Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 1

INAL edition NORTHWESTERN INDIANA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 16 TWO CENTS LAAYETTE RIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 25 1942 THE COURIER ESTABLISHED 1831 THE JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1829 No 230 Vol 23 REDS SMASH DEEPER INTO NAZI LINES Nearly 20000 persons were freight train initiative of the biggest (Turn to Page 7 Col 6) examina of Education John said that while of State Maurice Rob The Weather "it camp GOES sets (Turn to Page 7 Col 3) specific come to elec elec and (ad only bet understood to be anx the mines rear and the was she and sta cen to give industrial and other conten amend that a Roose disrupt the at the said that the IRE bombing President Roosevelt has his usual riday morn conference No explana given the pol The de pro and staff Mr Me cartoon to said in London Tokyo an sop thrown to compen amendment president to in costs in fixing of agricultural in itself force percent accord would be at parity accepted it on be school children of Similar bricks will Naval the name chosen for squadron of navy being organized in area of the naval first seaman to request Indiana general for the November the Mr Dickey was a member of the class of 1905 at Purdue miners in other fields on Port center of the city to the Volga Soviet forces hold every yard of it (The street may parallel Sarena creek which bisects Stalingrad and flows past its most important buildings) REDS TAKE TWO HILLS Two more important hills and village northwest of the city back into Russian hands as INDIAN MOBS GUNNED NEW DELHI Sept (UP) Gen Sir Alan Hartley depifty commander in chief of British forces in India said today that British planes machine gunned Indian mobs at five points during the outbreak of disturbances fast express Adm Ingersoll Asks An Absentee Ballot INDIANAPOLIS Sept (UP) Admiral Royal Ingersoll na tive of Laporte Ind yesterday became the delivery of tion ballots tions Secretary inson said a complete set of offi cial state congressional county city and township ballots would be sent to Ingersoll "somewhere in the so that he can vote by absentee ballot ALLIED PLANES KEEP BLASTING AT LINES rederickson chairman of show Albert Stewart show rector and Mr Jenkins reads follows: "Presented by the citizens of Tippecanoe county and the state of Indiana to Dorothy Lamour in appreciation of her sincere interest in ight for reedom and in recognition of the fact that throughher charming and able leadership and unselfish ef fort $508443 worth of war bonds were sold on the occasion of her appearance at the War Bond Rally held in Ross Ade stadium Purdue University Sept 24 The amount of bonds sold will be filled in and the scroll sent tn Miss Hollywood stu dio McCUTCHEON CARTOON At the request of the war show committee Miss Lamour then auc tioned off an original cartoon by John McCutcheon noted artist and Purdue alumnus This was bought in by Prof rank Hock ema assistant to the Purdue pres ident on his high bid of $20800 in bonds he explained that the cartoon had been purchased for the university faculty from their bond fund Cutcheon presented the boost the war show MANDKRCHIE Miss Lamour then auctioned off one of her handkerchiefs which was given a trade mark with a touch of lip stick from her face This was bid in by Mr Jenkins at $8000 for an unannounced Action Is Promised Units in India NEW DELHI Sept (INS) A promise of early action was given to United States troops in India today by their commander Lieut Gen Joseph Stilwell A message appearing in weekly publication of the American army in India said: know you all want action I am doing my best to make it come out that Stolen Automobile Injures 4 Persons ORT WAYNE Ind Sept 25 (UP) Police today sought the driver of a stolen automobile which last night ''crashed head on into another car injuring four persons one seriously Hurt critically was Mrs Mary Snyder 74 ort Wayne who suf fered a skull fracture The driver of the stolen machine apparently was unhurt and sprint ed away after the wreck Toppers" the fly the assaults along the track in the Owen Stan where the Japs are at to advance declared that many Indiana Illinois and operating now at less HUGE NAZI LOSSES MOSCOW Sept The Germans lost more than 25000 troops killed in battle at Stalingrad last week soviet Jolonel Sergeyev was quoted as saying today Reports from the Stalingrad front said that with the in creasing fury of the fighting nazi losses were mounting to almost a division or 15000 men each day The Russian officer said that the violence of the fighting at Stalingrad overshadows even Verdun WAR SHOW STAR DRAW 20000 HAL MILLION IN BONDS SOLD Belfast Is Shaken By Bomb Explosions LONDON Sept Slight damage resulted from the explosion of two bombs in Belfast shortly before midnight the Daily Express reported today from Bel fast The dispatch said that one of the bombs exploded near the center of the city and the second went off in the rear of a police station deeper into German