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. VOLUME 54—NUMBER 91

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ALLIED PLANES | RAIDS SARDINIA

60 Liberators Fly 1100 * Miles to Wreck Greek Airfield. By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Star Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, June 25.—Three hundred

American bombers and fighters from | the northwest Africa command]. + pounded Sardinia yesterday while

more than 50 8th U, 8S. air force Liberators wrecked an axis airdrome

near Salonika, Greece, on one of}

their longest flights of the war, it was announced today. .

The sudden intensification of the 5

serial offensive against the Italian

. outpost of Sardinia stirred up heavy |’

fighter opposition, but 20 enemy

" planes, 19 of them German Mes-

serschmitt 109’s,” were shot down. Another axis plane was shot down during a British raid on Catania, Bicily, Wednesday night. The Sardinia raiders concentrated on railroad targets, factories, airfields and shipping.

Drop 250,000 Pounds

Striking from middle-eastern bases, two waves of four-engined Liberator hombers dropped . considerably more than 250,000 pounds of explosives on the Sedes airdrome at Salonika, setting fire to three hangars and oil dumps, destroying at least three parked planes and scoring hits on administration

“buildings.

No fighter oppoistion was en-

countered, flew a round trip of at least 1100 miles across the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, the latter packed with

. axis island bases.

The middle-eastern bombers re-

turned without loss, a Cairo com-|[ munique reported, but the north-

!. west African forces lost nine planes.

i Hon. 1 have. bes y

. Catania in eastern Sicily,

However, 20 intercepting axis airoraft were shot down. “The raids from northwest African air bases ended a two-day luil for the American planes, whose activin_confined to routine

patie on wil Naples area Monday.

Pound Railway Yards

British Wellington bombers opened the latest series of attacks Wednes-

day night by pounding the indus-|:

trial area ' and ‘railway ‘yards of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's communique said.

Taking over in daylight yesterday,

American medium bombers concentrated on Sardinia. ' Marauders, escorted by Lightnings, scored hits on industrial plants and the railroad junction at Chilivani. * Mitchells, also with an escort of Lightnings, hammered the airfield at Venafiorita and shipping at Golfo Aranci, where three vessels were hit. Warhawk fighter - bombers attacked the landing ground at Capoterra in southern Sardinia and two small ships off the coast,

ATTACK JAPS IN BURMA

NEW DELHI, June 25 (U. P.).— Three clashes between British and Japanese forces in the Chin hills

section of central Burma within the past few days cost the enemy “se-

"vere casualties,” a communique re-

ported today. The communique indicated the engagements were small affairs.

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Leghorn Gets a Dose of America’ s | Precision Bombing

Here is a sample of the high precision bombing that American airmen x are using with deadly accuraacy in their ‘bombings of: LT Eight

500-pound bombs, released by the. steady ‘hand of a flying fortress bom bardier, plummet down ‘on Leghorn, Italy (left), in > eries there. Black smoke and flames (right) signal a direct hit on the target. Bombardier aimed.net at oil tanks. to Tight

the cracking and hefiping plant. enveloped by blast, thus destroying a source of Halian oil 1 production,

target area.

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Night.

London, June 25 (U. P.).—American heavy bombers attacked targets in northwest Germany today.

LONDON, June ‘25 (U. P.).—A mighty fleet of Britain's’ biggest bombers returned Wuppertal, half of which was believed (to have been destroyed in a raid May 29, ‘and dropped more than - a thousand tons of explosives on the surviving districts of that key Ruhr valley industrial city.~ The concentrated attack was carried out in “great strength” and preliminary reports indicated that “great damage” was caused, the air ministry- said. Thirty-three bombers were lost.

Smaller forces made subsidiary|

raids on other targets in the Ruhr, which now has been battered with upwards of 11,000 tons of bombs (Continued on Page Nine)

CHAMPION VISITS SON HERE Joe Pasco, the world’s champion bag puncher from Hollywood, is in Indianapolis visiting his son, Cpl. Louis Pasco, stationed at.Ft. Harrison. - Cpl. Pasco is ‘in the medical air corps. Mr. Pasco and his son appeared on the Indiana theater stage several years ago.

Pattern for Allied Invasion Of Europe Is Materializing

By HARRISON SALISBURY ' United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, June 25.—It is now possible to state in general terms the pattern for coming allied offensive operations against axis Europe. This pattern, essentially flexible

; to allow for unexpected develop-

ments and designed to bring about capitulation of Germany and Italy, is fairly evident to on-the-scene observers, but it may be confidently. stated that it is going to surprise the enemy both as to the places and

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the weight of attacks which will be delivered against them.

