Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1943 — Page 5

| MONDAY, MAY 31,

ATTU MAY BE BASE © FOR RAIDS ON JAPS

1943

Conquered Isle ~ Within Bombing Range of Big ‘Enemy Bases.

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tured Fish Hook ridge and swept down into Chichagof valley. The

main Japanese force in the valley was all but annihilated when it counter-attacked the American right flank. $y 2 American forces fought what appeared to be the last important battle without aerial support. The communique said that “unfavorable weather conditions prevented air operations”—a statement that has appeared - frequently in ,communiques reporting on the Attu fighting. From now on, though, it is going tr be our forces which have the eather advantage. : Attu is in the center of a socalled weather-breeding area. Weather fronts built up there move eastward, While the Japanese were in possession of the island,

their shipping was able to* slip into] .

Bika behind the weather fronts

and thus escape detection by American patrol forces. The capturefof Attu also deprived; the Japanese of an advance base to detect any possible American incursions against the island empire from the north. It now provides the] United States with an excellent

reconnaissance outpost.

| By UNITED PRESS

The Japanese report on the loss of Attu indicated today that the bulk of a garrison of 2000 or more under Col. Yasuko Yamazaki had been killed by American troops. A Tokyo broadcast said it was believed | the last remnant of the force—possibly only 10 men—died in a final charge late Saturday. Those unable to jtake part in the attack because of illness wounds killetl themselves, a communique said. Tokyo sald Yamazaki's last report told of the men bowing toward the imperial palace at Tokyo and shouting “Banzai” before making their final attack. Tokyo presumed Attu was lost since no further report was received.

RAF SETS NEW BOMB RECORD

Drops 13,500 Tons on Reich In May; Nazi Raiders

Kill Children.

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tified by the Germans as Torquay) in daylight yesterday. One 500-ton bomb hit a 400-year-old village church killed all 35 children and four Sunday school teachers inside.

By dawn today, the bodies of 20

children and one teacher had been

recovered and relatives of those still |

buried béneath the debris were chopping frantically at the heavy masonry entombing them. Hotels Damaged f

Other bombs damaged hotels and hcmes. The planes also machinegunned beaches, killing and wound-

ing holiday-makers. Arthur Askey,|

English comedian known to Americans through movies and radio wrograms, was cut by debris when bullets spattered on the beach where a movie scene was being filmed. Three of the raiders were shot down by anti-aircraft guns and a fourth was destroyed by British fighters. British pilots returning from the raid on Wuppertal reported .that large columns of smoke rose 15,000 feet from numerous fires. The raid was the first, on Wuppertal, whose principal industries are the chemical works of the I. G. Farben-Industrie and a huge roller hearing works. Thirty-three bombers were lost. The 8th U. 8. air force contributed to the week-end of destruction for Hitler's European fortress by sending the largest force of American bombers yet employed in this theater in a three-pronged attack against targets in occupied France late Saturday afternoon.

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hands of these U. 8. sailors in the Holtz bay area. Even in May that cold-weather garb and those skies (foreground) come in handy in the Aleutians. :

BLACKOUT TEST ‘MAY BE SUDDEN

County, City OCD Directors Warn of Possible

~ Surprise.

Indianapolis and Marion county residents should be prepared “at all times” for a surprise blackout which has been ordered by the army, Willlam E. Munk, county OCD director, and Harry E. Yockey, city OCD director, announced today. No hint has been given as to when this blackout will- occur. They explained that the air raid signals blown on Yactory whistles every Saturday noon are to help residents interpret them in case of an actual air raid or surprise blackout, with each separate blast conveying a message. Police Inspector Robert L. Batts, chief of. radio and emergency alarms, described the- Saturday sighals as follows: First, two-minute steady blast, meaning: Enemy planes detected, headed toward Indianapolis area. Civilian defense forces mobilize and go to your posts. Second, two minutes of short blasts, or rising and falling tones of whistles and sirens, meaning: Enemy planes are practically overhead. Bombing is imminent. Prepare for action. Third, two-minute steady blast: Enemy planes passed over the area

but may return. Precautionary. alert. No “all clear” .is blown on the! whistles and sirens. It is given over, the radios in a daytime raid, and! shown by turning on street lights in

a night raid. :

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Hoosier Heroes Sgt. Griffith Missing in East Africa

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Clovis and Almagordo, N. M.; Las Vegas, Nev., and Tucson, Ariz. Before entering the service he was an office employee of the In- - dianapolis Railways for about six years. He attended Technical high school and the Chicago School of Aeronautics. Sgt. Criffith’'s father, Harry Griffith, lives at 1715 Arrow ave. Others missing are Sgt. William Leffler of Shelbyville, Sgt. Dilman J. Geerwert of South Whitley and T. Sgt. Genneth Baldridge of Bloomington. Sgt. Baldridge was a radio operator on a B-7 bomber in England. He had received the air medal and oak leaf cluster for meritorious service. ” ” ” Wounded The war department has announced the names of seven Hoosiers wounded in recent action. Wounded in North Africa were T. 4th Gr. John N. Beheler, Kokomo; Pvt. Walfer J. Bykowski, South Bend; 2d Lt. Fred E. Gordon, Rochester; Pvt. Harold W. Garland, Columbus, and Pvt. Edward R. Wallace, Madison. S. Sgt. Harry E. Privett, Muncie, was wounded in the European theater, and Pvt. Albert E. Rus-

sell, Ft. Wayne. was wounded® in the southwest Pacific area.

