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LEWIS SILENT ON WORK PLEA | BY PRESIDENT
Union Says Many Members Not Subject to Draft
Now Anyway.
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, June 4 (U. P)). «The house today tentatively adopted a compromise anti-strike bill which would permit the war Jabor board to subpena- United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis and possibly make him . liable to a $5,000 fine or imprisonment.
WASHINGTON, June 4 (U.P) — President Roosevelt said today that striking coal miners—and all other
strikers in essential industries—will,
lose their occupational-draft deferments if they donot return to work. Bringing the Subject up himself ‘1 at a press conference, Mr. Roose-
’ velt said there would be nothing
new about cancellation of occupational deferments of men who have ceased working in an essential id-.-@ustry. He said the rule had been
in effect since the start of the selec-
tive service program. As focused on the striking miners, X however, application of the rule would bring a new factor into the MUNCIE, Ind. June 4 (U. P.)o— A strike by 3000 members of the United Automobile Workers (C. I. 0.) closed four plants of the Warner Gear Co. today, halting production on war contracts. Both union and company officials declined to make a statement.
coal dispute. Two southern governors already have ordered local * boards in ‘their states to reclassify coal strikers.
Discounts Threat
President Roosevelt said that he hoped the $530,000 striking hard and soft coal miners would obey his order to return to their jobs on Monday. If they do not, he said, the rule about occupational deferments would apply. |
however, discoun the effectiveness of the reclass tion threat. He said at least half of are over 38 and thus subject to deferment because of age. A good| many of ‘the younger ones have children and are not subject to immediate induction. Many miners of draft age, he added, have tried to enter the armed he services but have been prevented
from doing so by their draft boards.
The U. M. W. estimates that it has 70,000 members in the services.
Cites Manpower Shortage
Moreover, this union source said, induction of miners would aggravate
JA.. an already serious manpower short-
age in the coal industry. It has been suggested, however, that’ inducted miners might be returned to the pits to work as soldiers for $50 a month. Selective service estimated the total number of industrial workers with occupational deferments at 3,000,000. This figure, it was said, will be reduced to 1,500,000 by the end of the year. Of the 3,000,000 total, about 2,000,000 also have dependency classifications. Asked whether there would be military protection for miners returning to work Monday, Mr. Roose- " welt said he would rather not say
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VOLUME 54—NUMBER 73
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943
BINGO STOPPED BY PHONE CALL
But Who Used Name 7 ‘Not Jl, S r. Petit. Somebody apparently used Sheriff Otto -Petit’s name and office without his authority last night in clos= ing down the Sky Harbor bingo emporium near Municipal airport. A telephone call was received at the resort during the first game of
numbers last night and the play was halted. while an announced told the
Sheriff's
more bingo that evening.
Sheriff Petit denied that his of- [3
fice made any kind of call to Sky Harbor last night.
my office,” he said. “But I have a ‘good idea who did call.” The sheriff declined to say whom he suspected of making the call. It was hinted that it might have been made from some other law enforcement agency. It was not learned whether the (Continued on Page Six)
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The capitol building at Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires, Where Pro-Allied Revolution Flares
President Castillo
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CAPITAL HOPES THE REBELLION WILL SUCCEED
New Regime Would Solve Many Problems for 20 ; Republics.
WASHINGTON, June 4 (U. P). —The revolt of Argentine army leaders at Buenos Aires is expected here, if finally successful, to solve many difficulties in relations between Argentina and the other 20 American republics over Argentina's refusal to sever diplomatic connections with the axis. There was no hint of the United States official attitude toward what appeared to be an attempt to set up a pro-allied government replacing the strictly neutral coalition government of Argentine President Ramon S. Castillo. But observers had no doubt that such a new government would be
‘| welcomed. | Officials watched devel‘(opments with closest interest.
Hint Lend-Lease Aid
In event the coup succeeds, the United States probably will recognize the new regime at once, it was
i#t| believed. This would permit the
inclusion. of Argentina as a full participant in the scheme of West-
] ern Hemispheric defense, a role
‘The Plaza de Mayo, where troops i buildings.
