Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1943 — Page 2

Hindenburg and his staff figured,

~~ March, April, May, June and July

KS ATTACK

MAIN AXIS LINE

Tanks and Infantry. Seek & Breakthrough to Coastal Area. _

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Wadi Akarit at the northern en- . trance to the Gabes gap 20 miles above Gabes. -

(The Algiers radio reported at 8|

“a. m. Algiers time that fighting has broken out anew between 8th army vanguards and Rommel’s rear guards 24.8 miles north of Gabes, a suggestion that advance British forces have swept across the Wadi. The main body of the Afrika Korps was said to be continuing its rapid Tefreat.) : © (The allied-controlled Morocco radio quoted unconfirmed reports that Rommel’s headquarters ‘were “no longer in Tunisia” and Radio London relayed a Swiss report that ‘Rommel would become ligsion officer and military adviser to the Italian high command when he leaves Tunisia.) French Also Advance

. : The length of the German stand at Wadi Akarit is expected to depend as much on the progress of twin - American thrusts from the northeast against his rear as much as on the impending frontal attack by Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomerys 8th army. | The northernmost of the two American columns already is east | of Maknassy and within 30 miles] of Wadi Akarit. In its latest advance, reported today, the column drove six miles north from Mak- . nassy to the outskirts of Meberi ~~ Zebbeus. : In Central Tunisia, French forces pushed farther across the Ousseltia plain without “notable” opposition. A communique said the garrison of one enemy position in Oueb Kebir valley was completely destroyed.

Planes Join Fray

The German tank attack east of El Guettar was launched yesterday morning in the face of fierce artillery fire, the same kind of shelling that smashed a similar attack only ‘a week ago. Planes from the western desert air force joined in the fray and raked the German forces with bombs and bullets. After the smoke of battle had . lifted from the Bir Rabolt: pass, three of the enemy tanks were smoking ruins and the other 29 were seen high-tailing it for safety. Meantime, the Americans reoccupied hill 772, an observation post given up to the enemy earlier this: week, and began laying down a heavy artillery barrage on aXis positions eyond

RENE REPORTED TD HAVE E UIT: WLB

WASHINGTON fh 3 w. P). Xen Kennedy, secretary-treas-urer of the United Mine Workers, ‘was reported today to have resigned from the war labor board in protest against WLB wage policies, «. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said “a letter from Mr. Kennedy has been received and is in the president’s hands,” Early refused, however, to say what was in the letter. Kennedy, chief aid to U. M. W. President John L. Lewis, has been in' New York where the union is conducting wage-hour negotiations .with hard and soft coal operators. ~ U. M. W, headquarters here refused to comment on his reported resignation. Kennedy's colleagues on the war labor board professed not to know whether he had resigned but recalled that he has not attended any

Miss Margaret Doke of Atlanta, Gr, and Macklin Martin of Indianapolis are among the Negroes in training at the NYA center on . Keystone ave. :

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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000,000,000 of this for whatever goods and services are available. And .they’ll pay between 14 and 15 billion dollars in taxes if rates stay the same. That leaves them 40 billion dollars in savings and spare pocket

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Shortages in refrigerator cars will add to consumer woes this summer. Increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables causes it. ® x s 8 = Draft quota for April is off about 50,000. 2 2 » . =» Comptroller General Lindsay Warren is using a heavy blue pencil on cost-plus contracts, ruling out such expenditures as entertainment, expensive dinners, gifts, etc. Warren's displeasure at the size and number of such items included in “costs” of war contracts may result in congressional action. » »

Dewey to the Fore Again

POLITICS: There’s some talk among congressional Republicans of Tom Dewey for '44, despite his disavowals of interest. His record as N. Y. governor hasn't been missed here, and some see him as the natural answer to possible Bricker-Willkie stalemate,

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(Willkie people are reported busy in parts of South getting cdelegates. Bricker’s friends worry lest their man is doing too little in this direction.) » » " # ” » Ammunition for coming fight in congress over OWI funds is being readied both by critical congressmen and OWI officials. Latter, admitting part of criticism is justified, are making some. new personnel savings. (Elaborate setup for polling public opinion was junked.) » ® » » »

There is real friction between Japan and Germany. Recent SovietJap deal on Pacific fisheries calls for payment in gold, but Berlin is convinced the Japs are really paying off in rubber—more precious than gold. Also: While Nazis fight for lives in Russia, Japan allows lend-lease shipments from U. S. to pass freely between her: islands for delivery to Russians at Vladivostok. Furthermore: While German-cofitroliéd ‘radio: stations Warn Europe against “Red menace,” sgne stations iY Ausraligps d others

