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By RICHARD MOWRER Copyright, 1943. by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Ine.
CAIRO, Dec. 7.—Ever since the Adana conference, more than a year ago, there have been periodical flurries at increasingly short intervals regarding the possibility of Turkey joining the allies against Germany. As the war
shows signs of drawing to a
close, the prospects of Tur-
“key joining the united nations inerease. : Here are the pros and cons regarding Turkish partici- . ‘pation, from Turkey's own standpoint of view: PROS: It should be borne in mind that Turkey has an almost pathological fear of Russia and that Turkish foreign policy is strongly influenced by this apprehension. Once an ally, Turkey automatically would be entitied
Borie’s Victory ‘Hoosier Answer To Pearl Harbor |
Ship's Skipper Tells Of Sea Battle . With Nazis.
Pearl Harbor, Page 13.) one By SHERLEY UHL
* ‘How his swiftly-maneuvering destroyer bested a cagey Nazi submarine in a mid-Atlantic fight-to-| the-finish heralded as one of the most breath-taking - sea sagas of this war was detailed here today
by Lt. Omdr. Charles H. Hutchins
of Terre Haute, Even as he spoke the navy was
to purchase a new U, S. S. Borie} destroyer’s name in- the ‘annals of
each of the 50000 Hoosiers in the Davy. Speaking at special Pearl Harbor day ceremonies in the World War ‘the blue-eyed 31-year-old Hoosier told how the famous U. 8. 8. Borie pinned the German underseas craft under its) starbcard bow and poured a barrage of shells into the Naal vader at close range.
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The Borie's sound-detector picked up the submarine’s position shortly after -the destroyer had dropped depth charges on another U-boat one foggy midnight on: high-tun-ning seas. “We brought the secoiid sub up] with a pattern of about 15 or 16 depth charges,” Cmdr. Hutchins reealled. “She surfaced at close-range and the fight was on. “Our-first thought was to dispose of the raider by ramming her,” continued the youthful officer who wears the navy cross for his superb handling of the situation. After a series of adroit maneuvers the Borie managed to hit the sub’s long-nosed prow about 30 feet from the conning tower, “Instead of cutting her open, we elimbed right up over her hulk and pinned her down,” Cmdr. Hutchins
related. It was then that his men trained “their heavy four-inch guns point-
WILKIE GIVEN
_ to a seat at the peace conference, and thus would have a voice in the future of the Balkans not to mention the Dardanelles, which many ‘ Turks suspect that Russia
covets.
Some Turkish military men would welcome a chance
CONS: Turkey has no gratified by going to war.
Istanbul and Ismir, are extremely vulnerable
to give the Turkish army a taste of modern fighting so as to. keep abreast of modern methods of war,
territorial ambitions to ‘be
‘Turkey's two largest cities,
to total
destruction by air attack. War is always an expensive proposition and Turkish finances might be unable to stand
the strain,
SLIGHT HOPE BY HAMILTON
of Terre Haute . . . commanded the U. 8. 8. Borie In ts fimous fight te the finish.
THE TIDE TU NS IN TWO
Island-Hopping Near End As U. S. Brings Rabaul,
Truk in ‘Range.
By Lours ¥. KEEMLE United Presa War Analyst
Harbor finds the American strategic position in the Pacific good, with,
to Tokyo. The results of two years of war
gains made so far, The Gilbert and Ellice islands, the Solomons, north-
had to be halted.
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more than a year of hard fighting.
strong positions from which a general offensive could be launched.
stages.
sesvarens
Former G. 0. O.P Chairman
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Gh 0. P..national chairman. who has
enthusiastic about Willkie.”
our armed forces in piace and Set! o .. leaders throu on a wide outer arc tor the advance Dr y th hout. the eoun-.
are not ‘to be gauged by the physical mentioned. Governor Dewey's hame
eastern New Guinea and the outer warren of California; Aleutians look small in comparison with the distance still to cover on lis a lot of MacArthur sentiment althe way to the main Japanese is.{lands. “Progress is to be measured b¥ more important factors. In the first place, the Japanese march towards Australia, Hawaii and Alaska
That was accomplished, the tide was reversed and the initiative passed into our hands. That took
Then we had to jockey painfully! {into position. . by the -seizure of
These positions have been gained and . the offensive is in its first
The first main objectives of the offensive in the Southwest and Central Pacific, the Japanese bases of Rabaul and Truk, are now within range. Their occupation should mark the end of what up to now has been island hopping, distasteful as the term is to our strategists. Froin there on the strides should
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Confers Here With Party Leaders.