defense lines and recaptured three vital points the nazis attacked fiercely in an effort to seize the important thor oughfare but ten separate lunges were hurled back in savage house to house fighting The street is most important strategically and runs through the will be to train its volunteer student members for war service they may be expected to perform after leaving school and to provide op portunities for them to partici pate in community war efforts while still in school The basic aim is to cut down the time now needed to train men and women after they are enrolled in the armed services or in war indus tries IVE SPECIAL DIVISIONS The corps will be divided into five special service divisions for those in the last two years of high school: 1 Land service call ing for pre induction training for all branches of the army except the air 2 Air service 3 Sea ser vice providing training for all branches of the navy except the air 4 Production service prepar ing for war industries and agricul ture 5 Community service pre paring for medical nursing teach ing business and civic services Girls as well as boys will be eligible and are expected to pre dominate in the production and community service divisions State superintendents and com missioners of education in the 48 states are asked to call on school boards and school officials to begin the program locally as soon as possible A manual setting forth purposes objectives and recommended methods of organi zation has been distributed by the office of education Details of the victory corps will be presented in a nation wide broadcast tonight (7:30 pm CWT) over the Blue network WASHINGTON Sept (AP) Gen Jonathan Wain Wright and an estimated 6000 other American defenders of Ba taan and Corregidor were reported today to be war captives of Japanese in a prison camp Tarlac north of Manila in Philippines A partial list of about 200 pris oners compiled from information furnished by some of the small number of persons permitted to leave Manila also contained the names of four other American and ilipino army general offi cers General Wainwright comman der of the Philippine forces after Gen Douglas MacArthur was or dered to Australia was taken with the fall of Corregidor May 6 His fate and that of more than 6000 others last reported on Bataan and Corregidor has since been in doubt Those in the partial list of prisoners included Maj Gen Wil liam Sharp Monkton Md commander of the American ili pino forces on the southern island of Mindanao Brig Generals Lew is Beebe a native of Ashton Iowa Clinton A Pierce Sier re Madre Calif and idel Se gundo of the Philippine army The Tarlac prison camp is the former American army about 65 miles north of Manila Definite information on how the prisoners were faring was still' lacking nearly five months after the loss of Corregidor but Americans returning on the ex change ship Gripsholm pictured occupied Manila as a drab island capital with hardships expected to Increase since the start of the rainy season present despite extremely chilly weather to applaud the many in teresting program features and give a wild reception to the beauti ful Miss Lamour who has become one of the foremost bond salesmen Thousands of others listened by radio The evening and campaign leading up to it produced war bond sales totalling $508443 and incidentally a great ly enchanced enthusiasm in the war financing program here TRIBUTE That the show was a spectacu lar success is putting it mildly Hear what Miss Lamour had to say about it in her first words to the huge throng: have been over the country three times on bond selling tours but I have never seen anything like this I appreciate it from the bottom of my And Eugene Pulliam Indian apolis state war savings chairman in presenting Miss Lamour de clared that Lafayette can "always be depended He added that this was the biggest bond rally yet held in the state and Wray leming state war savings administrator declared that from reports coming to him and obser vation the state has seen nothing to approach Thursday show EIGHT THOUSAND MARCH The three hour show always held rapt attention and never grew dull Nearly 4000 young men in uniform paraded and also on parade were the many and varied civilian defense groups of the city and county together witlr many hundreds of children It is esti mated that nearly 8 000 persons paraded But the principal attrac tion was of course Miss Lamour of sarong fame She arrived 30 to 40 minutes before the time was scheduled to appear waited in a car at the main dium entrance meanwhile the ter of much attraction When the proper time came and with bands playing she rode around the outer edge of the stadium in an open car driven by Dr Ruschli while a spot light played upon her Escorts for the screen star were Cadet Col A Jackson of Evanston Til representing the Purdue ROTC and Kenneth Queram of Lincoln Neb of the Purdue naval school These for tunate young men escorted her to the stage where she was greeted by local civic and bond officials Presented to the audience