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desire of the Yanks at the front for cigarets. They never have enough. . A lot of his readers were all stirred up. They wanted to do something. They wrote letters to the editor of The Indianapolis Times, asking that someone get things started. In response to these requests, The Times investigated. Here's how such a project can be accomplished: The Indianapolis Times has arranged with major eigaret companies to purchase cigarets for shipment overseas—at five cents a pack. ‘They will be sent to any theater of war outside continental United States to members of the army, navy, marines or coast guard. In place of the federal stamp, there will be a stickcr on each package reading: ° “The Indianapolis Times Ernie Pyle Cigaret Fund.” If any firm, group or group of employees con-
CN EACH PACKAGE. : Fifty dollars will buy 20,000
to The Maryland st.
Ernie Pyle Fans—Here's Chance To Send Cigarets Overseas
Attention, all Ernie Pyle fans! Here's the opportunity you have been looking for. Ernie, you know, mentioned in one of his columns She urgent
tributes $50 or more their name also will be placed on the sticker—
to any war front you designate. If you like the idea and wish to contribute, send your, contributions, anything from a nickel on up, ndianapolis Solis THOS RITE TY CWSI REN,
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Ernie Pyle
cigarets, which will be shipped
WHO BLUFFS--LEWIS ORD. S.2|
Pennsy Walkouts.
By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, April 27.—Who's bluffing—John L. Lewis, or the government? The next few days may show. If neither Is bluffing, the country is in for a wartime coal-min-‘ing. strike. Out of such a strike would come either the wrecking of the government's anti-inflation policies or the breaking of the only ‘ ‘Jabor léader who has thought himself. strong enough to fight these policies to a finish. Lewis meets with his international policy committee in New York today to decide what action 450,000 soft coal miners shall take §f their contract controversy with the Appalachian bituminous operators is not settled by Friday midnight. Pending the committee’s action today, the strike situation took on an ‘ominous aspect as regards vital war production. A rash of new strikes flared in western Pennsylvania where the shutdown of 33 captive and commercial mines left 17,000 men idle. In Alabama, approximately 7500
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'The Less Said—The Better’
.About Those
Marion county judges are fed up with the discussion about the question of their wearing judicial robes in court and they don’t want to hear anything more about it. They were supposed to have de‘eided whether to formally adopt robes as their official court garb at the conference at the’ Columbia ¢lub yesterday.
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Inside Indpls.. 11 Jane Jordan.. 15 John Love ... 11 Men in Service 13
Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Side Glances.. 12 0) Soctety ....14, 1
1st Lady TR Japs Pampered
(My Day, Page 11) LOS ANGELES, April 27 (U. P.) —Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said last night she has conducted a personal investigation and found that Japanese in. relocation gen=~ ters are neither pampered nor
| mistreated:
“However, I would. not choose their situation as a way to live,” she said. She visited the Gila, Ariz., camp, where about 15,000 Japanese evacuated from the West coast
| put in long hours of work, she.
said, but the type of work'is a military secret. Hundreds of letters complaining that Japanese were getting. preferred treatment prompted her inspection, she said. Since she felt the Gila project was typical she will not visit others.
REPORT MOVEMENT
OF ALLIED FLEETS
By UNITED PRESS A Vichy broadcast was quoted by the British: radio today as saying that a major movement of “allied sea and air forces” was under way at Gibraltar. The Berlin radio broadcast a Transocean news agency dispatch from Madrid which said Gibraltar had a half-hour air raid alarm Monday night. The dispatch did not say whether the fortress was raided but added: “Many British and American planes passed over Gibraltar,
Judicial Robes
But after the conference none of them would talk. “No comment,” they all said, indicating that nothing was decided on the subject and that -it was dropped for good. However, it was reported by one of the jurists, off the record, that in a few weeks all the judges will appear on their benches attired in the conventional alpaca coats— without fanfare or publicity, they hoped. Several of the judges were said to have been indignant over the
publicity given their sartorial mat-|
ters recently, claiming it “reflected on the dignity of the courts.” The whole thing was started last
week when Judge Emsley W. John-|
son Jr. of “anti-slacks” fame proposed to his colleagues in a letter that they discuss the possibility of wearing long, black robes on the bench. * The letter was written only a few days after Judge Johson refused to hear a divorce case when a wife appeared in court stiired In slacks. . ’
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RAID AS HEAVY AS 1000-PLANE ATTACKS IN '42
17 of Four-Engined ‘Giants’ Lost in Blasting by
Block-Busters.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, April 27 (U. P.).
