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TURKEY MAY CAST LOT WITH ALLIES

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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1943

VOLUME 54—NUMBER 51

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Of War

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- Sicily Blasted By Biggest All-Yank Raid

A DPAF FORCE a bE. AFRICA DEFEAT

| lite. go AAW ADDS TO NAZIS wr RP SS Cll INVASION FEAR

Shot Down Over Palermo.

By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent | U.S. FLYING FORTRESS BASE, | North Africa, May 10.—Reconnais- | sance photographs today showed {that the biggest all-American bomb- : : . \ing raid in history had taken a tre- LONDON, May 10 (U. P.).—Axis fears of an early allied mendous toll of axis war works at invasion of southern Europe increased today as a result of

{the Sicilian port of Palermo yes-| 54 5 vis } terday and knocked out at least 13| the conquest of Tunisia and the position of neutral Turkey

lenemy fighting planes. ‘again became a highly important factor in the military Heavy damage to the Fiat fac-| plans of both sides.

Franco Plea in photdgraphs taken during several reconnaissance flights. | T E d w | policy ight be eo ted be sai ‘kat the 4 | 0 n ar policy might expec cause OfFeers SiG sis! the 1argets had | of the allied victory in North Africa. . . | The United Press correspondent Given Allies

been “hit as planned” with tremen- | dous effect, and photographs showed | the oil storage depot still burning | {cabled that “the political effects on { Turkey's foreign policy after this MADRID, May 10 (U. P..— |smashing allied victory are tre= Gen. Francisco Franco appealed to the wafring nations—allied and |

with smoke rising more than 5000 | feet. Saw Four Planes Down ig MOY: liters ~ : 1e¢ Turkish policy has been o i our es aw! axis alike—to lay down their arms | of neutrality plus an alliance with flew during the Palmero raid. and | and seek peace, at the same time |the British, so any changes problater, talks with members of other revealing that Spain had joined |ably would call for abandonment the Vatican in its efforts to bring |of neutrality in favor of a more the world conflict to an end as |pro-allied stand. soon as posible. It was considered significant that “The world has been at war | President Ismet Inonu of Turkey

OPA IS AWARE

The Five Dionnes Who Launched Five Ships

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Officials Admit a Reduction in Costs Could Be Made.

WASHINGTON, May 10 (U. P.)— The Office of Price Administration’s admission that “effective” enforcement of retail food regulations would reduce consumers’ food budgets some five per cent coincided today with the opening of OPA’s campaign to roll back prices to last September’s levels. As a prelude to the scneduied June 1 roll-back—10 per cent reductions in seven major food items— community dollars-and-cents prices went into effect today in small retail stores in more than 130 cities. The roll-back will be accomplished June 1 with the aid of government subsidies at the processors levels,

'Far-Reaching Changes Are Seen in Foreign Policy of Neutral Nation; Conference Called.

Price Ceilings Are Set Here

Maximum price ceilings on nearly half of the items going into the family’s food basket have been established by the Indianapolis OPA. These price ceilings are pub-

The Dionne Quints, who set a record just by being born, have just set another by launching five ships. Here they stand with their mother who has just received her gift for Mother's day.

CITY POST-WAR PLANS SNAGGED

Last Axis Resistance in

North Tunisia Is Crushed

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUADTERS, North Africa, May 10.—Allied arms forced the unconditional surrender of Germans to the Americans in North Tunisia, clamped a tight land and sea blockade on resisting axis aa {armies on Cap Bon peninsula, and shot up innumerable small boats in As the May deadline for the Indi- which some enemy soldiers attempted a “Dunkirk evacuation.” anapolis Times Ernie Pyle cigaret Three ships off the North Tunisian coast near Cape Zebib were fund drew closer over the week-end, sunk, jetties were fired and barges, | mated between 5 0.000 “and 100000

