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

HINT AXIS PLANS ~ TUNIS ‘DUNKIRK’

Madrid Reports Say Italian

And French Ships Are

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fense perimeter around Tunis and

Though British sources have estimated axis forces in Tunisia as high as 250,000 to 300,000 men, information here, purported to be reliable, indicates they number about 180,000. It was said that Adolf Hitler, at . this stage of the war, has no desire to sacrifice all of them in what "can be no more than a limited holding operation and thus has no alternative but to order a “Dunkirk.” (Previous Spanish reports said that Hitler had ordered a “last man” stand.) The attempted evacuation—if and

when it comes—probably will touchp, off the biggest sea and air battle

"of the whole war in the Mediter-

ranean. Britain has powerful naval units based at both Alexandria and Gibraltar and the allied air forces in North Africa now are stronger than ever .before.

Mussolini ‘Persuaded’

— Reports from Rome said Premier Benito Mussolini first resisted, but then accepted, the German demand that the Italian fleet—still a powerful force—be placed at the dis-

‘posal of the German high com-

mand for the evacuation. It" was indicated. that German naval officers will be on the bridges of ‘the Italian naval units when|they move out to cover the evacuation. (The ®Bfficial German news agency DNB, ‘in a Berlin broadcast, denied yesterday that Grand Admiral Karl Donitz has assumed command of

‘the Italian fleet.)

From France came a report that German naval authorities have demanded that all French merchant

ships now idle” in - Mediterranean

ports be sent to Italy to augment the Italian merchant fleet, badly mauled by British submarines and allied planes, in the evacuation.

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their release, and collecting fees as if they had wuctually supplied a bond. The court order directs the clerk of court to keep a forfeited bond docket and record all pertinent facts of bond forfeitures. If in 10 days from the date of forfeiture the defendant has not been produced in court, the -bondsman is denied a permit to do business until the ‘forfeiture has been satisfied. The order also directs bondsmen to file with the clerk a written list of real estate that he owns, and prohibits the bondsmen from enter-| ing in surety bonds in the amount in excess of $500 in any one given case. :

columns forged steadily but siowly ahead about 15 miles east of El Guéttar on the road to Gabes, with perhaps 40 miles yet to go before a junction with the British 8th army. American tanks engaged in the operation were delayed by heavy mine fields, whi¢h were regarded as a sure sign that the Germans and Italians were withdrawing from that zone as a result of Rommel’s failure to hold the Gabes bottleneck. (Radio Berlin broadcast that the Americans and the 8th army already had joined forces, but the report was unconfirmed by allied sources and the broadcast gave no details of the supposed junction.) In northern Tunisia, the British 1st army drove beyond Sed Jenane, only 28 miles from Bizerte, and still

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Samuel L. Trotcky has filed a petition with the county planning commission for a zoning variance to permit his construction of an abattoir ‘on his farm near 30th st.

north of Cumberland. The application was filed, it was

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For Control of Bondsmen

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The exclusion of the bondimen from police headquarters stems from complaints by Chief Bdeker that on some nights it is necessary to place a patrolman in the corridors to keep the bondsmen traffic nfoving smoothly. : Lastly, the order seeks to kill the common practice of some bondfmen in hiring civilian or police employees at headquarters to act as their agents. “Policemen and other persons working out of the police stetion or courts therein shall not furnish any information to professional bondsmen, or their assistants, concerning persons who have been

locked up,” the order states.

Sardinia Raided by 100 Forts; Rommel Escapes Gabes Trap

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was making “good progress” at last reports, the allied communique said. Much enemy material was captured. (The Algiers radio said a largescale offensive was under way in northern Tunisia and that ‘the moment is now near” when axis troops will be thrown into the sea. Radio . Morocco said that ships in the axis-held harbor of Sfax had been set ablaze, indicating that Rommel was destroying harbor installations.) The trepd of land fighting emphasized recent official warnings that Rommel, although badly mauled, still has plenty ‘of fighting power and also has been able to withdraw in good order without losing vast amounts of fighting equipment.