By EARL RICHERT John D. M. Hamilton, the former
‘been on a nation-wide. “stop will-
| party leaders and reported to news- | /papermen’ that he hadn't found “any organization leaders who were,
The stop here was the last of his) trip. He will leave by Ini tonight {for his home at Paoli,
|" Mr. Hamilton said a the “stop 1 Willkie” phrase used in connection
with his tour was “only the on!
I terpretation of some peop
Early Decision Ovpuied
‘But he left no doubt of the pur‘pose when he said that Nis trip wis 10 tell his friends that he thought. hey sho Wit Hd” Tot he” WWE off their feet this early. | “1 think it's too early to foreclose | the convention,” he said. “And there have been attempts by concentrated publicity. (This was an obvious reference to the pro-Will-
“It would take & prophet to foretell today who would be the best equipped man eight months from now to lead the Republican party. 1 think any pledge of commitments [ade now are untimely ‘and un-
Conditioned Support
Mr, Hamilton ~said he had an “abiding faith” in the Republican party and its destiny and that if
He declined to comment, except in generalities, upon the conclusions {he had formed from his survey of
“I found spotted sentiment for all the. men whose names are being
was mentioned frequently; I heard favorable comment for Governor Governor Bricker .has supporters, and there
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SHOCK IN BATHTUB KILLS 6. E. DOOLEY
Short Circuit Linked to ~ Pump in Home Here.
circuit through his bathtub water killed George E. Dooley, 32, while
1006 S. Pershing ave. yesterday.
| kie” tour, conferred here today with’.
Mr. Willkie were selected as the “The second anniversary of Pearl nominee he would support him, :
An electric. shock from a short,
he was taking a bath at his home,
»
Willkie ‘Foe’ Here
John P.M. Hamilton . . . some of his best friends are supporting Willkie. i
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SCHOOLS HERE
4 Classooms ooms Lack Teashers; Many "Pupils “Absent Due to Epidemic.
a and parochial Aare
{because of
contemplated at the present time, officials said today. The St. Joan of Arc Catholic | school yesterday ‘afternoon closed until Thursday morning because of the illness of 200 of the 700 pupils, and eight of the 19 sisters. However, other parochial schools are
{continuing their work.
Situation Acute
Virgil: Stinebaugh, assistant superigtendent of schools, said that +“there is an acute situation in finding teachers for all classrooms.” yesterday 97 of the eity's 1200 elementary instructors were ill and 40 classrooms: were without teachers. He reported that in most schools one-fourth to one-half of the pupils were absent and practically all principals took over teaching duties and other instructors doubled up. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the board of health, estimated that around 100,000 persons are suffering from the outbreak of colds,
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charged by a short-circuit from a water pump that had been switched | ofi in the basement while Mr. Dooley was taking a bath. Mr. Dooley. was found. shumped over in the tub by his wife, Mrs. Ada Dooley, who summoned a
The water apparently became;
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1943
GRAND SMASH gg
‘Allies in Position to Use §
servers said foday that the United |
Hw AFFECTING >
FORECAST: Partly ons tonight; “tomorrow ¢ mostly ‘cloudy and» warm er followed by light rain at night.
From the allied point of cons, too. PROS: Turkish airbases opening up of the Aegean. A
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Will T urkey § Enter The War? Here Are The Pros And Con
view, there are pros and
would make possible the Turkish attack on Bulgaria
‘would probably compel the Germans to assist the Bul-
gars and to send more troops ~" CONS
called upon to send an air for assist the Turks. A Turkish would make-the Bulgars figh actively engaged in the war.
5,000,000 MEN AVAILABLE FOR
25,000 Planes in Drive
Against Europe.
