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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 255
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‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1943
ussians Slash Forward In
rive Carries Northern ce to Within 60 Miles
5 of Latvian Border.
| By HENRY SHAPIRO | United Press Staff Correspondent 3 W, Jan. 2.—Soviet armies ‘were reported making new ad- _ wances on seven fronts today following victories yesterday which a nig Siig revealed was most gloviogs days of
y of Velikie Luki, killed in it except stragers and the wounded, to mountains 1100 miles
7 ‘along the Terek river, took | Chikola and three other
m.the former Latvian frontier. “British broadcast, heard here ‘United Press, also reported
A German official news agency broadcast from Berlin ‘that Velikie Luki was still hands but admitted that capital of the Kalmyk rehad been “evacuated.”
continued in the Velikie Luki and the German front line been “shortened for tactical 0 which made possible a scessful defense.”) ‘During the night the Russians on central front continued: their in the Velikie Luki sector, resome weak counter-attacks the noon communique reportstarted to assemble the enors amount of war spoils of all ts they captured with that city, or of the German position in tvian frontier area and juncof two railroads whose loss
- Nazi Garrisons Flee and southwest of Stalin-
~ and district agricultural They completely broke € n resistance in some sectors. ie enemy garrisons fled, leaving stores of war equipment and
the Caucasus: the Russians ahead, storming new towns lages in the Nalchik region. ‘were taking prisoners and spoils everywhere, and puremy troops relentlessly,
Gain Within Stalingrad‘Stalingrad city Russian shock ‘in an untiring night of atstormed several fortified and destroyed 3% separate es and gun emplacements. ing their offensive on the west Stalingrad front, the Rusduring the night captured ns’ of enemy dugouts and against fierce resistance, A the Middle Don front Russian troops broke through an ene= 8 of resistance, storming nches with the bayonet and seven tanks,
irs On the War Fronts:
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RUSSIA—Red army gains on seven
sectors and consolidates position around Velikie Luki; Germans contend they still hold city.
NORTH AFRICA—Allied bombers attack Sousse, Sfax and Gabes, German reinforcement bases; Bizerte and Tunis docks reported to be smashed as result of air offensive.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — MacArthur bombers set 3 Jap ships afire in Rabaul harbor; ground troops make further gains: in New Guinea.
INDIA - BURMA — British within legs than 25 miles of Akyab; R.A. F. raids central Burma village.
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IKISKA RAIDED 3D
. SUGGESSIVE DAY
One Zit Dow Downed Trying To Stop Attack on Jap Shipping. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.)—
U. S. planes, apparently engaged in sustained operations to blast the
{Japanese ‘off ' Kiska island, raided
that Aleutian outpost yestertiay for
the third successive day. and ‘again plane opposition, the navy an-|:
nounced today. But-the Americans, fying Liberator bombers and Lightning fighters escorts, were on the alert and lost none of their planes while shooting down one of six Japanese zeros which attempted to intercept the attack. In the first of the current series of raids, last Wednesday, Japanese zeros shot down three American planes. -One zero was destroyed. In the second raid on Thursday, U. S. medium bombers scored five ‘hits on ‘two enemy. ships without a loss.
Near Hit on Ship
In yesterday's attack, the Americans scored a near hit on one
vented by clouds from observing complete results of the raid. On the same day American dive bombers dropped bombs in the vicinity of Kokumbono on Guadalcanal in the Solomons where Japanese headquarters are believed to be located. Dense jungle growth prevented observation of results :at Kokumbono, which is seven miles west of Henderson field. Other American planes continued their almost daily bombing of the new Japanese air field in the Munda area of New Georgia island, 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. All U. S. planes returned undamaged from the Munda raid.
GOVERNOR TO ACT IN BOSTON FIRE PROBE
BOSTON, Jan. 2 (U., P.).—Governor Leverett Saltonstall was expected to take action today as result of a grand jury's charges of laxity and incompetence oo the part of city officials in connection with the Cocoanut Grove night club fire. He has authority over the Boston licensing commission and Boston police commission. The jury’s report, submitted along with 11 indictments, said there was ‘ng complete co-ordination between building department, fire department, police department ‘and licensing board with respect to various types of inspection intended to be made to insure public safety. . . .” LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am ...39 10a m. ... 41 Tam ...37 11am... 44 8am. ... 333 12 (noon).. 46 9a. m, ... 38 1pm ... 46
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IF IT COMES T0 GAS. U.S. CAN OUT-GAS AXIS
Maryland Arsenal Produces
Great Quantities for
‘Retaliatory Use.
