the death car. Evidence and. statements were

Blue today. Visited ‘Several Taverns 5

In his statement, Murray told of visiting several beer taverns yesterday, accompanied by Kossmann.

“A woman holding the hand of a ‘child ran from the south side of the

ward the north. She ran right in front of the car I was driving.” Murray's complete statement, signed at police headquarters, is as

| follows :

“At about 3:30 p. m. Feb, 11, Bud Kossmann -dnd I got off ‘work at Armour & Co., where we are. em-, ployed. We went to the timekeeper’s office at that company to see about qur defense bonds. ‘We then went to Adolph’s barber shop at Ray .and S. Meridian st., ‘Where we both got a haircut. “After leaving the barber shop we went to a tavern located at Senate ave. and Morris st, which I know as Cooney’s, where I drank two bottles of beer. This was about 5:45 p. m. We then went to Jack Turner’s filling station, which is located on Shelby st., one square north of Fountain _Square. to Virgil's tavern. on: Virginia ave. north of Fountain Square. At. this place I drank a '10-cent glass of beer and ate a sandwich. This was about 7 p. m.

2 Gets Another Beer

“We then went to the home of Leo Wolf, who is my brother-in-law. This is 2000 south. I do not recall the name of the street. He was not’ at home so we went to ‘he tavern located on the west side *f Shelby st. just south of the drug store south of Raymond st. At this place I drank one 10-cent glass of beer. This was between 8 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. “I called my brother-in-law; Leo Wolf, from this place. He was at his mother’s house. I made arrangements to meet him at the tavern located at Bosart and E. 10th st. 1 was drinking a 10-cent ‘glass

'of beer in this tavern when my

brother-in-law, Leo Wolf, came in. “The three of us, Leo Wolf, my brother-in-law, Bud Kossmann and I then each had a 10-cent glass of beer. From there we went to the Tic-Toc club, a tavern located in E. 10th st. Then my companions and I drank two bottles of beer. We then went to the Plaza garage where I purchased four gallons of gas using my ration coupon. ‘This gas was paid for by Bud Kossmann.

Wife Owns ‘Auto “I then drove the car, a Dodge

12282, which is owned by my wife, Eva, east on Vermont st. to Massachusetts ave. and then northeast on Massachusetts ave. “At the intersection of Noble and Massachusetts ave. I had the go or green signal. I was driving on the right side of the safety zone, located at the southeast corner of this intersection, when a woman holding the hand of a child ran from the south side of the street in front of the drugstore toward the north. She ran right in front of the car I was driving, and the left front side of my car struck them, knocking them toward the left. “At the time the accident occurred, the car I was driving was

| traveling between 15 and 20 miles

per hour. I slowed down and then turned into St. Clair st. and drove east on St. Clair st. Being worried and excited I did not pay any attention to how fast I was driving. “After driving about 15 or 20 minutes I stopped the car and we, Leo Wolf, Bud Kossmann and myself, talked about what we should do. I thought that the car I was driving had : just brushed the child and did not go back to the scene.

Takes Kin Home

“I then took my brother-in-law, Leo Wolf, home, This is on N. Wallace st. After leaving there I and Bud Kossmann went to my house at 32 W. St. Clair st. where I told my wife I was going to take Bud home and go'out and get a couple of beers. This was about 11:45 p. m. “I then drove to Storey, Ind., where I and Bud Kossmann went to the farm of William Kirk, whom I know through his son-in-law, who was formerly employed at Armour & Co. We arrived at this place between 3 a. m. and 4 a. m. Feb. 12. We left there about 1:30 p. m. the same day. - . “We went to Sam Finch’s house on Conrad st. and another street which I do not know the name of. He lives on the corner of these streets. ~ This is in the city of Indianapolis. Prior to going to Sam Finch’s house, we had the car I was driving washed in a place in the 800 block on N. Meridian st. “It was about 8 p. m. or a little earlier when we arrived at the home of Sam PFinéh. At Sam’s house we read the newspaper -and learned the results of the’ accident, and were advised by Mr. Finch to go in and give ourselves up.

