Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1943 — Page 2

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46 - GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, | an. 2 (U. P.).—American army bombers celebrated the new: year by turning three big Japanese supply ships into furnaces and damaging a submarine while ground ; forces slashed through the enemy lines to reach the north ~ New Guinea coast at a new .point, it was announced today. Giant Consolidated liberator and Boeing flying fortress Year day raid on the great}

* bombers made a dawn New ~ Japanese base of Rabaul in New Britain island northeast of New Guinea and northwest

of the Solomons. They planted 1000-pound bombs .on supply ships of 10,000, 8000 and 6000 tons and shot down two of five ' gero fighters which tried to inter- | ms 8 It was the third big raid within a ‘week on the most important Japanese base in the AustralasianSolomons zone. Bombers Attack Sub

Another force of four-motored bombers machine gunned and cannonaded a submarine in Wide bay, on the northeast New Britain coast 60 miles from Rabaul. At Gasmata, on the south coast of New Britain, allied bombers ‘dropped 1000-pound bombs on the ~ airdrome and destroyed a parked ‘Zero. | Medium bombers bombed the airdrome at Buin, the big Japanese base on Bougainville at the north‘ern end of the Solomon: islands. ~ , The Japanese, in their sole offen- . give operation of the day, attacked

the town of Merauke on the south

eoast- of New Guinea 200 miles

' north of Australia.

Enemy Forces Split

Of the land fighting in the Buna . area on the north New Guinea - coast, the conmmunique said: On the right, our ground troops tank artillery support launched ~ an attack which drove through the enemy defenses to reach the coast, further splitting the enemy's forces in this section. “Fighting is savage and desperate

¥ and is continuing.”

_ The aliled column which had been operating north’ of the main Buna air plane landing strip drove 8 new wedge through the Japanese . lines, tightly hemming in their forces from the east as well as the west. On the west the Americans ‘had previously driven a corridor between Gairopa point and the ~ Buna mission area. Now on their right or eastern side ‘the allies had reached the coast near Gairopa point: - Mop Up In One Sector

Extremely heavy fighting continued on the left side of the cor- < gidor and the allies were mopping up on the right side toward Cape Endaiadere, where a few Japanese remained in the coconut groves. " Eleven of the new Lockheed lightning P-38 fighters New Year's eve damaged two zero fighters. Then attack bombers destroyed four bombers and one zero grounded on Lae airdrome, and medium bombers followed up by heavily damaging the

bombers surprised and destroyed six enemy planes caught aground on Buna fleld, to make the total enemy losses for the day 20 planes destroyed and two damaged.

1286 Jap Planes Down

“=~. Allied air force headquarters announced that up to Dec. 31,-in a jittle more than nine months, the allies had destroyed or damaged 3286 Japanese planes in MacArthur’s zone alone. Of these 723 were: definitely destroyed, 250 so badly damaged that they probably erashed and 313 were damaged. ‘Air Vice Marshal George Jon commanding the royal Australian air force, said that the allies now held unquestionable control of the gir in the New Guinea zone.

NOTED EDITOR DEAD ~ SCRANTON, Pa. Jan. 2 (U. P.).— Funeral services will be held Mon“day for Edward J. Lynett, 86, Scranton publisher who rose from coal breaker boy to a dominant jon in Pennsylvania Demo‘eratic politics. He died yesterday.

BOULDER DAM EXPANDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P).—

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Guinea Coast.

TYNDALL TAKES THE CITY'S HELM

‘The Time for Performance Is Beginning,” . New

Mayor Declares. (Continued from Page One)

phant to the mayor in behalf of M. Bert Thurman, former collector of internal revenue and a former Republican national committeeman, In making the presentation, Mr. Bobbitt said that “to us this elephant portrays the strength of character, keenness of judgment and service to man which you have demonstrated throughout your entire life.” The new mayor, as a colonel, led a Rainbow division fleld artillery regiment during the first world warm and also saw active service on thé

American war. Judge White also administered the oath to Frank J. Noll Jr. as city clerk, and to the incoming city council yesterday. The swearing in took place on a wooden stage in the rotunda. Mr. Noll, in turn, administered oaths of office to newlyappointed members of city boards and department heads.