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Communists are reperted to be coming vox is , culotioh in Germany, spurred by Russian victories. ® nim :

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U. S. in Oil Business

GOVERNMENT'S in the oil business in a big way—and oil men: want to get it out. Through RPC subsidiaries, government is buying the hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil that go into the “big inch” crude pipeline at Longview, Tex. and selling it at the Norris City (Ill.) terminal. Oil for the line comes from various sections, through feeder lines of varying length. Government pays these costs, and averages them out

TROOP CARRIER

‘OFFICERS HOME

There’s No Place Like U.S. _ They Say, After Turmoil

In Africa. ® . (Continued from Page One)

Africa, but he did start out to fly a- plane-load of mech from Britain to the North theater. He ran out of gas and was forced down in the (Mediterranean. The sea was not Tough and the plane floated so well that everyone got out safely. All were picked up by a British destroyer after about

hour in the water.

Bring Back Wounded

- All three made many flights carrving troops and supplies to the front in Tunisia and bringing back wounded ‘on their return. Capt. Evans said he dumped paratroopers over the enemy zone sev-

* |eral times, one time parrying them

120 miles behind the enemy’s forward positions. Capt. Hansen said he knew that many people in Indianapolis had sons and relatives in ‘North Africa and that he thought they would be interested in knowing that the

f Imorale is high, food very good and

that the mail service “couldn't have been better.” “As for the enemy pilots, we never underestimate them. They're damned good, but we're better,” he remarked.

“We get two, three or four of them

for every one of us that they get.” "Major Couch interrupted. “You know” he said, “it’s a funny thing

{but no one over there even gives a

thought to the possibility that we might lose.” _ See Climax Soon

All dren said that the consensus of opinion in North Africa was that the fighting in Tunisia would be over in short order. Capt. Evans told of flying a small tractor, roller and grader to. the front and of having an airport ready for use of B-17 bombers within 24 hours. The troop carrier comimand officers are back here to help in training of the new units, “We're very glad to be back,” said Capt. Hansen. “That's everyone's dream that is over there.” “Yes,” said Capt. Evans, “there's no place on like the good old U. 8. A, and I mean it.”

Leave for Coast

The three men left for the west coast by plane. last night on a short leave. Maj. Couch, who is 28 and lives in Sacramento, Cal, will see his 7% -months-old daughter for the first time. Capt. Evans will see his wife for the first time in a year, and Capt. Hansen expects to be married. Capt. Evans is taking a Scottie pup home with him which he picked

flown over 10,000 miles with him. Ag the newspapermen, were leaving, Capt. Hansen said ‘that he be-

ed in one record he believed they had set—the longest craps game on record. They rolled dice throughout their 10,000-mile home.

YANK PLANES MADE 1399 SORTIES IN DAY

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jobs just because they can make more money somewhere. else. That is not the case. By all odds, the best argument for getting a release from the re-

by taking another job, a greater contribution can be made to the war effort. - One unexpected thing has happened. There is a second appeal board, the Indianapolis war manpower committee itself, to which an employer or worker can take his case if he doesn’t like what the review unit has decided. Not one

an|case has been appealed that far yet.

Another phase of the plan that is not well understood is the out-of-town worker. Yesterday, for ex~ ample, a man came in from Connersville looking for work here. He kad not gone to the Connersville U. S. employment service office and obtained a clearance, so he had to go back for one. If there is work there for him, there is no need to overcrowd Indianapolis any more than necessary.

More Time Wasted

Another “bug” in stabilization here is in the personnel offices. Plant interviewers have been taking applications, settling all details about the job before asking the worker if he has a release from his last employer. He oftentimes has neglected to get that release and much time and effort is wasted. Workers sometimes make the mistake of trying to change jobs while the employer is trying to obtain a pay raise through the war labor board. Other difficulties stem from the fact that employers do not know just what jobs are called “essential” and what are not. The first case which was appealed to the review unit turned out badly for the worker. - He was making $1.03 an hour as a tool man at a war plant. He told his boss he had a chance to make $1.25 an hour at another plant, asked for a release, and was denied it. ‘Finally, his employer gave him a release, but'when he went over to the second plant, |g. they offered him only 756 cents an hour as a learner. He refused it and after losing three weeks’ work, took a job that paid 85 cents an hour. That ironical case is regarded as an exception, however. A gauge inspector wanted to quit one plant to work at another where his brother worked. The review

Labor Stabilization Has + Teeth, Workers Discover

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view unit is to furnish proof that|

PRESS TO ( PARLEY ON FOOD

unit decided against him because he was working at his highest and merely doing the same thing for another concern, also in war work, would: not help the war effort any more. :