‘Taken Info Custody “We remained at the house of

1940 ‘model, bearing Indiana license

turned over to Prosecutor Sherwood)

1 6 0. P. Running the House

Describing the accident, he said:

street in front of the drugstore to-|

We then went |:

vay|in 58 feet of water in the south|” of the pilot Js |

Mussolini is ooking for sanchiary for himself and his family, and possibly for Victor Emmanuel III and the royal family. : “Pinding a neutral to act as intermediary if and when Mussolini has any genuine peace offer to make would present no great difficulty. ‘Finding a place of refuge when Italy gets too hot for Fascist leaders Is not so easy. Vatican City is as completely sovereign as any. country on -earth—and the religious world considers it sacred soil. = ” ” = A 8 » ”

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REPUBLICANS HAVE started writing your laws in the house of representatives. There's every. indication—even leading Democrats: admit it—that theyll continue doing so. Speaker Sam Rayburn has been “leading” from behind. Reporters threaten to ask Republican Leader Joe Martin to hold noon-Cay conferences, instead of Rayburn, so they'll know what to expect. Rayburn’s friends are ambitious for him in 1944 (presidential Joa) Some think this affects his leadership. In any event, he’s ailed to keep Democrats on the floor; hasn't had a full turn-out Sales the vote that put him in office. Republican Leader Martin keeps his members in their. seats every day. That's why he carries roll calls by a few votes. : Hierarchy of old-time G. O. P. corgressmen are working with Martin, guiding Republican policy in the house. It includes Taber, New York; Ditter, Pennsylvania; (Dirksen, Illinois; Wolcott and Michener, Michigan; Allen, Illinois; Halleck, Indiana. NOTE: Demeccratic whip. system is being over-hauled. Effort will be made to round up more voting members, but absentees have included some powerful members who won't be “whipped. n # 8 = 8 8 =» Atid unanswered questions about the 48-hour week: What happens to railroad and other transportation workers whose jobs take them from labor-shortage areas io one not so designated every day or so? Management and unions can’t find out. Most railroad employees (who aren't covered by wage-hour act) already are working 48 hours or more. Others are theoretically on 48-hour week but get time off after meeting mileage specifications.

another problem.

rate. It will start when half a dozen government agentiés finish their study inte causes of absenteeism. ” ” »

“U. S. Bases Figure in Lend- Lease

BILL EXTENDING lend-lease is expected to get unanimous approval from house foreign affairs committee. But when it gets to the floor there'll be talk of adding cn some lend-lease-in-reverse. It will have to do with clinching our claims to permanent air and sea bases in Pacific and Atlantic, already avocated by Secretary Knox. Drive for permanent bases has the support of Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, but unlike Knox, others on Capitol Hill, he’s not convinced start should be mage now.

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You can look for Henry Kaiser to beat this time—as usual—on that cargo plane assignment~of his. And then for more talk about the whole subject of big sir carriers, : s nn 2 ® 8 = will McNutt follow Henderson into limbo? Test may come when he goes before appropriations committees. If he can’t get the money "he’s been asking for over a year to enlarge employment service, otherwise get war manpower commission in shape to function more efficiently, his tenure may be in danger. ” » » ¥ 8 » War labor board may be first victim of Smith committee to investigate executive agencies. Smith—who conducted long investigation of NLRB—doesn’t like its policies. = ” » » { 5 » » » ' Add investigaitons: OPA’s grade labeling and other directives will be scrutinized by house interstate and foreign commerce subcommit- - tee, it seems certain, Halleck resolution ordering it is slated for -adoption.

A Warning to the Bureaticrats

SENATE will eliminate the house amendment to postoffice appropriation bill outlawing free mail for government departments and agencies. It only squeezed through the house by three votes. But sponsors hope bureaucrats will take heed, as down on use of mails for propaganda. ” » » » » » Rep. Edith Rogers, congressional sponsor of the WAACSs, plans another women’s win-the-war -group; will introduce legislation soon creating a similar group for farm work. » » 8 : B » » : Betting’s like this on the freight rate increase case: That increases on agricultural products will be dropped; others retained. » ” t J # » ® And here’s the plan to shelve that bill to bar lame-duck congressmen from posts in the executive departments for two years. Chairman Hatton Sumners of the house judiciary committee will decide the bill goes to fundamental questions of what qualifies a man for a job, that qualifications can’t be changed without constitutional amendment. That would be the end of that.

DISTRICT 39 FIRST

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ment is the same as the home of Charles Voinea at 575 W. Wilkins

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They're really piece workers, and what to do. about them raises still

Coming up: A nation-wide drive to reduce the absence-from-work

‘|of Newspaper Editors,

st., where he was arrested. Sergt. Frank A. Mueller and Corp. Edward Dugan of the accident prevention bureau took and witnessed the statement. " Murray is an employee of the

Armour Packing Co. and is married. With two other sons, Charles, 11

AIDERS MEET TUESDAY

First-aiders in civilian defense district 39 will met at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in post headquarters, 3120 N. Meridian st. ‘Mrs. James Drill will ‘speak on “War Gases.” Robert Stwanguer, chief of first-aid in the district, will be in charge of

years old, and Thomas, 9 years old, Mrs. Shields lives at 524 E. Ninth st. Funeral services for William Joseph Shields will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the J. C. Wilson Chapel of the Chimes. Burial will be in Sutherland Park,

