Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1945 — Page 15

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"THE LATEST invasion scare Taiied wn Tokyo deals - j “with a possible American attack from the north.

The Japanese are growingly conscious of the ring being forged around their islands. So far the most direct threat has been from the south—from Iwo and : the islands in the Ryukyu chain, which includes captured Okinawa. .Now the Japanese are concerned about the XKuriles, the chain whith” corresponds "in the

north to the Ryukyus in the south,”

and, stretches finger-like toward American positions in the Aleutians. It might be, they figure, the next step toward complete en- + eirclement of the homeland. The American. fleet, in command of the Pacific, threatens from the east. On the west there is always the possibility of an allied landing on the Russia's big standing army on the Manchurian border has been a cause for worry ever since the defeat of Germany became assured, - Defense of the Kurile islands becomes an added liabil-

, ity in the north,

The ‘Kuriles are part of Japan proper, extending nearly 700 miles north from Hokkaido in the ‘main islands to Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. They form a barrier to the sea of Okhotsk and Sakhalin island, and are as important to Japan's defense as the Aleutians are to North America.

Islands Are Volcanic . THE JAPANESE have watched with uneasiness the repeated American air attacks on their bases in the Kuriles. More recently, United States naval forcés boldly penetrated the Sea’ of Okhotsk and sank enemy shipping. At about the same time, the Tokyo radio claimed to have discovered that American “parachute and mountain troops” have been moved into Aggatu island in the Aleutians, presaging an invasion of the Kuriles, A landing in the Kuriles would bring the Ameri-

‘ample ground for airfields

By Louis F \ Keemle

* cans within 600 miles of Tokyo if made on Kunashiri,

the southernmost of the chain, or 1300 miles if ‘made |.

on Paramfishiro in the north. Kunashiri is separated by only the 12 niiles of the Yezo-strait from the main Japanese island of Hokkaldo.A summary of the invasion possibilities in the] Kuriles is presented in the. latest issue of the United | Stdtes Field Artillery Journal by Col. "Conrad H. Lanza, . He concludes that while the central Kuriles are of slight military importance, -both the northern

. and southern Islands are of major importance and

both are enemy’ bases. “All the islands are volcanic and get their name from the Russian word Kurit, meaning “to sinoke.” They are frequently. shrouded "in fog. especially during the summer, impeding navigation and Serial operations.

Fall Best for Invasion

THE BEST SEASON for invasion, Col. Lanza. reports, would be during September, October and November. The larger islands have beaches suitable for invasion. Some have ports, developed for the fishing and canning industry, which could be used to advantage. Aside from their military value, the islands make a major contribution to Japah's food supply from their fisheries, which would be cut off by invasion. Kunashiri in the south is 66 ‘miles long and has although it lacks good harbors. Nearby Shikotan also has airfield. facilities, with the added advantage of being smaller, more easily held and possessing several small ports. , Of the northern islands, the largest and most im-

‘portant is Paramushire, 60 miles long and averaging It has at least one good harbor |

10 miles in width. and various anchorages, The island by Col. Lanza to be large enough “for a first-class base for ground, air and sea forces.” *It is mostly treeless and has considerable grass. It has long been used by the Japanese as a naval and air base. | Shimushu, the adjacent island, is the only one of the Kuriles which is not mountainous and also is used as an enemy base,

(Inside Indianapolis will appear in this space tomorrow)

Russ as Masters,

LINZ, Austria.—Russia's occupational program in Germany and Austria is better than America’ s, an Austrian cabinet minister told me, because in the Soviet zones the people enjoy a greater measure of self-rule,

By Jack Bell

trian observers, are Communist.” Russia, obviously, wants friendly governments wherever it can get them. It remembers all the anti-

Communist governments that had connived to hurt)

is considered |

“not more than 20 per cent

SECOND | SECTION

Aug. 10-Oct. 31, 1940 N the autumn: 1940 Mussolini's mellower and than it had

months of mood was

been. for long,

THE BIG PUSH FOR EGYPT

‘THURSDAY, JULY 5 (Chapter 16 of Count Ciano' s Diary)

