Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1943 — Page 4

| WAR RECORD

ET IN TUNISIA d Planes Make 1000 Sorties, Down 48 Axis + Craft, Lose 12.

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&.view to fighting to the end to

elay the allied offensive against puthern Europe.) Thirteen escorting fighters also downed by attacking American thy fighters.

‘Tex, who destroyed three of the u-52's, said the American fliers “saw the planes flying in V-forma-tion about 50 feet above the water like a swarm of locusts. It was uck soup for us.” He minimized the fact that his own plane was hit 10 times. © Counting planes destroyed on the ground, the allied air forces knocked out at least 100 enemy aircraft on Monday in a growing camPaign to drive the Luftwaffe from the air over Tunisia. The loss in flying personnel also was a heavy blow to the Germans although it ‘was believed that the 18 destroyed air transports—which can carry up to 30 fully equipped soldiers each— ‘were loaded primarily with gasoline. ~The allied bombers and fighters ‘ranged all the way from Sicily to the central Tunisian port of Sfax, blasting airdromes, docks, shipping, railways and troop and transport ‘concentrations. : Destroyer Blown Up At the Borizzo airfield in Sicily, hundreds of bombs were scattered among : the 100 enemy planes and six Messerschmitts and two Macchi 202's were shot down. Bombs from fortresses straddled from 50 y 75 planes at the Bochi di Fels pirdrome in Sicily, where two Messerschmitts and one Macchi were destroyed as they attempted interception. Fortresses raiding the Milo airdrome in Sicily fired hangars and hit at least 30 of 80 enemy planes there. ~ Formations of medium bombers, escorted . by Lightning fighters, caught an enemy convoy off Cape Bon, Tunisia, and straddled the wessels with bombs. A destroyer ‘was seen to blow up and other vessels received direct hits and were left burning.

Capt. Darrel G. Welch of Midland, |

Maestro’ Moves

Erich Leinsdorf, 31, Wagnerian conductor with the Metropolitan opera, has been named new direc~ tor of the Cleveland orchestra. He succeeds Dr. Artur Rodzinski, who goes to New York to conduct the Philharmonic orchestra.

LOCAL HERO ON ‘SUICIDE’ RAID

Waist-Gunner Wishes He'd Taken His Bathing Suit Along.

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on specific targets, a United Press dispatch from Cairo reported. The Crotone raid—on chemical works—was made by Lieut. Norman C. Appold of Spokane, Wash., and a crew of six. Those on Messing and San Giovanni were carried out by Lieut. Brian’ W. Flavelle of Caldwell, N. J., Lieut. Jerome Dufour of Los Angeles, and volunteers at dawn Friday. “They told us it was a suicide mission, but it turned out to be murder for the enemy,” Dufour said. “It was after Don Gorman'’s crack when I had just pulled the nose up and ‘was getting set to make the run on the target when the Jerries got in our eyes. There was a whole

’|the utmost importan: ' [neutral sources as reporting that

ITALY SPEEDING REFORM PLANS

| Moscow = Claims Rommel

Has Arrived to Command Ground Forces.

" LONDON, April 6 (U. P.).—The Italian cabinet was expected to meet today to further plans for the defense of Ifaly against the approaching threat*of an allied invasion. asd A British broadcast said that the

cabinet would “make decisions of » and cited

Premier Benito Mussolini possibly will announce the appointment pf a commander-in-chief for forces in the Meditteranean. - A Moscow broadcast already has previously reported that German Marshal Erwin Rommel arrived in southern Italy from Tunisia to take over command of axis ground forces in the “southern defense zone,” comprising Italy and the south coast of France.

Kesselring as Air Commander?