INQUIRY IS PUSHED INTO BLACK MARKET BOSTON, Féb. 13 (U. P).—The

investigation of a black market in meat and butter in Massachusetts,

the meeting.

south by Fall creek. ° STREAMLINER DERAILED

chie, eight miles. from’ here,

The district .is bounded on the north by 34th st, on the west: by Capitol ave, and on the east and

RIDGELAND, S. C., Feb. 13 (U. P.).—Approximately- 14 persons were injured today when 12 cars of the first section of the Atlantic Coast Line streamliner Tamiami Champion left the track at Coosawhatat

i A Also Will March Into

Berlin and Rome, He Says in Broadcast. (Continued from Page One)

are many roads which lead right to Tokyo.” Shortly after Mr. Roosevelt fine ished ‘his speech short wave radio stations began broadcasting around the world. « Bad News for Axis Ve The speech was the president's report to the nation on his Casablanca conférence with Prime Min ister Churchill, since expanded to global significance by subsequent discussions among united nations leaders. : The Cacablanca mbeting, Mr. Roosevelt said, produced plenty of news—and “and it bad news italians—and the Japanese.” 3 The president's révelation of pow= erful offensives being mounted against Japan brought cheer to China, whose armies and peoples have been resisting the ‘Japanese for nearly six years. .

~~ Many Roads to Tokyo “Great . and decisive actions against the Japanese will be taken to drive the invader from the soil

of China,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “Important actions will be taken

Japan itself. “There are many roads. ‘which lead’ right to Tokyo. We shall neglect none of them.” The president, and other guests, high government officials and members of the American Society paid for their own dinners—$7.50 each— since proceeds of the function went to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 'a cause close to Mr. Roosevelt's heart. ‘The president advised the American people-—parents, wives, sweet= hearts—to prepare themselves for heavy casualties in the battle of Tu= nisia. “We must face that fact new,” he said, “with the same calm courage as’ our men are facing it on the battlefield itself.” The president's remarks about Quislings or Lavals apparently was intended to silence critics who have been asserting that the North African government still harbors men who were associated in the Vichy regime with the pro-German Pierre Laval. Mr. Roosevelt said that once the common foe is’ expelled from

their own popular choice, and that no nation that is free would- set itself up under fascism, naziism or the Japanese war lord form of government. ]

‘Invasions Pledged

Here is what. the president said on various other subjects: . INVASION OF EUROPE—“Hitler . . . knows the consequence of allied victory in Tunisia. Those consequences are actual invasions, of the continent of Europe. We do not disguise our intention to make these invasions. (The pressure on Germany and Italy will be constant and unrelenting. The amazing Russian armies in the East have been delivering overpowering blows; we must do likewise in the west.” JAPAN DEFEAT—“We do not expect to spend the time it would take to bring Japan to final defeat

from island to .island across the vast expanse of the Pacific. . . The discussions at Casablanca have

|been cohtinued in Chungking with - {the Generalissimo by Gen. Arnold

and have resulted in definite plans for offensive operations.” ; PETTIFOGGERS — “There are still ‘a few who say we cannot achieve . . . honorable, reasonable aims’ for the post-war world. Today, the pettifoggers are attempting to obscure the essential truths of this war. They are seeking to befog the present and the future and the clear purposes and high principles for which the free world now maintains the promise of undimmed victory.”

soldiers and sailors were concerned about the state of the home-front. these reports are just gross exaggerations; that the people as a whole in the United States are in this war to see it through with heart and body and. soul. . ,...1 could not deny to our troops that a few chiselers, a few politicians and a few publicists—fortunately a very few—have placed their per=

6:45 a. m. Two of the injured were

sonal ambition or greed above whe nation’s interes

which already has resulted in 12 Hospiislized. indictments, has “just scratched the| : surface,” U, S. Attorney Edmund J. Brandon said today. He described the inquiry by a federal grand \jury as “a decisive} move completely to smash the black market” in this state, and said that the indictment of more *profisers® : might be expected. As an example of the flagrant violations of the price laws, Brandon| cited the case of a retailer who was| . forced to pay a black market price of $900 for meat which had a ceiling price of $473. :

‘PLANE FOUND IN BAY NEW YORK, Feb. 13 U. P)—

end of Narragansett bay. - “The body|

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and strike in several places—“There %

in the skies over China—and over .

France, the French people will ‘be , {represented by a government of

merely by inching our way forward

HOME FRONT—"“Many of our.

I told them that most of