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NAZI INDUSTRIAL VALLEYS FLOODED AFTER RAF BLASTS 2 GREAT DAMS

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Flood waters for the second time within a weeks time swept over the banks of Big Eagle creek, fnundating miles of territory. Just before noon today the waters rose around the home of Frank Preston,

Just off W. Vermont st. in the 4200 block. The family was searching for

help to remove their furniture.

WHITE IS OVER AT WARFLEIGH

Danville Woman Drowns; saboteur of victory gardens.

Irwin Predicts 25 Per Cent Victory Garden Loss Here

By VIRGINIA HATFIELD Rain—11 days of it in the last 12 days—has become the city's No. 1

Heavy 10ss of early crops was predicted today by A. A. Trwin, assist-

Crops Are Facing New

Damage.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES .c... 84 10am .. 64 .63 Nam ...6 h «.« 63 12 (moon) . 66

a. a. a. . a.m ... 6d 1pm ... 6%

Flood wernings were posted in|

Indiana today as continued rain| swe'led rivers and smaller streams, covering many highways, inundating homes and threatening certain

new damage to crops in lowlands. |

One death was reported, a Danville farm wife drowning when she fell from a footbridge into a rainswolien stream. The White river for the second | time within a week went on the] rampage m the Warfleigh and Rav-| enswood districts. | Two feet of water covered a Warfeigh area as a pump at 64th st.

end Riverview ave. ordinarily used|

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to pump away the overflow was re-

ported broken down. crops.” Foundation Washes Away If seeds do not show any signs of | A resident in the 5800 block of coming through after the first two)

Keystone ave. reported the founda- or three days of dry warm weath-|

tion of her home was partially er, Mr. Irwin recommends that the washed awav. {gardener start his work all over) In Ravenswood, the White was again. If the sprouts break through, rising rapidly and Roy Goodpasture, 2nd show signs of life, clear the veteran riverman predicted that it Weeds away and let them stand, he _ would be over the levee by after- Said. ¥ noon. | In addition to the victory garden-| Further rises in streams, exceed- er and the commercial grower, plant Ing those of last week, were feared dealers and growers are alarmed] at the U. S. weather bureau here about the prolonged rain. | predicted additional showers and] These growers are alarmed be-| thunderstorms tonight and tomor- cause their greenhouse plants are row. Today was the 10th day this the right size for transplanting now! (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two)

Springer Sees Propaganda Infiltrated Into Booklet

Times Special R japolis Times, to support this viewWASHINGTON, May 17. — Rep. | ; " : Raymond S. Springer (R. Ind.) took | PO V aie Ton ned circulation of the ficor in the house today to tell te Dammphlel In we Vopr _ lleagues that he considers the Bri CSTIPY aamitHi |tedly written with the aid of Mar-

National Education association | pamphlet “My Part in This War Cus Rosenblum of OPA, congress

an attempt to indoctrinate pubiic| oul cand should ber any pprop- | school pupils with “New Deal propa-|JaUORS for agencies to carry out, ganda.” such purposss, the congressman He cited editorials from Indian- | TO a ersville maintained. apolis papers, including The Indian- | arity the day the booklet |also was condemned in a statement | rom Miss Marion Martin, assistant {chairman of the Republican Nation-

TIMES FEATURES [chairman of the Reubiic ON INSIDE PAGES [| ity the cnoouragement and aw

of OPA and other government agencies, the National KEducation association has prepared a 93-page booklet, ‘My Part in This War’ designed for use in classrooms and {to be distributed through the National Association of Secondary School Principals. “This booklet aitacks the press and radio, justifi~s certain New Deal failures, tn-=rmines the Republican pay-as-vou-earn tax plan, and glorifies New Deal social experiments. “Every school should give careful

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ant Marion county agricultural agent. He anticipates a partial to full loss in 25 per cent of the victory gardens in Indianapolis. The damage was attributed to: 1. Seeds standing under water. Most seeds will rot if they stand § y in water more than 48 hours. DENIES OUT IN 2. Seeds washed out. i 3. Weeds getting out of hand and | i taking the garden over while the | gardener is powerless to ‘do anything R STREET DEAL about it. | Victory gardeners aren't the only _ _ ones who are hard hit, Mr. Irwin To 5 Xu said. Commercially, the rain is be-| Morrison Rips Committee ginning to get pretty serious in the HR : Middlewest. Because of this blow Dignity to Shreds mn te commercial vegetable growers, : the victory garden will take on Hearing Blast. added importance. WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P) — Weeds Gain Ground | Rep. James H. Morrison, self-styled “It’s going to be tough for the Louisiana buzz-saw, took on the victory gardener after the rain for house military affairs committee toit will be hot weather work to tear day in a verbal affsay growing out out the weeds and replant,” Mr. of the “house on R street’ inquiry. Irwin warned. He urged gardeners Before chairman Andrew J. May not to let their enthusiasm bel (D. Ky), gaveled him into silence drowned out because “it’s still not an hour later the committee's too late to replant and get good dignity was a thing of shreds and tatters. Morrison, who doesn’t mind being referred to as “the Little Kingfish,” appeared as the committee investigated coarges—publicly aired by Drew Pearson, Washington columnist — to the effect that a Louisiana congressman” received a “juicy commission” in a certain