By WALKER STONE Times Special Writer
hard at work turning out great quantities . of poison gas here at this research and production center of the army’s chemical warfare service, do not believe they are boondoggling. They believe that the gas-laclen mortar shells and bombs, flowing in ever-increasing volume from these assembly lines and from
other government arsenals andj §
private chemical plants around the country, war is over. Their hess is that the enemy will start gas warfare, and they say we have what it takes to finish it.
against Arperican troops in this war. Nor have pur troops used it against the enemy.
Retaliation Pledged
Our government's official policy regarding gas warfare “was set forth several months ago by President Roosevelt, after disclosures that the Japanese were using gas against the Chinese. The president strongly conthe Jape’ use of the weap
ry ‘declied” ‘$hat continued use of
whelming retaliation. So the policy of the chemical warfare service, as expressed by its chief, Maj. Gen. Willlam N. Porter, has peen not only to make sure that our troops have adequate protective equipment and training, but also to provide gas for offensive purpose in “any aecessary quantities, anywhere and any time” "it. 13 needed. Among the men who deal in this lethal weapon there is an utter lack of the squeamishness so common in civilian thought about gas. They think the American public has been pversold on the “horrors” of gas warfare.
Fatality Rate Low They give statistics to prove that fatalities from gas in the first world ‘war were surprisingly low. They say that a gassed soldier) either is killed or completely recovers, and there is no such thing as recurrent illness from gas. They cite medical testimony in veterans’ hospitalization’ cases to prove that thesis. On the other hand, they say that in some tactical situations gas would be the most efficient weapon for putting enemy {troops out of commission. We have achieved great superiority in supply sand productive capacity of war gases. But the men here are not the ones who will say whether, or when or where, gas will be used. That is a decision our higher authorities —or more likely, in their opinion, a decision the enemy will make for us by using gas first. Germany Has Gas . There is no doubt in the minds of chemical warfare officers that the enemy will use gas when he thinks it to his advantage. “We know,” said Gen. Porter, “that the Germans have manufactured large quantities of gas. We know the lypes of gas they are making, and their productive capacity. We are confident that what we have, plus what England has, will greatly outweigh what Germany can throw against us.” GREEKS GIVEN NEW HOPE - NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (U. P.— Panyiotis Kanellopoulos, vice president and minister of defense of the exiled Greek government, today told Greek artned forces that 1943 was dawning with promise and victory
was near.
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sl 8|“ordered” to take the child to an Da hs on saad that
The look-out room of the nil ment atop the circle was the scene today of an attempted suicide by 8 25-year-old woman who slashed her wrists after taking a 2-year-old | girl to what she thought was an orphans’ home,
The woman said she had been
Woman Attempts to Kill Self Atop the Circle Monument
st., but is now the Sahara Grotto, and left her there, Officials of the Board of Childrens’ Guardians home and of other welfare agencies in the city reported ‘that they had received no order concerning custody of the child. The child was placed temporarily in the care of the guardians’ home, and the Woman was treated: at City hospital.
EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, Md.,| Jan. 2.~Dfficers and technicians,|
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Atterbury’ ‘Loud Speakers’ Get Dcily Workout
The roar of the big guns at Camp Atterbury is heard daily as field artillery units of the £31
This 155 mm. gun has just been fired by the 1st gun section of “A” battery, 324th field artille: Pvts. Edward E. Maison (standing), the gunner who has just turned away from the sights to avoic. Albert C. Burger, Luther D. Hall, John McClimans, Melvin F. Neff and Hursell Mitchell.
infantry division work out on the range.
attalion.
Members of the gun crew are
1e recoil; Louis J. Volpi, Joseph Plocinik,
‘Worthless for Axis. By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United: Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 2. — Dispatches from Tunisia said today that allied bombers had practically destroyed the major axis<held ports of Bizerte and Tunis, and the desperate Germans : had been: . ‘forced to. divert most of their shipping to the southern ports of Sousse, Sfax and Gabes, which are: under constant attack. x Allied bombers: rounded out a week of around-the-clock : blasting of Sousse, Sfax and Gabes, and it appeared that the. axis would soon be:deprived of use: of every port in Tunisia. a ; Furthermore; : gllied . submarines, surface units. and. bombers were taking a heavy: toll “of axis- shipping before it: got to: port. The British
admiralty annotiriced yesterday that|
British submarines had sunk two more large supply ships off the Gulf of ‘Tunis and probably had sunk ‘a destroyer off Bizerte.