~ Naturally, the invasion pattern|"

cannot ‘be discussed in any way that would give information to the axis but it is permitted to forecast the following general lines: 1. Attacks against the Mediterranean island’ and Italy,’ growing out of the current pulverizing bombardments. -Constant intensification of day night tbmbardment of German war ifidustries both within the Reich! and in occupied areas in order to}, shatter the axis war-making power.’ 3. The tinuation, probably all summer, of while both allies and Germany Sispose their forces for, Sueisive

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Read “Balcony Empire,” + the inside story of aly at war—< Page 15.

Balkans. (Either the Ttalian Dodec-

land might. offer such bases.) . "$5. A cresecendo assault

last © night - to} ..

static*front in Russiu|,

| state, Mr. Stewart. reviewed the

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Knockout by Air?

{Second of

a Series)

By: PAUL; \GHALI

BERNE, ' June 25.—Symptomatic of the havoc being. gradually.

wrought on Gérman war production by allied bombings is the reportedly. made: by ‘a certain German magnate’ who owns of factories and practically a whole town in the Ruhr. The

ark ns te

is quoted as having told friends recently that his. entire fortune would be lost -if allied bombings continue for another six months on the

present scale.

To. evaluate this havoc in terms of figures is one of the hardest

jobs with which a military expert can be confronted. The few travelers arriving from Germany, even if they are technicians, only bring:

WHITE JURY HEARS FINAL ARGUMENTS

Defense Claims Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt.

A criminal court jury was told today that the state had failed to prove that Bernard L. White, 29, was the man who actually shot his wife to death. Defense attorneys, Prosecutor Sherwood Blue and his deputy, James Stewart, began final arguments in the trial of White, charged with first degree murder in the fatal ‘shooting®of his wife Mary last Oct. 2. ‘Edward Brennan, defense attorney, told the jury that someone else could have shot Mrs. White. “A ‘man who commits premeditated murder would not have been found at the scene of the crime by police,” Mr. Brennan: told the jury. “I don’t believe the man who shot Mrs. ‘White was there when police came.” Police Testify

Police officers had testified that White was sitting near the body of his wife when they found him, and also had testified that White voluntarily made a signed statement that he had shot her because she was in|’ love: with, another man. ' Mr. . Brennan branded the confession as a “damnable lie and a scandal sheet.”

So far as the evidence is con-|

that the state never proved- that White had the gun in his hand, that police did not produce any fingerprints to prove that.

State Opens Argument Opening the arguments for the

evidence contending that the state

had: proved conclusively that. White |)

is guilty of first-degree murder.

“The state only had to prove that (ia White shot his wife with premedi- |:

malice and every evidence

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fragmentary stories. Air pictures to be correctly interpreted must be read preferably by someone who knows the hit factory they depict . and .can- estimate the amount of damage done to its machinery. - Even so, it is often impossible by studying the : picture to be quite sure that beneath ‘the debris comparatively * intact machinery does not still exist. < » » u FINALLY, TO give anything . approaching an accurate estimate, one must continually bear in mind not only the direct effect of a

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KING GEORGE BACK IN GREAT BRITAIN

LONDON, June 25 (U. P.)—King George VI landéd in Britain today after a precedent-shattering 5800mile aerial visit fo North Africa for an inspection of allied land; sea and air forces that soon may be thrown into an all-out assault on southern: Europe. His face bronzed from the African sun, the king stepped from. his plane at an airport “somewhere in England” 10 minutes before Prime Minister Churchill sped up in an automobile to greet him, but the prime minister caught up with the monarch at a royal air force station soon afterward.

on oil refinn, but at Arrows in hg picture mark the

Educators to Gather Here Sunday for ThreeDay Session.

By HELEN RUEGAMER The ‘survival of present educational standards during the war and education’s place at the peace table will, be considered by the delegates of the National Education association when they convene here

| Sunday through Tuesday.

The "association's three-day business meeting at the Murat temple will draw. about 2000 educators from every state in the union. Wartime conditions will prevent delegates from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin and Philippine islands from attending. The representatives will arrange for a united nations education conference, similar to the food conclave held recently, at which the allied educators will present world-wide educational plans to go into effect after-the war. :

Plan Bill Support

. Active support will be planned of the bill now in congress which provides for $300,000,000 from the federal government for maintaining educational standards, raising teacher salaries and equalizing educational Spporanity over the nation. The delegates ‘will be welcomed by ‘Governor ‘Schricker at 8 p. im. Sunday at the Murat. The Rev. M. Ashby Jones of Atlanta, Ga. will talk on “Values for Which We Live and Fight,” and Indiana teachers will be hosts at a “friendly hour” at 10. p. m, in the Riley room of the Claypool hotel. The representatives will be conducted like any law-making body with delegates gathering in as-