| mysterious boiler deal involving one

of Morrison's constituents. Calls Probe “Fiasco”

In the course of his one-hour appearance, the Louisiana Democrat described Pearson as a “deliberate, intentional and damned liar,” and a “claptrap columnist.” Morrison also gave the committee his views on its investigations of the house on R street and its host, John P. Monroe, from which the current probe stemmed. “The whole thing's a fiasco, and I've been dragged in to keep it (Continued on Page Two)

HEARING NEARS END ON EX-CLERKS' PLEA

Arguments on Embezzling Charges Presented.

Arguments on a motion to dismiss the embezzlement charges pending against four former deputy county clerks will be completed in criminal court tomorrow afternoon. Judge W. D. Bain of criminal court indicated that he will rule on the motion at the completion of the arguments, which will center on the question. of whether the defendants have been under bond.

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WLB CHARGES LEWIS GIVING AID TO ENEMY

Union Chiefton Defiant As Coal Truce Nears

Deadline.

WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P).— The war labor board today accused John L. Lewis of giving “aid and | comfort to our enemies” and of) challenging the government's sov- | ereignty by his defiance of the) board. After meeting with mine operators for an hour, the board issued a statement which charged that the refusal of the United Mine Workers’ president to deal with it was “the only thing that stands in the way of working out a new contract for the mine workers.” The statement offered no solution for the wage impasse between the U. M. W. and the nation's bituminous coal mine operators.

Truce Near End

A 15-day truce expires at midnight tomorrow. Last Iriday the board ordered that the mines be kept operating on the current basis until a new agreement is reached. Lewis, still contending that the board has no jurisdiction over the dispute, refused to attend today’s The board's statement appeared to preclude the possibility that some other. government agency, such as Harold L.Tckes’ coal administration, might mediate the dispute. Some informed sources suggested that President Roosevelt might summon Lewis to the white house and order him to deal with the board.

‘Law Applies to AW

The statement said that the coal controversy, like all other wage disputes, came under the jurisdiction of the WLLB by order of the

president. “This law applies to the coal miners and coal operators as well as to every other citizen of the United States,” the board said. “In| demanding a wage increase and at] the same time refusing to seek the approval of the national war labor board, Mr. Lewis is defying the

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U.S. RIDICULES JAP CLAIM GAS USED AT ATTU

| See Tokyo Building Up Excuse for Setback on

Aleutian Isle.

& WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P). § | —The navy today emphatically de- & nied Japanese broadcast claims that § = = American forces have used poison ] gas in their attacks on Attu. gi A navy spokesman, commenting ee on the Japanese claims, said: “Enemy claims that the U. S. {forces in the Aleutians have used |gas are absolutely untrue.” Although army troops are making the attacks on Attu, the navy is| responsible for the operation and] Be spokesman’s comment on the |

poison gas charges was presumed to SUBS SINK SIX | represent the views of both services. | Kista Attack Forecast for news that the Americans have

U. S. Undersea Vessels Rip ole |captured Attu, said American reDeep Into Pacific Waters |inforcements are landing their

hep | steadily, supported by naval guns To Harass Shipping.

and airplanes. The poison gas charge was made WASHINGTON, May 17 (U.P.).— in the same broadcast, which quoted American submarines, thrusting deep Maj. Gen. Nakao Yahagi, chief of

Nora L. St. John of Houston, Tex., who is the youngest service mother in the nation. She is only 29 and is the mother of 19-year-old Pvt. James Curtiss Simmons in San Diego, Cal.