Duce Hits Greece—on His Own

more exalted |

the diary of Count Ciano, his

son-in-law, rev eals. A grandiose Yeampaign was ordered in Egypt over the bpposition of all the commanders, but, more gratifying to his ego, Mussolini at last had decided to strike out on his own, to attack Greece in -spite of Hitler's objections. For once, /the fuehrer was to read about an axis blow in his morning newspapers. ‘An empire was in the | building. . German occupation of Romania was the spark that touched off Mussolini's decision, Six weeks (earlier the axis, or so Mussolini 'had been led to. believe, had solved the Balkan crisis by awarding

Transylvania to Hungary and guar- # sins what was left of Romanid” 7

against attack by the Russians. Its

immediate result was that the Ro- §

!manian foreign "minister when he saw the arbitrary bout. jaary that the axis drew. o n u Ciano. wrote: AUG. 10—"T talked with II Duce about the difficulties that have arisen on the Greek - Albanian | frontier. “lI don't wish to dramatize the|

fainted ¥ k

Oct. 28 . . . “We attack in7A the Albanian hills.

Aug. 28—“Hitler . . .

speaks little |

~The Indianapolis Times

, 1945

» seems resolved ‘to. act wiigdiately.|

1 ‘believe the action will be useful! and easy.” i " Oct, 14—"Mussolini , . . fixes the| date (of the attack on- Greece) for! Oct. 26." : ‘5 » ” OCT. 17—"Marshal Badoglio (chief of the general staffs speaks amni-| nously, about our.action tn Greece. | “The three heads of the general staff have pronounced ‘themselves | unanimously against it. The pres-|

“ent: forces #pe insufficient and the| navy does not feel it can carry out |

Ibania.” Here are Fascist troops in

ica, which will not dare to move]

a landing at Preveza (in western Greece) because the water is too! shallow. . .. “I insist that the moment is good | from a politica! point of view. | Greece is isolated. Turkey will not | move, Netiher will Yugoslavia. i “If the Bulgarians enter the war it will be on oe Sigel

OCT. 22 "Mussolini has prepared a letter to: Hitler. He alludes to our imminent action in Greece, but does not make clear either the means or the date, because he fears once ‘again an| order to halt. { “Many indications lead us to be- | lieve they .are not enthusiastic in| Berlin about our going to Athens. | The date fixed now is Oct. 28. “I begin “to draw up the ultimatum which Grazzi (minister to Greece) will deliver to Metaxas (Greek premier) at 2 a. m, Oct. 28. Naturally, it is a document that allows no way out for Greece.” » » "

PAGE 15 Labor

N LRB Observes 10th Birthday; Gets New Chief

WASHINGTON, July 5 (U. P.), —The national labor relations board ended -its 10th: year of existence - today ' by - welcoming a new chairman. = / The new chief is Paul M. Herzog, former New York state labor relations board head, who succeeds Harry A. Millis of Chicago. Herzbg was slated to. be sworn. in today. The NLRB abserved its 10 years ~of work with a report listing its accomplishments and outlining some of its present problems. The board said its work was increasing because employers and labor unions were bringing more cases before it instead of trying to settle them by agreement. And if said that reconversion of in-

dustry had already resulted in

cases raising questions: Does a union certified in wartime continue as exclusive :bargaining agent when a plant has converted or partially changed over to civilian output? Does

these perplexing

a union certified for thousands

of workers continue as bargaining agent when the payroll is trimmed to a few hundred as a result of cutbacks? # 8 “8 THE BOARD claimed. that it has the ‘best’ record of any government agency in enforcing its orders in the supreme court. The court denied enforcement in only two of 55 NLRB “cases which

« When I reminded him that he had observed that all Vienna wished that the Americans had

it economically through the Soviet's early years. | : f And those governments, friendly to England, France | situation, but the Greek attitude is| ©f the Magyar-Romanian question. |under and Holland in major trade relations, were also Very disloyal. Ii-Duce has thought : . The only concern of his is that | fleet.” because he has peace be preserved,

OCT. 24—"Von Ribbentrop telephones from a little railway stajuon in France. He reports on a

reached it. “It is highly significant that in such a controversial field as labor

threat of the Japanese

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come taken over, instead of ‘the Russians, he said: “Much depends on the application of any plan, but no nation can lift its head unless it is permitted to govern - itself. Whereas the Russians let us do that, the Americans try to keep too many strings in their own hands.” - - While even masterminds puzzle over what is behind Russia's attitude in Austria and the Balkans, people here dwell on the news from Bosnia and discuss Marshal Tito’s actions in the Trieste-area.