four-engined bombers hammered the river port and steel city of Duisburg last night with upward of 1500 tons of bombs in one of the heaviest raids of the war on Germany. Well-informed sources said the raid was comparable in weight to the 1000-plane raid of last May 30
on Cologne, when 1500 tons of bombs were dropped. Though fewer planes participated in last night's assault, almost all were fourengined giants. The huge ' cargoes of bombs— ranging from four-ton super-block busters to two-pound incendiaries— touched off fierce fires and big ex~ plosions that sent smoke“ billowing} up to nearly 10,000 feet over Duis: burg last night, the air ministry said. 17 Planes Lost
Seventeen planes were lost in the raid, the third on Germany in less than 12 hours. “Preliminary reports indicate that the "bombing was highly concentrated,” the air ministry said. Roaring back into action after a five-night, weather-enforced lull, the four-engined Lancasters and
houses, steel mills and coke ovens in one of the most. important industrial cities in Germany. Duisburg is the largest inland port in Europe and is situateg on a canal linking the Ruhr and the Rhine. Last night's raid was the 59th of the war on the port, which last was attacked the night of April 9.
Railway Centers Attacked
Although the four-engined bombers had not been in action since the triple raid on Berlin, Stettin and Rostock the night of April 20, swift British mosquito light bombers attacked a railway center in northwest Germany and another in the Rhineland without loss last evening. A third railway center in France nine the River Loire also was afe tacked without loss by mosquitoes during the evening.: The night assault on Duisburg and the three attacks on railway centers all tied in with the current British offensive against German communications in the Reich and occupied countries. Intruder patrols have been striking almost nightly and daily at trains in France and shipping in the English channel. Four-enginer Stirlings and twinengined Wellingtons also took part in the Duisberg aitack, the air ministry said, and the planes met some
time. Weather Good
Reports to the air ministry said searchlights were massed inside and outside the city in bunches of 10. to 50 lights and that a barrage from hundreds of heavy anti-aircraft guns was thrown up.
the target area was lit up by hun~ dreds of incendiaries and it was
‘raised by reports that the German
One of the first pilots to reach] the target reported the weather | good but by the time he attacked,|& =
difficult to pick out ground details. ||
Safety Board Finds Stor
Lacks Corroboration.
Because his 15-year-old: accuser was unable to produce corroborating evidence, City Detective Thomas; Naumsek today was cleared by. the
neer a Sframe-up” robbery on 3 the | South side.
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Victor W. Free Appointed. Managing Editor of Times
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Charles Weddle Becomes News Editor in Staff
‘Changes.
Appointments of Victor W. Free as managing editor of The Indianapolis Times and Charles Weddle as news editor were announced today by Walter Leckrone, editor. Mr. Free, for the past four years news editor -of The Times, succeeds Norman E. Isaacs, who has resigned to become a member of the editorial staff of The Indianapolis News, Mr. Isaacs had been a member o. The Times staff for 16 years, and managing editor for the past eight years. He began his newspaper work with The Indianapolis Star ° after graduating from Manual Training kigh school, and joined The Times staff in 1926. ; Mr. Free, who is 39, is a grad-
uate of Ohio Wesleyan university, and a veteran of 17 years experience. _ Before joining The Times staff in 1938 he had been editor of the Conneaut, O., News-Herald, and news . editor of the Akron, O., Times-Press. - With Mrs. Free and their son snd
Victor W. Free
The *Pimes editorial staff in’ ’ He also has been state editor of The Akron, O,, Times-Press, and & mem- | ber of the staff of the Sacramento, . Cal, Union. "With Mrs. Weddle and - their daughter Charlene, a Junior ° in Shortridge "high school, he lives
at 3360 College ave. "Charles Weddle
Sweden Is Newest Focus In Plan for Allied lovasion
By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, April 27.—Suggestions made by the London press that the allies may contemplate an invasion of Norway and Finland and that Sweden will be drawn into the war may be wide of the ark, but no single allied move would be likely to carry the war closer to the heart of Germany. The suggestion that the allies might cairy out in reverse the Nazi tactics which launched the war in the west two years ago- is based primarily on the desirability of chopping off sea and air bases in northern Norway and Finland from which the Nazis attack the Murmansk convoy route. The possibility that the Germans actually may fear such a move is
tense relations between Sweden and Germany, since obviously the first Nazi move in event of allied landings in Norway and Finland would be ‘to ‘march into Sweden for an attempt to establish a défensive line across Scandinavia. : The benefits of a successful allied invasion of Scandinavia would be many. If the allies could take over all of Norway, it would give them bomber bases sharply reducing the mileage necessary to bomb Germany’s Baltic ports.
