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RUSSIANS BALK

VOLGA THRUST AT STALINGRAD

Infantry Attacks Fall Off As Nazis Develop New

Attack to South.:

‘ ‘By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent

Dispatches from the blazing Stalfngrad front today said that Nazi pressure in the northwestern quar ter ‘of the city continued but there was a slackening of infantry activity as the Russians fought off enemy . ‘attempts to break through to the Volga. However, the Nazis threw additional motorized and armored forces against the Russian flanking column northwest of Stalingrad and were developing a threat to the Russians south of the city. (The Vichy radio reported that the . Germans had brought up the heaviest types of siege guns and had started to batter Stalingrad as they did Sevastopol.) .To the northwest of Stalingrad the Red army push to the south moved ahead slowly and several Nazi strongholds were captured. Five strong counter-attacks were beaten off. : Many Planes Downed

Pravda; © organ of the Communist party, r .the Germans were nj masses of planes against

Russian, troops. many. Nazi 1 planes with oir anti-tank rifles. - Stalingrad, the Russians " wire said ‘to have recaptured a lafge pbuilding dominating several ‘surrounding blocks. The buildings hdd changed hands three times previously. Two hundred Nazis ine the building were extermi‘Tzvestia reported that many German divisions brought. up to the front in the last few days have been. mauled in their initial operations. : {A Nazi communique claimed that German artillery fire had sunk two Volga river gunboats and blown up a, skyscraper inside the city.

Timoshenko Gains Again

‘The relief column of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko was said to be making progress southward and had driven the Nazis out of several more strong points. iThe communique also repotted that attacks on the Mozdok area of the eastern Caucasus, where the Germans: were trying to drive to the Grozny oil fields, Had been

hurled back. “On one sector, Germans sup-|s

ported by tanks ‘thrice attempted to break through Soviet lines and were repulsed,” the communique said. Spviet troops destroyed three tanks iw wiped out a company of infan-

Russ Admit Setback ‘One Russian setback was admit-

ted, southeast of Novorossisk, the|

Black sea naval base the Germans occupied three weeks ago. | Soviet; patrols, and trench mortars : Killed: 200 Germans and knocked out four - guns and iwo trench mortar batteries. on the "Leningrad front. : Anti-aircratt downed six Junkers 87 ‘bombers on the- -approaches tc Len-

| The ‘most desperate efforts pf the ans in Stalingrad had been in dusted] section in the northtern part ‘ot the city, where they had tried in vain to crash through Svat defenses -to the Volga river d. split the forces of the :defenders, | Moscow | ‘announced that the Red army's famous system of political mmissars again had been ed. x : The action came only about a after the commissars had been ored to full powers in the Rusr fighting forces. ‘

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Crowded Institutions Pu

Limit on Stay of New Mothers. By FREMONT POWER

the hospitals. ey. have ihe . doctors ie pitals fook ha or 1 more “beds “and more and more fathers are pacing { the waiting room floors.

all the care necessary although triey § are making every effort to have the § mothers returned to their homes § under competent supervision soon as possible. 5861 Born This Year In the first eight months of this 3 year, 5861 of the little ones got their i

rate.

beds in the last two weeks.

stay the full 14 days if the birth is a normal one and the mother’s condition is satisfactory. At City hospital, Dr, Charles Myers, superintendent, said his. hospital is following doctors’ recomsmendations when they determine the births can occur at home with equal safety. Last month 326 babies were de livered at Methodist. This month they. expect 350 to 375. And all this in a maternity ward with a normal capacity of 90.

May Limit Mother's Stay St. Vincent's is considering putting a ‘limit on the days a mother may stay, but St. Francis as yet has not been overcrowded. Mothers customarily stay at St. Francis about six or seven days. Indianapolis birth rate figures, compared with last year: ; 1941 January ceceececess 9597 February «seeceeeeces 603 March IEEE EERE RENN 649 April sececccecensoes 600 May sasassseresieee D4 June, Beivaaeee deans 642 July enveecsencentoe 765 August e800 747

1942 725 680 727 646 708 738 826

$ Totals secon 1936 births. ...5925. 1937 births... .6373. 1938 births. ;\ .6990.