In addition, the broadcast said, German Marshal Albert Kesselring has been named chief of the axis air forces for the new zone and a German Admiral Canaris, naval commander. It was considered likely that the Italian cabinet will discuss the fate of the axis forces still resisting in Tunisia. Allied officials incline to the belief that the axis will leave at least the majority in North Africa for a last-man defense to delay invasion of the continent. - Reports persisted from Spain, however, that the axis is contemplating a Dunkirk evacuation of the Tunisian armies. A United Press dispatch from Madrid quoted reports from Algiers that a number of the axis ships which reached Tunisia recently arrived in ballast without cargo, an indication that they are to be used to remove men or materiel,

Naples Raid Important Factor

Allied observers here doubted that Germany and Italy would risk theii sea and air fleets in g Dunkirk when they might be needed so soon afterward to fend off an allied invasion. The double American-British raid Sunday on Naples was a heavy blow

* (In London, the British admiralty| covey of them right in our face, a/at an axis plans for an evacuation.

announced that British light coastal

Junkers 52 leading the parade. I

Hits were scored on 10 ships, two

forces sank one and probably two|let him have it with my nose guns,|of them ocean liners, and on a reout of three enemy supply ships injand they tell me he crashed into | pair ship, three submarines, a clus-

a heavily-escorted convoy off Tunisia last Wednesday. The surprise

the sea.”

Appold, describing’ the Crotone

ter of small vessels and at least two of the harbor’s moles. Seven mer-

aftack threw the convoy into such!raid, said the enemy was caught|chant ships, a floating dock, a liner confusion that the escorting war- flat-footed and “had no time tojand two escort vessels were damships fired on each other, the com-{throw up anything except a little|aged less severely.

munique said. The British vessels

light stuff before we dropped our

The Italians were under no {l-

escaped without damage or casu- bombs in the middle of buildings|lusions as to the imminence of an

~ alties.) © Ground activity on all fronfs in ~ Tunisia was confined to patrol activity yesterday, Gen. Dwight D.

Wisenhower’s communique said, but i nt dispatch reported that o8 forces on the south-cen-

tral sector pushed farther along the ~ Guntree road east of El Guettar ~ after an American plane attack ~ scattered an axis tank concentra- . tion. Another dispatch said American artillery east of El Guettar knocked out six enemy guns moving west toward the Gafsa-Gabes road. Fifteen Stukas dive-bombed Amerfcan artillery Monday morning, the dispatch said. :

~ Did Stomach Ulcer Pains Make Jack Spratt Eat No Fat?

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ponditions caused by excess acid should “Udga. Get a 25c¢ box of Udga Tablets First dose must con-

your druggist. or return box to us and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.

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SKIN usually relieved by mildly medicated CUTICURA SOAP: OINTMENT dv Women Wi ol ~~ SUFFER Ji FROM SIMPLE @ecause Weakened from Lack of iron due to “Monthly Losses”

whosuffer from simple anemia so much during monthly

and climbed away. were terrific.”

Live on E. Ohio st. Sergt. Gorman’s parents live at 1204 E. Ohio st.” His two brothers also are in the service. James Gorman, 26, is at Camp Livingston, La., and Garland Gorman, 27, is at Ft. Orange, Cal. Sergt. Gorman worked at the McCollum Typewriter exchange before going into the service over a year ago. He is the youngest of the three boys—only 24. ‘ He writes his mother every week, but doesn’t say too much about his exploits. “I'll tell you about it all when I get home,” he wrote. Well, we're telling the whole town for you, Sergt. Gorman.

WOUNDS ARE FATAL T0 LOCAL SEAMAN

Wounds received in naval action in the Atlantic have been fatal to Carpenter's Mate First Class Robert M. Shockley, 26-year-old son of Mrs. Mabel E. Shockley, 1234 Sterling st. The navy department announced his death yesterday, after listing him as wounded on March 25. Enlisting in the navy in 1934, Shockley had been—on duty in the Atlantic since war was lared. He completed his junior year at Shortridge high school after attending

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man and sophomore years. He took his basic training at Norfolk, Va. His mother is the only immediate survivor.