bath ed in flood lights and clad in a seal skin coat Miss Lamour ad dressed a simple yet impressive appeal for the purchase of war bonds which she described as buying a share in America ing bonds means buying eyesight arms legs and the very lives of our she continued all enlist our she pleaded go down into our pockets and buy buy and buy not until it hurts because if we buy we will be beyond hurting show our bdys we are behind them not 50 or 100 percent but a billion PRESENTATION MADE Ghlee Jenkins county war savings chairman presented Miss Lamour with a handsome hand executed of the artistic work of Uoyd Moser The scroll signed by Dr Elliott president of Purdue tne di as Rails Donated to Scrap Metal Drive SOUTH BEND Sept (UP) The spur of the Big our rail road which in the past almost supported Granger Ind has be come a part of the war effort Salvage officials said today the rails are being donated to the scrap metal drive The railroad has been idle since July 1932 and strafed Japanese concen trations in the Mubo area of New Guinea below the Jap bases of Lae and Salamaua and continued relentless mountain ley range tempting Moresby HEAVY JAPANESE The attack by large planes against the harbor of Ra baul on New Britain island north east of New Guinea was carried out in the face of heavy Japanese anti aircraft fire Gen Douglas communique said Direct hits were scored amid ships on the 8000 ton cargo ship during the early morning attack causing a loud explosion and set ting fire to the vessel which probably sank the communique said All of the allied bombers returned safely to their base Incessant attacks were conduct ed by a strong formation of al lied fighter craft against Jap po sitions along the Kokoda track in the Papua area of New Guinea Huts lying along the road from Buna to Port Moresby and con taining Jap stores and equipment Were set aflame Gen MacArthur said The small airfield near Ko koda also was attacked man planes and sunk two pos sibly ahi eriemy submarines in a four day naval and air attack on a Russia bound convoy the ad miralty announced today The running battle in the haz ardous waters off northern Nor wav involved one convoy operations in some Losses among the merchant ships were not specified but casualties were slight because of the effi cient rescue of the crews of mer chant ships lost TWO BRITISH LOSSES The convoy battle cost the Brit ish the destroyer Somali which broke in two and sank after be ing torpedoed and 815 ton mine sweeper Leda also torpedoed and sunk British air losses were four naval planes but three pilots were saved Carrier borne naval air fighters known as Sea Hurricanes aided by other planes and the anti aircraft defenses were credi ted with destroying 13 planes in one engagement and 24 on the following day At least three others were known to have been destroyed and the admiralty said many others were destroyed or damaged It was known that the main part of the convoy on which the attack was started Sept 12 three days after it had been sighted by enemy planes and submarines had reached Russia with supplies for the red army lyingortresses Score Di rect Hit on Deck of 8000 Ton oe Cargp Vessel in Harbor of Rabaul GEN HEAD QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA Sept 25 Heavy allied bombers presumably American lying ortresses smashed direct bomb hits on the deck of an 8 000 ton Japanese cargo vessel in a large scale attack against en emy shipping in the harbor of Rabaul and probably sank the vessel it was announced in a communique today Bombing attacks were carried out against shipping in the Jap held harbor of Dilli on the for mer Dutch Portuguese island of Timor and direct hits scored on Japanese aircraft at the airdrome on Buka island in the Solomons where fires were started among enemy installations ighter planes bombed STALINGRAD TROOPS CAPTURE MUCH BOOTY ROM GERMANS Once Threw Heavy Stein of Beer at Hitler but Missed KANSAS CITY Kas Sept Dr Michael Bernreither in structor at the University of Kan sas School of Medicine once threw a 32 ounce beer stein at Adolf Hitler and missed Next week join the United States army Ynedical corns as a captain still seeking a chance to destroy the fuehrer In 1922 as a medical student he sat in a Munich beer hall listen ing to a thin voiced political speak er named Hitler The speech start ed a riot into the midst of which Bernreither threw his heavy stein he sighed missed one fell the charging soviets maintained the The nazis were driven from ad ditional streets and buildings in Stalingrad proper But the heav iest fighting occured before re capture of the village into which red troops finally drove with tanks and tommy guns from the north and northwest The Germans now are using" their' heaviest tanks in an effort to break counter offensive but their attacks are being repelled everywhere with substantial losses SEIZE WAR MATERIAL Moscow was cheered by front line dispatches disclosing that the Germans in some sectors are be Despite this prediction however Sen Carl A Hatch (D) refused to abandon