Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1943 — Page 15

1, WEDNESDAY, JUNE .30, 1943

INT NAZIS SHIFT KEITEL TO WEST

Drive Abandoned as Reich Prepares for Invasion and May Even Yield Norway and Greece.

Neutral Sources Say Russ

LONDON, June 30 (U.

Keitel, supreme commander of the German armed’ forces, was reported today to have set up axis anti-invasion headquarters in western Germany while Field Marshal Erwin Rommel expedited defense of the Rhone valley in southern

France.

AGENCY SET UP TO RUN MINES

Some Operators Object to Choice of Newton as Deputy.

By ROBERT TAYLOR Times Special Writer .

WASHINGTON, June 30.—A new government agency is taking shape in the interior department, complete with consulting committees and executives, to take over the Job of operating the soft-coal mines.

The agency will run an industry with a private investment of two to three billion dollars. It will be in direct charge of the operation of 3000 to 3400 coal mines—all those producing 50 tons or more daily— until there is no further danger of a work stoppage in the mines. In the driver's seat, as deputy for Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, who took over the mines May 1 by presidential order, is Carl E. Newton of Cleveland, 45-year-old president of the Chestapeake & Ohio railroad, largest coal carrier in the world.

Thomas Actual Chief

Mr. Ickes picked Mr. Newton as a “neutral,” because he neither operated mines nor represented labor. The selection wasn’t entirely pleasing, however, to coal operators. Some of them accused Mr. Newton of having sided with U. M. W. in the wage dispute which brought about government operation of the mines. There has been .no open protest on the appointment, however. Mr. Newton will be in charge of policies of operation. He will confer with a committee of coal operators, formed last week at Mr. Ickes’ request, and a committee representing labor, to be formed later. Actual operations will be handled by Thomas J. Thomas, Illinois mine operator, who until today was associate deputy solid fuels administrator. Mr. Thomas operates the ° Valier Coal Co., owned by the Burlington railroad. His new title is director of operations.

Wages Left Out

Mr. Newton plans frequent congultations with his operator and "labor committees. Subcommittees will be formed to report back on safety, operation of company properties and stores, and other matters. " This new division of mine operations will have no authority over wages—a subject that Mr. Ickes has refused to deal with, on the ground that it is the province of the war labor board. It will be separate and apart from the solid fuels administration, whose Job is handling distribution and setting production quotas; from the bituminous coal division, administering the Guffey act's fair-trade practices, and the bureau of mines, concerned with safety and’ engineering. It will use facilities of these divisions, however, if necessary. Committee Selected

The operators’ committee, selected by a conference of coal company executives called by Mr. Ickes, includes the biggest operators in the ' field. Members are J. B. Morrow, president of the Pittsburgh Coal * Co.; Harry M. Moses, president of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. and J, P. Williams Jr. vice president of the Koppers Coal division, all of Pittsburgh; Heath S. Clark, president of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Indiana, Pa.; W. L. Robinson, Cleveland, president of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co.; James D. Francis, president of the Island Creek Coal Co. Huntington, W. Va.; Eugene McAuliffe, president of the Union Pacific Coal Co., Omaha, Neb.,, and C. C. Dickenson, president of the Dickenson Fuel Co. Charleston, W. Va. The makeup of the labor committee is still to be determined. Mr. Ickes will have to decide whether ‘all eight places on the committee will go to U. M. W. men. Some of the mines are organized by the Progressive Miners union, A. F. of L. competitor to John L. Lewis’ U. M. W., and some mines under Mr. “+ Ickes’ jurisdiction are still nonunion. : The setup of the new agency indicates a belief among officials that the government will be operating the mines for a long time. Under the presidential order by ‘which Mr. Ickes became operator of the mines, they are to continue under government operation until he can certify to the president that : there is no further stoppage of pro- - duction or danger of stoppage.

ROGERS NAMED ODT AID

"WASHINGTON, June 30 (U. P).