First Believed Reporters Would Be Asked to Stay Away.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P). —Replying yesterday to questions whether the administration had

proposed to bar some or all newspapermen from reporting the projected united nations food conference, White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said that a press office would be established to facilitate coverage of the meeting. The question of coverage was raised after Secretary of State Cordell Hull had announced that 10 nations, including Great Britain, Russia and’ China, already have accepted invitations to send representatives. But on the basis of President Roosevelt's recent press conference comments on the meeting and other developments, it was generally understood here that Mr. Early and Elmer Davis, director of the office of war information, had joined in a move to persuade newspapers to keep their reporters away from the conference site. In any event, it has been determined to hold the conference some place other than Washington, preferably .2 quiet spot, where news facilities will be considerably less desirable than in Washington. Where the conference is to be held remains an official secret. In view of the White House announcement that a press office would be established, it is belieyed the administration is inclined now to recede from what is understood to have. been its earlier position that the conference should not be reported for the public at all. Mr. Early said he had conferred with Mr. Davis and with Michael J. McDermott, chief of the state departmenrt's division of current in. formation, From other sources it is indicated that Mr. Roosevelt hopes Mr. Davis’ OWI reporters will cover conference developments so thoroughly that other reporters will refrain from buttonholing delegates to obtain first-hand versions of what goes on in closed sessions.

BARBERS TO MEET The Indiana Independent Barbers’ association, Inc, will hold their spring conference tomorrow

A worker .for a. paper -company was working irregular shifts, which didn’t do his health any good, and couldn’t get a full 40 hours’ work a week. He was permitted to drive for a trucking concern which offered better pay, more regular Hours. ¢A packing company, without ecking to see if processing’ scrap metal was an essential occupation, hired an employee of a scrap firm. The scrap dealer protested but when it was found that the pay was not very much, considering the size of the employee's family, the review unit released the employee. Members of the review unit exe plained that although wages are not usually tke deciding factor, in some cases where the pay is low, it is considered gn important reason for

GEN. RAMEY MISSING IN PACIFIC FIGHTING

. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, April 3 (U. P.).— Brig. Gen. Howard K. Ramey, 47, commander of the 5th bomber force, is missing in action, a communique said today. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced that Ramey’s plane failed to return from a mission over New Guinea. His crew also is missing. Ramey, who was from Fresno, Cal., is the sixth high ranking officer set down on the casualty list in the Southwest Pacific since the war started.

JESSE DINN RITES HELD AT CHURCH

Services were held today in St. Philip Neri. Catholic church for Jesse A. Dinn, 518 N. Tacoma ave. Mr, Dinn died Thursday. He was

all of whom live in Indianapolis, are the wife, Mrs. Barbara Lang Dinn; three sons, Chaplain Ronald Dinn, stationed in Hawaii; Robert BE. Dinn and Lawrence L. Dinn; two brothers, Michael Dinn and Martin Dinn and two sisters, Miss Elizabeth Dinn and

S xcrvivors,

Mrs. Lucy Kellams. afterngon at the Lincoln hotel.

af as Monkeys 3 ’ . . of # Eat'Fliers Told WASHINGTON, April 3 (U.P), ~The war department came up today with this advice to army airmen: When in monkeyland, do as the monkeys do. . The advice is being extended to fliers who face the possibility of being forced down in tropical jungles where they may be in some doubt as to what plants and fruits are safely edible. In a guidebook to be included in airmen’s bail-out kits, the war department says: “Anything you see the monkeys eat, you can eat.” The booklet then ungratefully adds: “And you can eat the monkeys,

MEMORIAL BAPTIST 70 HOLD REVIVAL

Philip Forbes Taylor, member of the Taylor family of English-born evangelists, will conduct a series of meetings beginning tomorrow and ending April 19 in the Memorial Baptist church. The evangelist will conduct the singing, preach the sermons and show colored movies. Among the pictures are scenes in the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert and Dwight L. Moody's birthplace. : Tomorrow at 9:30 a. m. he will preach on “How to Be Happy”; and at 7:30 p. m., on “Three Dots and a Dash.” . Other sermons, in order, Monday through Priday at 7:30 p. m. are: “The Meanest Man l've Met"; “Why Call an Evangelist?”; “Three Things the Church Must Do--Or Die”; “Can & Christian Have Fun?”, and “Josef Stalin and ‘the Coming Peace.” Philip Taylor is a brother ofCharles and Laurie Taylor who held similar meetings in the autumn in the First Baptist church.