Russ Permit Choice of Rulers

“THIS WAR and several others in the past few generations,” continued the Austrian minister, cognizant of this situation, “could "have been averted by giving Russia an -ice-free port worthy of the name. Yugoslavia and Italy have more ports than they ever can need. “Tito wants Trieste for Moscow. Russia. can't get through the Dardanelles, while England seems on the way to influence Greece and Italy. Russia is a vast nation wanting an outlet to world markets, and Trieste would be partly an answer.” Russia's tactics through the first weeks in Vienna certainly were not those of a nation that planned to remain and rule. It permitted the Viennese to choose any known anti-Nazi as mayor and select other city officials in the same way. No attempt was made to supervise various city functions, as’ the American occupation armies do.

Two of the 10 ministers in the provisional govern--

ment are Communists, and those, according to Aus-

Aviation

I MET -A YOUNG, bronzed marine sérgeant, about five feet, light brown hair, grey eyes, clean-cut features, strong mouth, and a real American jaw. He was straight as a ramrod. And being a marine, his uniform was: spick and span. He was home on leave. “Yes, sir, I was out there on Guadalcanal and up through most of the big shows. ‘Course I didn’t do much; because I was in transport, and all we had to do was keep ' things rolling—boats, ammunition, and food—to the “kids up front who- really did all the fighting. “Oh, yes, we got. knocked around a bit—lost a bunch of swell fellows. But it was the kids, up front who did the real fightnig. “And you know somethin’? Don’t miss these Seabee fellows. Holy smoke, there's nothin’ they can't do and won't try. Seems like all they're waitin’ for is for someone to come along and tell 'em there's a job no one can possibly do—and they're off. Just as soon as our kids clear a place of Japs, these Seabees come tearin’ in with their bulldozers, tearin’ up the bushes and ground for a runway.

Working and Ducking “POR A LONG time there in the beginning, we had mighty few of our airplanes overhead, and the Jap aircraft made -it pretty tough for us. In the early days of this Pacific war, we were always waiting for some of our planes to bounce in and stay with us. And without waiting to know whether*any of our planes were coming or not, these Seabees had their btilldozers going and laying out runways. “Then one day & marine plane does come in. It just about. stops short of hitting the bulldozer that had made the longest run, and out jumps-<yeah, his name was Capt. Richardson—saw his name on the

parachute. Boy, did our kids cheer the marine

My Day

HYDE PARK, Wednesday —This is the Fourth of July, and in. the column which 1 wrote for this day That to the majority

country, Human rights stood I am beginning to wonder, whether certain small

of the people in th above everything else. however,

- and and powerful groups consider -

that human. rights apply to all human beings. w I have some material printed ‘zzby an -organization in Chicago,

and in the ‘letter which a¢com-"

panied it the gentleman )complains bitterly that the FEPG is unfair to the” white people because there are more people of other races employed in its offices.

I do.not happen to know

whether this statement is true or

"not, But sitice the FEPC was set up to give an equal

opportunity to ‘minority groups in this country, it would seem to me eminently fitting that, in its offices, those minority groups should- be more heavily represented among the employees than the majority

. group.

‘Men who. oveanize into the kind of group such as

“the one wri hg me represents seems to me both’ short-sighted and very stupid, Incidentally, the gen-

tlemen who talk for hours.in the halls of government Junk hei Vitis purt of the

glove future. We fight to stamp out then people hold similar

pretty well banded ‘against Russia.

Open Port Chief Problem . THEREFORE RUSSIA wants its neighbor nations | to get governments which will not knife the Soviet | and then, apparently, will wash its hands of this thankless job and go home. But one potent fact remains unsolved—an open port for Russian goods, and the whole Balkan problem hinges on that. It may be pointed out that there is a double-track railway . from Budapest in Hungary, to Trieste. But it is not all milk and honey, on the Russhan side. “The Nazis were their own worst enemies here, and now the Russians are making themselves equally hated,” said a famous Viennese sorrowfully. “They could have done Austria and themselves much good by being less ruthless and wasteful.” Under the guise of war, Russia's hordes seized food, animals and. machinery, They swept everything before them, but now the nations are idle because- there are no seed to plant, no tools to culti-

vate, no animals or machines to pull the plows and |,

reapers. That is why the cabinet minister said the Russians have a better plan but the Austrians wished that the Americans had come. Austria's gountryside in Russian- controlled areas is a picture of stagnation. Not a man or woman was in the fields, when I visited there; not an| Sail except those which the Russian soldiers drove to slaughter; not a sign of human endeavor, Then we crossed the bridge into American territory—still in Austria. Every field was a scene of activity, Horses and cows pulled plows and wagons. Men and women swung scythes. Even milk routes

were operating, with can set in designhted spots |«

alongside the roads.