Offices Closed Today

The new officials at city hall will not actually begin duties until Monday because offices were closed. today. County officials who took their oaths of office at brief ceremonies in the courthouse yesterday—most of them in their own rooms— greeted friends in the morning and then adjourned to the city hall to witness Gen. Tyndall's inauguration. Traditional gifts of apples and cigars were given to thousands of Republican workers who visited the courthouse. Changes indorsed by voters at the

Democratic county officials in the courthouse. They are Walter Boetcher, treasurer, who has another year in office, and Judge Earl R. Cox of circiut court, who has two more years on the bench. The only Democrat inaugurated in the courthouse was Mrs. Mary Naomi McCarty, Warren Township assessor. .

Judges Take Oath

Eight judges were among Republicans taking affice for the first time or at the beginning of a new term. They were Judson L. Stark of Superior Court, Room 1; Hezzie B. Pike of Superior Court, Room 2; Emsley W. Johnson Jr. of Superior Court, Room 3; Walter Pritchard of Superior Court, Room 5; Judge Daniel V. White of Probate Court; William D. Bain of Criminal Court, and Mark W. Rhodes of Juvenile Court. Other Republican county officials taking office were Otto Petit, sheriff; A. Jack Tilson, county clerk; Ralph Moore, auditor! Paul Brewer, vecorder; Sherwood Blue, prosecutor; Samuel Montgomery, assessor; William T. Ayres, Ray Mendenhall and William E. Bosson, commissioners, and Paul R. Brown, surveyor.

FIGHT FOR GRAIN, RUBBER WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).— The fight of farm state senators to provide a market for farm surpluses in the synthetic rubber program will reopen next week, Senator Guy M. Gillette (D. Iowa) said today. He said the committee is going to reopen its activities with a survey of the supply and demand for grain alcohol at the present time.

SEVEN MORE CZECHS SLAIN

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (U. P).— The British radio, in a broadcast

of Interior Harold L.

I mauscrs today that Bould-| day that the Germans have exe-

dam in ‘Nevada, already the rid’s largest electrical power e. has added a 12th huge genr to meet the war needs of the Southwest.

lash-Light Bandit Makes Eight Calls During Night

ndianapols’ “flash-light inr” was on the prowl again early morning, terrorizing seven sh in bedrooms in the northgection of the city. in the past, his repetitive to “keep quiet, keep » ‘were unheeded, however, screams of his would-be robvictims routed him in most ps. His only loot for the night consisted of a purse n $45 and a pair of rtolen from the room of Kible, 2431 N. New Jersey single male victim. s@ accosted by the jittery » Who usually flashes a light face of sleeping residents, their assailant as about

recorded here by CBS, reported to-

cuted seven more Czechs, including a former secretary of Dr. Edouard Benes, president of the CzechoSlovak government - in - exile, on charges of high treason.

women whom he confronted said To Mrs. Sadie Closson. of 2241 College ave., apt. 1, he muttered in deepvoiced, broken-record fashion the statement: “Don’t move or Ill shoot.” He said it four times without a pause between. Awakened by the brilliant beam of his light, Mrs. Thelma Virgil of 2318 N. Pennsylvania st, was advised repeatedly by the burglar to “keep - quiet, this is a robbery, keep quiet, this is a robbery, e His response to Mrs. A. V. Francis,

a messenger boy with a flashlight, was more to the point, however. He simply said, “20 to hell,” and fled the scene. Other victims were Mrs. Grace

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The shadow of an English guard is before these Nazi prisoners in a photo that is symbolic of the entire British advance in the desert where thousands of Nazis were rounded up. These spiritless Germans were captured after our allies left Agheila and started toward Tripoli. The British are now only 180 miles from Tripoli where Rommel is moving the bulk of his army, 90 miles from the eastern Tunisian

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Less Food at Greater Cost

A Waoekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

(Continued from Page One) supply of critical materials has improved but there are still bad spots;

Steel capacity will go to 98 million tons, aluminum to three billion pounds. Domestic production of magnesium, tungsten, molybdenum

For rubber, 1943, is the critical year.