crews showed that a total of at] least 13 enemy planes were knocked | lished today on Page 4. House- | | out, The final score may be larger. | wives re Seed fo ng fry | three years, and it is time peace |conferred over the week-end with page and keep it handy when —% , | be considered in order to undo [the German ambassador, Franz Von | { » ” » | | y . | oy on hatreds and bring the countries | Papen, and that the Turkish Fore nes; in «4eart of the industrial quarter, Shosem Top a . | schmitts in the air. The Fortress PE * x ow sents. One organize r SDPO = |AS GIVEN SENATE But Swung the Pint Bottles gunners and the lightning pilots . . gram as “peanuts.” Chairman ot | Weil 110. Hctioh. eeEUvely Washington / 1ints 2d Front the house committee which holds | e———— Maj hi Hanks in Suan ge Ohi | the government's purse-strings cried | ‘ . iad, 1NOYEr, miunme, an io P : A h f B K “unsound and un-American” to the Sponsors Hopeful Tax of three nations and five little girls in red who forgot their lines, but Rift Between GOP Factions fier, commanded the entire fortress romise out Oo e ept subsidy proposal. | {swung their ribbon-bedecked beer bottles with determination. ’ Adioit Viotalions Measure Can Be Passed =~ wren the Dionnes quintuplets shattered their five bottles of interna- | Ie a By LYLE C. WILSON E St | | which I was riding, had been on 35] OPA admitted for the first time not only upset the laws of average or alemate. | missions during the Tunisian cam-| A . : . Fe on ya PETE vet Tone paign and had shot down six Ger- _ WASHINGTON, Myy 10.—The axis has been “struck by ‘the invasion existed in a report on a recent sur-| WASHINGTON, May 10 (U. P).| Hoosier Heroes | Shattered. tradition id rade hic | By SHERLEY UHL {man planes. | Jitters, the war departinent said Yoday in complacent intimation that communities. | day reports its recommendations ior | [ od M It was the largest sidewavs|reti ig © bombs. Typical sentiments expressed | Sy Ea Ys it 5 | 3 $ a8 sideways retical stage, the Indianapolis “post- : ; yi i " The survey revealed thst the 2iVINE a years tax collections and h ana an launching on orl the most| war vlueprint” is still or mae | YET" “To Musto and Nis Gogts S279 10 Hare Here We A Sialed wee tn opinion of 200 OPA investigators go basis wit : yy is Wat was unanimous that food price costs : 50,000, including gold-braided ad- lof politically-angled pieces which | © ‘ i i “invasion , isi i in mining communities was apDrXi- | by the senate and concurrence by mirals, watched the launching in| just don’t seem to fit. | On re ol from ene to Pal oe au vaso oe Hears isan Coastal pelift mately the same as those in COM= {ihe house could be completed this | ® the bay of St. Louis, which Rows Mobilization of Indianapolis post- Ph Regie, We (pig law in’ Holland may be a not too nearer islands, looks like the ne parable conununities, put that “Sub- fe ex If so, the treasury will start | r I son am i “This i i : TO: RIE } ar | Selection of the five famous little factional rift between the regular| ~1DiS is the first time that we direct attention owas From the in i . The report by Thomas I. Emer- gp deduction from paychecks oy girls was a gesture of Anglo-Amer- G. O. P. organization and Mayor G0n't need to worry about Messer- ¢irect a ; it ttack | Sm Bin Mo MAS son, OPA’s associate general coun-| Hh 1 Onl Pays > Killed ican unity which required the con-|Tyndall’s “independent” administra- Schmitts bucking in on us from tended uli of aides. toward a European bridgehead, gel, listed a five-point enforcement | Here's what the bill approved by| THE DEATH of Charles Harris, in aes ert ! x : ic > jor step ian, lying 35 and 80 miles, nr - : ‘ Canadian ‘ministry of the interior and forth in fruitless efforts to get African bases will be a simple mat- dicated that the next major step ian, I; iles, respec duction in prices. | Forgiveness—The entire 1942 tax! cially reported a prisoner of the land legislative action of ‘the Cana- | plans under way, other organizations ter. This raid should be the fore- toward Europe will be into Sicily. | tively, from the Tunisian coast, bill for virtually every individual Japanese after the fall of Cor- |dian parliament. § But the second front may come Sicily is 90 miles from Cap Bon, at would be wiped out. If the indi- regidor, was announced by the S ee : \ | Naples, said that it could not com- Nere on either Italy or Greece. peninsula into which the survivors the spiraling cost of living began, . Gay, Asa Eldridge, Gurdon Gates, among organizations with sep- pars with today's attack. Seizure of Sicily, 90 miles from | (Continued on Page Five) th : | be waived and he would pay on the (Continued on Page Five) | . i i —— ere were these developments: 2 . : |arate post-war plans which they! . i basis of the higher 1942 income. If war veteran, and his younger — lee leventually hope to dove-tail with ONE: Price Administrator Pren-|the income for both years was $10,-| brother, Gordon, enlisted shortly THUNDERBOLTS SEE Yu Ope PYLE GIG ARET DRIVE after his capture was announced. veal, lamb and mutton will be- | nigh war profits, he would still pay " come effective throughout the coun-/a tax, at current rates, on the Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don try on May 17; promised the house-| amount he di : » > . Sls y : Ty y D: unt of the difference Moss, South Bend, was one of |thorities today permitted the dis- GO T0 INDIA BY AIR te tesm———e——e four airmen killed last week in [a ica’ i gue a i Rghter) AT A UNITED STATES BASE IN Donors Boost Total Near blane—the Republic P-17, known asi yup, May 8 (Delayed) (U. P)—| | The Once Broken French Army, LS Prisoners The Thunderbolt, one of the most | joteq by American commercial Proudly on the March AgQQin| mw. ie se cue ves | me wr, ma en in scion tice Boe, fae, AT moves enc By RICHARD MOWRER put into the air and the score t, India in four and one-half days ALGIERS, May 10. — Three years ago today, mechanized German hordes began the inva-