GHIGAGO FEARS NEW WAVE OF KILLINGS,

Terrible Roger Touhy and |

Slayers at Large! By BOBERT T. LOUGHRAN

The babies have “taken over” ati

The hospitals have been careful § to make sure that mothers receives

first look at the world, which isi more than 700 ahead. of last year’s }

Coleman has installed 15 new; No time limit has been imposed, al-| though mothers are urged not to3

- [scrap metal tonight—about 2,000,000

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saunty,

1. Mrs. Floyd H. Bertram and her ‘¢hild. : 2.'Mrs. Jack Parsons, nurse, holds the’ ‘son of Russell J.- Mathes in the Methodist hospital nursery. Fis s

WISHIGTIN (2

TA Weekly Sizoup by the Washington i574 Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers 4

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—About. that second front: The story now is that Churchill and Roosevelt don’t see eye to eye. ’ Roosevelt's indorsement of ‘Willkie “activities abroad supports this view. For included in the Willkie statements was the one about some “prodding” beirig needed. And Churchill has made it plain he wants ne prodding.

eee % = = Don't discount Biddle for supreme court. ‘Despite stories put out by friends that he doesn’t want it, the attorney general is still. best bet. ‘Second-best bet: Circuit Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana. =.= : : a =o» Mars follows the sun. Watch for winter fighting on: shores of Mediterranean, in Middle East, in South Pacific, India, Dakar. Yet it’s still too early to rule out Siberia. Natis are extremely ay in and around Baier, Feports say. Staff (Continued on Page Two) :

Trucks Collecting Scrap From Schools i in in County i:

The Junk yards: will Joe’ full of

pounds of if.

= few days by bringing in thee 2500 “This afternoon between 100 and A

pounds of scrap metal. Now, by

n the collection of heaps of scrap)’ metal at more than 125 schools ‘in|

The trucks wil delve the metal to junk dealers throughout the|

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WER JoLTs AXI

ONE IIPANESE TWO DAMAGED

Enemy Continues to Put Troops Ashore Under Terrific Fire. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10

(U. P.).—A Japanese destroyer was sunk and a heavy

‘leruiser and destroyer were

damaged by American airmen. striving desperately to halt greatly expanded enemy attempts to land reinforcements on Guadalcanal, the

navy: announced today. Seven encmy planes also were destroyed in these and other late actions in the Solomons. The total of enemy aircraft destroyed there since early August now is 245. The navy announcement of the new actions followed a communique

{from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's

headquarters in Australia disclosing one of the most devastating air raids of the Pacific war on Rabaul, Japan's powerful base on New Britain island, to the northwest of; the Solomons.

" Actions Cover Oct. 5-8

The new actions announced by the navy covered a period from the night of Oct. 5 through the evening of Oct. 8.

Hx enemy Eada) A to

assist landing operations at the northwestern end of the island. A destroyer was sunk and another damaged in this engagement. But ‘the enemy continued to put froop reinforcements ashore :- on Guadalcanal during the night of Oct. 7-8. . On the night of Oct. 8, navy and marine corps dive bombers and torpedo planes, assisted by fighters, intercepted an enemy naval force

_|northwest of Guadalcanal,

This force, including a cruiser of the 7100-ton Kako class and five destroyers, also was engaged in covering landing operations. - A torpedo hit and some bomb hits were scored’ on the cruiser. It was still burning the following afternoon. Enemy Loses 4 Seaplanes In that engagement, four enemy seaplanes were shot down and two of our planes were: lost. The navy also provided additional details concerning’ the raids announced on last Thursday night, in which carrier-based planes from a Pacific task force and army heavy bombers attacked shipping and Japanese installations in the Solomons. The navy said that in addition to the operations by those elements, army, navy and marine corps landbased aircraft attacked enemy positions at Buka island, Gizo island and Rekata bay. At Buka, 375 miles northwest of

damaged, Results at Gizo, 215 miles from the American base, could not be observed. But at Rekata bay, 185 miles -to the northwest, beach installations ‘were bombed, two ‘seaplanes shot down and another seaplane and a ‘small launch were destroyed on the water,

PACE QUICKENED BY i FUND WORKERS Seek to Avoid Week-End

Lull in: Campaign. WAR FUND FACTS = $1,500,000.00

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SMASH FOE A DESERT; RAZE BIG NIPPON BASE: LEAVE RUIN IN FRANCE

Sacramento Not Reported Lost

The navy department at Washington has never reported the U. S. S. Sacramento lost. In the past few days, several telephone calls have been received by The Indianapolis Times, asking if the ship, which carries an Indianapolis complement, had been sunk. An unofficial naval magazine in a recent issue listed the Sacramento in a “box score” of American ships lost since the war began. A query to the navy department today brought the answer that the ship has never been reported sunk,

SENATE RUSHES GIANT TAX BILL

gj rma to Complete Action

Tax. (Tax Tables on Page Three)

- WASHINGTON, Oct.. 10 (U. P.). —The senate works overtime today to- pass the most gigantic tax bill in history, including the stiffest income levies ever imposed on the American taxpayer. : Foregoing its usual Saturday recess and meeting an hour early for the fifth consecutive day, the chamber expects to complete action on the $8,000,000,000 bill before nightfall. ‘Senate Democratic Leader Barkley hopes the job can be done in four hours. After approving the new 5 per gent “victory tax” on individual|gross incomes cver $12-a-week and

‘|rejecting President Roosevelt’s re-

quest for higher social security levies, the senate was close to passage late yesterday.