Manpower Headaches as Usual

MANPOWER SHORTAGES—and manpower control—are ahead in Some factories are surveying every job

Meanwhile, production per man-hour is going down. But volume production will rise in 1943 somehow. It has to.

railroad maintenance increasingly

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Army will win its fight for 7% million men n 1943. Public confi-

e ©. Marshall steps from his pot as chief of staff front, Lieut. Gen: Brehon Somervell will not sucSigns point to Lieut. Gen. Leslie J. MacNair, now head of

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Navy will make new efforts to improve its relations with congress, perhaps will adopt the army system of calling in groups of ‘legislators for regular off-the-record reports on progress of war at

Consumers will get approximately 10 per cent less food in 1943 for approximately 25 per cent more money. Meat will be particularly scarce. There'll be enough to eat but not as much as were used to,

Heating-fuel and gasoline situations will get worse. Rationing of clothing is not immediate despite whispers which sent women to the stores in droves right after Christnfs.

It’s certain .there’ll be a ‘withholding or pay-as-you-go tax of some sort. It probably won't be the Ruml plan. Treasury doesn’t like it. Railroad 1abor has lined up against it. Administration will make another effort to increase social security .taxes on employees, now frozen at 1 per cent. Changes will be made in the $25,000 salary limitation by- an irate congress. Treasury will seek, and doubtless get, another in-

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There'll be bitter feuding between conservatives and progressives in both parties. Southern Democrats are out to recapture their party for conservatives. Old-line Republicans want to exterminate Wendell L. Willkie, their adopted Peck’s bad boy. Expect no definite decision within the year. Don’t forget F.D. R.’s versatility, his ability to bounce back, as he did in 1940 when a similar conservative revolt looked formidable. And don’t forget Willkie’s large popular following. ii continue to annoy the old guard, and

Will F.D,R. seek a fourth term? The question will be paramount through 1943; but don’t expect to get the answer. ce will be built up still more as a presidential possibility. On the Republican side, look for some new and fresh figure to appear, maybe a general, maybe a state governor not hitherto

{1 RAIL PRESIDENTS BENEFIT UNDER WILL

WAUKEGAN, Il, Jan. 2 (U. P) ~The will of the late Walter P. Murphy, railway equipment manufacturer who cied Dec. 16, on file here today in [Lake county probate court, leaves bequests to’ 78 institutions and individuals, including 11 railway presidents... The to estate is estimated at between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. Among the railroad presidents benefiting is W, M. Jeffers of Omaha, Neb, head of the Union Pacific now on leave as national rubber administrator. He receives $100,000. In addition to the more than $20,000,000 he left Northwestern university, Murphy bequeathed $100,000 to Loyola university, Chicago.

BRITISH MISSION ARRIVES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P).— The office of war information an-

2 MURDER SUSPECTS § ACCUSE EACH OTHER

PENDLETON, Ind, Jan. 2 (U. P.) —State police said today that two Negroes have signed sworn statements, accusing each other of killing Policeman Chaney Boles, 49, during ‘a tavern burglary at Marion. The suspects, arrested soon after

the shooting, were placed in the"

Pendleton state reformatory for safe-keeping along with a half dozen other Negroes who were being held in the Marion jail at the time of the killing yesterday. Boles, a veteran of 18 years on

the Marion police force, was shot:

in the forehead by one of two men he and Detective Earl Stephenson surprised in a tavern early yesterday.