the drive to amend the measure and took the senate floor to urge that all farm labor costs be included in fixing of price ceilings SENATORS WAVERING Many senators admittedly were wavering between their tions that th ment is just and fear break between President velt and congress would the nation cannot say that a number of senators have me and said they would change their 6arkley stated can say that many senators com mitted to the Thomas Hatch amendment have come to me said that the new amendment ministration compromise) not is satisfactory but that it is ter than the Thomas amendment do not expect a vote today There are many senators who want to MANY POSTPONE VOTE Senate leaders it was under stood had agreed to postpone a vote until Monday or Tuesday in the hope that there would be fur ther switches to the administra tion compronuse The compromise which directs the elude farm Jabor ceilings on prices products would prices up 10 to 12 ing to some senators This some contended would give the its major objective am not particular about lan said Hatch the ob jective can be accomplished in some other way than proposed by the amendment 1 have offered it is agreeable "The so amendment tirelv meet IDENTICAL AMENDMENTS Both Sen Thomas (D) Okla and Hatch offered identical amend ments requiring inclusion of all labor costs in parity prices The parity price theory is that the farmer will obtain prices for his products which will give him a purchasing power equivalent to that between 1909 and 1914 some times described as the of the American farmer Blunt warnings from adminis tration spokesmen that Mr Roose velt will veto the bill and announce to the nation that he will stabilize prices and wages in disregard to congress sank deeply into some members "We want to open a second front in Europe before we open one in the United was the argument used privately by one senator in seeking a compromise Sen Elmer Thomas (D) Okla denying that adoption of his amendment would cause disunity and insisting that it would aid morale of millions of farmers in stead refused to accept the com promise Under the Thomas amendment all farm labor costs included in arriving prices for agricultural products This would mean a lifting of the price ceiling to 112 1 2 percent parity to me called compromise however does not en the Nazis Suffer Tremendous Losses in Ten utile Attempts to Storm Main Street Crossing City rom East to West Moscow Cheered by Late Dispatches rom ront MOSCOW Sept German troops besieging Stalingrad made ten futile attempts to storm the main street crossing the city from east to west today to counteract the successful offensive of Marshal Semyon armies Soon after announcement was made that Timoshenko had driven orecast for Indiana: Intermit tent light rain tonight and Satur day forenoon rising tempera tures this afternoon through Sat urday forenoon becoming colder in extreme northwest portion late Saturday forenoon Local temperature from 7 a Thursday to 7 a riday: High 56: low 36 mean 46 no rain fall Sun rises 6:37 sun 6:40 Dorothy Lamour Sells Million in WASHINGTON Sept (INS) John United Mine Workers union will demand time and a half overtime if it increases the hours of coal miners beyond the present seven hour day five day week it was learned today after Secretary of Interior Ickes asked for longer hours to meet war requirements It was possible according to UMW officials that the entire question may be placed before the miners convention at Cincinnati Oct 6 A spokesman designated by Lewis said however that miners will dig all the coal need ed by war factories and to heat the homes this Ickes announced that a meeting will be held in Washington next Tuesday between operators and miners seeking to work out a formula for longer hours for mi ners Ickes was ious to see operating six days a week To this the UMW mines in Ohio arc than five days a week It said that the are willing and ready to work six days a week but desire to have the work spread to mines operating less than five days be fore starting the extra day EIGHT MEN DIE IN COLLISION ARMY BOMBERS PHOENIX Ariz Sept (INS) An army board of inquiry today investigated the mid air col lision of two twin engined bomb ers trainer planes in which eight officers and men were killed Wreckage of the planes was sighted by a Commercial Airlines pilot near lorence Ariz Wil liams field authorities said the planes were on a training flight The dead were: Lt Robert Ross 22 ort Huron Mich: Lt Shea 23 Kansas City Lt Gibson 24 Valley City Lt William Owen 24 Mag nolia Ark Cadet John Cwik 27 Johnstown Pa Cadet Robert Cote 19 Woonsocket I Cadet Mathew arrell jr 25 Lynn Mass and Cadet William Harter 25 Delaware Roosevelt Cancels Press Conference WASHINGTON Sept (INS) white house announced to day that concelled Ing press tion was Impressive Spectacle at Stadium Rally Is Splendid Testimonial to Patriotism of City and County Dorothy Lamour Central Attraction Calls Achievement Best Ever Seen McCutcheon Cartoon Lamour Ker chief Are Sold to Bond Buyers The presence of glamorous