(Continued on Page Three)

Steelman Address to Close

John R. Steelman, chief of the U.. 8. 'conciliation service, refused to commit himself on the John L. Lewis-WLB coal controvery but pointed out that “one strike is exactly ‘one too many in wartime” in an interview here today. ‘He will speak at a 6:30 p. m. dinner tonight at the Indianapolis Athletic. club whicly. will. close

Wage Stabilization Session

Dr. A. F. Hinrichs, acting commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics of the. U.. 8. department of labor, expressed the opinion that the rise in living prices was “just about stabilized now.” | Approximately 400 employers were to attend the institute this afternoon. Speakers will be Warren

_|Martin, chairman of the Indiana

‘Industrial board: Thomas R. Hutson, state commissioner of labor. ‘Thomas O'Malley, regional director of the and hour division of the department of labor, and Dr.

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FUTURE DRAWN

|Engineers for Mayor Sulli-

‘| cities in Indiana. 1 The complete account of these

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‘BLUEPRINT’ OF OVER YEAR AGO

van Charted $41,000,000 Program.

By SHERLEY UHL Indianapolis post-war planning has been under development for more than a year and was first charted in detail by engineers of Mayor Reginald Sullivan's administration, it was learned today. Kenneth M. Kunkel, former tsate director of the public work reserve, reported that the $41,000,000 postwar program announced yesterday by City Engineer Arthur B. Henry, was “substantially the same” blue print that had been submitted to him a year ago by the former city engineer, M. G. Johnson. Mr. Henry said today that “many of the plans were already in my files when we took office. We went out and collected more statistical data on some of them,

Plans Drawn Up

“Some were drawn up by Mr. Johnson. Others were outlined by Mr. Loer.” (James E. Loer, traffic engineer under the Sullivan administration.) Mr. Johnson, who is living at] Carmel, Ind. said today he had] identified the plans as the same as those which he had turned over to Mr. Kunkle. He further reported that the cost estimate “apparently is mine,” and recalled that he had set it at a “high figure” because, he added, the Public Work Reserve had requested that “post-war expenses be over-estimated rather than underestimated.” He asserted that as a chief exponent of the Indianapolis track elevation program, and -one who played a major role in its development that he had been especially painstaking with post-war blueprints concerning grade improvements. Last year, Mr. Kunkel said, the public work reserve was promoting and organizing a vast state-wide after-war works project, including plans of all first and second-class

SEERCY in Ve gre Former Mayor Sullivan corrorborated the fact that Mr. Johnson had devoted “much of his time’ to projecting sewer and road improvements for the post-war era.

Got a Laugh

Russell Campbell, state OPA publicity director and former secretary to ex-mayor Sullivan, said he had “gotten a laugh out of the delayed announcement, since it is exactly the same thing that was drawn up by Mr. Johnson at the request of Mr. Kunkle.” Both Mr. Kunkel and Mr. Campbell asserted that the $41,000,000 ex- | penditure figure was the same as the one submitted by Mr. Johnson to the Public Works Reserve. Asked why the previous administration had never released the postwar plan information, Mr. Campbell said he had intended to announce it (Continued on Page Nine)

Hoosier Heroes -

Prisoner of Japs Dies in Philippines

Dead

CPL. ROBERT CARPENTER, nephew of W. R. Boyers, 942 Park ave, died in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines, according to word received from his mother, Mrs. Emil Carpenter, Ft Bayard, N. M,, last week. Cpl. Carpenter, formerly of Indianapolis, was with the first group of United States troops to be sent to the Philippines. He (Continued on Page Nine)

CITY READY TO FIX INDIANA AVE. BRIDGE

The works board today approved plans to repair and reopen the Indiana ave. bridge over Fall creek. City Engineer Arthur B. Henry said the span would be reinforced with concrete beams and remodeled piers if the war production board grants priority rights for repair materials. The bridge, closed for five years, is on a main route to the west side. It was the subject of considerable controversy following failure of the works board to give its assent to previous plans of Mr. Henry to bolster it with wooden piers.

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Workers Balk WASHINGTON, June 25

Questioned at his press

miners back to work aafter a

Lt Roosevelt replied with an unqualified no. Less than half the miners have returned to work

steel production is suffering.

least for the time being.

