Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1943 — Page 2

ardboard Sombs Will | Dropped on [SMASH 58 NAZI (This Is Shangri-La . . . a Group fC AIR TRANSPORTS! Bases for Gen. Doolittle’s Bombing of Tol

Indianapolis in "Daylight Raid" May 2

nounced over the Toca radio sta- to the navy yard at Yokesuke, to

whose names corresponded with the south, Doolittle said. Columns

those broadcast by the Japanese

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Indianapolis will be bombed with] Color of the streamers on them

Statistics ‘Fantastically Exaggerated. ’

= (Continued from Page One) reaus survey report that Evans:

will require 21,500 more per-

Bons for war industries and the draft; that only 12,200 new workers, : including housewives, people now,

cardboard bombs Sunday, May 2, in a daylight raid designed to simulate as much as possible an actual foray over the city by German and Japanese bombers, The raid signal will be given at 2:30 p. m. mobilizing for action the 20,000 volunteer air raid wardens, auxiliary police, firemen, emergency medical workers, messengers and other protective groups that make up. the home front civilian defense army.

will signify the type of bomb—yellow for gas, red for incendiary and blue for demolition. - The test will begin at 2:30 p. m. with the regular preliminary warning signal, a two-minute steady blast on al! whistles and sirens, signifying that enemy planes are headed for the Indianapolis area. This will be the signal for the defense forces to mobilize and take their posts. At 3 o'clock the alarm signal will

tions. While the attack is on and until the “all clear” comes, rescue squads, demolition and clearance crews and emergency medical first aiders will be rehearsing the parts they would play in the event of an actual air raid. The planes will be. mobilized by the eivil air patrol of Indiana, under command of . Maj. Walker W. Winslow, wing commander. They will be piloted by C. A. P. pilots and the bombs will be dropped by C. A.

Allies Break Up Huge Fleet In Record Victory Off Tunisia.

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the fate of their companions, deliberately crash landed on the beaches, It was a massacre and the German and Ifalian fighters could do little to prevent it.” Later in the evening, allied night

Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe that the planes came from two or possibly three carriers in a U. S. task force in the North Pacific. The Japanese estimated the size of the task force at “more than 10 ships” and suggested that the North American Mitchell bombers took off from the carriers at a point about 1200 miles east and slightly north of Yokohama-—about half-way between Yokohama and Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians.

were “understood to be missing.” |of smoke rising thousands of feet in

the air were still visible from 25 to

One bomber was forced down in Siberia after losing the bearings. Its crew, believed a captain and four other men, was interned. Doolittle was awarded the congressional medal of honor by President Roosevelt for organizing and leading the raid and the 79 other participants were given the distinguished flying cross. It was President Roosevelt who

30 miles out to sea, he said.

ALLIED POLICE AIR

FORCE IS URGED

LONDON, April 19 (CDN) ~Sir Stafford Cripps called for the estab-

lishment of a quick-striking, effec-

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‘unemployed and, youths . from The 50 planes will fiy over the city| be sounded—short blasts for two P. “hombardiars® The plan was said to have been |at a press conterence in Washing. tive police air force, under a world

achool, will be available, and that a shortage of 9300, therefore, 8 in pect, * The fact is that our war indus‘ries will need not more than 5100 more workers to reach the employ‘ment peaks required by their present contracts, and anticipate no Serious trouble in getting them. It seems highly improbable that the government intends td draft from. this county anything like 18,400 more men—the difference

and outlying districts and drop 2000 “bombs”—gas, incendiary and demolition missiles, which; if real, {would scatter deadly fumes, fire and destruction throughout the metropolitan area. War plants, railroad lines and terminals, utility plants and communication centers will be attacked with the near realism of war.

The bombs will really be cardboard cylinders, six inches long and two in diameter,” with crepe streamers 36 inches long attached.

minutes on all whistles and a rising and falling tone on all sirens—signifying that enemy planes are practically overhead. At this signal, all the defensive forces will prepare for action. About this time ‘the planes will start dropping their bombs. == At 4 o'clock a second two-minute steady blast will be sounded, signifying that the enemy raiders have gone but may return. All defense forces will remain on the alert. This is not the “all clear” signal.

“The raid will be put on under direction of the protective divisions of the county and eity civilian defense orggnizations, with the threefold purpose of testing civilian reactions, communications and control centers. Directing the community air raid defenses will be William E. Munk, county civilian defense director, and Harry E. Yockey, city ‘director, assisted by key members of their staffs,

fighters roared along the beach and set fire to three of the crashed Junkers. The aerial fighting Sunday. boosted the total of axis planes destroyed since March 15, when the Mareth line battle began, to more than 600. Lieut. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz said yesterday that 519 enemy craft had been shot down in that period and many others destroyed on the ground. The destruction of 11 other en- |]

for the planes to fly over Japan at dawn, drop their bombs and land on Chinese airfields in Chekiang province, southwest of Shanghai. The fact that the raid was staged at noon instead of dawn was attributed to the sighting of the task force by Japanese fishing ships.

