Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1943 — Page 7
' Advises Congress to Junk
Development Program In Canada Field.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 22 (U, P), ~Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes proposed today that the U. 8. government discontinue its $130,000,000 Canadian oil development program immediately “without spending another dime.” “The whole thing ought to be scrapped—junked--right now,” Ickes declared. Appearing before the senate Truman committee investigating the socalled Canol project, Ickes said it
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in the general strategic pattern unpkodhgrrimho t blow in the forging of a northern arm of an allied pincers slowly closoe in on Truk, Japan's “Pearl Harbor.” Lying some 1300 miles west of the Gilberts, Truk also is the ultimate objective of a southern arm being extended by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces towards Rabaul in New Britain, Forsee Wake Recapture In the short range view, immediate aim of the present Gilbert operations appeared to ,be acquisition of air bases from which to attack the adjacent Marshall islands. The Marshalls, under Japanese mandate for-more than two decades, are heavily fortified, but they must
against Japan—the initial}
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Capital Sees Offensive as Preliminary to Philippine. Rescue.
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co-operation with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces moving up from the south.
island bases protecting Japan's long Pacific lines, eliminating ‘enemy strongholds oni the flank of the main route across the Pacific to(ward Tokyo.
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Close co-ordination of the offensive by naval forces with the army was indicated by a conference be-
2. A thrust to open the “chain of |
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ently never will justify the cost to be. seized beforé any drive on the ) ; ' ! ) | the United States. | Philippines can be undertaken. the nvasion was announced YESIET-[ 80.000 NAZIS IN DENMARK - In a prepared statement, he had | In Japanese hands, both groups : STOCKHOLM, Nov. 22 <U. P.).— pdvocated - re-examination of the!wouid threaten the southern flank! Army Liberators started the pre-| Danis} rice estimated |. [invasion blasting of the Gilberts The Danish press service ‘es ‘American-Canadian contract with a of any westward push by American that 80.000 100,000 G " and the adjacent Marshall islands— today that to erman | view to obtaining for the United | forces = throughout the Central { \ tatior in Den- ; : both north of the American-held troops now are stationed in States post-war rights to oil result- | pacific, kK. be ble th be Ellice islands—a week ago last Sat. Mark, or about double the num rl ing from development of the Nor- A corollary of the Gilbert action lurday. Tn the las ' A VeAr ago. {man Wells, Canada, oil fled. was expected to be an attempt to|UTOrY. In the la t stages of the
{softening up process the fleet joined, | - “Should Be Scrapped” retake Wake island, - which, the sending planes to dump 90 tons of SKUNK TAKES A RIDE
Japanese captured from the small|, | Under cross examination bY | marine garrison in the first few bs on Nauru, phosphate island| MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Nov. 22 Chairman Harry S. Tuman (D. Mo.), | weeks of the war. {to the west. | (U. P.).—Capt. Andy Bjornson's fire 'however, he agreed that the entire | mynerts here have long been con- | After raids Friday. a front dis-' department company responded toa | program should be scrapped as It|vinced that American strategy is PhD Said that on Tarawa. site of citizen's report of a “gas leak” in. now stands. Ickes told reporters!gimed at a bold attempt to retake 4" airstrip, the runways were re-ithe neighborhood. RBjornson's nose | Ilater he believed the United States {he Phliippines. Such a move, it] duced and barracks. ruined Only directed him to a parked club coupe
| already had spent about $100,000,000 | was believed. would considerably |" 0 planes, both wrecked, .were| Curled up.on the floor was a skunk
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jon the project, and he saw-no rea- | shorten the war in the Pacific be-! ; op {son for going ahead with expendi- |cause from those islands the main | 780 of life was a few Japanese run|ture: of a contemplated $30,000,000 | enemy supply arteries to Burma, LL i from .machinegun fire. : "| additional. “| French Indo-China and the South:| 1c. Tops, belleved to include Rep. Leon H. Givin (R. Pa.) west Pacific. could be cut. Japan | TArine veterans of the Solomons, {another witness, said that at the | herself could be brought within the were aboard vessels plying toward [present rate of production” in t ® | score of long range bombers. | the Sips point objectives in the vast fom § ona JA ovo seen is x a as oe St Sopa rs et our ‘ * p e's A A | | Th will take 163 yea 0 ® DROP AERIAL GOODS outer defenses, went into action. ~-vert to the ‘Imperial Oil" Co., of ‘planes without™ using parachutes. | “The. communique’s. report: Phat jCanada, -a subsidiary of Standard | | The contents, sometimes ificluding inits o ‘all types” were {fcluded en of Kew seer, The Be ae marumens, re packs 1,0, © 2 i | hor%e and the 3000-barrel-a-day re- | | deep in excelsior. [destroyers took part and presumably | finery at Whitehorse would be ap-| Boxes weighing from 100 to 200 pumped shells into the tiny islands praised jointly with Canada having pounds when filled, dropped 2000) {5 joosen the enemy's entrench“{the first option. If not exercised, feet from planes moving 200 miles ments on the cocoanut tree-lined the pipeline and refinery —will be &n hour, delivered their contents peaches. |offered for sale at not less than fhe with an average breakage of only Nimitz inferred some time ago In Many Are Like New | appraised price, 5 per cent : a speech that strong resistance was | expected, announcing the Japanese . | find out about our own picture,” [would be “dug oul” of Their island’ } = I Ickes earlier told the committee: | he said. fstrongholds. Since he abides by the | 1, That we had heard about the| 3 That he had failed for two rule of sending in enough strength ~ “Canol” project “by chance” when years to get the army to explore to carry out any assigned job, ft was his deputy administrator, Ralph K.| | potential ail land in Alaska but safe to assume a strong force cap-. } Davies met one of the army's that under the “Canol” ‘project it able of taking and holding the is-- oo : | | private contractors in a hotel lobby had explored 600,000 square miles lands &gainst. whatever resistance, RE RERGR ew oon SOY A TA RRR RIE: mani ong NT RT XU a wd SA A A - cl ; CUR THAT IE was not ie first tire “g- That he-oubted:the- teasinliity | Ear Bl othat practice: wis: res ; : UR i dN Br 2? rf his department, responsible for of the “Tanol’ project, because he flected -in the wording of the com(FP 2% Pe re} LL ECOTI wartime. petroleum production and thought it would have required ex- munique which said the troops | PRE PON NR OR icon ec oh fn 0% pen of ls pecan on have abies buchen re ; - y . gl . . , €NNSyY vaNiA g AE : reseives, “We know all about the to the armed forces in Alaska by phil Are e face. of enemy ma. J | British reserves and capacity. we- transporting it via boat through fortresses of the familiar Japanese
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