Such a contract would permit return of the mines to the

operators. Coal Administrator Harold L. Ickes, federal manager of the mines, conferred for nearly 30 minutes with a group of the nation’s largest coal operators. He read them a- brief statement outlining the government’s plans which, he had indicated yesterday, include the possibility of indefinite federal operation of the mines. The operators asked an opportunity to discuss the situation among themselves and the meeting

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‘We Are at War’

presidente: “Roosevelt, with" ‘thou: sands of miners rebelling against the union's back-to-work order, and with blast furnaces going down for lack of fuel, stressed the exigencies, of war at his press conference. There are some people, he said, who seem to forget that we are at war and that the life of the nation is at stake. If the coal is not mined, he said, we might be cold next winter, Mine operators objected that continned government management will penalize them for the refusal of

FDR SAYS NO 10 DEADLINE SET BY LEWS

Mines; Steel Production Suffering as

at Returning. (U. P.) —President Roosev

today flatly rejected the United Mine Workers’ Oct. 81 = work deadline and’indicated the government would keep o oF operating the coal mines as long as necessary to assure pros duciton of fuel required to keep the war effort going.

conference as to whether he

general strike this

week, Mr,

The president said he was trying to mine coal and t he was going to keep on doing it. manding return of their mines to private management. Mr. Roosevelt's statement appeared to dash any such hopes, at

Operators have been de=

Members of the war labor board, meanwhile, renewed their demand that the president require the U. M. W. to sign a new contract on the terms outlined by the board,

NEW YORK, June 25 (U. P.).== Alvanley Johnston, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, declared. today railroad workers apparently “must take drastic measures If they hope to gain some part of that to which they are entitled”: in the face of Economic Stabiliza tion Director Fred M. Vinson’s ruling against an 8-cent-an-hour increase for mnon-operating employees.

John L. Lewis, U.M.W. head, to accept the WLB's getilement of months-old wage-hour controy rs Board. mebbers believe" that. U.M.W. should bé forced to ak by their decision in the case just as other unions and employers hay been compelled to accept othe: WLB decisions in the past. Board members took the view that the government has adequate sanctions to employ against the union if it continues its de Such sanctions might include use. of the draft law to form ) battalions, as the .president gested Wednesday, elimination the dues check off in governmen

(Continued on Page Nine)

WASHINGTON, June 25 (U. midnight deadline, seemed to be on

or accept it. A general expectation that he somewhat tempered by the fact that no veto message arrived when the senate convened today. Charles Watkins, senate parliamentarian, said the president “should transmit the message to

|the senate today if he vetoes the

bill.” The veto message—if there is one —must go to the senate, because the bill originated in that body. The chamber is expected to remain in session until late in the day, so Mr. Roosevelt would have a matter of several hours in which to send a message disapproving the measure. He appeared to be in a tight situation on the matter. Congress was giving a cool reception to his proposal—widely viewed as a substitute for the anti-strike bill—that the maximum draft age be raised to 65 so that in event of future work stoppages such as the recent coal

a powerful food czar with control president said the real question before the congress and the people is—are you for inflation or not? There are people on Capitol Hill, Mr. Roosevelt said, who advocate taking the brakes off prices so that higher prices “will sop up surplus purchasing power. Congress, he told a press conference, has a perfect right to adopt such an inflationary, out-of-hand system, but if congress wants to do it, 100 per cent of the responsibility will be on the congress. The president. again painted a picture of suffering for ‘persons on relatively small, relatively fixed incomes should food prices be allowed prices; he sald,

See FDR on Spot as Deadline For Anti-Strike Veto Nea

P.).—President Roosevelt, facing &' something of a spot today regard

what to do about the Conhally-Smith-Harness anti-strike bill. declined to give a press conference any hint as to whether he will

would disapprove the measure

walkout, strikers up to that age could be inducted into the sg forces. Mr. Roosevelt's plan to seek au: thority to draft miners appeared to have aroused considerable sentment among miners and app ently was slowing down the bac to-work movement ordered by United Mine Workers’ Internatio policy committee. Members of the house military affairs committe declared the new draft plan, if formally offered the President, would be pige holed. But there appeared to be at 1 a chance that congress would act the Connally-Smith-Harm measure even over a veto. supporters of the bill claimed ficient strength to win a two-thire

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benefit the rich whe can pay hem

vote in both houses to override.

Inflation Blame to Be on Congress’ Shoulders—FDR

WASHINGTON, June 25 (U. P.)—President iterated his opposition to the creation of an all-powerful food czar sald congress would have to bear 100 per cent responsibility if it pe: a run-away inflationary spiral to develop. Describing as a red herring recent demands for the appointme;

Roosevelt today re

over the entire food program,

The president said that in deal with the food situation, those | charge had to look beyond i mediate needs. While ev hod favored growing all the food p a food czar could not this task, he added.

His discussion of the food si tion came in the midst of &- spread criticism of the office price administration's food pH policies. 3 One of the most serious problems concerned beef. " record numbers of cattle on and ranges, the United theless faced a growing s

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