ODT on Taxicab | Brings Protest

* TRENTON, N.J,, April 8 (U.P). , —The office of defense transportation demanded an investigation when it learned a taxicab operate ing out of Port Norris bore the letters ODT on its door. Oliver M, Small, Negro, operator of the cab, said the letters meant oyster defense transport. He agreed to remove them.

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allied invasion of southern Europe. Mario Apelius, Rome radio commentator, was heard broadcasting that the “war is coming closer and’ closer to home.” ; “We must prepare ourselves ine. ternally for. the possibility that the whole military might of Britain and of America will be concentrated against us,” he said.

ELLIOTT RESIGNS MANPOWER POST

WASHINGTON, April 6 (U. P.). —Receipt of the resignation of President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue university as chief of the professional and technical service of the war manpower commission was announced today by WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt. McNutt attributed the resignation to increased pressure of Mr. Elliott’s duties as president of Purdue. He said Mr. Elliott would continue temporarily as chairman of the joint committee for selection of nonfederal educational institutions for war and navy department training programs, :

Communiques

EISENHOWER COMMUNIQUE

(Issued Tuesday, April 6)

There were no major engagements throughout Tunisia yesterday, but our patrols were active in all sectors.

Afr operations of the northwest African air were ag on an extensive scale yesterday and during the previous night. On the night of April 4-5, Wellington bombers attacked docks and shipping at Trapani and the railway at Sfax. i Yesterday heavy attacks were made by a large number of flying fortresses of the strategic air force on enemy airfields in Sicily and northern Tunisia. Many aircraft were destroyed on the ground, hangars were hit and fires left burning. Formations of medium bombers, corted by fighters, on sea sweeps in th Sicilian straits attacked an enemy convoy. A destroyer was seen to slow up and other vessels received direct hits and were léft burning. The SscorVing P-38’s encountered large formations of transport aircraft with strong fighter escort. During the ensuing combat 18 of these transport's and 13 other enemy aircraft were destroyed. - Fighters -and fighter-bombers of the tactical air force carried out numerous weeps in the forward areas, successfully ing enemy positions and transport. During the whole day’s operations a total of 48 enemy aircrafts were destroyed, and. one enemy

bomber was destroye during the previous night.

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d g From all these operations 13 of our aircraft are missing.

American onows Flame Thrower U. 8. ARMY ENGINEER UNIT, Somewhere in England, April 6 (U. P).—A flame thrower that shoots fire like water from ‘a garden hose was demonstrated recently by American troops in chemical warfare practice. The demonstration centered around the capture of a blockhouse set up in the corner of a plowed field. The operator of the flame throwing unit was Pvt. Elmer Kuehl, Wisconsin farm boy, who handled his cylinder-fed sprayer from behind a smokescreen under the protection of riflemen hidden nearby. The flarne spurts each lasted two seconds. Extra fuel carried

by other men was used to help the flame started by the thrower.

FATHERS’ DRAFT DELAY IS HINTED

Gen. Hershey Says Youth In War Plants May Be Called First.

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have stressed that the time has come when physical requirements must be lowered,- fathers drafted or the draft-age maximum raised. “There are only two reasonable grounds for deferment,” Gen. Hershey said. “Either the government doesn’t want a man, or the government wants him somewhere else.” He explained that occupation or physical disqualifications were the only reasonable grounds.

Wadsworth Bill Hearings Open

Possibility that fathers may be given an extension of time came to light as the house military affairs committee opened hearings on the Austin-Wadsworth national labor service bill which would subject every citizen to labor draft. The senate military affairs committee has been ‘hearing witnesses on it for a month. : Gen. Hershey's statement that physical disqualifications and the essentialities of one’s occupation would be considered the only legitimate grounds for deferment put the manpower situation in a somewhat different light than the prediction of Mr. McNutt, who said that enough labor would be found to plant, cultivate and harvest this year’s crops. Mr. McNutt said the army and the war food administration’s land army would assist in providing outside help in spotty areas.