A
high seas fleet now is concentrated at Narvik, which would be an obvious target for any effort to cut off the northern bases. The naval concentration also could be related to the Finnish crisis, which the Nazis may have precipitated: by demands for an all out war effort on the part of Finland, possibly including an offensive against Leningrad. It likewise could tie in with the
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‘JOE HANDS IT OUT BACK DOOR 10 “RIGHT GUY’
Retailers Plan to Impose Self-Rationing to Con-
serve Stocks.
By NOBLE REED
Counterparts of the speakeasies which flourished in the old “bath tub” gin era were reported setting | up back room bars for home mate] spirits ggain today as the wartim liquor supplies dwindled. Devel proents on the érliking front wi 1 fours will have to satisty| their thirst in 1943 with only half | as much liquor as they consumed | last year. 2. Bootleggers in alley bars, where “Joe” hands it out to the “right guy,” are springing Up faster than police can raid them—336 persons have been arrested for liquor law violations in Indianapolis since Jan. 1, 56 of them caught during last week-end.
Dealer Rationing Seen
3. Dealers will set up their own rationing system to spread the re-
as possible. (The federal government probably will not ration liquor
4. Distillers. who have not made a drop of whisky since last October and will not make another drop until after the war, reported this week that the reserve supply in warehouses “might be stretched to last two and a half years” if strict rationing .is - self-imposed by all dealers everywhere. 5. The OPA has put a ceiling on whisky prices, “freezing” them at the levels charged by dealers in March, 1942. except for the addition of increased taxes. The new tax is 50 cents a quart, 40 cents a fifth and 25 cents a pint.
Brewers’ Qutput Frozen
8 Beer will get more scarce during the summer months because the brewers’ ouput has been “frozen” to 1942 production levels and the big increase in beer consumption will run the supplies short. Also
dealers must cut their truck deliveries 25 per cent and their freight car mileage by 10 per cent. Thus, the over-all picture of the (Continued on Page Two)
BULLETIN
‘NEW. YORK, April 27 (U.P.)— Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the
war manpower commission, appealed to employers today to cease “hoarding manpower” and “pirating workers,” and asked workers to end “job shopping.” - He told the 31st annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that the country has been wasteful of its manpower and “must take up the slack.”
ll | defeated by votes of 14 to 11.
City's AA Sora Brings Back The Speakeasy
Ash Selects Indians to Win
The 1943 Indianapolis Indians MUST have it. Eddie Ash says so. And when The Times sports editor, dean of Indianapolis sports writers, predicts his beloved Indians will win the pennant consider them IN. For the first time since the oldest Victory Field fan can remember, Eddie does just that on Page 8 of today’s TIMES.
RUSSIAN-POLISH 'AGGORD SOUGHT
ith. Su Britain H Hasten to Heal First Breach in Allied Front.
LONDON, April 27 (U, P.).— Britain and the United States began discussions teday on means of restoring diplomatic relations between Russia and’ the Polish exile
government, but a Moscow dispatch said only a purge of Polish antiSoviet elements would satisfy Russia. The Anglo-American discussions were disclosed by authoritative sources who ‘declined, however, to give -any details of the attempt to mend the first break in the united nations front, The Polish government was reported reliably to be considering a request to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to intervene in the crisis.