. . » By Maj. Al Williams captain! You'd have thought he was a couple of generals. You don’t know what it is to hug the sides of a foxhole, watching those Japs fly overhead, dropping bombs and machine-gunning the works. Every time a Jap plane dived on a bunch of us fellows, everybody in that bunch felt that the plane was aimed!’ right smack at him. “And are those Japs really dug in on the islands | we've been diggin’.them out of? You ought to see! their reinforced concrete underground shelters—four| feet thick.

Japs Charge Crazy-Like “BANZAI” charges? Well, those Japs seem to| get loaded up on Saki (Jap wine) and they come streamin’ along’ yelling—some even without guns.! But they keep on comin’, crazy-like." “How does this country look Qa you now; sergeant, | after being away so long? : “Well, sir, it looks just- about the same, ‘cept it's strange that so many people are so Jittery and impatient. You know, when I first joined up ‘in the marines I used to think all this regulation business | was just red tape. But after a while I found out|S that it was the only way to see that everybody got in his place, stayed there, and did his own job. “Take this restaurant business back home here, with one girl trying to serve 20 or 30 folks, and every body wantin’ to be waited on first. Gosh, a good od| marine sergeant would certainly straighten that out and teach everybody they could afford to wait. Same way with gettin’ a beer. And 1 like a beer once in a while." If there're too many folks in one place, it's a cinch to walk down a block and get your beer. Can't understand why everybody is So nervous and impatient. They ought to get a taste of stariding in a chow line for a while, and learn to grin about wait- | ing for food. “And by the way. You ought to see the crowd of pilots who are being moved up to the front islands| now. When you-see-eaptains standing in chow lines, you're sure looking at a crowded place.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

. They are important only because they show the world that a great nation is so poorly represented that a little group of stubborn, greedy and fearful men can.-hpld up-equal economic opportunity for human beings who are citizens of their country. These men seem to be afraitl-of. what might happen if people belonging to minority groups had equal opportunity in the economic world. What do they think the people—the millions of people in India, in. China, in South Africa, in Latin America—will think of some of the things which they have uttered? The best that can be said is that men who are ruled by fear are always stupid. This fear is not just ‘a racial fear; it is an economic fear and a political fear. Loss of power is an ever present fear to these men. You cannot have a statesman'’s vision of the future if you are afraid of the present. We are going to live in a world where people of many races are going to be close to us and are going to have-equal economic opportunity whether a small group, temporarily powerful here, wishes them to have it in this country ar not,

i» These. men are making enemies for us at the

present time—not just of minority groups.in this country, but of large majority groupe throughout the world. For our action on FEPC is not merely a domestic question; it is a question which will have repercus-

sions in: international conferences in the immediate jievague, ang

{had accounts to settle ever since 1923 (when Mussolini sent the {Italian fleet to bombard the island | of Corfu and collect a 50,000,000 |

|lira indemnity after an Italian rep- cide to solve the problem through | with some British vessels and asked

{resentative was murdered,” allegedly | {by the Greeks).” 2 | So a { AUG. 12—"Il Pics outlines the political and military plans against Greece. If Leucadia and Corfu (Greek islands in the Ionian sea) are yielded, we shall ask for nothing more. » “If there.is resistance, go the limit. Jacomini and Viscount Prasca (military governor and commander in Albania) believe it possible, and easy if the action is undertaken at once. “A new and violent outburst by Mussolini against the middle class: After the war is over I will attack the cowardly and despicable middle class. We must destroy it physically, saving perhaps 20 per cent'” | 4 $$ =u =» | AUG. 15—"A Greek vessel has been sunk by a& submarine of un{identified nationality. . . . I consider the intemperance of De Vechi (Italian commander in the Dodecanese islands) is at the bottom of i.” Ribbentrop served notice on the Italians Aug. 17 that action in Greece would not be welcomed in Berlin, and orders postponing any move were given by Mussolini five days later. But the plans went ahead, coupled with II Duce's dreams of smashing the British in Africa, and with Hitler's insistence that stability be insured in the Balkans,