Final Action Delayed

But when leaders learned that Senator Robert M. La Follette (Prog. Wis.) had additional amendments, they postponed final action. La Follette has three proposals under consideration, and may offer all of them. They are: 1. Repeal of the present depletion allowance on oil and gas wells and certain mines, ‘in accordance with treasury recommendations, to plug “loopholes” in existing law and raise $124,000,000 more annually. 3. Increased individual surtaxes, to raise another $208,000,000. La Follette wants to ease the rate on the first $500 of taxable income but increase it on the middle and higher brackets to a top rate of 84 per cent on income above $200,000. This compares with a top surtax rate in the senate bill of 82 per cent. 3. Higher estate and gift taxes, to raise an additional $193,000,000. The

| senate bill makes no ‘change in ex-

isting rates. Rejection of the president's request for an increase in social security old-age benefit taxes came with passage by a 50-t0o-35 vote of an amendment to freeze them at the present 1 per cent level for emloyer and employee.

On the War Fronts

(Oct. 10, 1942)

MOSCOW—Nazi pressure at Stalingrad continues but infantry at-

‘tlina medium ‘bombers hit the Ra-

Americans Join Allies in Devastating Raids On German Planes and Supply Depots In Renewed Egyptian Action.

America’s spreading wings challenged the axis on three widely separated fronts today, dramatizing the increasing air power of the united nations. § Action flamed in North Africa, where U. S. air units joined with those of their allies in a daylight smash at the | enemy’s desert air fields. i A shattering attack by heavy bombing planes on Rabaul, in New Britain island of the Bismarcks, left the greatest Japanese base in the Southwest Pacific in ruins. : Jubilant crews of army bombers in Britain claimed a bag of 41 planes in yesterday’s sweep of Nazi-occupied France, in addition to five downed by escort gitar, ® » »

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20 Enemy Planes Downed In Air Sweep Over Deser

CAIRO, Oct. 10 (U. P.).—American air units joi with those of their allies in a daylight smash at axis des airfields yesterday, sharing in a bag of at least 20 axis plar shot: down in the air and many: more blasted to bits on ti it was. inced today. To Ur 8. headquarters announced that. American fighte carried out more than a score of sorties during the big dese sweep, escorting bomber squadrons and engaging in ground-strafing missions. The fighters reported shooting down one Messerschmitt 109. Two more were scored as probables and at least one more was damaged. The fighters destroyed 8 number of trucks by gunfire and set -afire some Nazi tanks on the desert. Three or more gun emplacements were blown up. For the first time an American pilot flying an American plane in|Planes. The mediums all ret an American operational unit shot |#afely despite opposition by 10 down a German plane in the desert.|12 ME, 1006. He was Second Lieut. William J.| Loss of 12 planes was announc Mount, Osawatomie, Kas. in all operations. American heavy bombers, it was| (Germany and Italy claimed 5 revealed, carried out an attack|allied planes, an Italian com Thursday on a large tanker and|que in what was called a bri fuel installations at Suda bay,|success said that Italian J Crete, with excellent results. They|downed 20 allied planes, Germ reported seven direct hits and five|fighters 25 and anti-aircraft near misses on the tanker and'nine.) : » » ¥

eight direct hits and five ne misses on the oil tanks. All planes returned safely. During the big operation over desert, squadrons of = four-engin bombers attacked the axis ship in Benghazi harbor. All bom returned to their base. Medium bombers attacked Na landing fields, especially those: k hind the front lines and ' sec many hits on runways and p

MacArthur Bombers Leave Flaming Wreckage in Rabe 3

By DON CASWELL United Press Staff Correspondent GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIA, Oct. Docks, machine shops, supply depots, barracks and defense installa of the greatest Japanese base in the Southwest Pacific lay in ruin oO day after a shattering attack by allied heavy bombing planes on R in New Britain island of the Bismarcks. : Gen. Douglas MacArthur put into the attack the greatest force

heavy bombers ever used in this theater to smash & base which is a by the Anan 3s mad constant menace to the marines in|pombers attacked the sirdrome d the Solomons and his own forces in persal area and water front sup New Guinea. depots at Lae, on the north Driving through furious anti-| Guinea coast. .

aircraft ‘fire, consolidated Cata-| Their 16° tons of bombs gun smoke and debris from fires

explosions belching hundreds feet into the air. A third force of planes, © dated Catalinas, bombed the. i drome runway and plane ¢ y ares at Buke. northernmost of 8 Solomons islands. A

ing over St. George's channel, ‘tween Rabaul and New Irel

baul area in the dead of night, showering incendiaries throughout the target area. - The biggest force of Boeing flying fortresses ever sent against a target in this zone followed up with 60 tons of demolition bombs, picking their ‘targets by the light of fires and explosions the incendiaries had cawed. Australian-built Beaufort fighters, the tough combat planes developed

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