39,676 CHILD NURSES WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.)— Civilian defense classes throughout the country have trained 39,676 women to care for war workers’

DEWEY DEFINES AIMS OF OFFICE

Takes Oath as Governor, Urges Free Enterprise After War. ;

ALBANY, Jan. 2 (U. P.).—ThOmas E. Dewey, first Republican governor of New York in 20 years and a strong contender for the presiden-

tial nomination. in 1844. said yesterday in his inaugural address that when young people return from the war, they will be entitled to expect “something better than the hopeless period of government made work and relief of which they have seen so much in the past decade.” Mr. Dewey, 40 years old, is the 47th governor of New York. He took the oath of office at ceremonies in the assembly chamber before a crowd of more than 1000. He cited as his aims wholehearted co-operation with the national government toward winning the war, economic security and. the preservation of America’s heritages after the conflict is ended.

Entitled to Jobs

Referring to those in the armed forces, Mr. Dewey said: “They are entitled to a fruitful, productive place in a free economic society, dependent on the favor of no man or political party for their livelihood or for’ their security. They are entitled to come home to a state in which employment can freely be found and in which a man can work and look forward to a future limited only by his own skill and ability.” Mr. Dewey outlined the state's wartime job: Fullest utilization of industry in war production; every assistance to farmers toward the maximum production of food; best possible transportation for war goods, workers and farm products; state tax adjustments to ease the burden of federal taxation.

MOTHER OF OCULIST DIES IN ILLINOIS

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah R. Rutherford of Newman, Ill, mother of Dr. C. W. Rutherford, an Indianapolis oculist, who died yesterday at her home after an illness of five months will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Newman Methodist church in Newman. Burial will be in the Oakland, Ili, cemetery. Mrs. Rutherford, widow of Thomas Rutherford, was 87. Survivors, besides Dr. Rutherford, are ‘a son, H. B. Rutherford of Newman, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. PF. A. Armstrong of Camavgo, Ill; three sisters, a brother, eight grandchil-

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Thousands of Bushe ‘River Edge Lost; (i) Towns Hard Hit

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ib Anco was sold later yesterday. The river at Portsmouth, ©. Tis ing at .1 foot per hour, reach -d 502 feet by 8 a. m. Crews patro or ¢ the flood wall searching for sign: if & break in the dike and buil i: ; a sandbag buttress. Some ::c age was reported, but all indi ons pointing to the wall holding Revising an earlier estimat pbservers predicted a 61-foo would be reached late today Manager James Parksin estim fed that sand bags atop the dike «+ tld afford protection up to 63 fee tL Safe as yet inside the city’s poi ct= ing 62-foot wall were a Stec] ill

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Several streets in the resi area were flooded, but only families were forced to leave! Thousands Evacuate

- Thousands of refugees up of Portsmouth prepared to tf i'n to homes as the crest pos adi Thousands more below Ports:oo (th prepared or had evacuated ‘zc I river's crest moved Sowase C n= cinnati. The steel and pottery dist) ict at East Liverpool, O. and Chic ar, Newell and Weirton, W. Va ug out of the mud as bus sen ce resumed. Production was restored in ar industries at Beaver and Mic 2 1d, Pa, where 3000 East Liv rool workers were employed. The river had fallen belov 35-foot danger level at East 1.7 pool, From above Marietta at Ste ville, O., and Wheeling, W. 1 i) a point near Portsmouth, the 7 er was falling or had crested. © ¢ ice at Gallipolis and Pomeroy rep 1 ed crests were reached early tod: Manchester, about midwa: tween Portsmouth and Cincinn tl, was reported in serious conc © im. New Richmond, 25 miles cr n= stream from Manchester, alse as reported to have been fico ed heavily. Cincinnati passed flood sta: 52 feet yesterday and the continued to rise at 0.2 foot hour. The river reached 56.4 at 4 a. m. All municipal agencies were bilized in event of any emer: but the city was expected comparatively safe except for w= lahd outlying areas. A crest «@ 62 feet was expected tomorrow 1 1%. War Plants Halted West Virginia communities : the Ohio began digging out a: he crest passed. Some of the dc ris thrown up by the river bofar swirling down the river which ' as falling slowly. Pt. Pleasant, W. "a, whose war producing plants h:' ed operations, passed its crest du: ng early morning hours. The rive ab Wheeling, W. Va., was falling : 2d industrial concerns began to reckon the flood’s damage and the ari ni of time needed to return to ail operations. The head-on crash of two Feunsylvania freight trains yesterdn ai Zoarville, O. six miles from cw Philadelphia, was attributed i cirectly to the flood. Three engin were killed and four Bremen AER injured. The trains had been rero dd over Wheeling and Lake tracks because of flood condif ¢ at Mingo Junction, O. Seven and three locomotives were « :- railed.