we will

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AUG. 26—“Germany wants at all costs to avoid a Balkan crisis (be- | tween Hungary and Romania, over | Transylvania). . Von Ribbéntrop {is thinking of calling the two ministers of foreign affairs to Vienna and giving them friendly advice of the axis. . . . All this will be accompanied, naturally, by a threat.” Aug. 27—"The meeting at Vienna {is fixed for tomorrow. . From | what Von. Ribbentrop telephones, {the fuehrer believes the Romanians {should surrender about 15,400 square {miles to Hungary, which has asked {for 23,000. Mussolini has no precise ideas on the subject. . . . The stiace (on Egypt) is to begin pt. 8.7

SON SLAYER HELD ON LESSER CHARGE

William Sullivan, 70, was bound over to the Marion county grand fjury.-.today on a manslaughter

charge in connection with the fatal shooting of his 37-year-old son, | Fred. | “1" don’t believe this man should be charged + with murder,” said {Municipal Judge John L. McNelis at the elderly Sullivan's arraignment. Marion County Coroner Roy B. Storms said it appeared that Mr. Sullivan acted in self-defense when he shot his son. The father told police “I wk {want to kill him, but I had to,” |sdmmitiing firing at Fred when the latter forced his way inte his parents’ home on Barth ave. yesterday.

Helps Raise Flag In Berlin on 4th

First Lt. Robert Francis Brockmann of Indianapolis helped the Yanks raise the flag of the United States in Berlin yesterday. : The lieutenant, son of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Brockman, 442 N. Tibbs ave, commanded an honor guard. infantry battalion in the Berlin Feurth of July ceremony. » Commander of a company in the 2d (Hell on Wheels) division, Lt. Brockman was wounded in the battle of the bulge and received. a battlefield prometion to lieutenant, He holds the \»urple heart and also has a personal cittaion from his superior officer. A graduate of Washington high ‘school, he received a Ne from Indiana ‘university in 19 2. He

oil- will continue to flow into his tanks.” n ” n

AUG. 29—"Ribbentrop and I de-

arbitration. discussion,

If we should begin a we should never com‘Plete it. . The Hungarians aecepted this "afternoon. - The Romanians make us ‘wait for their answer. , . . In the meantime Ribbentrop and I trace the new frontier and dictate the terms. ... In Vienna they are eating little and badly.” Aug. 30—“Ceremony of the signature, {ain- themselves for joy when they see the map. Then we heard a loud thump. It was Manoilescu (Rumanian foreign minister), who fainted on the table. Doctors, massages, camphorated oil. vives, but shows the blow.” Sept. 7—“I1 Duce . . . has taken up again (with the Council of Ministers) the question of our attack on Egypt. It was to have occurred today, but Gen. Graziani | has asked that it be postpoued a month.” . » » » SEPT. 9 — “The attack against Egypt has encountered a new delay. , . «+ Never has a military operation been undertaken so much against the will of the commanders.” Sept. 14—"“The attack on Egypt has begun (Sept. 12). . For the time being, the British are withdrawing without fighting. . . Il Duce considers the arrival at Mersa Matruh a great victory.” Sept. 16 — “Mussolini is nervous because of the slow progress in Egypt. . . . The fact is that no fighting has yet begun.” Ribbentrop arrived in Rome Sept. 19. ! yy 8 8 SEPT: 19—“He is in good ~humor and glad -of the welcome given him by the ‘police applauding

squad,” which' was well . mobilized |. .lat the German occupation of Roallegedly |

by the- police commissioner. “In his car, Von Ribbentrop speaks at once of the surprise he carries in his portfolio, a military alliance with Japan. . . . “The Russian dream has vanished with the guarantee to Romania. He thinks that such a move will: have its advantages against Russia and against Amer-

Charged With Baby to

For allegedly drinking beer” in a W. Washington st. tavern while their two-month-old baby nursed a bottle of curdled milk at home, Grover Fields “and wife, Louise, today were- held on’ child! neglect charges. Besides the two-month-old infant, “Pearlie,” deputy sheriffs said four other children were left to shift for themselves in the Field home, south of the intersection of 1 | Lynhurst dr. and Ind. 67.