for slaughtering horses on the farm, shielded from view by thick Words, without a permit. Herbert M. Blinn, commission secretary, said that slaughtering without a variance permit was in violation of land use regulatibns which require that the property be used only for farming. He said that Trotcky seeks to

erect a building at a cost of $500 to slaughter horses to obtain meat for

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of the war manpower ‘commission, county farm bureaus and selective service, an attempt will be made to

county’s share of the state highway

State Auditor “'Richard T. James said in commenting on the distribution changes. - Many of the smaller counties are being benefitted by the new record system and some of the other larger counties, such as Lake and Shelby, are also receiving cuts. Under the state law, $12,200,000 of the highway fund is distributed to the counties annually and an additional $3,000,000 goes to the cities. Indianapolis receives approximately half of the fund allotted to the

system, the distribution, insofar as it depended upon registrations, was made on the basis of license plates sold in each county, with a rough estimate being made in such counties as Marion ‘of the out-of-county purchasers, = . This estimate, as the new records show, was was never large enough and

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gineering department, works board, trafic engineer, gamewell division, municipal garage and poliee trafic division. The decrease in the city and

fund resulted from a new recordkeeping system put into effect in the secretary of state’s office which records automobile registrations in the county in which the car owner actually resides. Before the institution of this

Marion county and Indianapolis profited by the large number of license plate purchases made here by out-of-county car owners. “We are ony following the law,”

Local Street, Road Repair Allotment Cut by State

county in addition to its share of the $3,000,000 for cities which 1s dise tributed on a population basis. A Last year, Indianapolis received = approximately $928,000 as its share and the county received $404,000. . Under the new system, the city will receive only around $800,000

during the year and the county will be cut to approximately $276,000. This represents a highway revenue drop of over 30 per cent for the county and approximately 14 per cent for the city.

dairy farming, estimated as 50,000

from these groups. ‘Next, they will tackle other phases of agriculture and simultaneously will move to fill the needs of essential industries from the 'reservoir of men over the draft age and the physically disqualified who now are in unessential jobs.

the new policy on releasing men aged or over from the army to take agricultural or essential industrial jobs.

- Put on Reserve List

Beginning today, these men will be transferred to the inactive reserve instead Of given an outright discharge from the army when they ask for a release from active duty in order to take such jobs. A man placed on inactive status who fails to keep his job or fails to meet what is considered a fair pro-

to active army duty. - Other programs which took effect today are: 1. The 48-hour week order in 32 specific areas and in the lumbering and non-ferrous metals mining industries on a nation-wide basis.

38 through 45 who now are in 4-H, the overage class, and are entitled to the agricultural classifications, 2-C and 3-C, the latter group being subject to further classification when the ev plan goes into effect.

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3. Draft age men in certain occupations and activities which were designated by McNutt Feb. 2 as “non-deferrable” are being reclassi-. fied 1-A unless they have registered with the U. S. employment service for war jobs, If they have not shifted by May 1 or 30 days from the date of furnishing evidence of registration for

will be replaced in 1-A and subject to induction.

APRIL FOOL ‘HOAX’ ‘PAYS OFF HERE

Pedestrians suspiciously eyed packages of all shapes and sizes laying on sidewalks, in hotel lobbies ‘and around office buildings today, and then passed on. They were April fooled. The bundles didn’t contain bombs, rotten eggs, or snakes, but honest-to-goodness clothing. There were ties, shirts, belts, garters, hats, shorts, socks, handkerchiefs, pajamas, duffle bags and money belts containing one-dollar bills. About 35 packages, addressed to Mr. Buy War Bonds, 777 Victory gt, U. S. A, were distributed by the Harry w. Krause Co.,, a man’s furnishing store at 24 N. Pennsylvania st. Inside was a note, saying, “We never fool you,” and instructions for exchanging the ar-

ticle. The money belts with dollar bills were placed at the Service Men's Canteen at the Union station and at navy headquarters in the federal building. At the police station, one of the packages was turned in as a lost

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KINGAN DEPARTMENT . IN LABOR DISPUTE

The hog cutting department at Kingan & Co. was closed “for the day” because of a minor labor dispute, company officials said. A work stoppage in the department, employing about 100 started this morning and officials of the company and the Packiig House Workers organizing committee started negotiations. : When an agreement could not be reached immediately officials closed the department, hoping to end the dispute later in the day. It’s nature was not revealed. A Kingan spokesman said the stoppage would have “no eect on the meat situation.”

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