Dorothy Lamour Hollywood star highlighted one of the most impressive and colorful spectacles ever witnessed in this vicinity at the war show and bond rally staged Thiirsdav evening in Ross Ade stadium at Purdue SENATORS EAR OPEN BREAK BETWEEN AND CONGRESS Bonds Single Day INDIANAPOLIS Sept 25 Hoosiers in three cities yesterday dug down in their pock ets and purchased $1000000 worth of war bonds from Dorothy Lamour officials of the state war savings staff announced today Miss Lamour who will appear at a huge bond rally in Cadle tabernacle here tonight visited Kokomo Laporte and Lafayette yesterday to promote the sale of bonds A total of $100000 in bonds was sold at a Kokomo luncheon attended by the actress and at Laporte where she appeared at dinner $400000 worth were sold A rally on the Purdue campus at Lafayette netted $508000 more Admittance to the rally here tonight may be gained by the pur chase or pledge to purchase a $100 bond Manufacturer Dies Ex Purdue Student COLUMBUS Ind Sept 25 Richard Dickey 62 man ufacurer and city councilman died of a heart attack in his home here today Dickey attended Pur due university and for 21 years was connected with the Republic Structural Iron company and the Gabriel Snubber company at Cleve land He came to Columbus in 1921 His widow and two sons survive Local Squadron Of Naval lyers Gets Name TNT (TNT) is Lafayette ers now Lafavette cruiting service Mrs Joseph Ragains of West Lafayette is winner of the naming contest and as a prize has received a cer tificate of honorary membership in the squadron The presentation was made Thursday night at the war show and bond rally at the Purdue sta dium the winner gratefully ack nowledging the award A commit tee composed of George Ade Pur due 1887 noted author and play wright John McCutcheon famed cartoonist and 1889 Purdue alumnus and Clarence Bivins another well known Purdue man of the nineties made the choice of names from 85 submitted by contestants in Lafayette and vi cinity Mrs Ragains entry was selected as the most suitable name The certificate is made out to "Darlene who is the wife of Ragains assistant music director at Purdue It is signed by rank A Tedford chairman of the local civilian re cruiting committee for the squad ron Matthews of In dianapolis in charge of navy re cruiting in Indiana and the mem bers of the award committee Tedford announces that in addition to 22 men already formally selected for the squadron of 40 there are 29 candidates who have passed the local examinations' and have yet to pass the final tests in Chicago Jap Naval Ships Are Reported in Atlantic Waters LONDON Sept The Tokyo radio according to Reuters (British) news agency today broadcast an imperial headquar ters communique claiming that of naval forces have advanced into the Atlantic and now are engaged in strategic op erations in close co operation with the axis There have been no reports from authoritative sources of the presence of Japanese vessels in the Atlantic Japanese submarine oper ating recently in the Atlantic call ed at a German naval base and again sailed for strategic the Tokyo broadcast Competent circles pointed out that the nouncement may be a to her axis nartners sate for delay in attack ing Siberia as Adolf Hitler is reported demanding and to give Germany and Italy something to satisfy the home front Nevertheless it is possible that some Japanese submarines may have wriggled through Anglo American defenses into the At lantic as the most recent' under sea craft built by Japan are cap able of 9000 mile voyages It is hardly likely however that any large surface warships have made the trip Lieut Wainwright 6000 Others Are VICTORY CORPS IN SCHOOLS IS NEW PROPOSAL McNutt Announces Oppor tunity for 6500000 Stu dents in Country to Pre pare for US War Service WASHINGTON Sept (UP) War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt today announced a plan for organizing a high school victory corps which will provide an opportunity for all of the 6500000 high school students in the country to prepare for war service Capt Edward Rickenbacker world war I flying ace and avia tion leader has accepted chairmanship of the national icy committee 'of the corps army navy and commerce partments have endorsed the gram The purposes of the corps Sec Ickes Urges Longer Hours to Mrs Roosevelt Tells Children of Prolonged War WASHINGTON Sept (UP) Mrs ranklin Roosevelt told a gathering of school children to day that some of them may be fighting in this war before it is over and that she hoped that when they do they will make it unnecessary for children of fu ture generations to go to war Mrs Roosevelt spoke at the opening of a "Schools program conducted on the steps of the treasury building here by the treasury war savings staff The exercises were attended by 4000 Washington children who paraded to the treasury Speakers in cluded Secretary of Treasury Hen ry Morgenthau Jr and Commissioner of Studebaker Mrs Roosevelt school children are not fighting with guns tanks and planes some of them very soon be do ing that