There still was no word here of progress of the battle on the west|ernmost of the Aleutian string of |islands. But Radio Tokyo, apparlently preparing the Japanese people

DARING FEAT OF AIRMEN HEAVY BLOW TO REICH

Berlin Admits Heavy Toll of Casualties; Sicily, Rome’s Port and Berlin Blasted by Allied Fliers,

LONDON, May 17 (U. P.).—The royal air force, in one of the most daring and damaging single blows of the war, broke two great German dams supplying power for the huge Ruhr and Eder industrial sectors last night and loosed 336,000,000 tons of water that swept in great waves down the Mohne and Eder river valleys, Eight big four-engined Lancaster bombers and their crews were sacrificed in the “superbly daring and skillful attack” that carried the allied aerial offensive against axis

Europe into its fifth day of relentless, big-scale attack, but

Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair described the breaking of the dams as a “trenchant blow” of a new kind against the enemy. The Nazi high command, admitting that two dams were

damaged, said the resulting Hoosier Heroes

floods caused heavy casualties Bunker Hill

among the population. The increasing allied air offensive against axis Europe also slashed

Japan's Pacific supply arteries, |the Japanese army press section, as into Japa PPly |stating that “ a pitched battle is

have sunk six more enemy ships now in progress” on Attu.

and damaged another, the navy an-| yy, gs. forces were expected to abnounced today. tack Kiska after—or perhaps even The navy also reported continua- before—Attu is taken. tion for the third consecutive day On Road te Tokyo of the U. S. aerial assault on Jap-| An official spokesman for the war anese shipping concentrations in department made that plain in his

weekly radio review of the war in Wie WoFUHRERIEIn Soltis. |which he said that the battle on

Torpedo bombers attacked & for-/ ye rock, barren island of Attu was mation of four enemy cargo ShipS| ,other step nm “the process of in the Buin area and left one of (yeeping into the sea the Nips on them burning. both Attu and Kiska.” The latest haul by U. S. subma-| gp. alco confirmed that the longrines included: range plans behind the Attu offen Senk—A destroyer, & large Cargo| ive envisage striking at Tokyo over ship, a medium-sized cargo ship, 8 ine northern island route. medium-sized transport, a small| pe spokesman, Col. R. Ernest passenger-freighter and a small es- pup news division chief of the cort vessel. war department's public relations Damaged—A large tanker. lyyreau, gave those details in his These submarine successes raised ..4io broadcast yesterday.

to 232 the total of Japanese ships

. " CARAS hit by our underseas raiders since|

the outbreak of war in the Pacific —162 sunk, 26 probably sunk and 44| damaged.

lawfuly established proceeding of the government of the United

ARMY PLANE CRASH

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States. « « »

Challenge to U. CLAIMS 2D VICTIM geek Shortest ‘Route’ for

“This defiance challenges the| Lt. Gilbert Worley Jr, 25, of | i sovereignty of the United States in Kansas City, Mo., died at Stout Rum Plan Adoption. WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P=

time of war and gives aid and fed hospital Saturday night from CTY Ou Taft EC. injuries he received in the forced House Republican leaders called a {landing erash of an army plane in Strategy conference today to find

The statement was issued hours before expiration of the) the speediest parliamentary route to a decisive vote on the senate-

truce which Lewis ordered to keep Hendricks county last Tuesday, acthe mines in operation after they cording to Dr. Wesley Ward, deputy ‘approved Ruml tax plan. were seized by the government coroner. | Climax of the longest and bitterMay 1. The board offered no ap-| His death was the second fatality ost fight of the session is expected parent solution to the crisis. : |in the crash. Lt. Robert Martin of tomorrow, when Democratic leaders In its order of last Friday it had Columbus, O., died at Stout field plan to call up the measure for acasked the miners and the operators a few hours after their plane was tion on senate changes which subto reopen negotiations. Iiewis said forced down in a muddy field and stituted the 100 per cent forgiveness

but he refused to do so under the ship was en route from the Muniei- | bill providing v5 per cent forgive-

he wanted to resume negotiations, overturned during & storm. The Rumi plan for the Robertson-Forand | ,

jurisdiction of the WLB.

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|writer. After writing “Battle Be-

\ history of panhandling.

By RICHARD LEWIS Casey's at the bat again. This time, they call it “Battle Below,” a 138,000-word yarn on the war under the sea. The eagle-eyed editors at BobbsMerrill, who take nothing on faith, will probably manage to cut it down a few thousand words, but not without resistance from Robert J. Casey. He was in town over the week-end to discuss the forthcoming book with his publishers in an informal way somewhat as follows:

is this book being written! Casey or the public? (They think they have him there) Casey: Why, for Casey. Bob Casey is the foreign correspondent for The Indianapolis Times and Chicago Daily News. Hes a

low,” he describes himself as the first submarine panhandler in the

Publishers: After all, for whom

Casey af the Bat Again—Bob's New Book Telling of Sub War Heroes Going to Press

Robert J. Casey |

This title he conferred upon himstrategy he developed at the Ports-| mouth navy yards where | interviewing submarines

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I'd spot a submarine I hadn't been

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{world on an American submarine.”

