Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1943 — Page 2
"FARM FURLOUGAS|
jagests Wholesale Discharges in Areas Where Labor Shortage Is Acute; Opposition to Nullifying Dependency Deferments Rises in Congress. | . P.) ~The army has flatly
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 ected the appeals of farm
farm workers during the planting and harvesting of |}
| ¢érops, it was learned today.
. High-ranking army officials have told the senate military affairs committee, now investigating manpower, that it{& 4s “utterly impossible” to check men in the, army, select those|§ ‘who would be valuable in the =
ing of foodstuffs, and teh them to farms.
The military spokesmen have talked favorably, however, of a plan the t discharge o
The disclosure of the army's rigid stand on manpower came as connal leaders promised vigorous on to the war manpower 's cancellation of dedency as a ground for draft de-
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: Austin Sees Failure Senator Warren R. Austin (R. i) duthor of a compulsory servfoe bill, said the WMC's efforts to manpower problems without action were doomed to Chairman Andrew J. May Bure. 3 of the house military afcommittee said his group ‘would Jepat javeratlly or Wi ddresa to postpone g marHod men with children in each state all single men and married | without children have been
said his committee would act irdless of week-end statements ‘WMC Chairman Paul V. M¢Nutt and Selective Service Director Lewis ‘B. Hershey that all ‘able-bodied men aged 18 through 37 weuld be in the armed forces by the end of the year ynless they were in essenBa war jobs. Mr. McNutt and Gen. Hershey ir on the radio Saturday night. McNutt revealed that about 12,000 In & day are being taken into the ned forces. In ‘stressing the magnitude of the inductions, McNutt said: “In a week's time we are putting ito uniform seven full divisions— i 8 month, 28 divisions. This year , the number of men inducted approach in size the entire army in the first world
Majority Facing Call
‘A great majority of the physical. y fit, except the farmers, between 3 and 38 years of age must go into armed forces this year,” Hershey d. “It is most .Important that those who have jobs in our war inistries be left until they can be reped in order to maintain pro- . The majority of men your. must come from those h dependents.” They gave this picture of the exmanpower pool: 5 There are about 22,154,000 men 18 38 with about 14,000,000 able to physical requirements in the Of these, about 2,500,000 t be defe for farm work and r vital jobs. - The goal for } énd of the year is to have about
state congressmen to furlough
COLOGNE AND MILAN RAIDED
Lorient and Naples Also Feel Allied Fury in Busy Week-End.
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from the operations over Germany and Italy, an air ministry communique said. A British air ministry communique said that bombs were dropped on Spezia, & naval base which nestles ind natural harbor south of the Milan section. The attack on Milan, Italy’s second largest ¢ity, was the 14th since the start of the war.
‘Admit Serious Damage
An Italian communique, broadcast by Radio Rome, said 16 persons were killed and 224 injured at Milan, The Italians conceded that|t great damage was done, and said two British bombers had been shot down. Large fires sprang up among airplatie plants and munitions works after the bombs fell at Milan, it was said. The attacks climaxed a week-end of intensive bombing of Europe by allied planes based both in North Africa and = Britain. American bombers in North Africa bombed Naples, Italy’s second port and main reinforcement base for Tunisia, and also the Crotone airdrome on the sole of Italy’s “boot” on Saturday. That night R. A. F'. bombers from Africa bomoed Sicily while home-based British bombers dropped 1000 tons of bombs on the Lorient submarine base on the French Atlantic coast.
Anti-Aireraft Fire Decreased
Last night's pilots found clouds over Cologne, where submarine parts factories are again operating, but pressed home their attack. Though anti-aircraft batteries were less active than in previous raids, a number of enemy fighters were encountered. : The German radio, heard here, acknowledged that British bombers damaged buildings and inflicted casualties in western Germany during the night and claimed eight planes were shot down. Milan, part of Italy’s great Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle, was attacked ‘in bright moonlight about 10:30 p. m. Returning pilots reported only light, ineffective antiaircraft fire despite Adolf Hitler's promise to send ample anti-aircraft guns to protect Italian cities. No
the first French naval vessels to come to America since 1940. I was the only correspondent with the United States task force which traveled with them across the -Atlantic. All four ships came from Dakar, where the French administration joined forces with the allies after negotiations several weeks ago. At least one of them, the Richelieu, was damaged during an engagement with British and Fighting French naval units at Dakar in 1940. Destroyers from our task force picked up the Richelieu and the Montcalm at Dakar and made the Atlantic crossing from there. The two French destroyers served as a fighting-fit part of our convoy’s anti-submarine screen. They joined us at Casablanca after steaming unescorted up the coast. Our convoy, which sighted no éne-
arriving at an east coast port to day. First Positive Step
As far as I was able to ascertain,
the bringing of these four ships to
America marks the first positive step taken to fit out for use against the axis any major unit of -the
French navy. French crews brought them across the Atlantic and French crews will fight in them.