SIGILY IS PLAGED ON INVASION ALERT
Report Guerrilla Activity in Europe Mounts.
By UNITED PRESS
Italy, groggy and numbed by an uninterrupted downpour of bombs, was reported today to have aban-
ordered garrisons there and in Sardinia to stand ready to Yepel allied invasions. Gi All schools in Sicily and Sardinia have been closed and converted into military hospitals. . Italy’s pre-invasion preparations were today’s highlight in developments that included: 1. Renewed shelling by allied naval forces of harbor and bate (Continued on Page Six) * = ®
On the War Fronts
(June 4, 1943)
MEDITERRANEAN — Italy reported readying Sicily and Sardinia to meet allied invasion; Naples attacked again by planes. Pantelleria shelled by allied ships.
* EUROPE—Stockholm reports increasing. Nazi interest in compromise peace as hope of winning war wanes; British report Ruhr transport wrecked by bombs; German planes raid RUSSIA — Twenty-three more Nazi planes downed over Cau‘casus where see-saw battle rages.
PACIFIC—Chinese take last Japanese foothold on ‘Yangtze J south shore in Ichang. American air force reports all-day Ofensive against retreating
doned many airfields in Sicily and:
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deerskin. He said ‘he had heard
o find out which one.
NILE KINNICK, GRID STAR OF "39, KILLED
Former lowa All-American
Served as Navy Pilot.
OMAHA, Neb., June 4 (U. P.)— Nile Kinnick, all-America halfback on the University:of Iowa football team in 1839, has been killed in action, according to word received from the navy today by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nile Kinnick Sr. The telegram to his parents gave no details as to where or how Kinnick was killed. The former football player, a navy pilot, was be-
aircraft carrier.
PACKARD AT STANDSTILL
DETROIT; June 4 (U. P.) ~The Packard Motor Car Oq’s aircraft and marine plants remained at a standstill again today as 20,000 em-} ‘ployees refused to resume work until three Negro workers are removed from an assembly line- previously
lieved to have been stationed on an|
Man From Morristown Gives
2000 Cigarets
(List of Donations, Page Three)
'R. C. McBane of Morristown came into the office yesterday with a
that some agency or other was
Jackets for sailors and aviators out of animal skins. He wanted
We called up a bunch of government agencies. It had them baffled for ,a while, until someone recalled that the department stores took the
skins, It just shows you how one thing leads to another, The fur department of L. S. Ayres & Co. said yes, they'd take Mr. McBane’s deerskin. They'll send it on to New York where the fur workers donate their time making leather jackets and vests for sailors.’ Mr. McBane was highly pleased about finding out where to donate his deerskin. Probably, some sailors will be equally pleased with othe ® vests they will eventually get out of it. Keep '’Em Rolling And a lot of’ soldiers will be pleased, too, to get the 2000 cigarets Mr. McBane also donated before he left the office. He left $5 for Fhe Indianapelis - Times = Ernie Pyle Cigaret Fund “h the way out over to Ayres. In addition to Mr. McBane’s double-barreled contribution, the fund did pretty well for itself yesterday and for the boys overseas. Em sof the Indianapolis Glove Co. sent $75, good for 30,000 cigarets. The second shift at Allison, Dept. No. 330, donated 20,400 *|cigarets (851). Allison’s tool room’ employees at plant No. 2, 12 to 8 shift, and Chevrolet unit, Local 226, U. A. W.-C. L are sent’ 20,000: cigarets ‘apiece—$50
“That's the way to Keep the cigarets rolling’ to Americans on the
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YANKS LASH FLEEING JAPANESE IN CHINA
Airmen Strafe Nips After Great Hupeh Victory.
