Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1942 — Page 6

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NAZIS IN 2 DAYS

Snow, Low Clouds: Hamper

Russian Artillery at | . Stalingrad. MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (U. PJ— Freezing winds piling fresh-fallen snow into deep drifts limited Rus- ~ sian operations. on the Stalingrad

front to small advances today, but|§

the Red army smashed forward west of Rzhev, where 1200 Germans had been killed in two days’ fighting. The Russians broke enemy éount-er-attacks and advanced at some points in the Stalingrad area, but front line dispatches said hardly a moving object could: be seen on the i steppes.

' clouds and Snow complicated the Russians’ problem of locating the Nast artillery : batteries. for long- ~ range guns to silence. Use Snow-White Trucks The Russians were using the lull “to reinforce théir troops st Stalingrad, by means. of fleets of white | trucks, almost invisible against the | Snow, At the sanie time they were "smashing German attempts to bring in their reinforcements by alr. In two days, the Russiahs had defirgled 12 vig Geto raaport bringing supplies: to the ‘ares,

Reports from the- Rzhev-Vyazma-Veliki: Luki sector northwest of

Moscow. said almost: 7500 enemy.

troops had been killed there in recent fighting. The Soviet noon communique that 1200: of them had been killed in the last two days. peices from ‘that ares sald the Germans had. thrown scores of tanks into an: attack rear Veliki Luki but were repulsed.

DRAFT FEDERAL PAY BILL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10: (U. P.). ' —Legislation to grant federal employees a basic 44-hour work week and overtime pay at the rate of time and a half was placed on the senate calendar today. But even its

sponsors admitted that it has only a slim chance of passage in this

Heads Hospital

Clyde E. Parsons

Parsons, Coal Company President, Will Succeed Walsman Jan. 1.

Clyde E. Parsons, president of the Parsons Coal & Cement Co., has been. named business manager of the - City hospital by Mayor-elect

Robert H, Tyndall.

Mr. Parsons will assume his new duties on Jan. 1, succeeding Albert PF. Walsman, a Démocrat, who already has submitted his resignation to Mayor Sullivan. The new City hospital business manager was born in Alexandria, Ky., and came to Indianapolis with his parents as a boy.

Bought Coal Firm

He attended public schools “here and after graduation entered: the builders’ supply business. - - His first connections were. with the Wales Coal & Lime Co. and the A. B. Meyer Co. In 1911, he became affiliated with the Peoples Coal & Cement: Co. After three years, he and his associates purchased this company. Mr. Parsons was vice president and treasurer of this corporation. He remained with this company until 1932 when he formed the Parsons Coal & Cement Co. He!is'a member of the Masonic lodge, Meridian Heights Presbyterian church, married, has a daughter and lives

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"FINALLY TAKEN

MacArthur Troops End Risk _ Of Attack From Rear---In Buna :Drive.

“\MsCARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australis, Dec: 10. (U. P.).—

| pation of the Gona area in New Guinea and are advancing, without menace to their rear, against the remaining Japanese forces in the Buna-Sananands ares, it was announced today. | The Japanese were pinned into a: narrow -coastal strip, with allied

ous bombing and strafing in support of artillery and ground forces. The major ‘development was announced at Canbérra where Prime Minister John Curtin dramatically!

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

- amid cheers and shouls~ f Fin,

forecast the fall of Gona. It reported that Australian jungle fighters had beaten back strong enemy attempts to escape from their surrounded positions, killing at least 95 Japanese and capturing four. This brought enemy casualties around Gona for the last week to about 400 killed. Occupation of Gona was the first major development since Americans and Australians pushed the Japanese back against the north coast between Gona and Cape Endaiadere, about 20 miles southeast, on

garrisons followed an advance over: the Owen Stanley mountains from Port Moresby, on ° ‘the’ south coast of New Guinea. . : 2 Australians: rehoniod ‘the beash] both north and ‘south. of: Gona ‘a week 480. They will: be able NOW| Lto ‘push without trouble: from. their, rear, down. the shores of .Holniet hay. toward Sanafianda, ‘where

‘Australian-American force attacking down the trail from Soputa,

Three European Houses

‘Australian patrols penetrated the Gona village Nov. 22, but withdrew until the next day when larger forces returned snd began sur‘rounding ' Japanese . positions and making thrusts toward the beach from both. sides ‘of the town, The Japanese were deeply dug in, with protection from mortars, machine guns and. automatic weapons. They held the Aussies off for three weeks in the toughest. fighting of the New Guinea campaign. Gona is a tiny native village and mission station, with three European houses, one church, one hospital and three ‘schools. The peacetime population included -about 700 na-

women missionaries. The Japahese occupied the village July 22. It has been 30 buttered |

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than a name on maps. New Advance to Be Stow: _ A spokesman at general Toads quarters said the advance down the beach toward Buna, against the strong enemy positions in the Sanananda area, would not be easy. The Japanese anticipated the loss of Gona some time ago, and eréci- || ed a series of barricades alofig the! beach toward Sanananda and Buna:}

Allied forces have completed occu-|

enemy has been holding off a mixed i

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Devastation a af ¢ Turin Grows As RAF Makes 7th Raid

LONDON, Dec. 10 (U. P).— been the target of the Jat ix I. A Large new fires spread today in|F. raids on Italy.

Nov. 19. The boxing of the enemy | -.

and bombed that it is little mote tl

The advance was expected fo. another step-by-step process, “with the flooded Giruwa river as a formidable natural obstacle to the at-, tack on Buna. Gen. MacArthur has been at the front for about three weeks, bef Il sonally directing the campaign. Gen. Thomas Blamey of the Aus: tralian army, is with him.

Believe Japs Prijs: New Solomons Plan: WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (0 ‘B) —The Japanese Were believed todsy to be preparing ‘another. desperate attempt to break , through “the: Ameri blockade ‘of "Gusdaleansl to carry supplies and . reinforcenents to isolated enemy: forces. || One such: attempt was broken up

Plast “Thursday (island time) when an American air strikiyg group in-

10 . cruisers = and destroyers .approaching ‘Guadalcanal; sinking

three others afire. : Naval sources indicated that the remnants of that: foree probably went back to one of the Japanese bases, possibly Rabaul or Buka prior to undertaking. ‘another uy at Guadalcanal, : were believed to be approaching a critical - supply sibubtion - inasmuch |

tercepted an enemy force of about ||

one cruiser or destroyer and leaving of 4

Japanese forces: on Gudatcasel Ea

48 every ememy attempt, t to of Guadalcanal since early Svea |

Meanwhile, American rome ok | ers and marine and army: [patrols on the island have been - away at Japasese SEP piss for weeks:

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Meat Ration

Lacks Justice

and Sense, Says Rep. Landis

LINTON, Tad. Te. 10 (0. )-—

sumption, provision should be made s0 that the man with the price : 801 himself with 14 ounce steaks.”

is one thing to ration meat in

: a country where 40 per cent of the

of th 95 Job is to provide ood he poor as well as the rich, not’ ‘want to hire thousands ie snoopers when an ample food supply is the best prof to our gitizens.” :

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