When found by Deputies Frank |

Miller and Bob Imnhausen, “Pearlie” was believed to, be sufiering from malnutrition. Deputies said she was sipping at a bottle of sour milk, “her face black with flies.” She was taken to the James Whitcomb Riley hospital. The other children went to the Board of Children's Guardians’ home. p Deputy Harry Foxworthy said the Fields admitted drinking, “three bottles of bebr each” at & W. Washington st. tavern yesterday at about the same time neighbors were calling the sheriff's ofiice to report the plight of their ynavanded children. 4

The deputy said the couple later drove to another. tavern in Maywood, which . they discovered was closed. In the rear of this. place, he charged; they. engaged in a

t and as a consequence were

the subject of another call put in| to the sheriff's office by witnesses. | The two left Maywood before Foxworthy , arrived ‘and proceeded

home, There they. ran smack into Deputies Miller and Imhausen, who

The Hungarians can’t con- |.

He re- |

SEPT. 24--"During the night] |Mackensen (German ambassador) | | telephoned. De ‘Gaulle appeared | at Dakar (French West Africa)

{that the French surrender. The governor resisted and Petain (head of the Vichy French government) asked the armistice commission for authority. to dispatch some French vessels, including the Strasbourg (battleship) into the Atlantic. The | Germans objected. So did I.” Sept. 27— “The pact is signed (in Berlin). But the atmosphere is {cooler. . . . Even the street crowd . .-was evidently pre-arranged. “Every night the citizens spend four or five hours in the. cellars (because of R. A. F. air raids). There ‘is lack of sleep, promiscuity {among men and women, cold.. The number of people with headcolds is | incredible.” = ” ns OCT. 3—“Brisco, a man who thoroughly understands aviation, has painted the true picture of our

| conference with Franco and with Petain ‘and is ‘on the whole optimistic. He says the program of collaboration is moving toward concrete results.” Oct. 25—“With II Duce I settle our diplomatic moves with reference to Greece. He also approves the idea of a conference on his part with the Soviet ambassador immediately after the attack. Von Mackensen meantime communicated details of Hitler's con’ ferences with the FPrench an® Spaniards, and announces the terms of a secret tripartite protocol with Spain. This may be a reference to the anti-Comintern pact, of which ‘Ciano wrote ori Feb, 21,1939: “Pranco has decided to adhere to the anti-Comintern pact, communicating his decision to our (German and Italian) ambassadors, even though it will be secret until final victory. . . . It gives us the egg today and the chicken tomorrow.”

“Von Ribbentrop. . . . proposes a

| air forces in North Africa. Our supply organiaztion is bad, fighter planes are lacking. British are inferior numerically, but cause us plenty of ‘trouble.” Oct. 4—"“Rarely have I seen Il, Duce in such good humor as at the Brenner Pass today. The conversations (with Hitler) were the most interesting that have occurred so far. Hitler put at least some of his cards on the table. . . . These are my general impressions: ‘ONE: There is no longer any talk of invading England. TWO: Thete is hope of bringing France into the anti-British coalition. THREE: Greater importance is given to the Mediterranean sector, something that is good for us. Hitler was energetic and extremely anti-Bolshevist.” : #" 5 ” OCT. 12—“The return of Duce. He is vexed very much at Graziani. . But he is above all indignant

mania -(the movement, to protect Romanian oil wells from British sabotage, was reported Oct. 11), “ ‘Hitler always confronts me with an accomplished fact. This time I will pay him in his own coin. He will learn from the newspapers that I have occupied Greece.’ Il Duce

Neglecting Drink in Tavern

and | The | pussolinl. ‘This trip by the fuehrer

ence, Oct. 28. between Hitler and

soon after his meeting with Petain is not pleasing to me. I should {not like to have him bring us a cup of hemlock with respect to our claims against France.” ze

» » » OCT. 27—“Incidents in Albania are numerous. Action is expected at any moment. Yet the four. diplomats, German, Japanese, Spanish and Hungarian, to whom I gave the text of the ultimatum to Greece, were surprised considerably.” Oct. 28—“We attack in Albania (this was the start of the war on Greece) and carry on a conference (with Hitler) at Florence. In both places things- have gone well. In

are moving fast, even if air support is lacking. The conference in Florence . . . proves that German support has not failed us. ... II Duce is in very good humor.” Oct. 29—“The weather is bad, but the advance continues. le’ No one makes a move to defend the Greeks. It is a question now of speech We must act quickly. I leave during the night for Tirana (Albanian capital).”