Sfax Pounded Heavily
‘Allied North African headquarters
announced that‘: American medium and. heavy bonibers had made a series of devastating attacks Thursday on docks, :roads and railroads at Sfax, Souss and Gabes. ‘Allied bombers of the Middle Eastern : command, - based east of Tripoli, raided Sfax both Wednesday and Thursday nights, hitting powerstations, warehouses and buildings. , "A Cairo communique reported that British patrols are driving the Afrika Korps before them west. of the Wadi Bei el Chebir, 190 miles from Tripoli.
HE GLADLY PAYS HIS INCOME TAX EARLY
Returns Home 4e for Needed Cash to Meet Demand.
. “Whew, I guess I underestimated my returns,” said the first incometax payer here today, when he was obliged -to go home for more money after showing up before breakfast at the internal revenue office. The first Indianapolis citizen to pay his share into the expanding war treasury was Albert C. Beaver, a retired salesman of 251 N. Delaware st., who ungrudgingly handed
‘over the amount calculated from
his returns by. a revenue office assistant. » “rd rather’ pay “now than stand in line later,” Mr. Beaver explainéd. His payment was the first of many which are expected to total $1,000,000 here by March: 15, the
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2
—What about 1943?
As to the war, it looks promising; as to. the front, uncomfortable; as to politics, confused. This is the way things line up, as of today:
The war—best bets for 1943:
End of war in Europe; beginning of real war with Japa:
® x = : +. Expulsion of axis from Africa.
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within his European fortress and launch a peace move, This v | He’ll'resort to desperate measures to save himself from doom. I be a try at invading England. It may be poison gas. Hell bs 3 ing with other people’s lives to save his own.
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Turkey in the war on our side—always provided we throw f{ out-of Africa. For Turkey would then depend almost entirely o1
and Britain for supplies. ”. » ”
Invasion Via the Balkans? INVASION of Europe via the.
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danelles- from Turkey. . . . Italy occupied more completely ths: by the Germans. ,", ..End of Mussolini's grip on his people.
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Meeting ‘between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, or their
sentatives, in an attempt to get together.on peace aims. look for more and worse ideological troubles throughout Europ
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Emergence of China to front rank. in united nations impo"
Many - Americans will find themselves fighting the Japs shou:
shoulder—or wing to wing—with the Chinese.
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Vatican city—will be sparec
Hirohito, like the pope, is a spiritual ruler as well as emperor,
; 8.8 8 Break between Chile and axis.
ican country to stay on speaking terms with Germany, Italy and J: po:
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be planes and tanks and guns which the services and industrial | think are superior to any ever produced.
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Biggest immediate headache is need to achieve balance
different categories of arms and equipment in relation to shifti: strategy. Early months of new year will see adjustment upw;
plane schedules, naval escort vessels, merchant ships; adjustment | o
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2 (U. P).— Mrs. Frank Sinkwich and her sister Dorothy sorrowfully renounced their movie careers today. They made the mistake of posing for Hollywood leg art and husband Frankie, the footballer, blew up. “He really did,” Dorothy reported tearfully to Universal studios. “He said no screen test, no career, no nothing. He said Adeline and me, we were going back to Georgia and stay there.” The Jprodutess said ‘maybe the
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the rest of the Georgia the Rose Bowl game. The; the movie studios with tb of the Georgia coaches a said they particularly wa watch Abbott and Costello tion. No sooner said than don even got to shake hands wi: favorite actors. “You girls are” “beautifu Costello. “I mean gorgeous’ “You ought to be in p added Abbott. Adeline and Dorothy
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TYNDALL TAKES
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|| “The “Time- for: hor Porfibmanca
Is Beginning,’ New Mayor Says.
“We've got to get to work. The time for: - speech making is past. The time for performance is beginning.” Those were the words of Gen. Robert H. Tyndall as he took aver the civilian direction of Indianapolis yesterday. He was sworn in as the city’s 27th mayor by Dan V. White, new judge of the Marion county probate court, before a capacity crowd in the city hall. Preservation of the city “during this most critical period in its history for the men when they return from the war is one of pur administraticn’s chief aims,” the new Republican chief city executive told his official family.