© laway, the crew could hear the cook | screaming in anguish.

tain would say: ‘Mr. Casey, won't you stay for lunch?’ “So Casey stayed for lunch. “You get the best food in the

However, the veteran newspaper-

finally righted the sub and listed at a 10-degree angle. “The cook,” said Casey, “called i angle-food cake.” Another time, a sub got a jolt from a depth i the banging and concussion died

He wash’t worried about the sub being bent or busted. The explosion had made his bread fail.

Crash Kills E.A. Hardin

Killed

EDWARD AUGUSTINE HARDIN, AMM 2¢, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardin, Kewanna, was killed Friday in the crash of training plane from the U. 8 naval air station at Bunker Hill. The plane was on a routine flight when it crashed, killing Hardin and the pilot, William Strahley III, Drexel Hill, Pa.

SECOND Lt. John P. Burke, former employee of the Anaconda Wire and Cable Corp., Marion, has been killed in action in Africa. Lt. Burke was a graduate of Georgetown university and won the intercollegiate golf championship in 1938. = » »

Wounded

FIRST LT. ROBERT W. ARNOLD, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Arnold, 1520 N. Olney st, is recovering after suffering slight wounds in action in North Africa. Lt. Amold was listed among U. S. casualties in the war area some time ago. His parents have now received a letter that he wrote three days after he was wounded. A former employee of the G. & J. Rubber Co, Lt. Arnold was commissioned as a reserve cavalry officer on graduation from the University of Illinois. He transferred to the mechanized cavalry and later to the air forces.

Other Indiana men listed are:

. Harold Board. Lebanon. Lt, James R. B

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. . ” Missing SGT. WILLIAM LEFFLER,

Shelbyville, is missing in action (Continued on Page Two)

On the War Fronts

(May 17, 1943) By UNITED PRESS

AIR WAR-—Allies press the greatest aerial offensive of the war with raids on Berlin, the Ruhr and Rhineland as well as the port of Rome; two big dams shattered by R. A. PF, causing heavy floods in Ruhr and Eder valleys.

RUSSIA-Russian air force pounds

“Life on a submarine,” said Casey, !

“is a combination of the most care free discipline in the world

self in recognition of a line of the kind you eat. So around noon, most split-second timing.

“It's where the mess-boy number two torpedo tube is and I should ; advise you to shoot

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at Berlin for the third time in four nights, battered targets in Sicily and the Rhineland and brought the war

savage attack on a big seaplane base, Rome Admit Attack

est blow of the war at Rome, the Holy City so far unscathed in more than three years of war. British Wellingtons attacked the Italian seaplane base, An Italian communis que also admitted the bombing of Ostia, the port of Rome, and said allied planes were over the capital city itself, The attack on the power dams was made while R. A. F, Mosquito { bombers were slashing at Berlin and | the third time in four nights and | while allied intruder planes attacked {small enemy vessels, freight trains and airfields in strong night raids in western Europe, including the Boulogne area of France and the Belgian coast. Fighter sweeps in which five enemy planes were destroyed cons tinued the aerial offensive in daye light today. Sinclair Lauds Feat

But the breaking of the two dams in the face of tremendous anti-aire craft fire was described by Sinclair as an outstanding feat of the aerial offensive. “The walls of the Mohne river (in Westphalia) and the Eder river (in West Prussia) were broken and the waters descended on the valleys of the Ruhr and Eder in huge waves, Sinclair sald in a speech to a Norwegian national day celebration. “The operation was one of exe tracdorinary difficulty and hazard, Eight big Lancasters with precious crews were lost.” Russians Join Attacks While home-based RAF planes, American heavy and medium bombers and new Thunderbolt fight« ers were smashing at Europe from the west, the American fleets drove in Russian air force was pounding heavily at the Nazi eastern line. British bombers attacked the

night, 2¢ hours after allied planes had hit Palermo on the same island, and from the Middle East raiders struck at axis shipping off Greece, The RAF lost nine bombers in the Sunday night raids on. Berlin, the Ruhr and Rhineland. Taking up the offensive by days

been over Europe almost all the time since the RAF launched the record-breaking offensive last Weds nesday night. Tackle ¥Focke-Wulfs

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Sicilian port of Trapani Saturday

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ol to within 15 miles of Rome with 8%

A bomber force from conquered Africa hit Lido di Roma in the clos

light, RAF fighters destroyed five German planes in the first burst of operations today. Allied planes had