Polish Cabinet Meets
The Polish cabinet met for two hours. Some Polish officials were represented afterward as believing there was hope for a reconciliation with Russia within three months. The government was expected to issue a statement. later in the day answering Russia's note. A dispatch from M. S. Handler, United Press correspondent in Moscow, said there appeared to be two essential conditions for any conciliation between the two governments: 1. All political elements which the Soviet government considers hostile to Russia must be eliminated from the Polish government. 2. The new Polish government must be composed of men ready to settle Saviet-Palish problems on a basis of realities.
Break a Setback To Allied Diplomacy
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 27.—The rupture of Polish-Russian diplo~ matic relations was realistically viewed today as a major defeat for President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill's diplo(Continued on Page Two)
EXTENSION OF TRADE AGREEMENT 0. K.D
House: Committee Beats G. 0. P. Amendments.
‘WASHINGTON, April 27 (U. P.). —The house ways and means committee by a vote of 14 to 11 today approved a three-year extension of the reciprocal trade agreement law. Only one amendment was attached to the legislation by the committee. This would authorize the president, at his discretion, to suspend the application of the act to articles controlled by international cartels, Republican attempts to restrict the operations of the program were
The amendments proposed and defeated were as follows: To give congress veto power over
FORTIFICATION STALLS ATTACK IN ONE SECTOR
Another Group Gains Hill 10 Miles From Mateur; Italy Bombed.
By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 27. —United States infantry cap- | tured the height of Djebel Ajred today in a general allied advance on all Tunisian fronts but entrenched Germans guarding Bizerte threw back another American force from Rocky Djebel Azag
after bloody fighting. The United States 2d corps troops won the heights after pushing through rough, shrub-covered hills within 10 miles of Mateur junction, 20 miles south of Bizerte, all night. But another section of the 2d corps ran into concrete gun emplacements and trenches at Djebel Azag, on the northern hinge of what the Nazis call the “impenetrable” Jeffna positions guarding. the road to Mateur.
Positioh Strong
. Allied bombers in relays stashed. at the Nazi defenses and infantry finally stormed to within 756 yards of the summit but were then “roughly thrown back” to the bottom of the hill, according to a dispatch from the front by United Press Correspondent C. R. Cunningham. Dispatches indicated that the position was exceptionally strong and that intensive aerial and artillery bombardment would be necessary to break it. . On other fronts, the British 1st army tanks, the French and _ the British 8th army were closing in on the vital southwestern junction’ on Pont Du Fah, which is an important key to the whole southern front. The 1st army also advanced on the
Medjez-El-Bab sector to within
eight miles of Tebourba and about 23 miles of Tunis.
Crisis Seems Near
The thrusts, supported by air as« saults against the axis front and rear lines, have squeezed the enemy into his last mountain positions
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“| guarding some 3500 square
still held as a bridgehead in Africa,
The crisis in the allied break-
through drive appeared near. The best German forces available —and reinforcements still coming from Sicily—now are opposing the American, British and French armies, but still were falling back before the United States 2d corps in the north and before the British 1st army on the road to Tebourba where the axis perimeter was breached. Meanwhile, dozens of U. 8. Liberator bombers made a record attack on the Italian Adriatic port of Bari with 250,000 pounds of explosives (Continued on Page Two)
On the War Fronts
(April 27, 1942)
AFRICA: Allied armies advance on all fronts in Tunisia; Americans edge closer to Bizerte, British 1st army clears Longstop Hill west of Tunis, French capture height overlooking Pont Du Fahs, and 8th army gains ground south of
AIR WAR: Royal air force carries:
out one of: war's heaviest aids on Duisburg, German river port. and steel city, dropping upward of 1500 tons of bombs. Flying fort--resses and other American heavy. bombers attack two points in Italy.
RUSSIA: Red army breaks up Ger-
man attack below Lake Tones:
air activity increases over
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