. =Defense Transportation Director Joseph Eastman today named John L. Rogers as assistant director. Mr. ers, formerly head of the divi- ! of motor transport, is succeeded

The Daily Express, quoting neutral sources, said Keitel had left Russia to meet the new threat to Germany from the west and south. . His departure was interpreted as con-

P.).—Field Marshal Wilhelm

firmation that Germany has abandoned any plans for a large-scale offensive in Russia. Rommel has set up headquarters in Lyon under heavy protection of a special bodyguard which still wears the uniform of the vanquished Afrika Korps, a Bern dispatch said. Lyon itself was described as a fortified city under martial law with more than 350,000 German troops constantly patrolling its streets and forming an iron ring around its environs. A curfew is enforced from 10 p. m. to dawn,

New Airfields Built

Rommel often leaves his headquarters to inspect new airfields being constructed in the Rhone valley, one of the main invasion routes into southern France, as well as general fortifications, Bern said. Heavy formations of coastal and field artillery and motorized armored units were reported constantly pouring through Lyon toward the coast. “Reports indicate the Germans consider Lyon a third line of protection for the fortress of Europe and everything indicates they expect to be engaged in a new campaign in France in the near future,” the Bern dispatch said.

» Norway to Be Given Up?

Another London newspaper, the Duily Telegraph, said that “trustworthy information” has reached London that the German government has completed plans for withdrawing from certain occupied countries because of the economic burden they impose on the Reich, growing unrest and -the increased strength of the allies.

"The first countries that will be abandoned, it was said, are those in the extreme north and extreme southeast, presumably Norway and Greece. Ultimately, the newspaper asserted, Germany plans to withdraw all its resources within the borders of the Reich and then make a final effort to reach a compromise peace with the allies.

Balkan Staff Set Up

Other reports reaching London from invasion-menaced Europe included: 1—Ten German, two Italian and one Bulgarian generals have formed a general staff tq deal with any allied attempt to land in the Balkans, 2—Italian occupation authorities have executed 25 Greek hostages in reprisal for the damaging by patriots of an Italian steamer off the Peloponnesian coast. 3—Greek patriots are battling two German divisions in the Greek mountains. 4—Jugoslav patriot armies launched counter-offensives against axis forces on three fronts in Jugoslavia, Italian Cities Evacuated? 5—The official German news agency DNB said Berlin is paying increased attention to the Mediterranean, where “the enemy probably has almost completed the greatest concentration of surface and submarine naval forces, ground forces and air forces.” 6—Radio Vichy reported that all but essential citizens are to be evacuated from all large Italian cities. 7—A special guard of 50,000 men was created to protect members of the Vichy government. 8—Belgian patriots assassinated a leader of a Flemish Nazi group. 9—Germans seized 300 persons in Norway, presumably to be held as hostages in the event of an allied invasion.

U. S. AIRMAN VISITS KING

LONDON, June 30 (U. P.).—Maj. Donald Blakeslee, American airman, had a short chat with King George "VI at Buckingham palace today after receiving the distinguished service cross for his exploits with the RCAF fighter command.

912 ENROLL AT CULVER

CULVER, Ind., June 30 (U. P.) — Naval, cavalry and woodcraft summer schools opened today at Culver Military academy with a capacity enrollment of 912 youths for an

New Respirator

arm

Modeling a new infant respirator for use in event of enemy gas attacks, Cpl. Gaspare Arini bites a finger and grins through the transparent pane, as Auxiliary Freida Scanlon operates the hand compressor. The war-born garment, which is drawn tight around the bottom when in use, was demonstrated at Edgewood Arsenal, Md. :

FLYING FORTS RAID FRANCE

RAF Has Tripled Weight Of Attacks on German Industry.

LONDON, June 30 (U. P.).—U. S. flying fortresses took over the allied air offensive against axis Europe in daylight yesterday with a precision bombing attack on Le Mans, France, it was announced today as a British spokesman revealed that the R. A. F. has tripled the weight of its attacks on Germany. At the same time, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told commons that Britain has no intention of approaching the Italian government with suggestions as to how it may save Rome from aerial bombardment. “I repeat that we would not hesitate to bomb Rome to the best of our ability and as heavily as possible if the course of the war should render such action convenient and helpful,” Eden said.

Urges Duce Get Out “TI think it would be in the interest of humanity if Signor Mussolini were to realize that the best

thing he can do for his country is to accept unconditional surrender on

_|the terms offered him,” Eden said.