Victory First Concern
“The first concern of all citizens must be to win the war, Mayor| Tyndall said. “Indianapolis is bear-
ling a large share of that burden
today and will cheerfully carry an added load ‘as our soudiry presses on to victory.” The new mayor was a military leader on the battlefield of France in the first world war. “I foresee a great future for this rapidly growing city,” he said. “We shall plan for that future as diligently as our resources of wisdom; talent and manpower will permit. I know that we can count on the spirited co-operation of all citizens better and more prosperous city.” After thanking voters of Indianapolis “for the confidence reposed
in us,” Mayor Tyndall, speaking for|
himself and his colleagues, said, “We shall do our best tg see that it is deserved.” Arch N. Bobbitt, new city attorney, presented a large marble ele(Continued on Page Two)
HOLIDAY SLACKERS T0 BE PROSECUTED
Hundreds of Australians Face Jail Terms.
- CANBERRA, Australia, Jan, 2 (U. P.).—Attorney General Herbert V. Evatt gnnounced today that he intended to prosecute several hundred workers among some 37,000 who refused to work yesterday because of the New Year holiday. | Evati called the idleness deplorable, indefensible and a blot on the Australian war effort,
COMPULSORY BUYING OF WAR BONDS URGED WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P).— Compulsory purchase of war savings bonds to draw out idle millions and help prevent inflation in ne
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BUSHELS LOST’ AT RIVER EDGE
Kentucky Region Stricken: Portsmouth Puts Faith In Sand Bags.
By UNITED PRESS ~ Southern Indiana, assisted by" contingents of soldiers, busied itself today moving crops and livestock from low= lands imperiled by the rising Ohio river. Already thousands of bushels or Indiana corn and many acres of hemp in Kentucky river areas have been ruined. Townspeople and “military unite were evacuating several commus nities, In southwest Indiana, more than 100 soldiers from Camp Breckine ridge, Ky. joined farmers in the Mt. Vernon area to save unharveste ed lowland corn. The men arrived in trucks snd spent. last night in the Mt. Vernon memorial coliseum, which was he evacuation center for the entire
lower Ohio river valley Suring he record overflow of 1937.
Soldiers Work in Shifts
Under command of Lieut. Volcke ert Mason, the soldiers worked; i .15_.on. four-hour. _shitts “roads across ‘sloughs 0 corn fields, and at dawn, the full contingent began ° gathering the crop [and moving it fo high ground. They hoped to harvest 10,000 bushels before tonight, but 60,000 to 70,000-bushels of corn already was lost and 15,000 to 20,000 more were expected to be covered hy water and destroyed. : It was estimated that 50,000 bush els of the crop has been destroyed in southern Indiana counties around Evansville. Governor Henry F. Schricker of Indiana and Governor Keen Johhe son of Kentucky ordered state po= lice and highway workers of the two states to stand by for rescus work, but it appeared there would. be little danger to. residents, the principal loss being crops.
River Reaches Courthouse R
At Catlettsburg in northeasterm Kentucky, the Red Cross disaster committee appealed for 100 men ta help in evacuation work. ‘The Ohia crest edged into the Boyd: county courthouse at the rate of threes tenths of a foot an hour. The river level at Catlettsburg was rising above 61 feet, with 18 blocks of the business district ale ready under water. More than 200 homes and buildings have been evacuated. At Louisville, Ky., the Ohio cone tinued to rise steadily at the rate of two-tenths of a foot an hour, but remained below the flood stage of 28 feet. Meteorologist J. L. Ken= dal predicted a crest of 38 fool there. 3 However, a flood of that propor= tion would inundate a portion of East Louisville, and preparations were under way to remove families from the area if necessary. The rising water caused a scurrys ing for tobacco in eight warehouses in the path of the Ohio at Mays (Continued on Page Two)
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'SIKORSKI IN CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).~
of the Polish government in arrived here last night from ) City for three days of conferene with American officials, including Undersecretary of State & Welles. In Mexico City he Ang with the Mexican government te permit several thousand Polish: ref ugees to take haven in Mexico.
Make This You
No. | Resolution}
I resolve that during 1943 I will make as many donations to the Red Cross blood donor service as possible so that there will be an adequate supply blood plasma for woun American fighting men,