Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1943 — Page 1
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“On Aircraft ‘Allotted “To: Australia:
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today soon after Gen. Douglas Mac‘Arthur and Prime Minister Jokn : Curtin ‘had warned of powerful - ; enemy operations impending against EX : the Australian Zone.
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HEADQUAR- | ¢ TERS, Australia, April 15 (Thurs-|§ day) (U. P.).— Japanese :bombers|i
bonnet rimmed. with bright-colored plumes. si ern tip of New Guinea by daylight |:
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; Hors are 3300 of the ndiskeibutadt helinels 1n.the the city. J to cover all its needs. Ta Sate spotiasiily 195 hve; Sotded OOD. efeils,
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then’ hurled mass raids at Oro bay
and’ Port Moresby. It now can be revealed that the Japanese fleet of about 50 bombers and 50 fighters that raided Port Moresby was only a moderate effort by the enemy air force now available in this area, according to official souices. Large Forces Withheld
“Reconnaissance showed that large
Mrs. Ray T. Sisson becomes. Miss Abigail of the civil war days in her black straw bonnet, black mitts and great length - of: wide ; black. ribbon, ‘
fer shows ‘ meh headdress of the gay 0s period. * The hat was adorned
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eta’ ribbon. © +, aifdromes’ within striking distance ; w ¥ ¥ 2 of New Guinea, emphasizing MacArthur's recent warnings of inLace and Feathers Featared crsasivg enemy air power. {Milne bay dominates the south- ; eastern tip of New Guinea, gusrdMM lady Easter Hat of. 90’ sos, me sm chammiis bowen wow i ! y 8S as e S Guinea and the Solomon islands. ok (There was such sharp divergence BY HELEN RUEGAMER # between ‘official statements from Prom the civil war maid and’ the; belle of the gay 90’s to today’s| Australia and the recent statements ir girl and war worker, women have had a common weakness. * . -|0f U. S. Secretary of Navy Frank ¢ It's:for a new Easter bonnet—the gay, schic, foolish. kind that draw |&Enox, who said at Washington that @nvidus. glances from ‘other women and “I wonder what next” stares from | he doubted if the Japanese planned Bushs gentlemen." ° : ' *| Yo invade, that it was believed Presesterday. members .of. the Woman's: Society of Christian Service at |ident Roosevelt might: have to step x fpr er em— the Central." Avenue Methodist|in and make a decision on how WINTER WILL ST AY church unearthed from their attics many airplanes will be ent to the uthwest Pacific thea y : the Easter bonnets their ancestors “The first line of Australian deTHROU GH GH TONIGH wore, and, even Mme. Schiaparelli! fense is our bomber line,” MacArt would have to go Some to beat those | i thur’s statement added... “If we elaborate models. bio : *| lose the air, naval forcds cannot They were both large and: small, |save us.” 4 oo Experts t5: Bdfesoe No adorned: with everything a 2 Dam bird’s: feathers and field flowers to WI SOON 10 TELL I Majo Fr age. pipe cleaners. : | 2 oud’ Man Winter's swan song willl One green felt number had enor- SH ANGRI-L A SIT fast through tonight but, since the mous yellow, wine, brown - and ; Towest Sfenageraurs is ‘expected to white ‘plumes that - swayed back ‘ - Sigua egrees, Crop experis,.g. forth in front of th don’t. anticipate any major gu ing ong of the Jaavs | Other Mystaries. of That either sto “field crops or those| “an ener looked like: a. whirl ; pool i: vi of claret wine with its velvet swirls Doolittle Raid Promised. . £. County ‘Agent Horace Abbott said and feathery plumes. night's low of 35—seven degrees| yen there was a favorite of the WASHINCITON, Aptl] 14 (U. P). ~ the’ frost level—apparently s —The location of the Shangri-la
adn’s done damage Slthough it 1s is daly to tell for sure. :% linto an Easter bonnet.
On: the War Fronts. Feathers Painted
Merry Widow hat: of .1905 april 14, 1043) vintage. was. covered with hand- : {painted feathers, and its - eightAllied armies reach pre-|inch brim would have given milady positions west of En-|considerable trouble in a high wind. ut 50 miles south 'of| A few years later came the EE ‘meet ‘stif-|Floradora hat with rows and rows as Rommel isfof white lace, white plumes, dainty reinforced. “=. violets and rosebuds. WAR: British bombers re-| 00 iS TL des | sume offensive against continent,| their deep crowns and small bombing -Spesia - naval base. In|yypy ~, , |dispatched. Daly, and targets in northwest Its ba hare taling what. iis sear Davis declined to discuss the : Germany. 3
information director Elmer Davis said today. The army's report also will disclose other secrets of the raid, which threw Tokyo and other Japanese cities into panic. ‘Davis’ also told a press conference that the army shas called on his agency for 300 trained ‘news-
experts in psychological warfare to serve in the North African bsttle area. He said 35 already have been
J Inkeraational food conference’ at) Hot Springs, Va. He refused to say
‘whether the policy spt a dangerous uled to go into effect tomorrow, preceden
air-forces .were at .other Japanese|.
_jcontributors to the emergency sup-
paper and radio reporters and other|
Equipment ‘Uselosss.