Other ships in our convoy, which is medium-sized, include tankers and merchantment returning from North Africa for new loads of troops and supplies. Every merchant ship in the convoy is returning to America with its holds empty or cone taining only ballast. The Richelieu is of the same class
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_ Franee’s finest warship, the Richelieu, is shown at anchor in New York harbor after its drama ki gi ing of the Atlantis to Join the allied fleet. iin navy i
Four Fighting Craft to ‘Be Fitted for Anti-Sub Service
By JOHN M. MECKLIN United Préss Staff Correspondent WITH A U. 8S. NAVY TASK FORCE IN THE ATLANTIC, Feb. 11 (Delayed) —We are accompanying four'!French warships, including the 35,000-ton battleship Richelieu, across the Atlantic t6 an American port where they will be fitted out and repaired for usé against the axis. The four ships, which also include the 9120-ton cruiser Montealm and two 3250-ton “super” destroyers, Le ‘Terrible and Le Fantasque, are
up badly at Casablanca during the American invasion Nov. 8. It was launched in 1939. The Richelieu is 794 feet long and originally was to be equipped with eight 15-inch guns, 15 six-inch guns and four aircraft. U. S. Sailors Interpret
Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, commander of our task force, told me there were few technical difficulties in bringing the ships across. Two American officers and nine enlisted men were assigned to make the trip in each French ship to act as technical advisers and to assist in communications with other vessels in the convoy, The men were picked also to act as interpreters. None of them knew where he was going when the call came for men -|able to speak French to volunteer for “special duty.” ; American lend-lease authorities in Africa helped out with heavy foulweather clothing for personnel of the French.ships. None had been available in tropical Dakar. Some American food also was provided to
supplement the war-tightened French rations.
Engines Need Overhaul
Generally speaking, work to be done on the ships will include general overhauls of engine room equip-~ ment, more or less idle for nearly three years, installation of modern anti-submarine and anti-aircraft weapons and general reconditioning.
ards must be cleaned out, and it probably ‘will be necessary to re-
lll move all of the elegant woodwork
which usually characterizes French ships. Woodwork presents a serious fire and splinter hazard. Although the Jean Bart is salvageable, she probably will not see further action in this war, it was reported reliably in Casablanca. In addition to the repairing .of severe damage done by American shells and bombs at Casablanca, it would be extremely difficult and impracticable to manufacture 18-inch guns for her. This is an odd size not
4jused by the American navy. More-
over, guns which were being made for her in France are now in German hands,
HIGH COURT DENIES APPEAL BY PELLEY
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* | permit Wiley Blount Rutledge, who
was sworn in as a justcie today, 10 break the deadlock. : 5, Granted a rehearing in the Jehovah's Witnesses pamphlet case and agreed to review two other similar cases, indicating that it might reverse past decisions which have restricted pamphlet distribution and which tie court previously has held are not “a substantial clog” on freedom of speech, press and worship. 6. Denied the petition of Allied Mills, Inec., Chicago, for a review of Indiana state court decisions holding the Indiana gross income tax applicable to feeds manufactured in Illinois and sold to Indiana customers.
WAACS PARADE IN ALGIERS STREETS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 15 (U. P).— WAACs have marched through the
‘| streets of Algiers for the first time,
drawing spontaneous applause from crowds on sidewalks and balconies. More than 100 of the American girls, marching in threes, participated in the weekly tri-nation
: CONGRESSMEN
‘but he does not escape.
Paint, refuse and other fire haz- |
{the Dnieper river line. |military observers whether the
ARE REBELLING
Action Aimed at FDR’s Official Family But He
Does Not Escape.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—President Roosevelt’s administration is confronted today with congressional rebellion on a wide domestic front. It is an authentic rising of the congressional clan against what the legislators call “bureaucracy.” It is aimed more at Mr. Roosevelt's official family than at the president,
There is anxiety within the administration, But the oldtimers have been around a long time— some of them since March 4, 1933— and they figure this storm will blow itself out in time. They hope then that te president will select some influential individual to deal with congress as a White House legislative agent. Manpower problems, patronage, farm prices, the 1944 budget and administration disregard of expres-: sions of congressional sentiment top the list of grievances. There is clamor about New Deal labor policies but it remains to beé seen whether there is actual majority force behind all the noise.
Beaten on Flynn, Marcantonio Congress already has landed some punches that hurt. House Demo crats refused to give Rep. Vito Marcantonio (American Laborite N. Y.) a place on the judiciary committee. Marcantonio’s party is vital in administration strategy to carry New York in the 1944 presidential elections. That is why the administration urged Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Democratic Leader Johh W. McCormack of Massachusetts to give him a choice committee post. The senate beat Mr. Roosevelt on Edward J. Flynn, former chairman
mittee, whom the president nominated to be minister to Australia.