The bombers approached their | target from the sea, striking across doing their shopping. | Wty? . 1 Th a F ft Th ; i together,” Franco said in a speech |eign Minister Numan Menemenci= 7 - - i ; : . \ But from two sources—and for two) PAY AS 60 BILL ey orgo err At times there were 50 Messer- | os Almeria, {Continued on. Page Five) * man described OPA’s roll-back pro-| SUPERIOR, Wis., May 10 (U. P.) —Five sturdy cargo vessels, built to! haul supplies against the axis, rode at anchor today with the blessing . : group. One of the four-engined Cited as Chief Reason This Week | tional boundary water yesterday against the five 250-foot freighters, they United Press Staff Correspondent that effective price control never has | i A -aS- -1 die : « : | but still unconquered. We are one step putting taxpayers on a pay-as-you . . ' publicized. A crowd estimated at bled jigsaw puzzle with a number and Wo duck and his comic victory.” R | pera cohorts.” fr arenes vas nove tnet noat peseee| | DI@S IN Japs into Lake rior. lw ; » | Said: a re oie | | 0 Lake Superior { war forces is stalemated here by the subtle war department effort to second front development. Th 2 “collecting taxes on 1943 income, | sent of the U. S. maritime commis- |tjon North Africa. From today on, the| Smashing allied air blows at axis| The two smaller islands are PanPillage . 5 | oj : i . ” islands lying nearest to Tunisia in- |telleria and Lampedusa, both Ifal~ program on which it based its esti-| yo finance committee provides: | 30-year-old Vincennes youth, offi- | cen the state department, the| while these factions seesaw back| bombardment of Europe from North mate of a possible 5 per cent re-| A A : with blueprints and suggestions @f | :unner of many to come.” . : ; Hs vill ow dual The freighters were named for their imps left with “ erin Keele, who was in a raid on @nywhere, with some heavy betting the extremity of the Tunisian . . vidual made more in 1942 than in early American sea captains—Moses | ; ; i oS Ora jatest campaign 10 SIOD| 1943 however, the 1943 bill would| Japanese government through the HE ORY 0 Work With, Red Cross. His father, a world i M. Brown So n Apel 000 or more higher than for 1938, jue iy wide Bian xe we nterview that top prices for »|’39 or ’40, reflecting exceedingly | | ¥ ® nn ® — —- | FLIGHT OFFICER Carlos W AGTION IN EUROPE : | CLOSES TOMORROW "| roNDON, May 10 vu. p).—au- U. S. CARGO PLANES | wife that regardless of where Se Collection—Payments made by inContinued on Page Five Continued P Fi { ) ne" a. ve) the crash of a medium bomber near Del Rio, Tex. ; i vbibis ‘he Thunderbolt—is now in OPETA" The longest and largest mass trans- Two-Million Mark. tion in the Burdopean theater. | port flight in history has been com(List of Donors, Page 3) : ;. (the war, has been in action twice] have notified Mrs. Grace Norris, ha biggest cargo planes. Shelburn, Ind. that her son, |228inst the best the Luftwaffe could They flew from the United States Copyright. 1043, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. sion of Belgium and the low countries which resulted in the

complete collapse of France as a |

military power. Yesterday Algiers thrilled at the sight of the new French army, newly equipped with American material, as French forces paraded through the city in celebration of Joan of Arc day. Already giddy with the news of the liberation of Tunis and Bi-

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French troops at the front, the French of Algiers, including many French people from France, felt a tinge of pride and hope when they heard crystal-clear bugles play old wartime French military marches and saw newly-founded infantry units go by in quick step, followed by new Sherman tanks, Mark X tank-destroyers, Mark IIT “Honey” tanks, half-tred troop carriers, mounted anti-tank guns, artillery, jeeps. = » ®

THE GERMANS and Italians, after the armistice, had taken away all their arms. Today | America was rearming them.

Olive-green Sherman Honeys, that rumble through the flag-be-decked streets of Algiers yesterday, were marked with the white star of the United States army and the tricolor rectangle of the French. The French here felt really and collectively happy for the first

time since the beginning of the war. Massed in front of every hotel, | the people cheered the little bit of the new French army they saw | march and rumble past. In the | midst of the cheering, a lusty Texan “yippee” broke out distinctly, causing various people in the crowd to smilingly comment

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“Ah, les Yankees.”

Byron R. Brunker, 24, is a German prisoner. He was last reported in North Africa.

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CHARLES L. MACKEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mackey, Milltown, is a prisoner of the Japanese. He was last reported on Bataan.

RUSS SMASH AHEAD NEAR NOVORDSSICK

Drive Breach Into New

Nazi Defense Line.