: By SHERLEY UHL The Indianapolis OCD, ._orice pestered’ with manpower: ‘troubles, now has on -its’ hands an “abundance of equipment standing idle in storage places throughout the city and apparently headed for no im-
‘| mediate service, practice: or : -other-
wise. Among this material, allocated by the ‘OCD in‘ Washington, is in| cluded 5000 helmets - (11,000: have already been distributed to ;volun= ; 4800 feet of hose, twice as. much as Was originally deemed necessary; 60 auxiliary pumps, now|. useless because they ave without vital accessories; 240 ladders, twice] as many needed to equip. the 60 : ‘ Can pumps; 6900 gas masks; 300 fire coats, and almost 400°: emergency
cots. containing 400 cots,
Most of Xt Packed
- Because most of it is still packed} and much of it still unassembled, practically none of this equipment could be pressed into service in the event of a surprise raid; furthermore, ‘it’s dispersed -in every available storage lacs, | without regard for strategic location. Helmets seem to be ‘the chief
- EXPEGTED TODAY
Budget Coinimittee May| Hike Maximums $20.
By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent
ALIAED HEADQUARTERS, North = Africa, ply muddle. Last summer-Fire Citlet Harry Pulmer was informed by. Washington OCD that Dsdianapelis expected to increase by $20-a-month
AIR OFFENSE J RFOE Fo } FROM 3
Up Fierce: Tempo.
By UNITED PRESS The crushing weight of American-British-Russian offensive pressed against Europe from all sides with the heaviest blows rain ing on’ Italy as the Tunisi campaign across the Medi ranean narrows moved toward a climax,
A Russia in a concentric assault ©
Bryant Basler, air raid ‘warden In Irvington, models the type helmet distributed,
These ladders for- ‘auxiliary pumpers under tlie: OCD are wtored in’ fire station 13, Kentucky ave. and Maryland st, ‘They are but part of the twice as many ladders ‘as’ needed. In’ the- background are packéts
PRISON PAY RAISE |Rommel Defense Stitfons | As Allies Drive for Bizerte
of 145 destroyed or damaged, the enemy ground forces apparently were beginning to make their long-
April 14. — Allied {expected stand in strong prepared budge comin armies paced by shattering aerialipositions beginning in the EnfidaThe stale t ston, was{ rues paced by, sbsusring asrialipchitions | key sectors of Northwest Tunisia
27 miles north of Sousse. Fighting was confined to local en-
steel helmets, retailing at $250 a the state prison and reformatory at| increasing axis resistance in ‘the|position for & metic with the Stale persimel outer fringe of the ememy’s semi-|against the Tunisian coffin corner, circular mountain defenses guarding |but patrols reported that Nazi Mar-
piece. Instead, when the first shipment arrived last August, it contained 8340 board this afternoon. emergency headpieces. Several! This would increase the Joy months later another carload, in-|the average prison guard from $140 cluding 7740 helmets, was received [to $160 a month. by the fire department shops on! The guard pay intrease was exSanders st. pected to. be. only one of several But the flood of helmets hadn't made by the two boards to meet the Jeb seachied dis wrests On Feb. 13, critical personnel problemn in the
TOMORROW LAST fire department shop officials re=|state-
ingtitutions—a signedly undertook | tHe task of un-|by Governor Schricker as the most| DAY OF CAN DRIVE loading 3200 additional helmets as-|serious, confronting the state today. The. tin can. collection. drive will signed to the .shops at that time. ents also were reportedly|end tomorrow when city trucks will The antl-ciihaX was provided yhen to be made in the salaries of some complete their pickup of’ tin cans| (Continued on Page Four) (Continged on Page Four) in the ares south of 16th st. The cans should be put out at curb after they have been labels removed, opened at both ends and flattened.
of the approach to Tunis and Bizerte. Although the British and American air forces shattered large concentrations of axis giant. transport and other planes for a 24-hour total
Retail Meat Ceiling Prices Are Postponed for 1 Month
TIMES FEATURES WASHINGTON, April 14 (U, P.), rective requiding s fight holdidg of 5 ~The office of price administration tile line on’ cost-of-living items. -ON INSIDE DE today postponed for one month t 4 : rr— a a * Amusements, 8| slash’ ......... 18|In Inapls. .
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their final onslaughts
shal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps —which had fled up the coast to
Enfidaville—had apparently been|
joined by fresh troops from the (Continued on Page Four)
3 HURT SERIOUSLY IN
TRAIN-AUTO CRASH
Boy, 2, Among Victims of Crossing Collision.
Three persons, one of them & 2%-year-old boy, were injured seriously at noon today when a New: York ' Central passenger train struck their auto, at Massachusetts and Commerce aves, ) * The ris MRS. HAR 19, of 1018 Sterling st.; k ‘leg, head
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Germany and Italy and their oceus!
pled territory. Home-based British bombers smashed in a stfong force at Italian naval base of Spezia. ing fortresses ‘swarmed up from
“g§ec eH The cornered German and Ialisn} troops even undertook counter-ate tacks in scattered areas west Bizerte, but they’ appeared to be ‘| mere feints to delay the full scale ‘allied onslaught. The Red air force, joining in air offensive against Germany the first time in months, the east Prussian capital of Koes nigsberg: Monday night for the sec ond, time in three nights,
British-Based R. A. F.
Batters Italian Base
LONDON, April, 14 (U. P.. British four-engined bombers Joined the crescendoing aerial of fensive against Italy last y with a shattering raid on the & Spezia naval base as the axis | reportedly massed 2000 planes es southern Italy to combat any. in vasion, (U. 8. Attorney General Francis '* Biddle told 3000 cheering Italians Americans in New York City last: night that the time may not be long before an army frees Italy.) Striking more than 700 mil across the English channel an
cargoes block-busters and incendiar bombs on Spezih at a time Anglo-American bombers Africa were raiding southern I (Continued on Page Four)
Need ‘Little’ Bond Buyers
The big splashes in Marion county’s April war bond came