$25,000 Limit Threatened years to prevent appropriation of
investigate un-American activities headed by Rep Martin Dies (D. Tex.) but the house last week voted it new life for another two yeass by a margin of 3 to 1. The house ways and means committee has begun the process of congressional abrogation of tlie order that no one may receive a saltary of more than $25,000 a year, after taxes. Mr. Roosevelt, himself, is charged by angry congressmen with ‘having imposed that limit after congress refused to do so. Farm bloc members are trying to raise price ceilings for agricultural products déspite administration opposition and they are further angered by war department refusal to furlough farm boys for the crop season. . Draft Situation Causes Strife “The manpower dispute is further
dependents as a cause for draft deferment. Chairman Andrew J, May (D. Ky.) of the house military affairs committee announced that that group would report favorably on Wednesday ° legislation to require single men and men without children in each state to be drafted before any men wish children were taken. The catch-all of capitol resentment is the new house investigating committee sponsored by Rep. Howard W. Smith (D. Va), a hardhitting anti-New Dealer. © Rep. Smith says he wants the house to reclaim powers usurped by the executive branch. His committee will have authority to investigate all ad-
and bureaus to determine whether they have exceeded their powers,
YANK FLYERS BOMB BURMA
‘| Unofficial reports from Stockholm . |today said the Russians had broken |into Staline, another industrial city [north 6f Rostov, and were battling
rthe west, and there was a possibility
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 15 (U. P)— |
~~ May Flee to Dnieper. (Continued from Page One) forcements into a whole series of
|apolis and is Russia’s seventh larg-| - {est city.
Admit Rostov ‘Récaptare
the Germans in the streéts there. Indications mounted that the Gérman withdrawal in Russia might not halt before it reaches The guestion was arising in the minds of
Nazis may even pull back farther across the vast Russian spaces in an ‘effort to disengage from the [Red army and establish positions {which can be defended by minimum forces to free crack units to **ltace the coming allied threat from the west.
Many Nazis May Be Trapped The Russians apparently are within a few miles of cutting off Kharkov’s last communications to
that a considerable German garrison might be trapped by the clos-
Kharkov has been focal point of the whole German supply system in southérn Russia. Reports that the Kharkov garrison is fleéing to Kiev may reflect German intentions to utilize the latter city as the fulcrum of a new defense line, possibly running roughly from Riga along the Dvina, the upper Dnieper, through Smolensk and south to Kiev. Racing west from Rostov and
the Red army rapidly was develop-
the Germans falling back from the recaptured stronghold on the lower Don,
trapped in the Caucasus appeared to be falling back toward the Crimea across ‘the Kerchenski strait. But there were some signs that the Germans also may abandon the whole of the Crimea in view of the Soviet {flanking thredts from the north.
BOILER BLAST RIPS "FARM BUREAU SHED
_An explosion of a small boiler in a building at the Indiana Farm bureau general department at 610 Kentucky ave., this morning blew off
50 feet away. The shed is located behind the main building. No one was in the shed at the time. Two truck were parked in the shed, but were un-
ing pincers. For a year and a half|=
ing a new entrapment threat against] :
The remnants of the axis army| =
twibute to the memory of one of | their owh.
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BOB FLEETWOOD grew up In Seymour, Ind, and then went to the University of Michigan, Léter | he transferred to Butler, where he duated dnd then came to The apolis Times to write sports. A little over a year ago, at 21, ‘énlistéd in the navy air corps. - Just a year later, he wis buried in the family lot at Riverside cemétery, Seymour, Today, just 10 days later, Seymour begins a campaign to in‘vest an additional $78,000 in war bonds during the next two weeks in order to pay for the new plane that will be christened “The Spirit of Seymoiif; Ind.” And the whole ided comes from an aunt of Bob's, Miss Helen Fleetwood, worker. in the Long Beach plant of the Douglas Aircraft Corp., who obtained a short furlough to attend, the funeral. Today Aunt Helen launched her own Wat bond came paign among employees of the big factory to help Seymour do the job.’ | 8 8 = Added to Bond Quota
M188 FLEETWOOD and thousands of workers like her helped build the plane ih which Bob flew to his death. “It 18 only right that we help fill out the ‘extra $75,000 that will be added to Jackson county’s war bond quota in order to pay for the new plane,” she said. “If they'll let me, I'll .help christen it, right here in Long Beach.”
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An effort will ‘be made to ae Aunt Helen the chance, The February quota of Jackson county, of which Seymour is the county seat, is $79,141. With the $75000 added, the quota nearly doubles, with only two weeks to go. “But I know that Seymour and Jackson county people knew Ens sign Fleetwood and loved him will do their best to meet the g —to ‘Buy a Bomber for Bob,’ a ; C. G. Steinwedel, county executivé chairman of the war service staff, “If Seymour and the couiity caf pay for the plane by the end of the month, maybe the Douglas plant workers can buy another one.” And that is the agit of Seymour, Ihdidna” that Hitler and Hirohito will never understand.
REPORT JAPS OUST SONGGRAM IN THAI
‘By UNITED PRESS Observers believed today that the Japanese had fired Field Marshal Luang Pibul Songgram, premier of Thailand, in order to install a premier and cabinet more submissible to their dictation. The Japanese-controlled Bangkok radio announced yesterday that Songgram had “resigned” and that, according to the constitution, this’ means the resignation of the whole cabifiet,” the office of-war infortiation reported. Persons familiar with the far eastern situation said Songgram was an ardent nationalist, and might
have been hard for the Japanese; to
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damaged. Farm bureau officials said that damage was small,
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