CHUNGKING, June 4 (U. P.)— Chinese and American air forces, following up the victory of western Hupeh province, strafed retreating Japanese on the Yangtze river to-
day while ground troops attacked
strategic enemy bases in the Tung Ting lake basin. While Chinese shore guns again menaced the Japanese-occupied city of Ichang, springboard of the illfated enemy offensive in mid-May allied combat planes obstructed the Japanese retreat by sinking or setting fire to numerous junks and tugs. An undetermined number of Japanese were drowned in a series of aerial attacks: Chinese Clear Large Area
Counter-attacking Chinese now have cleared Japanese from a large
rectangular area of western Hupeh|
bounded by Ichang and Shasi on the north and Yuyangkwan and Linhsien on the south. The Chinese captured Itu on the south shore of the Yangtze, tks
last Japanese-held city within this] Itu is about 20 miles south],
area. of Ichang. . The center of gravity in the Hupeh warfare—in which the Japanese at one. time moved to within less than 300 miles of Chungking—now has shifted back to the Tung Ting lake rice producing basin, where this phase of the six-year-old “China incident” had its inception. Allied warplanes supported ground forces in the lake basin by bombing and strafing the Japanese rear lines in the Yochow sector,
Ernie| near the mouth of the lake. The
planes destroyed barracks. depots, trains and
she Has not assumed because of her continued relations with the axis. Lend-lease aid, now denied to Argentina, probably would be made immediately available to her, along with other assistance, to help build up. her armed forces and maintain her domestic economy. Lend-lease military aid presumably would be welcomed by the Argentine army, which must find its relative position among other American armies deteriorating because the other nations of South America now receive military assist-
}| ance from the United States.
The other American republics,
also probably enjoy a preference in | supplies for their domestic econ-! omy. Argentina, with her trade! with Germany cut off and that with | Britain' limited, has been’ increas-|
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ingly dependent on the United]
States for some supplies. Last Revolt in 1941
The United States would also benefit from an Argentina fully within the hemispheric framework. At present Argentine shipping no longer comes to the East coast of this country. When the Germans
declared a blockade zone of the|
Atlantic seacoast Argentine ships were ordered to observe it and take the longer route to gulf coast ports. Goods unloaded there have had to be transported by train to their destination. The last overthrow of an American republic’s government occurred Oct. 7, 1941, when a bloodless coup in Panama«replaced President Arnulfo Orias ‘whose regime had failed to follow the pattern of hemispherié¢ solidarity. Orias fled the country, the supreme court declared his place vacant and the pro-allied Rodolpho| de la Guardia was sworn in. The
state department recognized his!
government quickly.
REPORT NAZIS LOSE HOPES OF VICTORY
STOCKHOLM, June 4 (U. P.).— Usually well-informed sources with connections inside Germany said today that even the most optimistic Nazis have abandoned hope of an axis victory, but still believe Germany can avert complete disaster by arranging a compromise peace. Though this growing sentiment has not crystallized to the extent that it is being broached openly, the government already has taken semiofficial cognizance of declining niorale on the home front. Count Reischach, chief of the largest Nazi party news agency, in an article distributed to all party newspapers, bitterly attacked “lukewarm” elements on the home front and Robert Ley, Nazi labor front leader, exhorted party leaders in bombed Cologne and Aachen not to desert the Nazi ship because “even if an old national socialist wanted to return to the old world it would not be possible.”
DENIES STANDLEY RESIGNED WASHINGTON, June 4 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt today catejSricatly denied thas Adin, Yim
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Buenos Aires Suburbs.
Cannon and machinegun fire
BUENOS AIRES, via Montevideo, June 4 (U. P.).—
broke out in the suburbs of
Buenos Aires today when pro-allied army forces revolted
against the government of President Ramon S. Castillo and marched on the capital demanding free elections and the breaking of diplomatic relations with the axis. Four persons were reported killed. Castillo, who fled
the capital, said in a radio statement today, that the Argen«
tine government was installed on a warship and that “I will
presidential palace.
to fail. He accused recentl Ramirez with using his of
not permit installation of any military government in the I will maintain order.” Report Castillo Resigns as President : Castillo described the revolutionary movement as sure ousted War Minister Gen. Pedro ice to prepare the uprising. ‘ The newspaper Uruguayo el Plata in Montevido said
Castillo had resighed and that the pro-allied revolution had
triumphed. some naval forces including
limited.