(NEXT: Disaster in Greece and Libya.)

TEACHERS TO PLAN SALARY PUBLICITY

|were investigating the child neglect report. Sheriff's officials said. Fields left! the house Monday and that his (wife abandoned the children early

Abbie yesterday to “look for him.” Fields |

{was held in the county jail on a | $2000 bond.

| | *HANNAH¢

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The executive board of the Federation of Indianapolis Public

| School . ‘Teachers will meet at 8 {P. m. Saturday at the federation {office to plan the program to publl-

| cize the teachers’ fight for increased salaries.

The publicity program was ap-

er. | Proved at a federation mass meet-

ing June 5 in Tomlinson hall. Seward S. Craig, federation president, sald he hoped to have an an-

swer by Saturday to the open-let-|-

ter sent . to A. B.. Good, schools’

| ago, regarding his policies toward

| pay for teachers:

Miss “Sara Ewing has been

named chairman of’ the workshop |. committee, Mrs. Gail H. Haen, Miss Augusta | Nessler, Mrs. Barbara Camp, Star{ling James, C. M. Keesling and

Other members are

James Beane.

Wife of Soldier

Loses Purse, Coat

It cost Mrs. George Vehslage, R R. 1, Brownstown, dearly to attend the Grotto's fireworks display in Butler bowl! last night. Mrs. Vehslage, wife of a veteran in the Pacific, attended the exhibit with relatives. When she got ready to leave. she placed her gray twill coat and her hemp purse on the fender of the car Her’ attention diverted by. her [to ‘small child, she forgot the purse and coat, and they fell off the fender. The purse contained $25

|" gas ration book, keepsakes, etc. Mrs. Vehslage asks that the :

conference to take place at Flor-|

spite of the poor weather, the troops| -

several weeks!

relations the highest court. of the land and the agency administer-

so frequently,” a spokesman said. “In the 10 years of the acts administration there has evolved a body of law and experience against which must be appraised any new ‘legislation either aimed at amending NLRA or creating a new agency or agencies.”

= a = HIS STATEMENT referred to

Burton and Hatch, to create a federal industrial relations board which would ‘absorb NLRB and provide for compulsory arbitration in many: vital industries. In its 10 years, the NLRB has handled more than 74,000 cases, has had 300,000 employees reinstated in ‘jobs and obtained $9,000,000 back pay for 30,000 others. It has conducted 24,000 elections. The Congress of Industrial Organizations won 9500, the American Federation of Labor 8000 and unaffiliated unions -2500.

cee We, the Women —

Any Weather In U.S. Looks Good to G. I's

By RUTH MILLETT

THE GIRL MAKING conversation with a navy officer just returned from the Southwest Pacific started to complain about the weather, Everyone at home agreed it had been a dismal spring —and so she was totally unprepared for the officer's reaction. ., He said, “Listen, this weather is wonderful. If you were ever in the Southwest Pacific for even a month, you would be dreaming about this kind of weather.” So complaining about the weather —a favorite American pastime—may be a luxury we will have to give up, now that men are beginning to come back from places that make even the worst weather, America can produce seem pleasant. . yw a ~ AND MAYBE it will be a good thing for us, at that. We look. - forward to summer—so' that we can complain to everyone we meet, “this hot weather has me whipped.” And then we look forward to the end of the heat so that we can begin to complain about the cold and the slush and the depressing gray days. There aren’t- but a few days in each year when we aren't fussing about..the weather, bored with the subject has never -made us drop if. But maybe we'll stop if enough of us are told by the servicemen,--whc froze in Europe or sweltered in the tropics, that we don’t know what bad , Weather is. And won't that be a real blessing? Especially if it stops the person who is fond of asking, “Well, is it: hot enough tor you today?”

‘WIDOW EXECUTRIX OF

0. N. SHIRLEY ESTATE

Mrs. Bertha Shirley, wife of the

late O. N. Shirley, Indianapolis fu-

‘neral director, has been named - executrix of the estate. © Bond was set ‘at $50,000. The will was probated vesiciday at. Noblesville, leaving all personal p to Mrs. Shirley. Also left te. was a life. interest in

‘the couple's 282-acre farm in Ham

ilton . county.

Mr. Shirley died ‘a week ago. :

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