MOSCOW, May 10 (U. P.).—Russian forces driving a breach into the new Nazi defense line nine miles northeast of the Black sea port of Novorossisk wiped out two German companies of 400 men with trench and mortar fire today. The Soviet mid-day communique announced that the Red army has steadily been pushing the axis back in their narrow Kuban bridgehead in the Caucasus.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am. . 0a.m ... 62 Tam... 11a.m ... 62

for the loss of two Thunderbolts. They underwent their baptism of | fire in the May 4 raid on Antwerp

without losses. The Thunderbolts) shot down one Focke-Wulf and suffered no losses themselves. !

stands at three Focke-Wulfs downed without loss, carrying 90 tons of} cargo 15,000 miles.

They had only minor operational trouble. One captain tested his]

from which the fortresses returned auxiliary tank in mid-Atlantic and night and will be reopened next

both engines quit, but they restarted when he switched baek to|

the main tanks.

—The office of price administration’ today set the limit for sugar al-| lotments for home canning at 25 pounds per person. It will be allotted on the same basis as last year—one pound for each four quarts to be put up. | The amount of sugar allotted for

of sugar of the 25 pounds granted, | the OPA said. { The reason for this increase,’ Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown explained, is “so that jams, jellies and preserves can be used | more extensively as a spread to istretch the butter and margarine ration.” |

sugar, the housewife can plan to

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can 100.quarts. However, the OPA|

25 Pounds of Canning Sugar | Allotted Each Person in '43

WASHINGTON, May 10 (U. P.).to be “granted only in the relatively |

few cases where this large amount| of fruit will be canned and pre-| served.” Last year there was no top limit | set on the amount of sugar obtain-| able for canning, and some housewives got as much as 45 pounds. To obtain the extra sugar for!

jams, jellies and preserves has been canning, the housewife should ap- : increased from one to five pounds ply in writing to the local ration RUSSIA—Russian and German ar-| mies grapple fiercely in northwest | itable second front this year, it is|

board. There is no special form, | unless she plans to sell.the home| product. The application may be made in person or by mail, and should contain the following: 1. A copy of war ration book one for each person for whom homecanning sugar is sought. 2. The total number of quarts or!

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nut up. 3. The amount of sugar to be used Jellies.

| Yanks overseas to near the two-

donors boosted the cigaret total for| million mark. The fund, instigated | by readers, will close

tomorrow

month. | A plan to close the drive this)

month and re-open it each month|—

for the duration has been adopted | (Continued on Page Five)

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On the War Fronts

(May 10, 1943) AFRICA—Allies crush last axis resistance between Tunis and Bi-| zerte, drive last enemy survivors into Cap Bon peninsula for battle of extermination, throw naval] blockade around peninsula to! prevent “Dunkirk.” Strike pulverizing air blows at island step-| ping stones on the way to! Europe.

Caucasus and along Donets river | line in Ukraine.

EUROPE—Invasion fever soars to! new peak; Ankara hints at far-| reaching Turkish shifts toward

the allies. 1

At the top limit of 25 pounds of pounds of finished fruit to be AUSTRALIA—Allied planes pound | {counter strategy against Japan is

Japanese-held coastline of New Guinea and ground fighting fares up near Salamaua.

small boats and a cargo ship—most of them carrying troops—were sunk, | blown up or driven back to shore by American and British air forces

|sweeping the Tunisian beaches on

relentless patrol. But the main axis remnants, esti-

men, were fighting bitterly against powerful British tank and infantry assaults and against French thrusts through the mountains toward the base of Cap Bon peninsula. A great evacuation attempt (Continued on Page Five)

Allies Watching for New Jap Blow to Relieve Germans

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 10 (U. P.).—Allied strategists are watching Japan closely for indications of a new Japanese offensive designed to relieve the pressure against Germany. The Japanese have had almost a year to digest their South Pacific conquests and to reorganize and regroup their forces for a new blow. With the Germans facing an inev-

believed that the axis is most eager and give the Nazis one more summer for attacking Russia without

simultaneously facing the allies at

Europe. It is believed here that the allies’

well advanced. Japan's strategic possibilities are

believed tosinclude the following: | 1. An attack against Siberia. | 2. A new offensive from Burma against India. 3. An offensive against Australia. 4. Another attempt to knock Ching out of the war. | Allied plans for meeting an Auss [tralian offensive are believed to be {completed as a result of Gen. Douge llas MacArthur's appeals to Wash |ington for additional war materials. | The presence in Washington of | Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, com

|for a Japanese offensive that would mander of American Far Eastern {divert allied strength to the Pacific! forces,

and Brig. Gen. Claire IL. (Chennault, commander of the Far Eastern air force, is presumed to be concerned with plans for attacking

(possibly half a dozen points in japan by air from the mainland of

China. {| There has been no announces

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