Capt. Harold Balfour, parliamentary undersecretary of the air, informed commons that the R. A. F. alone has dropped 37,500 tons of bombs on Germany in the three months ended June 26, some 25,500 tons more than in the corresponding period last year. Bad weather interrupted the R. A. F's almost non-stop offensive against Germany, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland last night, but Balfour's statement indicated that 16,000 to 17,000 tons of bombs already have been dropped on Germany this month, 3500 to 4500 tons more than in the previous record month, May.

Convoy Attacked

The only operation announced by the air ministry for last night was an attack by British Typhoon fighter-bombers on a six-ship enemy convoy off Dunkirk, France. Poor visibility and intense antiaircraft fire hampered. observation of results, but cannon shells and bombs were seen to damage a 1500 to 2000-ton merchant ship, a tugboat and an escorting torpedo boat. One plane was lost. An Americdn communique told of a large force of Flying Fortresses which attacked unspecified objectives at Le Mans, 110 miles southwest of Paris, yesterday. In contrast to other recent American raids, the fortresses encountered but light opposition and all returned safely. Le Mans is the site of an important Gnome-Rhone motor works, which manufactures and repairs engines for Messerschmitts, Junkers and other German planes. Nearly every bomb fell in the target area, returning crewmen said, and one pilot succinctly reported: “We beat hell out of it!”

JAPS LOSE 600 PLANES

By UNITED PRESS The Japanese have lost more than 600 planes in the southwest Pacific the first six months of this year, the British radio said today in a broadcast recorded by CBS in New

eight-week training session.

York.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North! Africa, June 30 (U.P.).—British bombers, pushing an offensive to cut off Sicily from supplies and reinforcements, smashed at Messina and Reggio Calabria in a two-way assault Monday night, it was announced today. (An Italian communique, broadcast by the Rome radio, said Porto Empedocle in southern Sicily “also was raided by enemy planes. Altogether 10 raiders were shot down over Sicily and southern Italy, the communique said.) Meanwhile, summarizing its operations over the Mediterranean, the coastal air force announced that it was maintaining an air umbrella that would keep open the sea from Gibraltar to Alexandria. The summary showed for the first

time the extent of the activity and|Eastern

British Planes Blast Farry Terminals in Sicily and Italy

control shipping lanes, escort convoys, protect harbors and to seek out and destroy enemy planes and ships. The report said American fliers have done “excellent work” along with experienced R. A. F. squadrons of Spitfires, Hurricanes and Warhawks equipped with extra gas tanks and long-range lightnings. Striking from Northwest African bases, R. A. F. Wellingtons scored hits on the ferry terminus and railway yards at Messina, Sicilian terminus of the all-important ferry lines from the Italian mainland. Messina is probably the mos bombed city in Sicily. . Reggio Calabria, Italian mainland ferry terminus opposite Messina, simultaneously was hit by R. A. F. heavy bombers from the Middlecomménd, Fires - were

SOVIET SCOUTS KILL 400 NAZIS

Seize Fortified Height Northwest of Russ

Capital.

MOSCOW, June 30 (U.P.).—Russian army scout detachments feeling out German strength seized a fortified height northwest of Moscow today in one of two thrusts that brought death to 400 enemy troops. The mid-day communique indicated the height was captured in the ' Kholm sector while today Staraya Russa to the north Soviet troops stormed into an enemy de-

|fense point, wiped out a company

of 200 men in hand-to-hand fighting and returned to their units.

(Radio Berlin last night described two Soviet attacks with flame- s throwers and fog-making apparatus south of Staraya Russa, admitting break-throughs at two places, but adding that the lines were later restored. (A Berlin broadcast today said Red army forces tried to land behind German lines at the Kuban bridgehead in the northwest Cau-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

No Pyrotechnics In Nation on 4th

NEW YORK, June 30 (U. P.).— Americans will spend their July 4th without fireworks, learned today, because the army used the last of the pyrotechnic displayers of eagles, flags, etc., for the North Africa invasion and the industry has been converted to war production. Thomas Jardine, president of a large fireworks firm said that as landing parties made for the shore in North Africa, the flag and eagle fireworks were set off to impress natives that it was an American landing.

CHINESE PUSH DRIVE ON BASES

Four Cities Between Lake Ting Ting and Yangtze River Attacked.

CHUNGKING, June 30 (U. P.).— Strong Chinese attacks to sweep the Japanese from the area between Tung Ting lake and the Yangtze river were reported today in a com-

casus, but were beaten off after 11 landing barges were captured.) A special Russian communique touched off three big explosions in a raid on Orel, Nazi stronghold and rail junction at the hinge of the central and southern fronts.