The Argentine president apparently had the support of
Marine Minister Rear Adm.
Mario Fincatti but it was believed that his support was
Large numbers of naval officers apparently favored tha” aims of the revolutionaries, headed by Gen. Juan Tonazzi, and by Gen. Antonio Rawson.
Rebels Demand Unity With America
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'PRO-ALLIES REVOLT IN ARGENTINA: T RAGES, CASTILLO ABOARD SHI ARMY LEADERS
DEMAND UNITY WITH AMERICAS
Government Buildings Are Reported Under Rebels’ Authority; Gunfire Shakes
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A revolutionary proclamation, read over radio stations
seized by the rebels, called upon the armed forces to demand
“absolute true and loyal union and American collaboration and compliance with international pacts and obligations.”
IN ATTU CA CAMPAIGN
Compares With With 1791 Japs; U. S. Wounded at 1135.
WASHINGTON, June 4 (U. P.).— The navy announced today that the Attu campaign cost the U. S. army forces 1535 casualties, including 342 killed. This compared with Japanese losses of 1791 dead counted by our forces and 11' prisoners. The Japanese had buried or cremated many additional members of their forces. A Tokyo radio report had placed Japanese losses at 3000 all told. American casualties, as of Tuesday midnight, were broken down as follows: Killed, 342; wounded, 1135, and missing, 58. Meanwhile, the navy said that
small bands of Japanese were roams’
ing some areas of the island. This indicated 4hat some of the ‘enemy may have escaped, from the northeastern arm of the island, where the bulk of the Japanese garrison was trapped and destroyed.
Hoosier Heroes
Local Flier Lost in Raid On Europe
BRAZIL, 2 a (U. P) ~—Lt. Charles Wayne Nees, 30, former Brazil high school athlete and University of Kansas basketball and- track star, was killed May 18 in the North American area, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nees, were notified today: ‘a ® =
Missing
LT. JAMES OLIVER CUM--MINGS, 22, has been missing since May 21, the date of heavy bombing. raids on Wilhelmsha
“The revolutionary forces appeared to have met little opposition in the first stages of the march into the capital,
although fighting was reports
ed at three or four points—one within four miles of the plaza de mayor in the heart of the city. Only a few police and a few
fl
troops were guarding the main gove
ernment buildings, indicating tha#
there would be no serious opposie
tion. First indications were that the
revolutionaries were primarily ——
forces numbering something more than 7000 men marching on the capital, ments of the navy remained loyal to Castillo, - who appointed Gem Rodolfo Marquez to head the gove ernment “repressive” forces.
Ultimatum Issued
Reports of fighting were meagef but the general picture seémed to
be that army revolutionaries under Gen. Antonio: Rawson, 58-year-old. pro-allied cavalryman, were move ing into the capital after issuance of an ‘ultimatum calling for free elections, a change in Argentine foreign policy and compliance with the Rio De Janeiro pact, which urged breaking off relations with the axis.
Argentina is the only South
American, country which has failed
to break With the axis. Meeting Scheduled Today
The leading Argentine political parties were scheduled to meet Buenos Aires today to nominat candidates for the coming dential elections, of which Cas had gained control in recent litical controversy. " The reports told of fighting tween the 4th infantry and m detachments near the national mn chanical naval schoal on the G Paz highway leading to | heart of the capital. Fighting also was reported the federdl target range outs Palermo, four miles from the F De Mayo, and around Nunez, miles distant. Reports said that Gen. irez; resigned. minister of war Castillo’s cabinet, was heading revoluntionaries. The crisis began when
lutionary group sgt a an to Castillo, ¢
while at least some ele=