Hints Raising Age Limit

In this connection, the senate appropriations committee yesterday approved a fund of 40 million dol-

by the house, to recruit and transport farm workers to labor shortage areas. “You've got to get men where you can,” declared Gen. Hershey. “The time is coming when the draft age maximum, now 37, must be raised or physical qualifications lowered.” Men aged 38 through 44 must either work in essential activities or fight, President Roosevelt’ indicated in a memorandum a week ago. “The army is not now asking for men over 38” Hershey said. “If they left off their calls the words ‘men under 38,’ I would send them men up to 45.”

COAL WORKER DIES IN KEROSENE BLAST

LINTON, Ind. April 6 (U. P.).— Robert Doidge, 33, was burned to death today when a barrel of kerosene exploded, throwing flaming fluid on his clothing. Lowell Gabbard, about 40, was in critical condition in a hospital after he tried to extinguish the flames. Both were working at the Maumee colliery No. 26. A flaming cinder

lars, 14 million more than provided|

EW ATTACK MOSCOW HINTED

Nazi Summer Plans May ~ Call for Another Drive On Russ Capital.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, April 6—If Hitler's summer plans call for a new Russian offensive—as it is believed to do, provided the Nazis think they can carry out the operation before becoming fully occupied with an allied invasion of western Europe— it seems likely the Wehrmacht will attempt another great drive toward Moscow. This conclusion was reached today by analysis in London of results of the great Red army winter offensive and the Nazi counterblow which captured Kharkov. It. was noted the Russian winter attacks succeeded in pushing back the Germans from the Rzhev hedgehog area and established new lines about halfway toward Smolensk.

Nazis Hold Bryansk, Oral The Russians also succeeded in straightening the line northwards, establishing a considerable salient at Velikie Luki. Southwards from Vyazma, however, clung doggedly to their Sukhinichi, Bryansk and Orel positions.

original Nazi plans in August, 1941,

ment through Bryansk and Orel, continuing east until the Nazi armies were east of Moscow, then swinging north for an attack on the Russian capital from behind.

Seek Quick Results This Time

Those plans bogged down and were not attempted again last year. Instead, the Stalingrad and Caucasus offensives were tried. This

heavily for quick results due to the advisability of crippling the Russians if possible to enable the

It was not believed the Germans would be likely to pick the Caucasus and Stalingrad again because, despite last summer's results, the Soviets managed to put in a formidable winter offensive. However, if the Nazis could take Moscow or encircle the capital, the effect certainly would weaken Russia substantially and probably would immobilize the Red army insofar as its offensive chances were concerned. There is not much chance for

scale effort for at least six weeks or two months, muddy terrain, most thought.

O’NEAL SERVICES TO BE TOMORROW

Services for Walter H. O'Neal, 32,’ of 1904 W. Michigan st., who died; Sunday night in Methodist hospital,

the Conkle funeral home, will be in Floral Park cemetery. Mr. Conkle, a toolmaker at the Challenge Gauge & Tool Co., was

Indianapolis eight years. He was a member of the Baptist church of Columbus and of the Loyal Order of Moose. Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Edna O'Neal; a daughter, Darlene O'Neal; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant

lor, and four - brothers, Harold O'Neal and Carl O'Neal of Columbus, Ernest O'Neal of the U. 8. army and Roy O'Neal. ;

EX-PRESIDENT OF FRANCE DIES LONDON, April 68 (U. P.).—Alexandre Millerand, president of France from 1920 to 1924, died today at Versailles, the DNB (Ger-

patch from Paris. He was 85. SEVERE QUAKE ROCKS CHILE

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the citizens will «compel the Nazi government to sue for peace. - Curiously, that\is just what axis leaders want us to believe today and their game is being played by prolific writers seeing a sensational development around every next corner. - But responsible people here are convinced that it is not like that. : : The Tunisian battle is only now entering the decisive phases. Marshal Erwin Rommel is still being

| reinforced substantially, although

expensively, and observers believe that he will be able to drag out the campaign until early summer. Italy