kind of fighting when you do" she hope you will fight so it will be unnecessary for children who come after you to fight at The exercises were marked by the presentation of a salvaged in the reconstruc tion of Independence hall to Mor genthau who half of the Washington be presented to school children of each state The presentation was made by Mrs Bruce Gould co editor of Home Jour DEATH TOLL IN 3 TRAIN WRECK MAY TOTAL 20 ifteen Bodies Recovered rom Twisted iery Cars One Engineer in Tragedy Held for Manslaughter DICKERSON Md Sept The engineer of a Balti more and Ohio railroad passenger train which crashed into the of another tossed cars from each into path of a charged today with manslaughter At least 15 and possibly 20 per sons were killed in the freak three train wreck Three addi tional bodies were removed from the charred twisted wreckage early today bringing to 15 the number of bodies recovered ive other persons remain unaccount ed for and it is feared they were cremated in the fire that followed the crash State police estimated that 200 persons on the three trains were injured Only 10 were hurt seri ously enough to require hospitali zation A warrant charging Raymond Rufus McClelland of Baltimore engineer of the and crack Diesel engined with manslaughter was issued last night by William Clark Jus ticc7bf Rock villi Md "McClelland was leased in $3000 bond after rail road officials promised to him for a hearing on Oct 16 mechanic John McCurdy of Pittsburgh was re leased on $200 bond as a material witness While railroad state and fed eral officials including federal bu reau of investigation officers were investigation the wreck Mary land attorney Ben Wil kinson said evidence which has come to light to my mind indicates gross negligence anj justifies this charge of manslaugh against McClelland Two passengers were tentatively identified at a Rockville funeral home as Clay Ameral of Bra zil and Humphrey Morris address unknown Railroad headquarters reported the body of Hill Catonsville Md also had been found The body of a train flag man Gilhart was identified at the scene yesterday Railroad Group Expected to Ask Wage Increase CHICAGO Sept Railroad management and labor sources which declined to be quoted reported today that 15 brotherhoods of non operating em ployes had notified the carriers of demands for a 20 cent an hour wage increase with a minimum of 70 cents an hour and a closed shop The sources said railroad oper ators employing members of the brotherhoods were being served with notices of the demands at their executive offices throughout the nation today The non operating brotherhoods unions of personnel such as clerks telegraphers and signalmen rep resent more than 900000 workers Representatives of the unions conferred in Chicago several days last week then adjourned without announcing the purpose of the sessions or what action might be taken in the future Both non operating and the four" operating unions of engi neers conductors switchmen and trainmen and enginemen obtained wage increases a year ago through mediation processes set up under the national railway act State ederation Of Labor Adopts Many Resolutions SOUTH BEND Ind Sept (AP) A set of 20 resolutions per taining to state and national prob lems had the endorsement today of the 58th annual convention of the Indiana State ederation of Labor (AL) In sessions yesterday the dele gates chose Terre Haute as the site of their 1943 convention and heard addresses by State Republi can Chairman Ralph Gates and Democratic Chairman red Bays Some of the resolutions adopted urged: Continuance and expansion of the state merit system of employe selection Amendment of laws greater protection to workers from silicosis industrial diseases Semi annual physical tions of meat handlers Social security provisions or ade quate pensions for the non teaching school employes as well as other state and municipal building service employes Inclusion in the social security act of city county and state em ployes Creation by President Roosevelt of a commission to aid the war la bor board for greater effective ness in the war effort Both speakers at the third day of the convention pleaded for unity in prosecuting the war to the end Gates said state policies "should be approached from a patriotic rather than a political Bays urged peace on the home front working for a lasting "ight the Japs not he added Barkley Claims arm Bloc Lines Breaking in Bitter Conflict Over Parity Price Issue in Anti Inflation Bill WASHINGTON Sept Sen? Alben Barkley democratic leader today claimed that "farm bloc" lines are breaking in the bitter battle over the parity price issue with the result that chances of a victory for a white house approved price control bill are rapidly improving BRITISH NAVAL ORCES WIN IN ARCTIC BATTLE orty oe Planes Destroyed Two and Possibly Six Boats Sunk in Attack on Russian Bound Convoy LONDON Sept 25 (UP) British naval forces in their big gest Arctic victory of the war have destroyed at least 40' Ger man planes and sunk two Crisis Meet Capti.