{PITY GERMANY,’ NEW PROPAGANDA LINE

LONDON, May 31 (U. P.).—Allied propaganda analysts believe Germany has started a “pity poor Germany” campaign as insurance in case the Nazis lose the war. ; That long-term factor is thought to lie behind the current . Nazi propaganda drive to stop the pulverizing allied air bombardment. Allied quarters believe the Germans really have little hope of halting the air raids, but want to get two results: g 1. Create embarrassment for the British and Americans in their relations with occupied countries. 2. Set the s for humane treatment of Gerpfany if and when Hitler losses the final battle. The Nazi propaganda drive follows two main channels—claims through third parties that civilians are being killed wantonly and statements that the allied, rather than Germany, initiated air bombardment. : The intensity of the effort, however, is taken here only as a firm indication of the amount of damage being inflicted on the Nazi military machine by allied air raids.

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WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.).— America's soldier dead rest in peace and honor but the living must not and will not rest until the nation’s freedom is secure, Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, commanding general of army service forces, said yesterday at Memorial day services before the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. : “We give our solemn pledge,” he said, “not to retreat a single pace, not to give up a single iceal or a single foot of ground so dearly earned in agony and blood.” He said the nation is solemnly bound to its soldier dead to “carry on the fight against whatever odds and however long it takes until justice and decency and human liberty are re-established throughout the world.” Unity is éssential for ultimate victory, he said, and the people must “cast out suspicion of each other and of our allies” and band together in fierce determination for victory. : “We must remember always that it’s the same war on the farm and in the factory, on the assembly line and on the battleline, in the homes of America and in the slit trenches of the Tunisian hills,” he said. “We dare hot forget that there can be

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7 DIE IN STATE OVER HOLIDAY

Only 78 Killed in Nation; New Safety Record

Appears Certain. (Continued from Page One) fatally in a fall down a flight of

ave. Others who died in the state were: EDWARD GREENWOOD, 26, of Madison, and Glen H. Hardy, 40, of Austin, killed at Madison when their car plunged down a 60-foot embankment and overturned. ERVIN MILLER, 13, and his sister, Mary 11, drowned while swimming in Cavey Run creek near Memphis. STANLEY TEETER, 31, a power company lineman, electrocuted when he touched a high tension wire at Monticello. MERLE DAVIS, 24, suffocated during a fire at his home in La Porte. Nine persons were injured in traffic accidents here. Four were hurt in a crash at 17th st. and Roosevelt ave. They were Marie Pritchard, 21, of 628 N. Keystone ave.; John Lemon, 15, of R. R. 11; Shirley McDonald, 16, of 3630 Bancroft st. and Gale G. Jeggke, 19. All were taken to City hospital.

Three Cars in Collision

_ Josephine Bowling, 1222 N. Illinois st., was injured in a three-car crash ‘at 168h and Ghent sts. George Boucher, 18, of 285 N.

N. New Jersey st., were hurt when |

the car in which they were riding struck a utility pole on New York st, near California ave. ' Carl Haggard, 516 Parker place, was taken to City hospital after he was struck by a trackless trolley on Illinois st., near Henry. John Detos, 31, of 1141 Kentucky ave., was hurt slightly when struck by a car driven by Orville Elmore, Beech Grove, in the 1000 block of W. Morris st. :

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Mrs. Wright had lived in Indian-| apolis most of her life and was a member of the Christian church. ! She was born at Flackville. Her | husband, Charles Wright, died 17, years ago. He had been in the! furniture business.

Survivors are four sons, Gar

Wright of Monrovia, Cal., and Carl, Frank and Edward Wright of Indi-| anapolis; a sister, Mrs. Louise Kumpart of Indianapolis, and several grandchildren. Funeral services nounced later.

STILWELL GOES TO | CHINA VIA LONDON

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LONDON, May 31 (U. P.).—Lt.|

Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of American forces in China, Burma and India, has arrived in London en route back to his headquarters, a U, S. army communique announced today. He came here from Washington, i where he participated in war strat- | egy conferences with high British and American military and naval commanders, paralleling the con-| versations between President Roose- |

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Willkie ‘Thanks’ Detroit Pickets

DETROIT, May 31 (U. P.-— Wendell Willkie, unruffled by a small America First picket line, prepared today to tour Chrysler Corp. was plants and address the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. _ The 1940 Republican presidential nominee, informed. yesterday that Gerald L. K. Cmith’s Ameri. ca First party workers were picketing a public reception called by Michigan G. O. P. leaders, issued a statement “thanking” the pickets and asking them to “come back again.” “The pickets, I understand, are headed by the secretary of the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith,” Willkie said. “I want’ to tell you how proud and happy that makes me feel. I doubt if anyone ever was so fortunate in the nature of his opposition.” The pickets carried placards denouncing Willkie as a “New Deal stooge,” “Communist BootLicker” and hired spokesman of “Hollywood, Wall Street and the whisky trust.”

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