11 is certainly aching to get out of the

war and the allies certainly realize fully how helpful that would be,

Can't Invade Italy Easily

But nobody believes that Italy is physically ‘capable of getting out from under until the allied expeditionary forces are on the spot and

WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE —

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Bed in the Morning Rarin’ te should

Copyright, 3, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine. , April 6—This is not a comforting story and will not § encourage the belief that the war is practically won. .But there are too many stories like that coming out of Europe and its observation | It would be nice to read that the axis’ ‘forced exit from Tunisia is slated for next week, that Italy will conclude a separate peace the next day, and that German morale has reached a point where

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SANTIAGO, Chile, April 6 (U. P.).|3 —A violent earthquake shook south- |S |ern Chile at noon today.

Today's War Analysis

By VICTOR GORDON LENNOX

'Nonsense,' Says Doub

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ground that the finding might Pe “miscontrued.” The interviewers spent two weeks propounding a list of 27 questions to every “nth” ration-book .holder in Cleveland, selected as a typical large urban community, and Clark county, Ohio, representing the typical small-town and rural area. It cost several thousand dollars. Rep. Bender said the questions were “mostly nonsense” and the whole undertaking was “another boondoggle.” One question from the interview schedule: “How about the people in charge of the national gas-rationing program, what kind of job do you think they're doing? How's that? (Note if he mentions OPA in Washington).” : Another: “Do you think it’s all right for a person to get more than his ration if he has a chance?” Still another: . “Would it be impossible for you to get along if you couldn't get gasoline at all? (Probe thoroughly— why can’t he get along on no gas?)” The report’s conclusions suggested a reduction in the value of “A” ration coupons in the area where they gre now worth four gallons, because, the quizzers found, drivers in the simple areas are consuming gasoline

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able to take over the Italian metropolitan state from the German occupying forces. And that is hardly likely to arise until Tunisia is cleared and flanking outpost island defenses, such as Sicily and Sardinia, are in allied hands. German morale present a harder problem for analysis: but most realists having in their all the facts agree that it could not be expected to reach the stage where it might crumble and compel the military to surrender at least until after another winter—and that only if nothing is allowed to interfere with the steady building up of the allied round-the-clock air bombardment;

‘Grumbling Grows

ACK ON|Public ‘Loves’ OPA,

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; Ada 1 : { “considerably” in excess of essential needs. (In the East coast area, “A” bookholders have been cut to six gallons a month. It was regarded as doubtful that OPA would adopt the “A” reduction proposal, although the quizzers’ report stated that “considerably more gasoline is being issued in these two counties than is absolutely essential for the continuation of essential economic and social functions.” “A reduction of the ‘A’ ration would have the particular virtue of avoiding some of the worst features of the alternative plan, the prohibition of pleasure driving,” the report said, conceding that the eastern ban on joyriding had flopped. The quizzers plied questions to 197 cardholders in eland and 196 in Clark county. Twenty-four car owners were tabulated as “high” worriers over the state of their tires, 118 as “me-] dium” and 218 as “low.” Twentysix were so confused by the ‘whole business that they coudin’t be rated for worry. Of the Cleveland respondents, 80 per cent thought rationing necessary, but only 50 per cent in the Clark county area concurred. Farmers concurred at the rate of 60 per cent. To a question “Are you satisfied with your ration?” 297 said “yes” and 77 “no.” :

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GRADING WORKER'S FOOT IS SEVERED

Charles Greathouse, 48, of 330 8. Holmes ave., suffered a severed left foot and a crushed right foot today while working on a tractor at a grading at the J. D. Adams Mane ufacturing Co. ? Police said Mr. Greathouse was cleaning the propellor of the grading tractor, and his feet were caught between a platform and the tractor when it started to move. He

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