None Shot Down

Japanese naval authorities suggested that the American commander believed the fishing boats might have radioed word of the

ton suggested that the bombers weré based on “Shangri-La,” a mythical place in James Hilton's novel “Lost Horizon.” Nothing further as to the whereabouts of the bombers’ base or bases was mentioned by any official American source until last

organization whose senior partners would be the United States, Britain, Russia and China, in a speech to his constituents at Bristol on Saturday. 4 An international force prepared

Wednesday, When Director Elmer Davis of the office of war information told reporters in Washington that an army report revealing the

to strike quickly at countries at-, tempting aggression must be set up by the united hations, Sir Stafford said. Only a progressive government in Britain after the war will be

location of “Shangri-La” and other

details would be made public in a

capable of seeing that such an

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At 4:10, when the enemy raiders FINNS CLAIM VICTORY emy planes in other operations few days. organization is created and that

between the bureau's figure on industrial-plus-military manpower needs and our actual industrial Needs. r First News of Shortage < For 16,400 men would be 121 or gen of the county’s population last census, and a further ; a of 12% per cent of the national population would mean : 16,000,000 more men for the armed - services—more ‘than twice any “figure yet mentioned. : The bureau’s report surprised Evansville industrialists. It was ‘their first news of a manpower .shortage here. One factory has had 80,000 applications for jobs, which is more than-the total present emsig in all our war plants. eral have long lists of men and women waiting for work. All of them, naturally, are short of old<%ime, skilled workers, but that is : Fk: ational condition, «Soon after Pearl! Harbor fast Seonversion shifted five of our largest peacetime factories and "several smaller ones to war work, and two mew plants, larger than ny of the old ones, have been built. Evansville is now producing fighting planes, tommy-gun ammumition and oceangoing ships, among other things, and three of the

5 pe have won the army-navy “E.”

2 =~ War industry employment figures can’t be detailed in wartime. However, 2 general picture of the situsition here today is substantially . “The five converted plants never “employed more than 15,000 ‘persons before the war. They and the two new ones now have more than three Simic 1 that number on their pay-

Z. x Now Have Full Crews

| Three of the large plants employmore than half the Evansville ital, and most of the smaller ones, have full crews, are now hiring for replacements only, and actually are tending to slope off from peak : figures. = Two other large plants will each by late summer, about 500 adonal workers. A sixth plant will Tequire 600 if it gets an extra allotment of materials, which it doesn’t mow expect. The seventh large plant, not yet in full operation, exto employ 3500 more persons, the outside, by December. That adds up to 5100, which, on e basis of present contracts, is a estimate of actual needs.

Each will contain directions for the finder to give it immediately to the nearest air raid warden, or if none is available, to mail it to the county civilian defense headquarters in the World War Memo-

have been finally “driven off,” all the defense forces will demobilize and conditions will return to normal. No “all clear” signal will he sounded on the whistles and sirons, but the ending of the simulated raid

rial, The cylinders will be franked and addressed for mailing.

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isters have been conducting noonday Lenten services for five weeks, there will also be Holy week meetings. But the Rev. E. Ainger Powell; rector, will fill his own pulpit each day, and for three hours on Friday. . Noocn-day services will continue in downtown St. John’s Catholic church with special prayers for the armed forces. x # = 8

War Memorial Rite

On Good Friday, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor their traditional Way of the Cross devotions in the War Memorial plaza which 7000 attended last year. Every Catholic church will have its special masses and devotions throughout the week with interest focusing in SS. Peter and Paul's cathedral where the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Indianapolis, will officiate in many ceremonies. The Federation of Evangelical Lutheran (Missouri synod) churches of Greater Indianapolis will conduct Holy week services at B. F. Keith’s theater today through Friday. And various individual churches of the city will hold distinctive and unusual celebrations each day. es » ” o

Plan Sacrificial Fetes

Women of the Olive Branch Christian church will hold a sacrificial luncheon tomorrow afternéon. A cross decorated with flowers will stand on the platform, and below it, on the floor, the communion table. The women will be: seated at tables, facing the cross, and on which there will be no food except the bread and wine for the sacrament. Mrs. E. D. Lowe and Mrs. J. C. Woodruff wil administer the sacrament of holy communion which laymen are permitted to do

in the Disciples brotherhood.