NAZI PLANES KILL 12 IN BRITISH RAIDS

LONDON, April 3 (U. b.).—Seven or eight Focke-Wulf 190s bombed and machine-gunned a south coast town today, killing at least persons . and injuring many others. A direct bomb hit was believed to have killed all persons in one sure face shelter, Another shelter cole lapsed but all 40 persons inside escaped. Anti-aircraft gunners ree ported several hits on the raiders,

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acute again next fall. Look for

board hearing since last January.

Nazis' Next Blow May Be Directed at British Isles

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, April 3.—Hitler’s

next, and probably last, major of-|{

fensive, according to some of the best-posted military attaches here, _may be against England. Information continues to reach ‘Washington that the general situa- ~ tion in Germany and among her ‘allies increasingly resembles what it was in the spring of 1918. Then the men about the kaiser realized that time was running _short for the central powers. They could count on one more summer t best. After that, all chance of “Victory would be gone. "But in that summer, Marshal von

-Germany might be able to win. They would scrape the bottom of the military barrel. They would get together every available man and gun and throw the whole thing at the allies in one final, all- out, bloody fling. - This they did. And Wey came within an ace of winning. Through,

. ‘things looked black for the allies. But by August the tide had turned. One by one Germany's allies fell out, and at last Germany herself

collapsed. Today, military observers. say, Hitler seems to be facing a similar summer. He probably has one ter“rific punch left, with everything de“pending on that punch. . Africa is too far away. Besides,

tion to prevent the allies from getset for an invasion of the Balk or southern Europe. " Russia is too vast and too elastic. tough Red armies sway and d, but never break. There remains, therefore, plan No. mely, the invasion of -Great tain, accompanied; of course, by intensified battle of the Atlantic

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of attack against Germany. There are concentrated both troops and munitions. The fact that such an attempt would be the most desperate gamble does not rule it out. As matters now stand, Hitler has lost the war. Much fighting, of course, is ahead. And the knockout will be far from easy. On that everybody is agreed. But Hitler is doomed unless he can manage some Kind of lucky stroke or miracle. It would

to make a try, however desperate. Experts who think along these lines believe the shortening of the

Eastern front may have had some- |’

thing to do with this plan. Also Germany's poor showing in the air for the last five months.. Doubtless allied bombings have cut down Nazi production, but even so, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France and Belgium combined should be producing from 3000 to 4000 planes a month. If this -is true, Germany must have thousands of new planes in reserve—planes which she is conserving for some particular purpose —probably an offensive. Wars are not won by going on the defensive, If Hitler is without some such final, desperate plan, it is reasoned, Germany is even worse off than most authorities now believe. The prevailing opinion is that today, as in 1918, Germany still has one more terrific wallop left.

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when selling to consumers at end of line. Oil men want the industry to handle these transactions. appealed to Deputy Administrator Davies of PAW.

If Wickard gets an assignment abroad, watch for Milo Perkins, executive director of board of economic warfare, to take over agri-

Fuel-o0il problems of laundries will ease: during the summer, grow

refuse to do, up shirts. Some plan to ‘refuse non-essential cleaning

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Communiques

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 333 (Issued April 3, 1943 NORTH LEA cricy : - 1. On April 1, a force of army Liberator (Cons: died 8 B-24) and Mitchell (North Americ E-25) bombers, escorted by Lightning (Lockheed F-38) fighters, made four attacks against Japanese installations at Kiska. Hits were scored on the enemy main Samp, ares. |

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2. On Vought Ho) : fire a small chor at Vella Georgia group.” BOY, 14, LEAVES ARMY COLUMBUS, O., April 3 (U. P.). —Ellis Owens, 14-year-old Beaver, O., youth who served as stand-in in the army for his older brother, received an honorable discharge from

C} ihining and Corsair ters attacked and set apanese cargo vessel at Lavella island, New

WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.).— American fighter and bomber planes flew 1399 sorties in one day—Ilast Tuesday—against Field Marshal Erwin - Rommel's fleeing troops in southern Tunisia, the war department revealed today. The day-long aerial assault—the greatest single American air effort reported during the war—resulted in incalculable damage to German war machines and supplies and untold death to German troops. Some of the planes operated on a shuttle schedule, many of them flying several sorties. (The war department explained a sortie as an operation flight of one plane. Each time it returns to base for gasoline, bombs and ammunition and takes off again counts as another sortie.) The war department issued another report revealing that American planes in the Pacific war theater shot down 384 Japanese plants in aerial combat during January, Februapy and March with a loss of only 54 American planes— a ratio of better than seven to one. “The two reports were spectacular evidence of the growing American might in the air on both sides of

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