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Stat Correspondent
A _ LONDON, Dec. 7.—Military ob-
| States, Britain and Russia probably will hurl at least 5,000,000 men’
| against Europe within the next four : ‘months in the offensives promised
by the Tehran declaration “from the East, West and South.” | Weather conditions and the difof bringing together the | greatest concentration of shipping in history for the invasion of West | ern Europe probably will delay the climatic offensives until nearly the |
and planes to the Balkans.
The Russian-advanee has diminished: Tur ~ key's strategic value to the allies.
The allies might be
‘ce apd mechanized units to
attack is one. thing which t—at present they are not
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Speaks Here
+ wants
Senator Joseph Ball | | members of Congress included on |
peace vision,
BALL WARNS OF 30 WAR DANGER
end of the. fest quarter of 1944, |
most. ‘observers believed,
Five siecessiul dnyasion of ments!
Fe Europe alen®, as distinet from
co-ordinated offgnsives in southern and eastern E , probably will require -at least 80 to 70 divisions
to 6,000,000 tranport, ad 4 ake ‘New’ Weapons May: Appear -
general closing of schools is being| As in the African landings, it "
!possible that many of the troops will sail directly from the United | States and land on the European | coasts in conjunction with hundreds | of thousands of additional troops! from Britain, In addition, thousands of planes must be held in reserve to soften the enemy defenses and protect the attacking troops. It is likely also, | that new weapons never. before used by the allies will. be unveiled in the assault, The primary -.problem of - the Anglo-American command will be to make the Invasion offensive overwhelming —on a scale never attempted ouside Russia. © Unless Germany suddenly cracks wide open, it will: involve casualties comparable to some big offensives of the last war: Whether it will be a straight-out
State Republican Group. Hears Senator at Luncheon.
Although. close: ta ane-third of (900.000. 6 1050 ® of shipping wp; Giviligition cannot endure a third them. world war, Senator Joseph Ball of | _| Minnesota, one of the leading ad“{vocates -of international - collabora-
tion, told the Indiana Republican Post-War Policies Council in luncheon address here.
“Phat is: why,” he said, “that we
{must set up ‘some form of an in-!
{ternational ~ organization, participated in by all nations, to make war impossible.”
He said that so great was the cost of war that no nation would be the actual winner this time, regardless of military victory, “And there certainly can he no victor next time when the science lof warfare will be much further developed than it is now.’ ® Senator Bal} said he felt greatly | encouraged over the resolutions for | international collaboration pasted Trecently by congress. “They reflected the overwhelming séntiment of the people of the U, 8.
the individual members of congress.
{invasion of western Burope alone | |of irivolve subsidiary attacks on: Norway, the Balkans and southern | France, it will be the most complicated military operation ever
|
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i planned.
STH ARMY CAPTURES
20,000,000 in Reserve Behind the 5,000,000 Anglo-Amer-ican-Russian troops marked for participation: in the three-way assault! on axis Europe and probably 1,000, 000 reserves, stand another 20,000,
“1000 allied fighting men scattered about the world, but nevertheless
acting as surely for the Tehran pledge to peat Germany to her knees, The United “States, Britain and
could be brought against them.
are industrial and farm forces ap-
war potential of the United States, Britain and Russia ever brought against Germany.
{Russia also could call upon something close to 25,000 first-line planes and on massed navies nearly four mass barring the main road times as large as anything which
Then behind the fighting forces
will be!
‘Highway to Rome.
By C, R, CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent
- ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Dec. 7-Lt. Gen,
victory in a violent, continuing bat
heights com-
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So 3.5. S, Liscombe Bay Officer Missing
SEE TURKEY
F: D. R. and Churchill Reported : Conferring’
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and not so much the sentiments of | ” ) |a yeared imminent, after a heavy staff, and Brig-Gen. Alfred 8. No-
“This indicates that if the public | ®
MAGGIORE MOUNTAIN Forts Spread Destruction
Clears New Hazard | on
Mark W. Clark’s 5th army has captured most of the Camino-Maggiore mountain] lou to | munique’ announced today. .