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and practice mobilization will be an-

A Chinese “starvation luncheon” with only scant ‘portions of rice and tea, without sugar or cream, for the menu will be held by the woman’s missionary circle of the Woodrufft Place Baptist church ‘Wednesday. Mrs. Randall Capen, ‘who spent 35 years as a missionary to China, two of which were in occupied territory, will speak. The offering will be given to China relief. The Moravians of the city will read their century-and-a-half-old Lenten manual at Holy week services this week so timing the readings that the story of the crucifixion will be heard between the hours of noon and 3 o'clock Good Friday. The Rev. Stanley R. Woltjen is pastor of both the First and Second Moravian churches. 8 8 =

English's Speakers

Dr. Howard was to speak on “Men in an Empty Universe” this noon at English’s when the Rev. Ross H. Winkler was to lead the devotions. Dr. Howard's topics and devotional assistants for noontime tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday are in order: “Found at Last! —a Man After God’s Own Heart” and the Rev. George T. King; “Don’t Let It Get You Down!—On Getting Calloused” and the Rev. Thomas R. Thrasher; and “Chimney Corner Christians” and the Rev. Ralph Weisser. Prof. Joseph Lautner will lead the congregational singing at the meetings. sing today; Ruth Wagner Gault, tomorrow; the Crispus Attucks high school boys quartet, Wednesday and Elizabeth Ward Crowell, Thursday. On Good Friday, Dr. E. Robert Andry was to speak during the first hour; Dr. Howard, during the second hour, and Dr. George Arthur Frantz, during the third hour at English’s. Speakers for the three

By UNITED PRESS THe Berlin radio broadcast a Finnish army communique today claiming that 23 Soviet aircraft were shot down yesterday and today dur-

Carol Geissler was to}

E | cession from station to station.

= (will recite the prayers which will

ing combats over the Gulf of Finland.

Solemn Rites of Holy Week Observed Here; Churches Prepare for Climax on Good Friday

hours in order on Good Friday at the First Baptist church are: Dr. Howard, the Rev. John Hall and the Rev. Harry K. Zeller. The Rev. G. Christian Barth of

today. Speakers tomorrow through

Friday are respectively: Dr. John E W.- Behnken of Chicago, Prof. Ot- |S tomar, Krueger of Ft. Wayne and E Dr. O. P. Krietzmann of Valparaiso, |s 'who will speak both Thursday and |E Friday. Services will be from 12:05 z

to 12:50 daily.

Workers in defense plants in the!

neighborhood of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church have received a special invitation to attend services conducted by the Rev.

H. M, Zorn, pastor, from 12:15 to 1: p. m, Good Friday. Children of St.|Z Paul's chorus will sing, directed by, 2

A. E. R. Mueller, organist. the Robert Park Methodist church with Bishop Titus Lowe of the Inhour. Dr. F. Marion Smith will

during the thitd.

the glee club of Technical high sehool; Roberts Park choir, and during the

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"Stations" on.Plaza *

The Way of the Cross devotions ®

are said to have been inaugurated in an informal way by the Blessed Virgin Mary, who visited the path her son trod on his way to his crucifixion. And so 14 large wooden crosses or stations will be set up in the plaza to commemorate the important episodes in the passion and death of Christ. The Rey. Fr. Cor-| nelius Sweeney will lead the pro-:

The Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Finneran

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public address system and to those listening in their homes over station WFBM. Elmer A. Steffen, K.

|S. G., will direct the St. Philip =| Neri’'s boys’ choir in singing the

= | “Stabat Mater” and Boy Scouts will

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E|assist in the distribution of pam-

= |phlets. Paul E. Just is chairman § of arrangements for the devotions.

# # # || Communion on Thursday Maundy Thursday,

or Holy,

= Thursday, is the anniversary. of the

S beginning of the holy communion.

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since that time all Christians have Lord's - supper. be

Protestant churches will celebrate the communion Thursday evening.

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Avenue Evangelical and Reformed First Presbyterian

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Reformed church; the Second

Evangelical church, and the Speed-

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boosted the day's total bag to 85 planes, excluding an undetermined number wrecked on the ground in widespread raids on: enemy airfields. Only 11 allied planes were lost in all operations. The only ground activity reported in the communique was a “successful local advance” by French forces on the 1st army front some 30 miles west of Tunis. Latest reports from the front said the main body of Lieut. Gen. Kenneth A. N. Anderson’s 1st army was locked in a see-saw fight with the Germans for hills behind Djebel el Ahmera (Long Stop hill), six miles north of Medjez el Bab and

task force’s presence to the Nipponese high command and decided to launch the planes immediately rather than risk action against superior Japanese forces. Subsequent Japanese statements asserted that all the American planes were lost, most of them in forced landings along the China coast in extremely bad weather. None was shot down by the Japanese, however.

Crew Interned

The Japanese claimed to have captured a number of the fliers who landed in occupied China and the war department last October ac-

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Battleship Fired

On Friday, however, Davis said that “clearance had not been completed” on the report and it was impossible to predict when it would be released. Doolittle himself reported that his fliers had set fire to a new Japanese battleship or cruiser in the navy yard south of Tokyo, showered incendiary bombs on a quarter-mile of an aircraft factory near Nagoya, fired a cluster of oil storage tanks and shot down several Japanese pursuit planes. The planes covered an area

roughly 40 miles long and five to 20

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WASHINGTON, April 19 (U. PJ). —The war production board today prohibited sale of “permanent type" antifreeze solutions, containing ethylene glycol, for use in civilian passenger station wagons and taxicabs: « = Purpose of the order, WPB said, is to restrict use of this type antifreeze to commercial vehicles and

automobiles,

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The church federation also will’ = sponsor Good Friday services at =

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