Flood Sends Logs Swirling on Portland OREGON CITY, Ore, Jan. 2 P.) —The flood-swollen Williaic river today smashed part of dam which spans it here, relea thousands of logs on: a swirling headed for Portland, only 14 n away. : The Oregon City police said wooden link connecting two u of the Hawley Pulp and Pape: collapsed shortly after 10 & (Indianapolis Time), sweepit: barge and a huge log float do stream. Hundreds of tons of water ready spilling over the top of

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This photograph, radioed to New York, shows how the R have used camouflage and even dogs in trapping 22 German divisie between the Don and Volga rivers. The Russians use dogs as sentries,

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they weren't studying at the University of Georgia, they functioned as a dance team. They had their press clippings to prove it. The movie makers, who seldom overlook a bet, offered the sisters an immediate audition. Dorothy said they had no dancing clothes. Universal's wardrobe department fixed that. Mrs. Sinkwich received a gown with spangles ¢n it and a skirt that reached about half way to the knee. Sister Dorothy put on a costume of the same cut, only shorter, and instead of spangles it had feathers. Then they did their terpischore for Louis da Pron, the studio dance director. There were some flashes of light, but the sisters were too excited to worry much about the studio's photographer picturing them from every conceivible angle. The' girls - put on their street

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clothes; the studio chieftains told them to return in a couple of days for screen tests. Came the d Came the newspapers to And there was Frankie, ankles hurt like the devil’ any. looking at pictures of the hs somest legs to be seen in Pp hereabouts in weeks. The beaut blond with the flower in her k the caption said, was Mrs, F Sinkwich, The brunet with ribbons on her shoulders {and nm much else) was her sister, Dot. What happened nex{ was ) As Dorothy put it: “ “He told us to forget about Hi

we belonged. I'm sorry, but I. think I'd better tell you what he said.” The Universal casting de

ABKE PRESIDENT OF MARGARINE CONGERN

Frank W, Abke has been elected president of the Standard Margarine | Co., Inc.,, of Indianapolis, succeeding R. W. Spiegel. Mr. Abke was formerly secretarytreasurer of the company, which, along with Standard Food Products of Indianapolis and the Southern

States Co. of Dallas, Tex, was purchased recently by Standard The companies will Mr.

Standard Food Products. Other officers of Standard Mar-

Harold G. Cutright, vice presidents; John M. Fisher, secretary-tr urer, and L. L. Harshbarger, assist-

+ | ant secretary and assistant treaswo | Urer. .| Cutright and Mr. Fisher.

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HARLAN, Ky, Jan. 2 (U. P.).—

¢| “Bloody Harlan county” looked back | $lon 1942 with pride today, for theif ‘i year brought a new low in homicide.

In the past, Harlan county has

| listed as many as 65 violent deaths in one year. In 1941, 24 were slain. _|But in 1942, Harlan boasts, only 14

met death by gunfire or knife—

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Albany, were released in a roa:i torrent. Upstream, the flood already I: taken six lives, inundated thous:=:: of acres, and left at least 2500 hoc -

dren and three great-grandchil-dren.

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WOMEN

For Good Jobs in Industry and Government

Forty thousand Women are needed in Indianapolis to fill jobs vacated by men called into military service and because of

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P. The war labor board probably reject a panel's recomme for abolition of “continuity-of-serys ice” bonuses paid by four steel cons cerns to unlicensed seamen on ship in the Great Lakes, a board ; said today. The companies defended the bone us system as an incentive to ‘kee seamen at work during the Stormy

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