Rome, slowly but surely clinching]
tle, official reports disclosed today. American troops swept to the rim proaching one-quarter of the world’s of the rocky a |day, causing an alarm but no antl of 15 intercepting enemy fighters. - | populations.
manding the Liri river valley two aircraft fire. : Obviously, only a fraction of the 8 y sires not reported any raids in that at Ceprano south of Rome and
miles from that stream’s junction)
‘with the flooded Garigliano and vicinity) : { British-based - bombers remained [tions in Albania yesterday, 9—Column 8) ‘on the ground last night, presum- British Mosquitoes on Sunday central
Feeae
So far, there have been differences of view as to Whether the Russians would welcome Turkey's entry into the war as a contribution to shortening it or whether the Russians would resent having the Turks fight the Slav : Bulgars with whom Russia is not at war. Observers feel that, iff any case, Turkey will not go to-war-until- the final -phase-of-the confliet-is- definitely insight. 1 It is felt, furthermore, that it is likely that Turkey will
not go to war at all if it receives certain definite assupeances from Russia and the allies regarding the future of the straits, of the Balkans and of Turkey itself.
S DOORWA OF INVASION
ce —
With Inonu in Cairo; Ankara Observers
| Speculate on Intervention. | LONDON, Dec. 7 (U. T.).—President - Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were reported conferring with President Ismet Inonu of Turkey in Cairo today in what may be a prelude to an allied offensive in the Balkans, possi« bly in part through the Turkish “back door.” The German transocean news agency broadcast a re‘port attributed to Ankara that Inonu was returning from “Cairo and a special session of the Tarkan cabinet would be : “held immediately. nr Ca ee RE The authoritative 3ritish “Press association, in what amounted to tacit confirmation of axis reports of the conference, said it was expected the deliberations would “have almost as important an effect ‘on the course of the war as the first Cairo and. the Teh-
ran conferences.” The Roosevelt - Churchill - Stalin {declaration at. Tehran significantly | promised that new operations would | be undertaken against. Europe “from (Continued on Page 9~Column §)
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as! the south” and Y there was avery ine
| dioation that {cussed the ir of by-pa | the Aegean, Crete and Rhodes by | sheng directly into southeastern Furope from Turkish Thrace. ; The press association said it was
Japan's Eniire Defense Arc Is Collapsing in S. W. Pacific
By UNITED PRESS (lost the battle for Bougainville | The collapse of Japan's entire | island and their major stronghold | southwest Pacific defense arc was at Rabaul, New Britain, although | forecast — by American military {the final. capitulation of those po- | spokesmen on the second anniver- | {sitions may be delayed for some {sary of Pearl Harbor today, while | time. in the mid-Pacific an invasion of! The spokesman, Rear Admiral {the enemy's Marshall island bases Robert B. Carney, Hasley's chief of
attack by carrier- based U. 8. navy ble, chi¢f of staff to Marine Maj.- | planes. Gen. Roy 8. Geiger, said allied |" High-ranking navy and marine | forces are ready to hit the Japanese | officers at Admiral William P, Has- | {in the central, south and southwest {ley’s South Pacific headquarters | {said flatly that the Japanese have (Continued on Page 9 Column 4)
Through Athens Airbases
“ ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al- damaged hanuare and set fire to on, parked airéraft in an a on glers, . Des. 9 w. P= Amerlea? Kalamaki airfield, while Liberators four-engined Flying resses 8 {hit storage dumps and dispersal | Liberators spread destruction ore and scored three direct hits through Germany's two big airfields on the runway intersection - tside Athens yesterday, a com- | Bleusis. Fifteen to 18 German fighters a (An unconfirmed report reaching tacked the Fortresses, but the big ~iStockholm said Anglo-American bombers shot down seven of - them | bombers flew over Bucharest be-{and damaged an eighth. Escorting [tween 11 p. m. and midnight. Sun- | Lightning fighters shot down three
Allied communiques
ably because of weather, for the sec- | bombed four points ih It Two allied planes | were lost
{ond straight night, }
Two waves of Fortresses heavily
Full Speed Is Ordered 1 in - Invasion Craft Production
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7 (U. PJ. tractors and’ ~The United States has ordered mated to number about M0 fms