Giraud to Confer With FDR on Aid

ALGIERS, June 30 (U. P.).— Gen. Henri Honore Giraud will confer with President Roosevelt and U. S. Chief of Staff Gen.

George C. Marshall on making more effective the American military aid being given to French liberation troops, it was understood today. Ministry of information Henri Bonnet confirmed that Giraud’s trip, approved by a meeting of the French committee for national liberation yesterday, was connected with’ military matters. Giraud will leave “very soon,”

said Soviet planes set 15 fires and |

munique which said the major en-

|emy base at Hwajung had been

placed under siege. The Chinese inflicted severe losses on stubbornly resisting Japanese forces at Hwajung, Shihsou, Ouchiskou and Mitosu, all of which were concentration points for the enemy’s westward drive broken early this month. Conquest of the four points practically would eliminate all Japanese resistance in the area between the north shore of the lake and the south shore of the Yangtze river.

ATTEND ROYAL CHRISTENING OTTAWA, Ont, June 30 (U. P.). —Queen Wilhelmina and representatives of virtually all the united nations attended the christenng today of Margriet Francisca, third daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

MADAME CHIANG IN BRAZIL NATAL, Brazil, June 30 (U. P.) — Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrived here yesterday from the United States, en route to her Chinese

Bonnet said.

homeland.

it was-

AIR DRIVE PAYS

BIG DIVIDENDS

Heavy Toll Taken of Foe, Far Less Costly Than

Invasion, 1s Claim.

LONDON, June 30 (U. P.).—Sixty days of allied aerial offensive have shaken the core of Nazi war effort at a cost of approximately one dollar for every $50 of destruction inflicted upon the axis. : The heavy. cost of modern warfare in human lives is beyond easy estimation, although obviously the enemy has suffered far greater casualtieg in the current phase of intense air conflict. But the economic effect of the two-months campaign just ending may be reckoned as far exceeding anything that could have been achieved by a land army unless it numbered millions of troops.

The 60-day offensive has cost Great Britain and the United States approximately 730 heavy bombers and upward of 7000 air personnel. Estimates of the cost of putting multi-engined ‘bombers into combat operation are difficult, but it would run close to $300,000,000 for this period. Huge Capacity Revealed

But this expenditure of lives and materials is estimated to have inflicted damage on the enemy at a rate of about 50 to one—at least $15,000,000,000 loss, and probably much more being suffered by the axis war machine,

These statistics cast light on the comparatively economical operation of air attacks in regard to the results, which in the case of comparable landing operations would have run into hundreds of thousands of casualties and expenditure of many billions of dollars for equipment. Losses which the American and British air forces now are capable of sustaining—while actually increasing the weight of their own attack—reveal the huge capacity of allied aircraft plants.

| Nazis Out-Produced

These plants now are probably out-producing the German airplane factories by between two and three planes to every one produced by the enemy. Britain alone is estimated to have surpassed German aircratt production, while United States pro-

duction is still far from peak levels.

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American and British air operations in Western Europe in May and June reached a level never sufpassed anywhere at any time. Up to Tuesday, the R. A. F. had carried out 19 major missions during the 60day period and the U. S. A. A. F. 15 major missions. The R. A. F. ‘lost about 588 heavy bombers, an average.of 36 per mission. : The U. S. A. A. F. lost 142 heavy bombers, an average of slightly less than 15 per mission. These loss figures are not directly comparable and should not be taken as reflecting too specifically the comparable size of day and night forces. It is known .the American losses tend to run higher on the average than the R. ‘A. F. losses, due to more intense Nazi fighter opposition

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in daylight. The R. A. F. losses run about four planes for every Ameri= can heavy bomber lost, but the Re. A. F. is not four times as big as the U.S.A AF The loss figures show, however, that the task is being carried out by airplane factories and by the air corps in building up reinforcements and moving them to the scene of action. The U. S. A. A, F. strength has been more than doubled since early spring. In the same period the American air force in North Africa has grown and many other demands for planes have been met. With non-combat losses to be considered, it is obvious that the U. 8S. A. A. F. now requires more than 100 planes per month merely to keep its present level. The R. Ay F. needs more than 300.

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